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Beyond Jordan.
And they cime to Him, mothers of Judah,
I»ark-eyed and in splendor of hair,'*
Bearing down over shoulders of beauty, ’ . ♦»
.And bosomfl half hidden, half bar^; -,j}JT
s of riojd, 9,
Chattoo^,
“ties, in
PM the
bounty.
kityof
men.
' feature is almost com-
•„. refinement ana intel-
“feflure are absolutely
^ very rare Among.;
Seai^uperfliums; no
, it f r way.
1,1 m , m en, whose business
m L n who knows, say a
.Jewell enough to recollect
K 'traits ami manners of
fl „ a select one, possibly
■ jjtelv none, who possess
.mil divine grace of henu-
Fven to be able to rocog-
'Jmire it, if not due to un
less of perception, is in lt-
Fnraut culture. . -
f ,nost people call beauty is Of
L„d color of the face only.
. rj f woman is most often
Granted, or ignored. But
• be real beauty—which, by
of the whole person, from
of the head to the tip
-without gracefulness. \\ hat
Ticefuincss—beauty of mo-
Innknown. It is something of
and something of the soul.
writes thus And they brought Him their bnbea end I
Him,
Half kneeling with suppliant air, *3
To bleus the brown cherubs they bronchi i
With holy hands laid On their balk. *
Then reaching His hands He safi loWly, ' U
"Oi sneh is My Kingdom?" a&drtfeMP zlh. V*
•Took the brow^. little babes in thf holy
, White hands of the 8aviour ot men';
Held them close to His heart-and cAfets’d*tlMBty
Put His fttoe down to theirs aa_in prayer,
Put their hands to His neck, and so bloTQfl
With baby bands hid ia His hair; •
, .. —Joaquin Miller.
IDA DEYzOStSJ
ND OTlIj;
IRE
A P PRINTIjJ
IN PBiNTisj
SS
IE PRIXicJ
,_AnJ} Johnson on the Murder.
, r „N. ,\ oveml icr Id.—Andrew
,ul,iuiie? four and a half
g, t i,,. Chrnn'rli' in answer tff
nlfs allegations that Mr. John-
"csarileil the recommendations
ol the court for coramu-
. Surratt's case.
,n never saw the reconr-
On the contrary, Judge
that tiie question of sex
be considered and urged
Mr. Johnsons card is
masterly. Mr. Johnson
■iat Holt withheld the alle 1
— .. rl ;ded to damage him until
• D PHINTIsBi, *es were dead.
-E PRINTIJ^Bhpple Hall, arrived lately from
the representative of the
—.uudican band and Emigration
R PRlNTIsHiiv.ol54 Bridge street, London,
■.uigenients with several
, New York and in Other
hout the country, whereby
f desirable land will be im-
r OFFICE tB d . v placed in tlie company’s
negotiation. A flourishing
■ hn= already sprung up
pieiesof this organization
i. Ya.. and others are ex-
i ti illow.
| Sew York Tribune gallantly re
"Ttier,- are those who believ
uPr-ividencc wliieli watches over
. which sustains their tottering
dippuiy places, and which soft-
i ji.u lie stones for them when they
[PTNESS. li would sometimes appear that a
is ordered that whenevex
Ur mem anil selfisii Scamp is
iau- marriage, a woman of more
o"v angelic character is provided
And the more the scamp is do
in him the more the angel
i 'rib in her."
GAVE TIIE1
•ONE Will
usinrol
Ell
OFFICII
SB'
jten'f I
iff 1 1
a great scarcity of work
tnt .-urti?ring the coming
r thr -ugb-.iit the country generally,
P'letv nf Amalgamated Carpenters'
" ' :n ? large numbers of English
i belonging to their society, some
'a have recently landed in this
■ back lo England, to work there
■' ! 'e' period of depression of busi-
, this -iij,- the water. Many have
r sailed, and large additional num-
"fl* I* 1 taken by steamers sailing for
id Liverpool.
■ a ailed that upon one occasion.
1 omniodore Judkirs was in eom-
fthe .W-7i. a fussy little gentle-
ame to him just as the steamer
living Liverpool and asked him if
:: the Scotia would arrive in
A ,rk upon a certain day in time
• ; :u Jo catch the noon train for
Judkins looked at him
iHit in silence, and then, taking
watch, replied :
'* r : we will be five minutes
s lm.'i '/’inks announces the fail-
i a lu'.iiji-ut of M. It. Boggs, a
ninrohant 01 that city, by reason
ulo heavy advances to
rs. ami the failure of planters to
1 -or said advances. It claimed that
' are much larger than liis lia-
fear many others will be
I to do likewise unless plant-
punctual in settling up last
• ,.^'r ).". r1c correspondent of the
•'tapiiu J, ,lu„r says that the Loril-
d of advertising tln-ir chew-
"v pmiing money in the
s urn proved effet-.ive; that
• -nu,, expended SOd.lJoU in all, and
Hie proprietors acknowledged to
' I'Oiidom. j] la , ti, e s; U ne amount
. • 1 in legitimate newspaper adver-
" ou,d ila ™ paid far better.
'allowing advertisement is cx-
■ bom tne London Timu: ‘-To
!h^r a '. uI 4 hcrs - A noble and
t .Y ,keeping a most comfortst-
mshment near town, w-mld
‘wo American - or . English
■ v-:.ti,.mi'll to introduce into
■society. High references ask-
,.. . according to requirements,
i room and carriages. Ad-
Chapter XVI—A Pleasant StntpRlgEi
“ Ilclzons hold, hold! Ixiok! ». that
angel? fa,it mortal, or is it marbln?”
whispered, a young gentlemair tohis
companion as together they were stroll
ing under the arched portals Of the 'Ctft-
osseum.
