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-ABBOTT.—On the morning of the 29th inst., William
L. Abbott, In the 68th year of his age.
The rel4iyes and male friends of the family are respect-
Hilly invited to attend the funeral, from the residence
of his brother, No. WM Cisettntit Street, on Wednesday
morning, Ist pros., at half-past ten o'clock. interment at
St. James the Lem. •
CON A ItROE,—On the morning of 29th intik, Miss Anna
C. Conarree. In the 77th year of her age.
The relatives and friends are particularly Invited to
attend the funeral. The services to be held at the Baptist
Meeting House, In Marcus Hook, at 10 o'clock on the
morning of '1 huniday, January 2d. Train leaves Balti
more Railroad Depot at 8.20 A.M., for Linwood !Matlock. '•
FITLO the 26th inst. Mary Josephine. daughter
of Theodore and Sarah L. bitler. of TaUuia, Miss., and
grand -daughter of Mrs. Eliza Fitter, in the 16th year of
Due notice will be given of the funeraL
IiENING.--On Monday morning, Mtn inst. Mary L)
wife of Rev. E. W. Bening, and daughter of the la
Samu el F. Dawes, of this ciy.
The f u neral will take place from her late residence, 310
South Twenty-first street, on Thursday morning, 2d pro:.
at 11 o'clock.
JAMES.—On the morning of Dec. 20th, Henrietta
Louisa, wife of John F. James, in the Mat year of her age.
Funeral services at St. Andrew's Church, on Thursday,
Jan. 2d„ at •leven o'clock vrectsely. -'
The friends of the family are respectfully invited to
attend. Interment at Laurel lin
LEWId--huddeoly. on ;Sunday morning, 29th instant.
Send. A. Lewis.
Mit relatives and male friends are respecOully invited
to attend his funeral. Iron his late residence, 1443 Cm•st
nut atiett, on Thursday morning neat, at 10 o'clock,
A. M• l•
MAI'IIE P...—On the 2-Pib instant, John B. Mather, In the
z7tut year of his age'.
Tie relatives and friends of the family are respectf ully
invited to it tend the funeral. from his parent.' residence.
024 Bickerton street, ott Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.
Without further notice. To proceed to Manpelah Vault. •
11 , GROY.- On the 28th Met., Capt. Michael 31eGooy,
aged 70 >tom•
Ihe teiAIRCI 4 and friends of the family, alto the Hiber
nian Society, and St. t'atrick's Benevolent Society, are
reerectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his
Late residence, the New York House, No. 9 Walnut
street. ou'l'huraday lamming. at 811 o'clock. Services at
St. Jor.eph'a Church. Interment at Nice-town. ••
ANI.OLYII. On the 2,9111 lust , Mary Randolph, widow
of dward Randolph. Jr., in the 7'th year of her age:
lier friends are invited to attend the funeral from her
late rcsid.nee. 247 North Twelfth Street. on Fourth day,
let pros., at 12 o'clock. To proceed to Friends' Western
lirnued.
REED.—On the '...Vth instant, Mrs. Catharine Reed, aged
years.
. - The ulatives and friends of the family are respectfully
ins - lied to attend the funeral, train her late residence,
No. 112 Colon street, be ow ripruce on Wednesday mor
ning, at *I o'clock. Funeral service* at tit. Jrwph's
Church Interment in Cathedral Cemetery. It
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Brent in the 65th Year of his age.
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Thou art a desert on the annual map,
Sterile December! Yet, we findin thee
An oasis, where grows the Christmas tree.
Dropping its riches on affection's lap :
Though all around a weary waste may be,
Though clouds and storms the skies above enwrap
And wintry snows the distant mountains cap,
In its green shadows springeth life and glee.
Beyond the verdant spot more bleak and drear
Thy still extending, arid wastes appear.—
Ending at length in a deep, shadowy vale,
Where dies in loneliness the aged year.
The sighing winds alone his end bewail,
And Midnight's heart entombs his dismal tale.
Mas. E. .C. KINNEr.
NEW Yons, December 80, 1867.—0ur metropo
lis has gradually resumed its settled character,
now that the excitements of the Christmas holi
days are over, and nothing more is
in store for us than the New -Year's
calls, which, as you are aware, are a char
acteristic feature of. New York life, and many a
young lady has been busily preparing her toilet
for the solemn occason when she is to receive in
full dress the visits of all her acquaintances,
friends and admirers; while the male part of the
visiting population is hopefully looking for
ward to pleasant weather, to make the arduous
task of paying from twenty, to one hundred
Visits on that memorable day. In the mean
time, nothing has transpired worth
noticing, unless it be in the musical world—the
performance of Handel's beautiful Oratorio,
"Messiah," on Christmas day, and Bristow's new
work, "Daniel," an Oratorio, which is not with
out its merits, and speaks well for the talent of
its composer. Mlle. Janauscheck, the famous
German tragedienne, has given her farewell per
fon-nance in our city, previous to her de
parture for the West. it is with much regret that
we RA! herdepart,but hope that the loss thus ex
perienced will be replaced, iu a measure, by the
opening of Pike's new Opera house, which is to
take place in about a week from now, and where
such celebrities as Madame La Grange, MiEr, Phil
lipps, Brignoli, Massamillani, etc., are ex
pected. under the musical directorship of Mr.
