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SPEAK GENTLY, MOTHER.
Gently, mother, gently,
Chide thy little one,
'Tis a toilsome journey
' It hath just -begun ;
Many a vale of sorrow,
Iany a ragpred eteep
Lieth in its pathway
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LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE.
EXrL0IT3 OF TIIE FIRST GRENADIEH OF
FRANCE.
For many a year there was a touching and
beautiful custom to be witnessed in a certain
regiment of French grenadiers, and which
was meant to commemorate the heroism of
a departed comrade.
When tho companies assembled for pa
rade, and the roll was called, there was one
name to which its owner could not answer
it wifc that of La Tour D' Auver2.
When it was called, the oliiscrgeant
present stepped a pace forward, and raising
his hand to his cap said, proudly :
" Died cn the field of honor."
For fourteen years this custom was con
tinued, and only cea.ed when the restored
Bourbons, to please their foreign masters,
forbade everything that was calculated to
f reserve the spirits of the soldiers of France.
Ia TourD'Auvergnc was not unworthy in
life the honor tints paid him after his death.
lie was educated for the army, entered iu
1TC7, and in 1781 served under the Duke dc
Crillon at the siege of Port Mahon. He
served always with distinction, but constant
y refused offers of promotion, saying that
he was only fit for the command of a com
pany of grenadiers ; but finally, tho various
grenadier companies being united, he found
himself in command of a body of 8,000
men, while retaining only the rank of cap
tain.
Hence he was known as the First Grena
dier of France.
Dut it is of one particular exploit of Lis
that we wish to write, more than his career
as a general
When ho was forty years of age ho went
on a visit to a friend, not far from a section
of the country that was soon to become tho
scene of a campaign. While there he was
busy in acquainting i himself with the fea
tures of the country, thinking it not un
likely that this knowledge might be of use to
him, and while here the brave grenadier
was astonished to learn that tho war had
been rapidly shifted to his quarter, and that
a regiment of Austrian3 was pushing on to
occupy a narrow pass about ten miles from
where he was staying, and the possession of
which would give them an opportunity to
prevent an Important movo of the French,
which wa3 then on foot.
They hoped to surprise this post, and were
moving so rapiuiy upon it inai iney were
not more than two hours distant from the
place where he was staying, and which they
wfjfld have to pass in their march. It mat
ters not how he heard the news. It is suffi
cient to say that he determined at once to
act upon it.
He had no idea of being captured by the
enemy in their advance, and he at once set
off for the pass. He knew that the pass
was defended by a stout tower, and a garri
son of thirty men, and he hoped to be able
to warn the men of their danger.
He hastened osy and arriving there, found
tlie tower in a perfect condition. It had
just been vacated by the garrison, who .had
heard of the approach of the Austrians, and
had been seized with a panic thereat aaid had
fled, leaving their arms consisting of thirty
excellent muskets. ' ' "
: La Tour D' Auvergno gnashed his teeth
with rage as he discovered this. Searching
in the building he found several boxes of
ammunition which the cowards had not de;
stroyed. For a moment he was in despair,
but then with a grim smile he began to fas
ten the main door and pile against it such
articles as he could find. "
When he had done this he loaded all the
guns he could find, and placed them, togcth
er with a good supply of ammunition, under
the loop holes that commanded the road by
which the enemy must advance.
Then he ate heartily ot the provisions
which he had brought with liim, and sat
down to wait. He had absolutely formed
the heroic resolution to defend the tower
alone against the enemy.
There were some things in his favor in
such an undertaking. The pass was steep
and narrow, and the enemy's troops could
enter it only in double files, 'and in doing
this would be fully exposed to the fire from
the tower. The original garrison of thirty
men could easily have held it against a divi
sion, and now one man was about to attempt
to hold it against a regiment.
It was dark when La Tour D' Auvergno
reached the tower, and he had to wait some
time for the enemy. They were longer in
coming than he had expected, and for
a while he was tempted to believe they had
abandoned the expedition.
