Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 11, 1876, Page 3

FOREIG: "the Turkish Complication Ase sumes a More Peaceful _ Aspect. Garvia Mekes Satisfactory Replies to the . Porte’s Conundrums, grest Britain to Take Declsire Steps to Obtain Redress for the Death of Margary. TURKEY. PROPOSED DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE. Nzw Yors, June 10.—A London special says: w3 pamphlet, issued by Gen. Ignatiefl, the xn Ambassador st Constsntinople, has created 0 sensation. It proposes to split the Turkish Emplre futo five principalitles, to be pamed, respectively, Bulgarian, Albanian, Ser- flas, Boeniax, and Greelk. A MOYVE IX THE RIGHT DIRECTION, (ONSTASTINOPLE, June 10.—The Grand Vizidr pas sddressed circular whthe Gavernors of inces suspending the regulations pro- %gow?ln durfng t! relggn of thgnhw Snfi.fln spd ordering thet t.g await fresh laws. sl fn reply fo 1he nguiry of Tu in reply to the In of r~ iy 85 to the' meanin O hes apme ments, sffirms its pacific intentions, and de- Sares it will not attempt anything against the integrity of Turkey. A special euvoy will e sent 10 &nsmmhup)e 1o give explanations in order to cousolidate good understanding be- treen the two countries. BeLarADE, Junc 10.~During the last few 2ap» the representatives here of all the powers pave united in |mgrussing upon Prince Milan the fact that the full responsibility for an event- . mldisturbance of the peace would rest with fersis. The Russian diplomatic agent was es- Iy energetic in these representations. LETTER FROM THE CHIEPS OF THE BOSNIAX IN- SURGENTS. Pamis, May 20.—The Nord publishes the fol- lowing letter, addressed by the Chiefs of the sents to M. Gabriel Wissilitsky: Bos¥is, April, 1878.—We, the chiefs of the Tosurgents, desirc to thauk the Great Powers for having testified sucha bepevolent in- \erest in our stroggle. We see the best proof of it in the proposals ot reform elaborated by Count Andrassy, which fhie Great Powers haye caused the Ottomsn Porte to adopt. The Herzegovinian Voivodes have communicated to us what youtrans- mitted 1o them throush the Chancellor of the Rus- sian Empire, a5 well as what Baron Rodich has 10ld them in the mame of the Ausirisn Govern- ment. These communications equally relate to o5, 33d we can judge from thew the import- Inee of reforms proposed. We undefstand, just u our - Herzeovinian brothers do. that Ibese reforms sre to be distinguished, and must be gidtinguished, from all preceding ones in this re- ecL Lhat they are due fo the inftiative of the t Powere, who will, therefore. be_interested in their exectition, and will_have the rightof ex- ating it from the Porte. We hope that these ru- forms, with the additions we point out below, will {orm the basis of our written rights, and will bea better gunrantec to us of our lives, honor, and ¥ than the promiscs of the Porte. These Tetarms, i sinccrels carried out, will give Boenia and Herzegovina an independent government which will wssure public order and the well-beingof the inbabitants find _prevent new disturbances, 1fke our brothers in Herzegovina, we are fuil of gntitnde 1o the great Chrietian Powers for having Endertaken the fnprovement of our lot. We also iraly thank the filustrious stateemen who have so verfully worked in our cause, We heartily wish 1o submit qurselves 1o the resolutions of the'Great Powers a0d 1o gee the reforme cxecuted ut once a0 fully—thst is, Point five of Count Andrassy's Note included. '~ We specially mention it beamse we think that it will facilitate the tmosferenct of the Spakiyss to the ag- rcalturists. We are then ready to return 10 gar homes; but must take the Uberty of saying that while we sec in Count Andrassy's Note prin- ciples now generelly adopted, we do not ecc in- dicated the meaps of ezecution. - In our desire to terminute our2irnggle as xoon as possible, we take the Jiberty of submiiting to the Great Powers the following meane of obtaining 2 sure and rapid pacification: 1. That the “Ottoman Torte shall withdraw iIs troops from our country, retains ing ouly 5,000 at the most in the towns it wcuy eelect, 2. That the Porte: shall prepare all the materinls for_the recomstruction of the houses, churches, and schools which have been destroved, snd thet it shall also furnish the people with the f i tll they can support Timaciyos b ihéir own labors. and that the conntrs khall be exempt from taxes for three yea 3. That the dieposing of theec materials and r sources shall be confided to a Comumission. com. posedas Count Andrassy suzzests, inslituied by the Great Powers, and cntirely Independent of the Turkish Government. 