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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1869)
THE WEEKLY (JONS [TTUTIONALI3T WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1869. THE THINGS WE EAT. Here is something rich and racy from the Richmond Enquirer. It takes a wide range, from the ancients to the moderns, from the merchant to the epicure, from the lover to his sweetheart. We advise all of tender digestion and nervous susceptibili ties to read it at least one hour after par taking of the morning meal: We are go extremely poor that the Cuban rebellion lias become a very interesting mat ter to us, in consequence of the rise of three cents on the pound in the price hf sugar.— Nearly all the money we get hold of is spent for the prime necessaries of life, agiong which sugar is always classed. But do our peopfe really know what sugar is, and what they eat when they sweeten their tea or coffee or whisky ? A writer in the New York Sun has been examining some raw sugar through a microscope of uncommon power, and expresses himself horrified at what he witnessed. He took a spoonful eff coarse, brown sugar and dissolved it in about three spoonfuls of water. Looking through the microscope he saw in an instant myriads of horrible insects, apparently as large as beetles, spring to the "surface, and float about, wiggling and twisting like in finitesimal devils. Four dreadful legs with claw-pincers at the end of them, jointed in four parts as with armor, and bristling with sharp-pointed spears, were in front of the monster, and his head was a long pyramidal form in two joints, with five Huger tips at the terminus where the mouth ought to have been. The body was oval-shaped, and marked almost exactly like that of a crab, only upon the rims of an inner circle upon the back there were twelve more of these long spears, with two at the tail, and four snake-like tentacula, exceedingly fine in articulation. The reverse side of the beast was even more hideous than the obverse.— Each limb was padded by a mass of muscle at the base, which gave the impression of immense (relative) power, and over the muscle there was & case of armor. These horrid creatures were intensely eager, restless, an I ravenous; always at tacking each other or rushing after parti cles of sugar. With the pinchers attached to the end of each proboscis they caught hold of one another, and tore one another, repeating in their small way the tragedies of human history. It has been proved that in every pound •of unrefined sugar there are' 100,000 of these icari. And what is still more shock ing this is the identical insect that bores into the skin of its victims in Scotch beds, and treats them to a taste of the “ Scotch fiddle ” —in other words it tithe itch ! Now there’s sentiment for you! Just think of it ! Here we are with our syrups at breakfast, and our sugar in our cakes and puddings, and tea and coffee—eating these horrid things*! The sugar plums young men send to their sweethearts— beautiful, innocent, charming girls—are filled with icari; and every time a girl sucks a sugar plum she eats about 1,000 of these insects. These delicious French can died fruits, in those loves of boxes, which young ladies devour so intemperately, are filled with these monsters! It makes us shudder! And we are in the habit of call ing Our sweethearts “sugar plum” when we feel particularly affectionate—and just to think of what we have been doing! Man is a poor, unhappy creature —strut- ting, swelling, thinking always how he is doing it! and, perhaps, angels look down on us in our best estate and weep—if an gels weep—or shudder, if angels shudder, at the horrible meals we make. So Burns to the mouse: “ I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken nature’s social union. And justitios that ill opinion Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An' fellow-mortal." But wc -can’t stop at the mouse—we must he, accotfling to the poet’s logic, “the poor, earth-born -companion” and “fellow-mor tal ” of the friends we have turned up in the sugar. The microscope, we fe&r, is a mere mis chief-maker. It reveals the fact that the very ground on which this city stands is a solid mass of fossil insects. And we have little doubt if any one will take the trouble to procure a powerful microscope he will find that our flour and bacon are just as ful! of infusoria and icari as onr sugar.— Our water wc know to be so, and we thtnk it extremely probable the fiery qualities of braudy are clue to the presence of some pe culiarly fierce race of icari—and that all indigestion is chiefly owing to the tough ness and hardness of the muscles and scale armor which the writer above quoted dis covered in the tenants of the sugar he ex amined. We have long thought that all disease was Hue to the presence of infbsoria or animalcules in the system—fever particu larly. Toothache, we doubt not, Is nothing but a worm in the nerve of the tooth, Head ache proceeds from a similar canse. Fain in the stomach we know often does. Even pneumonia may proceed from receiving some sort of varmint into the lungs in the air inhaled. Now we do not wish to prejudice any body against sugar, for some of our mer chants have laid in large supplies in view of a scarcity from the Cuban troubles. And we would just say that what we like to eat is chiefly a matter of education and habit. No person would a priori touch an oyster or a lobster, and yet we esteem them par ticularly in a little while. The French, it is well known, are very fond of green frogs, and we have ourselves eaten snails in Paris. Rats are a universal article of diet In China, and are frequently eaten by virtuosos in the science of gastronomy here. In Eng land