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In the Dusk of Christmas Eve.
BY EDGAR FAWCETT.
By the firelight’s quivering crimtoa,
While the Winter sun sinks low,
Let as watch till the first vague star, wife,
Has dawned o’er the glooming snow;
For if ever onr lost ones may wander
From the realms of their rest, I believe
That they seek ns as visitant angels,
In the du-.-k o! the Christmas Eve!
And onr lonelier anguish of longiug,
Onr thrills of inteuser despair.
Are born—who may tell ? —of a viewless em
brace,
Or a shadowy hand on our hair!
Ob, the darlings are near us to-night, wife,
As we watch the sell hearth-glimmer weave
Strange pictures on ceiling and curtain.
In the dnsk of the Christmas Eve!
And pitiful Memory’s enchantment
Has mingled the gloom round ns cast
With a glow as from ashes ol embers
That crumble on hearths of the past!
And a note of boy-laughter, long vaui bed,
Or the gold of a ringlet, each leaves
An echo, a gleam, that forever must haunt
The dnsk of onr Christmas Eves!
And the children draw near once again, wife,
And marveling hark to the qnaint
Immemorial holiday legend
Os the bountiful reindeer-drawn saint.
Let us murmur it now till the shadows
G* the desolate chamber believe
That they fall as of old round the dear ones,
In the dnsk of the Christmas Eve!
Let ns mnrmnr it softly; who knows, wife,
Bnt a whisper will float, in reply, 1
Clear and sweet, through the compassing dim
ness,
As proof that our darlings are nigh ?
For if ever tbeir footsteps may wander,
From the Heavenly Home, 1 believe
They will seek ns as visitant angels,
In the dnsk of the Christmas Eve.
Christmas.
[The following verses on “ Christmas and its
emblems, the Box, the Laurel and the Holly,”
were written by Mrs. Hey, wife of William
Hey, Eeq., of Leeds, and published in London
in 1839 :J
Now stir the fire, and let its glow
Shame the inhospitable scow;
With all that nature yet can show
From Winter’s wreck,
Lanrel and box and holly bough
The casement deck.
’Tls joy to hear the snllen North
Summon the rushing tempest forth;
For then aronnd the social hearth
Friend meeteth friend,
And kindly words and looks of mirth
Sweet influence lend.
But is’t mirth they always meet ?
Alas! sometimes a vacant seat
Bespeaks the circle incomplete;
Some voice is mnte,
Whose welcome was aforetime sweet
As evening lute.
Bnt while from friendship’s silken string
Each year some pear! is scattering,
We’re taught by each lost year to cling
More firm and true
To those yet spared by Tiipe’s rude wing—
The cherished few.
Prayers I Don’t Like.
I do no* like to hear him pra^
Who loans at twenty five per cent.,
For then I think the borrower may
Be pressed to pay for food and rent.
And in ibat Book we all shonld heed,
Which says the lender shall be blest,
As sure as I have eyes to read
It does not say “ take interest.’’
I do not like to hear him pray
On bended knees* about an honr,
Fot* grace to spend aright the day,
Who knows his neighbor has no flour.
I’d rather see him go to mill
And, buy the luckless brother bread,
And see bis children eat their fill,
And laugh beneath their humble shed.
I do not like to hear him pray,
“ Let blessings on the widow be,”
Who never seeks her home to say,
“ If want overtakes yon, come to me.”
I bate the prayer, so loud and long,
That’s offered for the orphan’s weal,
By him who sees him crushed to wrong,
And only with the lips doth feel.
I do not like to hear her pray,
With lewelled ear and silken dress,
Whv.se washerwoman toils all day.
And then is asked to “ work for less.”
Such pious shavers I despise;
With folded hands and face demure,
They lift to heaven their “ angel eyes,”
Then steal the earnings of the poor.
I do not, like such soulless prayers ;
If wrong, I hope to be forgiven ;
No angel wmg them upward bears—
They’re lost a million miles from heaven.
Ring Out, Wild Bells..
Ring ont, wild hells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the slight;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow ;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring ont the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we se,e no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Rin<r in redress to all mankind.
R ng out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring ont the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of tbe times ;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But og the falter minstrel in.
Ring ont false pride in place ami blood,
Tbe civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth arid right,
Ring iu the common love of good.