4. That the Christiane shall Dave the right of carrying arme equaliy with the Mussulmans, to be able to defend themselves if at- tacked, and ' to sssert the civil equality which ousht o exist xmonz all subjects of the Ottoman Luipire. We know the initiative which you have taken eince the beginning of the” present strupgle, the fesistance you have -rendered our refugee familics, and the zeal you have mani- feeted in recelving and_disposing “of them. We believe, actingas yeu do, that you are able to sympathize with us in our trouble and euffering. We therefore appesl to your patriotism, and buj of ¥ou 1o transmiit our wishes to the Cabipets o {he Great Powers and to_nrze our intérest upon them. You are not bound by this letter, and cun inour name_express thes wishes scconding to necessity. You have given tuo many proofs of your devotion to our cause for us to doubt that yon will dccept these full powers, which will have affect for three months. With profound respect, e Chiefs of the Bornian Insurgenta. VoivopE Goots Basrren, &c. ASIA. THE PLAGUE IN MESOPOTAMIA. -« London Lancet. Further information as to the prevalence of the plague in Mcsopotamia gives a clearer knowledge of the magnitude of the outbreak. The following are the returns for Hillah aud Eagdad from the first commencement of the diseases in those towns, ot complete, but more complete than _any which have before reached this conntry. Hilinh: Jan. 1 to Feb. 27, © March 20 to 28, 34; March &7 0 33 April 1_to %, 50; April to 21, 159. wdad: March 16 to 30, 1;;1 Marel 21 to 27, 45; March 28 to April 1, 75; Ap: 310 6, 169; April 16 to 25,830, At imam near Bagdad, seven deaths had occurred ril 213 at Nedjef the discase appears to be slowly iucreasing. The dicease has a%pcarcd at Kefll, five hours south of Hillah, on the Hin- dich marshes, and at Kut-el-Amarah, on the ‘Tigris, south of Bs‘fihd. Itis to be )n!errgld ingeed, that the discase is widely scatte throughout thedistrict immediately to the north otits area of prevalence in 15i3-4. In addition tothe rumorof the appearance of pligue at Mazcat to the south, rumor now comes of its ‘appearance at Kerluk, within the limits of Kur- tan to the north, The alarin {u the East with regard to this out- break is deepening and widening. Communica- tions are more or less intemrtcd on the differ- ent routes from Mesopotamia to Persis, to Syris, and to Kurdistan, while physicians have been stetioned at varions poluts on the principal routes to watch for the first signs of the dreaded tilence. It seems not unlikely that if the Stine thows no aigus of sbatemcnt, the next @ail may bring the news of an attempt to pro- fidit all” intercourse between the infected dis- trict and the surrounding districts. It is under- Hood that the cxportatfon of rags from Meso- potamia has been prohibited (avery judiclous precaution), and that efforts are beln%mmnde to iscure wool for exportation from the danger of fection; a danger, however, which is nominal ather than real. —— upto THE ORIENT. " IAPAR. E Bax Frax1500, Cal., June 10.—Arrived—The Pacific Mail steamer City of Peking, from Hong Fong, via Yokohams. ToRomAMA, May 24—Small disturbances imong the pessantry in the interior provinces #ad occurred in consequence of the heavy taXxa- :n, but were suppressed without serions re- ts, : Minister Bingham visits Hiogs June 5 fn the Dnited States ship Tennessee. ‘The Corean Ambessadors are expected daily. The residence of a former Daimio has been as- #igned them in Yeddo. € journey of the Mikado through the north- m provinces will last six weeks. “Tekudo, the Minister of the Intesior, left Yeddo May 4310 Prepare his roifte in advance. ore, the Pervian Minister to Japan and returned to America with this mafl. CHINA. Hoxg KoxG, May 15, snd SHANGEAT, May 15 prelimin mm,P"":: t_fora lLinezof ::am- ent_for a linejof - ships b::;{en Peru mmd Hong Koz, to cary m lrelgg& and passengers. Sir 0} Eomg&:he Chief Judge fa the 's) of C! and Japmn, takes his final leavs of the East next week. ufactories are to bo established at Cotton mant Nin, with a view of supplw the home gf‘m under the susplces of Hung Te- B N Aeligious rict accurred Aprfl 24 it Chun n?