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Of the seven-thirty notes payable In August, 1867, 55657,550 have never been presented, though more •than eighteen months over due. Of those due • June 80, 1868, there are yet ont ©2,944, 200. The •time having elapsed, these.two classes of seven ■thlrties are not exchangeable for five-twenties, are redeemable in currency, and -are no longer ■drawing interest. Of ’the last issno of seven -thirties, due July 15th, the time has been ex tended to August Ist. So,lf not presented jfor conversion this week, over ten million dollars of these yet entstandlng will be redeemable in cur rrency.” An English engineer. If we are to believe the jSiicle, has just laid before the Emperor the plans for a monster raft, to be placed on three' steam ers, each supplied (I translate literally) with an engine of 1,000 horse power. This raft would eonvey trains in all seasons from Calais to Dover in an incredibly short space of time, and at fabu lously diminished fares. —The dramaMt antic of the London Times , Ur. -John Oxenford, has a salary of one thousand pounds a year. Jhiilj) (EBtmiig fklktstu THOMAS T. FIRTH, Treasurer. THE ISLES OF SHOALS. Teller from John Quill. , Perch Fishing In tho Burf~A Tough \lnrn-Tho Appeldore Reveille—Tho. Dlount D,sert DixnHter—The Skipper Culled John—Cod Fishing—Cruelty to Dumb Animals—A Tribute to Nep- tune. , [Correspondence ot tbo Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] Appkldobe Island, July 25,1868.— The visitor to these Islands who has an unreliable stomach that Is susceptible to sea-sickness, finds it ad visable to confine his piscatorial operations to the immediate vicinity of the shore. Here, with very little effort, he can have such luck as wonld secure for him at home a Waltonian reputation, although the inhabitants hereof are apt to think very poorly of the nenal results. Tbe islands aro of voleanieformation, evident ly, and their edges are ragged with wild masses of granite rocks, which the fierce unceasing ac tion of the sea has worn away so that on every side there are miniature bays; long alleys up which the water rushes and retreats with the re gularity of clock work; precipices seamed and gashed by volcanic heat, and tho after action of tbe surf for centuries; short stretches of peb bly beach, and . snug little covbs, wherein a fleet of tiny boats fnight ride at anchor in the wildest storm. Along these shores, close in upon the rocks, sea perch can be caught by millions,and the timid angler need do nothing more than climb over a ,few immense boulders, and seating himself upon a preluding rock, use his rod and line to betler advantage than ever before in his life. The perch ore from ten to fifteen inches long, of a dark brown color, and will weigh from half a pound to a pound and a half. The best plan, however, is to fish from a boat, and for this pur pose we pressed into service tho immortal “ Un cle Billy,” who Is the bold navigator of one of the most ancient, unseaworthy, ricketty, seml-de caycd, dilapidated and generally insecure old row-boats that ever floated upon the bounding billows. With this craft, and an anchor com posed of a stone affixed to the thinnest twine I ever saw off of a sewing-spool, Uncle Billy would paddle to within a few feet of the spot where the surf breaks upon, the roekß, nDd after heaving his anchor, would prepare for sport. 1 WiUiaih is a character in bisway. He was bom and bred—if bred at ah—among these islands and although his ideas are original and brilliant enough, his experience -of this wide world is ex tremely limited. Of course, we furnished him with a great deal of information, and whenever anything of a surprising character was compre hended by his venerable intellect, hjs eyes would open wide for a minute or two, and he would slowly ejaculate, “Waal now ! I j-ust want to kneow!” While he was cracking the clams with his teeth and dragging tho miserable shell fish from its skeleton preparatory to baiting the hooks, I re galed him with the story of a fishing exploit in which I once figured. “ Uncle Billy, talking about fishing, would you believe it, that once down at Cape May, I had a bite and pulled up to find a perch on the lino. Before I got him more than half out of tho wa ter, a mackerel jumped up and swallowed him. I pulled on the mackerel, and before I gave him a second jerk a codfish took him at a gulp. I thought I had the cod certain, but a sturgeon swallowed him, and I hadn't