Ring not old shapes of foul disease,
King 00l tbe narrowing lust ot gold ;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring lu the thousand years of peace.
King in the reliant man aud free,
Tbe larger heart, the kindlier hand ;
Rt’iv oat (he darkness of tbe land,
King .a tbs Christ that Is to be,
l Ttnnynm-
I Cairo Correspondence of the London News.
The Sheik’s Ride.
CELEBRATION OF MAHOMET’S BIRTHDAY AT
CAIRO —SNAKE SWALLOWING, PUNCTURING,
AND GLASS CRUNCHING —A HOWLING PAVE
OF HUMAN BODIES —TOE SHEIK IN THE
ROLE OF “ DEATH ON A PALE HORSE.”
The great public ceremony of the Mus
sulman year took place to-day, and the
prostrate bodies of fanatics were ridden
over by the Sheik of Bekree, live snakes
were eaten, glass crunched and swallowed,
bodies slashed with swords! cheeks and
breasts pierced with sharp metal instru
ments, which were left sticking in the
wounds they made, and hundreds of men
aud boys shrieked and writhed and wrest
led in what professed to be a mad ecstacy
of religious fervor. All this was gone
through in the public streets, in broad day
light, and in the presence of as many look
ers on us could be crammed together ou
the flat roofs or could see from the win
dows of the houses or at the gratings of
the mosque at which the festival culmi
nated.
In the year 996 of the Hegira (A. D. 1548),
Sultan Murad, known to us as Amurath
111, institutiteid the strange fete in honor of
Mahomet’s birthday, which is so little
known and so rarely seen by Europeans.
Under its title of Doseh, it is, however,
looked forward to all through the twelve
months by devout followers of the Propiiet.
The chief performers were of the rank of
what are called “street Arabs” at home,
though here and there men of a grade high
er wound themselves up by shrieks aud
prayers, aud then threw themselves down
with the rest. There were a few minutes
of indescribable confusion. The street was
so crammed that a human body laid across
it iu the middle touched the feet of those
standing on each side. When two or three
hundred people lay down at ,once, they
were cuffed and sorted, admonished with
sticks, wedged in and arranged, until the
heads were all one way and the naked legs
and feet in another, in regular line. There
was little ceremony now. What sounded
uncommonly like good stiff oaths In Arabic
were shrieked at the men lying down, and
sticks and the hand were again freely used
upon them. Meanwhile the excitement in
creased all round. Some spectators chant
ed prayers monotonously,; others contrived
to hold back fanatical friends by force, and
others again seemed to regard the whole
proceedings with just the sort of amused
curiosity one would give to the prelim
inaries of a clever and exceptional acro
batic feat. The live figures on the road
way below us were so near our elevated
chairs that we could have touched them
with our umbrellas without rising. They
lay with their faces downward and on their
stomachs, and were, thanks to the care and
labor of the holy men who had lugged and
cuffed them into place, so thickly and neat
ly packed as to suggest the top layer of a
sardine box, or Norfolk biffins, as seen
caked together in the shops of Covent Gar
den. It was clear that there could be no
evasion uow, and that, unless they got up
and ran away, the Sheik’s horse would
trample them under foot according to pro
gramme. Yet those excluded from want
of space wailed piteously, and one ragged
demoniac of twenty broke from his holders
with a mad howl, and, burrowing head
foremost like a rabbit iu the humane pave
ment, succeeded in wedging himself in
where an extra inch had seemed impossible.
Despite the cut and dried character of
many of these arrangements there was
plenty of genuine emotion. The faces of
those waiting to be trodden on were hidden
by their attitude, but their naked legs
twitched more and more convulsively as
the music heralding the Shiek drew near
er ; and, though the better dressed among
the native lookers-on were impassive, nnd
in some instances jocular, the affair was
sufficiently serious to make the European
eye-witnesses hold their breath and grow
pale.
