Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1875, Page 2

“a yee THE CHICAGO DALLY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, ‘hom won'd interfere with his profit and diff ® getteral dinsatisfrotion with tho service, when Bo many witnesses against it were scattered threngh the country, irged the Englith Govern- laeut to delay their oxchanzo ti!l the war was ended Frederick of Pruesia and tho Emperor wera Opposed to the eelling of men for for- eign eorvicn: not ‘fiom any _ feeling of the minery hich it cwused, but he eaves their own political horizon was overcast, ond thay meht Bo veed tham for their awn esrvice. Jt has been said that Fredorick wae moved by eentiments of humanity, and thot with » Witter practical oatire he itnponed tLe rame tax ip- on the parsage of those men thiutyl his territo- ries that ho had been accustomed 1 imposoupon cattle. Huiwe have vers little reauun to count lhaomanity anoug Frederiel’s viewes, Mo lated England for ber dessrtion of hint when ute be- eume Minister and Chati:am was forced to rutire. In November, 1777, he retused the Anspachara und Hauayers a pazeago through his territories, sorely embacraesing tho German sovercigne and their Moglish customers. Thoy kvew not which way to turn, Tf they should atterapt to paeo through Holland and tho Notkerlands, the ditcontonted and ill-pravided men would deeext by hundreds, When at length tho march began, $4 men did desert in ten dzyn. The disgraceful drania closed iu 1778 With the ombarkation of the levies of tho Privco of Zerbst. And thus Frederick was our involuntary ally. ‘There was another ordeal to pass before the bargain was broucht toacluse. Would Parlio- ment approve this degradation? Tho dobates were long and bitter, and brought out the think- eraand orators of both Muuses, In the Com- mons, Burke characterized tho bargain as shame- fuland dear. In the Lorde, Camdon braadod it aaa sale of catile for the xhamb Evon tho butcher of Cutioden condemned it as an attempt to suppresa Coustitntional hborty in Aimorica, But tho Ministiy provaied by large majorities in both Honres. “England ind not yet opened her eyes to the inhumanity and bad statesmanship of tho ware Bat England was uot alone, ‘Tho moral sense of Europe had nat yet awakened. The old spirit of foudatis had not yet lost its hold wpou the nobles nor upan the people, ‘The noble utili fei that tho conroner was infinitely below him. Tho commoner and day-laborer could not Tut belzeve that tho noble was really far above thom. A few yoices wero ratwed in the defenen of tumau rights. ‘The moat powerfal of theso in Tranco was the voico of Mirabeau, who, thongh s noble himvelf, had also been the vietiin of tyrauny, Andin Gerany it is pleas. ant to fiud Schiller on the side of humanity, etigmatiziny tho trade in mon in fila Kabate und Lieve; whils the great Kant went «till further, Aud embraced tho canxa of the Amutican ccla- nista with all tho enorgy of his vast intellect. Klopstock aud Leseing spole in law tones, and we liston in vain for the vuice of Goothe, It is impossible to giva with perfect ncenracy tho numbors of the Germans ompioyed by Ene wiand in this fatal war. Tho Miglish archives coutain one part of the story, and that the most inportant--tha NUMUERS ACTUALY MUSTERED INTO BERVICE. But tho yarions German arebives, which con- tain the recor of all who were put on tho rolls, are vot all — recessible to the historical inquirer. ‘Chis part of thoesubjoct haw bean carsfatly studi se Schlozer, and tho result compared by Mr i the statements in tho English Stuti Mr, Kapy's figuros are as follow humoer of meni Nu Thus the total Jona wan 21,85: It is dilicult to estabkieh with certainty the gums which this ormy of foreigners took frow the tex-pecura of England. Strongly wuppotied aa thoy ware in Darligmoact, Miniaiers dil not dare to toll tho whole story openty, bt p Risuy things under felee tiller, Thos did no dure fraukly to ear, Every man th ia killed” pits no many theta inte rhe boversign’s pocket, every thies wounded meu count for ove dead aon. 2 Parliament of Lord Norsk: might have ob: from tho contan ou of figures thus u with teara aud bical. As ner as it ean, saled by @ careful couipaciion of the Exgtial authorities, tha uns paid under various nacacg by tho Engiinp Treasiry amonnted in round Durrbere to 27,020,000 nterting, oF, at the prox- ent wttudard, £14,900,000. Hud thoso fourteen qnillions been used for the goad of the peg) whouo syzat and blood they were wen, we migut etill tind some erouuds for consolation fu the vo- Avetion thot the good thus done to cue would, by scomuion lew of lnmanity, avoacr or later extend to ail, But thin fruit of tho blood of tie People weot to eatisfy tho yuta crubitiona of die pley and tho unbouuded wonaustity of tha sov- ereign, Men whose names migot have utood high ta the aunals of war, if they had fought for thelr country, are known in history ae fightors for hire. raader who wishes to etndy this suhjoct more XoMatenbandel Deutechor (2775 bis 178)),"" yon Fredoilch Same, LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. TOR OUTH PARKS AND THH BOTANICAL G4R- DESa. To the Editor of The Chteago Tribune: Cituvago, Jon, 19.—I seo by nut Suoday's pa- paper the Bouts Park Commisrioners are about to eatablivh a Botsoical Garden in conuection With tho parka. Pluane allow me to imako a fow suggestions through your peper about native plauto, and other things that may be vxed for decorative purposes; for the parks, ag fur an al tcaly worked, aro snything but finieked, Ihave buon through a great number of perks in Europe, both private aud public, and I tuok sates af tho focal thingy that wora pnt into use for decoration aud utilltarlan purp2ses; for inutance, in one park to hide from sight an ugly old bara, the gardner had collneled anme hundreds of old treo-rootn, and by building the:a around iu o circle, morciy heastag an opening about 4 foot wide on one side, he formed a fine runtic arbor; he covers! roots with yi and cresping plaute and slabs, puiting here and thers any old large ugly atons Le could collect, Tunido the circle of roots were placed @ runtic table and weaty, and it was nica ratrawt, Nov, our Routh Purk Comottexionera pave lota of Larso treo-rcote near them, ard they could anally pat, One Gr two hundred Juads of clinkars from the Rolliug Milk, ond eoat them with ovment, by Which they could form prottuar, cassadas, many other things, at little expaue the public perky in England minke great use of clinkors for ull sorts of decovative piurposss. Now for native plunts for devoruting, there ate here somo of thy tinvat planta for missciug that an artistio eyo could desire, aud they would, when ostablisted, Le pormaneut without groon: house care in winter, Z would sugest that large beds be formucd on the weet side of tho parks amonyst the trees, aud fillet in with euch things aa anemoaes; alaoin what in called the wilderness thora cuuld be larga iuzeses af stich carly ne tivo flowers a8 tue bollworts, or una- Jariag, aud tho heputions; atvo of the erythro- niums, or ‘dog's tooth violets.” Tho writor has seen vary largo masses of thesbove ou the banka of sonio of the crosis noar the Mi iasippl, that wore worth s good doal to vo, ‘There is viso the tradcecantia Virginica, or Virginian apiderwort, that grows in such great mugvew on the Ilinoia Cevtral Masroad hanks noar the Grand Crossing, nvaling any show of fuwors in the world, ‘These cout be got in tons of thousands as noon an the frout is ont of tho ground. and tranoferred tothe paris. ‘I'non there another vory showy Amorican piaut which growa in large quettities near Movebill, che aselepias tubsrosa; this wonld be just tho thing fora large whovwy maes on soe uf the sundy ridges of the park. Toro aro many other fine, showy, native plants which could bu mado usu of in the parku. ‘The writer reroombera one of tho old Ene glish parks in which wore 10 be seen teus of shousandé of wuow-iops, crocuses, primrses, and other fowers, sud ous bau, atthe wast of which ran a road. might bo racy milliuns of the hysoluthus sondtucriptns, or Euslsh hyacinth, mixed np with luge numbers of what are there called red champions und foryet-me-nots, form ing, for about a quartor of & mile, one of tie most lovely maavew of color that’ tho eve could Wieb for, ‘The South and othor parts can cunily be made into vomothing note thon drives, lavuy, ind struggling niaeses of treos aud sirubn, A Loven oy tex Ueaurire, vinca mara. Te the Editor of The Chicagu tribune: Cuicago, Jeu. 13.