“ Where—what do you mean ?” . ;
“ There, thatfigure leaning against the
cross, there in the centre. Did you ever
see a more perfect embodiment of grace,
and beauty and sweetness ?”
"Ah! I see: beautiful indeed."
Can it be- mortal ?”
‘‘ Mortal in flesh, but divine in form,
in grace and in feature. But stop, Eu
gene: let me see. I“-can it be? Yes, it
is her!’.’ ' . ’ • '
‘'Her—who? Do yott know her? stay,
you must not startle her. What can
she be thinking so deeply? Oh ! wliat
a facO'fbf a painter 1”
‘-Beautiful —.beautiful. It is Mile
McConnell. I must speak to her.”
‘- What! not the little McConnell girl
of Chicot? "
‘ The same—Ida’g"friend. She will
he glad to know that Ida is here. Yon
remain a moment, and let me speak to
her."
They were Gilbert Delzons and Eu
gene N’oltrieb who were speaking. It
was Kathleen McConnell who leaned
with the unstudied and unconscious
grace of a Venus against the foot of the
cross that rises from the centre of the
oval—lost in the almost Alpine seclu
sion of the grand ruins, and buried in
longing thoughts of licr faraway home.
Gilbert softly approached her, half re
luctant to disturb the sweet repose of
her'reverie. He stood directly before
her ere she became aware of his-pres
ence. With a quick start, like the
bird’s frightened flutter,- she looked up,
Gilbert uncoverd his head, and in
his most assuring tones'he said,
‘‘■Please pardon me-for Ah is uncere
monious intrusion ; butl could not resist
the impulse to greet an old lriend. May
I salute M’ile McConnell as such?”
‘'I believe that 1 recognize M. Del
zons,” she answere 1 with a glad smile
of recognition.
‘ This fa a happy .surprise,” he said,
■fibrins his hand. “'We knew yotf Were'
in the city, but, I tlroniniM not, of 11,
pleasure of meeting you this afternoon.
I must congratulate 3 - ou upon your rosy
health."
“Thank von, sir; my health is very
good. But tell me about my lovely
friend Miss Ida—has she arrived?”
“Oi ly this morning, and she is all
impatient to see you. She has devoured
every Dircrkiry in the city for your ad
dress."
Has she? My sweet friend! then I
beg to trouble you with it for her.”
" I am only too happy to serve you.”
Kathleen drew out her card ease and
wrote the address.
•'Lull-.
a California pajier a
j that city in telling a gen-
her Yosemite trip, said
" !ls gorgeous—perfectly rav-
V '&ot '* ? ' le 1 hke their style of
•si,] i,, 'iown there. “How’s that?”
"IV:., l ‘? J > “ how did you locomote?”
U'l ’ •' , un 1 yo“ think,” she replied, “ I
' l " r “lo u la i-lotbte-nin.” 1
I'm
clothes-pin.'
i r.ro 0r I litolicock states the total
, c ™‘i Golds of L’nited States
s *° 230,659 square miles, be-
belong toother
Iu r iii«tnn 1 n n t le car boniferoU8, ns
k-rritorles ic /“T n W*™*’ of the
:ir “'those intalifoi Mu#0Uri rivW ’
'Die Lo
al. '7 lisvin ' Courier-Journal savs
v^r i rnPnt A » female servant
cants -•i-i S^ f r °m ten to jforty apple.
have’w,, ! a P °f girls in some .hotels
ian p ,‘ ,'™ t ]| <,0 ' vn f rum ten to four dol-
Palazzn Gondi — namero nio — Come
qni’iiy. KATHLEEN.
There the Palazzo Gondi in the Rinni
di Terri. I shall be so glad to see Miss
Ida."
“ And I—may I claim the privilege
of an old friend and call too?"
“ Certainly, sir ; 1 will be pleased to
see you.”
An impatient “Ahem!” from Nol-
trieb recalled Gilbert to the fact that he
had a friend awaiting him, and he said,
“Will M’ile McConnell allow me the
honor of introducing a friend—a gentle
man from America and I believe an
old friend of your brother?”
‘Oh, yes—a friend of my brother is
always welcome,” she gladly replied.
Gilbert hastened after Noltrieb, and
in a moment more both gentlemen were
bowing before her.
“This is M. Noltrieb—M’ile McCon
nell."
"Ah! it is something like home to
hear the name,” said Eugene, offering
his hand.
Kathleen grasped it almost with a
cry of gladness. The mention of home,
and the old familiar Southern accent,
opened her heart.
“ And your name calls up a flood of
hone memories,” she answered. “And
my brother—have you seen him?”
“Not two months since. He is well,
and charged me to see you and assure
you ns much."
“ Oh, you are very good; and I do
so thank you 1” and Kathleen’s heart
was so full that she could hardly
restrain from crying.
The gentlemen perceived her emo
tion, and they tenderly respected it.
After a moment she choked it back and
said,
“ It is strange—I was just thinking
of my brother and of home, and long
ing so much for a communion with
them, when I was surprised by M.
Delzons.”
“ We observed your reverie, and I
almost dreaded to disturb it,” answered
Gilbert. . ’
“ Oh ! I am glad that you came. But
see—the shadows begin to darken.
Our winter twilights are chilly. I
must return home.
“ Permit us to see you to your home.”
“Certainly, with pleasure.” And
then in an explanatory tone she con
tinued, “ I have a duenna—allow me to
call her. Beatrice 1”
“ Si, siynora.” And from out the
shadows of the wall toward the Es-
quiline appeared the muffled figure
of her sharp-featured, keen-eyed at
tendant.