the young rook is very highly esteem ed, and we believe there is no difference between the rook and the crow. Now viper-broth is another rather singular dish; but it is constantly given to consumptives. John the Baptist was very fond of locusts. In China, and we suppose Ban Francisco, the common earth-worm is considered a peculiar delicacy ; and, like oysters, they are eaten either raw or cooked. The Chi nese too eat birds’ nests, though we take it they are very different from the birds’ nests one secs in the cedars, which are construct ed chiefly of hair and twigs, and would, we should think, prove extremely indigestible. Cats and dogs are also highly valued in China-—and we think it very probable are often eaten with great relish without our knowing It. The head of the ass is another favorite dish in China— makes delicious soup. The old Romans stuffed their pheasants with assafoetlda, but we should prefer even onions. In his Feast in the Manrmr of the Ancients, Dr. Smollett speaks of a very pleasant desert, which was a sort of icily composed of a mixture of vinegar, pickle, and honey, boiled to a proper consistence, and candied astafmtlda; this dish was i called among the ancients Utter\ and esteemed so precious as to be sold to the weight of a silver penny. ’ , The most singular taste, however, Is that of the poople of Cochin China lor decayed J eggs. We should preflsr the suftr iearut. Fbospebity or the South.—The last Prices Current issued at Mobile, Alabama, contains the following good advice to the planters of the South, and some suggestions also to the Board of Trade. Read the extract: We notice continued arrivals of a large num ber of Northern merchants and agents who have come South to renew and form new con -Bonthern houses. The attention dlrccted almost exclusively to K tbe neslect of the West, and speaks well for their estimate of the prosperity and soundness of Southern A tbe P* rt of the Planting Inter ests of the South can make her not only inde but mat commer cial prosperity, .orce the unwilling ears of pol iticians, both In and out of Congress to listen ™a e Vn et and honorable demands for equality and proper representation under the Federal i In tbw connection it is to be b °P e £ th ® t Planters will not sacrifice their corn this year to cotton. For with a large crop of the latter and a small crop of the former, low ®'/T be cel ' talu mle, and all the profits of it will have to go to pay the West for oread and meat. To insure a permanent miuf 8 xr W ? l . maSt n? 1 only be in a Position to make Northern mills pay round prices for cot ton, (which is certain to be the case with a moderately small crop) but we must raise suffi ftti”!!. ? !i east ? Q F ply tbe plantations for whinh and k . ee P the gold at home, which would otherwise have to go West. The ?.Zn Z C L O{ J old tor u Cottoa 18 occupying the thoughts of every thinking merchant in the South, and should be insisted upon by the planter. This proposition was first suggested by the Register, of this city. The New Orleans Chamber of Commerce has the matter under consideration, and we learn that tbe Mobile Board ot Trade take up the question at its next monthly meeting. Northern circulars are con stantly calling attention to these movements and seem prepared lo see the policy adopted throughout the South. Tbe planter can settle the question by a line to his commission mer chant, and we are clearly of the opinion that it should be done at once. A Citizen op Frankfort Dibs with Hy drophobia.—About three months ago Mr. John J. Sargent, a worthy and Industrious citi zen of this place, received a bite from a small dog running about his meat store, which at tracted no attention and created no alarm be cause of it healing kindly and well. Feeling quite unwell last Saturday night, he summoned a physician, who, at the time, upon the most careful examination, could not decide the char acter of his disease. He told the friends of his family that he feared some terrible outbreak of brain disease, and began a treatment to arrest it if possible. A few hours later the disease was perfectly developed, with the fearfully hor rid symptoms which render the mistaking it for anything else impossible. At every effort to gratify his raging thirst, he was seized with constriction of the throat and fearful spasms, requiring the assistance of several persons to hold him, until at last the dread of swallowing made him refuse everything offered him. Dur ing the continuance of the attack he made no effort to injure any of the many persons who surrounded him. He often assured them he would do them no harm, and avoided kissing his own children, for icar he might communi cate the disease to them. Altogether, It was a distressing and painful sight. The terror in dicated in his lace, the brilliant and protruding eye, the agonizing convulsions and loud erics for help, drew tears from many of the by standers. Although it was well known that no treat ment would cure him, he was attended by most of our medical men and visited by many sym pathizing citizens, who contributed all that the profession or the ministration of friends could offer for relief. He was perfectly rational, ex cept in the short intervals when the convul sions were upon him, and died on Sunday niirht, about 25 hours after having been first taken. —Frankfort Yeoman. An Old Man Shot by His Son.