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Erom th Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
HOCSE-CLEAMXO DAY.
"Dies ira, dies ilia!"
Gods! again the reign of terror
Rules o'er a once happy home.
And by sonic infernal error,
Now once more to life has come ;
That most dire of revolutions,
Which h.ilf yearly drives us out
From the house by curs'd ablutions
Jlcrcy, how we're knocked about I
Washing, scrubbing;
Crushing, rubbing,
Floors so slipp'ry one can't stand ;
What a clatter"
What's the matter ?
Is an enemy at hand ?
Ah. that noise is full of meaning,
Tells you plainly of "house-cleaning."
All things quickly leave their places,
And are where they should not be ;
See, an ancient bed embraces
Tiibles most familiarly,
While a mirror is reclining
On the top of an arm-chair,
Sofas round each other twining,
Washstands centre-tables bear.
Carpets shaken.
Camphor take in
And retire for half a jear,
Mats, moreover,
Leave their cover
And as good as new appear;
AV' tilings bear a dreadful meaning.
All things cry aloud "house cleaning!'
Now I rush into my chamber,
Hoping that my cares are o'er;
Lo! a dozen women clamber
From the ceiling to the tioor,
As I tumble o'er a bucket,
How they grin with fiendish glee :
Well. I know that there they've stuck it
As a cruel trap for me.
Hang the wretches!
First one fetches
More brown soap and scrubs away,
Whilst another,
To the pother,
Adds her mile with potter' s clay.
I against a table leaning,
Gruau in agony "house-cleaning."
With the bustle soon I border
On the verge of lunacy,
When a l'emaie brings an order
2h:it some one's in want of me;
Out I rush in desperation,
Zounds ! am 1 a lever, that
1 m move I'rum out its station
That huge thing, I won't, that's flat,
"Where's my dinner?"
"Oh, you sinner,
Dinner can't be got for you,
Cook is washing."
Here a splashing
Tells the dreadful news is true ;
Sacrificed ; for intervening
'T would have hindered the "house-cleaning."
Thus for many a weary hour
The infernal work proceeds;
Water, mops and brushes shower,
Till one an umbrella needs,
lut thank lleav'n, the day is over,
Evening falls upon the time,
And 1 seek the welcome cover
Of my bed and lay me down.
What's this dam' me !
Cold and clammy
Soap ! brown soap ! by lleav'n it is.
Now a rustle
And a bustle,
In the air is heard a wiz ;
Soon on slumber's bosom leaning,
I've the nightmare of "house cleaning."
SE-During the summer ofl8C8, a landlord
as tried before Judge Hawkins, who sat on a
-Waved stump in front of his hotel, for selling
luor in quantities less than a gallon, being
Katrary to the law of the State, (Mississippi.)
reprocess was commenced. "Prisoner, are
J'-o guilty or not guilty?" "Not guilty," was
'"-e reply. "Prisoner," exclaimed the judge,
.'Guknow that's a lie, for I have drank in
.r-ur house more than twenty times a day my-
Speaking of speed, said a wag the other
a.T. I reckon they travel some on the Hudsou
Ter Rail road. I stepped in the car at Alba-l-
Sot fairly seated at Hudson, lighted my ci
at Poughkeepsie, spit out of the window at
ekskill, and hit a man at Sing Sing ; the tele
ph poles looked like a close picket fence, and
,tt going to the rear of the train, I found we had
pe walk and ten pin alley in tow, each filled
& brick both stuck straight out like the tail
1 kite, without touching the track and were
4 merely to eteody the core.
The Valley of tlie Great Salt Lake.
From the London Athenaeum we take the fol
lowing poticc of Capt. Stansbury's "Expedition
to the Great Salt Lake," recently published by
Linnincott. Grambo & Co.. of I'hila. The ar-
ticle is made up mainly of extracts from the
work, judiciously taken, and is exceedingly iQ-
teresting :
The existence of a vast lake of salt water
somewhere amid the wilds west of the Rocky
Mountains has been known since 1689 ; when
Baron La Iloutan wrote an account which, how-
eyer seeva3 to have been as much indebted to
: '. . . . ... .
imng.natioh ns to observation-of h.sdiscovenes
j in that region. Some attempts have since that
fimc been made to explore its shores ; but Capt.