About midnight, however, his practiced
ear caught the tramp of feet. Every mo
ment the sound came nearer, and at last he
heard them entering the defile. Immedi
atcly he discharged a couple of muskets into
the darkness to let them know that he knew
of their presence and intentions, and ho
heard the quick short commands of the offi
cers, ana, irom tne 60unas, no supposea
that the troops were retiring from the pass.
Until the morning he was undisturbed. The
Austrian commander, feeling assured that
the garrison had been informed of his move
ments, and was prepared to receive him, saw
that ho could not surprise the post as he hat
hoped to do, and deemed it prudent to wait
until.daylight before making his attack.
At sunrise he summoned the garrison to
surrender. A grenadier answered the sum
mons.
" Say to your commander," he said, in re
ply to the messenger," that this garrison wil
defend this po.t to the last extremity."
The officer who had borne the fig ol
trace retired, and in about ten minutes 1
- n i-iT i .
piece 01 aruiicry was urougnt into tue pass
and opened on the tower. But to effect this
the piece had to be placed directly in front
of the tower, and within easy musket rang
of it. They had scarcely got the gun in po
sition when a rapid fire was opened upon it
from the tower, and continued with such
marked effect that the piece was withdrawn
after the second discharge, with a loss of five
men.
This wa3 a bad beginning, so half an hour
after the gun was withdrawn the Austrian
Colonel ordered an assault
As the troops entered the defile they were
received with a rapid and accurate fire, so
that when they had passed over half the
distance they had to traverse, they had lost
fifteen men. Disheartened by this, they re
turned to the mouth of the defile.
Three more assaults were repulsed in this
manner, and the enemy by sunset had lost
brty-five men, of whom ten were killed.
The firing from tho tower had been' rapid
and accurate, but the Austrian commander
had noticed this peculiarity about it every
shot seemed to come from the same phfte.
i or awhile this perplexed him, but at last
he cam e to the conclusion thattjicrc were
a number of loop-holes close together in the
tower, so constructed as to command the
ravine perfectly.
At sunset the last assault was made and
repulsed, and at dark the Austrian comman
der sent a second summons to the garrison.
This time the answer was favorable. The
garrison offered to surrender at sunrise the
next morning, if allowed to march out with
...
iticir arms ana return to the army unmo
lested. After some hesitation the terms
were accepted.
Meantime, La Tour D'Auvergne had
passed an anxious day in the tower. He
had opened the fight with an armament of
thirty loaded muskets, but had not been able
to discharge them all. He had fired with
surprising rapidity and with surprising accu
racy ,v for it was well known in the army that
he never threw away a shot. He had deter
mined to stand to his post until he had ac
complished his end, which was to hold the
place twenty-four hours, in order to allow
the French army time to complete its ma
noeuvre. After that he knew the pass
would be of no use to the enemy.
When a demand came for him to surren
der after the last assault, he consented to it
upon the condition named.
The next day at sunrise the Austrian
troops lined the pass into files, extending
from the mouth to the tower, leaving a
space between for the garrison to pass out
The heavy door of the tower opened slowly,
and in a few minutes a bronzed and scarred
grenadier, literally loaded down with mus
kets, came out and passed down the line of
troops. He walked with difficulty under his
heavy load.
To the surprise of the Austrians, no one
followed him from the tower.
In astonishment the Austrian Colonel rode
up to him, and asked him in French, why
the garrison did not come out
" I am the garrison, CoIoneV said the
soldier proudly.
"What!" exclaimed tho Colonel, "do you
mean to tell us that you alone have held that
tower against me ?"
" I have that honor, Colonel," was the
. "Vbat possessed you to make such an
attempt, grenadier?"
"The honor of Franco Was at stake,"
The Colonel gazed at him for a moment
with undiogtdscd admiration ; then raising j
his. cap, ho said warmly : " Grenadier, 1 1
salute you.- You have proved yourself tho j
bravest of tlw frrvr " ? , ,
The officer caused all the arms which La
Tour D'Auvergne could not carry, to be col
lected, and sent them all, with tho grcna
dier, into the French lines, together with a
note relating the whole affair.
