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Vol. LII. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1871. No. 8. T H E SOUTHERN RECORDER. BY 0 R M E & H A R It1 S 0 X, B4St on MTBICK, Editor Terms 2,00 per annum, iu Advance. Fersquare of ten lines , each * | oo. Merchants and otliers fjrall ‘“JJJt,iver $ 25,twenly-tive per cent. off. LEGAL advertising. tor letters ot ad- ? 00 ii vO 5 00 3 SO ft 00 3 00 5 00 1 50 2 50 5 00 5 00 solutions by Societies. six lines,to le charged s ' Citations. i,aeration.Saardiansln^ -Am * iinotice «••••• *••••• ***’** * * *", i^iontiontor letters of Jism’n fromadm n A uiirtnon for letters of dism'n ol guard n t5«tionforleaveto sell Laud 5o?co t ■ Debtors and Crealtors Les of Laud, vtr square *oj ten lines.... Sale of personal per sq., ten day s. JErift-EMh levy of ten lines, or less.. i ort L^ sales often lines or less.. Collector’s sales, -er r-.. (2 months) 7f, r Ut Foreclosure of niorlg“ge and oth er monthly’s, per square E«t»y notices,thirty days.. Tributes of Kespect. Keso Obituaries i &C-> exceedin g S transient advertising. ry Sales of Laud, by Administrators, Execu- tor^r Guardians, are required by law, to be held on the tirst Tuesday iu the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the af- »rnoon attheCourt-h mse iu the county in which the property is situated. Notics of these sales must be given in a public gazette 40 days previous to the day of sale. Notice for the sale of personal property must be given iuiikomanner 10 days previous to sale day. * Nutii-e to debtors aud creditors of an estate Host also be published 40 day 8. Notice that application will be ma<le to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be published for two months. f citations tor letters of Administration, Guar- diari.hip■ Ac..must be published 30days—for dis- miisiou from Administration, monthly six , .onths , for dismission from guardianship, 4U days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must be published monthly for four mouths—for establish iug lost papers,/or </ic f u u space of three months— foreompelling titles from Executors or Adminis trators,where bond has been given by the de based, the full space of three months. Charge, |1 00 per square of ten lines for each insertion. Publications will always be continued accord tug to these, th* legal requirements, unless oth- T. W. WHITE, jlttQJ l n.r.i£-at-j£auL, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., Will practice in this and the adjoining counties. R”Applications for Homestead Exemptions under th? new law, and other business before the Court of Ordinary, will receive proper attention. October 13.ls*W 41 tf For the Speedy PLelief AND PERMANENT CURE OF C o ii s u in p tion, Bronchitis, ASTHBlAj GOLDS, AND ALL DISEASES OF T11E LINGS. CHEST OK THROAT 1 T H E EXCEL I GRANT is composed exclt- lively of Herbal and Mucilaginous products, which ' Femtale r .i ib 6 LllDgS, acrid natter which . and at the same 'awing them to throw of th collects iutbe Bronchia! Tim ..„u ai , ® e fori f ,s a soothing coating, relieving the irri uti.ni which produces the cough. ie object to be obtained i* t.> cleanse the organ ‘’ Su impurities; to nouivh and strengthen it " nen it has heeom? impaired and enfeebled by dis- ,v , ’ l0 renew aud invigorate the circulation of °od. and strengthen tlie nervous orgauiza- . /be EXI'EC I’GKAN l does this to an as- isuiDgdegree. It is active but mild and cou- “ u .imparting functional energy and natural .rengtii. It affurds Oxygen to vitalize the blood, * l,r ogen to assimilate the matter— ^ equalizes the ‘‘nervous influence,’’ producing quiet and compos-.ir-. WRITTEN AT MY MOTHER’S CRAVE. BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE. The trembling dew-drop* fall Upon the shattered flowers like souls at reat; The stars shine gloriously, and all, Save me, is blest, Mother; I love thy grave ! The violet, with its blossoms blue and mild, Waves o’er thy head—when shall it ware About thy child? ’Tis a bright flower, yet mutt Its bright leaves to the tempest bow; Dear mother, ’tis thine emblem—dust, Dust is on thy brow. And I could love to i '.r . To leave untasted life’s dark bitter streams. By ih e, as erst in childhood, lie. And shaie thy dreams. And must I linger here. To stain the plumage of my sinless years, And mourn the hopes ol childhood dear, With bitter tears? Aye, must I linger here, A lonely branch upon a blasted tree, Whose last frail leaf, untimely sere. Went down with thee’ Oft from life’s withered bower, In still communion with the past, I turn And muse on thee, the only flower In Memory’s urn. And when the evening pale Bows like a mourner on the dim blue wave, I