Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 13, 1874, Page 13

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1874. ~°° e e — : /—-—‘————"_"‘ = \TREAL AXD THE ADIRODACKS. 4 Day in the Leading City of Canada. i Charekes, Residences, and Parks—The Tubalar Bridge. pmong the Adirondacks—-Grand and Beautiful” Scenery. A Hard Toad to Travel---Placid Lake- The Wilmiugton Pass, A Pay in Montreal. Corressundence of The Chicago Tribune. MoxTresL, Sept. 3, 1874 e left Chicago via Grand Trunk Railroad, en yozie to tho Adirondack Mountains. On arriv- jag 1w tlis ity we 1cok the omitus to the Al- tico House, and here wero furnished with & Jeasant front room. Aftet a0 early dinner, we ordered a carriageto tsko aview of the city. On going to the door, e were eomewhat astonished o see an open psrouche, liued with whita,—the outside black, Gecorated with gilt seroll-work, red wheels, and » Gas span of borses. At first our ideas of proprety wero ehocked by SUCH A GAT EQUIPAGE for t+0 ancient maiden ladies like ourselves. Oz looking around, however, wesaw nothitz but favlooking carriages,—tbe only diferouce veing that most of them were drawn by one forlorn parse. (1 will here state that we saw bat very few doablo teams; also, that the public vehicles were drawn up in the middle of the greet, and, st 8 distance, we mistook them for a funeral) And, concluding that “ While in Bome sewoula do as the Romans do,” ard **being sirangers in 8 strange land,” we mounted our chaniot with great diguity, which we determined to preservo during our drive, but our gravity w23 very soon disturbod by a small boy, who, jast a3 we passod hum, struck up ** Yankeo Doo- dle come to town!"” We could not say he in- tended to be personal, but it struck a funny chord, as we felt we could sympathize with the ii Yavkeo D. THE DULDINGS HERE = e constrncted of granite and brick, built square, with flat roofs.” They all looked olid, and epoko Englich while they bear French vames. In this statement 1 will exclude the older part of the city, which really looks very Freachy. We drove to the French Cathedral,—a fine, Jarge building,—aud entered it. A number of devotees were offering prayers, though it was pot the hour of service. The interior was ehowy, there was too much tinsel to be elegant, eud ihe paintings were poor. The Jesmit Church is more substantial The pillars are massive, the paintings good, and the frescoes stand out in strong relief. The aliar I especially attractive. The canopy over it is saped as & shell, 8 golden dove being in the centre, f1 m which stream rays of light,—fig- uratively eresking, The Epglis Catbedral is lsrge and massivo, eoplain a8 to be almost severe, but displays niore taste than the others, with but one excep— tiou : The heads of the Four Evangelists, in tie cormers of the church, were frightful,—more like some Chi-aman's gods. Amoosg he other buildings of interest is s Cathedzal (St. Peter's) in the provess of erec- tion, being built of blue’ granite ; also, McGill's College, and several schools and nunerics. Ono thivg we noticed which seems strange : that, jWhile s building might be clegant, tho steps ‘leaaing to 1t were shaky, or its doors small and unficished-looking ; Laving handsome polished granite_pillurs, there would be small windows with old green blindz. _ A5 FOR RESIDENCES, o Montreal satisfied us. Sherbrook street has the fnes:. The grounds are extensive, with high fences (in fact, these Canadians can boast of stoue and brick walls, iron feuces and gates), 2nd are laid out with excellent tasto,—some imi- tatinz the wildness of Nature, the house being bidden in Toliage, while the pretty white lodges aro_almost covered with vines. Others have broad walks and pardens of flowers, the mans eivn beivg seen beycnd. Back of these besuti- fal homes is Royal Mount. As fur pariss, the public one ie the best. though therc is nothing remarkable in that, Victoria’s Fark is hardly worzhy the namo of her Royal Mzjeety. Albort Duildings aro opposite. Wicling to see THE TUBULAR BRIDGE, wo drove through the lower partof the city to the Leuks of the St. Lawreuce. Following 8 Danow rosd, we obtained s good view of this wonderful siracture. It is very long, as we fully sppreciated tho next day, when it took us fully five minutes 10 ride throughit. The piers are built of stone, in such & manner 88 to withstand the ice when 1t breaks up i the spring. When in the narrowest part of the road, with the rail- rozd above us, 2ud the rocks and water below, an eagine approsched. The ongineer, secing that our horses wera restive, blew the whistle, and, were it not that we had an expericuced and carefol coaclman, tuis account mmigiat not have boen written. It was heartless thus to expose life for the sake of sport, aud we thought 1: would do that engineer goud to havea ** Big Injun™ yell the war-whoop in his cars while Lolaing 8 tomahawk over his head. After secing the canal, the locks, and the ocesu-gzesmers, wo returned to the hotel, well pleased with our drive through Montreal. Then we elept tho sleep of pilgrima who ** can tarry but s sight.” PALETTENA. Among the Adirondacks. Corresporudence of The Chicago Tribune. Sxpr. 7, 1874 At 6 o’clock a. m. we lefs Montreal for Rouse's Point, via Gravd Trunk Railway. Finding the best seats taken, we secated ourselves where, every time thd door opened, we were covered with cinders and dust, wluch did not improve our . Fatiznco or personal eppearauce. The country through which we passed was uninteresting. Our attention was therefore directed to our sur- ronndings inside the cars. It was quite amusing when the Custom-House officer came in, saying, *-Open your baggage, gentlemen.” Some did :c: like the 1des, while others seemed to think it un. 5 At8 o'clock 2. m. we were on tho stesmer Ver- mont, on our way down Lake Champisin. The boat is A PERFECT PALACE. | Tho breakfast was sorved in fino siyle 86\10 oclock,— little late for early-risers. The day wus cloady and the hills shrouded in mist ; 8o it %5 anly when near land tbat we could see much. The lake was rough, and some on boara vero sen-sick. Nearly all the parsengers sat on deck, aud, when we took our sketching-books d tned to caich some outlines, wo created quito » eeusstion, Some_ sisred at us as if they teaght we hiad escaped from s menageric. tone landing scveral companies of firemen fame on board, with their wives, gisters, or sweet- 1, and with thein & brass baud. It was & Jursdeday, and they wero goiog to Burlington, ML They looked very gay, with red uniforms, ‘eathers, and tlowers. i The boat went so rapidly that we could get but few dkeichen, and were glad to reach West 1o, N. Y., ‘at noon. Finding that the stage for Lizsbewntorn would not be due until 8p. m., wo eéd onrselves in the hotel-omuibus (an ex- Prese-wagon with threo high sests and 1o top), Logeabont ten minutes wo were shown into the Otel-parlor, where everything was square and I;fl:-’xv We were just i time for dinnor; after 5 E‘;flg;a passed two plessant hours writing and h’éihe Post-Office, opposite, ir a curiosity, being i “of red, blue, yellow, and orange-colored Teneg hile waiting for tha stage. it com- the ced to rain, and dunug the storm smmuh and four drove wup. There was rud oom for us. The driver was wet and cross, tud swore he would not roll_up one side of the anb:,ae for us to look out (it was covered with xi;a ~cloth) ; but a polite young gentleman in o age was kind enongh to roll'it up, at the n’eb(«nse of clean cuffs and hends. ‘?fl conld I:’.Eee the country and enjoy our ride. it w: uiterly impossible to describe the ecenery; GRAND AND BEAUTIFUL Meverytum, Tue clouds were drifting across ] and sometimes the tops wero In them. We resched Elizabethtown look- Lzg foriorn, 1o 2dung fho stago did_not go any farther, and Vi could not get a carriage to tako us to Eeone 58, . X., wo spent tho night thers. Nexd | — morning, while inquiring for a conveyanco to Eeove, an English lady, from Deriuds, “,‘?