When the knowledge of it came to the
ears of Napoleon, he offered to promote La
Tour D'Auvergne, but the latter declined to
accept the promotion, saying that he prefer
red to remain where he was.
This brave soldier met his death in an ac
tion at Abcrhausan, in June, 1800, and tho
simple but expressive scene at roll call in his
regiment was commenced and continued by
the express command of the Emperor him
self.
The Punishment of Traitors.
Whilst Frcsident J ohnson is in the main
performing his high and responsible duties
to the satisfaction of every Conservative and
true Union man in the country, and is re
ceiving the commendation and support of .a
large majority of tho American people,
there is yet one tiling which many arc of
the opinion he ought to do. The penalties
incurred by the leading traitors of the South
arc still hanging over them, and may be en
forced by the proper authorities at any time.
These operate as restraints upon the South
em traitors and guarantee their good beha
vior. But tho "traitors at the other end of
the line" such men as John W. Forney,
Wendell Phillips, William D. Kclley, am
Benjamin F. Butler being under no bonds
to preserve true faith and allegiance to the
Government, arc doing their utmost to get
up another civil war, and again involve the
country in bloodshed and devastation. It 1
the opinion of many of the Fresident's sup
porters especially those of them who voted
for Mr. Lincoln and sustained his adminis
tration that he ought to mrcst the traitors
and disitivouuits altote named, and their
leading aiders and abettors all over the
country. The persons who take this view
of the case do not advocate the hanging of
these miscreants, however riclily they may
deserve the gallows : but they maintain that
they ouht to be shut up in Fort Lafayette
or sent to the JJry lortugas, where they
could no longer disturb the peace of the
country. They argue that so long as these
vindictive, corrupt, plundering agitators and
traitors are permitted to utter their inccn
diary and treasonable language, so long will
the country be kept in an unsettled condi
tion, and the restoration of the Union be a
moral impossibility.
We arc not much inclined to favor the
exercise ol uouttiul powers by executive
officers, but it must be admitted that a step
of this kind on the part of President John
son would have m it at least the merit of
an act of retributive justice. It would only
be giving these scoundrels a taste of the
specific for "disloyalty" that they were so
free in administering to Democrats durin
Lincoln's Presidency, for venturing to ques
tion the wisdom of some of the measures
of his administration. Any argument that
could be made in favor of the incarceration
of a Democrat in Fort Lafayette, or his
ransportition to the Dry Tortugas, at any
period of Lincoln's administration, would
make in favor of the immediate arrest and
close imprisonment of such cowardly incen
diaries as Forney, Butler, Phillips and their
coadjutors, who arc straining every nerve
to convulse the country with a civil war
which would be vastly more destructive, and
in every respect infinitely worse, than the
one from which we have just emerged.
The ravings and tlireats of Beast Butler
and Johu W. Forney against the President
have been read by everybod No frantic
rebel ever denounced and threatened Presi
dent Lincoln as fiercely during the hottest
period of the late war as these vulgar and
envenomed partizans now denounco and
threaten President Johnson. Wendell Phil
ips has lately added liis denunciations and
threats to theirs. In his late address on the
Peril of the Hour," at Boston, after reit
erating Butler's demand for the impeach
ment and removal of the President, and de
nouncing Gen. Grant, who, ho said, "occu
pied the most humiliating position of any
man on this continent," Phillips proceeded
to declare that "his theory was that there in
no President. He is a deserter. The legis-
ative fiOcr is the only power left. Our
James IL has abdicated, and Parliament
rules the nation. Re, icantcd Congress to
commence its next session as a perpetual one.
lie icould have the next Congress enact that
they should rc-assomUe in March, 1SC7, and
be themselces the Govcrnmcnt.,,
Upon what ground would those who de
fended the arbitrary arrest, by Abraham Lin
coln, of men who questioned the w isdom of
his acts as President, condemn Andrew
Johnson for arresting a man who publicly de
clares that "there is no President," and calls
upon Congress to ignore the Executive and
usurp his functions. If ever there was cause
'or the arrest of persons for the use of "trea
sonable language," there is cause for it now.