Max Strakosch, to attract every amateur of
eoed-music.
- The public mind is at present somewhat pre-oc
cupied with the question of the Cunard steamship
lime. You are aware that the steamers of thatline
running from Liverpool to Boston have been with
drawn from that port, and that they will for the
future run between here and England only. Oar
city papers are crowing a great deal about this
change, and Mr. Cunard has, of coarse, a right to
suit hie coavenience about this matter. Still, we
are of opinion that New York could well afford
to have one English steamer a fortnight run to
our neighboring port; our extensive shiping
would not miss that one boat, and great incon
venience may thereby arise to the manufacturing
interests of the Eastern States without material
benefit to us. The new contract, by virtue of
'which the Cunard line receives a subsidy of
Xi:4,We for carrying the mail between this port
and Liverpool,appears to create some disaffection
on the other side of the Atlantic. It is argued
with much show of reason by the opponents of
the British Ministry that the Inman Company'
performs the same duties for the ranch
more moderate price of " about £35,000,
of which almost one•half is ,paid by the United
States, the agreement being to the effect
that England pays one shilling, while the United
States pay 15 cents per ounce for postage on let.
ters. Although by the contract with the Cunard
steamers the UniteciStates are apparently bene
fited. the real fact is that we actually pay almost
the whole burden of those enormous expenses,
for the English Cabinet have pointed in their de
fence of the concession of the subsidy to the fact
that almost the whole amount Is covered by the
mail matter coming from the United States, so
that we are indirectly , paving the larger' propor
tion of the expenses for these mail matters. 'this
appears unfair to many of our prominent busi
ness men, and without presuming to foretell fu
ture events, we believe to be on the safe side by
asserting that a reaction is about to take place
in favor of the Inman line, particularly
as the steamers of the latter line, such as the City
of Paris, City of Washington, City of New York,
etc., aro fast sailing vessels, while the Canard
steamers are no longer what they used to be.
The Persia, one of the finest vessels of that line,
has just been sold, while the Scotia, another very
good boat,'is offered for sale, and the China is
about to be repaired. We understand that the
transport steamers Siberia and Tariffs have con
sequently to be used, as no. sufficient amount of
boats would otherwise be on hand to do the
service, As we arc talking about steamers,
we must not omit to mention the
German' lines; and the French line, all
of which are apparently doing a very good
business, and are much favored, particularly by
those Is ho arc doing business with the Continent
of Europe. For Great Britain;. however, and the
transit business to the eastern• and northern
parts of Europe,il appearances do not deceive, the
lumen line will fast become the most popular
line on this side of the Atlantic, not only by
reason of the superiority of their crafts, and the
much cheaper rates for passengers and freight as
compared with those of the Cunard line, but
more particularly because it is more especially
an American line, although its vessels &ail under
the British flag.
To be on the ocean at this time of the year
must be a little fearful, and the weather on the
watery surface appears to have been decidedly
stormy of late. If it was net for the submarine,
telegraph we would often be left without news
from Europe for four or five days, owing to the
irregular arrival of the steamers. The steamer
Ville do Paris, which left for Havre last Saturday,
had on board the Princess Salm Salm, who
rejoins her husband at Vienna, and is said to be
the carrier of numerous interesting documents
concerning the death of Archduke Maximilian.
It is generally expected that the devotion which
that lady, as well as her husband, has shown to
the cause of the deceased Prince; end the dangers
which they have encountered in his behalf will
be amply rewarded by the Emperor of Austria on
their arrival at the capital of that Empire.
oclB3mry
ESCAPE ,OF A ZOOK MURDERERS.—We learn
from Mississippi that Cyrus Broome, arrested by
the military authorities fey participation in the
murder of Noah and Abraham Zook, of this
county, has escaped from the Vicksburg jail, and
is now at large. It will be remembered that the
Messrs. Zook were killed something over a year
ago, and on or near their own plantations, just as
the crop was being gathered and converted into
money, and that all their property was made
way with, The men charged with the murder
were the partners of their victims. The murder
was kept concealed, the family of the deceased
ascertaining their fate only some months after
wards, and then through what might almost be
called anonymous channels. Broome—whose
arrest was accomplished through the active ex
ertions of Major-Generals Sheridan and 01110M—
when taken in Texas, whence he had fled, pro
tested innocence, and made professions of
anxiety for a speedy trial. How honest these
professions were his w second flight reveals:—Lan
caster Express.
—When Grant went to Washington to receive
his 'appointment as Lieutenant-General, he Mato&
to Mr. Lincoln . his plan, which was to occupy
with the Army of the Potomac the main Rebel
Army in Virginia,. while Sherman destroyed the
Confederacy. Mr. Lincoln replied : ".1 see ;
you will hold the legs, while Sherman skins."
—A Springfield Yankee has invented a "poWer
lee or street carriage" which resembles a double
sleigh, has seats for five, and' is propelled •by
machinery worked by, the driver on the front
seat.' It will run baekWard or for Ward. With it
persona can go skating and keep well , wrapped
up in buffalo robes and fttklianri•
—An incautious monk', 'down 1n Maine, at.
tempted to eat some meat which , clung to an
axe .during '
:the; cold snap, when the eldetere
Vngtle •was frosen , to the blade r and he never ate
DECEMBER•
FRODI NEW WORK,
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1887.