more than got his gills above the surface before a shark ate him at a bite, and a whale did try to swallow the shark, but I was too quick for him and got the whole mess safe in the boat.” Uncle Billy bit a elam shell In half, replaced his quid and gently drawled: — " Waal now ! I j-nst want to kneow!” But he believed it and seemed almost ashamed to let me catch perch after such an experience. Close by the side of ns was a Sheer wall of rock which rose ud ont of the sea rugged and bare, ex cepting where the sea-weed had clung to th e crevices. Against this the heavy surf rolled with a thundering noise, and the waves with wonder ful tenacity seemed to hug it close and creep up its face until the long swell recoded, and the water came pouring down in thousands of minia ture cascades of surpassing gracefulness and beauty, dashing the Bpray all over us. But it was 3 glorious place for fishing. No sooner were the lines overboard than there were vigorous, hungry bites, and in an instant the shining fish were floundering about in the boat, and Uncle Billy had a fresh clam between his teeth ready for the hook. We counted our spoils by the dozen, and when we tired, it was worth more than the sport of angling, to lean over the side of the boat on the way home, and gaze away down into 'the transparent depths of the ocean, and see, fa thoms below ns, the curiously shaped s%a-weed tangled in rich luxurious growth, like the rank foliage ef a jungle, and to see lying there su pinely, monstrous lobsters, vividly green in the emerald water, great lazy crabs, purple and gold jelly-fish, and to watch the brown-backed perch and scarlet bream darting away from the plash of the oars. To a man who had fished only in the muddy sea off the Jersey coast, this clear, pellu cid water and its myriad forms of .animal and vegetable life, was a marvel, and it has not lost its strange attractiveness by our familiarity with it. But perch fishing is not considered sport here. To the islander, eod and mackerel are the only fish worth taking, so we determined to undertake an expedition in search of the former. It is best to start early in the morning, and as they are somewhat primitive here, not to say romantic, it need not seem snrprising that the jolly landlord wakes his guests with numerous prolonged and melancholy blasts upon a bngle. Yon turn over three or four times In bed, have a’ nightmare in which you think you are being serenaded by a band of demons who are vainly trying to play a combination of the Dead March from Saul and Le Sabre demon Pere, then yon dream yon ore at the opera, and the orchestra has been Bmitten with sudden madness, and at last, jnst as a bald headed maniac is trying to blow ont your brains with the trombone, yon wake to reality and try to induce the landlord to play the balance of the score in minim rests. On the morning In question, we proceeded to an early breakfast, at which we were attended by a British gentleman who says his namo is “ ’Enery.” : Henry ls effective and prompt, but' his mental vision is not clear, or when I sent him out for raspberries he would not have come hack and sold: “We ’aven’t hany raspberries sir, but we ’ave some very nice cold ’am.” Ham, however, is a very poor fruit to substitute ‘or raspberries, so we left the table and pro ceeded to the boat. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1868. This is a little schooner rigged yacht, manned and commanded by a skipper whose name Is John. Into the “ICelplo” then, clamber Fitz Smith, O'Jones and myself. It. is a bright and beautiful morning, and the wind is blowing stlfily from the northwest, so that tho skipper’s heart gladdens with the thought of reaching tbc_ fishing ground expeditiously. John we find to bo an expert He is an o,ld mackerel fish erman, and strangely enough, while he is relating bis experience, he tells us that he was present at Mount Desert last year, when that boat went down which carried with it Bev. Mr. Chaso and his wife, and thoir friends. His was the yacht that ran down to give them assistance, bat, alas! it was too late. But one person was found; drawn into tho vortex of the sinking boat, all the rest had gone down into the shuddering depths never to rise again. The sea woq ninety fathoms deep there, and though patient,'earnest and intelligent effort was mode for many days to find the lost ones, and bring at least that little consolation to the bereaved and afflicted friends at home, it was in'vein. There