E. B HAW LET; Proprieto.
~~i~uic~~ . ~nrcis: 4
II BlUlt WITT.
Suplo and Fancy Ors o.ldri, Cracker?, mkt.
.ralc. Iron, Stnner, Dnv. lIIIs, a s P•I•An. 114rnt•
and .bne., Ilat• and cap*, Fried, Bunk, ttubea, at,
eerie!. ITorl.loi ek. !tr.
New•M anon], a., Non, G,
EXCIIAIYGE CIOTUL.
MeCIIACHEN, evirilire to Inform theimhile MA!
.nvint; rented Thu Eschnntre lintel In Monfrove, he
I, now preonre4 to accdannodate the traveling puttl!e
fratrlat.otyle
qoutrosr. Anz. 21, IST:.
SHIPMAN & CASE.
.11r,rIlmeao and Trnnk mate". Shop hie.
„„ „,,, l 8 ,, k1y „, N. Oak ilario:re:#, /wary
1.1111. m 3 , 1, order
-oollvn. April 3. OTTI-133
NI. D. SIIITII
tf
I,..atta at ...kgnelotnnta Dorott.A.lntattoltaOtOr
„ 1 „ ,„ an I halve Ilartoodoct`ol
:add .hopittg.ttv atrict Art...llw, to Itual •
and Nit a,,allna, to hash a Itholarabaro of
.troaaca
.tak 6. —DoIO—MS.
BURNS at NIUROLS,
la Prune. liedlance. Chen Acute. Dye.
•un,c.. Oil.. V.tenfeh. Lion Ore. npleee, Fence
Pertomeryand Toilet
eorerally compounded....
.r.rkill wt, Montrose, I's.
II .• • tiros Nicuol.s.
rh 21,1511.
OIL D. A. LATHROP.
Ta kt BITIVI. it the Foot -nt
atert. Call amt consult in all Chronic
NZ=
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J. F. .4710 , 5311.%tiE1t..
afontr...r. Pa. Oftlce next door below
Plltille Ayoure.
lon:ruNe. Jan. 17, IS 7.1.—n03-Iy.
C. E. LT
on.grr and COO.IMOR AT Lan'. nreaL,llend. Penn
B. L. BALDWIN. •
rrrr AT LAW. Montrose, Pa o.2cu le:th James
camislt E.q.
MAA:“At 30, ISt. If.
1.99 3 91 S A: I.USK. •
"rr. 3, L.... (N,, no. 23.1 teekewanile Annie
PA. Praelln• in the %even) . Courts of Le
-rnff n , l , tvle , hericia Counties.
„ at. .s.Tt. rth. Pal -tr.
w. 1. CicASTUali.
0110 e 011110 CUIIII 10 00
cr... sew rah.
& CO.
r Dry inothin , z, nndlll•se.
•h•.... 11-o. atzento Inr the- nrent imertran
a and Collet Company. Ittlimtrone. July 17. '71.1
na. IV. W.
E. ,, m• nt hi•danlline., next dent• can at the
,Atil,lll 41.11 q; o:lfre Anna. tam 0, 2.
4/. a. 31onirone„ M. 3, I.s:l—lf
ar 1:3.%1161M-110: Ha: lin!!
•••L.rr,tr 'h.. barh,. who r.n ghore ynor foto to
rr hrown, binck and enzecy hitr, to hi.
np •troro. There you trill find him, 0% er
o • ore helow !tier. ..Icy—pig goo. thior.
..nr.or. Jane Z. C. MORRIS_
J. B. 8; A. El. TIeCOLIALTH,
'fa, L•a , ilfire over tic Rank. -
11ontroac
!Sul:Mlle. May tf
.1. D. VAIL,
I,lr I,IIIC I:1 S% AYp SU - M0.1. 4, r. 111. permanently
or I ti , maelf %boom., pa ;Where he will prnmld
lene •n /Herb , In hia profrorlon aralh he may
far •rel rrllr real4enee went of the Court
rat. near Flrch
Febnlary
I. 'kW OFFICE'
.t t 4 ‘T , attortrva at Law. at ttleoli
If 'mi.. S Filch. mmars ,, r.
Pan. tl:'ll.[ t. w waraua.
c51.1 . 2.1.17.* ti. sToIID.IIIO.
er Stagg and Shn“, filet. and C.ma. Leather anil
lilt, below Foildr Slott.
, re.. t nod repairing dude
o,lraae. Jan. I. lel°.
LEWIS KNOLL,
snnvrio AM) 113111 DILEeSING.
lo the orw rortallre huildlou. whore be will
found ready to ottrod ull who mar wool nertbittir
h.* Itne. lloutrose Po. Oct. 13. 160.
DR. R. W. DATTON,
r4TrTAN & SIIMFON. troder, Ms venter, t,
snisens of Grunt Bend and wit inity. Offkrnt his
op,disite lisruum Untied, GI.. D.d willace.
`rot. 1.1, Iva.- a
A. 0. AVAIMEN,
P(112`; EY A. 64W. Bonney, Met Pale. Pennon
6rrm on Cl3l am attended to. Ofrec •
Boyd's Store. ldotitrove. Pr . LAO. 1..69
M. C. SUTTON,
tionter, and Insurance Agent,
- ~fismr Frieadavilia. Pa.
C. S. GILBERT,
11:u.caticoxicoor.
lino cm Great Geed. Pa
Alllll ELT,
• •
F.
Rt. ..13..u.crtlaaamerv.