The procession came steadily on, musi
cians playing strange one-stri uged instru
ments, clashing cymbals, banging small
tambourines like hand drums, and ail ac
companying themselves by unearthly howls
and yells, and marching slowly, and with
naked feet, four abreast upon the recum
bent bodies. Flag-bearers came singly, their
banners furled for the moment to prevent
their hitting the pendant lanterns, and rep
resenting the several lodges or orders of
dervishes they preceded. All howled. Then,
when the little street was fullest, and when
the discordant din was at Its height, a stout
white horse, with a pale-faced man of forty
five or so, turned the corner. This was the
Sheik, and in another situation in life an
impartial observerer would have declared
he was drunk. He was propped up on his
horse by a stout attendant on either side
of him, and seemed to have no more voli
tion than a sack of potatoes. His eyes
were closed throughout, his face was white
to ghastliness, his body had the helpless
swaying motion of a corpse held up. He was
gorgeously dressed, and wore an immense
tnrbanbf a green shawl pattern. His hands
held the bridal, but they were limp aud use
less, and his horse was led by two attend
ants. It was a fine animal, but so very
quiet and stepped so giifgerly that some
observers insisted it had been specially
trained. The convulsive twitching of the
arms and legs of those prostrate grew more
and more pronounced, and theu the tramp
ing under foot begin. Wc were at great
pains to observe how the animal trod, and
where, and there can be no doubt of the
realty of the ordeal. Sometimes on the
centre of the back, oftener between two
men, so as to stand on tbe fleshy parts of
the sides of both, tbe horse went steadily
on until all down had borne a portion of
it and its rider’s weight. No oue seemed
! much hurt, however. The very tightness
I of the packing gave a certain power of re
; sistance to the concrete mass of humanity;
1 and directly the Sheik passed, those lx-hind
jumped up, many of them going forthwith
j into convulsions or into what looked like
j epilepsy.
1 One rugged fellow Immediately below us
1 kicked aud struck out his arms, foamed at
; the month, and threw his head wildly back,
until a remedy which reminded one of the
fight between King and Heenan was ap
| plied—both his earn being bitten an a re
! storatlve by pious friends. For a few min*
utes—that is, until the Sheik gained the*
! <ioor of tin mosque, arid rode over more
bodies wiihlu It—all wan wild confusion.
| Those rising up were embraced, while they
plunged, and cried, and kicked, like men
pustossed.
j The UOrange JUjeoUr tells of the death
lid Mr. Jesse M Haralson, an old citizen,
AUGUSTA, GA. f WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1870.
[From the Newark Daily Journal, -December 17.
Bribing an United States Detective.
A NEW YORK LAWYER CAUGHT IN HIS OWN
TRAP.
One would scarcely think, to look at the
pleasant, round, jolly face and well condi
tioned person of Mr. Ichabod Nettleship,
that lie is one of the smartest detectives in
the service of the United States under the
charge of Col. H. C. Whltely. Still it is
eminently so, and yesterday witnessed the
enactment of one of his richest cases, being
the handing over to justice of a New York
lawyer and a colleague named Phillips, the
oue having attempted to bribe and the oth
er for conspiracy.
It will be remembered by our readers
that last Tuesday a week ago, a liquor-sell
ing place,'at No. 20 Bank street, carried on
in the name of one Hittermkn, of New York,
was seized by the Government officers, and
the persons carrying on the business arrest
ed for doing a wholesale business instead
of retail, for which they had only been
licensed.
The parties arrested were Charles Phil
lips and Henry Wilson. They were held in
SI,OOO ball each for examination the follow
ing Friday. In the meantime Detective,
Nettleship, who hail charge of the case,
waited on by one H. Lowenburg, an attor
ney and counsellor, of No. 133 Nassau
street, New York, who represented himself
as cotiusel for Phillips and Wilson. Re
tiring to a private room, where he had the
detective all to himself, he quickly came to
the point aud said he wanted to have “ this
thing fixed.” The “boys,” he said, were
poor! and he (Nettleship) could make noth
ing out of the case by pushing it. By this
time the officer perceived the shadow of a
green-backed mouse, aud thought he would
see how far the man of law would go, so
he told him he would see what could be
done. They parted, and Nettleship did
proceed to see what could be clone, and at
once communicated his suspicious to Col
onel Whitely, District Attorney Keasbey,
Com. Whitehead and others, by all of whom
he was advised to go ahead. One or two
other meetings took place between Nettle
ship and Lowenberg, and it was all arrang
ed that the examination of the accused
should be put off, that the live hundred
gallons of liquor should be rescued from
the Collector by a fraudulent bond, and
that the case against Lowenberg’s clients
should virtually be quashed. For this
Nettleship was to receive S3OO. Now for
the denoumerd.