will never be any resurrection for them until the Lord “shall call His own again from the deep of the sea.” John says the acci dent was entirely attributable to the inexperience of the poor youth who managed the boat. He did not reef his sails to meet the heavy in attempting to pnt about, he" turned in Sio wrong direction, and the boat sank as if it had been a stone. Hoisting his sails, and filling a huge basket with clams for bait, the skipper heads his little craft for tho channel between Star Island and the light-house, and in a few moments we are in the open sea, bowling along over tho crests of the waves at the rate of twelve miles an hour. The sea is very heavy, and the tiny shell of a boat is tossed abont as if it were a mere atom; and an atom it seems, with all its precious freight in that wild commotion of the mighty waters. The landsmen begin to get a little nervous; Fitz Smith thinks “perhaps we might have some luck in near shore.” Mr. O'Jones says he isn’t afraid, but he asks the skipper just for Lke sake of keeping up the conversation “whether a boat of that size was ever upset around here?” In case an emergency of that kind should ever occur in future years, Mr. Fitz Smith- wants to know “what is the best thing to da always when a boat capsizes ?’V O’ Jones says that he never ‘cared mnch for deep sea fishing anyhow, and suppose we just turn back and try our hand at perch,” The skipper named John only smiles serenely and says there Is no danger, while the little craft dashes bravely on from wave to wave aß if it were everyday fun for her, and she didn't care how heavily the white caps break against her sides. Ten miles out, and the islands have nearly dis appeared. The light-house can be descried dimly in the distance, and the tops of the Gosport houses. Off to our right lies the island schooner “Pilgrim.” The skipper Is cooking breakfast on her, while the landsmen are hauling in the cod so fast that we grow impatient to begin the sport Skipper John takes soundings, and the lead touches bottom at thirty fathoms. Over goes the anchor, and the cable whirls off the coil with tremendous rapidity. By this time the Bea has subsided into a long, heavy swell. At one in - stant we are on the crest of an enormous wave and can look down from our supreme height upon Lbe Pilgrim's deck. At the next we are in the trough of the sea, and the schooner’s topmasts alone are visible. The lines are baited, three or four clams being on each hook, and they are tossed over. Down sinks the lead until nearly two hundred feet of line reels off, then the lead 's lifted a short distance from the bottom, and nearly instantly a bite is felt, a sharp pull and I have him. O' Jones’ hooks one at the same time. We straddle the thwart, place our feet against tbe boat’s side, and prepare for a long,strong,and an ali-by-yourself pulL Two hundred feet of lice aro to be hauled in, and all the time I can feel the great fish tugging and jerking and strug gling at the other end. Presently the heavy line comes over the side, and in one minute tbe skipper catches hold of the prey, and a mon strous cod lies sprawling and gasping on the planks. Mine is a monster nearly four feet long, and weighing thirty or forty pounds. O’Jones has one nearly as large, and before he can land him Fitz Smith is in an agony of excitement,hauling away with might and main upon another enormous fellow. The skipper is kept busy bringing them over the side. He does it in a cruel style. His thumb goes in one eyeball and his finger in the other, and in comes the fish. Let not any member of the Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals ever go fishing with the remorseless Skipper John. The bites come thick and fast, and in a short time thirty of ihe largest codfish I have ever seen lie in the boat. It has become warm work by this time— our arms are tired with constant hauling in, and our hands are gashed with the running lines. The excitement is somewhat less, too, and the lazy swell of the sea begins to tell on the fisher men. Fitz Smith thinks he will not fish any more. "He is tired, and that confounded coffee don’t agree with him. He will just lie down a minute or two.” He lies down with his head over the bows, and up comes coffee, breakfast and all, a morning offering to old Neptnne. Mr. O’Jones informs me confidentially that his bile has been troubling him for some time past, and he thinks an attack is coming on now. He wants it to be “distinctly