1., 1, 119. Addrese, Brooklyn, Pa
301 EN GROVES,
ItIoNABLE TM/ JR, Ilontrose. Pa. Sbop over
ue.dkr'e Store. Al. order* filled In finis-ram sty!,
ar e dune an short notice. sad warranted tu
W. W.--SZIATA
BIN rl" AND CIIAIIVILANUFAI,TVBSTIS.—Mou
d..tu mtruct. klmnase. }sag. 1. ISG9.
BILLINGS sraoup.
!E AND tars clitizAsi.:K Ac T. AV
atten tletl [0 prum ly, on Dilr IDrrab. Offic e
..1.6 of • Uinta,. . nil.
tth
thtic Aveune , Mulitttlde,
1:. ISILf latuag.g.TAPP •
ABEL
,LEIt brags, Pqtriat lgutlopo, eltendpole ,
4,0 r, ottillat Vallitelee, Win 114
.TuCeriCi, Mars t'nze. Wall nutiWtnduss .
'. , toue.tearr, Lampe, lieratsPr,Mgclturnteile.
•.11.1en. iilltoPoe 4OCI 4 Ck .
• 30 rant! 0111 Alie Jewi•lry. ,evrfu.
0111, of the moet tntoeetAta, , xtripelT.. and
./ heti-WI/I. of Goods in Suatplebeot a Co- -
4tabloshed to IE4B. EIIOATTAte.4.I.,
D. W. SEARLE,
‘ , 2NEY AT LAW. °Mee ever the Stole of A
ton fleck Bluct.Mouttese.ra• tg.T413.0
Da. W. L. iiiii*Autesolv;
1.-1.1A.N gt. ~ .I.llWEliN..T..rnders, hie pr.ae.slota.
to. we cltizotts tot Stoutruits. and vicinity,—
hie ru.ldeucn , ou thu curuer taut of bap* it
Fouudry. 1b(.
f BILOTLIERS,
SCR 4 YIPN. P.II,
Wholesale I Retail Madera lis
, Dw.titp., 'Rog. STEEL,:.
NAILS, SPIKES, SIWYELS,
LDER'S IiAILDWA It% •
ttAIL,cutLY7EMICSEtr T ILA II BPIXEr
naILROAD ALINISa dUPPLIEs.
SPICING 4. AXLES. AICE.IXS 'AS/
noLTs. SIM and W. 42 AKE-A; - •
PLK TAU" BANDx. MAZIZALILE •
DNA'S. HMIS. dPriKES, _
rELLuEb. .SZAT RPIXOLEIr. Rows;
.VILS. %ICE*, STOCKS and Ma , . tiqtst•OWS
IA It MEM. Ufi%. VlLES,tc.4ic,
tCI.%V.: AND MILL SAWS..SPLTIRU. PACKING
rx , :x.LE BLOCKS. PLASTER PARIS —
I:KNEW. II ALB k ONINDsToNEE.
FriCll WIKOOWOLASS.LEATOKEII
'FAIRBANKS SCALES:
....A.m. Rarebit, OKA. • -IT •,
:.11f10ERIES:—Tods: Armlets'
• *nit then/ Mr /h. coal/dd. Drier medico: the
, /r In market. -IL elm el/milts. or Molualli, at Oy_
watt* /uftertze.stLef•Vets.- •
uparm. Dom. lab - • AuLTVERAW:
. .•
gett'o eonter
llt nceptre is a rattle,
Ills throne is mother's arms.;
De reigns a tiny tyrant,
In nil tits dimpled charms! •
Yet round his royal presence
Ourincing henrts entwine;
Dictator of. the cradle, •
And king by right divine!
Whatever be lila mandates,
No wafflers dm+ rebel:.
His mother's eidet of the boushold,
Prime minister as well !..
In von perambulator, •
' fits downy car or state,
•
Exacting, rosy monarch,
What triumphs on'him wait
In purple ease and splendor,
Long,. long he seeks to reign;
All hints'of nose disjointed
Ile smiles at wits disdain I
Alas that royal greatness
Shod ever be disowned
Here comes a tiny sttinger—
King baby is dethroned.
BT CURISTIAN - VON RAUL&
I wish the flow'ry meadow could but niter
Like your parrot in the glass,
Andkell me bow it felt and 'gain to nutter
" When to-day my love di pass,
And plutketlllowers, a glorious mask
From its field, whilst onward airily flitting
Her sweet reek trod its grass.
Sir Meadow, duce you felt such wonderous
pleasure •
Where that time my lady went,
With her whit:, hands gatlering your flow'ry
treasure,
And,gathering, lowly o'er them bent.
Oh. Sir Meadow, do consent—
And
let me now place my feet where, quitting,
lily love lett the grass down-bent.
Sir Meadow, if you but at our next meeting
Persil We her to relieve my woe,
Her naked feet you often shall few heating
Your fields, for there I'll ask her go; -
Then you'll neer Ve hurt by setter;
And if she send me a 'kindly greetinq,
_Gm
Breen like y clover m y heart will grow !
• . eicruu E.
MM=I
Thringh !trig:Ler, moms and golden rod,
We wander ?rd in the 4uminer weither,
And heeding scarce the w.ty we tro I,
Were glad bee use we were together.
And when the mmnday sun was
A purple rock gave shplier cdol,
Whem hidden from the summer sky,
And necked with shudois lay a pool.
It seemed a jewel, bright, yet dint,
tVet ferns half strove to cover
Entinel by thyme about rim brim
The will b eco murmured over it..
And this the wishing well," she cried,
" Where they who drink a boon may crave;'
And kneeling there the spell she cried,
And thoash sue smi:ed, her ayes were grave.