Stansbury's party are the first white men that
have made the circuit of its waters. The results
of the Captain's observations, which were carried
on with much skill .md immense labor, make the
circumference of the lake, exclusive of off-sets,
to be 201 miles. The neighborhood around is
on the same gigantic scale consisting of deserts
CO and 70 miles across, separated from each other
by precipit ms rocky eminences of great eleva
tion. Many of these desert3 Capt. Stansbury
says would furnish extended plains, absolutely
level, upon which a degree of the meridian could
be measured to great advantage.
This inland sea is believed by Cant. Stansbu
ry to have been in a past age of inunitely grea
ter extent. He snys :
"Upon the slope of a ridge connected with
j this plain, thirteen distinct successive benches,
J or water-marks, were counted, which had evi
dently, at one time, been washed by the lake,
and must have been the result of its action con
tinued for some time at each level. The high
est of these is now about two hundred feet above
the valley, which has itself been left by the
lake, owing probably to gradual elevation occa
sioned by subterraneous causes. If this sup
position be correct and all appearances con
spire to support it there must have been here
at some former period a vast inland sea, extend
ing for hundreds of miles ; and the isolated
mountains which now tower from the flats, for
ming its western and south-western shores, were
doubtless huge islands similar to those, which
now rise from the diminished waters of the
lake."
The first view thn.t the party obtained of this
extraordinary lke is as well described in the
following words :
"At our feet and on each side lay the waters
of the (Ireat Salt Lake, which we had so long
and s. ardently desired to see. They were clear
and calm, and stretched far to the south and
west. Directly before us, and distant only a I
few miles, an island rose from 800 to 1,000 feet
in height, while in the distance other and larger
ones shot up from the bosom of the waters,
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their summits appearing to reach the clouds.
On the west appeared several dark spots, resem
bling other islands ; but the dreamy haze hover- ;
ing over this still and solitary sea, threw its j
dim, uncertain veil over the more distant fea
tures of the landscape, preventing the eye from
discerning any one object with distinctness,
while it half revealed the whole, leaving ample I
scope for the imagination of the beholder. The
stillness of the rrave seemed tr r-rvarlp hnth
j . , . , Al i
air and water ; and, excepting here and there a
v, , i , , a i- , ., . !
solitary wild-uuck floatino' motionless on tlm hn- i
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som of the lake, not a living thing was to be
seen. The night proved perfectly serene, and a
young moon shed its tremulous light upon a sea
of profound, unbroken silence. I was surprised
to find, although so near a body of the saltest
water, none of that feeling of invigorating fresh
ness which is always experienced when in the
vicinity of the ocean. The bleak and naked
shores, without a single tree to relieve the eye,
presented a scene so different from what I had
pictured in my imagination of the beauties of
this far-famed spot, that my disappointment was
extreme."
This intense repose is broken at times by the
presence of myriads of wild fowl :
"The Salt Lake, which lay about halt a mile
to the eastward, was covered by immense flocks
of wild geese and ducks, among which many
swans were seen, being distinguished by their
size and the whiteness of their plumage. I had
6een large flocks of these birds before, in vari
ous parts of our country, and especially upon
the Potomac, but never did I behold anything
like the immense numbers here congregated to
gether. Thousands of acres, as far as the eye
could reach, seemed litterally covered with them,
presenting a scene of busy, animated cheerful
ness, in most graceful contrast with the dreary,
silent solitude by which we were immediately
surrounded.
The water is described a3 one of the purest
and most concentrated brines known in the
world, clear and transparent as the diamond ;
and on analysis it was found to contain twenty
per cent, of pure chloride of sodium, with about
two per cent, of other salts. Of course such a
compound must posse ss an extraordinary buoy
ant property ; and Capt. Stansbury thus relates
his bathing experiences :
"No one, without witnessing it, can form any
idea of the buoyant properties of this singular
water. A man may float, stretched at full
length, upon bis back having his bead and neck,
;oth legs to the knee, and both arms to the el"
oow, entirely out of water. If a Bitting posi
tion be assumed, with the arms extended to
preserve the equilibrum, the shoulders will re
main above the surface. The water is neverthe
less extremely difficult to swim in, on account
of the constant tendency of the lower extremi
ties to rise above it. The brine, too, is so strong,
that the least particle 6f it getting into the eyes
produces the most acute pain ; and if accident
ally swallowed, rapid strangulation must ensue.
I doubt whether the most expert swimmer could
long preserve himself from drowning,- if expo
sed to the action of a rough sea."