Lancaster Intelligencer.
PAYrxa A Bet. The Philadelphia Age
a " . 11
says : An amusing scene was witnessed cy a
argc number of citizens yesterday, on Chcs-
nut Street from Thirteenth to Sixth. A
push-cart, having in it a feather-bed cover
ed with decorations of ribbons, c; a man
lay in side smoking a cigar, with his feet over
each side of the cart m the easiest man
ner imaginable. The paying party pushed
the cart vigorously along the street; with a
ace on about a yard long. On the front of
the cart was a placard with the words "Pay
ing a bet." The cart was drawn up on
Sixth street bdowChesnut Its appearance
caused the greatest merriment and attragt-j'
The Runaway Match.
A great many years since, when bright
eyed and fair-haired lasses were not so plen
tiful in New England as they are now, there
dwelt in the town of P , a pretty village
some twenty miles distant from the market
town, a peculiarly ugly and cross-grained but
wealthy farmer.
Minnie was Danforth's only child, and re
port said truly she would be his sole legatee
The old man was a sturdy farmer and was
estimated to be worth full $10,000, at that
period a handsomo fortune. The sparkling
eyes and winning manners of Minnie had
6tirrcd up the finer feelings of the whole
male portion of the village, and her suitors
were numerous, but her father was peculiar,
and none succeeded in winning much head
way with him or her.
In tho meantime Minnie had a true loyal
lover in secret. Who would have supposed
that such a fellow dare to leok on beauty
and comparative refinement ? His name was
Walker, and he was simply a farmer employ
ed by old Danforth, who had eutrusted Joe
with the management of his place two or
three years. Dut a very excellent farmer
and a right good manager was this J oe Walk
er. He was young, too, only twenty-three,
and he actually foil in love with this beauti
ful Minnie Danforth, his employer's daugh
ter. But the strangest part of the occur
rence was that Minnie returned his love,
earnestly and frankly promised to wed him
at a favorable time.
Things went on merry for a time, but old
Danforth discovered certain glances and at
tcntionsl'Ctwccn them which excited his en
vy suspicions. Very soon afterwards Joe
learned the old man's mind in regard to his
future disposal of Minnie's hand ; he quick
ly saw his case was a hopeless j)ne unless ho
resorted to stratagem, so he set his wife at
once to work. By agreement, an apparent
ly settled dislike and coldness was observed
by the lovers for each other for six months,
and the father saw, as he believed, with sat
isfaction, that his previous fears had been
premature. Then by agreement also be
tween them Joe absented himself from home
at evenings ; and night after night for full
three months longer, did Joe disappear as
soon as his work was finished, to return only
at a late hour to bed. This was unusual,
and Danforth was determined to know the
cause of it. !
Joe frankly confessed that he was in love
with a man's daughter who resided less than
three miles distant, but after a faithful at
tachment between them for months, the old
man utterly refused his application for the
j-oung girl's hand. 1
This satisfied him that he had made a mis
take in regard to his own child, and he re
solved to help Joe get married and thus to
stop all further trouble or suspicion at home.
"Do you like her?"
"Yes, sir yes."
1 "Then marry her. ' '
"But I can't her father objects."
"Poh ! let him do so; whatneed you care.
Kun away. with her."
"Elope I"
"Yes, off with you at once. If the gal
wul join, all right Marry her, bring her
here ; you shall have the cottage at tho foot
01 ino lane ; 1 n iumi?n it lor you ; your
f a t Tills .
wages shall be increased, and the old man
may like it or not."
"But"
"No bute, Joe ; do as I bid you : so about
it at once, and "
"You will stand by me ?"
"Yes, to the last I know Joe, you will
make anybody a good son or a good hus
band."
"The old fellow will be so mad, though."