‘ U, and a-ked if’ we would not like to 20 to Llacid Lake, about 27 miles distant. She said **We could sccure a boarding-place on our way, at Keene; go fo the lake, and return tho next day.” She wished to form a party. The team was at tho door, and we accepted. A young lady joined us. Our carrisge way what they called ‘s buckboard, placed between four wheols,—two seata on it, and two horses to draw l;. TW&I;e miles’ r;dn tfiox s éo Msj. Hull's, at ecne, whera wo found a good boarding-place, Lad dinner, and staried on. g Of all the roads 1 ever heard of to travel, this was the bardest. The road was filled with gran- ito rocka, logs, and mud-holes out of which we would go with s bounce. Now we would ‘go up Lill, and then Qush down, to the danger of knocking our tecth out. At first it shook my ideas up, and I was quita brilliant ; then it actually shook all ideas out of my head, and ull T cared for was to hold on_to something and keep my mouth ehut. The 6cevery surpassed anything I ever could im- agine. This is called the Edmnnds Pord road. Around the pond it is wild and very lonely. Near ihere we gaw & camp. We coald mot stop to sketch, A8 it was, we arrived at 7 FLACID LAKE just at suneet. The last glow ou the hills was reflected in the water. We stopped st a_hotel, from which we had a good view of Placid and Mivor Lakes. It soon became dark, and we entored the parlor. _ Pictures adorned the room, though I _caunot call them works of art. The mail came in while we were there, and 1t was a picturo to see the ca- ger faces, and the delight oxpresced by those whose pames were called. We were sl very glad to retire early. Long before daybreak I arose, dressed, sad went on tha upper porehi, which commanded s view of both lakes. The fog wes rising from them and rollng up the mountam ; it was un- settled which way to 20 ; not a breath was sti- ning, aud it drifted first ovo way and then the other. Then the sun beyan to”tinge hills and clouds, while the moon, in crescent form, conld be scen plainly in the blue above. I watched the different effects until the sun rose above the hills and_all was gray and gold. It was & very cold moruing, and breakfast had a warming intiuence. Before starliog homeward we climbed tho hill and had & 8plendid view. ‘We returned by the Wilmington Pass rond : though it was 6 milgs lunger, it wasa better road. We crossed Jumping River ; the name de- ecribes it. Range after ravge of hills stretched before and behind us. The morning was beauti- fol: the sun camo outcler and bright, and rather warm. TIEPASS WAS GRAXD ; on one side of theroad, the cliff riges high and rocky ; on the other side (through the Pass), runs a beautiful brook, or river ag they call it, over a rocky bottom ; wear the end of the Pass the river falls somo distance, forming & whirl- pool, then dashivg off in another direction. We arrived in the sfternoon at Keene, which will be our home for a fow weeks. 1 havo reached the height of my ambition, and I am s0 glad, for I amliviog in & littlo red house, in a valley surrounded by hills, where I cannot ee any way to get out! I have often wondered how I should feel, living in suck s quaiat house, with such pictureaque surroundings; and, as the children ay, * 1 find it real gay.” The par- lor-windows have tweuty panes of zlass. and our room fifzeen ; they are vot very large, however, The water, from a epring, i8 brought by means of pipes into the kitchen, and is constantly run- ning, cool and refreshing. Two lady artists from New York are here ; and William Hart, tho PALETTENA. artist, 18 expected next week. THE COURTS. Becord of Business Transacted Yese terday. DIVORCES. Divorces were granted to the complainants in the following cases: Mary Jane Pryor va. James Pryor ; Busan Bailey vs. James T, Bailey; Cecilia Wenzinger vi. Jacob Wenzinger ; Miriam Patter- son vs. William Patterson; Catherine Wheeler +8. Nicholas J. Wheeler, and Louis Fischer va. Caroline Fischer. * TUNITED STATES COURTS. The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany filed 2 bill agaivst Harriet C. Brown, S. L. Brown, C. B. Brown, Mary J. Brown, T. F. Brown, Fannie Brown, Mary C. Tyler, R. E. Tyler, Mary E. Brown, F. . Brown, Martba L. Johnson, J. McHugh, D. W. Eldred, and Mary E. Brown. aud others, to foreclose a mort- gage for €25000 on Lots 8 9, .and 10, in Block 37, Carpenter's Addition, and Lots 6 and 7 of Block 62, and 8. 34 of Lot 4, znd ali of Lota 56 and 57 in the E. 3¢ of Block 91 of School Section Addition, and Lot 1, Block 1, of Wolcott’s Addition. BANKRUPTCY ITEXS. The proceedings against Joseph E. Young were dismissed fur non-compliance with the new Bankrupt law in obtaining the consent of the requisite number god amount of creditors. ‘I'he proceedings against J. F. Rany were dis- missed on payment of costs. In the case of E. B. Lincoln, an order was en- tered for a composition meeting, to be held Sept. 28. August Luelmes was adjudicated bankropt, and R. E. Jenkins eppointed Provisional As™ signec. Inthe matter of N. 8. McDowell, an order for composition meeting was made, to be held Sept. 25. 1n the matter of the National Life Insurance Company = petition was tited asking leave to scil the building and lot of the Cowpauy on Tiird svenuo, between Jackson and Vau Duren streets, free from ail liens and incumbraoces, and bave all hiens traneferred to the proceeds of the sale. A rulo was made on the Uuited States Mortgage Company, J. L. Lombard, and all ouier persous interestod as mortgagees or otlerwise, to show causo Sept. 29 why such petition shiouid not be ted. This property, it must bo remembered, iu morrgaged up to its full value, or nearly so, and is Iying idle, the buildini not being fnished. SUPERIOR COURT IN BRIEF. Marths Wright began a suit for $2,200 against Theodore H. Bryant. White & IlcCormick commenced a suit for €5,000 against the Lrightcn Smelting and Retin- in§ Worka. . W. Schenck and D. B. Bonpett sued P. H. Heffron for £1,000. The Commercial National Bank began a suit ;cr £20,000 against D. A. Gage and Selah Reeve. . Stepben Dodd, J. Y. Tarr, and David Tarr brought euit against C. H. Hapgood, Amory Big- Iow, and — Reyuolds, claiming §3,000. The Commercial National Bank sued D. A, Gage and Nathan Reeve for $2.500. Fuller, Warten & Co. sued L. A. Thiel for #1.500. The Secona National Bank began a suit to re- cover £1,500 of C. C. Butts, Archibald McAllis- ter, and Isaac Hull ; and_anotber againet the above-named parties, aud Francis H. Evers, for §2,500. William G. Gallagher filed & bill ogainst Fran- cis A. Riddle and James Hairman to foreclose a trast-deed for £1,315 on Lots 24 and 25 in Block 2 of Gallagher's Subdiyi the 8. 