“ The walk is a brisk one,” continued
Kathleen, as they started on; “ but I
enjoy it much better than a carnage.”
Oh, yes: one ought always to walk
of a. winter’s evening—unless it be to
ride on horseback, an exercise I fancy
tljat .you would very much enjoy,” said
Gilbert. Y T
d Indeed I do,' and we.have some de-
Hghtfiil rides around the city. The
Campagna is rich in natural beauties,
as well as teeming with historic inter
est. Every hill and reck and stream
and dell is crowned with historic glory. ’
•wi
Ahk
of our
‘the ponies ani
at Creve-Cftftif by,;
,the village, often ba-
•bifre-heads^H n -«T-4r,s>Tf 5>C _
“ Yes, Ida has told me oftfcd-of Jour
girlish pranks. And sowemayassmne
it os certain that the morning rides will
meet her Approval.” ’ -' - ‘ -' ■
“And in that wtenty’ eaief'Eugene.
“ I must beg. the fadncreigf sharing the.
enjoyment.”
“Yes, certainly; the anang
includes the entire party—with
McConnell’s per*
“I should wish it to do bo,”
leen ; and then turning to Eugene, she
continued, “apd now tell me about my
brother.”. ■. - , . ..
“ Ah! your ^othecis.wqlLahd doing
well. He is ’becoming-ifuite famous as
an engineer, and is doing^imiaettse
service to the State, while at the same
time his own fortune-is rapidly grow
ing. It is already secure. . His success
has been wonderful.”
“Oh! I am so glad to hear you
speak so of my brother!” and Kathleen-
laid her hand confidingly upon the
arm of the gentleman.
“ Yes, he is to he congratulafed^and
you may well be proud of his ^hecefa”
“ Oh, I am proud of my brother’ and-
I long so much to see him!” and then
with that longing brimming in her
eyes, they walked- on in silence.
At the Palazzo Gilbert asked, as he
offered Ms hand in parting,
“ At what horn- to-morrow will yon
expect my cousin Ida ?”
“ Oh, as early as she pleases.” f
“Then you will have to arise very,
early, or she will surprise you irihed-”
“She can come none too eariy—
please tell her so.”
“Oh, her impatience will not heecb
tliat stimulus. Bon goir /”
“Good night, sir;” and turning to
Eugene, “Good night, M. Nolf
“Good night, Mile MdC
. yon afe^ttedly. jbst.' Yod
should- at least-iesr ouriniea,-!-said
Eugenof- “nniiiinAioi in justice to
your own self. yQHVMid interfere—at
least in 1L Gilbesjjfa h^tlf. As for
I can^readBy resign myself to the
^“Indeed! theifrTpwM^inSt‘the{fer*
4hr**** wito^ad shen . ■
“Ah, no; but ajgiffof bright ey«
gpcLlily wfiite hands that’led us away.
i," coiidfaies your offense,
d'ldat *-
sorely. We might have
,]pat old Tixijon
re resisted th?
arid partridges areplen-
a Clerk’s Benevolfent Asso-
: Atlanta.
anting around Columbus;
" ducks abound.
of
tb,
.^nelir
the honor'of
remember that I
“ With pkasttro, I-
tliis is Ml like a dreamy,
or rather a drunken conceit.”’ said
Eugene, as the two friends walked off
“What—the unexpected meeting
with the lady ?” asked Gilbert
“ No; the lady herself. Who would
have thought it? Such a glorious
beauty—such a perfect loveliness—
such angelic sweetness! I can hardly
believe it real.”
“ She is indeed a glorious creature.”
“Glorious? she is a divinity! fa it
the drunken atmosphere—the glamor
of romance which enwraps the city—
that thus enthused my senses and
haloed her form and face? or am I
sober and she mortal'?”
“ She is certainly mortal. There can
be no mistaking the rosy tinge that
glowed upon her cheek—and the coral
of her lips, no spirit could simulate
that. She is genuine flesh and blood—
not even a suspicion of rovqe about
her. As for you being sober, I can
only say that you must be exceedingly
light headed if that last bottle could
have upset your faculties.”
“ She mortal, and I sober! Then I
am a lucky dog—moil ami, don’t you
envy me?”
“Eh—how?”
“ The flirtation. I wonder if she is
heart free? I suspect she is, or she
would not complain of a stupid groom -
to gallop after her. Ah, Monsieur
Gilbert! I have watched your happi
ness with 'Mademoiselle Ida, and I
could have almost quarrelled with you
for envy; but now—lucky dog! my
day has come.”
“Has it? Don’t be so sure of that
I have had some little experience with
M’ile McConnell, and I found her as
disdainful as Benedict’s Beatrice.”
“ So much the better for me. Bea
trice had to succumb at last; but vou,
Gilbert, were held at a disadvantage—
you were fettered with M’ile Ida, and
I am surprised at your temerity in
encountering her at all. I have no
such embarrassing shackles to weigh
me down. I am a free lance—hand
and heart free, and can bring all my
arts to bear upon my charrper. 1
promise yon a rare flirtation with my
‘ American cousin.’” • -• ’
“ Very well, I have warned you—arid
you most not cut me for laughing at
your discomfiture.”
“ Ob, no! laugh now if vou will.”
“ No; rira bien, que rira Ic dernier.. T
will await the denoeument. But in the
mean time it is a , matter of mutual
gratulation that we can add her charm
ing grace and beauty to our society ;
and Ida will rejoice more thim any, for
she is almost foolishly fond of her
friend.”