Sm ill hands tojether lightly pressed
From the cool spring she lifted up,
And fror in earnest:half in Jest,
She offered we the rosy cup. -
And in the pool her shadow came,
A picture tte'er to he forzot I
Sweet eyes and fallinr hair, in frame
Of tux-glure and forget-me not.
-•••••- -
The Spectre of the [foie
Oh, raise your deep fringed lids that close
To wrap you in some sweet dream's itira:l—
an; the spectre of the ruse
You wore but last night at the bill;
You plucked me warm, but still impearled
Wid; ere's soft tear-Drops silvery white,
And 'mid the dazzling, briniant world
You wore me proudly all the night.
Oh. von, throWhose light midi I tiled,
I :will arouse me from the Ilea •
And all.night long will flit and glide
About your curtains and your bed. "
Still, the(l haunryour dainq room,
For me let nova 111.1.5 s he given;
aly caul Is in thy faint perfume,
And I have reAched Uteruses hes*ea
Yet ere I drew my dying breath,
All envied men lot so brave,
Fnr the' I telt the pangs rd' death
I had yoni bosom tors grave;
And Oh the marble, as I I.ty,
hard wrote with a loving
re lien, n rose, foul monarchs may
Ile j=lousof aced like this."
[For the Evening Post]
The Snow Lica Deep on UM and
The snair lies deep on bill and plain,
Snell ta' the pelting sleet and rain,
Sure winter has come back rtgab.
wr nichtalmith lam; and wearie 0;
The San's withdrawn hts'etwering beams
The ice has fettered living streams, •
And a' the face o' Satnre-srezma
A dtpert multi and drawls 0.
O'er earth a spotless lobe is Sung, '
WI. white lestons the groves are hung,
Whaur sylvan minstrels lately sung
Their touching lays sae cheerio 0;
There's frost avprk on the arinduiv pane,
And (Molts Ihr gre n dells bleat in vain,
Sure winter bat hack azalp.
And winds hiaw wild and eerie 0.
But what earn 1 fOr - whistling winds,
Or drifting snaw that fairly blinds?
ills me the joys that true foec finds
Beside my trusting dearie 0;
Ban fondly still to MC she clings,
And sunshine u'et pathway dings,
Wl' music street ottr'cottage tido.
• That malee our dame sae elictaie 0.
"Ncrr York, December 1. 1872.
Ilolumned. ,
0 Lawn! sasweet at Stet;
- Eo hitter in•the end,
I name the &meat foe. •
4; well as fdsiit friend.
What shall I do with flame
Poor sritborel llowersof May,
Thy tender promises-.
.411 worthless is a day?
. .• • I
Row art thou swift la slay, 1
Despite thy clinging clasp;
Thy long caressing look,
-Thy s 'WM, thrilling grasp!
.&y, swifter for NI Slay
!Mao }lino art strong to save;
Thou ren lerest but a blow
leor all I ever gave.
Oh. grasping as the grave! I
Qo, gni and come no tnore-,,'
But canst thou set my heart I •
Just where It was oefore
.Too selfish in thy need ? :
Go. leave me to my tears,
The only Wilt of thine
That shall outlast the yo
Yet shall outlast tne , years • I
-Ontfother; cherished -
the vagrant pinroo l
-Shed. 64110 tome . F I SS/ni T tingi
The memory oh thy Mut - •
half timid kiss,
Got I forgive thee CAL.:.
:= weepOg ovettial
• •
111,1111."
—ThaAkline
TUE MEADOW
MONTROSE, FL, - WEDNESDAY JANUARY , 1,1873.
A GLIMPSE AT SHAKER LIFE
TILE 31.111.8 . 1 N SUAKERTOWN
From "Pictures of .Shaker Life," by
Agustus Wagner, now appearing in the
Cincinnati Times and aironide, we make
the following selections:
"Shakertown's mail has arrived, and
our aged mail-carrier takes possession of
it. His commission for this office is dated
from the moment when a number of years
ago he displayed a fabulous tal:•ot in es.
pottage, and u curiosity far furpassing the
usual inquisitivness of the children of
Zion. Alter wiping carefully his specta
clds, he will leisurely examine each envel
ope, and reading the post-mark and the
address, speculate on the probable writer,
of the conteitts of the letter. Having to
his satisfaction periormed this daily
branch of bis office, he ascends 'up garret'
of the domicile of holy Elders and sinful
men, of "saintly Eldrcsses" and feeble
women, and d,•liters the mail to his sue
perior. Tnis sublime personage will read
the addresses again, and transfer those di
rected to his sisters into the hands of his
holy partner in the government of Zion,
the "Eldress." Now a scene will take
place. whose hare recollection will bring
th e blo o d of shame in the writer's connt
(mance, and whose description will call
f.,rth words of indignation from th, , lips
of every "Gentile" man or woman,
"The Elder wishes to see you' np gar
ret.,7 is the message sent to a young broth.
er, who directly climbs up the loader to
holinesi, or wretchedness, and enters tlt ,
room of the saint in drab. • Here is a let
ter t'or yon says the holy personage. at the
sante time placing himself in a listettiog
a , tituile. The brother opens the letter,
and reads its contest to the Eider. 'Are
such things po,sible ?' I hear you es•
claim. "Do Shakers introduce into their
societ7 laws fir only for the dark-convents
of the middle ages?' Oar Indy order
book which is oceasional:y read in our'
Meet ings. contains t nt• following passage:
"All boqks, pamphlets, newspaper , . etc..
are looplke read .tr circidat am mg,
believers till the Eld-rs have seen and
approved them. Letters received or
written by the brethern and sisters must
be read to the Elders."
