Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1874, Page 8

Neples two roung ladies of royal blood, whose 8 THE BOU RBOi\JESSES. A Chapter in Their Historys From the New York Evening Post. Tifty years ago thers were in the Conrt at agmes often appear in the journals of that day. The younger was but & girlof 10 vears, indeed; 1nd vet still in that almost tropical climate she a8 budding into womsauhood, and had become oo of tho fusny Princesses in Europe aboui *hogo furnre marriage rumor busied itself. The Stber was eight years older. Both wers beauti- ful snd gifled; both™ educated nccording to iheir ramk, bigh bred, accomplished, ~am- bitious, and free from taint in the Dlue blood that flowed in their vems. To make nge of a.common phrase, ‘both the yonng ladies were iu the market for o mar- Yingo alliance. After roceiving and declining 1 warions proposals, Caroline, the elder, was wedded to the Duke da-Berri, heir to the throne of Pruucs, and became tho mother of tbe Count de Chambord, present protender tothe Kingdom 1 enccessor of the great monarch. After some ears Maria Christius, the younger, Wi €5pous- ed,to Ferdinand VII. of Spain, and gave birth to Teabeila II., the exiled Queen of Bpein. and to Ler sister, the Duchess of Hontpensier. Let us take both Csroline and Maria Christina for the text of our remarks. K The former left the theatre in Paris on the evenicg of Feb. 14, 1820, to drive home. Her husband, the Duke, was assassinated the mo- ‘ment after ho had geen ber off. Seven months and moro afterwards_she gave birth fo a male child, whoee advent into the world was hailed by {he Bourbonists with delirious joy. ‘'hey called him the * Gift of God,” gave him 8t the bap- {iemal font the title of Dicu-Donne, styled him in (boir addrosees to the tirone—since Bona- parte bad just diod at §t. Helena—tho * Child of Earope,” and recorded their gatmfaction by thie purchass and presentation of an estate that has ever since given him the name of the Count ‘deChambord. Caroline, hismotber, when Charles X., in 1530, abdicated the crown in this_boy’s favor, and, holding him by tho hand, left Fruico by gtared marches, ercorted by tho hoaschold trpope. fed to La Vendee, sud oudeavored to excite tho peasantry to rise in {avor of her son. Sho failed, was impricoced, gave birth to 2 child, and then confessed thut ehe had beeu privately married to Count Luchessi Palli. This Hostroyad every scntiment of chivalrous com- passion which ihe strugglo of a brave woman Jor the rights of ber eon naturally produced, and ehe returaed to bor busband never afrervards %o appear in political affairs. Her escutcheon .was blotted. Maria Chris! of Spain, prev: had borne na, who married Ferdinnnd VIL. led on Ler husband, to whomshe two children, both females, 10 anoul the salic law, which provailed in Spain as in France, and to be- queath his sceptio to his eldess daughter, Jeabella, and failing her to her sister, Dona Touiss, tho Infants, now the wife of the Duc de ontpensier, Louis Philippes younsest sou. This was dooe and the ancient Cortes of tho iingdomn were summoneil to recognize and swear fealty to the hciress of tho throno. By tho gnme instrument Baris Christing was appointed gov- eming Queen or Regent, in the cvent of Ferdi- Tand dying beforo Isabeila had attained her ma-' Jority. Tho Cortes, & merely’ cercmoniel body, possessing no deliberative functions whatever, gave o formal mseent to the amapgement; an on the death of her husband, in 1833, Christina. . mesumea the direction of the Government, which che euccess{nlly hold—with the exception of the bricf intervel wien Eupurtero’s siar wes in the aiscondant—till 1646, when Isabella waa declared of zze. Frota May, 1541, till August, 1813, Erpartero overmed Spain, During this' time, Clristina Took refuge in Parig, and was courtously en- rertained by the King of the French—a distinc- tion by no means entirely duo to her Bourbon Dblood. Her children. over whom sho was known toliave, and naturally, unbounded_ influence, Woro the Queen and Infanta of Spain: and Touis Philippe was far too shrewd o personage to neglect suowing civilities to a lady with whom tlio choice of Lusbands for those interesting youug Princesses wonld be sure to rest. Chris- Tiuw never considered her stragzle with Ee- partero's party to_bo lopeless. She publishied B long msvifesto to the ~ Spsuish eople, whose cbaracter at that day ehe Feeied to understand perfectiy, It contained just the right words at the fit time. She was Heclared » just and clement Queen, hor foes Were branded as traitors to Spain,’ tho treat- ment she had received was pronounced to be Ecandalo 1sly angrateful, and ske was at onco recalica by acclamation. The power of Espar- teromelued amaylike suor belora & summer's gun, aud neowed it to_the speed of bis horse that Lic got safe on board 8 Dritiel ship. Christing’s return to_Madrid was a triumph from coast to capital. But a spot on ler es— ichioon, like that which doomed her eister, cenld ot be effaced. Viihin less than_throe “aoutbs after tho death of ber husbaud, Ferdi- ond VIL, she had been privately married to Lrdiuand Munoz, a commou soldier, guards- Lh gt the pelace, recommended for mothing bilyig vouth sud hundsomo person. Although thitmarriage was mot publicly ackmowledged untiten years afierwards, when, in 1544, the FUATnay ras created Duc de Reas 8, vet it was Peectly understood in court circles. ' From the MOang” ghat this mesalliance was known Queen cigtina's moral forco departed. Im- morulitiéro forgiven in Spain; taint of blood never. Sosse sblige is 2 rale which sdmits of o exceput, " Phonyl the deughter of & mon- exc, 80T 4 2" King, and mother of & sover- elgn, thone te widow of Ferdinad VIL. and Quisen RESEA tho Kingdorn, Lier cluim fo be enrolled ritelllist whore thio great Lsabella's mame I8 TosCt s gone. Sho might exer- Gahiashas cormsnd respect. She ?ég‘;z‘tn:mc‘:ufihlenww of sanctity. but ber e of tho Escax,fopose in tha solemo en said of t. mé;,““:l}’: P emsiy hararesent Quen of Por- Slese that sho dwarfs bl years ot age, is 8o shanked aud treble-voicasband, the spindle- Sificance, that sho pever huiz 1., futo iusiz- 0 bo honest. Whether tho} oman s chaace not regarding Maria Pis, 16 1dal be trae or fairly nrgod 4 &N excuse {or ¢ certainly be L& tamo of bad stock. Her fa Isabella II. ‘wore more remarkablo for dissim.and mother hood, aud pruricncy, than enythiion, false- Der graudparents on both sides, parglse, and Renpolitan, wero oven worse, In thdally the ry of the British iluseum, on the fpture 45 youl enter, are 3 suries of busts of ththand Emperors, which, a8 a_pbysiognomicalman zre without & rival, A discolored ono of Wy which, when tho light falls in & proper direc®, bas s wonderful eimulance of life, is s remm with cision that at 5 p. m. part was marked ** Hondayo” nnd part “ Pamplone.” The Archbiehop was Testive (ho had with him chnrch-proEcn)' valued at 51,000,000, irom tho und batred bureting from his visage; the nun ~weeping and Tous, a look of fallen 1mce. decided to banish her Camaril rid, throw the Prince of Asturias into the arms of Espertero, and appeal to bim to savo her. was too late. She had been deposed. night, at the Zarzuela Theatre, a Himno, of hich the following is a travslated verse, was i placed THIE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1874. . bim. %0 great was her inde- of tho royal luggaze stolen Escorini); Merfori cross—arrogance raying; ond Isabelln contempt- erandeur visible on her Love of power friumphed at Inst. Sho la, return-to Mad-» It That very sung amidst wild applause, in Madrid: Down with the Bourbons, down? The very stones do cry From end fo end of Spuin they shout, “ Wo'll conquer or wa'll die.” Without s home eliall wnder, As the scorned Hebrew Tace, A4 a0 outcast from ber coun'ry, ‘She of the shumelees face. The ex-Queen has several times aftem ted during, theso last fow years torecover her hold upon the Spaoish people. Ithasbeen uscless. Instesd of washing the “linge sale™ of her houschold, all ber explanations befoul it still ‘more. So much for the value of moral character, oven among the great. 