“ Oh, yes; we are fortunate. It will
be so delightful to. have her point out
to us the sights of Rome. They will
appear a thoustod'times more, inter
esting. And those morning rides ! how
charming. I wonder what horses we
can muster here. Oh! if I had a pair
of my hunters—what a dash I’d cut I”
“ Oh, we will have no trouble about
that. Some of the stables here are
even famous for their thoroughbreds.
But let us get a carriage: I am tired: Of
walking.” And a cabriolet was hailed,
and the gentlemen entered it" arid were
driven to their hotel. . ,
“ ReaBy, my genfiethen, I must felic
itate vou - upon your dhaanine 'polite
ness,’ 5 cried Ida, as .Ofay joined her in
the drawingroom; “ Ihope the evening
has been as pleasant to' you as lt^was
dismal to me.” .
“Dismal? oh, a thousand pardqns,
maetmsm.” “ A
i“yeB, dismal! we apprehendedithat
the tftris-tfarma had captured yoUjoand
EapfcJJ? "
an official in your
came ln.“
— qrt i - .AJefABd-Ifmguio-tha imn. nnw-tfa^
you have brought me tidings from dear
Kitty. Ket me see— EaUwzo Gondi—
numero nio; that is .where ?”
. “ Ifi the Rivue di Trevi, at the farther
side of the city.”
“I cannot go there to-night?”
“ She will -not expect you until to
morrow.” v .
“ But she says, ‘ Come quickly.’.” ’. .
“ Ah, yes; but yotf would surprise
her to-night. She expects Votl to-
morrow.fl,.,, ' r
“ At what hour?”
“ As early as you please.”
“ Then I shall count the hours wean - ,
weary, until morning.*
(To be contmncd.)' ' ; ' ..
awarerffiat
with
sylphs ill
me;, but. J still
ilbert if in form
’ of ’motion she
the
such
“ Air! youfan
insist, and- ap
and grille ani
was not S'Sylpai •- -
“ If a -sylph 'confab be so fair—yes
hut I gravely question if that were
se^ibl^.. ’ Ohe of - Graceii would
tore adequately dfeeHbtf her,” - said
’Gilbert. 1 *■ * ■-Si-; t i:
" “And you: saw Ket beauty th
the bpttom of a winejglass?’!' srailingiy
said. Ida.
.^No j but under the dangerous light
She stood posed
against the stem, .of-.the. -cross in the
softened precincts of the Colosseum.”
“ Oh, she is mistress of the fine art
of posing, then. I <S8n readily imagine
how charming she‘looked —pensive,
dreamy, -love-lorn and sad—like the
pirate-pliantom’s flotpec:
1 AIodo and dewy—coldly pure and pale
As weeping beauty’s cheek at sorrow’s tale.’
“Poor thing! Aaff-did her mama
know she waaout?” , . _■ - •
“ You are spiteful, Ida,’’jaid Gilbert.
“Spiteful? far frojp fa 1 only feel
fated at your fortunate escape.”
“ But we are not yet free. We are
anted only a reprieve that we might
iar you this,” said Gilbert, holding out
the card.
Ida took the card and carelessly
glanced at it; and then, with a glad
i sty she said, i. ; j
“Oh, ’tis from Kitte-i Was it Kitty
you saw ? Tell me about her.”
“We surprised her in the Colosseum,
wMther Eugene and I were “strolling;
-and -in the gladness of our mutual
recognition, and the talking of old
friends, it grew so late that we had to
escort her home. Arid that accounts
for our delay.”
There
ciation
Go
squi
' ' J. li li.' ) firantley,' residing ten miles
from Sarilersville, was shot and serionsi-
ly wounded lastisreek, by J. W. G.
Smith, --p
A house in Sandersville, belonging
to Mesetf. P. Happ & Son, was destroy
ed by fire on last Friday; Covered by
insurance.
Hr;
struck
hanging limb of ft tree, whofa riding in
hfa. buipL. U^aMday. evening, and
guniuS^woTni<
t."T£C. Harden, of Savannah, was
ck nFthe right eye by the over-
onal estate of the late John
i ts valued at $100,000.
’ That sensible (fail ‘Hamilton has had
her life insured for $25,000. - Now, let
some fchow marry her and : love her to
death, j
The 'New ywk. .ArtaJiaa defines
“journalist” as x rtfan who spends the
best da^s of his’ltfeiri conferring rep
utations on otliers arid getting none
himself ^ ‘ ’ -' ‘
age to the.Holy Land by
of the Anghrarr Chui - h is or-
in England. The entire cost to
each pilgrim is 'mtiBwtetivliycihupfdnQ-
ters at not less-than '$125 nor more than
» ji! i iMr
$175.
Tea Scott’s Texas Pacific.
Washington, Nov. 12.—The prevail
ing subject of discussion among the
political operators is Tom Scott, his
Texas Railroad and Construction Com
pany. Edwards Pierrepont, of New
York, fa qnoted to-day as giving
opinion; by letter, that the whole Pi
sylvnnia fabric is in a nervous condi
tion. Scott’s friends regard his letter
tendering his resignation as an admis
sion that bis affairs are insecure, and
as he is looked upon as the only
vigorous intellect in the Pennsylvania
company, the growing age and the
relative mental feebleness of President
Thompson are also canvassed.
It is said that Benj. F. Butler had
$200,000 in the Construction Compar
arid that Clinton Wheeler, John A.