34 of Block 9 of Canal Trusteea' Subdivision of See. 33, 39, 14, CIRCUIT COTRT. Elipbalet Nott fileda bill against B. P. Hin- mauy, B. ¥. Ebrmaa, L. C. P. Freer, Trustee; M. McKindree Tooke, Lucenia P. Tooke, Caroline Newman, Beojamm Newnian, apd E. G, Morse, to foreciose a trust deed for $13,200 on 33 acres inthe W. 34 of the S. E. X of Sec. 7, 37, 14 C. L. Jenks began a suit for 3,000 agninst B. T. Stanley. ¥ THE COUNTT COURT. Grant of administration was issued toEliza- beth E. Fisk to adwinister upon_the eatate of Isaac A. Fisk. Her bond in $24,000 was ap- proved. In the matter of the estate of Maria Wagner, ot of administration was issued to John H. seiug, under an appoved bond of $3,200. E. D. Darber was appomted guardisn of Ed- vrnodoo Barber Howe, under an approved bond of $1.000. In the matter of the estate of Alex 8. Mont- gomery, who at 0o time was Lopelees inebri- ste, the guardian's inventory and report was ap- proved, gusrdian discharged, and petitioner Testored to the full control of his estste, he bhay- ing reformed. Grant of administration ws8 issued to Ida Af. Farnow to admimster upou the estate of Ludwig M. Farnow, under an approved bond of $44.340. In tho matter of the State and county taxesof the Coraty of Cook va. tho Gowen Marble Com- pany, and also Helen A. Heley, an apoeal was praged for and_allowed to the Circuit Conrt, upon filing bend in twenty days ror double the amount of the taxes. ‘The will of Christian Wagner was proven, and letters of admipistratiop with the will annexed to Jobn H. Kassing, ucder an approved bond of 28,500. John Wagner’s will was proven, and letters testamentary to Panline Wagner under an ap- proved bond of £5,0600. In the matter of the estate of Thomas Kelly, citation ordersd to John Tilford, administrator, to account, returnable Oci. 18 &t 10 o'clock & m., on petition of W. Mortimer and P. Colwell, surcties. Judge Wallace adjourned Court till Oct. 16 next. Whle all the Courts have taken a recess during the Leatcd term, the County Court had continued in teasion daily, in order to hear argu- ments to obiections in the tax cases. This business having been finally disposed of, the Court will now take its recess, JUDGMENTS. TX1TRD STATES C1BCTIT COCRT—IUDGE BLODGETT. —W. P. Norton vi. Insurance Company of North America ; decree, §1,500, Strenion COURT—CONFEsstoNs.—Georpe A. Shu- felds, Jr., va. K. K. Foraast. 10,16, —The Trustcea of tho German Mison Benevolent Association e Friedrich Wenthe, Henry Wenthe, fana Ferdinand Wunthe, $134.—Same vs. Jobn Koelich and Aatthew Diederich, $146.—Conrad L. Mehoff et ol v5. Peter Neu and John Bamberger, £225. JuDaE_Gamr.—The Fourtn National Bank va. “Thomas K. Holden, €51 Ciscrrr. Count—C 5. Lows Miller, $149.38 Peacey, $130.50. ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT—NORTHERN GRAND DITISION, Special Dispateh to The Chicaas Trivune. Orrawa, IIL, Sept. The Supreme Court met this morninf in pursuance of aljowrnment. RULINGS OF THE COUBT. No. 15. Bryson vs. Crawford. rehearing deniod. 11. Civil cause. Walker va. Bruce. Motion by appellant to dismuss bis owa appeal allowed. 513. MMorris vs. Roby. Moticn for leave to withdraw record to prepareabs:ract. The Court #aid: *Though this motion is by stipulation of arties, it 18 80 coutrary to the custom of tho ourt fhat it cannot boallowed.” Motion de- Die 18. Ira Y. Muon vs. The People, ete. Motion for leave to withdraw petition for rehearing, and filo an amended pettion, aliowed. 323, Eureka Cool Compauny vs. James Braid- wood et al. Leave asked to file mutilated ab- stracts. 14. Xehearing docket. Chicago & Wilmington Coal Company vs. . R. Lidale. Motion for re- bearing overruled. 253. Grund vs. Van Viect. Motion to redocket and remand case allowed. 18. People’s docket. Smith va. The People. Application for suversedecs and to admit do~ fendant o bail denie 17. Rehearing doc! Andrews va. Andrews. Petation for rebearing denied. 16. Nichols, by uext friend, ete., vs. Mitchell. potition for rebearing deniod. 262. C, R, I & P. R. R. Co. vs. Riley. Diminution of record. Leave given to file full record by 25:1h inst. b Laidlow va. Hatch. tinuanco denied. 833. Swanson vs. Grossman. otion to con- tinue injunction not granted. 164. Becker vs. Becker. Petition of wife for alimony pendente litem denied. 826. Kighttinger vs. Egan. Motion for leave to file conuter affidvits and for time to do it in. C40. Blake ve. Mitchell. , Dismissed with 10 per cont damages. On motion of ex-Chief Justice Lawrence, the name of Francis W. Jonce, of the District of Columbis, presen‘sd to the Court for adm:szion. On momion of Charles Blanchard, same as C. A. Host. Esq. 6. Ames ve. Ames. Leave asked to filo mo- tions and suggestions to dizmiss writ of error. 10. P. D, Charles Earli vs. The People. Ao~ tlon with extended brief, atidavits, &Le., for supersed2as aiid admission to bail of defendant, fi'ed by J. Lyle King. The defendant is a noted Chicago sbortionist, now in the Peuitentiary. 639, Fisher, use of, etc., va. Miller. Alotion granted to dismiss appeal. The regular call of the docket, twenty causes per day, will begin next week. Court adjourned till 2 p. m, Monday. THE SCUTHERN QUESTION. FEssToNs.—John Kundenger . W. Eldred ve. Welter 1. Petition for Motion for con~ To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sin: The attention of the country secems at last to be directed towards the hapless condition of the Southern States. In that conquered tor- ritory have existed for_ years wrongs and out- rages of 5o unboarsblo a character that fow cit~ izens of the North-can even faintly conceive of them. Scarcely bad the War closed ecro hordes of hungry political adventurers infested tho desolated territory, coming liko balf-starved wolves from the colder regions of the North; and, having fastencd themselses liko vampires upon the vitals of that wretched region, there they havo remained, sucking the very life-blood of their victims, with 1he merciless cruelty of their own savago and vindictive uatures, The supreme conques: of our victorious arma fonnd tho South impoverisied, Lumitinzed, ruined. Hwled from its proud position of po- litical pre-cminence in the councils of the pa- tion, iuto tho very lowest abyss of powerlessness and degradation.—its political infiuence goue,— its manly pride bumbled,—the Svuth et itself to work onco mor ity weary way upward from the pinching pengs of poverty, wrewchedness, and roin. 1t was at such & moment thet our North- ern ghonls—these political hyenas—the untamed and cat-throat carpet-baggers—descended upon them in swarms, liko unto the awmy of ants mow said to bo infesting Lon- don, seving that tho ant 18 Do iguoble luscct. and is bravo and ingnstrious by uature. Let us say, rother. descended upon them as did those armies of lico upon the Egyp- tians of old! With hungry waws, theee human vermin have since eaten out the substance of the land. Allving themselves with the ignorant and Iately ensiaved negroes, thes bave sedulous- Iy inflamed their brute pafsions against their former masters, stimulatiog their foolish vaity, and promiving them eversthing, from 3 mule and 40 acres of land down to the possession of the daughters of their former owners as tbeir wivea a0d helpmeets! Yes, all was to be theirs if they would ouly act with these viliains, and aid them in the effort to ezgrandize themselves, At their heel? camo Federal bayoucts, ordered there by the Administration party, who, drunk with power, 8aid " Yes” to every domand made_upon them by these wretches, who, loudly vociferat- jug * Grant! Grant!" arrogated to themselves peculiar virtues as the ** trooly loyal.” and per- tinaciously claimed every possiblo and impossi- blo privilege sa pay for their ndhesion to their intoxicated mastors, Out of such an anomalons and most deplorable condition of thiugs has it come to pass that wo aof thre North have