“:.he Bzechuen province, mdaubougt twenty native Chmtiis ‘weze killed, and same 300 houses ware burns 1t is confidently reported that the whole Mar gory affair will to reopened by the British sue umount of 7,000, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDA JUNE 11, 1876~SIXTEEN PAGES thoritles, who for a long time past have had in contemplation the neccgslty Tor dealing with the matter in 4 new and more violent way. It is also ftated thut energetic measures would have been ndegtcd a year n§o if the British had been ready Tor hostile operations. The deluy of long nego- tlations and the mission of Grosvenor tended to disguise the inability to act at the momebt. It 1s now constdered certuin that the investigation ©of Yunnah will have no practieal result. Grosve- nor and Baber are said to bave sccomplished nothing, and Si Ham Chang has made 1o report upon whicha ho&e of the stlfllntcfl redress ean bebased. Frien mem“u ition between Mr. ‘Wade, the British Minister, and the Peking of- ficials, has almoct _ceased. The British fiying: afidron 1s ordered to hold itsclf in readiness at. (u. Most of the sentences in the case of the Ger- man ship Annu have been_carried out. ’1‘1\%!;! the murderers were apprenended and executed. Rewards were offered for others who escaped. Those who looked on and took no part were beaten and banished. Heveral houses on the island where the cargo was concenled were burned by the public officers. Coolies who moved the cargo from place to place have been flogged. The military officials of the district were dismissed, and deprived of thelr buttons; likewlse the civil suthorities for thelr failar: to act exgeditiously. Full money compensation was Slven for the stolen property, and nothing Temains to be done at present but the burning of the junks iu which the cargo was transferre: {rom vhe wreck of the Anunto the shore. The evidence ‘:11:10“ which these sentences were passed tends to show that the murders.were ot originally with & piratical intent, bit iu revenge for brutal trestment by the Captain and mate, i EGYPT. HOW PRENCH FINANCIERS RAISED 7,000,000 PRANCS FOR THE EREDIVE. Dispatch to London Times, Paris, Moy 25,—A kind of Syndieate was formed here a few days ago for the purpose of meeting those Egyptiun Treasury bills which may fall due before the Khedive is in a position to mect them. The Syndicate consists of some of the establishments and persons who once be- fore, on s special emergency, came to the hel o the Egyptian Treasry: SHigher tntcrest wia then held out to obtain the ssistance urgently needed. The affair in question is certainly, to those acquainted with the object which had fo be ottained, one of the most singular scenes which have long been pluyed in the linaneial world. It was four or five days before the publication of the Khedive’s deeree deferring the date at which bills fell due, that about twelve financial undertakings and great financiers were convened by letter to mcet st the office of the Credit Foncler to receive;a communication emanating from the Mintiter of Finunce. No one'failed, as may be m{puied, to respond to this singular invitation. I say slugular, for such it ap- peared to those invited. They found it diffi- cult to understand the selection of a financial company’s_oflice for & communication from the Minister of Finance, The meeting was beld on aFriday. Onthe persons invited being seated round the green b: covered table, M. de Machy, who fad just hud 8 lung conference with tue Minister of Finance, explained in well- chosen terms, and In a polished and persuasive manner, that the Khedive had bills to the -, ,000 {runcs fulling due next duy at London, and that it was fmpossible for him to meet them. He showed that in case they were not met, the Khedive wowld be in the pa- sition_of Luving suspended paywnents. and expatisted in cxpressive temns on the consequence of such an event. He then inforwed the mceting that the Minister of Finance thought that tiis should be prevented ut any cost, thay the meeting had been con- vened for this purpose, and that he had been deputed to usk each person present in his per- sonal or representutive capacity to advance 4:25,000f., which would form the total amount necessary to meet the bills. Addudng consid- crations of & bigher nature, he dwelt un the necessity of their intervenimr to save not ouly the Kliedive’s eredit, but the cause of civiliza- tion and French influence in Egypt. M. de AMachy’s opinjon, sud the reasons by which he had packed it up, were supported by onc of those present, the representative of one of the great eredit instivutious of Paris. With the exception of onme who spoke for him- self persouslly, and another in. the nams of a oredit society, all gave their immediate ad- liesion, and prompt measures were taken 10 in- sure the punctual meeting of the bills. 