understood, however, by all hands, that he is not sea-sick. Not at all, only his bile ” and over goes the head of O' Jones and up comes his matituiinal meal. The skipper smiles a calm smile, and winks know, ngly. He thinks it is time to go home, so the anchor is dragged np, the sails set, and off we go, deriving comfort on the way from seeing the Pilgrim’s passengers lying prone upon the deck in all stages of sea-sickness. That was a gallant and memorable day's sport. There is not such fishing anywhere upon the At lantic coast, at least at watering places, and if the pleasant and genial proprietors of tho Appic dore House would only pay a-littlo, just a little’ more attention to their cuisine, I could he artily recommend the Isles of Shoals to everyone who is in search, of pure air and healthful and noblo sport. John Quill. —Berryei’s eon is a scapegrace, who forged the name of his illustrious father under thousands of promissory notes, which ho sold to Shylocks at one-tenth and one-fifteenth of- their face. His father has redeemed nearly all them, and as soon as one of them has been paid, he prosecutes the usurer for buying them at less than their value. At least twenty ol the scoundrels havo already been fined and imprisoned for this reason; and the holders of the remainder of the forged paper have resolvdd to keep it until old Berryer, who is worth several million of francs, is dead. Berryer lias never once objected to paying the notes on account of their being forgeries. ,■ OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. [Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] Pauis, Friday, July 17th, 1868 A newspaper, called the Ward, which enjoyed a certain reputation -some fen Tears back as a supposed organ of-the- Russian Government, but is now entirely depen dent on its own cxertionß—or inventions—has just endeavored to amuse the public at this drill season by telling them what the Emperor thinks about his own assassination ! Of coarse, the Em peror’s sentiments on this interesting subject are given ipsissimis verbis, in the very words of the imperial spokesman, and os they were de livered, “ in the presence Of a numerous circle!” The Emperor Napoleon,it appears—who deserves the epithet of Napoleon tho Silent almost as well as his Dutch prototype, William, of famous memory—has suddenly become quite communica tive and un-rcticenton the most delicate subjects' and entertains his visitors at Fontaine bleau by telling them “what he sup poses would happen if he was kilt!” L think I know something of the sort of conversation which goes on in pnbllc at the Palace; and 1 think, also, I see the astonishment expressed on tho faces of the bystanders were the Emperor himself, to broach such a topic aB the above, of still more, were it to b& broached by any one else. However, let ub see what the Emperor (according to the Word) has to say on the point: He begins, as usual, with the assertion that the “grandeur and prosperity of France’’ are his only occupation. Ho adds, in the samo Napoleonic language, that “Providence is evi dently his friend.” Need it be said that he assures France that her only chanco is to “Btick to his dynasty ?” Or that his “mission” will certainly be accom plished ? They may kill me,-eays~Nap©leon;'nay they may kill all my immediate family; but the nation wonld still seek out some distant grand nephew, as the Servians have sought out Prince Milan, to uphold the standard of the Empire. And then the Emperor (still according to the Word) rising to a climax, exclaims to his astonishedJisteners: “The party which imbues its hand in blood never profits by the crime!” It is a pity that Marshals St. Arnault and Magnan, with de Moray and others, were not still living to hear the letter sentiment. Bnt it must have ap peared iin pen fort even to General Fleury, if he happened to be standing by at the moment when It is supposed to have been uttered! But enough of this nonsense, and of the Word and its “Imagi nary conversations.” Fortunately no one thinks any longer about tbe assassination of the Empe ror, and leaßt of all perhaps the Empe ror himself. Bnt he is a fatalist, and has some strangtj Ideas abont the rising, waning and setting* of his “star.” The coming year, too, is fall of 6trange predictions, qnd is said to ,be big with portents by somnambulists, spirit ists and all who profess to read the future. The announcement oi the .Ecumenic Council of Rome, with the strange and mysterious power and