“Perhaps this young brother has re
ceived a letter from the fir away home,'
wriuff tten by a le 's
ving mother or a sister
ettotuit. baud, and containing siveet
fomily secrets, which were never destined
to reach lite ear of a stranger. H-s row ,
will falter, his hand trembl,s, and his eve
moisten when reading theee sacred hues
and r -cc diecting the happy hours sp,ht
once in-their deer family Arch.. His red. ,
Ings will overpower him: he hesitates.
'Go on,* says, cattily, the Elder ;•it is only
fleshy reiation talk, which has to be
grown out or When the young man has
concluded the reatliog of the kter, the
Elder will advise him to discontinue the
correspondence with hid carnal kindred;
to he -a wide-awake believer. an out and
out. Shaker, who !Ores all melt alike'—
Ora is, no one except himself. That old
E tier never klew a mother's love or utile
ters' tender affection, for he has been a
member of our community since his
earliest childhood; therefore his feelings
are ossified now, and his heart has turned
tutu granite.
A similar scene will tike place in the
EldreSi room, who exercises the censor.
ship over the letters of her female flock,
provided the shepheredess wilt trust in the
veracity of 'tier reading lamb; otherwise
will ilemandilke letter and read it herself.
Young Shiikerism now-a-days has, to
the sorrow of Zion's lenders. embraced
strange. fanciful doctrines. called. in the
language of the G.iitii-s, certain inherent
and inalienable rights, by which the orien
tad despotism of Elder-Paellas is effiTtual
ly in n teracted. The Liberal R •pu bli
cAn .3 of Shakerstown claim. among other
.privilges, the right bt reading and writ
ing, their own letters without the inter
ference of their good and kind Elders,
whose wisdom may be questionable, hut
whose curiosity is beyond doubt. Men
shaving their Wards twice a week do not
wish to be considered minors. nor women
of canonical age infants. Therefore. time
good and reliable brethern and sisters held
a meeting clandestinely, and resolved to
form au underground railroad o oripa,ny
for the purpose of carrying their mail,
without the litiowledge of the Elders, to
and from the world. After choosing a
superintendent whose stahetimonions pru
dence raised him above Suspicion and won
him the confidence of his sup-riors, they
ideated other officers, subscribed stock,
and buili; the road.
"This underground railroad is an nd
mirable.struoture, highly creditable tn the
the cog,ineering skill of the broad brimp
snit mountains of iihstaeles had to be
removed, what solid bridges over the
streams of 'troubled waters' erected, what
a" tunnel-bored through "rook of
egee(the foundation of Shakerstown).
before the truth could see the light of the
world. Bnt in a comparatively short
time the work by the energetic persever
once of the directors, was finished snecess
fully, and now the trains run regulary
and with perfect safety, its stock is
bought readily in the market of •the elect.'
and demands a high price—far above par.
"Although the depets are moyed fre
quently and the conductors of trains
obscure persons; it has never happened
that a, letter. sent by this route, has failed
to arrive into the hands of a stook.hotd.
ing brother or sister. ' any differently
, the pnnotualits and safety of this mail
front the regular mail conducted by oar
Eiders and Metliesalem'e post-boy How
often.do't lie children et Zion complain of
the non-arrival of letters mailed and doe
lung ago! Can. perhaps, the old childish'
post-b ty, thisltersonttication of superla
.
me-curiosity, throw light upon the mys
tery?
A couple of young men leave cur holy
halls, and return to the sinful Nvorld.
They pert angrily from the. Elder,
count of some financial disagretMeentt
coldly front .nearly all the, britherit and
sisters Ondiffbn-ntly from-their compan
ions. and loyingly.and. tenderingly from
their affianced, two blooming,Shakergirts
Both have' promised ~the t!erote-heoeine
.white-caps to syrite frequently letters full
of. undying lore, and, eternal_ fidelity; and.
'Mks of speedy ttiriiite..., Of coarse the.
giders met never seethes anparOaeliziw.
but our underground railroad will safely
convey them and their answers to the
proper destination.
,But an unexpected
obstacle seems to ohstruct the lovers'
plums The young men were only a short
time among us. and, although aware of
the secret mail existence, had neglected
to take stock in the company, or to gain
the friendship of the managing survin
dentlent. A day before their departure
they call on this, worthy, and. in their in
nocence, ask for post stamps of the secret
Shaker mail. But thisl. honest believer"
and able officer is astonished at their de
mand. considering it an insult upon his
well-proved faith fulness, - and denies his
co inectiun with such a mail, even its ve
ry existence.
Dtsronsolate, tike two Adonises leave
his office, and at the last interview with
their Gospel brides in the celebrated old
orchard, narrate their ill success. But
the marble flower is neither astonished
nor distress-d. ' Leave it to Me, dear R.,
she says, shall arrange it satisfactorily.'
An hour before leaving Shakertown, our
conscientious superintendent calls on the
two young men, offering readily the un
limited services of his road, and ore:-
whelmin ' e- them with postmarks and free
tickets. How sudden and marvellous a
change! That petrified plant of the
Shaker garden has, in un unobserved mo
ment' approached our faithful, and induc
ed him to retract his stern resolution ; by
wnat mysterious means the annals of
Shakertown will not inform us.