Di 4 AVW:Iai 4A.1 :•4:
AMERICA IN THE 'WEST INDIES:
How the St. Thpanas Purchase is lie.
Forded in England. .
(From the London Mar Dec. 17.]
The acquisition by the United States of the
West Lydia islands of St. Thomas and St. John,
is an event of sufficient gravity, to warrant an
examination into the motives of the nation
which has acquired a foothold in that region,
and of the probable future results on
the scattered communities of those seas
belonging to different European Powers.
We believe when the late disturbances
occurred in Jamaica, and the press of this coun
try was filled with violent denunciations of the
negroes, rresident Johnson took advantage of
the circumstance to sound the late Sir F, Bruce
as to the probability of our ceding to the United
States that magnificent, but up to that time, ill
governed island. The exceedingly cold reception
with which his overtures were met induced the
President s or rather Mr. Seward, for that astute
old man is at the bottom of the business, to
apply to Denmark, where he has been more stic
cessfuL
*** President• Johnson is doubtless \ dght in as
suming that, had the United States possessed St.
Thomas during the late war there• would have
been no blockade-running. The place was the
very nest and centre of all the illegal traffic which
buoyed up for a time the spirits of the Southern
slavebolders. The President must not be stir
prised, however, if we look upon it from another
point of view. In the event of a great revulsion in
our own country occasioned by the persistent ma
chinations of the American Fenians, St. Thomas
and St. John may become convenient shelters
from which to annoy the commerce of England.
Certainly, in a war with the United States, should
that calamity over occur, the possession of these
two islands would entirely alter the balance of
power which has hitherto subsisted between this
country and America. We do not point out
these results in any spirit of hostility to the
United States, but rather to show the blindness
and stupidity of the traditional policy of the
Foreign Office. We are in the act of pending
minions under some delusion that in doing so
we are keeping up our prestige in the East Indies,
while, without a protest, without a murmur,
without an exchange of notes, so far as we are at
present informed, our greatest naval rival ac
quires two Islands in the West Indies, avowedly
is war ports against possible Trans-Atlantic
enemies. The presence of the Americans in these
latitudes will be a disturbing cause to the Euro
peanpowers in peace as well as in war. Spain,
especially, may proceed at once to set her house
in order. Porto Rico, where slavery still reigns
with all its hateful features, in the near neighbor
of St. John's. Imagine the state of mind of the
Spanish planters, with a community of negroes
in the possession of manhood suffrage in the next
island! Nor can we escape the difficulties which
the advent of this new • neighbor will certainly
cause in the West Indies. Already the United
States have begun to dominate the minds of the
negroes. They have not been inattentive ob
servers of what has been passing in the great coun
try which so lately was the chief stay of slavery.
They will not watch with less jealousy the pos
session of the franchise by their lately emanci
pated brethren when the American flag goats over
two of the islands in their midst. In addition to
what may be called the passive propagandism of
American views, an active and most powerful'
influence will be exerted by the superior com
mercial activity of the Americans. Although the
obtaining of war ports has been the leading idea
of the late acquisition, the intense business
activity of the Americans will doubtless soon
convert the new colony into a commercial centre,
where they will amass all the rich produmof the
neighboring Islands before launching it upon the
markets of the world.
fr :o
Is it "Eccentric” on Foreignnutfiairs
[From the London Times, Dec.46.]
The part of the message which refers to foreign
ft - airs is, as usual, eccentric. In this, too, the
stamp of another hand than the President's is to
be found. The curious pp)minence with which
China was honored in lan year's message is this
time, with greater semblance of propriety,
divided between the Republics of Mexico,
Hayti, and St. Domingo. There is nor alio
-ion to prance, apart from. the Exhibition, and
England only receives mention in connection
with the Alabama' claims. The long correspon
dence which has-passed, through the American
Foreign Office on this subject required a casual
reference, but the main question will not arise
4ntil the Committees on Foreign Affairs present
+heir reports. The paragraph concerning natal.-
alized citizens also only invites discussion with
out doing more than suggesting in the briefest
manner the ground to be traversed. The
hearing of the English law is fairly stated;
and the President appeals to Congress to
'declare the national will unmistakably" upon
the rights of American citizens. Thus , the mes
sage to the fortieth Congress supplies it with
ample material for debate, even if it passes by
altogether the Presidential views upon recon
struction. Not until after Christmas will the
struggle of parties recommence, and the leaders
will be well advised if they take into considera
tion the principal topics suggested by the Presi
dent, and for once postpone minor and sectional
differences.
Mr. McCulloch's Pinanclut Policy.
[From the London Times, December 17.7
Mr. DicCulloch is commonly so sound in his fi
nancial views that it is with regret that we find
him In any . partieniar hampered with errors. An
unfortunate clause in the law which sanctioned
the issue of government bonds has produced a
feeling of discontent, which Mr. McCulloch
somewhat tardily. recognizes, and now desires to
avert by committing, as we think, a fresh error.