In many places in the vicinity of this singular
lake, the ground is thickly covered with salt,
presenting a most curious and deceptive appear
ance :
The first part of the plain consisted simply j
of dried mud, with small crystals of salt scat
tered thickly over the surface. Crossing this,
we came upon another portion of it, three miles
n width, where the ground was entirely covered
with a thin layer of salt in a state af delique
scence, and of so sou a consistence that the i
feet of our mules sank at every step into the !
mud beneath. But we soon came upon a por
tion of the plain where the salt lay in a solid
state, in one unbroken sheet, extending apparent
ly to its western border. So firm and strong
was this unique and snowy floor, that it sustain
ed the weight of our entire train, without in the
least giving iay or cracking beneath the pres
sure. Our mules walked upon it as upon a
sheet of solid ice. The whole field was crossed
by a net-work of little ridges, projecting about
half an inch, as if the suit had expanded in the
process of crystallization. I estimated this
field to be at least seven miles wide and ten
miles in length. How much farther it extended
northward I could not tell ; fcmt if it covered
the plain in that direction as it did where we
crossed, its extent must have been very much
greater. The salt, which was very pure and
white, averaged from ene-half to three-fourths
of an inch in thickness, and was equal in all re
spects to our finest specimens for table use.
Assuming these data, the quantity that here lay
upen the ground in one body, exclusive of that
in r. deliquescent state, amounted to over four
and a half millions of cubic yards, or about one
huudred millious of bushels."
Amongst the other peculiarities of this region,
we are informed that the excesssive dryness o
the air caused the wood-work of the wagon
wheels to shrink so much that there was great
danger of their falling asunder, and it was only
by sinking them in a stream during the night
that the Expedition was enabled to proceed with
them. From the same cause, the wood-work of
j the mathematical instruments was rent andsplit
in some cases breaking the tubes, and otherwise
j v,iiu3iiij5 serious uauiuge. ue mirags on ine
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vii iiiuoiuua uiusi JlotcSLJUC iiuu AaulaSclC.
The difficulties which the party had to en
counter were very great so that the journey
from Fort Leavenworth, on the Missouri, a dis.
tance of less than 1200 miles, occupied the Ex
pedition about twelve weeks. But the obstacles
in the road to the Salt Lake dwindled into insiff-
l"aih
nificance when compared with the difficulties in
' ihuvuium iu
i3 immediate vicinity. In one place. Cantain
J y, iyuiui
Stansbury says :
"At two o'clock, in the afternoon, we reached
the western edge of the plain, when to our infi
nite joy we beheld a small prairie or meadow,
covered with a profusion of good, green grass,
through which meandered a small stream of
pure, fresh, running water, among clumps of
willows and wild roses, artemesia, and rushes.
It was a most timely and welcome relief to our
poor, famished animals, who had now been de
prived of almost all sustenance for more than
sixty hours, during the greater part of which
time they had been in constant motion. It was.
indeed, nearly as great a relief to me as to them
for I had been doubtful wiether even the best
mule we had could have gone more than half a
dozen miles further. Several of them had civ
en out in crossing the last plain, and we had
to leave them and the baggage behind,
and to return for it afterward. Another day
without water, and the whole train must
have inevitably perished. Both man and beast
being completely exhaused, I remained here
three days for refreshment and rest. Moreover
we were now to prepare for crossing another
desert of seventy miles, which, as my guide in
formed me, still lay between us and the south,
ern end of the lake. He had passed over it in
1845, with Fremont, who had lost ten mules and
several horses in effecting the passage, having
afterward encamped on the same ground now
occupied by our little party."
The importance of the exploration so gallant
ly conducted by Capt. Stansbury is indicated by
the fact, that the Valley of the Great Salt Lake
is the only point between the Missouri and the
Pacific Ocean whence supplies of provisions can
be procured, and it is of the utmost conse
quence, therefore, that it should be considered
in any scheme for a road across this vast conti
nent to California.
The number of emigrants to tit "Diggins,"
had been so great, that Capt. Stansbury descri
bed the road as being as broad and "Well beaten
as any turnpike road in the country ; but the
dangers and difficulties which the emigrants
have to encounter from the want of bridges or
ferries, and more especially from the terrible
scarcity of water, which causes hundreds of
cattle to die on the road, thus forcing the emi
grants to abandon nearly all that they possess,
glad to escaA." ith their own lives, are numer
ous and terrible in the extreme.