Everything was all arranged, and “ Net
tle’s” plans fully matured by yesterday,
and in the afternoon Lowenberg appeared
to fix the thing up completely. The person
who was to sign the bond that would
“ rescue” the liquor was on hand also—a
brother of Phillips, one of the accused. The
bond was duly signed and delivered over
to Deputy Collector A. Matthews, amount
all retired from “Nettle’s” room except
himself and Lowenberg. Then the hitter,
as soon as the door had been locked, count
ed out S2OO and threw It on the table, say
ing: “I must have the other SIOO for jny
fees.” Nettleship at first demurred, but
Anally picked up the roll of greenbacks—
the “ mouse” whose shadow he had seen
some days before—aud placed them in his
pocket. All this little transaction was
closely watched by Mr. Russell Applegate,
who was secreted In a coal closet in the
room, and whose eye was at the back of a
nice little hole that had been purposely
pierced in the lintel of the door. “Come
along now,” quoth the detective,” and we’ll
get the bond fixed by the Commissioner.”
In he went to Mr. Whltenhall’s office,
closely followed by Lowenberg. Nettle
ship, throwing down the roll of bills, then
said: “There, Mr. Commissioner, is S2OO
this man has given me as a bribe to clear
his client.” As he spoke he turned to poor
Lowenberg, who for several moments could
not realize his exact position. He Anally
stammered out in broken English, “ I didn’t
give you any money." Nettleship replied
that he thought he himself had a hard
cheek, but he (Lowenberg) had u, harde*
cheek still. 'This scene can be better
imagined than described.
To sum up, Lowenberg and Newton
Phillips were then arrested and each held
in $5,000 bail, Messrs. Jacob Lagcwiez and
8. Schener becoming the bondsmen. The
penalty, in case of conviction, is a fine three
times the amount of the bribe offered and
three years State prison. In conclusion, it
is due to Mr. Nettleship and the other
officers to say that no case of the kind could
have been more adroitly worked.
[From the Tnrf, Field and Farm.
Adah Isaacs- Menken,
The name by which she was best known
to the public, was a strange compound of
tender sentiment and wild passion. She
was gifted and full of vagaries. Oie who
was once her husband, R. 11. Newell, has
furnished the public with some of the inner
glimpses of her strange life. Most of her
tempestuous poems were written about the
year 1860, when she was living in poverty,
in New York, desolate in heart and soul.
These poems were first published in book
form under the title of “Infelicia;” and
while the volume was coming from the
press in London, the Menken was dying in
Paris. Mr. Newell tells us that none but
Miss Menken herself knew what her true
name was; hut he has reason to believe
that her father’s name was Spenser, and
that he was a grandson of the Revolution
ary General Spenser, of South Carolina. In
writing to Mr. Newell before her marriage
to him, the actress briefly described her
daily life in New York:
“Yon wouldscarcely believe that I get up
every morning at half-past five, and sty
my prayers, and read my Bible, too. You
do not know that I often live on a shilling
a day, and that I work besides. I can copy
for lawyers, write letters to a country pa
paper, teach a little music, teach girls
stage dancing—all of which I have done—
besides trying to write a book since this,
correspondence commenced. My dear fath
er-in-law (Mr. T. II ) assists me by car
ing for his grand-chlid, my baby. He is
able to do so, and regards It a privilege to
do anything for Ills son’s child. I might
hay. a home In Ills house, but I could not
live dependent on any human creature.
Were Ia single woman, aud, to marry a
man of wealth, whom I loved, I would not
j be dependent on him farther than the roof
covering us both. For my child It Is, of
l oourse different. I don't believe In auy
NMiiseless similes shout oaks aud vines.
There are certainly no ‘creeping tenden
cies 1 about me; f want to be the oak —all
' outers do, I belters; I pride myself ou hsv-
4ng something strong and self-reliant lu
my,nature.
“ "or see how I have opposed myself to
ill fortune, while storm after Storm has
swept the horizon of my life, stripping me
of my few cherished joys, until I am utter
ly alone. The s'torms within have ceased,
tears have gone back to barred cells, and I
stand upright, looking forth over the de
vastation that lies around me.