inspirations which such an Assembly arro gates to itself, is regarded by superstitions minds as tbe culminating point of the wonders which are to mark the year of grace 1869. I have seen the strangest, nay, I will confess, even the most start ling combination of figures, dates and circum-. stances respecting the course of future events, evolved by the calculations of these modern as trologers. Perhaps the Emperor, who did not disdain the hallucinations of a Hume, may have been indulg ing in his fatalistic vein on Buch points, and have dropped ont a word or two, which may have served the Word, or its informants, to hang a peg upon. There has been published recently at Paris a journal of a new form called La Lanterne. It is in the shape of a little book, with a very dis tinguishable red cover; and tho contents, when you open it, are precisely those of a news paper, cut up into pages and following, consecutively, with the advertisements at tho end. When La Lanterne appeared, it made a profession of “Bonapartism” in so dis guised a form of kten satire, that in several foreign journals, the French correspondence of the London Times for instanee, the inaugural was published as though it had been serious! But the cleverest thing is on the outside red cover of La Lanterne. The latter words are inscribed in capitals, and from the letters L and Nis sus pended the lantern, which gives its title to the new organ of such dubious principles. The question is certainly not solved by the above title-page: for, query—Does the hieroglyphic sig nify "Louis Napoleon, the lamp of France,"or "Louis Napoleon «la lanterne!" The Procureur General has never ventured to ask for the deci sion of the Sixth Chamber of Correctional Police in the point, and the Lanterne itself, if appealed to as to which solution was the true one, would probably tell you that you might “take your choice! ” The recent death of M. Viennot has made some commotion in the literary world, in which bis various productions both in prose and verse, especially his fables, had given him a conspicu ous place. Although ninety-one years old, he was engaged upon two tragedies at the time of his decease, and was looking forward to the pro duction of one of them next winter. A greener old age has rarely been accorded to a maker of books. Lord Lyndhnret Is his only modern rival in intellectual longivity. In his youth, M. Viennot was a soldier, and was twice made pri soner by the English. On one occasion, his life was saved by a manuscript tragedy buttoned nnder his uniform, which stopped the course of a bullet. He (was a member of the Academy and had been a peer under Lonls Philippe. A enrions compound of wit and absurdity, ho was always laughing at others or being laughed at himself. It is said that he used to bore the King so much with interminable tete-a-tetes, that his good-natured Majesty begged the protection of the Queen. Accordingly, the latter would do her best to entertain the formidable talker when ho went to the palace, until at last ho expressed an apprehension that the royal lady, despito her years, was becomingmore fond of him than his loyalty relished. Thfe was repeated to the old couple at the Tuilerles, whom it greatly amused; and the King declared he would sacrifice himself for the future to preserve the honor o his wife. When a member of the Chamb£? of Deputies in 1833, Viennot voted for the laws of repression after tho April dmeafe, and In doing so Bftid,with exquisite frankness, that he “wished for the repose of his country because on it de pended his own!”—a confession which might be ropeated-by a good many patriots of every epoch. As it is always woll to do a charitable act, I should liko to iDform your readers that in Gulig nnni's ifessetiyer an advertisement has been re peatedly inserted of a French widow lady, of EUKOPEAN AFFAIRS LETTER PROM. PARIS. agreeable aspect and unmentloncd hge, who wishes to marry. a gentleman that knows the world, or a retired trader not more than forty five, with an income o e about 20,000 dollars in gold. In return, she will bring him “ the title of Count, a chateau, ar ‘ a patrimonial landed in heritance.” This ought certainly to be a tempta tion in a country, where retired traders with am ple pockets are not rai a, and whore the titlo of Count sounds bigger than it does here, where Counts are countless. 