logked on in amazement av the frightful corruptions of Southern carpet-bag Legisiatures; that we bhave scen Judges on the Bench in that ccuquored terrtory i the market for hire to the bighest bidder; that wo have Lnown their deerees hawked about for pay in the most wanton aud shameless manner; aud yet have bluched to witnees the muddled ofticials at Washington utterly failing to grasp the true sit- uztion, and sustaining theso political thugs and murderers with sl tho tremendous power of the Ametican Republic, It was through euch willful blundering tbat thio party in power rested not satistied wich ro- storing to the sluves of the South thewr freedsm and the rights of the ballot, but sided such ciawling wretches as I have cescribed to thrust into power and position over their former mas- ters these freed belots, who, in the arro- gauce of upstart pomposity, egged on by these baser villaing, failed not to thrust ten thousand times deeper the iron of decredation into tho suffering souls of our Southern bretbren. Now, it is out of all this that hzs arisen the disturbances of the South at tho present day. Eventhe worm will turn if trodden upon; aud 50, at length, even the terror of Federal bayonets proves powerless longer to crush out tho ibnate manhood of the human heurt. In the despera- tion of despair, at lust these victims of o politi- cal Inquisicion baser zud mote deadly in its urpose than was_ever that of which wé read in wstory, Lave arisen to assert themscives lu deiiance of a persecution which follows them oven unto death 1tself. W. DIckIvsox. ket s e SRR A Bogus Daron. Col. Dufty, vroprictor of the Stockton House, Cape May, tells n storyof a certain ** hotel fraud,” who went there recently, and registered as Baron Somebody, of Vienna. Ho was well dreesed, and had the air of a gentleman. Col. Daffy fecogmzed, him 38 sn old Philadelpkia aequaintance, who bad once “hung up” the Countmental Hotel for a considerable amount. Cominug forward, he said, taking out his pen- Imife and erasing the nobleman's signature from the book, * Ah, Baron, Low-de-do? I'm orry, but wo are all full.” **Gracious, Duffy, is that you?* exclaimed the Baron. * Egad! Ididu't know you had anything to do with this shebang, butIonly came in to inquire when the next train for Phuiadelphie leaves.” That * Lord Mazaey " affair is not forgotten at Capo May. A Live Lantern. From St. Nicholas. In tho West Indics aud some other hot coun- tries there are Qistant relations of our slow- worms and fire-fies thas carry much lurgor sparks. Thesa insects give 50 much light thas they are caught by the natives, snd somctimes & dozen 2t & timo are put into a gourd pierced with many holes, cach toc small for the 1sact 10 65~ cape throngh. The opening by which they are patinto the gourd is then Atopped np, and the live lantern is ready to be carried about on derk nights, a5 yon sometimes carry a glass one. A very convenient lantern the insects make, for the flame never burns soytuing, sud nevar goes out. THE HOME CF THE TURTLES. Catching Them on the Ocean Beach in Eastern Florida. How a Bear Goes Egg-Hunting. Jupiter Inlet (F1a.) letter to the New Fork Sun. The past two months the bears tlocked to the seacoast from the great pine woods and cypress swamps of the interior. They aro drawn to the ocean beach in search of turtle eggs, for which they have a keen relich. The turtles break from the sea on tho nightof May 7. From that time to the 1st of September they throug the beach. After depositing their eggs beneath the burning sand, they settle down among the coral rocks that appear above the water at low tide. There thoy are caught by the fow peoplo living along the coaet between St. Auustine and Eey West, who aro thus furnikhed #ith s delicacy almost upkoown in Northern latitudes. Somo ‘of the fishermen carry their tartles to Key Weat, bat the market there is geperally overstocked, and the business is by no means remunerative. CATCHING GREEN TURTLES, Of all the turtles frequenting tho beach, the green turtle is most highly prizel. In early spring many of these are caught in nets in the Indian, Hillaborough, and Halifax Rivers. The water is salt, and subjoct to tho action of the tide. The uets are stretched acrosstie channels of the rivers. Asthe turtles come lumbering aloug with the current, they are entaugled in the meshes and captured. The fisherman drops his prey in what is termed a *‘crawl,” where it is Lept awaiting tho market demand, or util its captors hanker for turtle steaks or soup. 'The turtle crawls are distinguishing features of the 6alt wator rivers. Cypress stakes aredriven iuto the sand and water some rods from the shore, in tho form of 2 squate. The water is from 2 to 3 feet 1 depth, and flows through the intervals between the stakes. At a distance the crawls Took Like pig-pens at anchor. The word * crawl " is probabiy a corruption of the Spanish correl. ‘The nat:ves persist in procouncing and spelling it e-r-a-w-l While in captivity the turtle seems perfectly st home. 1o is purely a water-hog. As long 28 1us stomach is filled he is happy. Ho s fed a pe- culiar grass, resembling pulso, that is found up- on the bottom of the nvers. It is this gravs that givea the green turtlo s delicious flavor. Like the canvas-lack duck, he subsists entirely upon a vegetsnan diet. The loggerheads and ctler varieties cat fish, and ure not so eagarly sought. THE ETXO OF THE SANDS. The beach is the summer-resort of the cosraer- ined turtles. A few green ones troop along iu their walke, but they are outnnmbered by the loggerheads and sbellbacks. The king of the sands is the great trunk-backed turtle. He car- ries a shell built up from bhis back like a tower, and preseuts an Interesting sppearsace as he crawls along tha sand. Beachcombers say that their shells are from 2 to'5 feet thick: The flewh: in regarded a8 a great luxury, and singlo shells ore sold to curiosity-seckers at prices ranging from $50 to #100. The trunk-back, however, is bscoming very scarce. Nobe are taken north o” Lake Worth. They keep below the line of frost. In size they are eunormous. Mr. Charles Moore, of Castle Rag, tells mo he Dbas trapped them weighing from 600 to 800 vounds. It is hard to say what causes the pecu- liar conformation of tho shell. Mr. Mooro tinnks they are centenarian loggerheads, and that each ridge is the weizat of & ceriain num- ber of yvears. Their pecks are shriveled. and they bear the marks of old azoin their faces. Théy bite ferociously, and c.uld easily nip off & leg or an arm. THE LEATHER-DACK AND THE GOPHER. Turtles caught on the beach between Jupiter and Cupe Sable average from 100 t0 350 p. ids. Many people eat the loggerhead. Some declare that thoy preferit wo the green turtle. Tho de- scendants of the lfinoreans cook it in & way that destroys tie fishy taste, and renderd tho mont extremely palatable. Its breath is feted and disagreeablo, but there is nothing offensive about a green turtle. The mos: delicious of all is_the leather-back. This is a small turtle. found in- both fresh and salt water. At the cdges its shell is as soft us jujube paste, but increases in solidity as it mounts the back. The centre of the back is of a cireular form about the size of a trade dolar, and hard a8 ivory. The leather-back is taken while slecping upon the surface of the water. Noue are sent North. They are caught by o long-handled "gafl-hook, the point of which 18 jerked through the soft portion of the shell. Along Lake Worth these turtles aro found in