—Last Satur day our community was thrown into an in tense excitement by the murder of John R. Key and the shooting of Moses Given, about a mile from this city. The killing was done by youug John Key, a son to the murdered man, with a pistol, in the afternoon. The scene of the tragedy was in the house of John R. Key, at present rented and oecupicd by Mr. Moses Givens, and the circumstances connected with it, as near as we can learn, are these: On Satur day, Mr. John R. Key had been down to the city, and having but one good leg, was driven out to Mr. Givens’, where he was boarding, by his son Dick, iu a buggy. When they reached their destination, John met them and held the horse, while Dick helped his lather from the buggy. Mr. Key made his way into the house and took a seat in the silting room, where there were five or six ladies, some of whom belonged to the. family of Mr. Givens, the others being visitors. I-Ie had not been long Id the house before John came and peep ed in at the door and quickly withdrew, return ing rapidly with a pistol in bis hand, with which be fired upon his father. He then shot Mr. Givens and surrendered, and was taken to jail. The old gentleman had broken up house keeping and rented his farm to Mr. Givens, to which the boys, John and Dick, very seriously and indignantly objected. They wanted the father to keep the iarm and let them cultivate it, and sought by various threats to compel him to do so. One years’ lease had just ex pired, and the evening of the mnrder was set apart by Messrs. Key and Givens to reduce to writing the contract for another year. To pre vent this was the murdering done. f Maysville ( Ky .) Sun, March 17 th. Terrible Affray in Jackson County.— A gentleman who came in on the Pacific train last night informs ds of a terrible and fatal affray which occurred on Wednesday evening, in the town pf Pink Hill, eighteen miles from Independence, the particulars of which he heard from reliable sources in Kansas City yes terday. Four men, named respectively Gardner, Lewis* Keislcr and St. Clair —the latter an old man—were in company, when an altercation sprang up between the two first named abont, ah old debt, which culminated in a fight, in which Gardner shot Lewis in the arm, and then retreated to a barn closo-by, followed by the three others, all armed, who cither desired to arrest or wreak vengeance upon him. Gard ner, once in the barn, told the others that if they approached he would shoot them. Firing commenced on both sides, the three men, mean while, nearing the barn. Kelsler was wounded in the breast, it was supposed mortally. St. Clair received a shot in the arm, breaking it. Gardner, after being hit by a ballet in a vital spot, foil and expired, when the three men gathered around and p-jt several bullets into his body, even after he was dead. Great excitement existed in the neighborhood in consequence of the tragedy. Our informant was not aware that any arrests had been made. f St. Louis Democrat, With. Terrible Death.—A man named Clark was burnt to death about seven miles from Purdy, a few nights ago, says the Bolivar (Tenn.) Bul letin. It seems that Clark and a companion were playing cards on the night of the latal oc currence, and that they retired at rather a late hour. Subsequently they were aroused from slumber by the roaring of the burning building, which had taken fire from some unknown cause, and both rnshed for a point of safety.— Clark, in his hurry, forgot some six or seven hundred dollars which be had placed under the head of bis bed, and, after getting clear of the dangers, went back to the room for bis money. As he stepped into the room, the floor, which had been burning from beneath for some time, suddenly gave way, aod he wm thus plunged into a of fire. His body wss burnt to a crisp. A number of versifiers live well in New York by supplying graveyard poetry to people who hate been bereaved of their friends and relatives by death. They carefully peruse the newspaper obituary columq every day, and select from it tbo places of death where they Imagine a lew dollars can be made by writing rhymes to soothe the feelings, or flatter the vanity of tender-hearted survivor*. The price ot one o! these sympathetic effusions is often :as low as twenty-Ave cents, and seldom higher than ten dollars. vJJv T ~ ° CLiSS r * N * w roßK.—The New York 7,mu, of the 17th, give, the follow ing table as the aggregate rate of wages per week commanded by the female working class of that city. Actresses . ... Artificial flower workers... « nn Artists y g w Ballet dancers K Book folders .V Ron Book sewers \ SS Bookbinders !.!.”*!.! 10 00 Compositors no Designers io woo Sr ?S8 Fur trimmers ' 800 Hairdressers '. g oo Hatters 8 00 Hoop skirt makers 7 00 J ewe lers 900 Lecturers'. Mantua makers 7 on Milliners 7 00 Paper box makers 5 00 Paper colar makers., 5 00 Photograph mounters 8 00 Physicians __ Saleswomen 8 00 School teachers 10 00 Sculptors Seamstresses 4 50 Servants, household, (with b0ard).....! 2 50 Shoe fitters 9 00 Silver burnishers. 8 00 Singers . ’ Telegraph operators ” 10 00 Toy painters 8 00 Umbrella makers '' ” 700 Wood engravers 10 00 The Number Nine.—The number ulna pos sesses some remarkable properties, if the nine digits, 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7,8, 9, he added to gether the sum will be 45, which is equal to 5 times 9, and the sum ol the digits of their 6um, 4 and 5, is 9. If any number is subtracted from another having the same digits in a different order, the remainder wifi be divisible by 9, and tile sum of the digits of the remainder will also be divisible by 9. Subtracting 2967634 from 7364429, there re mains 4416795, which is equal to 9 times 490955. The sum of tbe digits, 4,4, 1,6, 7,9, 5, is 36, which is divisible by 0. If any number be multiplied by 9, the sum of the digits, or figures, of the product will be divisible by 9. 