—T'ho proceedings of tho “Chizens’ Acsuciation,” aud the bill framed by thom for presentation at Springtioid, a4 well ag the contoruplated ustiun of the County Clork whow that there a's prevailing smpresvion of the need of w propor werice of maps, Which eball ine dicate as far ae poeritie the lovation avd sizo Of every lot in this city, as well ne tho claimant oxowuer. This plan was fret sugested, if my Fosollection {a eorreot, bya letter tu your cole meage Gree ‘house, who propored, and which wero ux and, after s certain limited poriod, a bar to the | frauds and oxtortions, tho public would not com- maiuterance of porsensory actions ? FS. THE. SORE SHISANCE: oficial life, But the trouble with Inspector of Lhe Chwago Trivisne SE ete eae Ts corena tbe |e bomettal gon tate pe ney aera ee gonae of tho entire community in thanking yoa Your colunins relative to the ‘smoke nuivance,” | ment than himeelf, a which I trust, by your timely offorts, will soon bo abated. A crusade can be directed in no moro worthy cause than against the aootand blacke,” which last apnoy the cilizona of Chicago 1a0re than over did tho ‘American citizens of African ‘There is surely no reason why this intolerable nulsauco should be permitted to continue, when itcan, toa large oxtont, be prevented, without injury, oither,to the coneumary of soft coal. ‘The emoke represents wasted fuel, and waste which t of oft coal conenmed 1 | Po the Eiittor of The Chieato Triounes simply enormous, thin reckless throwing off of smoke in novor pointed in each dintrict, who are continually on G , tho alert, and alao watebing tle chinimeys i ave boss from 10 9 15 yeara old from 8 o'olocle tung the their viemnity, note and repert the impro; A reasonably severe penal Tn tho casa of thelr man- ufacterics, the chimmoss or erulte-stncka ate | all balang tu the Refurin School, nad their par- ixsne of xmoke, follows each offense, the nuisance isin that way somorhat drain- whed. Certainly ia this city it has become n vory serious question. Wo begin ta rival Pitt burg, and ucleas proper tueasuted ato. ta’ who wish to revide here te. enjos tha pure and healthy location will be ‘driven cisowhara fora lack of puro ais. If Tas Tamuss, whieh on this ozcasion ia “Tine Tatnuse of the poo- | "7 ple,” will prosa the matter viecrouals, we may | Lecki hopo for timely reliof at WHAT IT COSTS TO PUT A TENANT OUT OF DOORS, | which may be of Interest now: Nusrat Phe Chacnys meblo paper what the Judges und Conatabies aak for seuramons ora judgment and foes in gon- aral-thet they ak double and ty Jam accords therm. Tha non that Goss not knuw the law is cheated by all Tuativon of the Poco in Chicago, but they charge 8 Euinincus aud judg. joes net pay bin rout than for a summons for debia Threa-quarters of (he trinks that are jadged im the otlices of Jus- tices of tha Teaca sro dotroen proprietors and tonants, Toioin whatthe Judges and Consta- blew charge in Chicago to got a summons of forcivle detaiuer: Constahle f2ea—To serve & five-day notico, 2 good deal more to ge mont on a tenant that ¥1.00; to secvo tho sutamonr, 72; to oxccnte a mitre they hava; tae mon to tor the Cone Sib for tho wa, @ fees-—]hns aumaiony, $2; Judgmont $2.50; to get too mit of fa the total that aud all fore 10 time to the Justices Mamas, Ven 7, cud all otbar Juxticos of the for thay all have the rime be very obliging to all tha 3 of tho Crt7 of Cricago it you wouhl naver thia letter in tho fa papar, and tell the 1s the law accords to» Justicn of tha Poace snd Constabtes, so that that they Tony uot cheat us any mora, Yonra truly, Peore of tho city, avo the kindnoas ta coltrane of your extitaa POBTMABIERS’ SALARIZS, To the Rattor of The Chwago Writunes Cavaco, Jan. 12,--Aproyos to tue subject of high salaviea of Postmesiazs, I will, with your Ppentiesicn, give a chaptor of nly swa expariouce aa Pootinaater, having held that exalted position over eight yenr In an Eastern town, my torm onding in 1869, The firat two yeara my “com- missions” smountad to about 3700 aunuslly. At tho ond of that paried all Poatinesters wero nosi- fied to keep an scourate acecunt of "all stamps eancoled in thoir oflice fur tha upace of throe months," the salary for tho natt two years to bo Uaved on that showing. The result was an in- ereave ,to $300. About the tims of my biou- nisl stemp-ranceliog, there came into our town an “agency,” as tuey called it, and sent threach my office 35,000 recuroly sented “‘lettera™ diroated to all party of tho ec which were, of courae, caocoled, the reaalt, ia duo tice, being an increaso of my aalary to $1,190 for the coming two yeara! Idid not ot the timo think tho new system wan working well for tho Departmont, howeyer vatlafactory it waa to mo! Yoara I tearnt that tha salary of that ofiice was reduced to 24,100, boing the legitimate business dou’ know whether that gue or not, though I of the torn, “‘aystem "ja sth in vo; should rather think it was. OAMBLUAS! UATL-RONDE, Te the Editor of The Chieaga Tribune: Cutvsuo, Jan, 13.—Under the bead of “The Indicted Gamwhlory,” in to-day's Tarsune, I no- tice that A. 8, ‘Prudo became surety for two or iors gumblora ; DI. B. MeQoy for two or more famblora; G. 8, Chapin for two or more gam- blera; Mike McDonald for two or more gam-+ ers; aud Hugh Duun for threo or more gam- ths camo time and place, while several ganhlors on the list gave bail for each other, Now, will tho Stuto’s Attornoy bo #0 king as to inform the publi whother thore is suy limit to | B22: thie wort of thing ? Mutual adiniration and mu- tua] co-aperation go a xreat ways even among gamblers, but I much doubt whather their real tionkd the gambles con- rofuecly ns of Jato, Hay the Btato’a Attornay a nchodule of property owned by tue profeavional bail-bond gizuers who hang around the courta rondy feotodoliver ® criminal canfoderate from tho hands of justice? Would it uot be well for somebody to uchedule thoir property at once, and avcertain upon how many bonds their names already appear, with the prospective value of the same to the publia? eatate will bold out si tinue to give bal as py EXTRA TIOKETS IN PRINTING OFFICES, To tha Huttor uf The Chteayo tribune: Cureaao, Jan. 30,—Allow moto call your atton- lock, sv to wpeak—as corpulont cherub with | Democrat; and Allen, of tion to the following: ‘eof (he game played upon thn Chicago iggeated investizaion by oller lines that Tug too much eontide tors of Jobmprinting othives, Mies Ran uuy rasht 0 auve ticksta tat inay bo run off Leyond the’ enniber ordered, 6,000 or 10,60 ¢: ered to the company or di ikets, aud Bitty or a unurud niore tho ‘extra phoald bo dellv= fact 1s wudo hy the experience of the tun, ‘The above communication to the Jiuer-Ocean, | Itas your litle ovo been ailing long? cous, the are Ee ehpelniay cree eek walusties tothe | | Tho tall wemnws Maly, began to ta t reyulas tieket-printiny establishments of our city, we siniies her uad-tuoed’babo, and shade Kio | and two Bigioys—vohn and Gourge, both of an You will reply, Prevently whe wound tho infant's gold | New York, she firat a Demozrat, and the secoud | ‘Tho Shah’ Bur not find {u any well-regulsted ofica an apportu- chain around her floger in an abstracted manner | & Ropublican. ‘Tuere are two Clarks with tho lug or mlsplacoment of | go that the other wotnun would geo it, tiukets. All ‘‘oxtrag" ore marked “ senple," aud convoys au erronoous inproga unity for the purlol, it. baing tho most parjcue Diahons: CHURCH-BELL cHIure, tur She Chicuue Drigune: mn CurcaGo, Jan, 20.