Lt was provided that the holders of gov
eminent bonds should be, in re
spect of them, exempt from State
and local taxation. The importance of this pro
vision will be understood when it is remembered
that almost all the enormous local taxation of
America% raised by a tax levied upon the value..
tion of all the real and personal property of
every citizen. The exemption will be faintly ap-
Eng
prec lish iated by fundholder sh the suggould be ested paralle freedlfro thmat
the li a
bility of poor-rates! The dissatisfaction at seeing
men voting and directing floeal expenditure ex
empted from local burdens has been extreme.
The fact is at variance with the essential idea
of the town meeting, which is the unit of Anted
can political life. Mr. McCulloch professes him
'elf in sympathy with the feeling, condemning it
es wrong. At the same time, the bonds have
been issued and taken up on the faith of this ex
emption. • Good faith must be kept with' the
present holders, but it would appear the obvious
plan that a law should be passed striking oat
the clause from the fresh issues which are daily
made in exchange , for overdue obligations,
and _ giving facilities for the exchange
on satisfactory terms of the bonds already
issued for others free from the obnoxious exemp
tion. Mr. McCulloch proposes something dif
ferent. Re suggests thoissuc of new bonds
bearing six per cent. interest, into which existing
obligations might be rapidly converted; but, in
stead of subjecting the holders of these bonds to
the ordinary liabilities of the owners of property,
he proposes to maintain the exemption, and to
provide that one-sixth of the interest shall be re
tained by the central government and distributed
among the States in proportion to
their population. There are two objections to
this plan, each of which is conclusive. In• the
first place, it 18 proposed : to substitute five per,
cent. bonds for six per cent, bonds, and, as the
exchange must be permissive, it could only be
done by increasing the nominal capital to an ex
tent destructive of all, possible advantage from
it. The second objection .is that it would not
allay the discontent now exiong. The axiom
that local taxation should be•levied" on :local
means would be still, outraged, and the distribu
tion of the resolved interestitt proportion to the
rpulation of the States would be. iLsgrantly,
net. To adopt Mr. McCulloch's scheme, were
t ibl would simply produce ~a, frokevitia,
.em ga s hat yoo" novrexistd. , -;ltonfik.
herever, , pedth stillborn, And the eeevieueit
mains that the mitintatefortra of the consolidated,.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
"To.the Irish portion of our belovedtllock in
the Diocese of Liverpool. Dear children in
Jeeds rist-Lwe addressed our flock , in the
borough. t.f Liverpool a few days ago, and we
gave them solemn warnlnk, and an authoritative
command that they should abstain from joining
or taking any part in the proposed procession
to-morrow. As we have at heart your temporal
and eternal interests, we repeat the injunction
we have already given, and we command yoteby
the authority which we hold from God, and in
virtue of our sacred office, that neither in the
borough'Of Liverpool, nor in its neighborhood,
nor in any lied of the county subject to our ju
riediction, do you hold any meeting or join in
any proceselon. You have been always wont to
listen to our words and to obey our commands.
Do not send sorrow to us at a time when we are
about to celebrate the great Feast of Peace, and
to commemorate the wonders of God's love to
us all. Pray God bless yon and keep you in his
peace. "ALEX. Goss, Bishop of Liverpool."
Yesterday morning the following letter from
the Right Rev. Dr. Cornthwaite, Roman Catholic
Bishop of Beverley, was read at morning mass
in all the Roman Catholic chapels in Leeds:
SPEINGIULD HOUSE, LITTLE Wooonousg,
Limos, Dec. 14, 1867.—Dear Children in Jesus.
Chiist : You are invited, we hear it with anxiety
and sadness, to join in a procession wideh we, as
your Bishops, feel bound in the eight of God to
condemn, and which the authorities of the town
havedeumed it neceswiry to prohibit, and, if need
be, to prevent.
Has the time come at length when you will re
fuse to listen to the counsels and warnings of
-sour Chief pastor? Has the voice of the Church
through his lips lost its power and influence?
Are Catholics beriouely proposing to celebrate
the approach of Christmas, the festival of the
Prince .Of Peace, by an act which all In authority
—spiritual and temporal—condemn and forbid
as likely to lead to contention and strife?
We cannot, we do not so judge you, dear chil
dren in the Lord Jesus Christ. We feel assured
that you will listen to our words, and that you
will obey our commands.
You will absent yourselves from the projected
procession, and you will take no part or share in
it. You will retire quickly and quietly to your
homes after the morning services, and neither by
participation nor as spectators give encourage
ment to an act which may occasion much harm,
and can produce no possible good.
As yon shall obey our commands we bless
you, and commend yen and yours to God,
that He may have you always in His - holy
keeping. fROBEItT,
Bishop of Beverley.
Telmrams sent from different parts of
the Kingdom,yesterday, announce that no at
tempt was made to form the intended pro
cessions. .
The Military and Pence Arrange
ment, in London.