3L de Machiy then aonounced that the Minister of Finance would be bappy to receive those coni- pusing the meetiug, t cxpress his satisfaction personally, and they sccontingly walted upon ibe Minister, who confirmed all that had been stuted. ‘The payment in question was due to the Franco-Egyptian BunK, but by su almost comical chanee it was subsequently learnt thut at the very hour the mecting was beld at Paris, that bank sgreed at Cuiro to defer the dato of payment—a uacless concession, see- ing_ that mext day the payment’ was made, to the resolution taken ut Parls, 1t s now said, but for_ this Iast assertion I cannot vouch, that the 7,000, 0Q0f. thus advanced by the Paris meeting is fu- cluded in the Khedive's last deerce,—that is, it will be converted into 400f. bonds, which, at the present Exchunge quotatiuns, wonld repre- sent o loss of 312,000f to cach of thosz who placed their purses 2t the disposal of the cause of Eufopean civilization in~ Egypt. To that motive humage must be paid, for such flusions are rather rare in the finunclal world, and this act of devotion is an elm‘uum protest against the selfishness proverbially laid to the o of clers. B GREAT BRITAIN. WINSLOW. p Loxpoy, Junc 10.—Sir Henry James, the Liberal member for Taunton, bas given notice in the House of Commons that on Monday he will ask whether Sccretary Fish's dispatch of the 22d of May, relating to the case of Winslow, reached the Forelgn Oftice on the 6th of June, and whether there {s any objection to lay it on the table of the House. Itis certain that the Government will not n_ask for Winslow’s remand, unless it be decided to have the whole matter ed before a full bene, of which there is sotue probubility. FRANCE. THE WORKINGMEN'S DELEGATION. VERSAILLES, June 10.—The Scnate to-day by a vote of 163 against 3 passed the grant voted by 'the Chamber of Deputles for sending a del- egation of French workmen aud agriculturists to the Centennial Exhibition. The party of the Right shstained from voting. ——t————— - LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. THAT WILL IARDLY BE ADOPTED. To the Editor of The Tribune. CH1cAG0, June 10.—I desire to address you on 2 matter of much public import, for the purpose of eliciting not only your opinion but also that of the iutelligent readers of ;your journal. Ac- cording to the Jatest information the new Coun- ty Hospital is fagt approaching completion. In fact, it Is confidently expected that occupancy of it can be effected in Septembernext. The ques- tion then arises, What shall be done with the bullding st present used as an hospitall Although deficient in many respects in the con- Veniences of hospitals constructed on the mod- ern principles, yet it canuot be said to be entlre- 1y unfit for use as an infirmary. With improved sewerage and ventilation the present buildine could_be so renovated as to place it on ar-.u- for all practical purposes with some hospital bufldings of more modern construction. 1 1avé 0 suggestion to make in responso to the !orcgnhig question. In making it I am aware that 1 shall incur the ire, if not the fll- will, of & certain class of the community. The Jike'suggestions provoked such an_outburst of feeling in other communities (Iwh(t.h may in jus- tice be taken ss sickly sentimentalism). But with the march of intellect, and a proper recog- nitfon of existing facts and & r¢ tion of their force, the opponents of the measure in time recorded their approval, and common- gense and sound judgment prevalled. With a roper consideration of the subject, I have no S(mm that the same satisfactory results will be obtained pere. My suj that the pres- ent County Hospital ba conver into an insti- tution for the treatment of venereal diseases. 1 do not deem it necessary at present to advance my reasons in support of the suggestion; my principal object In writing “to you to learn your opinion and that of the pub- ‘may say that w&le I have been Warden of , I have seen cases of venereal dis- A PROPOSITION 'of the county in regard to such aflment is lzngy mind most{:me\, it not barbarous, for an unfortuuate man or wonen so affiicted can- not, under these ::lgnlauons, be admitted to the Connty Hospital, and the conscquence is that, belng unable through indigence to obtain private treatment, the affiicted onc is driven &ither to commit crime, and be sent to the Bride- well, where tha city provides treatment, or lie down by the roadside to perish, or per- ‘haps *commit suicide. . It is important to remember in this conuection that the city provides treatment only while the person is confined in the Bridewell, too brief a period to have any good_effect, aud then the diseased cflmnnf 13 Iet Ioose mpon soclety to communi- ‘merous_ correspondents who ventilate their ‘cotton cloth from 8 cents to 10 cents per yard, .aud other things in proportion,—why are we 3:‘;1 nfi, others perbaps the loathsome, leprous i state of aflairs surely needs remed and it will e very strangs jndeed i ug.,":g; thorough undarutnndlzgu of the subject, the humnpny Which will readily endeavor to relicve 2 beast of its pains or assist it todic calmly will neglect to extend ut least as much sympathy and relief to ssulfcdn%iteilow-being. “Respect- fully, ete., Huax MOLAUGHLIN, Wardcn. HOMES FOR WORKINGWOMEN. v the Editor of The Tridune. CrEI0AG0, June 10-%If they only had homeal" is the oft-repeated exclamation of the kind-hearted, as they hear of the fall of another of their sex. ' If we only had homes!