"Who cares? Go, now, quickly."
"To-morrow night then," said Joe.
"Yes."
"111 hire Clover's horse."
"No, you shan't"
"No I"
"I say no. Take my horse the best one
Young Morgan he'll take you in fine
style in the new phaton."
"The old gentleman will be astonished."
"Never mind, go on. We'll turn the laujrh
on him. I'll take care of you and your wife
at any rate."
I'll do it," eaid Joe.
You shall," said Danforth ; and they par
ted in good spirits.
An hour after dark on the following eve
ning Joe made his appearance, dressed in a
new black suit, and really looked very come
ly. The old nan bustled out to the barn
with him, helping him to harness Young
Morgan.
few rods from the house he found Min
nie as previously arranged, and repairing to
tho village, the parson quickly made them
one in holy wctllock. Joo took his bride
and soon dashed back, and halted at old
Danforth's house, who was- already looking
for him with open arms.
"Is it done 1"
"Yes," anvwered Joe.
"Bring her in," continued the old fellow,
in high glee : "never mind comi.liinonr
here," and the honest farmer rushed fur
ights, returning almost immediately.
"Yes, yes."
"And this is my wife"," he added, as he
passed up his beautiful bride, tho bewitching
and lovely Minnie,
"What 1" roared the old man "what did
you say, Joe you villain you scamp you
cheat you."
"It is true, sir, wo are married ; you ad
ised this ; you planned the affair ; you lot
me have a horse ; you encouraged mo ; you
TVmicrw1 A c f o nil w run - T-nti ' nfT&rpA IriA
tho cottage at the end of inW lane"
I didn t I deny it l oa can't prove it
"Calmly, now, sir" eaid Joe ; and the en
treaties of the happy couple quelled the old
gentleman's ire.
He gave in reluctantly, and the fair Min
nie was overjoyed to be acknowledged as
Mrs. Joe Walker.
Strange Specimen of Humanity.
Twelve years ago a family named Sawyer,
living in tho neighboring town of West
brook, were surprised to find that a very su
perior new milch cow, carefully kept in their
stable, was "drying up." This continued
until Mrs. Sawyer discovered, some time
after, tho print of human fingers in the soap
grease barrel in the stable. Communicating
this discovery to her husband, he procured
help from the neighbors, and a thorough
search of the stable followed. An examina
tion of the hay-mow disclosed a small hole,
which, being followed up by pitching away
the hay, kd to a den-like place in tho inte
rior of the mow. Here was found a strange
being a man apparently of about twenty
four years, half clothed in rags, shockingly
filthy, and having no fast. One foot was
missing just above the ankle ; the other was
gone a little higher up the stump terminat
ing in an oblong way and in a manner show
ing that it was not the work of a surgeon
nor had it received tho attention of a sur
geon when lost. 1 lis face and head were of
average intelligence, but not a word could be
got from him. He had lived there a num
ber of weeks, subsisting on tho milk of the
cow and the grease. He was turned over
to the town authorities and placed in the
poor house, where he now is and has been
fur the past twelve years.
All attempts to solve the mystery concern
ing this strange being have proved futile.
No one has been found yet, who ever saw or
heard of him, and during tho whole twelve
j-ears he has never uttered a word. Various
expedients havo been tried "to loose his
tongue. On one occasion he was given a
bottle containing a pint of wlnskey. He
seemed to understand exactly what it was,
for he placed it to his lips and drank the
whole at a draught, but it had no percepti:
blc effect upon him. In manner, habits,
etc. , he is like a wild beast In the Summer
he is kept in a sort of wooden, cage-like
structure in the yard. He is very shy of
strangers and will hide his head in his blan
kets when they approach. His quarters are
comfortable, and it is impossible to givo him
better for sanitary reaom?.
Where tho creature came from is certainly
a mysterious matter. He could not have
walked from a distance as ho crawls upon
his knees very slowly. Tho only theory at
tempted is this : A few weeks before the
man was discovered the steamer Sarah
Sands arrived at this ort from Liverpool
with a large numlcr of immigrant-'. It is
conjectured that this being might have been
a burden to some one ocr the water. Mr.