—AB w teultent of tho West | ito hor ba ou the West Side would acll thoir ding-don, rn a bells, aod woite in buying song | won; the sliver mug scttled It. JANUARY 23, 1875. TWELVE PAGES. which, being placed in Union Park or ome | strosity ow exhibiti “Why dow toa sido-cbow 7 tye with rage, seine in all tho churclies, went of whore belis ch Tot 5 Lot the churches ¢o-opor- wrangle, rshed in to iuterfere, “Ts my lntte darlin, “In mg Alpiicnvo a Toth thterrazations ment and altraction to the city ttself. ee the next xpariment. WHY THE GAS-ANSPECTOR KUSHES INTO PRES Te the Kittor of The Chicago Uribune; Curcavo, Jan. 20.—1f Mr. Jobu E, Siebel, the | he faithful and coustant inspection of the quan:ity and quality of ‘joflammabte ait" furmehed by | out “Io wae neue, Plain 1f be “rnsned into print” every day of his | Where Siobel ia, that when ho does “ruch into print” conne grasping und arrant monopolies to be found fn this or any other city, and fow oficiales aro in a ANZ THERE TWO NOUNTREES, Te the Editor of The Chicago Tritune: Cureaco, Jan. 21.—Ia the Rountree who now actsas County Attornoy tho samo one who itis included terry at the maeting at MeCormick’s Hall on tho evening of the election, whou the returns wero | Sisvete hey aro trecrisetly to have the pleauure of avnonncing the retnrns | thee ¢ be found? T think this will hardly Wasi. ANICE PLACE, Cureago, Jan, 29.—sin: Tha houses No. 197 | 28 bring #15 per d Inspoctors are op- | Dice Island avenio muet be a nice place. Thero 0 tr cards, driukiug, chewing and amohking tobacco, Chicago to stop such an inferual nuisance ? Crrizen, er reer THE VICTORY OF LIFE. Iv of The Chteayo Tribune: taut day. i after Its publication in 1867, I find the following, brine: ‘THE VICTORY OF LIFE, notice in your esti- Tonen made search, in hope to find Aviliag peace of inind, ch back of a terrapin ig alruc wit mud and lifted into tho b: very good wages during t T toiled for riches—ns {f these Cocid give thu apirlt aaue } fo what the im proof that 9 per- Iturno aside to books ant tora, ‘Sill bailed ag before, I taste? then of love and famoy But bungered still the same, Tchoso the ewootest pathe Z know, ‘Where only roues grow. ‘Then fell a voire from ont the aki” ‘With warning in this wine: thoy reach tho large citics where thoy are gold to “0 my dinciple! ta it meet cousutaore. During the seanon about 300,000 ter- ‘That roges tempt tay foot? ropy are brousht is tis city. and trae) this " point thoy aro shipped to all parts of the coun. fo exeruta 8 Ber yaeaahers oven tor Bis head, | try, but mainly to New York, Boston, Philadel secordiig he! ‘Then, drawn as by a heavenly gra la does noting Tleft the owery Wace nly arte Htdy~io dues not Wo helpara cbarge And walved on cutting finta and atones, And said, with teara aud groans: Hi Lora! my feet, where Thon dost lag, Shall follow, thou thay Lied t and fishermen ore known aa As then Lea to chose my path For discipline, not wrath,— I walked fu weakness, till at lon; Twufered unto stvasth, ae ad to pay leach Me oud, Yet never werp my trials dom ; But uly row gun, * Jong. Their ta: than the disusond-nc! For, when T learned to cast disdain Upc sumo syectal pala, pio, ‘Xe gavomo sharper stzolos to beat, Auld pleeved mo to despair; Until, so sorely was I pressed, T broke bouoath tho teat, A Proreitton, And fall with(n the Tompter's powert But, Lu the evil hous, eat Bound hand and foot, Teried: "0 erst ‘Break Thou the throo-fold cord 1" And, while my noni war ‘He snatched ine from Lthen drew nigh the gate of death, ‘Where, strayghiay for my breath, Touth of tho Motomsc River, and at the pointy ended, Iu thio apt aishormen in Lhe vici Aghact to stand ao near! Yet, while T shivered in the gloom, Down-gasing in the tomb, 0 Lord" I crie’, “bear Thou my al Audt milenter iso ier on tho thousands of i But Uo by whom my soul was tried antte, Not yet was satiated; For then bu crushod me with a blow Of more than mortal woe,— ‘Till bitter death had boen relat At tho ond of tho Yet, bleedtng, panting, in the du Iknow lis Rien i, An4, a2 o lark with broken wing Romietimes haa heart toning, Bo I, all sbattered, otilt could raise To His dosr nainy the praise! TMenceforth I know a holy prayer ‘Lo conquer pain and care; or tw mei Guaxire, For, when my struggling flesh grows falnt, And minmurs with complaint, My spirit ertea: Tine winw ne DoE! ‘And Buds the Victory wont The Rival Babies. From the Detrott Post. Uncle Luthor Boecher's grand co-operative “how, which was to huyo beon ono of tho foatures of the ponltry and dog oxnoxition at Youug Met's Mall, ig not visible to the naked eye an yet, but it came very neor making a start | thyedblect to the For on Baturday aflerigou, ‘wo women with babies | bat one Staith—a Gea entered tho parlor set aside for the httle punney- | an .tnuat croelt and lodged iat oi Whe Forty the room, aud suspiciously, Ono was a tall female with | loom up. woman with very DI neither spoke, but they cominonoad to uapeck | and Charle their offspring ‘tho Haryi ‘The auburn! ion hero?” inquired the flery- | mysterious benofactor, immediately after tho great fire. that auch o | other central location, could beused to announce | haired female, glaring wildly at her rival. book should be at onco prepared, ,and ownera or | in ruusical tones the Lours for niorning and evon- ciaimante required (o register thelr nazops nid | ing service. The hour of service is otsentially tho elaima, which ahontd be noted upon that exch registration should Vio itn a manner | areso neal: as to be heard only a black or tivo “registration of title,” and that, after a cer- | distant, and aro therefore comparatively useless of time, titles thus registered | to the congregation. ieputed, should be cousid- | ato in this matior, and by apring thoy will have ered “indisputable estates in feo simple,” ex- presntey ads ok hells ied tintedtione vans rol disabilities, | #trains will bo the delight of thournucts of citi- gent Ee Tat he Eee ee ee zens and strangers, and m nover-euding orna- | with w aurillness thee dros ed th meet but in a small degrec the want of tho 8. hose who have what they con: good titles do not ssek thus to porfect thent, yot thes rould gladly pian Hieunel Yes of a un inexpensive mode of protecting themselves ; 0. f iving present notice by this registration { individual who has awarn that he would mako | been exponed to tho rearlet foy— Ainet titure clannauts. perhaps unkuown. Would it not bo posstole to secure appropriate legislation at thin timo, #9 that these mapa with Tt looved an if there might be bloodshed, and 8 bumane reporter, who had overheard the A monstrosity?" ny akeletou ug out Himnitanconsly canines, aud the crowing of tho pr . * Ladios," avid, he, with an oxprarsion of great | 88¥ what nolicitude, “thoy are both anole. n’e gako do not detain mo, { Al Noing in the game neighborhood haa generally. bak aed eeearmatated femalo elitehiod pie: oe ated Gok eee hoy Are Catiaht, Mow ‘They | tudo of ain are Cutrht, and Whe Caten ‘Miem— | many separate and dietinct yelua, ‘Kho vela Specuinttons of m Gentleman from | dre. of Mexico, comos nanrost boing a yj being received, nnd who then said, announeing | icfore and after lisis period, but by some of tho majorities for Le Moyne: “I now | thoy are cousidered unit for the table, , fea of walt-water terraping | yicld of ail tho nilvur mines of Mextco, and tive ia also destructive tothe fluce and bara of