Gray and a large number of Southern
and carpet-bag politicians have also
been bitten. The condition bf the
Texas Pacific Company appears to be
no better than its parasite, and adver
tisements in the papers last Saturday
called in 20 per cent more on the
ohn W. Forney, who on a former
occasion made a good thing by releas
ing his interest in the Baltimore and
Potomac charter to Scott, has lost it on
this turn. The appearances were that
no more than seventy-five per cent
would he called in by the Construction
Company, and that fifty per cent,
would probably be the limit Instead
of this the fall subscription has been
called for, and there are no dividends
of either bonds or money.
The little operators now charge that
the big ones set up a job on them, and
point to Scott’s own subscription as
too small to show that he had any
belief in the health of the scheme.
There is less freight and passenger
travel at present than has been known
for thirteen years, and how to pay the
accruing dividends on the leased rail
roads is a subject of cavil.
Among the Pennsylvania rivals it is
lins : eomB toband-
7/
thing below the skies fa-fti which
Texas tjlwi Is effdrt’ito induce an able-
bodied ao&n io pati with his red shirt
withoifa. consideration first had and re-
edihi "
h erefor.
Despise the panic, the Jfard times,
j own rtoKncial trohbl W, Ama-
;e was married-bn Wednesday
showed^ true, spirit of econ-
igh, by not going o at of the
r a wife, He married liscous-
and tl
sa S
last
' . *d_
Tlie California Wine Trade.
The vintage of the present year is
drawing to a close, bnt the season, as
we gather, from the statements of those
engaged in the wine making business,
has been a gloomy one for the vintnera.
The yield this year is below that of
1872, when it was about 4,000,000 gal
lons. For the current season the yield
has been calculated at bctween-2,500,-
000 and 3,000,000, which is considera
bly below half .the estimate made at
the commencement of 1873.
This small production is owing to
the unseasonable frosts when the vines
were shooting for blossoms. This frost
affected alike the principal grape grow
ing districts of the State, namely, Los
Angelos, Napa, Sonoma and the foot
hills bf the Sierra Nevada. < •' -
The dealers also report that-the for
eign demand has been slight, the
exports for the first nine months of the
year only showing. a gain of 79SS
gallons over thd corresponding period
of 1872. The sales for home consump
tion have been better, equal to a gain
of 25 per cent. ‘ - ■ •
The total exports during tlie first
nine moriths_of 1873 were 757,35S
gallons as compared with -749,365 gal
lons during the nine months of 1872.
The California trade has also failed to
advance in^pnee jof thWbreign pro-
duct '
Merchants of our native wines are,
however, hopefiil^ttiat the vines of
California will atjno distant day take
firnir
An - fllinios sportsman bragged of
killin|iveleven quail: at one shot the
other Bay... Rifafae hung his diminish
ed hens' when he heard of the Kansas
hunter who clipped the heads off six
teen pigeons with a rifle-ball while they
were sitting on a fence vaiL
Wljsn different- colors are mixed .to-,
will x"*®
of aje" of the. coforingilqments bf the
chemical combination. • The micro
scope shows’that the particles of eaoh
of the colors entering into the mixt
ure remain entirely separate and un
changed. , s, - ; .
Special reports from national bar
under the reebpt cdfis erf tji e xempt
ler of the currenbyf'are coming in
more rapidly thdn usual, but .he de
clines to. give any of the facts or
figures which show their condition
on October 13 and November 1.
Nearly three motion dollars in na
tional bank circulation is now lying
idie in tlie office of the comptroller of
the currency, for-'the reason, as the
comptroller says, parties in the West
and South who are desirous of estab
lishing hanks or obtaining additional
circulation, cannot afford to sink their,
limited amounts bf greenbacks by
buying United States bonds to deposit
as seenrity.
gives
world.-^fSunFin
lich their.-quality
markets'of. the
i Bulletin.
A report haa.hoen made to Secretary
of thb Tftfisury in relation to certain
ore the; At-
ejlist which is at-
sLrty-eight dis-
so called customs
lantic coast. In
tached to the rej
trictsare named.
Their entire collections amounted in
1873 to $214,110.1#, and the expense of
collecting this amount was $152,733.59.
In other words, for every ^ cents de
posited in the Treasury, 72 cents was
retained by the employees. Twenty of
these collection districts collected the
entire proceeds reaped by the govern-'
ment. * * !
The remaining forty-eight collected
less than thecostof maintaining them.
Of these forty-bight, twelve did. not
collect one cent,‘though they cost the
ivemment $27j908.95. One of them,
J, Augustine, Eft., Coet -$6,74J.03; an
other, Cherrystone Va., cost $4,729:52 ;
still another^the Island of Nantucket,
collection 'districts, at. v.-hich
ited one
Florida,
. — B .vw. .wo each, in
Ma^fand^imd West Virginia, and lhree
wo’ild reachj there on the 1
The officers of the now dissolved Ger
man army of occupation privately re
solved, some time back, to mark their
appreciation of General Von Man-
tcuffel’s judicious eopfmand by the gift
of a costly silver tifcte stand, which was
duly bought and presented.
The Field Marshal, however, leclined
the gij't,.and it fa now presirved in
the arsenal, awalfjtig the offii-ers’ fur
ther decision.
M’AsnncaTON, Nov. 19.
An. arrangement-. hee: h*en -entered
into between rthe United States and
Germany for “an exchange of postal
cards betaveen^thb twi countries, to go
into effect on the firet of December.
The -postage on postal cards sent from
the Ifaited States to Germany is fixed
at two c^nts each, pre-payment of
which is to he made by affixing one
United States postage stamp, in addi
tion the stamp' printed or impi-assed on
the card; but Unpaid Or insufficiently
paid postal cards will not be ft rwarded
in the mails between the two countries.
. Cincinnati/ November 19.