9 times 48780186 is 894021215; the sum of the digits of this product is 27, a multiple of 9. The solutions of a number of interesting arithmetical puzzles depend upon the above properties of 9. If a number be subtracted from another hav ing the same digits in a different order, and one of tbe digits of the remainder erased, it can be found in the iollowing manner : Add together the figures of the remainder that are left, di vide the sum by 9, subtract the figure that re mains after dividing by 9 from 9, and this last remainder will be the digit, or figure sought.— If there is no remainder, 0 or 9 was erased. Ask someone to write down a number and subtract from it another, composed of the same digits in a different order, without letting you see cither of them. Tell him you want all the figures of the remainder but obo. By the above rule you can soon find the figure you have not seen. The feat will appear quite mysterious to the uninitiated. Here is an example: Subtracting 156324 from 23145?, the remainder is 75132. The sum of the figures 7, 5,1, 3, is 16. Divide 16 by 9, we have a remainder of 7 ; 7 from 9 leaves 2, the other figure. I could tell you about a great many more of these “tricks with uumbers,” but I must stop writing, or my “piece’’will be too long.— The Little Chief. A Man with a Live Snake in his Stomach. —On Saturday afternoon Policeman H. M. Bailey arrested n man named David Gravel for being drunk, but developments made on Sun day prove him to be the victim of a terrible ca lamity, and a sufferer whose story must awaken the sympathies of all who read it. Something over two years ago, while travel ing in the interior of the State, he stopped at a spring by the road side to get a drink of water, and swallowed a small snake. Since that time the reptile has grown considerably, and during the past year has subjected the unfortunate man to unheard of sufferings, and the only means of relief he has ever been able to find Is to drink large quantities of liquor, which seem to render the snake torpid for a time. He' is confined to the most rigid diet, being unable to dr'mk milk or coffee, or eat anything but the dryest kind of food. Whenever he oversteps this rule the snake rises in his throat and chokes him, and the same result is visible when he fasts an unusually long time. On Sunday, while Gravel was in jail, his cries attracted the attention of the turnkey, who, upon going to his assistance, found him waik irg up and down in the ward in which he was confined, violently beating bis breast, in order, as he said, to keep the snake from rising in his throat. His sufferings were so intense, and of such a strange natnre, that the sympathies of Sheriff Patton were aroused, and an investiga tion of the c ase was made. Tbe man’s story was satisfactorily corroborated, and be was per mitted to go home. Tbe matter was brought to the notice of Justice Stoll yesterday morn ing, who also Investigated it, and finding it evi dently true, formally discharged him. He has been an inmate of St. Mary’s Hospital, and will soon go to Buffalo, where he will be operated upon with a view to removing tbe snake from his Btomach. There are several well anthenti cated cases of this character on record, and there is every reason to believe that this is one of theta.—Detroit Free Press. Velocipedinarium. —A new name and a new machine, for running on -railroad tracks, in the velocipede line, arrived yesterday after noon at this city, from Litchfield. Mr. C. E. Benton, master mechanic at the Terre Hante Railroad machine shop in Litchfield, is the in ventor and patentee. The machine carries two passengers, and it is proposed to add a seat tor , one or two more. The construction fs quite simple. There are four wbseis, two in front, four teet in diameter, with foot cranks on each side; two in the rear, two feet in diameter, and the whole of them connected together with a light iron lrame work. The wheels are flanged the same as railroad wheels, and the velocipe dinarium is about the shape and eizo of a com mon railroad hand-car. It weighs 300 pounds. The scats tor the riders are in the rear of the two Iront wheels. Mr. Benton was accompanied by a gentleman who resides in Litchfield, and they made the trip in about six boars, meeting with only two accidents. On the way they ran into a hand-car, and used it up, bat sustained no injury to themselves or machine. They also ran off the track, by the shifting of a switch, but soon got on again. The beet time made was between Bethalto and Junction* a distance of four and a quarter miles, which they made in sixteen minutes. Mr. Benton has left his veloeipedlnariam at the Indianapo lis round house, where it is the intention to have a seat made and placed on the frame work between the front and back wheels, for the use of road masters or other railroad offi cers who have business over the road, and have two laborers to ride back of the driving wheels and do the leg work, where there are comfortable cushioned seals for them, and a band rail in front to hold on to ae to balance themselves. — St. Louis Democrat, With. “ Figures can’t lie," says the arithmetician. “You can’t say that of woman’s figures in these days,” responds the slanderous dress maker. An irritable man having been disappointed in his boots, threatened to chaw up the shoe maker, but compromised by drinking a cob bler. A correspondent thinks that one of the most; surprising feats of the last administration wan ol getting Mudd out of Dry Tortagas. “ Mother this book tells about the angry 1 waves of tbe oceac. Now, what makes the , ocean get angry F’ “Because It has been cross ed so ollen, my *00." One who has lost tremendously, says that the old saw, “ Exchange Is no robbery,” must bare been Invented before tiin stock exchange existed. v 1 v *l°cipbd» Story.