the from a precinct that givea 200 majoiity against | kaown to our doalers sro the true ‘diamond. | tunes the averago auaual yield of the Peruvian kratea in which the coal was consumed. [t would | the corrupt ofico-holdor and salary grabber, | backs,” the "iste bulla,” andthe ‘red fenders,” | mines, be, therefore, a direct saving to tha cont con- | Charles B, Farwoll.” Where can this Ronntres | The diamond-packs are eonsidorod marketable sumer to reduce this smoke, as well ag a groat blessing to every housoloider. In England, whore the smo; W. | by Theodore Titon,” the gift of a friend shortly | slowly along, another will tako his slation in B bow, armed with an iron-pointed polo, with whi he will probe the taud in aearcn of the terrapin, | ttrny? aud into how brief a spaco would ‘Lbeco mew become wo expait tial as soon aa the | tho three-c»ntury operations have boon can- in tho mud tpoy | tracted? Insccad of a bonanza taking eightecn pow the fact by tho pecuiiar sonud, and, drop- | years to exhauut, we should probably ha ping the nolo, Lake a pair uf short ovstor i Thove men make | od by Engl carly part of thoxog- | err, and th 80D, a8 two men will sometimes exhtars as high | 44 as twonty terrapine Ina day, but, br i : part of the acavon, when terrapins occormascarco | ly inferior to those cued on the Comstock. ‘Tuo in shallow water, the hnuters are not 50 succoss- | Comntock baa unquestionably yielied more milver ful, A prominont denter ia this city estimates | iv tho same space of timo tuan any known lodo, that from 800 to 1,200 persons are ongaged im | nnd in to-day tho tichost silver lode beiug work- terrapin huoting during the oaily part of tho | ed, but its immonse yield is in a great ineas Benaon ‘Lio huutars reesive about 60 per cent | owing to the suporiority of the niackinery en less than the market value of tha terrapins, | Ploved ond the aystomaiio manner 1m wiuel it 1 which para throngh throu or four Lands before | being mined, $300,000 w yoar at tho lowest calonlation. t ‘Tho male torraping never grow as largo as the | thythinical porfection of s poem. In looking temaloy, and ara aid to bs tel inferior au an | over tho beat of tho motorn cameos, ona iastruck artrele of food. ‘T'tg malo torrapine rarely reach | With tho scarcity of the ancicnt subjects, and tho tho lonyth of & niches, and among the dealers | Modorn style of the hoada. Tho importers nay, “litle bulls," | 28 an oxplanntion of thie, that most of the stone- ‘Their market value wt the provent timo Is about | cameo carvers have gono from Rome te Paris, $20 por 109, or about 19 cents cach, Thero is | tinding a botter field and bettor remuuoration fur anathor variety of terrapin known au the “red | tho tabore, and that they have, naturally feudora,” but thoir meat is cosrse and the flavor | enough, become Paritisnized in their idoar, and isflany, They gcow anueh Ie:ger than tho true | tuis shows in thoir work, No naw, iuulead of tho diamond-back, aud often vscouio [Band QWinchea | Goddesses of mytholozy, thoy give ue divinities + valuo is. however, much lens | Of "the Jardin Maville; in placo of Mincrva aud ticy are never pur- | With her belmot, and chasto Dians creacent- ehasod by persons wio ata good judyes of terra- | Crowned, there ato piquant grisottes that lura Mourth Congrosns Sara tha Sew York Work, Carofal sevniiny uf ths wt of “Representa- | jealous of his wito and auspicious of his man tourth Coagress reveals | cook, thoy wore for some hours placod under ar- gentleman. This is | rout. ut it waa soou found beyond doubt that vmall repreagntation in the House tho wnfortunate restanrateur n Wwopsays, antl, taling Keaty ou opposite sides of | of atargo fawily, ‘hera is but one Jonow aleo, | suicide, Ile had drequont quarrels with hiw proceadod to stare at oach othor coldly | Lhomas L., of Kontucky. But the Witliamecs | wife, and somo months here aro uo less than eix of them: | cuted by é any tine for @ | auburn wir, and tho ger was a little lump ofa | Jerry, of Alaba:nn; James, of Indiana, and | rections! Police for striking bor on tho fack oyen and a detortaincd | Alpheus, of Michigan—ati Domocrata; avd | neck with awinp, But she gave her ovideuce loon, Although they were alone in the room, | Wilinta, of Bllebigan; Andrew, of Now York, | againat him sa favorably aa°ehe contd, and lio of Wixconsiy—all Ropublicans. | wua tet off with no othor punishmont than a fino come next ; three of them—Henry, | of 50 france, Aftor this they got on no bot- aired Indy finally produced from | of Georgia, and John, of Virginia, Deznoor: Hla gitta altogether amiaunted to 360,000, of noarly $2,000,000, and ‘ou hivo ont your livin: skeleton | during the past year bo has piven: may noarly cercamod tho little wouan, hee | ¢: 000, te lett property of nearly £1,000.001i, rat las mado no will, He had, however, abund- aut rolatives. ECS ces SILVER, ‘The Mexican and Nevada Mines Cone pared. until een fo San aR i i ntil thu dovolupient of ‘ping of the Fim tua Comstock toile, Mezice wes. the eevee rilvor producer in tho world. It i9 tmaposnibie ta inne or what lode yieided the Ingest ut tor | Quantity of bullion, ‘Tho hest authorities outl.e OFT Lave fume { sUUJeet bave Tailed to determiuo, bocatas. the product of a roup of minen oporating on various Soch has beon the case, in mousure, with the i ‘| vof Citana}u.ta, aitusted on iho nlother vein f the ownera of parcols of land | the so-called gaa companies of this city, would Ses ap reo anaju ato, , noted thereon, suouid be notice to all tho world | ‘ramh into” thone companies, and expore their | ALL ABOUT TEREABINS, — | gf,tridmnireat 0 Hhoden Lure Peron alae eer eredited with the combined product of a multi- in that district, roproaenting as 1c Ll eaga to tho Cowatock. Itis a similar fissure in- tersecting a similar formation, only itis at least winter ueneun there is probably not | threo tinies its length and itn ose depouit has been for the series of articles which now appear in | better position to kuow the tiuth of the atato- | a0 article of fool more sought alter by Mary- | 000 coutinuuna bonanaa, ‘Tho winae ou the com landers thay dimaond-tuck toriapius. On every | madre have been woiked unimercuptediy for full Gf faro ut the hotels and yestaurants of | over threo conturics, and the aggro: Baltimoro at the prevent season will bo found | olimated at 330U.00U,UI0, ‘uo Liza’ in, cooked in various wayx. Not- | 00 tho Cotustuck were only wale fifteen yours pothatanding the popularity uf thotsrapin, there | Ak9 but tho entire product during that brief is much conemning 1 not xeuerally knowu, aud | pervod has aggregated du ronud nuuibors $175,- therefore a few lines ta ieference to thisereature, | 000,009, or over os-half the tlreo-century prods reported voted for Varwell? Ifo, what isthe | and tho marketablo varieties st the mode of | ter ol tho richent vein an Mexieo, and ubout Gccupation of the other Ronntroa, who presided | cepturo, will no doabt be interesting. a E ‘ ‘Che woazon for torrnpins beds on the Ist of | veius and mines 1ornung the Poruvian Potowt Ostabor, and continnes uottl tha Jat or middla of | Ktoup for the same extended period. ‘Tue yiold save viold is ¢ dixcoverics ono-8ighth the entire product of tha numerous of the Comstock Jodo last year amountod ta bout 221,000,000, and this yoar about 322,000,- UU, oF within $3,000,000 of the maximum ansual good ju The vefa madre has been moro oxtensivoly wheu they Lecoine ebont 6 inches long, and it is | worked than ang othor sliver lode in Moxivo, but but rare thas they aro found more thin 8 inches | it is very doubtful ay to whether it is tho richest Wi length, Chov ave gonorelly aborts son dyency old. ‘this season te eu. Laiger size, 8 inehos | bly touch richer. Atimgie bonanza of wiutailic fong, aro eoumdernd very eltolve, anit oasily