0! the young Don Carlos this can be truly gaid : Hois a man of unblemished morals, Ma- ria Beatrix, his mother, a Catholic indeed, and wedded to her creed, bears & character not’ only without a stain, but that commands respectoven from hor cnemies. Maria Teresa, of Beira, his srandmother, lang an exile, but nover doubting for a moment ths ultimate success of the Carlist cause, is a_beroiuo of the old Romau stump. Margarot of Parma, sdopted child of tho Dukedo Chambord and gravddsughter of hus persecuted sister, is tho young Pretender’s wife. About her even the calumnics of Spein need not fall harm- less, for they have never arisen. And if the flag. of Charles VIL. should ever be unfurled within isglitof the suow-capped ranges of the Geuder- rama, we may be suro that those whom its folds protect will hear no cry of de la pula from its Ditterest foes. BRITISH PREDOMINANGE IN JAPAN. Minister Bingham Called to Order. A Tolai, Japa, correspondent of the Boston Tyanseript, writing_of the celebration of tho Mikado's birthday, in November last, says: In tho ovening & Ginrer was given &t the Emporor’s summer_palace, to the eight foreiga Ministers accrodited to Japan. _Terashima, for- merly Envoy-Extraordinary to Great Britaia, 20d dow Minister for Forcign Affairs, presided. With the - dessert, Sir Harry S. Parkes, u3 British Minister, roso and propased the health of Lus Majesty the Emperor, which be sccompanicd by & neas littlo speecls. At the closo he calied upon tho French Minister, remarking it was biy tum next {o speak. The Count briefly msémnqed, excusing himself from speaking 1n Eagli 2nd, a3 e resumed Lis_scat. Judge Binghad, the United States Minister, rose to offer WProgress, prosperity, and huppiness to the sov- igw and peoplo of Japan,” when Sic Hurry, Violently interrupting, shut him off completely, motioning him to sit down, andersing out: ** No more, no more " Tudge Bingham resuaed bis seat gracefully lite a truo gentleman, but immediately opened a tively discussion across the table, in which Sir Harrs gob very excited, contending warmly that thie seatimont was ouc of order, as it introduced politics, and was suporfiuous {u langusgo, e *iths Emperor was the people;” but the Judge coolly informed him thst ho might have hesrd of 5 church withcut s Bishop, or & people with- out » Crown, but inquired if it wers possiblo to Rave aBishop without a church, or a Sovereign ithout a peoplo. When pressed for an answer, Sir Harry reluctaaly admicted it could uot b, and immadiately Judge Bingham good-naturedly congratulated Lim on having * coma to bis way of thinking.” 5 The affair bas created somo talk, as Judge Dingham is tho tiret persou who has biaved Sir Harey Parkes, in public, sad has shown conclu- wivoly that tio British Minister's chain ig no: at- arhied to bia collar. For & long time Sir Henry Parkes’ beck and nod bas been sapreme at tho Japaneso Court, aud when he took s pinch of snuff the whole Government of Japan eneezed, The British newapapers sud represontatives Lave baen actively warning the Japauese Goy- ernment to boware of American influence, whick, they assure His Majeety, would, if encourased and allowed, inovitably tend to Repablicanism and destroy his throne, The jeatons spirit which suggests such idens is both unkind aud_errone- ous, for | have vet to learn of a singlo resident American in Japau who would conscientionsly advocate for this country any other form of Government than sn cntire despot- ism, so long as it remoins in .its pres- ont’ primitive condition of development ard education, Greatand persistcnt pressure hns andonbtedly becn brought to bear to effect the dischargo of all American school-teachers, at the closo of their present engzgement contracts, aud althongh such a course has been yielded to and Gecidod upon, some three months OF mOTS 330, when mauy ‘teachers were ihus nolified, yet, sinco tho return of thio embassy, and tue arrival of Judge Dingham, tho whole matter bas been in temporary abeyance. Dr. Verbeck, for tbirten years principel of tho National College, and one of the most faith- ful ‘snd competent laborers in the sorvico of Japan, has had bis office abolished, and has eince accepted & subordinate position in the Daijo- Kaun., _ John Bull is fairly Lunting Brother Jouathan in Japan, a: every point, sud appearances point to & future absorption of this couutry, resulting ‘probably in‘conferring tho title of ** Dritish eub- jecta™ upon il the children of thc present smpire of the rising sun, The Japanese people, however, should mot be_judged unkindly, for they are dong the best in their power, under tho most unexampled pressure. ——————- THE AUSTRALIAN HORSE. Wild and Tame Animals in the Co- From Ranken's ** Dowminion of Australia.” Tho feats of the Aubtralian 1age-horse ar only beaten upon the best_ courses in England, and for bottom iv it questioned if the colonial horse Ly been excelled. No amusement is so general as Tacing, no peoplo 8o addicted £0 it: nowbere is the Lorse in such gencral use a8 in Australis. It18 ot contined to ono class or one district, as it may be elswhore; it is the amusc- ‘ment of the countzy, There are cricket eud all able re) entation of Francis I. of Napled isabella’s maternal grandfather. Itisthe bust of iho Emperor Nero, and is one of those marvelons instonces of the presence of the same fece re- Aore lust- rototype, he was ‘appeating after bundreds of years. £0l and avaricions than his also s moro perfect dissemblor. * Qui nesci dissimulare nescit regnare.” was the motto band- ed doviu to the Quecn of Spain when she began her reign in 1843 at the ago of 13 years and 1 Lat ehe inherited from fhe ancestral etock worse vices than dissimulation, and from the day of Ler marrisge she hza always had, like month. her mother aud grandfather, her favorite, ’f know that Spanitrds have o much of the Oriental about them tbat they are prone to exas- parate their enemies by sseailing tho fair fame Pf their wives snd daughters ; but, alas! Queen Isabella for eeven and twenty years has had no fair fame to sully. There was never arevolu- tion or an outbreak waich called troups into the field dunng ker reigr. when from hill to hill and Trom fortass to batlenent Soldados dela pula | and ars vers diflicult 1o colact in any o was not scornfully ebouted aiter her soldiers. That ill-assorted tetrotlal into which she was entrapped duringsthe orgies of a midnight ball on Aug. 25, 1846; the indocent haste in which games ; courtlug, hunting, yachting, and many sports; but borse-raciug is the first and owversal fovorite. Ia the bush, every small Yage hes its foateat horse; nearly Yy station indulges iug littlo racing ; for a8 aro overywhere, 8ud <oaatantly used by ¢ | anin,population ; as it i8 80 €agy 1o keep any They Ju this_climate, hersos et nothing. all theborm and bred—brozs in awi worked without Jives—upon grass aud in the bush, ing. Thekthelter, or. we may sy, any groom- tre. Raga)re the ordinary honsesof the coun- or heavy drate® 80d pet backs or hunters, being for sp ro fod and gtabled, tional. Aund, i vt Sxcep- horses, liio catt[ S 1S €0 Pleutiful, abe aq yond keeping tigduiRe uo looking ufter ‘havo increased far ay 'y or profit. 