—“ Professor ” •o-cafied. who has been running a p e rink at Waterbury for a few weeks ;P" ! a ? d ‘“ereby filling his pocket with filthv Mhifion' Bt * rm J. De and ?» “ grand winding up ex' hrW wL Sat “ rd »y evening, which should bring him more lucre and much lame. So the Professor got out flaming hand bilia an ,bat Mißa Clar « Louise Warren, the champion Boston velocipedist, would appear on her favorite bide, and on Friday sold out his iutereat in the rink, retaining possession till Saturday night. On Saturday night the “ Pro fessor shaved off bis moustache and whiskers, took the cars for Plainville, where he donoed female apparel, with waterfall and pastier, and returned to Waterbury in the evening, taking rooms at Jthe Adams House. The rink was crowded with people to see tbe female rider, appointed time, the charming Mi6s Warren made her appearance, at tired in a nobby suit, half zou zou and half vivandiere. She rode side-saddle, and the crowd cheered; she rode man-fashion, and the crowd cheered harder; she put one leg over the handle, and the crowd were intoxicated with cheering. « She rides mighty well,” said a man with side whiskers. “ What a splendid form!” squeaked a tali, consumptive-looking man with flaxen hair. “ She’s very good looking!” roar e“ *a taller, savage individual. And then they all cheered once more, and everybody felt hap- P y -, After the show concluded she returned to the hotel, and at midnight a carriage came iu haste and bore her away from the scenes of her late triumph. It was a complete sell, and very well managed. The Professor, nee Miss Warren, departed from Waterbury like a thief in the night, leaving a large board bill unpaid, and taking with him a snug little sum as the fruits of his deception.— Hartford Courant. A Tragedy in Canada.—Great excite ment has been caused in Montreal by the kill ing of Ensign Whitaker, of the British army, by young Chaloner, on Wednesday. Whitaker seduced Miss Chaloner last August, after hav ing first put her under the influence of chloro form. A few weeks ago he promised to marry her to save her from disgrace, but subsequently refused. Her father then went to a Justice of the Peace and instituted n suit against Whitta ker for rape. Tbe girl was sent for and her deposition was taken. While this was going on the brother entered, and learned for the first time of his sister’s disgrace. He immedi ately left and aimed himself with a revolver, and learning that Ensign Whittaker was at the skating rink, went there and fired a shot at him, saying at the same time, “ You know what that wasMor.” Tbe first shot missed, and as the officer was muking a rush toward him to seize the revolver, he fired again, the ball enter ing the temple. Chaloner was immediately ar rested, and now lies in jail. The almost unan imous verdict is that the officer was served right. The Chaloner family are highly respect able, and the son is not of a quarrelsome dispo sition, and is but sixteen years of agq. Ensign Whittaker at last accounts was still alive, but insensible. Tbe brain oozes from the wound, and recovery is impossible. A correspondent of the Toronto L'.ader . giv ing au account of the inquest upon the body ol the late ensign, Whittaker, killed by tbe brother of a young lady he had betrayed, adds: “ WblL taker’s conduct in London, Out., was only known to tbe parents of the prisoner early in January last. It then was publicly stated that a young lady in London whom Whittaker had seduced, bad run away from her parents and was staying at Russel’s Hotel. Whittaker was then ordered from visiting Chaloncr’s. Whit taker and others visited the quarters of the young lady at Russel’s Hotel, but after three days’ residence in tbe. hotel she was ordered to leave. She accordingly did so. Finally the poor creature, broken-hearted, fled to the 1 Manchostcr House,’ where the ‘ Gllchen ’ work occurred. She was taken home a fort night afterwards by her father and brother. A demand was made at the citadtl gate by tho brother to see Whittaker personally, but he was not to be found.” Singular Attempt at Suich^b,— An ac count of a singular attempt 'at suicide, by a woman, is given in the St. Paul Times, as fol lows : On Thursday morning, between eight and nine o’clock, Major Von Minden, who resides m tbe Fourth Ward, wont out to bis well to draw a bucket of water. Tbe well is fully sixty feet deep, and tbe water is drawn up by an ordiuary windlass and bucket. When the bucket began to risq from tbe water, Major V. found it incredibly heavy—ten times as heavy as usual. He was surprised at this, but determined to see what was the cause, tugged away at the windlass. Being blessed with a stout musefe, he slowly wound up. the rope. As the bucket reached the top, Major Von Minden was surprised to see the baud of a human being clinging to tbe ropo. He almost let go bis bold in his surprise—but was enabled lo continue the hauling process. Soon another hand appeared, then the head of a woman with her long disheveled hair dripping with water, and her garments saturated with cold fluid. Here was a genuine sensation, but Major Von Mindon did not stop to wonder over it.— He only reached over the well-box, and grasp ing the hulf-drowuing woman, drew her safely out ou ierra firma. She was found half dead and too benumbed to spoak, bnt after, being thawed out by the stove, managed lo explain the singular occurrence. She was found to be a Bohemian woman, about thirty years ol age, who resides in the neighborhood. She was married a few months ago, but some of her neighbors having slander ed her good name, it annoyed her so that she resolved to commit suicide. She says she jumped into Major V.’a well at 13 o’clock the night previous, head foremost, bnt tbe water was not acep enough to drown her, and after staying in the well all night, concluded to get oat tbe next morning at the first cbance. The well is very narrow, and it is singular she did not receive fatal injuries in the downward pas sage, but sho only cut her ankle slightly. Taken altogether, it was a most singular oc currence, and it is a wonder the woman was not killed or she did not perish in the cold wa ter. The Rothschilds Dissatisfied with their Parts House.