80 many American dam sels aro taking to themselves noble partner*; in Europe, that citizens of the other sex; may well be permitted to follow their example. “In this connection,” it may be mentioned that Miss Adelina Patti will positively become tho Mar quise de Canx before the end of the month. GERMANY. Austrian Politics—Tno Queen ofUng. land’s Visit. The Memorial Diplomatique, of Paris, remarks: The German journals have for some time been much preoccupied with the shooting match which is to take place at Vienna at the end of the month. A general expectation prevail that the occurrence will not pass over withou some political manifestations of a character more or less hostile to Prussia. The Austrian Government, however desirous -it may be to avoid everything of a nature to give umbrage to a neighboring Power, has had to declare that it could not possibly prevent the projected meet ing without violating the interior laws of the Cls- Leithan countries and without injury to the commercial interests of the capital, which neces sarily expects to derive a profit from the meeting. The most singular point is that this institution la of Prussian origin, as the Schwerin Ministry con ceived the idea of it in 1859 and organized it at that period in connection with the lamous asso ciation of ihe National Vcrein. A letter from Gotha, dated the 11th of July, says: The Prince Royal of Prussia arrived here to-day on his way to the Chateau of Rainharria. brunn, known for its romantic situation in the midst of the forest of Thuringia. The Princess, with her infant children, has already been in stalled there a week. The Queen of England, who was at first expected to pay a visit to the castle, will not do so; she will, on the contrary, arrive during the first week of next month at her daughter’s, the Princess Alice of Hesse. Her Majesty will afterwards stay at Rosenau, near Coburg. Since the death of Prince Albert she has always retained, on affection for this residence. SJEAIA. The Cnptain-uencral to tbo Troops. Count Cheste, the Captain-General of Madrid, has addressed a most extraordinary order of the day to the troops under his command. Its ob ject is to point out the dangers of military insur rections—one of the most cogent arguments he uses being that these military rebellions “don’t pay," viz.: “No more pronnneiamentos. comrades!—no more shame nor dishonor, and let the bitterness of past disappointments serve as an expiation lor pa6t error. After so many years what re . mains of oil the promises so lavishly made what remains of all the flattoring . hopes held out to you ? Nothing. The leaders themselves, who had apparently turned their crime to good ac count, have not been able to enjoy its fruits in peace. Generals, officers and soldiers! let your un swerving fidelity become henceforth the powerful link that shall bind up forever the dislocated ma chinery of the State—the bulwark of the holy religion of oar fathers, the firm support of our beloved throne cemented by yoar blood at the loot of the cradle of Isabella 11., the mini-ring in strument of legality and justice. May Spain, in her hour of trial,find under the protection of your strong but obedient bayonets the peace she seeks, the quiet she requires, and the prosperity which awaits her. What greater satisfaction can well born hearts expect ? What greater honor crown generous brows ? “ThE,CaFTAIS-GeNERAI,,CoNT>E DF. CIIF^TE.” This novel document, being given without any explanation and without date,, it is difficult to Bay whether it was issued before or after the banishment of the generals. The tone corrobo rates the impression thatM. Gonzalez Bravo mav be trying his hand at “saving society.” RUSSIA. Connection of tbo Baltic xvitb tbe BlacK. Sea, The long-expected project of connecting bv means of a direct railway the ports of the Black Sea with the Baltic, so important to the develop ment of Russian commerce and industry, wul soon be on accomplished fact. It is stated that the general director of railways, the Chevalier de Openheim, has obtained from the Roumanian Government, upon very favorable terms, the con cession to extend the Lemberg-Czernowitz and Suczawa line from the latter place to Jassy; and the lino from Odessa to Kischoneff being already under construction, it may be safely assumed that the connection with Odessa wiU soon follow, thus completing the connection be tween the Baltic and Black Sea. This new line, which will soon be completed, was originally commenced under the auspices of the Roumanian Government; and there is no doubt that the traffic of the Lemberg-Czernowitz