(From the London Erpreee, December lea
The police authorities at Great Scotland yard,
acting in concert with the Home office, have dis
posed of the whole of the force under their
command in a manner which is regarded as the
best for -their protection against Fenian out
rages. The several detachments and stations
have been placed within rapid communica
tion,,and the reserves are on such a footing that
veryrstrong bodies of armed police, mounted
and .foot, can be quickly despatched to any
part- of the metropolis. The officers of the
Guards are also prepared to support them on
the instant. Within a few minutea a strong force
of the guards and police could be brought into
action, and, if necessary, in a very short time
they would be aided by some thousands of troops,
,all of whom carry the Snider rifle. So far as any
direct attack is concerned, the authorities could
immediately repress it; but it is not thought that
hostility will be shown in any such manner.
The only apprehension is that outrages may
be attempted which would equal in reckless
ness the Manchester attack 'and the one in Lon
don. A very large number of detectives are on
duty, and every place where public or private
property, which it is thought might be a point of
attack, is Zlosely watched by them. The Tower,
the various royal buildings, and every depot of
arms belonging to the regular volunteer service,
are carefully guarded. The government has had
information recently forwarded to them which
caused an 'apprehension, that if anything were
attempted it would be a seizure of arms, as the
Irish constabulary,-In, particular, have at vari
ous times taken a very largo quantity from the
-conspirators.- -Special revorts are made through
out the day, so that the Commissioners at the
chief office are continually; informed of all that
is passing. Atthe same time,, persons having the
control of important businesa,premises would do
well to see that they are properly watched, espe
cially in case of lire. The efficient fire brigade,
under command of Captain Slaw, is, of coarse,
always kept in a state for instant service.
The Government Denounced in Open
Court by Dublin ,Iditore.
[Dublin, (December 16) Telegram, London Times.]
John Martin, Dr. Water and J. Lalor appeared
at the police office to-day, to answer a charge
of taking part in an illegal meeting on Sunday,
the Bth instant. Sennett was also summoned, bat
did not appear.
Mr. Martin offered to facilitate the proceedings
of the crowd by admitting the facts of the pro
cession and the speech he delivered. Evidence
was however given by several policemen. Mr.
Sullivan, proprietor of the Nation, who had been
summoned as a witness, denounced the crown
solicitor as having formed a determination to
have revenge on a man the Government dare not
prosecute, by endeavoring to make him a crown
witness. It was an endeavor to accomplish his
imprisonment for contempt when it could not be
done by fair means. He delared he participated
in the funeral and defied the Government. He
characterised the 'conduct of the prosecutors as
base and cowadly.
Several other persons who were summoned
declared they would not give evidence. Sir John
Gray, M. P., proprietor of the Freeman, said an
effort was made to subject gentlemen In estab
lishment to the indignity of making them crown
witnesses, but without success. He had been
eummoned,,but elhould, refuse to glire evidence.
These declarationsproduced great applause, and
the court adjourned in Borne confusion.
Death of Herr Von Dreyse, the in.
venter of the Needle Gun--Uls Latest
Inventions.
On the 9th of December Herr_ von 'pulse, e.
inventor of , the needle gun, dled at bis native
place of Sominerda,,near Erfurt. He was born
In 1787, and the son of a locksmith, worked in
hjs father's shop until, as is the; Ont.,Of ;artisans
this country, he left home to perf ect" , himself
'ln his trade. lu the course of his :wanderings. ;
tentcame to Pails, ' , where her fbnri OMP. I OY'
ent under Colonel ratan • C n. ,
Wooer,'
ewomisolon9C4 ?. Napoleon invent a
breech•loading' %mere he • • . ' too too.
to 1814. Die we knoivn'how return
tEragn - established an . amory, end
voll • 1100600 W to 'l„v of the bb-,
4 '44,14CP0e41... a t.
J. ads Mader, 11(Couturnot",
debt of the Union has yet to be determineY by its
financials.
THE FENIAN'S.
The nroposed. Fenian Procesolott.~,
Wierroi of the nominal Catholic Cietrgy
Concerning the Itecent Outrages.
P [Front the London Tlmeo, Dec. Hi
On Saturday, December' 14, a meeting of the
Liverpool county magistrates was held to take:
into consideration the attbject of the'
Mroposed Fenian procession , to occur on
the morrow. Rev. Canon Fisher attended
on behalf of the Roman Catholic clergy,
and briefly addressed the Bench; assuring them
thatllmself and his colleagues Were very anxious
to assistlhe magistrates in every possible way to
preserve the public peace. He alsdassnred them
that the Catholic clergy, as a body. had no sym
pathy with the murderers of Sergt.. Brett, and
tpt they regarded the murder, aparn from all
political considerations, as a most sulogo crime.
He sled handed to the Bench, to be usedidy them
as they might seem At, the following prods
matron.:
GERBEILNIC.
lug the ziindnacrelgewehr. This Was In , 18%.
Four years later orders were given to arts the
light regiments of the Prussian Infantry with
tMs gun. Working steadily on amid the boners'
and riches heaped upon him, he frour
time to time preeenteff his country with
new inventions some of which , promise
to add still greater luster to his
name. Among these the grenade rifle to be
i
shortly given to some limileer regiments s men
, tioned as the most important. Its physical and
13145ra , effect upon the enemy is anticipated, to
exceed' everything hitherto achieved in Ode' line.