stray to hear the night-winds wail Aronud thy grave. Where is thy spirit flown ? I gaze above—thy look is imaged there; I listen, and thy gentle tone Is on the air. , « Oh. come, while I press My brow upon thy grave—aud in those mild And thrilling tones of tenderness, Bless, bless thy child! * AN “UNSURPASSED” HYMN. Dr Beacon pronounces the following exqui site hymn “unsurpassed in the English or any other language,” and adds that “perhaps it is as near perfection as any uninspired language can be.” It is usually ascribed to Hilihouse, the poet. i. e., James A. Ilillhouse, but accor ding to Dr. Bacon, it was written by his youn ger brother, Augustus L. Hiilhonse, who died near Paris in March, 1850: Tumbling before thine awful throne, O, Lord! in dust my sins I own, Justice and mercy for my life Contend! Oh! smile and heal the strife. The Saviour smiles! upon my soul New ties of hope tumultuous roll— His voice proclaims my pardon found, Seraphic transport wings the sound. Earth has joy unknown in heaven— The new born peace of sin forgiven ! Tears of such pure and deep delight, Ye angels! never dimmed your sight. Ye saw of old, on chaos rise, The beauteous pillars of the skies; Ye know where morn exulting springs. And evening folds her drooping wings. Bright heralds of the Eternal Will, Abroad his errands ye fulfill! Or, throned in floods of beamy days, Symphonious in his presence play. Love is the song—the heavenly plain Is shaken with the coral strain— And dying echoes, floating far, Draw music from each chiming star. But I, amid your choir shall shine, And all your knowledge shall be mine; Ye on your harps must learn to hear A secret chord that mine will bear. hi. TO CONSUMPTIVES inu • i' ,e ’‘ hnmediately relieves the dif- kirii the'd*" 11 ^ ' Ul1 ^ harassing cough which at 1«K ASTHMA ■* specific—one dose often relieving the dis. >"R cfc 1 rojiose. h i. ant*ren' c ^°k‘ n g> and producing cairn and pleas- roK croup PtCTm;A h ° Uld * ,e w ' r h°ut « bottle of the EX oo. certit; ” F 1,1 *he house. We have nuiner- Wxuu ■ ,' nia I’' s hs having relieved, almost in- lBo *t in'evVn^ su ^ erel ’ w hcn death appeared al- XOTHEBS BL ADVISED! ■p iu Keep it on Hand ! •®oL r ,? <3 | dlSe * 8e re< t uires prompt action; as ‘krotJa? t " ja , rs ''’.h°llow cough is heard, apply k>. - ' ail< ^ 11 ls easily subdued : 11 delay IS DANGEROUS ! pro P trlies of the EXPECTORANT healing. Ui< j ei , l G nu tritive, balsamic, soothing and duo.-i 11 braces the nervous system and pro- pi?asaut and refreshing sleep. l^UlURAm AND RELIEVES H00.MINESS and depression. **>4 these qualities in a convenient emulated form, it has proven to be the ^Ost VALUABLE LUNG BALSAM ' r °-'-red to sufferers from Pulmonary diseases ‘Spared by *• H. TUTT & LAND, lliii ht n AUGUSTA, GA Everywhere. Wt-Lober Is, J870 42 Cm gUHsfcctUatfcon* Their followers up to the very Romans broke The mode in Horrors of Ancient Wars—The Siege of Jerusalem. The siegl that seems to epitomise all the horrors ot such contests, form ing, as ii were, the last crowning ragedv, was the siege of Jerusalem by Thus, A. D. 70. The city then contained, according to Tacitus, six hundred thousand inhabitants. Jo sephus has well narrated the suf ferings of his countrymen, not mere- ly from the Romans, but also from ihe savage factions of the two rival bids, Simon anil John—the former f whom held the upper city, the latter the Temple, mre each to pieces moment that the through the walls, which Titus conducted this inemor* able siege furnished a good example ol the manner iu which the Romans i conducted such operations. Hisj legionaries having established their cuinps on Scopus and the Mount of ( Olives, began to turn the suburbs of Jerusalem, cut down the trees, and raise banks of earth and timber a- gainst ihe walls. On these works were placed archers aad hurlers of javelins, and before them the cata pults and balistas that threw darts and huge stones. The Jews leplied from the en gines which they had taken from Ro man detachments, but they used them awkwardly and inetfectua'ly. They, however, were very daring in their sorties, endeavoring to burn the Roman military engines and the hurdles with which the Roman pios neers coverted themselves when at work. The Romans also built tow ers fifty cubits high, plated with iron, in which they placed archers and slings, to drive the Jews from the walls, At last,about the hfienih day of the siege, the greatest of the Roman battering-rams began to shake the outer wall, and the Jews yielded up the first line of delense. Five days after, Titus broke through the secend wall, into a place full ot narrow streets crowded wiih bra ziers’, clothiers’ and wool merchants