— The Rothschilds are said td be dissatisfied With the management of their Paris house since the death of old Baron James.— His two sons arc m nos little ability, and they arc said to have made several rnlnons specula tions. Nearly all of the old employees of the firm bavd been discharged since Baron James'- death. Some ntrange discoveries have been made in regard to 1 the charities of the bid Baron. n« frequently Subscribed for benevo lent purposes large sums, with the understand ing that he should be called upon to pay only n part of the same. He often complained of the exorbitant snms he had to pay for clerk hire. He took but two or three dally papers, and the man who read tbe Dews of the day to him every morning had to subscribe for as many, and bring them along to Rothschild’s house. He never wore watches, rings or any othei kind of jewelry. At the dinner table he drank cheap wine, and he often scolded his children for drinking ehampagne and other expensive wines. There was bnt one person at whose expenses he did not gromhle, and that was his Wife. When called upon by per sons who wanted him to contribute handsome ly to some charitable purpose, he often “ came ddVn” only upon being told that. If be should not give anything, bis wife would be applied to. He knew that she would contribute liber ally, and se he subscribed a handsome sum, bnt usually a little less than be thought she would have given. He Was a compound of. miserly and spendthrift habits. He always made a fuss with bis shoemaker, who present ed bis nnnnal bill to blm, but he did not even wince wbch bis agents asked him fnf twenty thousand francs to purchase some work of art. I He was very proud of his sagacity as an art critic and connoisseur, but he wns cheated so ! often In tbe purchase of pictures, statues, medals, Ac., that one-half tbe work of art in hit galleries are said to be worthless. He had I 1 the most Implicit confidence In old Charles Fillet, tbe auctiooner of works of art, bnt M. Fillet, it It thought, often abased this confi dence and palmnd worthies* trumpery on tbs trusting Baron. In Nnw York, lubion has decreed that brides stall reside oun year with their parents. News Items. Bismarck's daughter is to be married shortly. London is blessed with over 152,000 paupers. Berlioz, the compocer, is dead, aged 66. Npw Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts fast 00 April Bth. Methodist conferences are being held in all parts of the country. .?J J ve , lve ‘ « k aH-cap« are the fashion for bald heads In Beecher’s church. Anew cotton factory is to be erected In New Orleans to ron 10,000 spindles. is said to be prevalent In the There are 677 trades Onions and 79,309 mem oers. Indians and horse thieves have been plying their avoeations in Lampasas, Texas. Consumption is much less fatal now in Mas sachusetts than it was fifteen years ag<^ Ex-Queen Emma, ot the Sandwich Islands, has bought a fine team in San Fraqctsco. A minister In Mitchell county, Ga., says that the 1 forbidden fruit” that Eve partook of and gave to Adam was—tobacco! A man who passed twenty-four hours In the New York sewers, emerged with a bag foil of watches, jewelry and other valuables. Rev. H. W. Beecher’s wife makes 15,000 a year “ pin money ” by editing “ Mother at Home." A Wisconsin legislative committee has re ported unanimously in fevor of the re-enact ment of the death penalty for murder. An Illinois railway is getting freight cars built on which is painted “ From Ocean to Ocean—No Transfer.” The Governor of North Carolina knows which side of his bread is buttered, and he is Holden on to the Radical party for a purpose. There is a three-year old colt fn Rlchmona, Va., that was foaled without a tail, and has nono now. « A wedding present at a’recent marriage in Ohio was $30,000 in bonds, stocks and green backs. - A negro holds a title to 800 acres of the land on which San Francisco now stands, and offers tenants “ liberal terms.” Tim French custom returns show that two hundred thousand dollars worth of velocipedes have been exported this year. Loudon is discussing the means of getting across the channel, whether by bridge, tunnel, ferry or balloon. Tho Governor of Pennsylvania has issued a warrant for the execution of Lewis Lane, a wife murderer, on the 29th of April. The murder was committed in Allegheny county. Several expeditions from the United States, well supplied with arms, are known to have lauded on the Cuban shores within the past few days, and joined the rebel armies. ' Parshall & Sehaustln, private bankers, ot Buffalo, New York, have failed. Liabilities, •40,000; assets, $4,000. Notwithstanding the oivil law has been re stored in Crittenden county, Arkansas, the militia are yet committing many outrages, rob bing and plundering indiscriminately. The Memphis Appeal's Little Rock special says the negro. Major Tatum, was hanged Thursday for the murder of the Rev. Mr. Mor rill, a few weeks since. Both th'e loyalists and the Insurgents of Cuba are appealing to the people of thfe country. One wishes to be let albne ; the other wishes to be let a loan. St, Louis has had a fox hunt, In which the fox was brought on the field in a barrel and started by leading him across tho fields by a chain around his neck. It was a cate rogue who having stolen a horse and carriage, borrowed