com- | silver oro, discovered in ouo of thoss mines, is wand $2) par dozen. Whon less than 6 inchos | Toprovented to have taken eighteen years ie marcety-rice desreauns vory tnateniaily, | to oxhaust, and ix variously ostunated to a m. to 1 o'clock p, m. evory day, playing poot, | and they briug only from &8 to 810 por doz Th pion av canine ouly ia the bay and | Birst-class 0 ma he. Olan ti i saltisee a i i + | i tho small walt-water inlets, n theycannat live 8 Way From E1f,0UI to $30,000 por tou, aud Sreatling, and having ull kinda of sport, ‘They | 1M tho sural ea ite aco pee 4 i Becondeig ora sho i ; ‘ Adieke tho fizhermen in their rete, bat this dues uut | por ton. ‘Vhe Comstock, of courie, baa noting Uigher than in this coantyy, and couoytou:!y | enta hotcng to the Ponitentiary, aud the hours | sie occur at this seauou of the your, 9s the | oettal to this, ‘hore Is uo knowing wine might oitht to bo closed. Is there no authority iu terrapins becuns torpid on the approseh of cold | have been accomplished in tho gilver mines of reather, and burrow in the mad at tho vottonia | Moxico and Port bad thoy been eystomatically Of tho small sticams nloug the Chesapente Bay. | worker Whon the scason for hunting them arrives the | swinging pot terrapin hunters, who ave generaliy colored inon, | Ore to the sur b £9 up those ohatiow steamy in boata when the | primitivo arastrag separating tide in Gut in eoareh of their ramo. White oue Y vee *t Tho Soxton’s Tato, and Other Poems, | man sity in tho utorn of the boat snd paddies | ployed on the Con nehes loug | vein exivting m that country. ‘be metallic aping of this | mivor lodey iu tho State of Chihuatua are proba. have yielded from $20,000,U00 to $50,000,000, First-class ora froin tho Clubushua mines yiold eb ouight by | yecond-ciass ore ranzos from 32,000 to 15,UU0 worked. What if, instead of human backs, long nud tickoty winzes bringing tho 20 from the dopily bolaw, and the the metal froin the vein motter, tho sniproved machinery now em- tock hed been in uso! Under suck a condition of things, . wit would have boon tha showing of tio re- eed onge, | ié all ovt within that many monthy. ‘Many of tho which the tercapiu is quickly dug out of the | Contral Mcsico mines have for yoars been work« 1 capitalints, with improved machine hag beeu, in consequouce, a mark- wrouga in the aggregate silver product of tha n tho latter | country; but the mecanical appliances are vaut- $+ StoneeCameos. from tie Button Advertiver, The fancy fur stone cameos hay largely in- creased, aud there is nothing that ia in greater pia, Pittehure, Chicago, St. Louis, and Cinoin- | demand. Lor yota, sinde, riags, and aloave-but- nati, ‘Theso torrapius will average in valuo at | tony itis much worn, and connowaeuts are am leant $1, 80 that the trade must aygrogate over | fastidioua about tho carving of their cameos as they aro about the painting of a pi ure, or tho from wisdom's ways and flout Jupiter's dengh- Yhreo years ago au. enterprising individual | ter to hor face, and saucy interpreters of opo:a- from Counections took it into his Lead that ter- | Loulfe with nothing of Diana except her rolout- Tuplog could be cnitivated os oasily and with as | leenuosd, Now and then; one a trifle losa aue- inuch siccass au finh, avd fooling confident, that | ceptible than the rest zivow to the world an ox- if hig thoury wus pliueible thero wag “millions | quisitoly carved hoad of Mary Stnart, or an ideal in it,” ho loaod two well-kuown salt-water creeka | Marguerite, fairer oven than Goothe dreamed which emty tuto tho Cheaaneake Bay uear the | her, aud kumelimes a flower-garlandod Flora Wiro nettings | with a French face. With all theso now wubjects toro atrotched across tha crevku at theirmonths, | to attract the workers it is not wirango that the here bis porsion of tho cresky | voritable fatlants should incroase in valuo in be wout out word to all the | prepartion to t i ; ity HOt he rare to uy youug terzaploa, aud wa: 3) 3 a hun- dead for then te fishermen und colored cioa cameos tha tha most graceful bead of tho prat- for milos around at orvo wot to work catching | tisst Fronch girl of thom all, 1t is like mocting young tacrapiuy, and in Jesg than a month tho | 8m old friend ins strange country, to tind the Tahook my coward knees in foar, upecitator “a creeks contained betvoon 10,000 and:} byautiful young Augustus, the winzod Morey, 1,090 tertaping of over a year'a growth. ‘Thoy Bi woro fed regularly, and the country for miles | Dh Around visitud tho ponds and raved with wonder | paay. Yet now and then one happens to find young terrapins, After tho | them, thongh thoy are tho rarost and moxt coatly expiration of a yoor, and the exponditure of | of any in the jexolor’s show-caso. The sotting nearly $12,000, the terrapin broedar of tho Chosa- | of stone canicos {a plain aud solid, ond thera ig a foaka resolved to wend a couple of hundred | Yery nuticeablo absonce cf anything hke filigce dozen to a Daltimoro comniigaion merchant, Tho | work. Peat aro used largely ia connec:ion terrapins as shipped wera not largo but the | with cameos, but theso are in ‘sete for middlo- ownor congraulatod himself on tho fact that | aed ladiea aod matrons, Young ladies ara nup- they wero far, ond, as lo thought, superior to the ordisary diamout 0 bi 19 breodor received a letter from the conmixsion | uit PO, sus feng - To my moro bitter grlof, merchant ctating that tho topraping he had ro- | Uroof Larpsichoro or Psycho engraved on them ; eoved wore vot damoud-backs, but wero all “little bully," with au oecawioual™ red fendera™ sud way foind tunt tla knavinlt flaior- | Atong the boads moit iu favor are thos of od colored men had impovad upon tho | Shakspeara, Byron, and Mozart, Some of the speculutor's simplicity, and had only sold him | Byron beads are singularly parfect, 10,000 © little bully” aud@ © od fender” instoad of real diamond-backs. ‘The speculator ubipued tho * little bully,” vo this city aud Norfolk, wud hold thom at from £6 to 97 per 100, thereby me | ews writes, caning ® perwonal loss of over 840 por 100, bo- | about 7 o'alo bidea the exnonue of Keeping taain for a year in his poude, ‘Tui speculator left vory widdenly | yat brenthiug, waa rowcned from the Seine, and without paylug tne rents, ond the only thing | taken to tha Morgue. ‘The individual, whothore Which werven to keop the mattor fa tho mindy of | oxpived withonl boing abla to utter s word, wan tho country pooply in that vicinity lathe romaine | wewouily idoutitled ax 2, Marwhal, the laadlond of @ couple of rumty wiro-foncea, which have | of o well-to-do Toataurant in the Faubourg St. Lioken from thalr mourmys of the mouths of tao Germain, No, 101 Kua aint Dominiquo, “Tne no wand-bar poar by, olr rarity, and that oven thougly Ethiopisn-foxtured face of Socrates should bo more attractive to the erudite purchencr of o-gatlanded Apollo, ‘wise Minerva, cold ‘be, aven Vonus herself, in this modern com- in ovury way | Poted to wear tho noid settings oxclusively. back, juge tor ladies and goutlomen are mado froin for ladies taey are mostly in tho entlemon’s rings aro larger, and usually Layo a hend of wome famous person carved on thom, A Determined Suicide, Tho Paris correspondont of the London Daily Deo, 30: On Sundsy morning, When it waa but just dusk, tho Lody of asnan with two dreadful wounds, but police, otherwise unablo to account fora mau with his throat cut being found in tho water, naturaliy thought at tiret ho had beon murderod, and it being ascertained that the docaasod way ad committed oWas progbe her before the ‘ribunal of Cor- ter than bofore. They slept bubituativ in reps: EQ the midst of innumerable wrappingy a palo, | aud Boujamin, of Meunschusatts, a Republican, | rate rooms, but the husband came froquently ir Rcrawnoy-looking infant, wearmg