shops; but the Jews rallying drove out the Romans who, not having made the breach sufficiently targe, were with difficulty rescued by their archers. Four days later, however, they retook the second wall, and then waited for famine to do its work within the city. The Jews began now to desert to the enemy in great numbers, and all these wretches the Romans tottured and crucified be'' fore the walls (at one time five hun dred a day), so that, as Josephus says, “room was wanting for the crosses, and crosses wanting for the bodies.” At this crisis of the siege the Jews un.lermin ngone o! the Roman Tow ers, set it on fire, and did their best to destroy all the besiegers’ works. Titus now determined to slowly starve out his stubborn enemies, and began to build a wall round the whole city This wall, with thir teen forts, the Roman soldiers com pleted in three days. Famine, in the meantime, was ravaging the un happy citj\ Whole lamilies perish ed daily and the streets were strewn with dead bodies that no one cared to bury. Thieves plundered the half-deserted homes, and murdered any who showed signs of resistance, or who still lingered in the last ago nies of starvation. The dead the Jews threw from the walls into the valleys below. In the meantime, the Roman soldiers, abundantly supplied with corn from Syria, mock ed the starving men on the walls by showing them food. The palm- trees and olive-trees around Jerusa lem had been all destroyed, but Ti tus, sending to the Jordan for tim ber, again raised banks around the castle of Antonia. Inside the city the conditions grew more violent, the partisans ot John and Simon murdering each other daily, and plundering the Temple of the sacred vessels. A rumor spreading in the Roman camp that the Jewish deserters swal lowed their money before they left Jerusalem, led to the murder, in one night Josephus says nearly two thou sand of these unhappy creatures. Again a part of the wall fell before the battering-rams, but only to dis cover to the Romans a fresh ram part built behind it. In one attack a brave Syrian soldier of the cohorts, with eleven other men, succeeded in reaching the top of the wall, but they were there overpowered by the Jews. A few days after, twelve Roman soldiers scrambled up by night through a breach in the tower of Antonia, killed the guards, and, sounding trumpets, summoned the rest of the army to their aid. The lower once carried, the Romans tried to force their way into the Temple and a hand lo-hand fight ensued, which terminated in the Ro mans being driven back to the tower ol Antonia. The Jews, now seeing the Temple in danger, and the as sault recommencing, set fire to the cloister that joined the Temple and the castle ol Antonia, and prepared for a desperate resistance in their last stronghold. In this conflagra tion many of the Romans, advancing too eagerly, perished. During all this fighting, the famine within the city grew worse and worse. The wretched people ate their shoes, belts, and even the leather liiongs of their shields. Friends fought for food, and robbers broke into every house where it was known that corn was hidden. Jo sephus even mentions a well-known case of a woman of wealth from be yond Jordan who ate her own child. The walls ol the temple were so massive as to resist the batter-rams for six days, so Titus gave orders to burn down the gates. At last, after a desperate resistance, the Jews were driven into the inner court and the temple was set on fire and des troyed, in spite of all the efforts ot Titus to save it. When the Jews first saw the flames spring up, Jo sephus says, they raised a great shout of despair, and sixteen thou sand of the defenders perished in the fire. The Romans, in the fury of the assault, burnt down the treasu ry chambers, filled with gold aud others riches, and all the cloisters, into which multitudes of Jews had fled, expecting something miraculous as their false prophet had predicted. Titus now attacked the upper city, and raised banks against it, at which about forty thousand of the inhabi tants deserted to the Roman camp. The final resistance was very feeble, for the Jews were now ut terly disheartened. The Romans, once masters of the walls, spread like a deluge over the city, slew all the Jews they met in the narrow lanes, and set fire to the houses. In many of these they found entire families dead of hunger, and these places, in their horror, the soldiers left unplundered. The Romans, weary at last of slaying, Titus gave orders that no Jew, unless found with arms in his hand, should be killed, llul some soldiers went on bothering the old anil infirm, and driving the youth and women into the court of the TempTe. The males