™ is the ery of the perishing, left alone to fight the hard battle of life. ¢ If we only conld have a place Where w2 would not have to pay all our earn- ings for board, and_ still hafe some of the priy- {leges we had before coming here, and not be looked upon as inferiors because we labor, thera would be less temptation to goastray,” Society laces o premium upon idleness among women, oes all ft can to crush the industrious, and then views them with a scorn which no_ charity pallintes beeause they fall “Prevention is better than cure”; then why ot apply tho gift-ofterings lets after the fir ta'the bullding of = *““home for working- women,” instead of leaving them to fall, and then applying the fund to relicve the wretched- ness, or punish the vice consequent upon a life of immorality? Said 2 lady to me: **Why do not Mrs, Liver- more and her supporters take this in hand, in- stead of talking so much about female suffrage, which fs but & questionsble good compure with the much greater benefit to be derived from the establistment ;‘5 a l{!omri&l 15 that yere only provided, good, substanf 0B R, n.;mé? ot B identar u‘pensg could be procured at $2.50 per week, and z little influence rightly exerted by wowmen of position would procure 4. “But you bave influence, why not exert yourst Once get the work started, and it wonld be 2o~ complished.” o 1 have not the moral courage. People would call me strong-minded. Yes, that is_it! One would suppose, to hear some people talk, that the one unpardonable fault in women was the possession of brains; that in order t6 make good members of soclety —to become good wives,—it was necessary to be wesk-minded. Were the mothers of ‘our statesmen, our philanthropists, our great men of every profession, mere fmages of clay, upon whose forcheads the words * vacant tencments to let” could be fitly inseribedi Be forward; be unladylike; but don't, oh, dou't, as you value your wmatrimonial prospcets, be strong- minded. Give the starving plenty of advice, kuowing that you are perfectly secure, but don't do anything. © - * J. GRRALD. SERVANTS' WAGES. To the Editor of The Tridune. CHICAGO, June 10.—It stems strange that one of the most laring inconsistencics of the day recefves no public attention by way of the nu- opinfons and receive 8 charitable hearing through your papér. Ialludeto the extortfon- ate wiiges obtained be servant girls, Ats time when the cheapness of every article is .unsur- pussed, and in consequence fuen are oblized to sapport their families upon reduted wages, servant girls, whose every ex- puse is to dress themselves, obtai igher wages _than cver before, which must be pald from the fncone of a family re- duced to suit the times. On what basis does this culinary autoerat preserve her premiuin valuet Pernaps it is found in the reply of a do- mestle sceking & situation, who decliued to make a fire in"a certain ngurlment. The lady suid, “Ob, that is nothiug derogatory; shoaldn’t mind doing {t myscll.? © Very like- Iy, ma’am,” replied she, © but that is just the point as ye've come to, you sec. Your class is agoin’ down, and ours s agoin’ kup.” Before the Wer, girls’ wages wereless than half that at preseut. . But as prices in the com- monest articles of np%s.ru advanced, and oughi necessities _could “be L only ot 2 price we had been accustomed ~to pay Tor elegancies, there scemed some reason in the inereased rate of wages for the girl in the Liteben us well as for the man_at the anvil or the counting-desk. But why, I ask, now that the times have changed, when goods bave been. reduced to less thanante-War &rica, when grood calico tan be bought for 5 cents per yard, good obliged to pay our cooks in our kitchens a weel- Iy sum which, I venture to say, 18 more than many a wall-dressed but carefol lady spends on her own toilet? . Tt may be that there I8 o reason in thfk that Thave not fathomed. I throw this out by way of inguiry, and hoYing to hear the opinions of other ladies on the subject. But i thereis no justice in it, some measures should be-tuken to put an end to the extortion. TAE PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM. To the Editar of The Tridune. CH1CA00, June 10.