“ I want to show the world that I am not
a helpless, moaning woman, but one who
has a soul and mind of her own, inferior to
none.
“ I know and feel that there are hungry
cries within the heart, but sorrow must
hush " them. Sometimes they burst their
bonds and swell up to the surface ; then I
forget my strength, and, like a little child,
reach forth my arms to cling for shelter
from the hurricane.”
There is something touching in this, and
if one should read it without knowing the
history of the woman, he might be tempted
to regard her in the light of a saint. With
all Mr heroic aspirations and beauty of
thought, the Meukeu was not free from
coarseness, or site would not have indulged
in those debaucheries that shamed the very
name of refinement. Had her trials been
of a different nature from what they were,
we can readily believe that her character
would have been different. Her genius and
her beauty would have charmed the world,
but she would never have been saintly in
her virtues, for the reason that a restless,
boundless sea of emotion would have made
her sensual under all circumstances. But
the more we learn of her life, the more we
are puzzled hy her history. Certainly, she
was a strange womanly compound.
Another Mining Horror in Pennsyl
vania4—Loss of Life. —Maueh Chunk,
Pa., December 18.—At Stockton, two miles
from Rnzleton, about,s o’clock this morn
ing, the ground over a mine which has not
been worked for fifteen years gave way.—
One block of houses fell in s!i quickly that
t wo fgjjnllies living in them had not time to
get away, except one little girl, who got
out of house, but not far enough away
to escape falling in. She fell on top of the
houses!*, and w\s rescued. Three families
living la he adjoining block had just time
enough' to get out before the whole block
fell in,. Ten persons went down with the
housed|viz: George Swank, wife and four
childr<&, and Mr. Retch, wife, child and
mother. They are still in the mine, and
must eertainly be dead—either smothered,
burn*4or drowned.
The-Hazleton steam fire engine has been
throwing a continual stream of water into
the since daylight, to extinguish the
flames. The firemen are doing all they can.
They have taken charge and extended a
rope around the hole, allowing no persons
inside. ..Trains are running every hour
from Hazleton to the scene of the disaster,
.and will,.continue until the. bodies are re
covered; which will not be for some time,
as the ground is cracked around for a con
siderable distance, and is stil’ fallin», so
that It is dangerous to go to work. The
excitement is very great and Is increasing.
Families Iff the vicinity are moving out of
their houses. It is the general opinion that
others will fall in. There Is also danger of
the mins taking Are. The mines are known
as the East Sugar Loaf Mines, nnd are
owned by Messrs. Lindermann & Bkeer.—
Mr. Asa Packer, of Maueh Chunk, former
ly owned them.
PoUsniVe, December 19.—A dispatch to
the Daily Journal, from Hazleton, says the
cause of the accident was on account of
working the breast in the colliery too near
‘he surface under the houses, there being
only about twenty feet space left where
they caved in. Only a few days before a
couple of persons in a truck were pitched
into a similar hole, where a foundation of
tbe railroad had given away over some
workings that approached too near the sur
face.
Alexandra Limp —A Successor to
toe Deposed Grecian. —Alexander the
Great, as history Informs us, had a slight
imperfection In the setting on of his head,
which inclined a little to one side. His
courtiers, therefore, felt it incumbent on
them to affect awry necks, and did so ac
cordingly. Alexandra, Princess of Wales,
has unfortunately contracted a limp from
rheumatism ; and now, as wc hear, the liege
ladies of England have taken to limping too,
and “halt!” is the latest command given
by fashion. That the “ Alexandra limp ”
will find Its w. y hither ere long is a thing
to be expected, and, indeed, it is stated to
have already made its appearance on onr
fashionable promenades. The desired limp
is obtained simply by we iring shoes with
heels of unequal height, and the deformity
thus produced is no greater than that
which characterizes the “ Grecian bend.”
A necessary accompaniment of the “ Alex
andra limp” will be a walking cane, which
will lie very- appropriate for the walking
do'ls that adopt the gait. The fashion, of
course, will lead to a modification of most
of our present dances and tbe invention of
now ones. Lapsided waltzes will have to
be devised, and In doing the “German”
crutches will probably come to be the pro
per thing. As the skating season is at
hand, It would be a neat idea to carry out
the “Alexandra limp" on Ice. Wc have
had ever so many good things “on ice”
already, and why not the “limp?" The
girls of the period are capable of action on
any of these suggestions, and they should
by all means begin to have their balmorals
altered at once, if not their morals.