under seventeen were sent to the Egyptian mines; several thou sands were given to provincial am phitheatres to fight with the gladia tors and wild beasts; but before all could be sent away, eleven thousand of them perished from famine. Al together in this cruel siege, there perished eleven hundred thousand Jews. This enormous multitude is accounted for by the fact, that when Titus sat down before Jerusalem, the city was full of people from all parts of Judea, come up to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. All the Year Hound. A New Avator. Another Flying Machine in Process of Construction—An Entirely New Prin- ciple Applied to Engines—Proposed Air Skip Capable oj Carrying Ten Passengers. <tt From the San Francisco Chronicle. John Morrow, the inventor and build- et of the Avator, which two «r three years ago created such a sensation, with true inventor’.! pluck is persevering in his de termination to carry this idea to practi cal success. He claims that the former Avator was a success, and that it per formed every thing which it was de signed to perform. The public have the idea that it was a partial failure, be cause at the last t>mo it was advertised to fly it did not go. The reason of this, Mr. Morrow states, was because he would not allow it to, having removed perilous of the machinery purposely, be cause parties having the business control of it wore trying lo swindle him out of his share of the proceeds of receipts for its exhibition. Shortly after that, it was burned at the Recreation Grounds. He claims t > have the sole right to the patent, having sold to the Avator Com pany only the right to build. They have for more than a year been trying to construct one, but cannot do it; and he, after working out ia his mind some important improvement, is now construct ing a model after his improved plan. The new miniature air ship will be 27 feet long and 10 feet wide, which is 8 feet shorter and uarrower than the form er model. It will have a cigar shape, as had the former one. Its improve ments will consist of three important changes- First, a new engine, which is constructed on an entirely new principle, and which, if it will perform what its inventor says it will, is destined to rev- olutiouize ihe motive power of the world. He claims its advantages from acknowl edging the principle that the expansion of all classic fluids is uniform. Mr. Morrow gains his motive force from a combination of steam and water, which allows him to work up the highest press ure that steam can be heated. By the combination with water he avoids the danger of fusing the boiler, which st9ain alone entails when heated above a cer tain point. The chief advantage is in saving of weight of engine, fuel and wa ter, and in the cost of construction. He claims that the new engine and boiler will weigh but one-tenth of what an or dinary boiler aud engiue weighs, and that it can be worked with a pressure of fiftecu pounds to thu square inch. The eansumptiou of wood aud coal will also be greatly diminished, and tber„foie much dead weight will be saved. Mr. Morrow's application of this to his mod el seems thoroughly to carry on this novel idea. For this machine, 27 feet long, he has constructed two miuiature engines, which do not look larger tha t thimbles, having but one inch bore, two inch stroke, and weighing but two and three-quarter pounds. lie claims that these will exert the surprising force of oue horse power. Iu the construction of the machine the boiler hangs directly under the engines. It resembles a large coffeo pot. Its interior. U a singular a- daptatioQ of tubes and conductors. Its capacity is sixty cubic inches. Tbo motive power communicates with the shafting, which is over the engiue, and extending at right angle with the lengtli of the ship. The shafting is in one the shutting, an l then tiiauged t<< the opposite, the course of the ship will be reversed. The application is so differ ent from any principle ol machines ever before applied to motive power, that its simplicity and propriety must be seen to be appreciated. There is no changing gear, no throwing out of gear to stop or reverse the motion—simply changing the position of the propellers. They will take the air as the wings of a bird do. which, it is evident to the inventor, is the true model for imitation. The rudder will also follow nature's laws, and operate as does the tail of a bird, being raised or lowered, or turned pivot-like to either side, at the will of the engineer. Above the body of the ship will be fitted a gas-holder, with a ca pacity of holding GO ponnds of g;w. This can be detached, so that it cau be used or dispensed with at pleasure The weight of the