money of a Litch field, Conn., county sheriff with which to pur sue an imaginary thief. Discipline is maintained in the youDger fe male department of ’the Hamburg penitentiary by dressing any offender in the aostume of an old woman and sending her to the aged ward. In a church not fnr lrom this city, the ladies, having recarpcted it, have put up a notice re questing all gentlemen who chew tobacco to “ leave their mouths at the door.” A member of the Legislature of Indiana is reported to have bonght a plow with bis “ sta tionery," and a silk d|gss for his wife with his allotment of “postage stamps.” In the University of Virginia there ore in nil 452 student*, of whom 13 are from South Caro lina, 37 from North Carolina, and 34 from Georgia. The Maine Legislature has passed a law im posing SIOO fine, or one year’s imprisonment, on any person who, by design or carelessness, injures baggage. A hook entitled “ The Bloody Junto, or the Escapo of John Wilkes Booth,” from the pen of an Arkanslan, Capt. R. H. Crozler, late of the Southern army, and author of the “Confederate Bpy," is to be published at Little Rock, Arkan sas, shortly. Statistics of the recent English elections show that the Marquis of Hartington paid $7 a piece for each vote be received. John Bright got In cheaply, paying only about 25 cents for each of bis votes. A family of colored persons in Washington couflty, Kentucky, have recovered a valuable estate, which was left to them by Mr. Alsop, of Mississippi. The case was argned by distin guished Counsel. David Young, a colored Radical preacher in Natchez, Miss., has been committed to jail Upon u charge of dealing. The stolen property was found in his possession. David was one of tho principal Radical leaders in tho City of the Bluffs. A flying machine, it announced, has recent ly been invented by a citizen of Harrisburg, Pa., and the model Is said to exhibit great in genuity. Tbe wings are fifteen feet in length each, and together will cover 900 square feet of surface. “ There Is Garden In Her Face,” is the title of a poem going Die rounds of the press, said to have lcen written in 1606. “There is a wheat crop in licr free,” should be the title of a poem written, in 1869, judging lrom tbe quan tities of flour displayed on ladies’ physiogno mies. Mrs. Brigham Young and party are still in -Chicago. They received invitations to various places of amusement, and have acoeptcd sev eral. Mrs. Yenng is übout 26 years of age, ac complished and of pleasant manners. Miss Nettie Young, daughter of Brigham, is a young lady of about 17 years. The party are on their way to Washington to have an interview with tbe President In regard to the Ogden and Salt Lake Railroad, of which Joseph Yonng, son of Brigham, and one of tbe party, is superintend ent. Oh flatnrday a negro woman was murdered by a man of her own color, °n the Nashville and Decatur Road, near (be State line. On Sunday, shout one hundred negroes armed themselves, and, hearing that the negro was on board tbe southward-bound train, stopped it, aod, placing,* guard on the outside, searched it from one end to tbe other, bnt without find log tbe guilty party. It has not been ascer tained whether the baqd of armed darkies be longed to the Ku Klnx organization or not. Sc,tan chairs, it is stated, have recently been brought lutd use in Paris for ladies. Four of these old fashioned vehicles were, a short time ago, to be seen at the re*peetive door* of ladle* of the highest fashion. Up to this time the sedan chairs have only been used for going to church, and for short morning visit*. A ape dal toilet has been Invented for this sort of conveyance, consisting of a black mantilla, trimmed with guipnre, (gimp lace), and the costume is called sortie tTeghee. A Coolie on a plantation on tbe North const of Pern, was denied some request of his, end in revenge be at night took a butcher knife and murdered seven person*—tbe proprietor, the wife, her aged mother, and four dcfenseleM little children. In tbe morning, when every one wm found weltering in their blood, tbe public Indignation ran to tucb a pitch that the Chinaman was taken out Into tbo nubile square, tlnd to an iron pout and saturated with turpen tine. Thun, Id fail view ol nil the Chinamen, ho wm burned np alive nt hi* fiery post. The Castaway »r JEAN INOELOW., There was oaoe a cutaway Ac J she wu weeping, weeping bitterly; Kneeling and cry:ng with a heart *Uk cry. That choked iteel in eobs, "Out gcod name I O my good nSme !” and none did hbkr her ere Nat; snd it lightened, and the storm bolts fell, And the rain splashed upon the roof, and still She, atorm-tossed as the stormy elements, She cried with an exceeding bitter cry, “O my good name I” And then the thunder-cloud Stooped low and burs' in darkheu overhead, and rocked her on her knees, and shook The trail foundation of her dwelling-place ; Bat she—if any neigh bot had come in— Jjope did— it any neighbor had come ii». ;* y He might have seen her cryingoo her knees. And •obbintr, “ Lost, lost,lost!” beating her hreoei—' Her breast foiever pricked with crael thorns, * * # • # • • O ye good women t it is hard to leave T rce paths of virtue imd return What if this sinner wept, and none of you Comforted her; and what if »ho did strive To mend, and none oi yon believed her atrife. Nor looked upon her I A _ But I beseech x our patience. Once, in old Jerusalem, A women kneeled at consecrated feet, Kissed them and washed them with her tears. What then t I think that yet her Lord is pitiful ; I think I see the castaway e’en now t And she is not alone; the heavy rein Splssea without, and sullen thunder rolls, But she is lying at the sacred feet Os One transfigured. .... And bet tears flow down, Down