considerable | All of — tho cloly, ‘ba other baby was a chip of the old | two Woods puty checks aud big eyes, whe proceeded to | Republican, Two suck ite fat thumbs with inuch composure, ‘Yne sitouco was becomlug oppresnive w! @ in the honesty | tall woman broke it. She remarked with a! No priutlait | soltcitude. ya What ia the matter with your baby mum? 6 poar little suing looks quite uniwall.s diana, iam, of ‘Tennessee, both’ ‘Tf a company orders ‘Who tall womau’s hair began to raise np, but | Jatter’ a Democrat, ‘Two Tuen tho ober in toues of alarm oxclaimed, . ting? yhonso, Wuo was about 13 raonthe vt a ee fee Old, vouch#sfud no roply, but opty looked ead, of triumph, forced it on hia dower, lips with ot mu detertoinetion, Neaci..1- duwn | astistanes in thelr worl oitement, for she tad own her full band, Sue | st Cheshu-t, the Dicce. sak of chime-bells, “Did you intend to put thas overgtown ton- | olor, and James, of Peuosylvania, both Detmoorata; | ba upon recurd, eas Hulda sob Ray Botte a Demacrars, ‘The rival mothee produced a coral necklace | ove front Missouri and the other from Texas. | visit to Luspe bua occasioned wuny ulteralions wiuhod, and placed undor lock and key, or da. | Witt a Luo locket, aud. carelessly cleaped it | Auotlcr varianion Iga siullaciey io paces | Xl tae a stroyed, this department being under the imine. | About Minerva Geraldin ito supervision of the forewan, and tacet caro- fully guarded Ly bia, Jar part of his duty, ferred to, aud neglect of duty, tu thowe oilices w) id he A Siysterioue Monofactor, uh do not mao ticket-pei and his imoiner, utter & brief searoh, produced | Fer # number of yeays various dosorving chari- | pean fashion. But chaizs are not adoptod ; they potmake ticket-peiuiinig | the rine irom a uosdlecene ane witha glenee | tfes of London and other parts of Enylaud havo | ure used ouly for Eucopor vieitora, wills. the t t Tecelved anonymouse gifts of £1,000 at atima, | nativos fold their Joga on tho cushion or foot ‘Tuo litte Wouan was pole, but coms .-sed ber | whieb, it 14 ueedloyy by say, Levo’ bee of great | stool, in religions mattors tho old fanaticen 1 Edorts to Mud tho | toss Frequently uupleyad, aud the missouares et whe brought cut a gilveri. ¢ aod giver have been fruitlens, although now and then | enjoy great lie Diviyion I have often wished that the churches | 84% doll with roul bair, Bho trembled wuaos- | & paetender has aspired tothe honor, Rocently | Christiang ether mambera who aro | the ulght to his wife's door, woka ner by hard rold chain aud an oxpression of settled melan- | not single travel in couplog, — Fornanta, of ‘Thera are | knocking, and reviled ber. ‘On Saturday evon- Now York, | ing abe obrorved that he was better tempered Pennsylvauia, | than uenal. Bafors going ta bed he went ont to Philtinses —Jobn, of ficst 4 letergvlica he said he bad written to his Missouri, Democrat; ant Willism, of Keneas, Republican. ‘Two Noamiltons—Audrew, of In- | tied that carly in the morning ho cut Lis throat t_ Robert, of New Jersey, both Demo- | with largo Kitchen knifo, which ha kopt in hiv Two Caldweils—Johv, of Alabama, id Democrats. E. Wullaces—-Jobo, uf Punnaylyania, and Aloxan- | llling binself, ulthough blood ways etreaming ‘The httle wonrau’s blagk eyes anapped, but ale | der, of South Carolina, both Ropublicana, ‘Two | from hls wounds, avd ha must have been ina strosed, Duplicatetickcts | answered with forcad composure: “Miverya | Wilkoue—Janiew, of Lowa, epublican: y gre frequently dtacovered, and’ ou explanation of the | Ceraldine Wass never sick » day in her hfe, | Jawin, of Went Virgivin, Democrat. ‘wo Burch. | 01 mint to slip on a pair uf trowvars, aud then madame, and sho ts 16 monthy and 10 days old, | ardi—Horatio, of Ilinoiy, und Samuel, of Wis- | to ruu bare-footed « distance of s quarter of a ” former @ Ropublican, and tho | mile to the river, into which he plunged, A rotuer at Mayouce, ‘ha police are now sutis« bedroom, aud also stabbed himself in thu ab- domeu. Bat finding he lind not snecsedod in Two aud Ben- | frightiul state of snfforing, ho had the presence Reillyd——Johu | moro resolute act of self-destruction can scarcely ———-—____~ penn Krip and te Results, The Cologne G@azelfe ntates that the Shal’s in the exterual appearauco of the upper ud neck, given names; an illus:ration of tt belug furnish: | snidale clasweu iu Hornin, Bloes are worn, the ed wu Scolt Wiko, of Iiliuois, aud Seott Lord, of | bargy trousers ure selacod, teat rials Alphonso, bare you lost your little gold | New York, who are bath Deuivarata, ibaa fees ie ont eres reer ite erin san funovation obuozious to tho orthodox Mobawmmedaua,—tho cup fa vot so Ligh, xud the whole dross is a mixture of Armenian aud Buro~ ty, ‘The wumerous Armenian copaclous of the piotecs ry of Hoohester, a | tion of the Ruseian Ambeswador, and Mr, Attwood, @ somewhat eccentric old baob- | their influouce is materially increased » dled, and his booke show thet he was the by many of the foreign rouidouts uiassylog thelz danghters, as European wives ofton go to Eu rope, nnd sre 8 burden rather than ea comfort to their husbands, whilo the Armonian women aro notinferior iu tooka to thelr English sinters, The old abures tn the Governinent still oxist. ‘The mrmy ia areal plague snot. Ouly das Jabor- era and tho poor aro anrolted, the rich purchad- ing exemption by prenonta to tho olllcers, ‘Three inarks & month ara puuetually paid to the men, but all allowance for clothes is oaitaiud ; xo that tho soldier in order to live is driven to plundar, du which he only tou gladly indutgos in the most brutal fashion. “the tendency to dishonesty is an inoradicablo element of tha natiowal cha‘acter, Aud is only represaed im ‘Teheran under the imme: diate eyo of the Shah, ‘There stone tho iower claves breathe freely, for they do not suffer from tho yeneral tyranny of ofiiciais of all grades, and the soldiers dare not inyado the banaas atid flelda and tako what they pleaso without payment, ‘The farina of 1872 bas inilicted weriousf wounds ou tho country, ‘The English arbitrators who traversed Soistan during ths timo of tia greatent distrons to rottle the boundaries of Porsia paunod days without song w child or heating a rong. ‘They ostimated the mortality at 1,500,009, moro than a quartor of tho population. ‘Tho railway projected by Haron Houter ts at a ntandstill, ¢ iy hoped that an equivalent will bo found tor it, as tho Shah ie very auxions for improved communications, and recently ordered o survey for a horse-railway from Teberanto Schah Ab- dul Azim, while ho has summoned Post-OiNeo ofllciais from Austria to orgauizo » postal ser- vice, RAILROADS I THE ANDUS, Sklinl Enginceriug {nrough Grane ite Mo ains and Over Iusniag Stivers, From the Meera’ Journal. The Callao, Lina & Oroyu Railroad Las no equal iv tho world for alulifal onginecring and cost of conetiuction. ‘fhe commoaeing point is at tho City of Callzo, on the coast of Peru, whenco it runs north and east and tormiuatos at the town of Oroyo, on tho exst side of the Andes Mountains, thera maldug clove connections with tho headwatora of the Aman River, thereby making speedy conveyance and cheap transportae tion for cor © and tho traveling public across the continovt of South America, nad avoiding the long aud porilon trip around ‘Capo Hora. “Chis gigsutie projoct of sealing tho murhty Andes by rail waa first projected and is how being carried out bv Henry Moigas, tho railroad king of South Aworica, tunnoling moantains of solid granite and spanning screnain and parsas at pelzlts from 35 to 252 feet above their bods, almout irrespective of coat. S.ine idea may be fornied of the cost of construction Whoro operations woro. commoncad on a level with the aea,nnd,in a distineo of 10437 miler, tho @u of tho road thas attained the Unpararalleled: height of 15,645 feet above tho levol uf the soa, and In that distanee passing through fifty-cight tuunele, measuring from 240 feet to 3.747 fuot iu length, ‘Cho entice length of tho road ts ouly 136 miles, bus it cost €37,350,000 in American gold com, Asccond great reason fur the enormous cost of constructing roads iu this cowntry is the hearcity of material, all of wuich is brought hore from the United States. Tho first bridge of im- portance ia that which spans the Agua do Vor- ragt. ‘Che coutral pier of three that support i+ grand pteco of wuporatructuro is 252 fost in hoight, rew:ing on solid masonry 70 fect squaro, aud spauuing a space of 575 tect. Proceeding over a perilous portion of tho rout, wiadiue srouvd spurs of mountaing, through long tun hale, tome of which aro arched only by their molber rock, others moro artistically faced by Aiest-claus aasonry, the bed of the road forming Jong and rounding: turay, Ro {hat 2: times there may be sean threo lines of rails lyiug ono above the other, g Al this place algo, which is situated betwoen two thriving little towns called Surco and Matn- cana, may be ween tho exinv mountain tuanoled twjco, onv tunuel boing diroctly above tho other, at's divtanca of 90 or 100 f Passing this ro- mantia place, still asconding a grade of 105 to 211 feot to the milo fora distance of 23 milos, aud we reach that piccuresque spot, termed in Spanish La Inforuili,"ncaning,in our languago, ‘Phe Gates of {feli,"" place where naturo has formed su opening through the mountains, through which passes the swift waters of the River Rimac, walled up by solid rock to » huight of ovor 2,000 foot above the bud of the river, presenting face as smooth as if cut go by the hands of skilled workmen. Hore may be scon » display of tnnsterly euginecring in order to overcome this colossal obstruction, In many other places, where tho maximum grade brings tho bed of the road to a point utterly impansable, an opportunity always provents itsolf for an outiet by forming # V and Totracing tho alrendy j asxod-over portion of road alonguide of the mountain until an elovation is obtatoed wherony s paes may bo effectod. But at La Inferniill no such opportunity presents ite self, convequontly there was no alternative but to tunnel the mountains of volcanic rock or abandon the projected route. The work was at ouco commenced on the south side of the river, sudin order to pueb it mora ropidly an entrance waa commenced on tho rivor xito, which was doue ouly by letting mon down from tho tops of the wimoath-faced walls by ropen, thoreby supporting themselves nntil thoy drilled and blasted a foothold and entrance. This dono, the work proceeded rapidly with the aid of the celobratod diamond drill. Aud on the opposite side of the river s xepetition of the same Isbor Was soon commenced. Tho tunnela being com- pleted, tho fearful chasm was soon spanned by a megnilicout trou bridgo. It connects the two tunnels,viz,; No. $1 and 32, ata heichtot 200 feat above tho bed of tuo river, with either ond reat- tng on natural masonry, Again on emerging from the opposite side of tho tunnel 32, another great obstacle presants iteolf. On the entrance of the same tunnel tho bed of the river is 200 foot below that of theroad, and only afow yards from the outlet of tho fame tnnnel the road-bed falls several foet be- low the river, thay an idea may bo formed of the tromendous fall, aod with what rapidity the wators of tha Himao force their way through these mouuiain passes. In order to overcome this groat obstacle, x tanuel is vow boing built largo enough for « donble toam and earriaga to be driven through, in whital: will bo ploced’ 600 barrelu of powdoy at aaingle blast, forthe pur- pose of blowing down tho mountain, thereby making a new bod for the river to pass, and leaving the old bed with samall amount of ex- cayation ready forthe bed of the road. Ono Other of 1,000 barrels of powder was used, croat- ing ® sengution eimiler to that of au earthquake for many miles around its viclvity. Hore we lozve La Internillo, that stupendons work of nature, utilized and ‘st!ll more boautiticd by art, «nd weod our way throngh already complated tuonele, over mountains and through river yal- Toys, until we atlas: reach tho summit of the Audos, ats place called Gallora, tho highest point of tho road, viz,: 15,645 foat above thauea, This altitude fs tho bed of the road, not to sponk of the many hundred feet of rook still toworing above the tunnol through which pass the iron rally, Donbtloss a great many people living in North Amorica ara under the iproayion that thore ts little or no snow in this part of the globe, bat euch is not tho case, ox at this altitude we havo Porpotual snow, At this point the longewt tun uel on tho road is boing built, being 1,150 matrea, or 9,737 teat (Euplish) in length, which bas beon under conréa of construction for about twenty- six months. We expect to completa it in about oight or ten months more, wion tho outire line will bo roady fur the rails, ‘The greatest obstacle with which thelaburora lave to coatond with ia the rarity of the xtmouphore, the prosmiro boing only eiglit pounds to tte square iuch. ‘The atate of affairs iu oudured only by men of iron consii- tutions, no to speak. With’ the ald of the dis. mond drill, which conwiderably Mghtova the work, hte hope soon to aga the tunuel ready for the raila, From this point commouces 4 gradual descout down the cast sido of the Audes Mountains to the town of Oroyo, Tuo worl hare, being con- aratively light, is already completed. row Groyo other Tinportant now of road aro soon to be built, thereby opening up one of the sichost and roost fertile counties of the globo,—s cauu- try hexetofore without an outlet. axcopt by male- back. Henny J, Scuencx, = Engineer O,, L. de 0, Railroad. Lia, Poru, Nov, 23, 3876, ——__-—_____ Ho Wanted @ Crad}o, Not Coffins From the Cinctanats Enguirer. Tle cane into tho oftice of a West End under- taker veutorduy, With a look of giost cue ou hie houost taco. His oyes were heavy aud elishily Mloodubot, tolling of nightly vigils and lose of sloop, Hiv hair was unkcinpt and eheggy. The soft-hoarted man of cotlins looked upon his yis- itor with » gaze full of pity and thankfuinoss,— ity for the castomer's logs, and thaukfulness Tor his patronage, Hoe was so young to be bur- dened with tho loss of «dear one by doath. The mauufacturer of burial caucs nodded & al- let assont and condoting recornition ; the young man from ths country said: “ How d'ya?" ‘Then. ensued @ paruful silence, broken at length by tho man of grave businens. “Cao 4 do anything for you to-day, air?” “Wall Lreeiin’ co, stranger!” Another sicuco, Quco more the undertaker began Ly wugycating: ** Your ister 7" Young tnan gtared a momout, thou, as s light gradually broke upon ule porplexed mind, be snved a amile wore wuggostive of gortow than. Lappiesa, and replied: ——S =, * No—expectod au’thun of tho kiud for sory) months, “ Whon did it hapren ? ‘ont 4 o'clock this morning,” tural?” (Spoken caro fully, and ORO Ri og Avout what do you want tho cost of iLtobezn “Don't cara for expanno 3 git it 19 kin los yy, Til trent her haudsttm, enuio bo 1 the sir. t Fever hal” - ‘i “Very woll, ny friond; you'll have it li, with white satin, I suppowo?