abundance. They are of adark color, lacking the fight graesy hue of the green turtle and the delicate yellow of the logzerhead. It is not un- common to 662 a turtle Hoating upon the water asleep while a pair of gulls are making love upou its back. I bave heard Floridians speak highly of a land-turtle which actains a large size in the lower part of tho peninsuls. It lives in holes in tho ground. They call it a gopher. It resom- bles the common land-turtle of New York and New Jersey, and is protected by a hinged door of shell, both fore and aft. Negrocs and Indians g0 into ocstacies over its steaming soup. HOW A TCBTLE MAKES A NEST. The inbabitants of the coast, howerer, prize its eggs far abovo the turtle. Females begin laying on_the 7th of May. Old turtle-catchers sssert this date with much positiveness. They ey that no turtle was ever kmown to drop an eusic before the 7th. The females generally come upon the beach at nizht. Their course upon the sand is marked by the trailing of their tals and dippers, ‘fhe trail from the water to a poiut above high tide is As straight as s line. Ap- proaching a chosen epot, the turtle makes a gen- tle swervo to tho north, and sounds the sand witts her flippers. Satistizd of the desirablencss of the situation, sho begins to dig a hole. To do this ber hind flippers alone aze used. Her work is remarkuble, if not artistic. The hole is sbaped like the inside of a Inrge juz, Its neck ig smull, but its intcrior 1s crreular, and from 15 to 20 or more inches in diameter. The sides are smooth and rounded throush the use of the flio- pers. No workman in pottery could turn out a job moro true. - Frequently the tartle is dissatisfied with her labor. Probably she finds the gronnd under- mined by the bright-eved sand-crabs that dance alovg thoe shore. In that case she makes a curve to the cast and marches directly to the water, emerging at some other point and goiog through the same performance. Sometimes sho digs four or five holes before she begins to doposit her egge. TOW THE FEMIALE LAYS HER EGGS. Ier nest finished, the female turtlo setiles down to work. Up to this time she invariabiy takes to water at the approach of a straager. After ehe begins to lay, the presonce of an army would not frighten ber, A man could etand upon her back, zud she wonld keep her position until the last egg was dropped. Dr. Frank For, a well.known Lunter of New Smyrua, tells me that he once saw a bear take his etsnd behind a turtle on the uest. Lruin csught the egas in al- ternate paws as they fell, and devoured them wich a emack of the chops that could be heard at the distance of 100 yards. Bears have been known to watch turtles for hours. and then tear them to pieces becauso they showed no disposi- tion to lay. The eggs are deposited at a depth of from 15 to 18 inches. They are nat oval but ronnd, and nearly the size of a hen's egg. Tho shell is flexible, and wiite au snow. It is as elastic as rubber. Dent an egg with your thumb and the indentation will last for hours. Egg hunters al- ways carry a bag, in which they drop the eggs. A Dag of ozgs can be trown across a horse, the i:urde ridden st full gallop, and not an ogg bro- on. i APPEARANCE OF TIE YOUNG TURTLES, In filling their nesty the females dizplay mar- velous skill. The egzs are deposited in layers 50 arranged that thero is not an inch of room to gpare. No buman hand conld show such a knowledge of packing. DBeachcombers sre re- pentedly astonished at the quantity of eggs taken from a small nest. They eay tliey have re- peatedly tried to replace them 3a they found them, but in co instance have they succceded in gotting more than two-thirds of them beck m the Lole. From seventy-five to 150 eggs are found in each neet. The general average is 130. Dr. Fox says he has unearthed 170. Last year, Lowever, Dr. Wallace, af Turtle Mound, discov- ered a hole containing 210 oggs. ‘This i8 proba~ bly tha largest nest ever found oa the Florida coast. When the femalo bae filled her nest she covers ths hole with moisteved sand, sud packs it down with her flippers. No garden-roller conld make it more sold. The sot is then eprinkled with lcose sacd, and the old turtia retarns to the sea. The eppe hatch within thirty-five dsys. Tho summer sup 18 very warm, and the sand becomes €0 hot that it blisters the feet, When the young ones break the shell, they swarm to the surface and take s bee-iine for tho water. Instinct roints out the direct route. Meu have driven shin-les around s tartle’s pest, sud awaited the bat:hing of the egl Though out of sight of the water, the little ones would crowd the side o tho inclosure nearest the ccean, and dis thare unless released. When dropped behind & sand- lr;gukv they turn to the east and travel in that Ji- Rction with the contident eagervess of a Mo~ sonic neophyte. When hatched, they are a httlc arger than a rilver half-dollar. APPRECIATIVE DEARS. An egg-hunter usually walks the heach before sunnse and after sunset. If the tide is low, he finds the vests by the trails leading from the water, The deposit is always found on the carve of the trail above bigh water-mark. The packed #and indicates ita locality. 3aoy turtles, how- ever, mako what are called false nesta. They take great pains to leavo a clear trait, =nd pack the ground on the curve witbout Gropping an egg. Afterthus endeavoring to mislead the en- emies of_their young, they slip off to some quiet spot and lay. This ruso deceives men, but nover bears.. Brum bas a keen nose, and is al- ways up to snuff. He never wetcs his time on a false nest, and mever fails to etop at a good one. When that is found he makes the sand fly. As ho gradually scoops it out, his head dis- appears and his hindquarters stand up against the sky. As such times his joy overcomes his fears.” All cautiousness is thrown aside, and he relapses into the enjormeut of his delicacy. A daring man might walk up and pinch i hind- leg withont fear of discovery. More bears are killed while nosiog the nests of turtles than at any other time. Nothing but a ritle-ball will keep a bear from s turtle-hole. While at Lake Worth I beard a story of two egg-hunters who went out on the beach just after the sun bad set. One of them found anest and was just about to rifle it, when Lis compan- 1on said, “* Let us go on and find anotber ono before dark. We can dig thin up on the way vack” The ogg-hunter replied that ho was afraid some bear might get ahead of him. ** Oh, throw your coat on tho uest, and no bear will dare to touchit,” said his comrade. The coat was thrown down. ‘They found anotber nest three-quarters of a milo down the beach. Its eggs wera secured and they were on their way home when they saw a_huge bear come out of the palmetto scrub and walk along the shore, enifting for eggs. Tho men were unarmed. The bear raised his nead and saw the coat. Ina jiffy the garment was torn into rags, and the sand was fiying from thenest. Theegg-huntera heard the smacking of bruin's chops with eorrowful face, and never sgain dropped a coat upon & turtle's nest. HOW A DOCTOR PATIENS HIS MULES. Millions of eczgs are destroyed everv year. Coos and opossums train 1 the wake of tho bear, and scour the beach. Opossums have been caught 80 stuffod with eggs that they could bardly walk. When a setifer lives near the boach, his hogs _facten. themselves upon _tho nests: _Maokind comes in_for the smallest share. Dr. Wallace gathered 5,000 exgs last yoar boforo tho season was half over. Of course be had more than bis family