'Lhoy aro i, worse than useless. tricta of in thousand: beyond alt limite of uea ore than Wsalable, and *umany Oiho old dis- O poouth Wales thy m:l :3.!1“‘1 ;. they are ny worth 1o%ing afcer, enttho food of othor profiable stock,'. g oy only a sealrge upon the pestures. Héned o1 Lave to be exterminated like vermin. In L. parts of tho couniry they aro shot o3 public apnouncenent of it was made the noxt | bired wen, for so much per head, aod are cod tho weked spoed into which evenis mornivg ; were eparred on by thai cunning old fox st the fuilerics; the marriage under personal_profsts from the enrazed und Hisgusted g on the 10th of October, and feefatter loghing with which she regarded” the Silo transacion-that had made merchandise of Dor matend instincts and tafficked with her pature, hée been arged always by her friends 28 her eyuse- It wa3 indeed—this marriage— The tarr0g point of Isabella's career, the sad- deat menent of her life. She reigned twenty- two yeTs after that, but ever falling lower in tho Afocpn and respeet of her people. Iwpain there are alwass two governments: onettensible and responsible, the other hidden anirresponsible; one in front of the Cortes, ¢i- other behind the throne: one msuking lavs, yo other preparing lhindrances. Tho former 5 the Cabinet; the latter the Ca- marilla. Thoy are the chronic diseasca of Spain, these Camarillas, Their movenents are occult. their interccurss with the Crown illicit, their action on the nstion criminsl. But they have existed over sinca tae Bourbors first entered Spain, and lsabella’s, composed of Mar- fori, ber favorite, the Archbisbop of Trisusopo- lis (Father Clayet), Ler confessor—for tho es- Queen is very devotional, nnd always when at .the Escorial heard midnight mass within the - "horrid chamber, €! Pudridero, of deod sovereigng —and Sister Patrocinio, the bleedng nun, If lected and destroyed systematically. Thoy abotnd in wild mobs upon Tountuas of tho mos rugged aud inaccessible character. as woll 38 0pou the widest plains of the inerior : always degenerating, becoming smaller, weakor, aud The wiid horse of the reuges becomes very aetive and wiry, and bas hoofs of iron, with the foothold of a mule. Mo scrambles over rocks and gallops down slopes which no other horse, under any _circumstances, could be mado to face. He can only be _obtained by carefal stalking and coaxing into defiles, or Dy fences leading into yards, and run through by one manu after another; or, if upon the plains, the wild horse gullops till hefalls. Hero hs may be got by ** coacliing,” like wild_oattle, but by “another system of huntiug. Daylight is chosen for this, s some galloping msy be ex- pected, aud aimob of quet horses taken as coaclies, and drawn quietly out 48 decoys. When the wild mob firsc see the others they ure very shy of joining thew, and wiil not remain with them of their choice. The old patriarch will round up his troop, and then trot out and gazo upon the sirangers—his head erect, cars forward and nostrils dilated, his bouvy chest lifting a long, taugled mano—Le chal- lenges the intruder. They will takie no notice. Then the wild horee goes around his own, and drives them back s littlo. He again salutas the others; and this time he examines them ard passes through the lot. The wild troop then the Queen, in 1869, would Lave returned to ndrid without Marfori, ber Ministers would have gusraateed * the eituation.” She was at her watering-place. Her five liing children— ehe hiss given birth to nine—were with her. Sho bad becn hesitating all dsy. To ~Aadrid without her favorite; to [Paris trot up, the foals frolicking in_ froot ; they wii gallop found the others 200 wheel back ;;m,:l-! their “siro” goes oul, and steadies thewm, And g0 on for some miautes. They mightbreal away at length, and peihaps leave the coaches. n s0me limits, they | cating drin! andround up tho whole two mobs together. A stampede i8 almost sure to ensve, and most of the wild ones bo lost—they will break away, straight across tho ploing, Lruntinf: to their speed clone, but they caunot lest long. A stsbled horss will ran them down under any weight, and most stock horses can Lead them again and egain; but they will mot stop; wild horkes do not readily steady ; and in at- {empts 10 get them meoy srerun until they drop dend on the piain; many foals are left; and the whole dwiudle by the bolting 2ad knocking ug antil pezhaps only & half of tho original mol reaches the yard. Thon evon that half result is uneatistactory ; for, out of a bundréd such wild animals, thero are not perhape three head worth Dreaking in; possibly some *‘conch™ bas been lost, or some stock-horse injured. Tne only which they held to the an- they were occupying, A R of i and to the noyance and risk of {ho quict horses, Toss of food for all other stoci. 4 SEW TEMPERANCE-HOVEMENT. Women Bringing the Adversary 1o Grief - Prayer - Meetings in Bars IZooms. Iillsboro, O, (Dec, 29), Correspandence of the Cincin= nah Gazelte. The retail liquor traflic hero has beeh looked upon as onme of the worst ovils to be fought against. The great troublo Lnsbeen bow to tight. Cfust now the town is in a highstato of ex- citement over anow mode of attack, for which the citizens are_indebted to Dr. Dio Lowis, of Boston. That_ distinguished hygienist hns heen lLiere and delivered bis lcctures, and among other good things has given hig plan for sup- presaing tho liquor erafiic. It is, in briof. that the ladics of thio town preparo a petition to the saloon-keopers 2nd others who goll intoxicating Tiquors, asking them to sign a pledgo to stop the _sale. Yurther, the ladies of the town meol together, march in procession to each seller of intoxieating liquore, present the petition, and hold a prayer-méeling in the place. Lastly, that. thoy continue, day after day, to meko these vis- its and hold tlicse prayer-mectings untl the men all sign the pledge. Tha Doctor's sdvico was token. The best la- dies in tho town at once organized and carried out the plan; For several duys o_proceesion of * ladies on tbe strects has been a regular thing, aud tho worlk .goes bravely on. Yesterday a joint meoting of all the churclies wes held, eod the number of proceseionists was largely imcressod. To-day's proccssion promises to be larger than any other. 2 oy = The effcet on tho liguor traffic is slredy felt. Tho loafers und others in the hadit of visiting drinking-saloons dreed to bo found in such Pid the saloons are consequontly not so well patronized. The ladics hava a great work be- foro thom, but they scom determined to accom- nnati Gazette, o Wasnrseaos C. iL, O., Dec. 30, 1870, Whion I closed upon_Saturday tite ladies were on tho murch aad the bels wero ringing. Allow me » fow more worda as 1o the success of the movement for * squelching ” the liquor tratlic in our tow. 2 Upon Monday tho number of the ladies had swelled fo seventy-live, and again thoso places Nero visited whoso propictors_ still held out against tlcir prayers sud eu eaties. ’Poter Sheirmen came to terms, and offered to sell out for $15 sud cmpty out bhis stock ; but as eeid Peter is ubutdantly able to consign his stock to mother earth withoue any such remu- neration, tho ladies bave noi 58 yot decidoed to Bccept his torms ; bub they still continue to Visic and hold prayer-mectings 1n his saloon. and, notwithetanding Lis threats and oaths, they intend to visit him uatil e gives in. Clay Sawlhead, who porhaps kecps the most respectable galoon in town, has olfered to tliro: out Lis etock and quit the business if the ladies will uso their influence to have somo twelve or fifteen indictments, which there are sgainst bim, st aside. This is quite s little stroke of policy in Sawhead, as Judge Steclo holds the nest term of court here, nod this is Sawhead's third sppearanco before hum. Judge Stocle's method miates it quito scars for the violators of $ho law 1n this Tespect, his custom being a fine for the first offcusc, 8 heavier fico for tha see- ond, and a still beavier fise and imprisonment to the estent of the law for the third. Desides all this, a Mrs. Moy has entercd suit for £1,000 against Sawhead, usder the Adair liquor law. So you may kuow why things look rather scary for Suwkead. “Another man, James McGrath, has_closed up, and says that he © w hisky in no such 4 d—n town auy longe,” Lo uge Lis own expros- sion. On Monday morning Anderson & Keller signed the pledge to close up, and cmpty out their stock at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. * At the appointed timo alarge crowd had as- sombled ncar their saloon, sad the ladies march- ed down in procession, and, aftor singing and prayer, they gave up their stock, and Lolped tao ladies Lo empiy it out, end repeated cuecrs were given by the crowa, aad evory lady insisted npon baking tho hands of each of the men.. Then ‘\nderson was called upon for a speech, to whi he responded from the top of an empty whisl barrel, expressing his regrets tlut he had cn- gaged'in suchi » business; and promising