whole model, including fu el, wafer and gas, apparatus, will be a bout 45 pounds. Mr. Morrow hopes to have it completed by tlnrlatter part of this week, and proposes to place it on exhibition. He has spent years iu study ing on this mechinasm, and has given his whole thought to it, so th at it has become almost a monomania with him. He is not over 30 or 32 years of age, is a first class machinist and architect, aud a good chemist. lie conducts all bis ex periments unaided, and is constructing his model without help. He desires to obtaiu aid for the construc'ion of au air ship designed to carry ten passengers, the specifications cf which he estimates as follows: The motive power will be furnished by two engines of fifty horse power; the weight of the engines, gen erators, beam, tanks, boilers, etc , will be 1,000 pounds; it will carry water for ten hours, weighing 300 pounds; fuel for ten hours, weighing 300 pounds. The fuel will be gasoline and charcoal.— f ft serins thail when hr gw (•» ho bo'ltnji <>( Uio well, ho iookoii up ;u;;! saw iho lop giving way, ami behov ing lie. had not tiiue to raako his es cape, Ii-slipped u'.drr the bonds, winch ho had laid across lfi3 well, when ihe whole thing foil in upon him. All hope, at first, gave way, and he was about ?o let himself drop into the water below and end at once his miserable feelings. But feeling above, he found t he clay easily crumbled, and hope revived. The pole ladder, it seems, was still sin tiding, and gelling bold of it with one hand, lie, with ihe oilier, scratched away for life, the dirl fall ing into the water below as he drag ged hi^ body slowly upward. It seems he 'did not suffer much in breathing, as fresh air -came down ihe pole, around which ihe dirt was loosely packed. In the incredible short timeofseven hours he scratch ed a hole geww forty feet long, thro’ which lie made his escape. This is one of tire narrowest hair breadth escapes from e horrible death on re- coid.” A Juvenile Mother. A census-taker going his round, stopped at un elegant brick dwell ing house, the exact localiiy of which is no business of anybody. He was received by a stiff', wei 1 - dressed lady, whocculd well be re cognized as a widow of some years standing. On learning the mission of her visitor, the lady invited him lo lake a seat in the hall. Having Whole weight of the air ship complete, iarranged himself in a working posi- furmshed with fuel, water, provisionsK lio , lf he inquired for the number, of etc., and ready for the flight, will be 3,000 ; • ,, r -. , , > , T J .i , e . rri . persons in the family ol the iadv. pounds. Length laO feet, fheestimat • * - . - ed cost of the first machine constrU' ied ' 1 ’ su ’ rw ph |;i 1 1C V. in cluding myself.” in San Francisco will be 825,000 The cabin and state rooms will be similar to a water ship—the engines being situated one Ou each side of the cabin. Mr. Mor row estimates that the vessel will be a- ble to make over 100 miles speed per hour. He claims that it will be under the most perfect control of the engineer, regardless of currents of wind, lie claims to be able to construe’ eveij portion of “Very well—you age, madam?” “My age, sir!” # rcplicd the lady, with a piercing, dignified look. “1 conceive it is none of your business what my age might In; you are in quisitive. sir.” “The law compels me, to lake the age of every person a marvelous city. A Metropolis without an Inhabitant— The Streets Palroledby Policemen— Parks L lid Oat atul Enclosed—A Gigantic Speculation. It appears that “out West,” ready made cities can be had by those who are not ready lo await the usual for mative growth of towns. The Chi cago Republican in au editorial savs: “We believe the present is the only instance on record of the lay ing out of a town, the making of its roads, the const ruction of its drains, the laying of its gas and water pipe, the building of its water and gas works, and al! on the most liberal and magnificent scale, before one identical individual had been secur ed as a dweller therein ! In every oilier known case these improve ments have followed after the peo ple. In ibis case the people come after the improvements. In all the essential comforts that distinguish a city, Riverside is now a first-class metropolis, with this ad vantage over the ordinary cities, lo- wit: That it is laid out in accord ance with a preconceived plan by the foremost landscape gardeners in the world, and upon so liberal a scale with reference to garden adorn ment, that the area given up to roads, borders, grass plats aud parks, is almost equal to the area devoted to lots—there being 7S1 acies of park aud road adornment, against 814 a- ores of lot subdivision. These