Sawyer (since deceased) hauled a load home
from the steamer's wharf at that time, and
it is reasoned that the man might have been
clandestinely added tq his load (as there were
opportunities) and from thence hare crept
into his stnblc. This hyj othesis is decidedly
vague and unsatisfactory, however. The
appearance of the man is not that of an
idict, but of ono who haa lost his mind.
lie seems laboring under a great fear.
Portland (Me.) Argus.
"Lee's Rock."
Tho grounds comprising tho Ahtictam
Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the
spot occupied by General Lee and his staff
during'tho battle of Antictam, and a rock
protruding about three feet above the sur
face has been pointed out to nil visitors as
the one on which General Lcc stood and
viewed the progress of the battle. It was
from this rock that ho issued hij orders.
Those who took part in the battle usually
take their portion upon this rock to point to
their friends the farm houo to the left in
which General McClellan had his head-quarters,
the Burnside Brigade to the right, and
Keno's Mountain in the distmce on the apex
of which the gallant General of that name
fell mortally wcunded early in tho battle.
In short, nil the points of interest aro spe
cially visible from " Leo's Hock."
At tho meeting of the Board of Commis
sioners representing a few of the States,
held at Sharpsburg last Spring, a voto was
taken on the question of leaving Lee's Hock
stand, when it was, by a close vote decided
to have it blown up and removed. At a
meeting on Thursday evening last, held in
this city, on motion of tho Commissioners
from West Virginia, seconded by New
York, the order to dc:troy the rock was re
scinded, and it was decided that it should
remain. The majority, in thus deciding,
considered Lee's Rock a historical mark of
the battle field, that must always prove of
interest, especially to the visitor from a dis
tance, whq, for the first time, views the field
of this most sanguinary battle. Ualtimore
American.
PUTCnCURE FOR DRUNKENNESS. The
following cure for drunkenness i3 practiced
in Holland : The patient is shut up in a room
and debarred all communication, except with
his physician. As often as he pleases, spir
it3 brandy, gin,whiky etc., are given him,
but mixed with two-thirds water ; all other
drinks, tuch as beer, coffee, wine, etc., arc
mingled with one-third brandy. Tho vari
ous kinds of food, too, that are furnished
him bread, meat, etc., aro aU prepared
with brandy, consequently the patient is in a
continual state of intoxication. This lasts
about five days ; at the end of that time he
asks with entreaty for other nourishustjyit,
without hi3 request being com3 eon
y i iMtr iy-"" ..v 2.,
ani iiufc until iiis orjraxurf-"' a
cohol. The eujuvA
TVPrl. mI tliifwA
New Rules for Base Ball;
Innings. Sec. 1. The game when play
ed at all, to be on the anniversary of some
Other day, and to be continued ulitil hino, in
nings are played, if the players are not '$ lay
cd out" before that time. To be conducted
strictly witH the laws of the Medes arid Per
sians, and Code1 Napoleon, tho City Ordi
nances, and the regulations of the beard of
health. . ,
Punning Bases Sec. 2. No player to be
allowed more than one hour to rim a base.
Catching. Sec. 3. Players to have the
privilege of catching tho ball in their hats
or caps, but the use of peach baskets to bo
positively prohibited. Musquito nets to be .
used in catching "fly" balls.
Ford Ball. Sec. 4. All "foul balls" to'
be deodorised before used.
Putting Players Out. Sec. L Any play
er "caught out," without hia night key, or
a permit from the Clerk of the Council, to
be taken charge of by the city police, placed
in a coffin and furnished lodgings in David
Jones' Jyickcf.
The Pitcher. Sec. C Should tho "pitch
er" become cracked during the gatiie, a new
one to be procured from Mullen's Grocery
store, provided, that his dog docs not steal
the players' dinner, and make a "homo
run," otherwise it shall be purchased from
the nearest .grocery.