The bnil, weighing 88 grammes, iftsB. millimetres
long, hollow, and filled with a charge of powder
234 grammes in weight. Otr striking, it explodes
with.the greatest certainty, ancl,, dispersing its'
firagments three feet in every direction,: is re
puled •to does mu ch damage as three or fear ordi
nary bails, and to create asmuch dismay osswould
a dozen. The Ingenuity displayed' in making a
simple yet effective Projectile is repeated ha a
coutrivEnce to weaken the rebound necessarily
strong• in se heavy a weapon: The calibre of
the new rifle - is 21 millimetres. Speaking °tare
arms, a few words may be bestowed upon' the
rifled mortars devised by the Prussian. Art il lery
Commissioner& They arc breech-loaders, 63f
feet bobg, and can be brought to an elevation of
75 degrees. It is asserted' that, hitting theirmark
with as much precision ALI the rifled cannon~
they are applicable in many cases Where' the.
latter would be o 5 no .use.‘ If the hopes-of pro.
fessional people are fulfilled, their balls,ffying
over wails that would be impenetrable to rifled
cannon, will prove Incomparably mom dangerous.,
enemies to fortreases than'tho old mortar with
its random shots, while, when employed on
coast defences, they will' fail perpendicularly on
the deck of a vesasel the mamma sides of. which.
mock attack.
The Abyesinhtn.Emiledition.
Advices from Mutkutto • to. Dec. 1, announce.
that Col. Merewether, with the advance brigade,
is moving ou Scuape. The inhabitants of Oka
leh and Kuzeik had tendered their services. The
troops were in good health. The Abana was
dead: Despatches from Aden to' the Gth of De
cember says:
"Cob Stavely and staff, together with the last
detachments of the Scinde brigade, have passed
here, en their way for Abyssinia, Advices from
Annesley Bay report a great scarcity of water.
The dimes° among the mules and horses con
tinued to an alarming extent. A chief of the
Tigre., with 600 men, had arrived in the British
ca pm."
A despatch from Aden, dated. November 20{
says:
According to advices received here from Annes
ley Bay, Cob Merewether has sultrted upon an
other exploring expedition, from which no• news
has yet been received. There wan a great cry on
all sides for water, and everything consuming
that article had been sent on to Hodado (eigh
teen miles inland), where It , was- procurable,
leaving only a company of , sappers at the
landing-place to build a jetty. The accounts
of Col - . Merewether's last trip round the
bead of Annesley Bay were anything but satis
factory. Ns water,
no shelter anywhere, and.
the thermometer (4100 deg. to 119- deg. •in the
coolestplaces. They came ou4 on the coast of '
'the Red Sea, at Jubbal Baker, and were so dis
gusted that they returned to Annesley Bay by
sea. His to be hoped that the' present expedi
tion will give a better account of the. country:
Another despatch, dated Aden f November 25th,
says:
Intelligence has been received from Colonel
Merewether, dated "Camp Tubboo, Huddas
river, -lath nett:lnt."- The Kumoyla Bass was
quite ready for a force to move an, so it is ex
pected that an immediate advance would be made,
the climate being such an improvement on that of"
the plains. The greatest height arrived , at by Cob
Merewether's party was 7,000 feet above the
level of the sea. from which. they could see
right down Into Abyssinia, only five miles dis
tant. It is very cold, but the temperature is not
given. The Scinde brigade has- not. yet passed'
through here, but is expected daily. The trans--
ports with stores, mules, bullocks, itc,, keep'
passing, but no more troops. The beat at Zan&
was still very great, and cases of sun-stroke have
occurred. The landing pier was progressing rap
idly, and would be ready for the &Ando brigade.
Large numbers of native craft have been sent
from this and other ports up to the Red Sea for
landing purposes, so that they are pretty well off
for lighterage, A condenser is being sent from
here to be
.erected at Zulla landing-place, that
will make 4,000 gallons per day. Others are
coming from Bombay:
DEATH ON REV. HENRY , 11....RBAUGEL-A tele
gram from Mercersburg.dated the 28th, an
nounces the death of Rev. Dr. Henry Harbaugh,
Professor in the Theological Seminary of the
German Reformed Church, which event took
place at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Mr.
Harbaugh was born near Waynesborough,
Franklin county, Pa., on October 28, 1817. Ills
great grandfather emigrated from Switzerland
about 1736. His father was a farmer, and
Henry spent his youth working on the farm
until he was nineteen years of age. He was fond
of reading at an early age, saving all the little
money that came into his possession for the
purchase of books. In 1836 ho got leave
to go to the West with a view of
learning the trade of carpenter. Heworked four
months as an apprentice,and afterward as a jour
neyman, always studying at night. For the next,
three years he taught school in the winter and
attended an academy in the summer, and in 184.0
entered Marshall College, at Mercersburg, Penn.,
and at the same time studied divinity in the theo
logical seminary at the, same place. He was li
censed and ordained in 1843,nnd became pastor of
the German Reformed congregation in Lewis
burg, Penn., continuing his literary studies
with enabated industry. In 1848 he pub
lished "Heaven, or an Earnest and Scriptural
Inquiry into the abode of the Saluted Dead."