A Question. —A young mother in this
city, on the important occasion of making
her little boy his first pair of trowsers, con
ceived the idea that it would lie more econ
omical to make them of the same dimen
sions behind and before, so that they might
be changed about and wear evenly. Their
effect, when joiued by the little fellow, was
very ridiculous. Papa, at first sight of the
baggy garment, burst Into a roar of laugh
ter, and exclaimed, “ Oh, my dear, how
could yon have the heart to do it? Why
the poor little fellow won’t know whether
lie's going to school or coming home.”
(Dayton IMyer.
W iiat Nut?-—Robert Hall, formerly
foreman of Wood Brothers’ printing office
173 and 175 Greenwich street, New York,
fitted himself up s printing office from the
stork of his employers, selecting therefrom
type, galleys, cases, Ink, bronze powder,
bra** rules, furniture, regleta, cuts, &<*., to
the extent of about $250 lie wm held for
trials at the Tombs.
Signor Borra’s Plan for the Introduction
of European Immigration into Georgia.
Signor Joseph Borra. 1n connection with
the Italian Consul in New York, and his
brother in Italy, is engaged in conducting
Italian immigration, and desires to inform
tlie people of the South who are interested
In the matter, that whenever the necessary
arrangements for their reception shall be
perfected, he will bring over a large num
ber of agriculturists.
Signor Borra was himself nil extensive
planter in Virginia for the ten years pre
ceding the war, and may be presumed to
be familiar with the wants of the South.
He has already engaged a company of
French hatters, and proposes to establish a
hat manufactory, cither in Savannah or
some interior city—Savannah is preferred,
if the necessary lands can be secured for
the establishment of the houses and work
shops, on terms that will render it possible
for him to undertake the project.
To enable him to undertake the introduc
tion of immigrants ou an extensive scale, it
Is absolutely necessary that he have a
plantation or island, of from five to ten
thousand acres in extent, near the city and
easily accessible therefrom, to be used as a
landing place and depot .for the immi
grants, and where they can be assured a
means of making a living until such time
as employment with planters shall be found
for them.
The Committee of the Atlantic Conven
tion having the subject of Immigration in
charge, are invited to confer with Signor
Borra, and aid him in securing the end de
sired. He proposes as follows to that
committee:
Ist. That they procure an island upon
the salts for an immigrant lauding place
and depot, and sell the same to him upon
the following terms:
Payment for It to be made In three equal
instalments, the first payable in 1871, the
second in 1874, and the third aud last In
1875.
2d. That they furnish to the colony from
twenty-five to fifty mules; stock and agri
cultural implements sufficient to work the
land to advantage, and provisions sufficient
to last one year. All these things to be
paid for at the end of the first year.
3d. That said committee furnish immedi
ately from ten to fifty acres of land upon
the river for the establishment of a hat
factory, tannery, dyeing works and other
manufactories requiring fresh water ; to be
paid for at such time as shall be agreed
upon.
It is expected that the colony so estab
lished will remain a grand centre, into
which European labor will be gathered, and
from which it may be diffused throughout
the State.
By this plan the immigrants will be as
sured a means of livelihood until employ
ment can be obtained for them, and plant
ers and capitalists will always have a re
liable stock of labor to draw upon, as they
may require It.
It Is believed that the plan proposed will
be found very beneficial to the State at
large, aud all persons feeling an interest in
the matter are cordially invited to confer
with Signor Borra and compare views with
him. In particular, he desires to meet the
Convention Committee, before referred to,
for an interchange of views, and will be
pleased to receive any suggestions or re
commendations that their wisdom nmy
offer.
Tiie Daughter of Van Dorn’s Slayer
Takes the Black VniL.—The secluded
and elegant chapel of the Convent of the
Visitation, on Cass avenue, was crowded
yesterday with ladies and gentlemen, the
occasion beiug the Interesting and impres
sive ceremonials connected with the public
reception Into conventual life of two young
ladles, one assuming the irrevocable or
black veil, and the other the white symbol
of her novitiate.