again never to take it up. During tho whole of this proceeding evers bell in town Was riuging. Afler Andersox, heller, his partner, wes called out, made a specch, aud was repeatedly cheered by the crowd. Houor is duo to the men whohiad the couraga to lead outin this movement of closmg up such a busitess, and they are recei- ing the honor of the ladies and business men of the tovn. onday closed with a large temporance meet- in, where tha pledgo was preseuted and signod Dy 0ld aud FOUNR- Yesterdsy (Tucsday) was stock-sule day, and the town was crewded by men from the country and neighboring towns, As this1s quite t!!uck—mifiiug conntry, stock-sale day is the day cre. * The ladi who nambered not less than o Lundred, again siarted out, with more enthusi- asm than ever. “Anthony Abbott (colored) signed the pledgo to close, and appointed 10 o'clock as tho lime to empty out his stock, which was done in the prescace of o crowd exceeding a thousand per- sous, with Lells ninging, cheers and speeches, as efore. "All (ho drug stores and saloons, with the ex- coption of four or five, have come to terme, und tho Indies are holding an all-day_prayer-mecting at theso places now (Wednesday) with a force of a hundred or more. They have adopted the same plan in Hillsboro, 0., with the same success. A body of the Wilmington ladies eent n dis- pateh here this morning requesting two or thres of tbe leaders of this movemeat to come over and start the ball rolling there. Yourcorrespordent has heard it _predicted by ol men, aud men of expiricace, Lhat not sa- loon will bo open liere st the end of ten days. And whnt with fhe indictments out against each of them, and the number of suits under the Adair law, the prophecy is likely to be ful- filled. 5 1 send inclosed & copy of the appeal: Kunowing, ns you do, the fearfal etiects of intoxi- ‘e, tho women of Washinzton, after <arnest praser and deliberation, have decided 0 ep Tl t0 yoa fo desist from this ruinous tratiic, that our husands, brothers, especially our aons, be no longer expoaed to this terrible temptation, and thut we Ay Toionger see taem led into those paths which go down to &:xand bring both soul and body fo destruce tion. We appeal to the better nstinets of your hearts, in the namie 01 desolated homes, blusted Loper, ruined , widowed Eaarts, for the Lonor of our communi- for our prospenity, for our happinees, for our good nime a5 o town, in the name of God, who will Judge Cerraspe ?the 30u a8 well as ourelves, for tho sake of your souls, which are :0 be saved of lust, we beg, we iirpioro you, y cleause sourselves {rom this heinous sin and place idreeives in the ranks of thoss wio ure etriving 10 ana'e and ennoble themselves wud their fcllow-uen; (uis we ask you to pledge yourselvas. X i el iy Josily Marringe-Gifts, A marria} 2 cd Siuare, Losdgte reccutly carmo off in Hanover e o a1y which, owing to tho nature and S 5jfte, 18 well na to the wealth and stauding of tit B great stir aman;fi?"thl} parties, created 8, Frout WUT among o Euglish aristooracs. arooms S idiess 3y gribanks and tho bride: 3 placo ju St. George's Chinfkoe, ceremony took and fashion of the metrol.}] ; large numbers to varticipate ili‘?.“'cmmc‘-l- H After the bleasing: had been prouots, ‘3‘““““?" wedded pair the purents of tho Die Soying the guests to inspect the bridsl presei, oo were displayed at their residonce. Ot il was Jaid out with mazuicont § table ing, among_ohers, Sir D Tad joribanks' present, s magmificent tiara wi{hlifvl stars, oar-rings and radiated star of brilliants of the fiuest wator: from JIr.-and Mirs. Edward Alarjoribanks, o necklace and pendant, togother with bracelets and_ocar-rings of digmonds, style Louis XV.; from Sir Matthew Ridley, father of the bridegroom, s 'necklace, ecarrings and broocks, together with two bracelots sat with diamonds xnd carbuncles, s case of threo gem rings, one of & single sloné_brilliant, another of an_omerald surronded with small brilliauts and & raby of remarkable color and purity, slso surronaded with small brillinots, and 4 carbunele and a brilliant ring, On the samo isble was o splendid present frora the ten- antry of Guisachan, cousisting of a Scotch gold But’ stockmen must waich their opportupits. basdnlat, aar-rings and pandants set with pearla. gaio is tho removal of tho lot from the pasture, blaces by such 2 large body of promivont Iadies. | and a Scotch _gold coronet or tiars, set with pearls, from Sit Dudley’s Inverness tradespeo- ple. There wera besides tyenty-soven necklaces, eighteen lockets, twenty-four pairs of bracelets, thirteen lockete, saven tiaras, and fourtcen pairs of ear-rings—all of the fineat gold and set with pearls, diamonds, rubies, sapphires. turquoise, and coral. Another table was laid out with some exquisite fans, several being of marselous beau- ty.. Tho largest and principal tablo was covered with silver, gilt, sud other plato of the finest pattern of Workmanship, Upwards of 200 wifts wore displayed, the donors comprising & large and fashionable circle of aristocretio ace quaintances. RALPH KEELER. TheStory of ¢ Vagabond Adventures.” From the Boston Adcerbaer, The arrival of the United Strtes steamer Ju- for doubt but that Mr. Lalph Keeler, the special his death by which left that place ehont the 1ith inst. Manzanillo, 28 he was scen to go on board in the tain the mext morming. one. Howas born in' Ohio, 250 of 11 years, tock b solezmu vow thes e woutd Tave nothing more to do with tl:e people of his Lome circle in Builalo, v of his relatives, some of whom had. placed him there, and ho ran awey, nothing save soon got & job steamer Diamond, cause his relatives tracked him. Ho _then shipped as_cabin boy in. the Baltic, at month, which bo never got. about tho leke citics, and twice narrowly escap- ing fallng into ilo handa of his'relatives, ho ot a place as key boy on the Northern Indiaua. a8 stowards assistant, on the made enouzh to allow him to go to school. ‘This, Towover, hie left within & month or two, in Booker's negro minstrels as jig-dancer at $5 & weel, and nll expouscs paid, Tho company bursted at Pittsburgh o week after it left To- Iedo, but soon after reorganized, with Kealer as end-man with the tamborine. Ho_rnbsequently silled ak engagoment with ' Mike Aicehell, and afterward with Dr. Spalding as jig and wench- Quncer with his floating-palaco ehow, whero the work was so severs thut he Dbecame dis- gusted with negro minstrelsy, snd mado Up his miud to go back io° hiy books. St. Vincent's Collega, st Cupo Girardeau, charmed with ity beautiful exterior, and boldly roing to the President, ho stated bis wish- ea, and six months later started Lack thore from Guiveston. ‘Pl river was frozen, and the jour- noy by land so oxpensive that ho bad but 535 left when he reached there, ‘Ihe good Presideut, Father S. V. Rvan, since mado Homan Catholic | Bishop of BufTalo, t wwhich ho went to Toiedo, snd got & situation in the Post-Oftice. Ho had been there but a fow months, when the idea of going to Europe ecized him, and he started with $181 in bis pocket. He went from Luledo to New York as a catcle-drover, 6t to London, 2nd reacued French capital for Heidelberg, £50 would not etand a long ‘sojourn in Pari Tloro he became a stodent of the famons Karl | Rupert University, and while there made pedes- trian tours through Italy, the Tyrol, Switzerland, Belgium, and France. always in tho dress ol & Handwerksbucks. \When ko gut back to Heidel- berg at Christmas, he had reacbed the end of his 181. He bad written to innumeravle Amori- can newspapers, but heard notbing 2t all until {hat Ciristmas, when bs received $25 from an American newspaper, to which he said Lie had written twenty letters of news and twenty- five of duns. A taining made Heidelberg too enail o hold him, and ke started dowa tho Rbiue. Ho went ibrough Beigam and Hol- iznd, nuda few moutbs later turaed up in an ob- seure garret in the-Quartier Latin. ln Pans ho met Ge Alfred ‘lownsend, who suggested that no try some English magezine. His cash capital then cousisted of 25 francs and 4 wous. His erticle was sccepied. went to Florenco, whore