This volume was well received, and reached
its 14th edition. Iu January, 1850, he corn-.
menced "The Guardian," a monthly magazine,
still continued, by Rev. Air. Bauman. In, April,
1850, he was called to the pastqrate of the First
German Reformed Church, in Lancaster. In
1851 he published "The Heavenly Recognition;
or, an Earnest and Scriptural Discussion of the
Question, `Will we know our Friends in Hea
ven ?' " and in 1853 he published "The Heavenly
Home; or, the Employments and Enjoyments of
the Saints in Heaven." In 1854 Mr. Harbaugh
published "The Birds of the Bible;" in 1857, a
"Life Of the Rev. Michael Schlatter;" in 1857-8,
"The Fathers of the German Reformed
Church in Europe and America," in
three volumes; and, shortly afterward "The True
Glory of Woman, as portrayed in the Beautiful
Life of the Virgin Mary." Mr. Harbaugh was
also the author of "Union with. the Church"
(1853) and the "Plea for the Lord's Portion of a
Christian's Wealth, in Life by Gift, in Death by
Will." After leaving Lancaster Mr. H. became
pastor of the Reformed. Church in Lebanon,
where he remained until elected Professor of
Theology in the Mercersburg Seminary. During
this time he took an active part in the synods of
the church and the discussrons• on theological
points in the various magazines and reviews of
the day.
—The Vienna journals State that a solemn
funeral scrvice'for the Emperor Maximilian will
tax place on the arrival at Trieste of the body,
now being brought home by Vice Admiral Teget
hoff. Orders have been already given for the
manufacture of large number of mourning
banners and dripery. •
—The Emperor of Austria, has sent a diamond
ring to Isabella, the famous Parisian dower-girl
who presented him with a beautiful bouquet
during his visit to the French capital. As Isa
bella is said to be no better than she should be;
this, event has created some surprise in Paris.
—Dolly Davenport, having' read over fifty'
obituary notices •of himself, cut out from
Northern newspapers, and forwarded to' New
Orleans, has come to:the oonclualou that he must
bd redly_ deatik,and now signs Plalcelft accord- ,
ingly, 'Kann, truly, 11. Davenport, deceased.",
uew OureOlahprlui& donna, said to be more,.
talented than Jenny Lbld and Ohristina Nine, , O l h .
,and , by fat .'mare, beautiful Wan,' tither,
thetri, has
of
her' -oppearattee at the Royal
Theatre of StoekhOlol. , I bus' Efillgron -lel her
,aame t , 4 r
L FETBERSTON. rub
iIIOE PUREE CENTS.'
Limes AND V• *Km
'1?110 ULU y kwiti
Without, the heavy datkness drippetir stt?W';
Within, tics ntddv fire-shine dances;
A sombre time for ibis goOttlyear to go,
Rich in swert memories and fair romances! t
•
Wort thou not More tban any friend to me,
Al faithful Mb that, coldly civets,'
Grown old wittrall the' isorrowi Ott taeff,,
liy darkenadays and all' thy ruined roan®!
I feel tby farewells yearm•abou3 me hare,
Faint Ba l a pasgag breath that thew,
I dream of dying murmurs in 133 1 5""ear;:
And afry tottchew.of phantaamal'ilr*ra.l
Oh, bleak, inow.beurtledgsled , your vcfces '
A requiens for the'great departed; •
While ofie•tW ono the mounaftd momenta fall
Like tquitil earth-clods to•tho brnkewheartedr
—Bishop•Slmpson fctvors ettinese - for servants.
—Mr. Tug's trial Es-approaching.
—Democtutlo Congressman Mungerls a poet.
—Sheridan.kileted 500 i school gide- in Chleago.
Poor Sherry!. -
—Fitz-Greene Hallett Is to•have a monument
at Guilford:.
—British eoldßers carry •a knapsack•weighltig
only four pourria throe ounces,- •
—Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has given sl,oo*
to a fund for the benefit of General Lee's college.
—An Indiansevcreign is to give Bombitra,co
lossal statue of Victona.
—The Bishop•of Qttobeowill not allowloprtiyeen
for the Manchester Feniana. ' ,
—A female of St. Louie-has gone old;
=Fried a gamblor; and gossips are-happyk,
—rorrest starts on his Southern tour fronni
New Orleans.
—New Y' 's greeting—'
Nolo York News. -
—A sister of one.of the Angssla *Aims has be--
. come hopelessly insane.
-An American barber-, trt. London, shaves
man a minute, and defies the world to beat him,
—Cincinnati made a presenref a five-dollar-bill
to each of her policemen.
—The negroes in Boston ate going to harelip
grand , celebration of the fifth anniversary Of the
Rman eipationproclamation.
. -
—Two negroes aro running for Sheriff in
Davidson county, Tennessee. A number of
white men are mining, from tho Sheriff up here. •
—4. Californian, who has barely kept soul and
body together for eleven years, recently dug out‘
$16,000 in three days. •
—A Cork baker has been arrested for "amis.. -
rating the death of hb3 , wife," which probably- -
means killing her.
—A gentleman has - gaine Wtst to sectire •
eight thousand partridges to stock Berks.
county. • -
--,The Pope has already imprisoned•thrsothoint....;
sand persona for sympathizing with Garibaldi.
Hondreds are leaving his territory:.
—.A.million tons of conk dust are annually con—
solidated for fuel in France and Belgium. his is
all wasted hi this country.