Batting. Sec. 7. No cottoh "bitting"
allowed.
Conveyance. Sec. 8. Omnibrlsscs to start
for the first base every half hour, and ambu
lances to be ready to carry off the wounded.
licportcrs. Sec. 9. In order that there
may bo a correct report by eye witnesses
after the reliable manner of war correspond
ents newspaper reporters td.be positively
prohibited from approaching the grounds.
A Haunted House;
A Watervillo correspondent of the Bostori
Transcript tells the following curious story :
Nearly opposite Ilallcrttcll, on the bank of
the river, stands the' famous haunted house
of Chelsea. It is ari old squire building; x
and the very picture of desertion ; the doors
and windows being out, the out-houses iii
ruins, and the fences being broken1 down.
For quite a number of years attempts have
been made to inhabit it, but annoyances by
night end by day, of a mysterious character,
have always driven away the occupants. A
patrol stationed in every direction, and an
examination of every nook and corner du
ring these disturbances, have failed to give '
any satisfactory clue to their origin. An in
terval of years, during which the building
remained vacant, did not in any wiso abate
the evil. Though the owners offer a free
rent, no one can be any longer found with
the courage to accept it
A Black Orator Traveling! Souttl
A correspondent of the San Antonio Herald
writing from Austin, Texas, says :
Our city was enlivened a few days ago by ,
the presence of an ebony gentleman who
was represented as a loyal subject of Queen
Victoria, and hailing from Canadian territo-'
ry arf intelligent, refined, educated 'gentle
man, the editor of a public journal,' a D. D.
as well as an M. D., making the tour of the
Southern States fur the purpose of expound
ing the difference lctwcen the physiological
construction of the black and white races,
and the mental temperature of both. Doc
tor Parker for lie was called by that name1
delivered a discourse in the afternoon at
the Court house to the white population, and
again at night to the negroes. . The doctor
brought letters of recommendation, I un
derstand, to the. State authorities, from some
of the best, truest and most intelligent men
of the South, and seemed tohavemoro mod
esty than most nieri, white ot black, and be
haved as though he was honest in believing
and teaclring to those of his own color their
inferiority to the white race. He ridicuied,
very appropriately, I thought,- the idea of
the political privilege of suffrage" being ex
tended to die sons of Afric's parched sands,
complimented Mr. Johnson also Mr. Davis,
and dwe't at (omc length on his associations
with Messrs. Chase, Stanton and other big
men of the United States, in relation to the
work of restoration.
Pkitih of Hie Sea. A French journal
says that the soundings effected with rcfer-cnt-e
to the new trans-Atlantic cable have
enabled comparisons to bo made on the dif
ferent depths of the sea. Generally speak
ing, they arc not of any great depth in tho
neighborhood of continents ; thus the Baltic
between Germany and Sweden, is only 120
feet deep ; and the Adriatic, between Venice
and Ti lot, 1 30 feet. The greatest depth of
the channel between France and England
docs not exceed COO feet, while to the South
west of Ireland, where the sea is open, the
deptlx is more than 2,000 feet The seas to
the South of Europe are much deeper than
those in the interior. In the narrowest part
of the Straits of Gibraltar the depth is only
1,000 feet, while a little more to tho East it -is
3,000 feet. On the coast of Spain the
depth is nearly 6,000 feet At 250 miles
south of Nantucket (South of Cape Cod) no
bottom was found at 7,000 feet The great
est depths of all aro to be mt with in tho
Southern Ocean.
A Lono Dance. An ingenuous French,
mathematician has calculated that the space
which a young Parisian belle, who is iond
of the salutary exercise of d;incing tra
verses in the gay saVms of Paris anfounts,
in tho courso of one dancing season, to four
hundred and thirty four miles and a half.
He has also estimated that- a French lady
fond of performing the foncdons of a teeto-'
turn, would spin round in a wain in one
nijiht as mtny times a3the wheel? of a steam
l'CJit rvlvf -while ninnin?- the dir-tvy h?-
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