—As there scems to be an erroueous fdea in the minds of many of the public in regard to the Protestant Orphan Asy- Tum, I think a few statistics coucerning its finan- cial affairs may not be uninteresting, and may 2120 tend to remove the wrong impression that seems to exist, viz.: That it is a self-sustaining institution, and beyond the necd of assistance. Such is not the case. Although there are cight awelling houses erected on the ground belong- iug to the Asylum, there are only four from whiich auy reveuue s derived, and after the nec- esary repairs and asscssments are made,- not a very large margin s left with which to support an~ institution whose expenses during the year 1573 umounted to $10,335.45 Were ™ the charities of the asylum confined strictly to orphans the expense would be con- siderably Iess, but the charter ulso provides for destitute children, of which we have s great number. The four -houses on Wabesh avenue, also owned by the institution, were bullt at an ex- pense of $30,000, with borrowed money, the rent being rescrved to liquidate the debt; con- sequently 1o benefit is derived from them at resent by the asylum, whose finances are very B ks we Gepend entirely upan pablic Su seription for support, we hope the -gencrous public who have assisted us heretefore will not row weary of well doiug, but still extend a fa Iping hand to the oldest aud one of tho most deserving charitable institutions in the aty., DROWNED. 7o the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicaco, June 10.—Two more young men have just been drowned this afterncon in the 1ake, off the foot of Peck court; that makesthe third man {pside of 8 week. I think these boat~ Keepers ought to be looked after. The accident that occurred a_few days ago was caused by a Icaky boat, and by what I understsnd, the men who lost their Jives to-day lost it from the same eanse. I thiuk those boat-letters ought to be careful whom they let boats to. 1t faat resent, any green man or boy who never saw a gont before can bire one here'at Chicago at the risk of his life. It would be a grand idea if the eople of Chicago would build or sclect a place Formacn and boys 1o learn to swim. As it is shey have no opportunity. If those men who were lost to-day bad known how to swim they might have becn saved. GEORGH M. BAKER. RMEMOVE IT. ! To the Bitor of The Trivuns. CHICAGO, June 10,~L wish to call the atten- tion of our ity suthorities tothe fact thata horrible stench is cmanating from several piles of “scuvenging " that ornament the east gide of LaSalle street, between Randolph and Wash- ington, for the last five or six days. Twice they ‘bave been drenched by recent rain, and are now evaporating, filling the air in this Reignborhood with & malarions atmosphere. The physical welfare of several hundred peo- ple, whose busfess compels them to inhale this ‘contaminated air, demands that these dirt-piles be removed at once. A SUFPRRER. s I ) THE WHIP-PO-WILL. ‘Wheu softly over fleld and town, And over golden wood-crowned hill, The twilight drops its curtain down, ¥¥ “Tis then we hear the whip-po-will. From the near shadows sounds s call, Clear in ita accent, loud ard shrill; And from the orchard's willow wall Comes the falnt answer, *‘Whip-po-will.” The night creeps on; the summer-moon - PRl e o £d epe: 3 His one retcals of +Whip-po-will. " Bbear him not at morn or ngon; S hers hides e then sp dumb and stillt Where lurks he, waiting for the moon? 'Who ever ¢ & whip-po-will? Where plies his mate her household earet 1n what veiled nook, secure from ill, Builds sbe the tiny cradle, where Nestles the baby whip-po-will? toll, —yet prize the more L omteta Tirs, Wgflug il noted o) oo about Tay door, — T Y e eehi§ catling, ¥ Whip-po.will." leep through all the strong daylight, "w hile om‘:g birds g0 gaily l_nrl]{: Walking to cheer thé jonely night, — 'WWe love thee well, O whip-po-willl TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. A Book on Americs,-Published in 1672. New York, Boston, Maryland, and Vir ginla-~-A Deseription of the Natives. Tv #he Editor of The Tribune. CH1CAQ0, June 9.