parks and readw . .: are laid out in the most diversified aud picturesque manner—there being no two parks or grass pints alike iu the whole town, and not one rod of absolutely straight roadway. The lines of grace and beauty areevery where observed. The streets of Riverside, guarded nightly by efficient patrolmen, are lighted by a superiorquality of gas— the works erected for this purpose probably being the most complete madam, j aiK ^ perfect of any gas works in this m ! country. The streets are construct- tbe vessel complete, and :o conduct oil <?f the ward; it’s :ny duly to make his chemical experiments unaided, ex- J inquiry.” cept by the mauual assistance of artisans under his supervision. Iu this age of inventions, no achievement iu mechanics seems impossible. THE TRIM. TRIP. The Sau Francisco Bulletin, of Jauua- ry 7th, says : The newly invented “flying machine” wa3 put in operation yesterday, with considerable success. When every tiring was tightened aud got in good order, and the propeller arranged to causeelevation.it was just 12^ o’clock. The fire for raisiug steam was then kin dled, and in one minute and a quarter steam was opened. At 12:17 P. M.. the 1 machine was cut loose, and the propeller started. She then rose most gracelully ! in the air, amid the cheers of the crowd j who had gathered to witness the ascen j fifteen.” sion. The machine was guided by cords i ’ attached to both ends of the balloon, and 1 tfigjedin the same solid, smooth and i enduring manner as those of Central “Well, if the law compels you to l>ark > New York. Entering into the construction of nine miles ot road way now completed, there have been hauled 32,000 cubic yards ol McAd- ani stone, md 15,000 yards of grav- el 1; and 2-30,000 yards of earth have been excavated and removed lo make room therefor. Of paved gut ter, there are 140,000 square feet ; of drainage, fifteen miles; of wa- aslc, I presume it compels me to an swer. I am between thirty and forty.” ;A “I presume that means thirty- five?” “No, sir, it means no such thing —I am only thirty-three years of age.” “Very well, madam;” putting) <,OVVM t,ie Bgures, “just as you say. j ter mains, oj miles; of gas mains, Now for the ages of the children, * 3 man 3’ > and of tar concrete walk, commencing with the youngest, if 5 ‘“'les. Ol deciduous trees, there you please.” ° j have been planted 21,800; of ever- “Josephine—nreltv name—ten.” greens, 0,700 ; and of various kinds “.Minerva was twelve last week.” { °* s i iru h s , 44,000. “Minerva—captivating—twelve.”! Of parks, both large and small, “Cleopatra Elvira has just turned there are to be no end. The largest park, which is beautifully wooded eopatra Elvira—charming— in the bauds of persons on the ground, j D-leen. She asceoded about fifty feet and sailed j “Ani^clmea is eighteen -just eight- along about a block, when she was pulled teen down to have her boiler replenished. Again she arose, this time to a height of about 200 feet. All the machinery con nected with it worked to the perfect .-at- isfaction of the inventor, wko intends to place it on public exhibition at some place, of which notice will be giv^n. The name given to her is “America.” “Angelina—favorite name—eigh teen.” “Mv eldest and only married daughu r, Anrie Sophia, is a over twenty-five.” “Twemv-five did you say?” Buried Alive nnd Knuirreclrd. A Man Covered up Forty Feel deep in Hell—lie Scratches Out. ship. piece. The propellers are two windmil!- shaped screws, with four blades each. The propellers and shafting differ from those of the old machine in several im portant particulars. The shafting of the former was so constructed that the mo tion of the ship could not be reversed without stoppiug and reversing the en gine. In this, by a very simple adapta tion, the propellers can be raised on ei ther side of the shafting at will, the engine working uninterruptedly. If one propeller be thrown on one side and the other on the opposite, the ship will re- volve almost as on an axis. If they be allowed to haug with the flat sides down, the ship is raised or lowered at will, and if they be both on one side of The Plaltsburg (Missouri ) Regis ter says: “A singular and lo gical affair occurred at Poplar Grave, Grundy county, Mo., on the 7th iust. A Mr. John Andrews, a popular and yvell-to do larmer in the neighbord, had dug a well some lortv feet deep, and had walled it up about fifteen feet, when it was discovered that the wull was about lo cave in. Mr. Andrews gathered up an arm ful of short boards, and went down a pole ladder, fastened to the side of the well, to lay them across the wall, so as to prevent the dirt, as it fell, from filling up th^t part of the well