could eat. The eggs threatened to spoil on his hands. One night nis mules were without corn. He dumpad a peck of turtle-eggs in their manger. The beasts aeemed to like them better than grain. After that the Doctor fed them eggs once a day thronghont the summer, and the avimals became as fat as bat- ter. Soon afterward his dog developed a taste for them, and, between the dog, mules, and fam- ily, flxm Doctar hud his hands full to keep up the supply. "Tho eggs can be kept from five to six weeks. They are used for cuoking purposes. and are said to bo mare nutritious than hen’s egga. For pies, custards, and similar delicacies, they are oil that canbedesired. Fried, boiled, scrambled or knocked mto an omelet, thoy aro savory and palutable. ;No effort bus ever becn made to ship them north, where they would undoubzadly be appreciated. MOONLIGHT BCENES ON TRE DEACK. Hundreds of turtles sre caught ou the beach by mooulight. They cantfot walk quite so fast a3 aman, It requres peculiar skill to handle them. They are seized by the shell above the hind flipper, and turned on their backs as quick 28 a0 nls Californian would turn a flapjack. There ia a knack about it that is not esslly ac- quired. An oxpert hss & quick oyo and a quick motion. He is 8s supple as @ hickory sapling. It the turtle is large, he throws himself over with it, thus tarning & com- plete somersaalt. If the mouster is not thrown in the twinkling of an eye, it raisca itself to its legs and shoves for the water, leaving its pur- suer flat on the and. A beachcomber weighing no more than 100 pounds can pifch overa 300-pounder nppm..gf’;’ with the greatest case. Strangers are advised mot o exper- iment with the loggerheads, aa they are wicked when sunoyed, and sre apt to bite. A story is told of & fat man who endeavored to lift n large green fellow into his boat. The turtle seized bim by tho slack of the stomach, and the man et up a rosr that startled all the bears in the vi- cinity. Fortunately his pataloons wera tough, and Le escaped without serious damage. Last year Bartolo C. Pacetti saw o loggerhead near Mosquito Iulet weighing more than pounds. The turtle was filling a nest, and was of such s size that it was useless to think of turning it by main strength. In ths dilemma Pacowts scooped & great hole in the sand at the sdo of the nest. As the monster roso and started for tho ses he exerted all bis strongth and tumbled it into the bole. 1t struck upon its back, and set its flippers in motion. Pacetti says that for five minuteshe thought tho eky was filled with nshes. The saud tlew in all direc- tions, and the turtle would Lave covered a rogi- ment if it bad had the opportuuity. TOW A PHILADELPHIA DOCTOL CATCHES THEMN. Once on its back a tartle is heipless. It will throw sand faster than a fanning-mill can spout chaff, but it is sccurely anchored, and will lay there until it dies, if not removed. Beachcomers turn their turtles by moonlight, and secure them in the morning. Some of the inhabitants take their turtlesin the heat of the day with a cast-net. I spent ono day hunting them with Dr. William Witt- field. formerly of Philadelphis. ~The Doctor walked atong tho swf st low tide. carefully watching the sunken coral rocks. The turtles would nise between the rocks and blow like por- poises. In an instant the catch-net was in the air. Asitsprend on the waters and rank the turtle was meshed, and te Doctor rushed into tiie ses, caught it by the flippers and dragged ic out. ‘'hess turtles wero small green ones. Their meat was tender and juicy, and the Doc- tor preferred them Lo tnose caught 1o the rivers. They feed npon the delicale seaweed growing betseen the coral fonmatious. Dauring the summer, Col. Titus, of Kansas and Nicaragua fame, visits the: beach below Care Canaveral and spends six wecks in turtling. He Daa tonts and servants, and camps out like an old votoran. As he 1 eutirely crippted by bul- lets and rheumatism, be can do but littie besides overseeing the job. I hear that he is one of the most successtul turtlers ou the Indian River. With all ite cnemies on land, the turtlo has & ferocious assailant in the water. Euormous sharks, cruel and voracious, frequent the coast and inlets of Florida. They attack the largest turtles, biting off their heads and flippers with- out coremony. During tho latter part of April T canght an old foggerhead near New Smyrna. It had beon atranded at high tido iu the slue of a saud-bar, and was not ableto got out. A shark nad bitten off one of it fore-Uippars. It weighed about 170 pouads. Indian Troubles in Denton County, Tex. From the Dallus (Tex.) Commercial, Set. 8, Afew days ago wo_gavo the particulars of & horrible massacre in Denton County, where three women wero murderad and scalped by the rod devils, and their bodics mangled 1o a fearful manner. From tbe Denton Jteview we get tho fgliowing additional particulars: After killing aod xcalping the mother and one of the daughters, tho fiends attacked the other daughter in the yard. She was & youn beautiful, and most’ intelligent young lady. Drven to desperation by the ituation, she proved herself a perfect heroine, and died fight- 1og savages in her own yaud. ¥ From this the red devils continued in s northwesterly direction. Early on Vednesday moraing, some eighteen of our citizens, from the robbed neighborhood on Denton Creek, strack out for Decatur in pursuit. At Decatur they wero joined by several others, from Wise County, swelling tho crowd to abont twonty-five persons. Anotlier party were likewise in pursuit, and wero m advaace of the Doaion County party, ccoeisting of eight men, who camo in sight of the Indians on Brashy Creek, in Wise County, eome 16 miles from Decatur, about 9 or 10 o'clock a.m. The Indisus here halted and corraled the horses. While hero, the eight men were reinforced by fourteon men un- The "der command of J. D. White, who had been on tho trail of the Indians.* This combined forco surronnded tho Indiane, a0d & skirmish began. Afier continaing for some half an hour, the Io- dians abandoncd their stolen stock and fled. Tho only cacualty among the whites was one horse kilied. The damage to the Indians uo- known. Onoe Indian was uchorsed and bis horao 2nd equipments captared. Jr. Thomason thinks 1hat 200 horses snd mules were recaptured, co= posed of stock stolen mostly from Denton Coun- tr. Quilan recovered his mules, and Stephen Chrystal, Grao Chrystal, Burnett, Bsrd, snd Iolms, and alao some others, recovered siolen horses, ‘The paity from Derton County did not reach the scene of zction until it was too late to engage in the tight. Could they have arived on the gronnd a little sooner. the reaalt would prob- ably bave been differen:, as, witn tho wholo forcs in punst, ecting togethier. thoy couid bavo made it very warm for those **petdof Uncig Sam.’ This is the frat incursion of these usvages’ into Donton Couaty that the Reriew hus besu caliod on to chroniols, M8y it bo the lass]™ LES BONS-VIVANTS, An Old-Time Philadelphia Din- ner. Bow Fiftcen New Yorkers Were Lrought by Fifteen Philadeliphians to o Just Appreciation and a Full Understanding of What Constitutes a Dinner, Properly So Called. 