he lived all wintor ou the proceeds, He then seut another article, which was respectfully declined. Io ecat the | rejected manuscript to a less pratentious period- jeal in Ldnburgly, and started for Loghorn. “There he found on American Captain who con- sented to take him homo and les bim owe him 250. Luckily ecnongh, when ho reached Boston, wichout a cont in his pociet, he found a Jetter which Lad been forwarded, containing a dreft on London for the almes: forgotten article which hie had s2nt to Edinburghs in sheer des- peration.gyThis cnabled him to pay for his pas- sage and resch Toledo, his startuig place, after an zbsencs of a little over two years, snd an ex- penso of a little over £300. Kczler was then 22 years of age. from the notice of the public for soma timo nntil the early part of 1569, when ho scnt to the it- lantic his " sketch, * Three Years a Nogro Min- strel.” This was published in July. Six mouths Iater bo sent ** A Tour of Europe for One Ilun- dred and Eighty-One Dollars,” and received for the article mora thon half as much as the whole trip cost bim. This was gainted in July, anl he presentod himseif at tho ofiize for eploy- mout about that time. For the rest of tho sear be wroto reviews_for the Atlantic and re- “ised the proofs. In January, 1870, Lrery Sal- urday became an illustrated periodical. and 3Ir, Jeelor started on & tour in ecarch of the picturesque on the ississippi. Ho was accom- panied by 2Ir. A. B, Waud, 2ad ko euterprisa vias unprecedented in tho anuals of perivdicals. Tho firat of the scries appeared in tho issue for May 20, acd they were published, with hardly & single hiatn, notil Ny during which every principat city ou the Mississippi was visited, and two cr threa brillisut articles propured on the Chicago fire. With tho next chango in the style of Ecery Saturday, Keeler's services could o longer be mads available and ho again weat to Furope. On his retarn he eent another article to the tlantic. This, like all his other tontri- butions, was publiebed in July. Its title is ** An Amatour Supe's Storr.” e, Keoler also had a novel, * Gloverson und 1lis Sient Partmer,” published by Leo & Shepard, two or three years £go. — A Tough 01d Couple. Matamoras (Pa.) Correspondence of tie New Fork Sun. ‘The toughest man in Americu lives two miley below this place. His nama is F. A. Rose. o is over 75 years old. Within the last ten years o has had both legs brojren, his ekull emashed, his bip dislocuted, a shouldor-biade and three ribs fractured, an_orm broken, and bis tecth knocked out, al by runaw accidents. Ho Piringe. After every ono of his accidents hc has insisted on gotting around before the broken bones were proporly set. The consequeaco is tlat his limbs are crooked and not to_be_relied on. Hois obliged to sitend to bis work on ernitches, butstill drives fractions young horses fo his dilapidated wagon. The horso that will not roar and plange at tho sizht of tho cara is too tamo for' bim, and he exchanges 1t forra- otber. 3r. Roso bins o wife as tough as himsclf, She in alioss old bs be, and has bzen more or loss hold duties with the aid of canes or crutches. not think it worth mentioning, and went about ber work a8 usual. 0ld Mr. Rose is one of the wealthiest men in the Delaware Valley. Together with his son and two grandsons he owns two miles of rich flat along the river, aud as far back on the moun- tain. Ho says ho thioks howill reach a Lundred yenrs if the noxt horae that runs away with him does not break hiwneclz. Nothing shorc of that, Lia thinks, will kill him. Drawing It Uncommoniy Milde From the Provuience Jours The Spanish are noted for thair sgniloquence and their courtesy of specc! 0 summons to ono of the filbusters, some years 820, to coma home to b tricd for bis life, nith the certainty of his conviction. Tho miseive ended with **May God pre: years.” The exile, thus invited to return to tae rex thought that the better mode of carrying out tiis Cuaritable benediction would bo not io trust his 1ife <thin reach of tho Spanish olficials. Tho Havaua Diario declared that tho persou who comrunicated the first report of ihe Presi- deut’s mewage was “destitate of due expesi- tude.” It wag mot stronge, with cuble teio- graphic rates wy tho lotter, instead of by the word, that these fanr words were translated by tho shotter one “livl,” which was the form i which it appeared in fhe Now York papars, wiicre tho dircctness and simplicity of the expression conformed moro nearly to the methods and prac- :;c:a of i\:}enc‘m Jjournalism. Tnink of two of great New Yori papers charging_each TR N aetloution B ane sEaemago O niata from Santiago de Cuba, leaves little room correspondent of tho;New York Lribune, bas met falliug overboard from tho sizemr o1 Imorning, and was reported missing by the Cap- What little is known and, at the maturo or with any whatsoover leaving st night, with what o had upon his back. Ho which ie Liad to give up be- $10 & After_dodging fero he remained through the season, snd order to have more time to devote to mnesro did not turn him sway, and here he spent sisteen happy imonihs, after ia capital of sibieoqnent letter con- Ho scems to have disappesred cripplzd for yenrs, but has attended to her hoase- She recently fell and broke her arm, bat sk did wber & 6 you for many land of his birth and his affections, evideatly HIGHLY MIRACULOUS. A Bride Turned to Stonc-—ai Louisie ‘ann Physician’s Story of o Marvel- ous Case of Hluman Petrifaction. From the New York Sun,’ Stz : There Lave beea Eo many comments in tho papers, and I receive 80 many lotters which it 14 impossiblo for mo to angwer, in reference to the curious cage of petrifaction which recontly camo under my notice, that T am constrained to niito an account of the whole affuir, giving at the same time my hypothesis . a8 expianatory of the rationsle. . Mr. Trederick Haller is by profession a lawyer. Ho early scquired, however, quite fonduess for tho natiral sciences, especially goolssy. He has porhaps the largest and most compl. 10 gedlogical cebinet in Louisiane. Waenever he wishes to re- lieve himself from the dry details of iaw he witli- draws himself into Lis “Rock Study,” as be calls tho spartmont whero he keaps lus’ cabiet and books relating to science, and thers passes many bours in experiment, in reading. aud in'manipa- Iating the geological and_paleontological collec- tions which, through a penod of znearly thirty years, he bas drawn together. Having married early in life, some five years 250 ho 10t his wifp and_gavo up his housohold about Ralph Koeler's early lifo has been furnish- | 5 'so gy eldar, i i talph Keeler's ear'y U 3 y maiden sister. Somethiug ol imaic in e s e 1 | et sen i S D00 52 & i o) . i br I3 un ri D ovident that his early liome was not & pleasant | 5% FUCR L FC iy 60 her fatber's ’;mn% s 1 an intimate friend, L wae an honored gaesi at the marrizgo ceremony. Iam eure I never saw a2 more beautiful and happy bride. No ono coutd tu\’fi dreamed of the strango fate which awatted er. On the morrow after the weddiog Mr. Haller | took his young brido to his residence, a splendid ‘maveion in the subarbs of the village. She was sccompanied by a number of her feinale friends who were to spend the’ day with her, while he, town, promised to return as specdily a3 he could dispoee of tho business. The bride, being in- stalled in her now home, cared to take little { notico of Lousehiold matters for chis first day of motrimouial lifo, preferring to amase bhersell { with the friends who had come over with hor, fino:,\‘ing that tho domeetic aflaira were 1 good unds. i lsy. i Y| i i di i 7 e R o ioan Ganihe | At about 1 dclock sho and some threo or four ern & Northern Iadisnn Railroad, sod jn the | gf her moft e friopls weat luto following summer an engugement with Jobiny | yiqiie4 "o look over the cabitiot of curiositics, where they amused themselves in frivolous gaiety, such as Girls | wonld induige in, harmlees aud innocent to all appearance. Among the curiosi- ties which JLr. Halicr Lad gathered were several round bowlders brought from Arkansas. These bowlders, on boiug