™ ised *<Jout ag you gay, Ktranger,” {* Silver-hea:led werovwa, too, Lauppont 2" Fae: Le'poso eo, “Any, ntranuar, J-ut py, & bully top to ‘ “Oh, af cours ; and you'll want o ¢ AGH In at, also, I aupposo 2” * Y-a-a-4—Oh, cortainly—yor bot. int lop, sniptions, you know, old follow. Nor. 1 of dratted oho-hovs*tixins for ine. No, “ Just ao, Silver handles, of course ? “Tih? What's thet you way, atrang +: sop han-dlos? Ob durn it, now, Won't thr t bn palst iton too hefty hko? I kin stand af vor Here: and sich, but thero’s no uso malin’ ho bu} nation trap of silver. ‘Tho Ching han to ig moved, nnd must have bandios, hut J. uin't quit so Ktnck up as thot now —not quite, atiucges, \ Vory weil,” acquiesced the ian af yuse.juieg, “Tl put ordinary haw ites to it, then :” + Egxe-actly—thom's ‘em, mixtor: now yp talkin’, Orumy handles ‘i dv, But. 1 ay stranger (retlectively), make the wb2als Blievcg lisa chunder.” “Wh—wh—wh-cals 2” “Yes, wheels, What's ther mattor with son, anyhow?" J {i But, who over honrd of whorla tos cofine+ “Cotin!” abrioked the dof lo delo kit.y young man, “Colla! Now, who tho dicot said anything abont coffina? : Why, dow’t you waut a coffin?” No-ol I want s cradlo—a trap ll, new baby in.” “And isn't vonr wife dead?” “Nob bya jugtul. Don't you makv Crad’.y for sale?” *'No, my friend, T am an undottahor.” “ Undottaker of what?” “LT maka codiua.” “Oh, Lord, lot mo kotoh the foiler that sen mo hare!” And the grief-atricken youth ersmued hia ht over his oye, ran bie hands dec dova in Qa Docketa of lus trousers, and powied out on typ streota searching for vouigoanco, ¢ nesses led by un Offondey Rather, Vewett (Tez.) Felearam to the Gi tesston New: TL. Beadioy has for woma timo vieen pa; tontion to Mixa Dora, the us. Vhomae, A short time age Li Thomas’ consent to marry hts cay he positively refused, ‘ho dayth age, aud of adiiforont mind, te caupls and wore nurnied, ‘hou thoy + of w mulnal friend, and a rela: named (oo:go fload, and vp wsed the there. Early this morning Th onus, unnsin daughtor, immediatoly “wurrsised| what taken wut tho parr, hearmg with lim a donbletarraled shetgi:, Stopping at sever! places 49 Jwrocure some buckshot for tho purpoee, ay la ead, of aloo. i Afor tM shot, and avowiug tho purpoie for 1 they wero to be used, and being ir-plored wut to do anything of the kmd, he tolicwod the bride acd hor uniortupate Lusbaud to the x ssdeuco of Hond, entering which, he leveled his yur at Mr. Head, commending him io reveal tt whereabouts of the couple. Va. leat a course, could de nothing but {oll 1 inthe next roum. Bradley seen her father approaching, und feartg diftionity would reeult if tev met, “Bradker promisod his wife taat bo wo ck net injure Le father. Deciding to avoid a meets, Dr: loft by n door leading into tls garion, lavi behind him = double-barrele.! gis, whieh know waa londed, and endewvared’ to es:ayy, Thomas at this moment ontered the roomy which Bradloy host just left, and, 3 P through e window, atarted in’ purouit, 2 ing the door whou Bradley wis within’ 10 paces of tho gardon gate, and abou" the ganio dixtaica from him, be disehargod one barrel, the charge striking bis victim in the heal, aud almust ammodiatoly tiring the uezoug time, tho elarze atriktug him in the side. Bradley fell, tuen arone and estaggarad to tho Bato, where io stood a moment, then falling ta the grouul a corse, Thomas thon rode off home from whence ho started to excave, declaring ho wouli not te takon alive. As soon a8 posrible a party utarted in pursuit, cy at uy Mridogroom 1K it ++... Sohn Stuart Mls Wothers tis Autos fatlure to All the readers of John Stuart biography” must have noticed make any mention whatover of his iothor, 1s tho moro remarkable in a work which biingt the wife of the author 80 prominently into no tice, aud many inquirios about bid mothes'’s family aud hor charactor hays been made with out eliciting an answer, ln view of this, the following extract from the le:ter of an English correspondant of Lippincotl's Mayazine will pow gous considerably intereut : "Tho wifo of James Mill, sud mother of JoLa Mill, was a Mise Burrows, daugitoc of a Dr urrows, who stuperiutended au agvium for. the insano at Islington, Shodioain London abeut twonty years ago, having out.ivod ber husband not quite that poriod. Hor children were nina in pumber, of whom four daughters aro stil living—two in Eugland and (wo in France, She was not what would be rockoned ® conspicuously intelliganc woman, aud yet sho by no moans — doacrved the heartleea stizht which was pat on her meme ry by her son, Indeed, such a slight could have ita jusification in little short of uttor woit'e Teasuiens ; nud Mrv, Jamea Mill was not oni estoeried, but beloved, by a large clicio al fronds. On tho appearanc: of bo ‘Avtotir ography’ her daughtora wore, naturally enougiy not # little indignant at Or ling their motuct aa much igoored in it as if suo had nevet exluted, aud were inclined, a. first, to wupple- mont, publicly, their brother's account of hin self by cortain disclogurus not oxactly of a chit actar to exalt him in tho estimstion of the world. 0 it to aay oro thet for juany years before hia desth ho had been estrauge {Leumi ints family; sud this estrangement was at:ributsil, Ly those who had the best opportunities of judging, to the sinister influonco of his wits, Tit iu ull that Tam disposed to communicate at prasent, burt should not be at all surprivedif wo wera to know, by and by, much more o: tho private life of John alll tuau we as yot know. —_—_.—_- A Texas Yarr. Atravoler in Toxas talla the fu'lowin ¢ story of how thoy go to soe, not in vor’, bu. ina cat rlage: “+2 have traveled in all weanue) ot muda in my time, but nover bafore thir. worming did I goto sos in ocarriago, Fortunaicly au old ex porienced stouinboat commander, Capt. Giku ucted as pilot, who, mounted on horsaback tho way through the briny waves. Woe lu pus Christi avout 9 o'clock, aud pr: tho beach unul we came to the reof tween Corpus Obrist and Nouccs isayn, winch make an invisitla division of their wu ‘thy bay here is 3 soles wide, but au oyuier reat hae formed over the whole distanca, on whieh the water is from 2 to 3 foot deep, but haa numerud holes, into which tha iuexporienced i licely to get “dogged” with his vobicto, By ersising thia rocf some 20 miles 19 eaved in the ui lance to Roukport, and wo moved stew on, following oor guide in ba winds coureo up and down the strom, lie water on ono ovcasion ontersd the flour of tw carriago, though, fortunately, thore wos but Lite wind blowing, and tho wurface was ye wmooth. It required one hour and a jis:ter it being neccessary to move elisly aid cautiously, We fortunately met Capi. wivny and a friend just aboat to cross, who kil ily ees xonted to keop ua on the track, Tharo li vo tes Inavy accidents in crossing (hove rook tr tw dows Of hors and damagos to vehicloz, a::4 1°, under tho miost favurabie circumstancie, nut a vory agreeable trip, It hea been wtatced vo: inauy of the poles have been blown dow: the midst of thin wide oxpause cf water a - can pedoutsion was wet wading acrose, bi vif his eis-eliooter atrapped across his ehowldar, 04 most of his clothing with it. Wo the ri bt Jorpus Christi Buy stretched of boyond tho un, and Nouces Bayto the left showed & aireag of shore iu tho dius diatunce, ay it wwr3,? for 15 of 20 miles along tho boundary of a winglJ pasture, ——— en Bismarck and the Actor, One day during the conflict botxeen Bismarck and the Chamber, in 1864, Horr LUkwcrau.y, 18 actos, waa present at the debates, Ona of tue members was violoutly attacwings tho M.uistety who was sitting io @ emall room adjoining, re served for the tacmbors of tho Ozbines, suditone ly Bismarck bal’ cpoued tho dooz, and, puitiog out his hoad, obsorved iu a coutecaptuacus tute “The Louorabls gentleman need nol speak vo loud ; we cau hear bim quite Wellin hese.” 09 {he tollowiug ovouiog, Blemurck waa sn tho thor atre, gud laughed hourtily at some satric vergee which wero fang by Hoer Hilmerdizd Byropos Of the incident of tho previvits day Whou the curtain fell. the aatalaeee foudly a plauded, upou which Herr Lulwerding, puttiud out bie bead, exolaimed; * Don’t iake wnch 8 uo18e, gentlemen, we can hoar you quite well lt hore.” ‘Lhis, of course, brought duwu the huned and Bismarck w delighted that be sambés Hore Hilumending to cougietulate kien, ae PPS,