Railway, es pecially after the opening of the JasßV line, which will be connected with the Odessa line, will soon show surprising good results, independently of the State guarantees. A concession has been granted to construct a railway between St. Pe tersburg and a port on the Baltic, as also a line connecting Rybinßk with the Nicolai Railway. Foreign Items. By the mail that arrived in New York last night we have the following items of Foreign news: The Fall Mall Gazette commenting upon Gen. F. P. Blair’s first letter, says in reference to its author’s allusion to the restoration of the fi nances after that of the Constitution: “ This is taking up a bold position, but its weak point lies in the fact that the people have thus far over and over again pronounced against It. Whether the temptation of saving monoy by acting un fairly toward the national creditors will induco them to change their decision remains to be seen,but at present there is no indication of such a conversion. European observers will continue to believe that they will reject any propsition of which dishonesty is the principal recommenda tion.” In the action for damages brought by the United States against M.Armand,tho French ship builder employed by the Confederate authorities to build certain blockade rtmners, the Imperial Advocate summed up his speech by calling upon the Court to reject the claim made by the U nited States. The Court decided upon postponing judgment for a fortnight. ■ . Prince Napoleon recently received on board his yacht a deputation of Poles, and after thanking them for their address, expressed his sympathy with their sufferings in the tangible form of a hundred thousand francs. The Madrid telegrams at length condescend to notice the events which everybody out of Spain has been talking of the last ton days. Here is iho latest despatch: “Previous to their exile, the Duke and Duchess do Montpensier had refused to comply with the order of the Spanish Govern ment, on tho gronnd that an Infanta of Spain could only receive orders direct from tho Sover eign. Queen Isabella thereupon signed tho decree exiling them from Spain. After this stop had been taken tho Generals belonging to tho Liberal Union Purty were also all exiled without exemp tion. The Police continue to tako measures both in Madrid and the Provinces, for tho expulsion of all superior ofllcors suspected of adherence to the Liberal Union or the Progressist Party.” A later despatch states that tho Dnko and 'fiuchess of Montpensier had resolved, to remain at Cin tra, in Portugal. F. I. EETHERSTON. PuHfefar. PRICE THREE CENTS FACTS Ann FANCIES. Campaign Song. —Tbe correspondent of the New Fork Timor with the Pacific Railroad Editorial Excursion l sends a letter from Omaha, in which he inserts’ tho following song by Mr. Francis Wells, of tide* paper. It was composed upon the route, and'- was sung with hearty enthusiasm by tho whole party: t From old Atlantic’s rocky shore To soft Pacific’s coast, Comes up the chorus e’er and o’er From Grant's nnconquered host, Beneath the flog that waved eolong In victory, whore ho led, ; Vgain goes forth the gallant throng While Grant goes at tho head. Firth! firm! steady! where our chieftain towers; Let Seymour bear tho ‘'Stars and Bars,” The “Stars and Stripes” are ours. The same old fight we fought of yore, When Grant our victories won, We fight at North and South oncomore, Till freedom’s work is done. For Seymour’s “friends,” whom once he toughs In eighteen sixty-three, Once more unto the ballot brought,- To break down liberty. Firm! firm! steady, &c. While Grant and Colfax lead our line,. Let Blair and Seymour shout, - Though rebelß North and Bouth combine, Their forces wo will ront. “I cannot be your candidate,” Said Seymour—what ho meant Was—what he did not state: I can— Not be your President. Firm! firm! steady, &c. —The place for red currants—tho Red Sea. —A North Carolina negro "prophet" foretells a famine'! . 