Rodcnelfe, Se;
ulercbantt, have-failed.
-London; November 19.
Half a million in gold was bought
in open mariiet for ; New York.; '
New.York,.November 19.
concern, WhOreat Blake, a partner of
the Sewing blachina Company protest
ed, and Blake resigged the presidency.
Banks have gained-one and a half
million legal tenders. •
Havana, Nov. 19.
The Vote de Cuba publishes a rumor
that seventeen prisoners have been
-shot at Holquin, on account of a re
cently discovered conspiracy to co-op
erate with the Cabans on the Ftrpimtu.
There is no official confirmation of. the
-report.^-' ■ 1 V
The- saine- paper -Bays, editorially,
4«■$> the lqws enforced'
ainst eonfanrafons^ without coUsider-
on, either little or much.' for what
strangewlniw'Bw'drftoj “'We are own-
•ere of dnbhnM^'tfw atre well «Me to
manage onr-'own.«fidra and defend our
12th
captidre'foi m
«adtiteSiMfefc toifigS armimfit,!; U mb
"■ ’ Prom ths P»U Hall G*:ette.
TUe Career'ofMatMalio*.
Withontriisrespect to the gallantsol-
dier who now ruleB:France,'it may < be
said that to the redoubtp^e hfatmy .af
Athos, Forth os, and Arainis alone might
one turn for a precise parallel to many
of his exploits and achievements. Here
is a private’who has earned his baton
in his knapsack. Here is an adventurer
who at the sword’s point has won .his
way up the perilous acclivity of promo
tion — not unlike the grand plateau
above Chamouni, in traversing which
the climbers of Mont Blanc are liable
at any moment to be swept from; crea
tion by the storm-bolt of an avalanche.
Here fa a younger son who, sent into
the world to seek his fortune, has ad-
vanced Bftyjbyfity lo the very summit
of his ambition. Entering the military
■ c -f?—n-m ' '
seventeen, he became In 'll
in 1S39 major, in 1845 colonel, in' 1848
ineral of brigade, in 1852 general of
vision. In 1859 he obtained on one
day the coronet of a duke and the baton
of a marshal. In 1864 he assumed
pro-consular power as governor-general
of Algeria. * .
In “1872 he grasped the supreme
bauble of dominion, almost reluctantly,
wheh an overwhelming majority of the
Assembly thrust upon his acceptance
the presidency of the French republic.
His career is all the more extraordinary,
moreover, by reason of its startling
contradictions. As Sydney Smith once
laughingly said to Ms brother, “My
dear fellow, we are running counter to
the laws of nature. You have risen
by your gravity, while I have sunk by
my levity!” So one might say of
MacMahon, his brightest successes have
come to him out of his darkest defeats.
He has fallen to the lowest only to
rise to the highest. Where others have
found merely obloquy, ingratitude and
expatriation he has actually found the
way back open to him, through a chaos
of disasters, to higher honors, greater
power, and a loftier position than he
had ever before ambitioned. His ap
parent death-wound at Sedan not only
gave him a new lease of life, hut won
him sympathy where others encountered
only execrations.
Notoriously outwitted, both at the
opening and the closing of the cam-
K , he was, nevertheless, welcomed
by Ms afflicted country as no other
marshal of ’the Empire was welcomed.
France in Mm again found one who, if
he hsid lost everythi ig else, had cer
tainly not lost honor. Returning from
the very jaws of death, he did so not
only after having successfully sought
in the cannon’s mouth the bubble rep
utation, but after having found it harden
Badeax—Shocking Treatment of Grant’s
Historian.
By-the-by, General Badeau lives in
princely style outside of London; may
be seen by eveiybodv but Americans in
one of the nicest little aristocratic turn
outs, in the way of a brougham, in or
above the city. And the Genend’s cir
cle of acquaintances is of the most select
and aristocratic of England. The way
he was introduced to this fa a little
curious. We get the facts from Jones,
who had them from the General direct
Now it must be remembered that an
American consul general in London is
not regAded as a large vegetable in a
social point of view; and a consul gen
eral of the United States may live in
London until hfffains the ripe old age
of Methuselah without being recognized
or known even to the nqbility and gen
try of England. This did not happen
to Badeau. When that Persian ruffian,
the Shah, came to London, General
Badeau, imeommon with other consuls,
was invited to be presented to the broth
er of the sun and cousin to the moon.
In accordance with the invitation.
General Badeau donned that uniform
covered with dust and glory of the late
war, and seating himself in his broug
ham behind two flnnkies in livery ditto,
and two handsome horses, was rolling
along Londonward, when he met with
a lot of bloods oat on a. lark.
_ Now to encounter this lot is about as
disagreeable a thing as onwean find of
a summer morning or night either, for
English play is horse-play, and it
considered a rare ioke to give and take
black eyes and bloody noses. Unfor
tunately our consul general was not in
a situation to accept such courtesies, as
his battle stained uniform and intellect
ual countenance had to be presented to
liis Imperial Scorbutic Majesty.
His carriage was surrounded by the
bloods, and the first demonstration con
sisted in covering our elegant and able
consular agent with flour. To this Gen
eral Badeau remonstrated. He did not
like flonr applied externally. He said
as much. He clothed his ideas on the
occasion in anything but flowery lan-
ilige. He called the offenders dirty
ackguards. - •
To tois they retorted by styling Mm
at Ctldj .kdd one went so far as to say
tipfa he was a bowling cad; and, when
ou^f excellent commercial representa-
tiye, gett(ng a further advance on flour
■ew furious,
resolution was offered and passed un-
ani piously: to have toe cad out.