It may be well to remark that soon af
terwards be regretted the inhalation of
the narcotic odor of the flowers, for after
tier being transplanted into the world by
a lover of floral curiosities, she communi
cated eareleesly and ungratefully his mail
secrets to unreliable persons whl, believer
like, denounced him to the Elder. Now
his confidence in Shaker flowers is shaken
—his saintly reputation has received a
shake through all Shakeresta. W e slic
ker ~tock holders compromised by his rea
dy compliance, have shaken and deposed
and now nothing can be shaken our
of him except Shaker cant, and Shaker
seed., and Shaker bills. but no more' let
ters to the lair daughters of Zion or the
broad brimmed saints of the New Jeru
salem.
Bat another mysterinns personage has
accepted the important management of
our railroad, and it is still doing a very
flourishing business. May its shares al way
he high above par in the share market—
may its superintendent and officers pros
p r and ulway be safe' from disc were,
failure or bankruptcy. Their services are
invaluable to us, for they enable us now
to read our letters in our rooms nr at
some secluded spot, instead of that horri
ble up garriLsbefore all Elder or an El
dress so holy.and so pious, and —so ex
tremely curious. Let us be happy. at d
Bilollt, hoswina! We have not lived iu
vain. We have erec ed a stupendous work
of art—an undergrou n d railn.ad carry
ing safely the mail to and from dreary old
Snukertown.
MISS NAUTA. HUNTINGTON, a young
Miss of se‘enteen summers and a native
of Ueurgia_ arrived in this city sometime
assn in company with a female relative,
and is at present sloping at a Broadway
Hotel.
A shot( (line since Miss Maria, became
eng-,.iged to a Mr. Conklin of this eity,ati,l
for a short time all went well, She was
then residing in Jersey city. and has also
a friend, a . Englishman. named Henry
Walker, who was also smitten with her,
but she seemed to care nothing for him
untill a few dap; ago. when the quarreled
with Conklin. and in a moment of auger
and in spite she went with Walker to un
E.iiscopal minister and was married. Af
ter the certinony was over her husband
accomitinieil her home, but by the time
she reached the door' a realizing sense cif
her foolishness took possession of her.and,.
giving him one kiss, she bade him depart
and never see her more.
Walker, who, it seems, loves her dearly,
has done all in his power to get her to
change her mind, but she remains firm,
and is now trying to get a divorce. He
corresponds with her and addresses her
by her maiden name, and she answers his
letters. but they carry no hope to this sad
soul. The singular part of this singular
transaction is the fact that the girl has
made up her quarrel with Conklin and he
visits her nightly, and they are to he mar
ried as soon as she is legally free from
her present husband. Both parties are
well connected and Mr. Conklin is doing
business as a clothier in Fourth avenue
near Cooper hstitutc.—New Fork Daily
Times.
A NARROW-GAUGE • RAILROAD Line
of considerable pretentions hmi been pro
jected along the Atlantic .seaboard, and
charters have been obtained in three; State
with authority to c providing
far a line of three feet gauge from Nor.
folk to Charlestown via Wilmington, N.
C. It is the ultimate intention to extend
the line to Washington, Baltimore. Phila
delphia and New York. and both North
ern and Southern capi•alists are said. to
be earnestly interested in the enterprise
and it is added that surveys will soon be
commenced. It is the expectation to
build the line in a very substantial Style
to stock it. well and to make a -.running
time of thirty five miles an hour which is
at present an imposibility on most of the
Southern lines, in consequence Of Weir
being cheifly single-track roads, poorly
built. little patronized, and deficient in
means to provide adequate roiling stock
and other fiteilities„ Yist know nothing
ns to the parties concerned, but 'as the
Southern linen nret chiefly , gattges from
five feet to fin; feet nine inches. and there
fore have all the. expensive character of
the wide gauge without the great intsines
requisite to make. it pap, it ie oniviong
that a first.clai narrow - gauge line, well
Imam amp& would be'tigreattlesideratnm
an the southern sea-hoard.: It is not are;
minable that existing monopolies - any.
where in such a Country can be pennon.'
entli maintained. Along', the
. great 'nea
honid,routes oftraiel in, particular; they
arlia'standing tiuiianae.7
Mit4.PAIMIPT(iII Rays_ . sll,: . lots up eiv•
try morning 46 - 4:guilt . carrio4. tho
gtailtar. - • - -
Alr Alosander.Cockburn.
However,,l have no intention of writ
ing an essay upon a system. I merely
propose todraw, lifter my own fashion, a
few sketches of living men belonging to
a particular class-4-that of. English law
yetis who have made tt reputation to Paoli
=eat. I cannot perhaps do better:than
to begin with one whose name has beets
recently very prominently set before the
world, Sir Alexander Cockburn, the Lord
Chief Justice of England, who represen
ted his country ut the Genevaarbitratton.
Cockburn is now rather more than seven
ty years of are: but although his health
is not good, he has the bruin, the spirits,
the animalion,and the freshness of youth.
He is a man of very varied culture and
accomplishments, well acquainted with
many literatures,
and having indeed a
great deal of thelinerateur or the artist
in his composition. Eyerything he does
is done with such an apparent ease, that
he always impresses one with the idea
that he is really only triflinglitli
powers, that hemever put fork his real
strength., that he could do mucfiVreater
things if he tried. Ido not belieVe that
this is so. I feel little doubt that all this
brightsome of ease of effect is the result
of patient thought and study as well as
natural eudowment. A man dues all that
he can in any case; and if he has not the
gift of plodding labor, it is. not likely that
any amount of plodding labor would add
cubit to the statute of his fume. Cock
burn's handsome face, his bright, sweet
manners, his clear voice, his free facile
i style, arr ail in keeping with that Intel
, lectuarcharacter which makes toil itself
seem like easy and natnraLplats. Perhaps
from his mithi-r, who was a French wo
mandie derived some of that graceful and
polished ease and vivacity of manner
which lend each a charm to his speaking.