The evidences of these sufferings meet the
naveiiri a eye an aiong tne route, but espe
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cially as he approaches the district of the Great
Salt Lake. The road is strewed with the car
cases of horses and cattle which have fallen ex
hausted from fatigue and thirst or poisoned by
saline springs, dozens of wagons lie oH the
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road in heaps, burnt, disabled, or abandoned,
hundreds of pounds of bacon and other provi
sions, thrown away from the failure of the
means of transport, and Tith these lie in Con
fused abandonment almost every article of house
hold furniture and every sort of cookifl? utensil
that can be imagi ned. For hundreds of miles
the prairie is covered with excellent clothing,
harness, ploughs, miners', blacksmiths' and car
penters' tools of every possible variety, to
gether with bar iron, steel, and other materials
of industry, excellent scientific instruments and
books of every description, collected doubtless
with much labor and great sacrifice, and carried
with infinite trouble and anxiety a distance of
perhaps 2,000 miles, to be at last left to rot on
the road through this terrible and extraordiniry
country. No wonder, then, that a vast number
of these wllo set out full of health and vigor
either terminate their hopes and fears in these
dreary solitudes, or retrace their steps with sad
hearts and shattered frames.
Capt. Stansbury's party frequently passed
from four to six graves of emigrants in a day,
many of them recently made, nameless but
sad m ementoes of disappointed hopes and san-
gmuc i-uitrpnse. ccarceiy a uay paisea in
which they did not meet some party of emi
grants returning in wretched plight, all that
they possessed sold, given away, oa abandoned.
Some of the men attached to this Expedition
disgraced themselves by abandoning it for the
land of promised gold. One party of these, as
the Captain afttrwards heard, were stripped by
the Indians of tvery article they possessed, and
were left to find their way to California in the
most miserable plight.
An amusing instance is here recorded of the
way ia which aa ingeneous emigrant met a dif
ficulty. Having a number of kegs of brandy,
which he was compelled to leave in the prairie,
he buried his cherished cordial in the earth,
covered it like a grave, and placed at the head
a full and particular, if net true, account of the
deceased, hi3 name, age, where he was .rais
ed," and when he fell, being set forth in remark
ably distinct characters. Further on, he sold
the brandy to some traders, who easily found
the afTecting memorial, and drew the spirit from
its repce.
We have often hear d curious anecdotes of the
prairie dog ; but none more strange than those
related by Capt. Stansbury, which from the evi
dently cautious character of the narrator de"
mand attention. He says that the holes in the
ground in which these little creatures live are
shared by the rattlesnake several instances of
which came under the observation of the party.
But what is still more extraordinary, we are
told, that a little, white burrowing owl (Slryz
cunicularia) is also frequently found taking up
its abode iuthe same domicile ; and this strange
association of reptile, bird and beast seem to live
together in perfect harmony and peace. The
Captain does not give this latter faot on his per
sonal voucher ; but says that he has been as
sured of it from so many, so various, and such
credible sources, that he could not doubt it.
On its way home the Expedition succeeded in
striking out a shorter route through the chain
of the Rocky Mountains ; making a saving of
Gl miles in the road from the Great Salt Lake
to Fort Bridger, on the Green River, a distance
of about 400 miles. The newly-discovered road
has also the great advantage of being very
nearly in a perfectly straight line.
J5On Saturday night, last, one of the Bos
ton watchmen found wandering about in a 6tate
of intoxication, a man somewhat celebrated as a
ventriloquist, and who has often performed at
theatres. He was taken in charge, and placed
in the cell of the watch-house. This did not
agree exactly with the ventriloquist's idea of
pleasure, and, with a skill worthy of a better
situation, he shook the iron-grated door, and
set up a most hideous noise in imitation of wild
beasts. Had there been a menagerie within the
cell, the effect would not have been more life
like. The roar of the lion, the growl of the ti
ger, the snarl of the panther, the screech of the
wild cat, the hiss of the 6erpent, were all heard,
and the prisoners in the adjoining cells begged
to be released, lest they should be devoured.
The delusion was most complete, and the ven
triloquist continued his exhibition gratis for
some time, but at last he became exhausted, and
dropped to sleep.
Tribute to Woman.