An episode of this character Is one o
peculiar attractiveness, even to those Im
mersed in secular concerns, and whatever
creeds may be embraced in the audience,
none can be Indifferent or insensible to Its
influence. In itself, the spectacle of two
fair girls in the radiant bloom ol youthful
life, deliberately adjuring the world, which
means everything earthly most treasured,
and assuming the obligations nnd cutering
the permanent seclusion of conventual
existence, has a serious, If a half mournful,
beauty of its own. But when It has annex -
ed to it the solemnity of religious ceremo
nials, it becomes one which leaves on
the mind a vivid and enduring impres
sion.
The lady who assumed the black veil
yesterday was Miss Clara Pfiters, daughter
of Dr. Peters. She is a convert, wc are in
formed, from the Protestant faith, and In
her profession as a nun evinces the reality
and earnestness of her convictions. It is a
year ago since she entered the order and
assumed the white veil. She becomes in
religion Sister Mary Paula.
The other young lady who made her first
profession was Miss Jane Sheppard, ap
parently not more than twenty years of
age.— St. Louis Republican, Dec. 17.
" Undtsprivauied.”—“Undisprlvacled I ”
What a word I It’s the newest thing out,
In Boston. Mr. Lowell lias, with great
labor and sweat, with the Atlantic Monthly
for a fulcrum, and a very long poem enti
tled “ The Cathedral ” — Uterus a non—Tot a
lever, pried it off from the. banks of the
Charles river and dropped it with a poly
syllabic crash Into the tide of the language.
“ Undisprivacied ?” It means—easy enough
—the opposite of mvltepublicated, nnd It is
made by a process of accretion, simple as
congelation. The foundation of the word
—the basis of this four-story pollysyllable
with a French roof—ls “privacy.” Yon
take that word to start with—go at it with
a club and knock off the end of it—punch
It into t'ie shape of an active verb—freeze
on the privltive prefix die, and upon that
taek the negative t —sec?—just as easy as
rolling off a log. After ail, what’s the use
of having all these component, constituent
and simple words, unless once in a while
you can put them together—Boston-sash
lon—and make a regular old parollelopipcd
of a word, that you can’t take to pieces
without iiitro-glycerlne. Here’s the “IV
dteprlvucled,” for Instance. What a tri
umph of verba! architecture tint Is I The
only objection to It Is that If It aliould
hanfien to drop down Into the tropics it's
liable to thaw and break all to pieces.
| Hartford Post.
Tim Houthweetern Railroad has agreed to
extend from Albany towards Blakely If the
citizens will contribute one half
VOL. 29. NO. 1
Reonault de Saint Jean D’Angley,
M arshal of France.— One of the oldest
of the Marshals of the Second Empire died
in Paris on Tuesday. Auguste Michael
Marie Etienne Regnault de Saint Jean
D’Angely, Count D’Angley, Marshal of
France, Colonel of the Imperial Guard,
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, and
Vice-President of the Senate, was son of the
famous General D’Angely, and was born
July 29, 1794 lie entered the Military
School of St. Germain in 1811, and served
in 1812 as sub-lieuteuaut in the army des
tined for the invasion of Russia. His re
giment. was almost, annihilated at the battle
of Leipolc, and after taking part In the last
campaign of Napoleon, before the occupa
tion of Paris, and accepting service under
the restoration, he accompanied his old
master to Waterloo, and was nominated by
him chief d’escadron on the battik-field.. In
1825 he took part in the campaign in the
Morea, and in 1840 was appointed to the
military command of the department of
Mcurtlie. He was General of Division, and
commanded the Army of the Alps under
the Republic in 1848. In 1851, just before
the roup d'etat, he was for a short time
Minister of War. He joined .the fortunes
of Louis Napoleon, aud, after the accession
of that adventurer to the throne, was made
a Senator, aud subsequently a Marshal.
The Blessing of the Ducal Hat and
Sword to Rome.— Rome, December HA. —The
ceremony of blessing a ducal hat and golden
sword—which marks the eve of Christmas
in St. Peter’s—took place to-day. It is an
old custom, dating back six liuudred years.