Cockburn belongs,,to a tine old famih',and
bad aucestors distinguished in war afloat
and ashore, mie of whom was at
the battle of Fontenoy. He inherited
his barouetcy, and slid not receive it as a
reward for public services; he is in every
settee what people in England'call a gen
tleman. I believe. howeYer, that he began
life without much fortune, and that his
early career at the tar was a rather hard
struggle. If report dues not greatly behe
him, young Cockburn varied the monoto
ny of hard study by a good deal of fast
living. Indeed, all through his career he
has been the subject of a succession of
rumors and jokes and more or less apnery
phal anecdotes—of which I shall not nar
rate any—tending to prove that public
()Month places his personal discretion and
self control considerable below his politi
cal and judicial wisdom. Cockburn was
almost unknown to the public at large
until he had left his youth far hehind
him. He was nearly fifty years old before
he won his celebrity; and be won it all
in a flash. He had found a seat in the
House of Commoas. and made not much
of a way there until the famous •‘• Don
Pacific ;" debate in 1850. This was the
memorable oovasion when Lord Palmer
ston, defending a par , • of his foreign pol
icy a hid, was armigned.for high-handed
arrogance. captivated the House and the
country by his boast that a citizen of
England might, by virtue of his protec
tion, paraphrase the immortal " Civil Ro
maims sum." Palmerston'a defense of
himself was one of his happiest - efforts, if
it be right to de.cribe as efforts those ex
traordinary ebullitions of easy and seem
ingly carb.ss force which were his peculi
rrity. But even Palmerston's speech was
thrown into the shade by the nnexpected
brilliancy, power. spirits, and grace of the
speech in which the almost unknown ad
vocate, Alexander Cockburn, surprised
and delighted the House. When the new
orator sat down the ministerial benchet
were in a nument almost deserted, such
was the rash of members to congratulate
him. That speech was the sensation of
the sessimi. I doubt whether any speech
delivered within my memory ever created
such a sensation. For, although there
have been many fie greater speeches, yet
these came from lips to which the can't the
House already turned with the natnral
and well justified anticipation of great
things. But Cockburn rose to sneak that
night an obscure man, amid he sat down a
celebrity.—Scone Groat Enylieh Lawyers.
us &comber Galaxy. • •
A Greek Brigand Outwitted.
A correspnnaent writting, from Athens,
gives tile following sum to connection
with the prevalence of brigantlaoe in
Greece: "One of these robbers 'lately
captured the youthful sou af a widow
woman of property. well-known upon the
border. The usual message. was sent
down from the hills: the brigand chief
most have one thousand drachmas (81R)
by a certain day, or the life of the boy—
In was only 12 years old—would pay the
forfeit, and she hit upon a plan for sav
ing both her child unu her drachmas. She
had a brother, a young fellow of perfect
courage, though his cheeks were smooth,
and him she dreqed up carefully as a.
Greek girl. Having appointed to meet
the robber chief in a certain spot, she
took up 833 and a present of Cakes and
fruit, the "Greek girl" going with her as
a •guide: On reaching the place they
found :the scoundrel waiting, with the
captive lad bound hand and foot beside
hint. The woman first ascertained by
cunning nnestions that the man wasreaily
alone, and Then offered, with many sup
plications, her money and the present of
cake and fruit. The villian took the lat.
ter and munched while he counted out
the drachmas; then, with a fierce oath,
he said itwus far too little, thatshe must
-go buck and send enough to make up
a thousand, or the head of the lad would
he sent down to - her without delay. While.
the woman eking supplicating to hiskiiiie
the ''Greek girl" suddenly-flung it grip of
iroWaround the robbers' arms, and, as the
fellow-was thus, pinioned, the outraged
mother drew a loaded pistol and shot him
dead. The pairlost notime in liberating
the lad, nor didthey.forgof to out offiand
wrap in a cloth the head of the . "chief;"
and, as a reward of 8500 had been. set tip•
on this preciotte . artiele,they Made quite
en excellent dais business of it, on arriv:
lug sate and sound et their .own
x,►x recently, kwite4 doseit
Ont. Lic we "an 'natio:Leer.
Queen Victoria Thlriprour Venni
When Queen Victoria delivered her first
speech from We throne, on the fir: t -open
ing of Pitrhatnent, ur 1838, after nor ac
cession, the scene in the House of Lords,
as witnessed from the auibassador's.- Nat,
•was extremely brilliant and steiking. As
the youtheul queen; then still in her teens
advanced. there. Wag a very slight nervOite
nem perceptible hi her equotefiance,while
the utmost stilluca4 prevailed through the
House. When about to aseend.the steps
of the throne her foot caught iu her
-robes, and she tripped slightly; causing
momentary suffusion, but regained her
foothold in an instant, and took her sent
with perfect ease and sclfpossession, after
which in We . sweetest tone, she signified
to their lordships to he seated.
There was still a breathless eileacc: As
We queen proceeded with her speech, the
premier, Visconnt - rdellxmrlie, who stood
- by her side in his rich court dress, hold-.
ing upright the sword of State, and who
was thought to he sometimes a little ab.
sent, wait observed to follow, or rather an.;
ticipate every word by the apparently in-'
voluntary movement of his lips, and an
occasional inclination of the head, Troia
side to side, as though keeping time. Ev
ery -word that the young queen uttered,
every syllable MI from her in tones that
were captivating their softness and
musical sweetness, with the clearest and
most beautiful entmciatton, while her
voice was modulated in the most perfect
manner, yet all so natural, without the
sliehtest shade of affection.