to her lips—her firs that kiss thferint J Os nails, and love is like to break her heart— Love and repentance; for It atill doth work Bora in her soul to think, to thlak that she, Sven she, aid pierce the sacred, sacred feet, And bruised the thorn-crowned head. n . _ . , _ O Lord, our Lord I How great is thy compassion I No God. “NoGoil No God i” The simplest flower ' That on the wild is found, Bhrinka as it frinks its cup of dew, And tremMes at the sound. “No God "—astonished eeho cries From out her cavern hoar. And every wandering bird that files Reproves the Atbelst’i lore. The eolemn forest lifts its head, The Almighty tq proclaim; The brooklet, on its orystal urn, Doth, leap to grave his name. How swells the deep and vengetal sea. Along bis billowy track, The red Vesuvius opes hts mouth To hurl the falsehood back. The palm-tree, with Os princely erest, The oocoa’a leafy shade, The bread-fruit, bending to Its load, In yon fair island glade: The winged seeds, that, borne by winds, The roving sparrows feed; The melon on tho desert sands Conf&ts the seorner’s creod. “No God I" with indignation light The fervent sun is stirred, f. And tho pale moon tarns paler still At sugh an impious word; And from their burning thrones the star* Look dbwn with angry eyo, That thus a warm of dost should mock Eternal Majesty, The Last Tear I Shed. BY MRB. M K. B. The lost tear I shed was the warm one that fell. As I listened to thee, dear Mother, and bade (hew farewell: When I saw the deep anguish improv'd on thy fsoaf And felt, for tho last time, a Mother’s embrace; And heard thy choked accen’s, Impassioned ana wild,. God bless thee, forever, God bless thoc, my child. I thought of my childhood, thy kindness to me, When youngest and dearest, I sat on thy knos; Os thy love to me ever so strongly expressed, As I grew up to womanhood, unconscious how blest; Os thy praises when right, and th; ohldingt when wrong, „ • While wayward with passions unyielding and strong. I thought of thy counsels, unheeded or spurned, As mirth had enlivened, or nngcr had burned; And bow, when by sickness ali helpless I fay, Thou dld'st nurse me and soothe me by night and by How rauci I bad been both by thv sorrow and smilet; And my feelings o’erflowed, and I wept like a child. Years,years of endurance have vanish’d and now, There Is pain in my heai t, there Is oars on my brow ; The visions of hope and of fancy are gone, And oheerless I travel fife’s pathway alone; Alone, yes alone I though some kind ones there be, There are none here to love me, to love me like the*. Mv Mother, dear Mother, cold-hearted they deem, Thy offspring, but oh I [am not as I seem; Though calmly and tearless, all changes I bear, Gould they look In my bosom, the feeling is there. And now, sad and lonely, as memory recalls, Thy blessing at patting, again tho tear falls. Cuba. V W* BY A. R. WATSON. Down tbe street of brave Havana Vivas swart are flowing; Breaths, with semblance of hosanna, Into sound* ars growing. Tropic Isis, she feels and sees Freedom's son upon her seas; ' Hears her voice on every breeze; And the warmth she feels— Queen of the Antilles-! ’Tis not tbe insurgents’ clamor, Viva has its meaning, For a crown’s departing glamour From her head is leaning. And tho sounds from o’er the seas, Biding on tbe ocean breett, Like oelestial harmonies. As She hears and facls- Queen of tho Antilles! Hopes are rising in her bosom; Faith to- fact is growing;,. . Bitter hud may bear a blossom Sometimes worth the blowing ; Sometime*, throbbing ’cross the seas, Hounds that soem like harm role*, May, perchance, be prophecies ; Blessed be whp feels— Queen of the Antilles I Viva / Shout it loud, Havana I •Julian lips may about It; Spam your rapt hosanna; She’ll not dare to flout ft: Bond your message o’er the seas, Throbblog on the East bound breeze; TeU her Cuba hears rad sees— Freedom’s might she feels— Queen of tbe Antilles I Send your lhst adiot Eastward, Thundering on the ocean ; Words of eboering from the Wbstward Is not vain commotion; For the sounds from o’er tbe eeas Bear a meaning on ths breeze; Freedom chsnts her harmonies; OnbA hears and feels— Queen of ttie-AntPles. ■ n- m- Tbe Neglected Grave. BY LUCY H. HOOPER. The storm of grief has lore since died away, Hearts ceased to ache and fruitless tears to flow; Behold the grave, uirvlstted, undecked, Forgotten I ’Twee so many years ago. The rank grass waves in unmolested pr'de, Untrodden now by loving pilgrim feet; The vagrant roeebusn, only, on the metmd Lays fnneral Tributes of its blossoms sweet. Over tbe headstone creeps the hiding not* Blotting the graven word* with Ungers slow; Tbe wandering vine there hangs, unchecked Its veil— None seek to read tbe mournful record now. Who slumbers there V Ho answer from the stone ; No mourners near give tender, sad reply; The echoes knew the name one*; bnt the btreeae Bears on response upon Us passing sigh. This grave once darkened eaith tor many hearts ; Life lost Its lnstre and the ran its gold; And woefnl weepers walled, “ Console us, Death I Earth bolds no consolation." How, heboid 1 Forgotten 1 By the death-bed stands Despair; Then comes* s; nee of agony rad weeping ; And than the world goes on, file mourner* Mill*, And Joy awake*, although tbe loved lie sleeping. Ah, loving God I that bring’et Tlme’e healing balm To bruised hearts that rise would break with seo» That grams soft slumbers to ths night of Grist, Ana sends the splendo sos anew to-morrow. Thou didst not will It so Wist ws should wrap 1 Over deer grave* toreveread forever; ’TUThou that whlreereet tenderly, • Some day, When we In anguish cry, Ah, never I never r» Her do we *ll target, when kindly lime -ta&gsgßnu. * [LtppAeotri ttofsins/sr Af rtf.