walled up. He had not more than reached the bottom, as it was thought, before the well caved in, filling up to a few feel ol the toe). The alarm was given and the neigh bors gathered, but all believing him dead, they returned to theii homes, to make arrangements to come the a 'Hfext day an 1 dig him out. Mrs. Andrews and two grown daughters, and several smaller children refused to leave the spot, but sat on a log near the well, crying, until late in the evening, when all at once, they saw Mr. Andrews emerging from the well, covered with clay, and coining toward them l The children all ran, screaming to the house, bolted the doors and fastened the windows, believing it to lie their father’s ghost. But Mrs. Andrews ran to meet him, scream ing at the top ol her voice ‘Oh, John! Oh, John! is that you! is that you ?’ VVneo she reached him •he fell tainting at bis feet. by a luxuriant growth of na’jral trees, consists of J2S acres, and the smallest, hardly larger than a man’s hand—the palm of Long John being considered—will measure in area scarcely more than a square rod. Oi public buildings, there are al- little ’ ready eight. Of these, the Refecto ry, which is simply the open gate to lt’verside hospitality, is an elegant “Acs, sir. Is there anything re- I specimen ot suburban architecture markable in her being oflhat age?” of the Swiss order—the church is a “Weil, no, I can’t say that there 1 S em u,a Umhie structure—the block is; but is it not remarkably that you j stores aiR ^ °®^ e3 a striking iu- sliould be her mother when you were sla nce o! the combination of the aes- ou 1 v e:ghl years of age?” \ llietic anti the material in architec- About tbal time the census-taker' ; antJ lh <f water reservoir—now was observed running out of the I 3com I >lele -- ,s a perfect model house. It was the last time he :symmetry and beauty, pressed a lady to give her exact ago. THE NEW HAMBURG IIORROR. The Hudson River Railroad accident, reported in oar “Postscript” last week, (says the If. Y. Hearth Home,) result ed Irom great carelessness. The facts are about as follews ; The axle of an oil-train gave way just as the engine was crossing the bridge, and tlie disabled car wasthrowu upou the up-track. Short ly after, the Pacific passenger express came thundering along, and, colliding with the oil car, the engine and one pas renger car were thrown off into the creek, Joking in 15 feet of water. At the same time the oil was ignited, and, communicating to the passenger cars, the whole were soon wrapped in flarnjs Some of the passengers succeeded in loaping from the cars and saved their lives, but some 25, with the engineer, who resolutely stood at Iris post to the last, went down to a horrible death. Ma ny bodies were so mutilated as to be bp- youd identification. About four min utes intervened between the time of the accident to the oil train and the arrival of the Tacific express, but no signal was mad*. The white light (meaning all lightj was uot tiken down from the draw of the bridgo, and theie was not i he least indication given to tlie passenger train that all was not right. The case is now being investigated by the Legislative Committee, and it 13 hoped that more light will be thrown on the affair, and the responsibility fixed on the culpable parties. The work of raising the engine is being proceeded with. The diver has discovered what is believed to bo auoth er body in the engiue. A Nephew of Pnst. Monroe in a Cuthulii Pulpa.—Rev. Father Mon- , roe delivered a sermon, a few davs : ago, in a Catholic Church in New I York city, in favor of tlie temporal i power ot the Pope. The New York Sun says: “Father Monroe is a nephew ' of the lale President James Monroe. | and is a scion ot one of the famous first families of Virginia. Reared in the lap of luxury, hs graduated ; at the .Naval Academy, at Annapo- : hs, and passed through all ihe j gia les of office of the United States Navy in' :i he reached that of full captain. T* <s ./as his rank when, about 1S-5S, lie became a convert to the Roman catholic failh. He im mediately threw up his commission, and being unmarried, entered the order ol the Jesuits as a candidate for priestly dignities. In 1S60 he was ordained a priest in the chapel attached to S'. Mary’s College, in Montreal, and lias since devoted his life to the duties of his station and to the education of youth. He is universally beloved by his pupils, and bears the reputation of being one of the best professors of math ematics i;i the United States. In person h“ is tall and thin, but musw cular, with an intellectual and ben evolent countenance, and preaches a straightforward, sensible sermon, without unnecessary ornament or vetbosity.”