brokeu, preaeat i the central space o crestalling formation, and are msually not much larger than the doublo fists. Oue of these, however, was unasually large, measuring twenty-ousinches in circumferenco. Frequently the internal surfaco, always hollow, contains water, or rather a_ concontcated solution of silica inwater. Tuis fact nasknown tooneof the young Iadics, who mentioned it. At once they all be- gan to wonder whether there was water iu the large bowlder. Two of tho emaller ones bad been broken, showing in the ceatro lage crys- tals, and had_contained water, sccording to the assertion of the young lady who had gained her information ot some oikér time 1n 3 previoas virit. "At once it was proposed to bresk the large one, and several incifectual attempts were made them with & geolowical hamger uissys present. “They callod Lo their aid & colored man, & servant B e e etne s, Worida | G Lbe placo, who was reqausted o broxk open e P g o wewt thonco o | tE0 rock, us they calied It Heseadily smmnted, o s c g witling to thas render lug fint service to Paris, aod almost immediately loft tha | DO wiliag to thug repcet it SOk JOUTES e derugath the bowlder as the mau held it, ono stardy blow of his stalwart arm cracked it, aud tho fluid within ran cut and was collected in_the pitcher, scarcely losing a drop, thero being half apintofit. A few additional blowa opened the bowlder, presentiug large, fine, trausparent crsstals of quartz. Theso were much admired, and other friends were called from the patior to look at the novelty. The bride, without over giving it & thought, I conceived the notion of drinking the water from tho Lowlder. She poured most of it into a glass tambler, nearly filliug it. and, lifting 1t to’ ber lips, sho draak first to the beeith of her hus- band, then to that of the unmarned fricads in the yoom, wishwg them shortly to be happ brides liko borself, and drained the glase, K being dons so quickly thatno one had time to interfere or to think that any consequedces might follow.. ‘At firsc 1t wns thonght that no harw was done, avd it was consrdered a tine joke, and mch mer- siment was made. Dut in a few moments tho youthful bride complained of excessive pain in iho stomach, aud she began to realizs the rashness of hor action. A messon- gor wes sent in_ beste for her lLus- baid end myself. Mr. Haller’s ofice being near my own, wo received the messago almost simultaneously, and we rapidly drove together jamy buggy to his bouse. When wo arrived she was dead, a periodof fiteen minutes having clapsed from the time of taking the fatal draaght to tho tims of- extinciion of life. They were just Jaying her out on my arnval. Tomy sarprise, I found she bad grown in that short period 86 rigid ag to render it diflicult o straight- en her limbs. In tho course of threo-quarters of an hour ber wholo body became 28 hard and intlexible as bone. T pass over the grief and consternation of the fusband and family as something too sacred for remark, contining myself oxclusively to the scientific facts. It was plain_that sometl axin to ossification had taken placz. Ou more mivute examination and iquiry, I found that the dissolved silica she had tsken into ber stom- ach had been absorbed and transiuitted by the chlopoietic apparntus aud blood-vessels thronghout tho svstem, and that her whola body was a petrifaction. The case being 80 singular and so sudden, tho husband and the bride's family cousented to a post mortem esamination, other medical men ‘oming to my assistance. e fouud it impossi- ble to cut {hrough any portion with our scalpols. Dr. Ferguson brois s scalpel in tho first at- Zempt. ~We were abla only to bresk through tho chest with & haschet, fiuding extreme dilfi- culty in entering tho thoracle cavity, the con- tents being all solidified. The heart way fonnd as firm and solid as a stone, resembling a piece of cornelian 88 both color and consiatency. Entoring the abiominal cavity only by meaus of repeated blows of the hatchet, wo found the contents of tho stomach, the food, the bile, the liver, and othor noighboring orgaus, solidified. It is need- less to way we found it impossible to remove unything, cxcept iu fractured pieccs. Tue ar- teries aid veins were perfectly nigid, tho blood itgelf beiug turned to stone. Tiaving waustied ouzsclves of tho stony char- actor of thio entiro bady and its contents, it was | delivered to the family and interred. Some sus- picions having bsen eroused that thero might Dave been poison in the pitchor which contained the silics golution, all tho witnesses huve been sworn and have testified under oath. My first object was to sccure the remains of tho solution of silica left in the pitcher, there Deing nvout an ounce, which I carefully put into aliays drives a young aud spirited house beforo X 2 X a wagou over 40 ‘,ims i hacnens i | @ vial, corking closely. Poificns of this hase Betchod up aod tied together with ropes sad | becnyariously tested, the result each tiuid show- " 1ng simply a very strong solution of gilica in pure water. ‘I'lic few drops which had beeu left T tho tumbler, oxposed to evaporation, became, in & short time, & Liard, clear concrete, rceeaib- ling tliut, or, rather, trourparent quaxiz, vield- ing sparks on being struck against ceal. “Tie pathology in this caso, whila it in vory strikiog, is very plaw, although I duffer with my confrars in regazd to th iinator ultimatecause. Tt is well kuown as a geological] fact that petri- foctions are dus to the iuiiltration of siliceous earth or lime into the inerstitial spaces of the substance undergoing the process, It is well kpown, also, as & physiojogical fact, that various | substances, ususlly mediciaal agents, whea taken into the stomach are rapidly conveyed to every portion of the buman body, 1u somo _instances in the spaco of two mmuutes. In this instance the flint or quartz (calcareous carth) was held in solution, and, being swallowed. was rapidly cou- Yeved everywhere throughout the body, filling the interstitial spaces, and tho neceseary result was almost instantancous petrifaction, solidify- ing the tissucs snd ouding in death, the process being that of infiltration. “I'ix ia tho geological view, and, while it is in tho main correct, it wholly fails to cxplain why 4o small amount of the solution should petrify o large a body, and should do o in such a bnel time. ° I do not behievo that on tho hypothesis of jutiltration aloue petnfication would take place so sapidly. There is no doubt of the absorpiiou of tlio dixsolved eulica, and of its rapid couves- anca to every part of the body, but thut the petrification is Pmit. Itmust be explsined uyou & different h;i}mxhzzw. - t is well kndwn by phreiologists that thoes proteine compoutds—aibumen, fribiin, caseta, 2ad gluteu—are the proximaté or organic elo- mouts, along with soms other ultimate or orgauic elements, wbich conititute the components of tho human body. Tae protemno compounds are formed 13 ca bou, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxyzen, in definil proporiiony, according to my distingmshed couu- P ¥an, Prof. Kollike, thus: C40 11 31 N 5 0 1Z, each having a different amount of phospho— Tus and sulphur; ttus combination forming so may molocales. Now, silica is 2 compound of oxygen ang sili- con. in » very small amount of silica tha num- 1 having business of 1nportance at his office in | young. and thoughtleas | by | owing to the indliration I cannot | Dber of atoms of silicon is immense. The very | moment the ilics enters the circulation ard is | distributed thronghout the capillaries it parts | with its oxygon, and each atom of silicon bzing set 1rco, combines with a protemo melecule. ‘These vrotcine molecules, which form ively the albumen, the fribrin, the casein, 2 the glutén, at oncs change these organic ele- ‘ments into what might be termed petrifactive clements, destroying, as it were, the vital germs, + and eubstituting inorganic proicinaccons princi- ples. 1 submit this as the most philusophical | rationale. Tn couclusion, I would say that I have inva- i riably answered all correspondents who bhave sougbt information from me in regard to this case who have written in a candid mauner, rearching after truth. and who did not seem to write out of mere idle curiorsity. One corre- spondent wont g0 far as to nsk whether the body could be obtaned ror exhibition, offering a large sum of mosiey. Such unfeeling wretcles are not worthy of being replied to. £ will add that 1 may bo still addressed at Marksville, Le., but that after the Ist of March I ebail bo for the greater part of next year at Parchim, in the Proviuce of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. .