When the royal speech was concluded,
an evident and universalfeeling,of antis
facti,in seemed to pervade the House, and
one of the young then of the d4ilomatic
corps, who:e eyes and care had been rive.::
ted to the throne, and who stood near the
writer, turned to a friend.exclaiming in.a
'suppressed whisper, hobbint , his
head with excitement. parfailementl bionl
The writer subseqUently heart the 'young
queen announce from the throne, on a
similar occasion, her approaching mar
riage to Prince Albert—a trying - moment,
Set the anno,oucement was made mith
mixture of regal dignity and feminine
modesty, compoture and timidity, and
commanded universal admiration.--Rec
oiler/lens of the English and • French
Courts. •
TEM Cologne Gazette gives an account:
of the rifle which is to be placed in the
hands of the German aildiere
'The model, it appears, was adopted
last winter, and is upon the system of
Musser, but is fired by a short needle,itnd
the cartridge is metulic. The new gun is
said to be surerior to the chasseput and
the {Verdes as regards lightness and fats,
ilitv of manipulation, while On other
points it is eaid that nothing can be bet
ter. Its greatest rapidity is twen(y,six
shots per minute, while, in untrained
hands, or in vale; fir - eing, the number
would be about ten ThT minute, or for
ntpid firing twelve to fifteen. Its rafiv e is
one thousand six hundred metres. ft is
not yet known whether the vataganK:or
bayonet will be decided upon by. the
oritles. In order:to hasten the manufac
tat re of the new guns large orders fur parts
of the locks, etc., have been given to diF
ferent engineering establishments, among
others to Lowe. of Berlin, a rnannflicturer
of sewing machines. It is expect 4 that
the whole German army will be supplitd.
with the new grits in from tiro or three
years. France if is said, has suppliedher
self with chassepota in two years, tint
only With the aid of English and Belgian
factories, which 'arc at present overwhelm
ed with foreign orders, and are not now
available to the German government.
IT Is well known that from time to
time various eases of poisoning from the
use of vanilla ice have been noticed and
published in Paris, Munich; Vienna,. and
other places. The most careful investi
gations have failed to discover the Call Sis.
In a few cases traces of lead; iron, and
tin ; from the vessels used, t axe liecikfound
in the ice," butas no poisoning has ever
resulted from fruit ici s prepared in the
same vessels, it cannot he dne to that.
Schroff is of die opinion that the van
illa beans are poisoned by the natives of
.South America .and Mexico, who rub
them with Acajon oil to make - them
smooth and soft. This oil is not seldom
contaminated with a sharp 'substance
which acts like cantharides. lie thinks
it less probable that the injurious effects
are dne to small crystals found in the outer
skin of the vanilla bean—benzoic acid.
ONT of Aldermen •Barkers;detectivelbas
been intrusted with the workingup. of a
very strange case. It seems. that a cer
tidn husband and father, residing in Bir
mingham, had not been as watchful pi he
should have been in • regard to the ten:
demi) , of his domestic affairs; and the Con
sequence was that a wolf crept into the
flock unawares ; -at lea t to him.
So, as is alleged, on last ekction day
while he was busy at' the polls 'worliing
for his party . , 'the wolf fn the shape of at
better looking mran thatihimself went • td'
his house with his wagon und.,toak his
wife, childrenothd.furniture unildrore to
parts unknown. Ho traced Vieth up 113
far as the Smith field Street bridge, hut af
ter. that oandeurn nothing of their move;. -
manta or wherabouts. TIN names Of the
parties are for prtident reasons • *Mudd
from the public for the -prepent,Pilts.i
burgh
.
Otiu morning during the We war; an
officer riding through the woods of North-
Atabania, was attracted by a toll; ; ank
cniintrtman, who seemed to be using his
hest endeavors to'reach the top of a bill
-hickory . tree: SoareolY had he gained the
summit; when, 'rapidly descending,-lhe
_started'np, autither tree -a. few yards: !art
titer oft. This,-stittnze proceeding was
conthined at I.:ast a linen -times,. the
countryman Climbing and descending
one tree alter another for nearly a quarter
of a The officer at lengib orertalc.;
ing him, inquired the canoe of his *en-.
tric.arrations.:l . : :
stranger, T was Ivia' ashop nn
derion hickory tree; when ti darned
squid - dropped , a shell bark iato • tny
eye., eat efln'..t4) worry. blni.tilA he leaves
' , thi settlement, it I dte in the attempt,4
- vo'LViaTxxl• - , - ',Tu,4 - 10*'1;
ODDS A'ND ENDS.
• .Tnc - other day a irt;le boy who had cut
tilt finger run to his motlit-r and cried:-;
"Tie it up, ma --tie i' quick, foT the.
juieu ie ull running of rr.' The crime ur
eltin,-npon one of tho• excessilttly_ hut!
days last slimmer, nppeultd to mother f6r
heip, saying: "31a, do Es me, - for
'leaking all-over. 7
"You are the (inflect boy I 'ever caw,"
crossly exclaimed a bald headed 4'4 d uncle
tO, )141. Well, uncle," replied
the font'', with a glance at theold geittle•
mane bald bead, ••You - can't rxp ct me
to naderdtand things as quick tix - yori do,
'cause yon don't.hare the trouble of get
tin"em through your hair.? ,
AN lowa mambmrto have an eyebrow
amputated recently tosnitko .room for 8
new one tlitit was growing under the skin.