"While we ate not often able to agree with the
views announced in the Senate Chamber by Sen
ator Soule, of Louisiana, we can heartily sub
scribe to the following elegant extract from his
speech on the bill authorizing women to act as
sole traders. It does honor to the heart and
the head of the eloquent and chivalrous son of
Louisiana. We dd not remember to have ever
read a truer tribute to the better portion of hu
manity, at once 60 just, so discriminating, so
beautiful and so affecting. Monsieur Pierre
Soule was evidently cpeaking with more than
the galantry of the Frenchmen, and in the spir
it of a noble and elevated Mas, when he uttered
the following truthful and glowing sentiments',
sentiments which ought to be written in letters
of gold and which we recommend to the perusal
of all the young men of the country:
"When I reflect on the conduct of many mar
ried men m California their faithlessness to
every vow which they made at the altar how
completely they fail in the performance of their
duties how virtuous and industrious, faithful
and patient women are imposed upon by worth
less brutes of husbands, as great tyrants at
home, as drunkards and debauchees abroad, my
respect for the sex prompts me to do all within
my power to protect her rights and secure her
happiness.
I love woman ; I have loved her all my life ;
through boyhood, youth, manhood, and matu
rer years. I expect to love her all my life, and
dying to be found faithful to the same high and
inspiring sentiments. For amid all the varied
i scenes, temptations, struggles and hopes of ex
istence, one star brighter than nil others has
lighted and guided me onward If ever I had
any high and noble ambition, the exciting ener
gy has been in the approving Emile coming from
the eye of woman. And I judge her affection is
thus upon others. Gentle in her affection, yet
mighty through her influence, her medium of
rule is as powerful as the ballot box, and sho
only needs the protection of law against those
who have no law in their habits and propensi
ties. he has ruled me from my boyhood with
the soft and winning influences of her virtue
and her beauty. I remember my f rst love ; my
baby affections at four years of age. I have
been in love nearly every month of my life
since; save the dark and rayless days and years
which succeeded the desolate hearth and made
the heart too desolate. And never, sir while
I remember my mother, long since in her grave
I remember the night she died never, while
I recollect my sisters, and the abuses that might
have been theirs; never, while I hold in my me
mory one other; and her memory is all that is
left me; shall I refuse to give my voice and in
fluence and vote for any measures necessary to
protect and cherish the weaker and better por
tion of creation, against the oppression, neglect
and abuse of my sex. I hope the bill may
pass."
A Saf Bet.
About the time of the first influl of immigra
tion into California, a littls scene occurred on
the steamer Tennessee, during one of her up
ward cruises in the Pacific Ocean, which we do
not remember of seeing in print, but, ever pub
lished or not, will, we think, bear repeating.
One of those moral fungi on society, known
in general parlance by the soubriquet of "black
leg," had spread a tempting bait, in the way of
a little game of pharo, before a promiscuous as
semblage of Suckers, lloosiers, Buckeyes, Corn
crackers &c, who were on their way to the new
El Dorado. Among the number was a sturdy
Kentuckian who, in his humble suit of home
epun, stood watching the game with intense iu
terest. Presently thrusting his hands into the
depths of his over-coat pocket, he produced a
greasy pocket book, and taking from its re
cesses a bill, he extended it to the dealer, say
ing: "Here, old feller, I lost a ten, that time, and
here's the money."
"How is that," exclaimed the sharper, "I saw
you make no bet?"
"Wall you see, I sez to myself, sez I, that
jack's been an uncommon lucky keard, and dod
dura my picters, ef I don't bet a ten on it J so
the pesky jack lost, and you've got my money."
Thinking he had picked up a greenhorn, the
gambler gave a 6ly wink at the few "knowing
ones," which encircled him, and went on with
the game.
After a few deals, our corncracker smacked
his fists emphatically on the table, and exclaim
ed, dod rabbit it, there goes another "saw-buck,"
on the plag'uey jack, here take it ole horse fly."
With an ill-suppressed grin of satisfaction,
the sharper took the money ; and added it to
the rapidly growing pile before him.
In the due course of time, the jack came up
triumphantly, and our yeoman jumping np near
ly to the ear lines, eracked his heels together,
and exclaimed : t
"By G-d, won fifty, that time, so fork up,
you lovely old cuss you."
The "sell" was evident, that the gambler had
nothing else to do than to pay the money, which
he did with the remark that the next time- the
Kentuckian made a bet, he wanted him to put
the money down."
Iceland.