~ 8. Guywa Jozscux, 3. D. P. §.—That this case is not altogetier anoma- lous, I will cite a passage from Dr. Austin Fiint's recent * Treatiso upon the Practico of Medi- cine,” page 52 +4 change in composition, due_to the deposit of earthy ealts, in more or less abundance, con- stitutes what is called calcareous degeneration, caleriication, or cretefaction. As just stated, thin 18 apt to supervene upon tho atheramotous derosit in the largearteries and within the heart, leading, in the latcer situation, to various de- formations of the valve. The term ossification i, iu general, incorrectly spplied to thiy change. YVirchotw prefers the name potrifaction.” Further down on the same page ho sdds 1 have met with a.caso of old pleuriiis, in which the pleurs bad become hardened by cal- careous deposit to such an extent that it was re- moved entire, with soveral quarta of liquid waich it contained, and, when opencd gad the liquid removed, it did not collapse, but retsined the form of a so'id box.” tion, ot exiending ~throughout tho entire sys- tem; and not to any visal part, 80 85 to_produce unniediate death. 8. Gl J. ; - The Evils of Using Tobaccos The following articlo, taken from the Counlry Gentleman, 5o thrillingly sets forth the feartul results of usiag tobacco that the most hardened - zinoer must repeat nnd hasten to be wise after reading it: “Pirst cxperiment, a hog was shut upinz tight, pen, aud bis only foou was one balf pound of tobaccoa day. In 020 weok he had lost four pounds. Secoud, & mulo was placed in a wtall without food. Two plags of tobacco were placed before Ler twice a day. Sho grow gradually restive. On the third day, one plug was forced down her throat, when' she toro the experi- menter's ear with her teoth, showing tho bad efTect tobacco has ou ouc's disposition. It was thien found necessary to muzzle her so that she could nos open her_ mouth. At the end of cight daya sho died. 'Third, = dog was nailsd up ina tobaczo hogalisal. At the end of four days ho was taken out much reduced. Fourth, another dog was wclosed in o tobacco barcel azd rolled down o steep Lill. Within two vears that dog Went mad! Truly these aro Satams nots! 1 conld cite plenty more of such experimants. We all know tuat a single drop of tho oil of tobacco placed on tho end of a dog's tail will kill a man in nminate. Of four men lately Inlled on the Erio Kailway threo were smokers, and tho father of tho otheran invererste chewer of tobacco. On the bodies of the two men washed ashore sfter tho lats storm on Lake Michigan papers of tobacco wero found. In my own neighbor- bood & very distressig accideat, by waich a very estimablo ldy. tho mother of seven lovely childron, broke hor leg, was occasioned by & pair of Funaway horses rumning into = fenco that_surrounded a sield of tobacco. Miss Chloe Flatfoot recently died in the county adjoining mine at tho azo nf 113 years. She had both chewed and smoked _over 100 years, and, as sho Dad no diseaso till tho time of Ler death, it] is only fair to snpposo that it was tobacco thnt killed her. Forsolong a timo was Satan spread- ing his nets for her; but I think Jr. K. will ateo with e that ho Toust have her_ suro now. Bat why multiply ezamples? You know how it is yourselt. So, Mr. Editor. do mot go on helping apread these nots, by Showing in your parer gow to grow large crops of tobseco any more. Rather interlino tho- book of Proverbs with tho remarks of our second Solomon. ~Ouly Jot mo add a word of caution to that_gentleman. Docs hie, let msask, use tea or colfe ? These re our nets of Satan as much as tobacco. Dozs ho eat mince pies and o saleratus ? Moro nete, Does Lie induige in ico creams or oysters? T.et him beware, lesr, when ho least expects, Satan, in ecoopiug in bis tobacco-users, iy away Withlim! Grobam-bread withont salt is his ouly salvation.” R Fhe Keathen Chinece asa Shoemalkers From the Sprinfeld (Mags.) Republican. Withit tho last six or eight ycars the shoo busiucss bas grown to bo one of the most im- poriast indusiries, aud is now roprescated by six large shopa. 'Whe largest of these is C. T, Sampron's, 1624cred famous by tha employment of * Heathen Cuinee.” Watching them ai their work thoy secm mot greatly culiko American | shoemakers, though appesring rather - moto quick and deft of baud. A glavco at their quar- | ters, however, marks them of s diffcrent rece. | The slecping-buke, ranged in tiers ou all siden of half a dozen rooms, remind oae of chicken- coops 20 5 countrs fair. Rude aticmpts at pa- Pperinglwith picture-papers indicato a elight izcul- cation of American idecs, but the sloeping-rooms Took more Jiko a collection of dog-icnuels or overgrown dove-cotes than places’ for humea habitation. In tho kitchen the visitor may find balf a dozen * Chinee " cooks, perhups just sery- jug up the dinner—central disiies- of meat, vegetables, aud potato made imio one grand potpourriand a Jarge bowl of rico on every fable, with side disties of fish at overy plate, set ofit on plain board tables, without a suspicion of tablo cloths or napkins; nothing besides the dishes and food, in fact. except tho inevitable cliop-sticks. Theso areall tho luxuries of their life, and yet they appear contented and intelli- gent. Since the trouble, 2 short time since, of Shich mention was made at tho time in the Re- publican, thero hias boen no disturbance smong them, aad those who were not sont back to Saa Francieco during the paic have worked steadily und quictly. o _——— The Truth About the Ashantce War. The wpecial correapondent of the London Times, writing from Cape Coast Castle on Nov. 16, reviews tho operations of tho Brntish forces sineg the arrival of Sir Garnet Wolssloy on the Gold Coast, and says that a eulogist mizbt claim for that officer 8 brilliant success, while ou the other hand L:o mentions vory unfsvorable criti- cisms which migit bo made. ~ Fie adds: “'The trath Ites between these two extremes. 1t is impossible Lo say whether the affair at Essa- man i3 connecied with the Ashantee retreat ; it is doubtful whether their homeward moyement should be called a retreat at all. Gen. Wolseley s acted with much cantion, but it thould be remembered ihat be was dealing with the lives of scamon and marines, who were intended only to be usod for dofensive purposcs. The prestize of the Ashantees as L-nghters has not been lessencd ; and, although the King may offer to negotiato for the purpose of consuming the dry sesson and of delnying our invasion. it is c tain that be will not make any concession of ix portance. In plain words, the Axhantees i ot vet been properly thrashed, and theg think we are ble to do it.” As 10 tho const fover he gavs: b Tiere has been o gocd deal of the ordinary cons. fever among the special otlicers; Kir Gar- pet himself is *down,’ with several officers of bis staff, so that Government House is on board the Simoom. Feveris a terriblo word, butin this country no onc escapes the disease, and it is in most cases shaken off easily enough,” i by A I2hode Island Samson. Veicgort Letter to Procidence Star. There is living in this city 2 mau_ quite as re- mariable for Lis muscular poiers as was he who in older times bore off on hia shoulders thoe gates of Gaza. When ayouth he was woat to shouldar a barrel of tlour with his feet inside a peck meossure. On one occasion on Stevens' wharf, a3 the result of a banter tbat he could not shoulder an anchor weighing 559 pounds, he raised it to his shoulders, carried it_up Daunis- ter's wharl, up four steps into the United Stazes Hotel (west