.—Young Coker is studying music In London.
and praying that his voleomay be a •tenag when ;
it is-changed.
—A. town in lowa hats tile pointed name of
SemicolOnville. This would be a cCpitul place to
make afull stop at for a shortpericsV
—The first marriage in New England took
Place between Edward Virinslow and Susannah
White. No cards. •
•
—ln 1 3ngland a fac • simile • signittareis held •
by the courts of equal • valtte witlilhe Written •
one.
—Rev. Todd, of Connecticut, is an entwine oil
abstinence, Ho takes with his matinees,- whit* ,
continue to take thTir Todd.
—Eight pounds sterling are pending los suit . '
brought by a butcher against a noble lord and
peer of the realm.
—Black ducks, Want, geese, teal, title bills and,
ether water fowls are very abundant in all the
bays and Inlets near Atlantic City.
—Verviers,Belgium, has eaten onentindred and •
ninety-one horses during the past year. Hippo
phag,y is looking up.
s-The rumor that Secretary Sewasdrhas bought'
Saturn's ring, Jupiter's moons and half a dozen ,
asteroids, is contradicted.
—Warsaw apothecaries• will he punished if"'
they speak the Polish names of their drugs after
January first. We ought to-punish our druggists •
for using Latin.
—There is an'old being extant on the Mend or'
Arran at the frisky an of 105, whose claim to re
gard is that ho went to school with Hebert Burma-. '
and shared that bard's bed.
—A Western Now York paper laments-the ,
failure of the course of lectures ia, the , town.
where it is published, but says they have a sums. ,
thing, en dancing school.
—Owing to the law's delay in Indiana the board,
of a man imprisoned in one of the county Alfa. ~
for the theft of twenty cents, will cost two hun
dred dollars before be can , be tried. •
—Two more of those frogs that lively solid rock
and hop off so merrily when their pro-Adamito
sleep is broken, have been blasted_httollds waridi .
down in Maine.
—"You will smile to hear," says a s letter from::
Rome, "that a Freueh corporal hafi pronounce&
against the intervention. at Rome, and, lo,conse
quence, list - been publicly disgraced." • ,
Robinson Crnsoe'a man Friday, in, Oftbut
bach's new opera, is a pert little cupid. The:
most laughable scene in the opera is an Interview
of some cannibals with a bevy of Parisian cocoites.
• —Jeff. Davis, while in the IL. & Benate,waa
one of the earliest and ablest of the rulvocatertor
a Pacific railroad, urging that it. would have a.
tendency to.strengthen the Union.
—A Frenchman recently hung, hi ~ nett beca use
his grocer dunned him for a bill of twenty dol-
lars. Thereupon his son shot the grocer.. The
..,
account is still unpaid.
—Some brilliant archwologist attributes, the
practice of decorating churches with evermens
at Christmas to the Druids. There is some'elOubt:
about the matter, as the Druids did not build
churches nor observe Christmas.
—A man in _Belfast, Me.,was affected with Chil
blains, and bathed his feet In rum. A State con
stable seized his bathing aaratus, arrested him,
and had him fined and sen tenced to three-months'
imprisonment. . • i
.
—A Cuban, who had murdered his father,
mother, sister and child, on his way to exeoutioa,,
recently, made cheerful observations to the, by- '
standers, warning them to be eareful what
meat they bought in the market next day , anti
suggesting that his flesh might be dis tingai
by its peculiar toughness.
The New Bedford. Mass., Gazette says sped-,
mons of rock have been removed from ,the earth
at Turner's Mills, Franklia county, some WWI
feet below the surface, on which are distinctly to"
be seen the prints of a foot resembling that ofW '
wolf, though larger than that made , by a home.°
Prints of small fishes are also found, 'with the ,
eyes, fins, scales, etc., all perfectly. visible.. , • ~.,
—Concerning tow long Christmas 1010111, .
should be allowed to remain up, we, ea* the
following, which we find among; a lot of ancient ••
superstitions: :"If every-,remnant of OhriatMatk.' .
decoration is not cleared out of ehttrcb, boron, ,
~
Candlemas day (the Furifidation, February 24,
there Will be death that year in the family,Otscit
pying the pew where a leaf or berry Is lat.' •
above we believe, applies ' also to prisitte honi&i ,,
—The Ledger this morning informs its ki
'that "a female actress plkya' Hamlet la, 1
Of course she :is eupportMby mairettnne, , ' to
la
and cheered" by - the , harmony pi •ii to • i'
orcheatra. — She jumps , inter Ophalia's .
grave and has , a cOnloott4_;.•.tmiolo tri • . ...1.,
IWo3;ius is a v00;4 110 1 1 4 • ° I A 1 41 4 " ' '.uit '' . t
a 'fratricidal Murderer', , DreauMlo. . • ' t ."' r .•• ,
i '. .
given In ;'the , ofitgy n P*ci f iVa l 4ebtit -
expire ,eorat•artaew 'death as e,,,. .. ... ' 4
curtain comes dewny 'What with '. ~..,*= ' isimeat- ..,
•
gales"; and • .qeMillt autilit~) • • ' -..-1- ' , , tpatto ' 1
grapi/ing IA eoulintiok r„.46 k' . .; t. ~( 1; il
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"Year waare again."—