A correspondent of the Watertown Jeffcrson
ian, now in Iceland, Writes from Reykjavik, th
capital of the island, that it is a neat towa of
twelve hundred inhabitants, with a cathedral
and college. There is also a hotel and a club
house. Several of the merchants live in two
story houses. The main street runs parallel to
the water, the sloping, gravelly beach, and on
the side of this street, facing the sea,, are the
stores, some fifteen in number. Besides this,
there are three other streets, running parallel to
it further back. The houses, with gable end
to the streets, are all woolen frame buildings.
generally of one story, and covered with a coat
ing of tar in place of paint. This preserves th
wood and makes the sides and roof water-tight,
and though they are all black as night, they do
not contrast badly with their white window
sashes and curtains, and the recn fields about.
In closed dwellings, muslin curtains, flower-pot
containing roses, fuchsias, geraniums, pansit,
and other exotics all in bloom, bhowed the tri
umphs over climate that a little care will make.
The hotel is a square two story building.
"How green the fields look, and how pretty
the gardens are here in Iceland ! I Walked up
on a hill, a little out of town, and I saw the far
mers mowing, and heard the familiar clank af
the Stone on the steel, while the mower sharp
ened his scythe. The land is so rough all
covered with little mounds or hillocks that they
can only use scythes about two feet long. Th
scytliernith is straight, and similar to those I
have seen used in Scotland. The right hand,
or lower side, Is like our, fastened to the snith,
but the left hand one is like the letter T, tho
hand taking hold of the top-piece. They shava
the grass down as close as IIotpur found the
dandy's chin, "new reaped," like "tubbleland.w
The hay is fine and soft, but the grass is not ve
ry high. In the gardens I 6ee growing pota
toes, turnips, radishes lettuce, and some other
vegetables. Grain does not grow in Iceland
neither does wood. The country is quite desti
tute ot timber. I saw a little shrub, about fiv
feet high, in the Governor's garden ; that is,
perhaps, the largest tree in Iceland. This,
though, is protected by a high wall on the north
of it. In former times there must have been
some forests, for I am told large logs are found
in the bogs, and too far inland to allow the idea
of their being drift timber."
Mollis Xapolcon In 3ew York City;
The Brooklyn Daily Advertiser, moralizing
upon the rapid ascent of f uis Napoleon up the
ladder of ambition, from positive poverty, to u
perlative grandeur and power, recalls some rem
iniscences of his soourn in New York city many
years ago. The editor says :
"What strange events have occurred within a
few years in reference to that man ! We knew
him whilst he was residing in New York, at
lodging house in Reade street, thm kept by
gentleman who now occupies a high ofhcial pos
ition under the French government. At thie
time he was very poor, and very distipated.
Notoriously profligate in his habits, and without
the pecuniary ability to indulge to the full bent
of his inclination the culpable propensities
which characteried him, he was frequently ex
pelled from certain places in which he obtruded
himself, and more than a dozen times was the
occupant of a cell at the old jail in the Tark,
long sine? torn down.
"Not long prior to his leaving the United
States, he was arrested for a misdemeanor com
mitted by him at the disreputable bouse of a
woman whose establishment he often visited,
and the writer of this article Was employed pro
fessionally by him to save him from the threat
ened consequences of his recklessness and in
discretion. We little supposed who was then
our client (and who is still indebted to us for
counsel fees and disbursements) would beccme
Emperor of France. Such, however, is now hie
'manifest destiny,' although we believe that hie
realization of his ambitious hopes and aspira
tions will but hasten the fearful doom which
unquestionably impends over him."
BThe new Cathedral, at Albany, New
York, was dedicated on Sunday last. The Most
Rev. Archbishop Hughes, of New York ; the
Most Rev. Lord Bishop Moskcra, of Santa Fe
de Bogota, South America; the Right Rev.
Bishop Burgett, of Montreal ; the Right Rev. J.
B. Fitzpatrick, Bishop of Boston; the Right Rev.
Bishop Timon, of Buffalo; the Right Rev. Bish
op Wheelan, of Wheeling ; and the Rev. Bishop
McClusky, of New York, were present, and
took active part in the various ceremonies of
the day.
E3k,Every man cherishes in his heart some
object, some shrine at which his adoration is
paid unknown to his fellow mortals unknown,
to all save his God.
JJ2?A tape worm, measuring over two hun
dred feet long, was taken from a child at Nash
ville last week.
A poor devil in one of our western jails, saye
that although he has been in prison six months,
the onij being that has "dropped him a lice" is
a friendly spider that belongs to a burgler ia
the next story above.
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