door), carried it through, down one step, out of tha south door, down the wharf Dback ageiu, and deposited it on the scales for waighing. The distance he carried it must bavo been from 300 to 400 yards. The feal was con- sudeced 80 remarkable that it was plased upon the town records, whero it may bo scen by nay who may be iucredulous. On another occasion helf a dozen men wero tngging at a Logshead of molasses Iying on its Dilis, endeavoring to plase it on end, when Le ordcred them s<ide and cuded it up alone. Though now 57 years old, he is ready at any timo on o wager to lift to his shoulder a barrel of flonr. The same men (he isan ont-and-out tee- totaler now) hzs been known to stand st the bar of the old Park Houso and driak thirts-two glasges of liquor without turning round. On one oceasion he says that ho and another man, making a night of it,” sat down to bzalf a barrel ©f boer, and drank it ail up before morning. Xe* “This was evidently a case of partizl petrifac- | 10 porson ever eaw this man in.the gutt even Btagger from tho efectd of glfix e;'m:f ng:;.uk}: \r:ui\_hu boxst in his younger daya thar Lio could out-ift aud ont~drink soy maa i Rhoda B S ae s WAS IT A MIRAGE? A New Theory of the Canse of the Ville ;ln lzvre Disaster. From the New York Dulleti _ The Captain of the Steamshin Ju’;, which ar- rived at this port on the 19:h of this monh, givestho following as his opinion as to the cause of the late disaster to tho steamer Ville dn Havre, viz: That Fats Morgana deceived the crow. aud consequently the passengers met their most deplorable fate by an optical illusion called mirage, or, in other Northern languagos, kimmuog. Mirage, as most of oar readers arg aware, i8 & kind of opical Wlusion srising from an unequal refraction in the lower strata of the atmosphere, and causing remois objects to be scen doublo, as if redecled in a mirror, or to sppear a8 if suspended in the air. Tho indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in patticular states of the atmosphere is s epecies of mirage. ‘Tho mirago is frequently scen in the desorts of Peraia, Tartary, in Lower Egypt. and also on the plains of Mexico aad in other places, whoreof the French physicist, Blot, i tronomic Physicale,” Vol. 1, gives very interesting dotails. Tho imirage, for instanco, presents to the caravan of weary, sxhaustod, and thirsty wandorens the appearance of water.which induces them and, more s0, thoir fatigued camels and parched horses to hasten in the direction of the vision in order to get tho means of quenching their thirst. They find, alas! too late, tha: only an optical delusion had led them astray, and are doubiy disappointed at last. In thess deseris generally.the objects themselves are scen,bezides & reversed imago of them in the air. Ob the hizh seas, however,ofien threeimages can be observed, one of _tho object iteslf, in a direct way, acd 10 an upright position ; next, one in the water ro- verscd and caused by its mirror-like swfaco. and thirdls, a roflected ono of the_former, but i an upright position. *Fata Morgana” 1s a pre- tgu_d_m.l fairy, which, by tho superstitious Sicilian fishermen, is held in great dread for the fatal consequenccs she throws upon them by leading them astray through her ficiitious ob- jects. She brings forth her mirages rising from tho sca by the water-cvaporating heat of tho sun, and thoy are the more decoptive, as they oniginato during the screne, warm,and quies weather. They gradually transform to strauge likenesses of ships, towcrs, castles, and 8o forth, and daceive oven the scientist. By the motionof the wzterand that of the air, those insubstantia) pictares receive motion themselves, and thas ges that magical appearaace which is usually the czse with thoso apparitions of the Fats Morgana peculiar to the Sicilian coast, near tho Steait of ]Ic_\ssip:. 5 A distinguished passenger of tho Java, Mr. Moses L. Beach (the former proprictor of n!f. Sun), asserts that he witnessed some such sp- parition—tizt is to say, in looking from one part of the ship be at onc snd the same time ob- served a hieavy rain pouring down ; whilo loolung iramediately afserward at ike pheaomenon, from avother pait of tho same veszel, Lio did not per- ceive the least particle of tho eaid occurrenco, and could not observe oven s drop of rain. The ides is, thew, that lhe supposed 'ap- paritional place of the sailing vessel -Loch Earn, resulting from observations mads from’ a aifferent part of the Vills dx Hawra from that which would have shown the true sition of tho former. led to the fatal belicf thai the distance between the two was proater than it really was, aud so produced the collision. Tte conclusion, thereforo, is arrivod at that, for the avoidance of similar collisions in future, obsez- vations—osp:cially whea the atmosphere is in- usunlly loaded with the watery vapor which Dbrings forih those reflected images—ongat to be made from two different points, aud theso as wido zpart as possible. It may bo a faucy that the'swful disaster alluded fo was the pro- duct of an optical illusion, but in secking to ar- rive at the real causo of tho catulropgn, 1s: cies, 28 well as facis, a3 aids to investigution, may not unreasonably be taken into account. TWALLIN—Oa_New Year's mncaing. at fexily resid ar Saugatack, Miea., Urcelis T=szar, wile laeh weok published an accoznt of the death, by -o.wainz, of their eldost zoa. 8¢ mothor was at iha tima sick with a atiack of heariliseass, and nessrre- cor=rad from the shock of that sad even:. “Telr many Trlends in tois Srato aad Michigan wil} decply sympathiza with tha family i this doabls Dercavo- maat. - G—Ta Deovor, Col., onthe 2th ult., HarveyB. aged 4 yeazs. LOR—Dre. 31, 1633, Margerst Lucrotia Sinchite iafant dsagdfer of 4 Christi= Sioclale at their reside: AUCTION SALES. B e ssux sy R asndnd By WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., AUCTIONEERS, INO. 108 MADISON-ST., (Batwoen Dearborn snd Clark.) RETAIL SALE OF Fur Goods, Robes, &o., 0n SATURDAY, Jan. 3, at 19 o'clock, at 103 Madisonat. Tho Fars to bo snld are from & first-class Retall Fanter. Evary article guaranteed to be 33 reprosentod. Moy refanded if they are not. VeI, A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctlonects. Carriages, Harness,&c. On WEDNESDAY, Jau. 7, at 10 o'elk, at 108 3adison-st. DRY G00DS, CLOTHING, FURRNISHING GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, BUFFALO OVERS, Rubbers, Glove Gauntlets, &c., On THURSDAY. Jau. & at 10o'clock, az 168 Madisonst. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE, On SATURDAY, Jan. k, =1 103 Madisoaste By BLISON, POMEROY & CO. Friday Morning, Jan. 2, 1874, We commenca the New Year with an Immezso salo of New and Secondhand Farnifuee, FRIDAY 31ORNING, Jan. 2 at 9% o'clock. Faraltzre, Carpets, Blakets, Etension Tables, Bod- Crockery, Glasswas, Platedware, and Generzl Merchandiss. Also, & larga Iot of Grocerles, Crockery, sud Glasse ware, &e., &c., and by order of Joel D. Harvey, Es1a Assignee, 1 Wardrobe, 1 Ofica Tablz, lot Scrceas, Grs Fixtares, &c., &c., belongiog to thy Franklin Bask, 10 Lol ELISON, POMEROY & CO., # and 6 Rac h- BANKRUPT SALE. EFFECTS OF THE FRANKLIN BANE, Satardsy Mocts afe, eors £3,000, o ounter and kauing. v ardobe. Site: twg Offica Dosks. Sinavscln Carpete, &c.. &eu Hesizone. 1160ects. ey Tarves NMEROY & By -‘VILLIS. LOXG & CO., Anctioneers acd X ' Aze 195 wnd 197 RANDOLPH-ST. Rogalar Anction Gales, Wedarlay sod Satarday. Spe ‘cial attcntin giv=a w vuiside sales. SALE RETGRNS MADE 36 HOURS AFTER Conslgaments 83l BY GEO. . GORE & CO. 88 & 70 Wabash-av. AT ATUCTION- Rogular South Side Scle of Household Furniture, e AT 9% 0€! Rfarbls te, Wandrubes, Ty TAYLOR & b On Saturday, Jan. 3, at 10 o'clock; 1y We skall ofer an unuss: LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCE OF FURNITURE,CARPELS, &0y posed, of SECOND-TIAND GOODS {rom & composed araely 0 Sasss aico a laras siock of LLEGANT SEW FURMITURE, which must be sold. SPECIAL NOTICE- 50 Rich Chromos in @old Frained i assorte il alup b s0ld ix thia sale, together 7 & L et of a3 BTG & ARSISON, ASCHORET 3 e R T