120 BroADWAY, NEw Youx, Aug. 7, 167" To the Editar of the Philadelphia bres: it Sm: I have resd with great pleasare tho arti- clos by Mr. Parkinson on **American Cookery,” printed in your journal onthe 31st Jaly. I have also read with much interest an article on these articles by the New York Worldsand which you reprint nnder the head of ** Centennial Cookery —Reminiscences from New York of Philadelphia Tables.” These published * reminiscences™ by a New York editor of his pleasurable experiences ot certain ** tables in Philadelphia ™ awaken a flood of delightful * reminisceaces” in my own mind of connection with a metnorable old-time Phila- delphia banguet where I had tho honor to bo & guest. In tho year 18511 was one of fifteen residents of New York who gavea diner to as many highly-estecmed citizens of Philadelphin. Wo went to our most celebrated caterer, tha re- nowned Delmonico, and told him that we wanted to astooish our Quaker City friends by the sump- tuousnesa of our feast. **Monoy was of no con- sequence. Our honor and the homor of New York were at stake, and for him to do his level best.” And certainly the entertainment he gave us aund our guests was a greal one, and, as we then suppored, unsurpassably fine. In their calm, undemonstrative menuer, a8 if simply in the way of return compliment, sud al- most a» a matter of courso at that, our Philadel- phia friends now invited tho New Yorkers “to drop in upon them some eveniog sad take pot- Iuck with_ them.” ** Philadelphia habits™ (our guests #aid in substance), **Philadelphia habits, of course, our New Yok friends well knew, were in all respects simple, and in somo respects se- vere, but such as they might happea to have in tho liouse, tho lateh-string would be out on the 19th of Apnil.” I have already eaid thatit was in the year 1851. Promitly on time we all feli into line, and apswered to our names at roll-call st the restau- raut of James W. Parkinson, The manner of the caterer, like the rest cf our Qusker City en- tertainers, was #o quiet and serone that our ex- pectations continued to be very moderate, and cortainly we formed no impresaion that anything wag abont to happen out of thensusl. In fact, the Ileathen Chinee, wilh his hands, pockete, and eleevesall full of aces, never looked more + childlike ” or ** bland," or more religiously in- nocent of any special mastership in the game. Wo very soon found that wo had been reckon- ing without our host, and with a very inadequate idea of tho rank which Philadelpbia held in tho bigh and princely‘zzts of hospitality and good living. A single gence at tho banqueting-hall opened cur oyea to our mistake. Not only the general nppearance, but every detail and minu- tire, showed the hand of & master. The arrange- ment of the lights, the crockery, the cutlery, the glass, the flowers, the ornamental confectionery, and the many other table appointments and dec- arations, were all marked with the most exquisite taste ; whilo tke entertainment 38 a whole dis- played such original fertility of design and such abounding amplitude of rcsource that the New Yorkers, accustomed ns all of them were to the best that this city could do, were soon filled with 28 much amazement 88 delight. Never sinco that memorable night did any of the party cease to express their wonder at this superb and sump- tuous banquet as something wholly unapprosched by any otber entertainment they had either wit- nessed or imsgined. “As this dinner was given in April, it took the caterer greatly to o disadvantage as to both gamo and vegetables. It was * between sea- ons.” Ho could only obtain what he did by special meo of both telegraph and oxpress. His fettuce, green pess, caulifiowers, etc., had to bo ordered from Georgis. His reed birds came from South Carolina. Hesent anglers and hunt- ers to the woods and waters of Virginia. The salmon of the occasion wera swimming the night ' before in the Kennebec, in Maine. This .dinner consisied of seventeon distinct courses. Each courso was a parfect banquet in itaelf. Every separate courso of viands was ac- compsnied with 1ts own sppropriato_course of wines. The exponsivences and rarity of the Jiquors will be inferred when I say tho open~ ing: *Cognac"” cost 6 8 pint at wholesale. Before everyone of the thirty gaests was a wino~ cooler. Bohind every guest was a_waiter (col- ored), in the full evening party-dress of the dar—black pantaloons and swallow-tsil coat, with white vest and white cravat. The glaves of the waiters were not cotton or berliu, but the newest and best of whito kid.. “Among tbe choice aud voluntary contributions to the comiaon feast were two bottles of Madeira ‘ine, which were brougit by Joshua Price, a citizen who was a8 well known in Philadelphia at that day as Independence Hall. These bottles had come down to him from his great-great- grapdfather. They had been in the family for over 150 years, Their great ago was attested by the accumulstion of dust, cobwebs, and what not. These incrostations on the glass were half an inch thick. y Enchained to our seats by thia long and brill- jant euccession of culinary enticewments, inter- spersed, of course, with that * feast of reason and flow of soul,” in the way of wit and song, poetry, eloquence,” end anecdote which such bountiful good cheer is suro to inspire, we,sat 80 long at the table that the sun in the meantime liad both set and risen 2gein. It was precisely § o'clock in the evening when we sat down, aod it was bigh 6in tho morning when we arose. At which, lo: no man wonder when he reads the bill of fae. Every map, as vou may well beliave, kept his copy of tho bill 23 a me- mento of the occasion. Ono of our party, on bis return, threw bis copy down befure the proprietor of the then most famous hotel in New York, and said: “ There, Ciacley, go to Philadelpbia and learn how to get up a diuner.” 1 transeribo verbatim my weil-worn bill of fare, Wiich, now that * Centennial Cooking ™ has be- come & topic, throws light upon what tha re- vources aud tho art of our country can do at the coming exposition, and comes nearer to our ** business and bosoms " thau all the famous rec- ords of the *feasts of Lucullus,” the ‘ Noctes Ambrosian®” of Christopher North, and tho “nights and reflections of ihe gods™ of the Greeks and Romans: EMFIRE ASD KEYSTONE. [Coat-of-xrrns of the Sistes of New York and Pennsyl- vanis. Cognac of 1 ‘Wine bisteis, with Madoira and sberry. LA CARTE. FIIST COUIAE, Ossters: Morris River cove on shell, Vines : Sauterne, vintage of 196, specially eelected from the ‘stock of Washington Morton, st Bordeaux. 8! )SD COUKIE, Soups : Green turtie, Pottage a la reine, Wines: Snlder’s Imperial cognac (in pint bottles), THIRD COURAE, Fish 1 Fresh salmon, lobster sauce, Taked Rock, 3 Ia Chambord. Wices p s Cabinet, Stelnberg—vintage of 1834, Specially selected {rom_ the celars of the Duke of Nussau, JOULTH COURST. Loiled : Turkey, celery, and oyster sauce, Chicken und ey sauce. Beel tngdea, Wines : Champagno—Spariling, of Peuvrel s Aviza, Specially on table. Medoc—Ifaut Brion, 1341, Bargundy—Coto rotl. 1839, FIFTH COURSE, Coid dishey 2 Qalatine de dinde 2 1s geles, Balade » Is rusra en Lordure de gelee, Baeuf 2 s mcde, Balado de Volaille, a 1a mode Anglaise, Jambon decors, Aigic des Luitres, Mayonnaise of loLster. Aspic L volsiiie 3ux trudes, Vines : Rare old cask. Amonulludo—Fale saerry. Specially selected from the private £to-k of Thomes ‘Osborna, Eq., of the bouse of Duf, Gordon & Co. Port Andalusis, Spatn. SIXTR COTRSE Eutree No. 17 Filet de bsaf auz champignons, Tty de veau, sauce tamste. Vol-au-vent, a Ia financiere. Coteletten_ de mouton, Cronuettes de BEFENTI CUURSE. Eatres No, 2: ‘Pigeons’ Braise, Arcade du s Moet—Extrs ) ¢ champegne. Vintaze of 13:6—501 o' ruedial injoriation, BHGHIZ COURSE. y Extra Vintage of 1-4 ces monteass Swiss