1875. —The husband of Harriet Prescott Spafford as pires tc be Consul-General to Havana. —Miss Braddon is -oming to this country, It is eaid. —New rendering bv Grant—“l propose to tight it out on this line if it tabes all Seymour.”' —Henry Ward Beecher’s son has been admit ted to the Freshman Class of Yale College. —An lirshmau going into Kerr’s China Hall, tho other nay, asked for an egg-stand to lay on tbe table—a real case of a bull m a china-shop. —Voorhees is on record as calling. General Blair “the Prince of Blackguards,” and ho knows, for he is in that, line himself. —lt is snid that' London contains fully ten, thousand persons who support themselves entire ly by their pen. —Tho English people are as anxious to have Miss- Ryo carry away their surplus women as the Cana dians are to get them. —lt is said that Fitz-Hugh Ludlow’s painful story “The Household Angel,” in Harper’s Bazar, is founded on facts. —The names-of Dickens’s children are Mary, Kate, Charles, Walter Lahdor, Francis Geoffrey, Alfred Tennyson, Sidney Smith, Henry Fielding', and Edward. Lytton Brnwer. —Farmers In Mlnnesotii carry tuba mid water pails into their fields to contain the potatobaga. which they pick off as thev would so many ber ries. In some instances th’c bug crop is largm than the ordinary yield of potatoes. ifjf' —Here is a good riddle: ; ' Lovely I was, loving, and belov’d, Yefme and mine a tragic fate befel: . ' Howbeit, in Shakespeare’s pages it has -proved' To be nilied to Comedy as well: ’ - But now my name if you would have me tell,! , Let this be answer for the answer sought!— , ' Already it is told you. though a spell Holds me incog., and this be telling nought. But he must be a very Pyramus for lovo whrK will discover the name of Thiabo in this tangle of words. —Rossini’s joke on Offenbach is to pipy one of the latter’s operas through with two "fingers. The wiser course would bo not to play them’ at —The Independence Beige hae the following: . “A carious story is in circulation about tho Bey" ' of Tunis. This potentate, it is said, not being able to pay iho Indemnity claimed by France.wos. m informed that the Kasanader had forty millions l * of savings concealed in a cistern, and* thatin. ' consequence of that discovery his Highness wa» in a position to give Franco six millions, six to Italy, six to Prussia, as much to Ac. W.. The money gave him opportune as-cistern-ce. ' —Within the present year General Bheridan, ■ whose opinion of Grant is certainly woll worth. , ¥ having, wrote as follows to a friend: "It is, perhaps, needless for me to tell you how ’ light my heart is on account of the glorious re cord in front of which Gen. Grant now stands, before the country. Tho country now begins to appreciate that his was the only hand which, patted me on the shoulder and gave me encou ragement, when I, almost alone, stuck up my little battle-flag at New Orleans to assist a second., time in saving the country and preserving the,.. record of our soldiers. Had Grant, Sherman, and myself, and others, gone over to. the enemy, much darkness would have come upon tho land. Two solutions were necessary for die settlement, of the rebellion. Tho first was to. take away T ; from it its military strength. That was done at Appomattox. The second, to tako away-iti poli tical strength. That will bedone next-Novembeiv It will be a short campaign, but as- decisive as. : Appomattox.” —A critic in Putnam's Monthly is severe on Ris-*f tori: "So far as art is concerned, it is our duty, to say that Mario Antoinette and tho White Fawm are on precisely tho same piano. The one ap peals to the tiger in our blood,, and the othor tor’ the ape and goat that lurk in us. Amd the eviL that Is In this ploy is one that is- in man,,-.- others - in Riston's list. She chooses subjects that admlfe this mode of treatment, and she forces it Into those to which it does not naturally belong. No thing can be more repulsive to the sense of art.thar. the last act in her Elizabeth. It. is untrue to na ture. It is untrue to history. It is a scene at; which the delicate mind revolts. But it is cbo a. ; scene which need not have been so- presented. Dalnroehe, in his noble picture, has madu it deeply affecting in its grandeur. As we rea£ the, story In history, itstirs the heart with awful pity- Butlt was perfectly possible to see Riston H »•„ and to refrain from either tears or pity.” —One of the recent excursion party from Chi cago to the Rocky Mountains writes as fbOowa to tho Journal of that city: A few more ei.cur- \ , ; sions of this sort Into the barren regions of >be» Western Plains will entirely disabuse the jublicf] mind in regard to that country and its. 'pro ducts.’’ The mnch talked of cities of the Plalna are evidences rather of barbarity than ot civiliza tion, and as it Is simply impossible that they can ; ever become self-sustaining, it is only a ouestifrn of time os to their statua cur existence. Lett no fanner bo tempted into the emigration to. the sterile plains of the Far West. Lct;n