The plecliml, fraternity say it is the - lirst
instinct, Of the kind ill their eiperieupe.
and that this fellow wan "browbeat" any
man they ever knew.
Tun Wile of George Lanham; in Slid•
(Debug, Icy.. is a hard one to tame.:
little more than six months ng,o she elop
ed with Galen E. Taylor, and Lanham,
pursuing the guilty couple, shot Taylor.
dead. The woman went back home, and
now she has run off again with Rev. Eli
jah Wilson, a Methodist preacher of Mid ,
dleburg. •
A FnENms.joarnal snins up the ages of
the men nOw high in Fratiee Mid - Preach
polities: - Henry V. V.'is 51, Naptdeon
the Count de.Poris 34, and M. 'Chien,' 220.
Of t'ie Orleans princes Nemours is 57,
Joinville 53, D'Anmale 48. A Prince . Na
'eon is 40; the Prince imperial 16. Of
thp statesmen Reniusat i 5,74, Girardin 66
Dufaure 73, Cremietas 75, Jules Facie 62,
Jules Simon 57, -- Louis - Blanc 5,8, and
GauthEtta 38, '
GronotAla,' a BoMel: in her Stato
menagerie; and found him!, an apiial that
dAd not pay,
A Youga man who was caught strain
ing his sweetheart to I is bosutn the other
night, justifies himself' on the ground
that: he had a right .to strain his Min ho
ney.
Wi are tell that "the evening
.Wora
on," but we are not told what the evening
wore on that occasion. Was it the • dose
of a" wintry day 1,-.
A LADY, speaking of gentlemen's fall
fashions. says," there's not mid] drug- J - 4
it, gentlemen's pants this month,"
As the cold wer i lier comes on, many a,
susceptible fiauce is compelled to give the
mitten to the chap she has ou her halide.
Tns drier of a grncere cart, %dm let a
basket of eggs MI, hat tenth
squashed to the earth cony glt upend grt,
-but he'll be darned if eggs will."
TRIERS is said to he raitid'y increas
ing the army corps of General Cbanzy to
100,000 Men; While the
s eerlps-of General
Dncrot, a doubtful Repuhlicaa, contains
only 48,000.
THE Philadelphia biierirgiz hay
ing Etated that u "big Indian (..f the -Ar
rapahne pPrmasion had embraced ehribti- ,
snits in Washington,"-the New Orleans
Tines remarks that “,a tnightyitnall In
dian eauld embrace-ail -the: ehristianity
there is . there now."
A iPlrtssTrxiata piper says bay win.
:lows are all the rage in its.„laculity. Ono ,
architect recently completed a design for
a b:irn and a hen hotrs with six bay wit.-
doh eon each. Carpenters now euntract•
only for hay-windows and throw in /the
rest of the !muss.
TAE foundation of domestic happiness
is faith in the vii tae of woolen;flu. c , , ttnl ,
datiun of liulitiea &I
l happiness is nd two
in the ititegyity of man ; the fuandai t ion
Of all !lupin:less. temporal end eternal, iS
reliance on the goodness of God...
BottN'io has a tree: the not of ulifelf
yields vegetable'nett-in:le in the
article inmate:a t become One of great
importance. .
RAW beef chopped up - fitie with onions
is a new feed which Germans 'consider :a
cure or preventative of dyspepsia, as well
as lung disease._ ,
A,GRAxp RAPIDS mantifacturing Jinn'
obtains its motive power, (rem a 'water
-wheel."'a quarter of a - mile . , distant,: by
means of huff a mile of cable wire stretch.
ed fai pulleys . aerma tlto Grandliyer—.:
IT is 'nerertcd' upon the anthorit of the
contractor for removing the debris from
the Lindell hotel lot in St, Louis, HIM the.
other (fay hls workmen turned up twenty.
feet below' the surface, a hurtling - Muse
which thud bCim burred there , over. fire
. ,
Tres Louisville rourier-Journai calla
the iuhabitanfa of •au Juiliau'a town Ter:
re Ilaukentots. - .
.
Tim new diet fob babies. Pracce is
buttermilk iliickoneil with rice meal, on
which, so it is affirmed, thes.thrive: ut4
grow hit.
, .
CARIMNI baguets to dancirm partica
and redeptions bas gone out - .urfashio,o.
They were . a great, niiisntice, for, they
spoiled the gloves, and were :dicky iu the
way.
A xuarnrrt of tlie North: Adams M.
s.lchusetts Chinamen have cut off 'their
cues. :This not is Celestial suicide; rmr it
prevents them frOnt :ever—being, ,Chine Sit
'citisens spun • , - • •
' • " TUC Cincinnati L'anutrer ba# rrdaced
itemizing to a science..
,litre late ez
'ample : .11enry Layman,'shoo - nakr,Ur.,
re Ilanta-bedcord. Jeulousyi
julAwirErt,-whn Was Sometimes forret.;
becn- enraged to plead tbu
the cause ()fan oollider, began i'LY•saving:
"I, know the prisonet at the bar, 2141,h0
bears the, character of heing a most. eon.
summate arid impudent so - nimbi:lP! Ift•ra
goniebutly whispered to him thtit - the
ouer was his client, when he immediately
continued:' • "but what, great . and
. goi4
roan eytr lived tittit.watt 1)t , - COUD2.4IIItC4
by hic:cotetzifioratiCol%