basket, Pan:er en nought, Co o Lasket. Vaze monts with fruit glace. Flora's offering, Moorish fountain, lx:flhn temuple, Vegetalles © White potatoes, | © Sweet potatoes, Corn, Hominy, Tomatocs, TESTRL COUBsE. Coupdu millieu. Borbuts au vin de Tokay, ELEYENTR carmar, Game: Jacx § Teal duck, Rce birds, Woodeo 1 Fover ™ e Wines : 3 il de perdriz, TWELFTH COURSE, Diamoud-back terrapin, Roxat potatoes. Bare old Amontilido psle s are old Amontillsdo pale sherry. (Specially selected and bottled s Enrope, Imparied October, 180y T THIRTEENTR cOCESE. Pastry : Temon pudding. Peach pie. Cocoanut pudding, Charlotte Luase. Gstesux » La Lurisienne, Meringue d Gsteauza by Wafers » Is Francaise, Gelle an Madere, Blanc-mange. Ttalian cresm, Gatesux allemands, Wizes : Sherry—Tars old mellow cask wine, of St Gordon & Co, e elrs—Soft, old; vinisge of 1811, Port—Buruaciater, extru:{vpocial i FOURTLENTH cocmsz, Confectionery : Aot drops. seam candy, Celery seed. Raspberry bails, Burned almonds, Cinere almonds. Crear dropa. . Nougat de Provence, ¢ " Port wine drops. ! “brandy dropa, FUTEENTR COUBSE. Toocrean and water ices Biscuit glace, Cream an burra, Caramel, Vanilla, Harlequin. Strawberry, - Lemon, Orange water ice. Punch s 12 romaine, Champagne frappo s Is ghace. SIXTECNTH COUDSE. Fruits and nuts: Applea. Oranges, Figs. Riaising, ‘Walnuts, Alinonds. Fecan nufs. rts, Wiges « Rhbenish—Soft, old, very rare extra Cabinet. (Marcobrunn of 1834, sj.ecially obtained fromthe cellar of the Duka of Nassau.) Medoc, b (Montrose of 1840, very choice and delicate, bortled in 1844, and epecially selocted from the stock of Vale & Co., st Bordeaux. ) BEVENTEENTH COURSE, Cale moir, L1QUETLS, Manwschino. Cwacoa, ‘Wines and liquors selected for this occasion from the stock of Jacob Snider, Jr., Philadelphia. I call the sttention of_vour epicurcan readers to the tenth course. This bold inuovation on the usages of the table could only have originated with cuisinier of genins. It consiated of lib- eral supplyof tho best Tokay wino frozen, or, I may say, Tokayice, While the flavor of this fine luxurs was exquisite, the resalt it produced was avsolutoly magical. 'When thecaterer was asked 20w ho came to interpolata this dishon the menn besaid; ®What was tho effect?” The answer was: *Why, it cooled our* palates, whetted our appetites anew, and wo went at it again with all tho zest of s fresh start.” Calerer: *Such, gon- tlemen, was my precise purose in introducing i Not to remark more particlarly on any other details of the banquet I wish 1.0 do the justice to the New Yorkers to record rhat they admitted defeat. During the progress of the feast tha whole fifteen came to tueir feet.and mot only rescknowledged tha: the Philadelphians bad conguered them triumpbantiy, bat declared it as their unsnimous opinion that they had far surpassed any similar entertaioment which had over been given in this country. We learned afterwards that 1o a small anto- room, which gave a full view of all that was gomg on in the banquet-hall were pathered all the best caterers of Philadelphia. Among _these was Joseph Haad, of the * OId 3fsusion House.” Ag Head, liko most of Lis contemporaries, is now possibly an unknown name to 21l but the oldes class of your readers I will ask them,to inguire of his gifis and capabilities as a caterer of Ho race Einney, Gon. Robert Patterson, aud athez old-time good livers such ag these. These elder. 1y citizens will report that Josepa Head bad nol oply purveyed for some of the grandest antor: tainments 1n this conntry, but thst, before com« ing to this country, he was persoually familiaz (being himself of & wealthy aud distinguisheq family) with the best that could be done in the noblest houses in England. And yet Head de- clared, on the occasion I have been writing sbour, = Neither in Englsnd nor in Ametica havo 1 ever eccn so superb a_banquet, and 1 never expect to see, nor do I think any of you will ever see, such another.” The Philadolphia popers of {the day spole of this cntertaiument a8 ** tho 31,000 diaper.” The fact is, that our Pluladelphia entertainers pmd the caterer £1.500 for the banquet—s30 a piato. And yes such was tha expenso 1ncurred in pro- iding 8o greas a variety of such rare snd costly vianda that the purvoyor made 1o profit even af that. Indeed, he stated to tho Committee that, whils he asked a carto blanche, he would em- ploy & special clerk who should keep aa accarate account of all the outlays, and ho would sdd na profit for himself. “ AL that he meked was the . pleasuro of showing to our friends from New York what the culiusry and coufectiouacy arl could do in his native City of Pm‘d"]fl“fi'v A Spanish Massacre. A dispatch pablished in the London nowsps pers gives the following account of & maskacre by Carlists : * These ill-fated men werq at Olot when an attack against Puigcorda was arraoged. I order to proceed to the kuccor of the place, tho Republican troops had to march in the direction of Olot. Fearing a rescue, the Carlists marched thoir captives towards Valifogons. Ouce thera Saballs camo to the korrid resolution of shooting them all. Whetber it was from objections made tohim against such a wholesale butchery, o1 some other cause, the order was modified. It wa8 directed that all dousniers, or Custom-Housa troops, were to be executed, and that every fifth individual of ine comusndiog Officezs, and soidiers of the line on the list of prisoners should suffer the ame fate. This wae done, & cross being affized to the name /of oach victim on the margin of the paper containing the tist of priconers. These 114 men, with the 75 Carabineros, took the direction of Ripoll, and at a short dia:anco from that place the seventy-fiva Carabineros, with their guard, turned off to the left and the soldiers to the right. The first, oo arnviog noar tho Cemetery of Llanes, in the Parish of Ripoll, were infurmed that they wera about to die. They were tied in couples, and, a8 the executioners wero less in pumber than tha vicums, tho latter were mads to enter in parties of eight, ten, and twelvo each, and were then shot. Beventy-iiva prisoners, among them an officer of Carabiueros, married men, most fathers of families, were thus muordered_and interred in the Cemetery of Lianes. While this massacre was taking place, the 114 troope of tha line, or every fifta man so- lected for death, proceeded in tho direction of the Town of San Juan de les Abadessas. At about 2 miles’ distance from that placo tho fatal ordec was communicated to tuem, sad they were mado to tako off their coats, which were thrown upon 2 pile of wood. Strange to eay, four men man- aged to hido themselves among the coats, and shcceeded in cecaping. Tho doomed party were then tied in couples and zhot. Their corpses were lett with an order to the parish anthorities to be buried at San Jusn. An imorenss trench was dug in the cemotery, and in it lio the 110 victima of this Carlist atrocity, among them be- ing a fiold officer, twelve ofiicers, and & doctor. ¥ich Life Eclow Stairs. A Boston family returned, usexpected, from the country, the other eveuing, sud found that :ke woman left m charge of the houso Lad been maried, and s very prand wodding party was going on in the drawing-room. Flowers, wing, and supper were g the bouse witn their a10ma, and a general * lugh Lfo below stairs Was u progres. Mutual setonishment, sudden dwappearance of tho gueats, confused explana- tion from: tae bridsl pair, in t mintress, 10 B¢T7ants to ges breakfast the nexs morning.