The sword, which Is a model of artistic
skill, was specially manufactured in Paris
for the occasion. It is adorned with dia
monds, rubles, sapphires, and emeralds.—
The hilt is In the shape of a dove. A splen
did ducal hat of purple-colored silk, fnrred
with ermine, nnd surrounded with a novel
hat-band made In the form of a crown, and
decorated with precious stones, Is attached
to the sword. The hat and sword are de
signed tor one of the crowned heads of
Europe, but the name of the sovereign Is ah
present withheld. Some suppose that
Napoleon Is to be the favored monarch; but
his present relations to the Holy See are
not of a character to warrant the belief.—
The ruler of Belgium is uamed as one of
the candidates for this precious gift. The
Pope blessed the sword and hat in the
afternoon, and then deposited the gifts, pre
paratory to their presentation, In the
chapel.
Educational Appropriation. —At the
recent meeting of the City Council of Sa
vannah, the following resolution, recom
mended by the Finance Committee, wall
adopted :
Resolved, That the sum of $17,000 be ap
?roprlated to publl education for the year
870, over and above the funds- derivable
from the capitation tax already appro
priated by law, the said funds to be pay
able with said funds derivable from the
capitation tnx as aforesaid. In seven instal
ments, during the year 1870, each instal
ment being payable at the rate per capita
of the number of scholars certified under
the hands of the President of the Board of
Public Education as beingiu actual at
tendance on the schools timler the superin
tendence of said Board of Public Educa
tion at the date of said certificate; Provided,
The sum of Halil instalments so payable in
the year 1870 shall not exceed the sum of
$17,000, adding thereto the sum derived
frort the capitation tax for the year 1870;
and, Provided further, That said appro
priation shall he In lieu 6f all claims of
said Board of Public Education against
the city of Savannah previous to the year
1870.
CnuisTMAs Piety in a Meat Markf.t.—
The Christmas season Is celebrated in a
novel manner in the new meat market in
Jersey City. The owners of the various
stalls have mingled somewhat strangely
theology with beef and mutton. In some
portions of the edifice legends of the Day of
Days and scripture sentences bearing upon
the anniversary of Holy Nativity—sur
mounting as they do noinerons hindquar
ters and turkeys, plucked tor the spinning
jinny or the pot. Above a poultry stall ap
pears the inscription, " To you this day is
born a Saviour;” while near by is a sen
tence from the prophet Isaiah, proclaiming
that Imtnanucl has come, and that he was
born in Bethlehem. Snatches of Christmas
songs, carols, miniature angels and cheru
bim are scattered In s me portions of the
market; but they arc so arranged as not to
hide the jolnta and poultry from public
view.— New York Sun.
Accident.—Mr. Bearden met with a
serious accident on last Saturday evening,
while attempting to cross the railrofid with
a loaded wagon about two miles above the
city. One of the traces broke while the
wagon was on the track, and as Mr. B. was
endeavoring to remove the wagon a train
of cars came In sight. Realizing his situ
ation, with great presence of mind, he ran
down the road and signaled the approach
ing engine, but either failed to attract at
tention or was disregarded. The train
dashed ou killing one horse, seriously in
uring the other, ami completely destroying
the wagon. Commissioners were appoint
ed to appraise the property, and assessed
the damages at $250. —Madison Examiner.
The Atlauta Era reports that the store
()T Messrs. Blalock & Bro.. in Fayetteville,
was destroyed by fire on Thursday morn
Ing last. The fire, from the following cir
cumstances, is deemed to have been (he
work of an incendiary: Mr. Ayeher, iu go
ing toward Fayetteville, about one o’clock
on that morning, met several negroes, all
of whom appeared to be loaded with goods.
He went home, and about two or three
hours afterward the store was discovered,
to lie on fire. It is supposed that the ne
groes had broken Into the store to rob It,
and after getting all they could carry,
either set fire to the store or left a candle
burning, from which fire was communicat
ed to the building. Messrs. Blalock St
Bro.’s entire stock of goods was consumed.
Loss, oetweeu four and five thousand dol
lars.
The editor of the Thoinasrllle Knterjtriee
bus been presented by Mr. W. J Robert*,
of that comity, with a turnip of the red top
strop leaf order, measuring thirty Inches lu
ulreuiuferencH ami weighing eight and
three quarter pounds,