^ nt-at-arms, which meant
the entire^pirty, piffled the noble rep-
in his grasp into an empire as solid
and real as any-golden orb regalia,
Trsckee (Ner*da) Republican,
excitement Among Bachelors*
The report was circulated yesterday
that about fifty marriageable girls from
Lowell were on the emigrant train on
their way to IjOs Angelos, and would be
in Truckee about midnight last night
flour The report was true, so far as the num
ber ofthe girls and the coming was
concerned. The excitement among the
bachelors in this place, in consequence
of the news that such a precious in
voice of freight was near at hand, was
most intense.
Some of most susceptible young men,
who hod been boasting bf the superior
ity of Eastern girls over California
daughters, went down on the 11 o’clock
P. M. passenger train to Boca, in order
to come up on the emigrant train, and
thus to have a fair view and make the
acquaintance of some of the fascinat
ing Lowell damsels. The train, with
Its feminine cargo, arrived here shortly
after midnight
The bachelors who went down to
Boca are mom over -their trip. They
got awfully sold. There was scracely a
--*ty girl in the crowd. One had lost
teeth, another was deafj and several
had tdass-eyes, while the moot promis
ing looking one in the crowd was
tongue-tied. . r ._„ r j
One of the bachelors undertook to
ty his addresses BTtBlSr the one most
tely bf them all, and actually offered
her-life band, name, and a home in
Trutkbe. She puckered up her mouth
forhalf .afi.hopr in. the vain endeavor
M^ and jxobably yrould
ided Bad not the remorseless
■cried out “ All aboard I” -and
resentative front fds brougham, and
one of the set proceeded, as he said
"to dress him. down.” The General
fdons on-the box.
^coming to his aid,
sift' occurred Cfat
if bad in the end for
the General but for the timely interfer
ence of the police. Badeau did not
a$k. to_ have . the young gentlemen
lkedior their names
_' _ and
separai
When General Badeau, in no plight
to be presented to the imperial old bile
of Persia, returned home, he found on
the cards names of young gentlemen
connected with the government, and
through our minister he made com
plaint. At first they were inclined to
laugh at the affair, but their respective
relatives, high in office, characterized
to.b .act as exceedingly brutal and
stnpid, assuring these wild oats that to
assault and insult a consul in that wa3 -
made up a very serious state of affairs.
At last it was settled that the youthful
ruffians should go in person and apolo-
ize for the outrage. They did so.
‘adeau had the good sense to receive
the gentlemen and their apology in
graceful manner.
“Very sorry, you know,” said the
spokesman, “ rather awkward, you see
—acted like bla-gaiards—aw—fact is,
rawther, vary. Hope’ll forget—vary
sorry. Bnt had a bad lot of stuff, al
together stupid.”
“Don’t mention it,” cried Gen. B.
“ I wouldn’t have minded a little lark,
but the fact is I was about being put
to the Shah, and although he represents
the flowery land of song, flour don’t
make a good court dress. But it’s all
right now. Come, let us see if
haven’t some better stuff"
The young lords 'found the Yankee
consul, as they called him, a “tip-top
fcBth,” and so Badeau was thrashed
into good society.—Dona Piatt.
Tlie Jury-Hater.
If there could be something like a
ling like a
political confessional where, after elec
tion day, repentant citizens might
make known their crimes of omission
and commission against the suffrage, it
would be useful in discovering the
number of voters who refrained from
registering for fear of being “ drawn on
the jury. The figures would be start
ling enough to convince anyone that
this relinquishment of the privileges
of citizenship in order to escape its
burdens is one of the most prevalent
of our political vices.
And it seems as firmly rooted as it is
widespread. The delinquent may be
toe brother of the clergyman who
denounces neglect of political duty, or
the cousin of the editor who writes the
convincing article to the same effect,
bnt sermon and editorial seem equally
ineffectual. The jury-hater has reached
the limit of Ms reasoning powers, tlie
jumping-off place of argument.
Like toe woman who went down for
the'third titne gesticulating “scissors,”
Tie has only one answer to make to all
remonstrance: He doesn’t want to get
on the jury. There fa one thing to be
said in extenuation of his offense. It
may be that the contemplation of the
figure he generally cuts on a jury
restrains Min, and his resort to this
miserable trick fa prompted not so
mnch by indifference psby self-respect.
—New York Tribune.
sfarte*ap*bi-*am:'.
itaisl
new iron structure.
mport
figs in the United States is about six
million pounds, and the importation
price or cost fa about seven cents per
id, amoiuting in round figures to
1y all the figs consumed
come from Turkey,
dies Great Britain
in'the United Si
which counter
with the
7*—ft-
A prafesaor of one<of the Philadel
phia medical colleges habitually puts
this simple’ conundrum to bis ofiisg
whenever Jfa can find a class to put it
tot- “If tironobomanthrayninone is ob-
fainedby exMdationof trvbomanthra-
rapufadtomtoeunmn
of bihthanline with, dilute dicMor, or
dibromanthraccne disulphuric acid?”
, . 'Tito the <
A Cifefct Wron£
Clly n the (Jeited .Slites*
Philadelphia was shamefnRy Treated
by tlie Gi - -eminent in the censusieport
of 1870, hich, in malting up'a table
of the i pulation of fifty principal
cities, gaa i Philadelphia 874,012 inhab
itants, bu: gave New York 942292.
New York’s triumph was of brief
duration. Tis a long lane which hath
no turn. Murder wiU out. * ~
“ Tin ' at lut bring! mil things even.
And we do bat mark the boor,
Ther. never yet wn» human powgr,
Whii i could evade. If unfergiven,
The pi.tient search and vigil long
Of h'iu who treasures up a wrong ’’
An election was held in Philadelphia
the other day, and previous to that a
registration of the voters had to be
taken. A lot of serene, pious, upright,
truly loyal registration officers were
appointed, and the work began. The
voters poured in from all quarters.
They crowded the streets in front Of
the office. The like was never seen in
the Quaker City before. The registra
tion was completed, when it w.as found,
to Abe exceeding great joy of the godly
Philadelphians, that their city had
45,000 more voters than New Yon: had,
being equal to a population of 225,000
larg er than that of New York!
True, certain envious, evil .mjaded
persons hint that the Philadelphia
registration was gotten up to suit toe
Cameron-Administration faction, and
that the 45,000 voters aforesaid are not
men of flesh and blood, but mytMcai
persons whose names were copied for
the nonce from the directory of London
and the tombstones of Laurel Hill ;
but we reject the insinuation as calum
nious. - /
Philadelphia is equal to any task in
voting which may be assigned her by
the administration. With the help of
that good man Simon Cameron, she
will always strive to register enough
votes to cany the State of Pennsylvania
for the Credit MobOier and the District
rings.
From thfi SpringfisM Republican.
A Haunted Locomotive.
A locomotive that fa possessed of a
devil is the sensation at South Man
chester, Conn. The engine is called
the “ Pioneer,” formerly the “ Cannon-
chet,” and belongs to the Hartford,
Providence & Fishkill Railroad. She
was sold to another road recently, but
owing to some misunderstanding was
never delivered, and to get her out of
the way the company sent her from
Hartford to South Manchester a week
or two ago to be housed in the engine
house there.
She behaved herself like any well
bred engine the first two nights, bnt on
the third the watchman heard strange
noises issuing from her, noises unlike
lything he ever before heard.
This continued every night, and was
heard by his brother, who came to keep
him company in the uncanny place.
Then the story got abroad that there
was a haunted engine at the shop, and
believers and unbelievers began to flock
around.
The noises continued to be audible.
There was a rapping, now in the fire
box, now in the boiler, and anon in the
smoke stack as though some person
inside were striking the iron with a
muffled stick, and a hollow and dismal
reverberation followed each blow.
The most careful and thorough ex
amination failed to disclose any trickery
or the possibility of any, and the im
pudent spirits would keep up the rack
et even while the scrutiny was going
On. 1 fr,;.-.-.-.
People go to the engine house and
stay nights to hear toe manifestations,
ii.sa.vja«wt tfiab npa yotKlg- man
who was making unseemly jesis Abcrtll
the ghosts suddenly grew deathly pale
and fell in a swoon. When he again
recovered he said he saw a ghostly fig
ure glide out of the engine and point
its bony finger at Mm.
There are divers theories to account
for tlie business. A gentleman from
Pittsburgh, who knows all about iron
ahd locomotives, says it is the molec
ular action of the iron striving to return
from the artificial fibrous state, as seen
in wrought iron, to the granulated or
pig iron state. .... >.vt:
The believeis in the spirit floor, him
at once, however, by aslring why the
noises are loudest on alternate nights,
and why they always occur between 9
o’clock P. M. and 5 AM. . *j i “ ■
A new wine making establishment
has been erected in Healsburg, Califor
nia, by experienced french vintners.
They have thus far this j‘es? made some
twenty thousand gallons, nrid' say if
they sell their wine for thirty cents a
gallon they will make a fair profit on
their investment ::rii J ratio-ic.;
Uncle Sam’s Costly Navy. "
The English navy consists" "of '219
ships in commission, carrying ir 2284
guns. Of these 100 are iron clads, and
101 are fast screw frigates*; sloops of
war, and gunboats.
The total cost of the ha^al establish
ment is $42,637,157. Thuivlri-’'round
numbers, the average aftiVaal cost of
each ship is $200,000, and tifa average
annual cost of each gun $18,700,,
Our navy in commission consists of
45 ships, 3 of them store.ships, carry
ing 462 gu is; 2 are iron‘etads, and 37
steamers. The total cost of our naval
establishment is $22,641,097. .. ?
And so, in round numbers, each of
our ships afloat costs annually $500,000,
and each gun $47,000. That is, the
American navy, with one-fifth as many
ships and guns, costs half as much-
the British navy, and each' ship and
gun twice as much as England pays.
There is also this farther and most
important difference, if Great Britain
should go to war, this whole force as a
large reserve force would be immediate^
ly available, and available against any
navy afloat, while, tlie American navy
would lie well-nigli worthless for often-,
sive warfare. <.
A Railroad Item.
Mr. S. S. Solomons has entered upon
his duties as general superintendenkof
the South Carolina Railroad. The New*
and Courier says: _ •
Mr. Solomons is emphatically a self-
made man. Beginning life as an as
sistant engineer, he gradually worked
Ms way up to the post of general su-
perintendent of the Northeastern and
Cheraw & Darlington Railroads; and
it may honestly be said of him that lie
has always given complete satisfaction
his official superiors and to the pub
lic.
A short time ago lie was elected
president of tlie Enterprise Railroad
Company, and the effects of his energy
and skill were soon visible.
Mr. Solomons is a practical railroad
man of wide experience, and we con
gratulate the South Carolina Railroad
Company on having.secured the ser
vices of an officer who understands his
work—thoroughly identified with the
Charleston interests, and has, besides,
the happy knack of making friends
wherever "he goes for himself and for
hfa road. He is, beyond question, the
right man in the right place.
An-honest old Yormer, ou being in-
fonned that one of his neighbors owed
him a grudge, growled out, “ No mat
ter; he never pays anything.”