—I noticed in' your paper, some time ago, an interesting reference to a fortheoming reprint of. “the first three English books on America.” This reminded me of pos- sessing o small volume on the same subject, .which, while not of so anclent a date as those referred to in Toe TRIRUNE article, is neverthe less 2 qualnt specimen of book-making, end, I ‘believe, exceedingly rare. It is entitled A De- scriptionof the Island of Jamaica; with the Other Isles aud Territories fn America to which the English are Related. Illustrated with Maps. Published by Richard Blome, London. Printed by T. Milbourn, and sold by J. Williams Junior In Cross Keys Court in Little Brittain, 1672"; and dedicated to ‘*his Dread Soverelgn and Sacred Majesty Charles IL, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, &e." The aue thor, in his preface, cxplains his reason for confining the contents to a 16mo. vol- ume of 200 pages, printed In plea, as “not to trouble the Jieader with large and unneceseary discourses no way proper for the Qesign in hand; for by that means, 1 might (by the help of a large #rin¢ which some Pyblishers of Books call oramental) bave put them to an unnecessary charge in Buying, and as greata trouble in reading.” OP THE NRW YORK CITY of 200 years ago onr author says: * There Isonc very considerable Touwn, firat buflt by the Dutch, and called New Asasterdam, which name is now changed to QNew-York. It is well scated both for Trade, Securify, and Pleasure, in o small Jsle called fahatan, re- garding the Sea, made so by Hudsons' IRfver, which severcth it from Long-filand, which eaid River is very commodious for shipping, and ia about two Leagues broad. The Zows is large, containing about five hundred well-built houses; and, for clvil Government, it hath a Mayor, Ab- derman, 5. Sheriff, and Juatice of thie Peace for their Magistrale. For the further security of this Town, hese is raised a Fort called James' Fort, which is_very strong, and well Defeénded snd . Molniaiued _with Afen, and Ammuuition. The Town is Inhabited by the English and Dutch, sad hath o considerable Trade with the Indians for the Skins of Elks, Deer, Bears, &c., also for those of Bever, Otter, and other Furya; and doth likewise enjoy a good Trade with the English.” OF BOSTON, ropolis of New England,” our author ay Commodiously seated for Zragigue on the Sea-Shore it is at present a very Jarge and spacious Zown or_rather City, composed of sey- cral well-ordered Strects, and graced with fair and beautifal louses Wwhich are well Inhabited by Aerchants and Tradesmen who drive a considerable Trade for such Com- modities a3 the Countrey affordeth to Barbadoes and ihe other Caribbee Isles, as also to England aud Ireland ; taking in exchange such Commodi- ties as cach place uifordeth, orare found useful to them. It isa place of a goad strength, hay- ing two or thre¢ Ifills adjoining on which are ralsed Fortificatins with great Peices mounted | thereon, which are well guarded.” OTRER PEETENTIOUS NEW-ENGLAND SETELE- MENTS . he describes us follows: * Cherles-Town, seated on and between the Rivers Charles and Mistick ; i is beautified with_a large and_well-bullt Church, and near the River-ide (s the Harket- place, from which runneth two Stresta 1 which are divers good Houses.” “ Dorchester, situnte near the Sea where there falleth In two &n indifferent Town." “ Cambridg, formerly New-Town, scated on the River Merrimack; this Town consisteth of several Strees and fs beautlfied with two Col- Uadges, and divers fair aud well built Houses.” < Reading, commodivusly seated shout s great Pond, and well watered and Jnkablled. In this Town are two Jills, one for Cors and the other for Tvmber. T findno reforence in the book, or on the maps uccnmpnnyin‘f it, to the site of our ap- Prouching Contennial festival, fair Philadelphia; 20 the honor of founding it must continuc_to rest with William Peon, at a dateten years afier the printing of this little volume. OF MARYLAXD, our authar remarks: “The Inhabitants (being 1in number at present about 16,000) have begun the building of several Zownes which in few yeares 'tis hoped may come to some perfections us Calrerton Herrington, and Harvy-Town, all Commodlously seated for the benefit of Trade, and conveniency of Stipping but the principal Town is St IHaryes, seated on St rges flwer‘ being beautiied with divers well built houses.” VIRGINIA, which is mentioned 28 having for #t5 western boundary “that vast tract of land which run- neth info the South-Sea,” and whe »fl'%opuls;- tion is placed at 30,000 or 40,000, had for its princi town ‘James Cuy, beau- tiled with many fair and well built Brick Tiouses, Elizabeth Dales-gift, Wicocomoto and Bermuda.” We are informed that * the Coun- trey of Iate, since the Felling of the Toods, and the Peoples ccustoming themselves to English Dye 1s very healthfal and agreeable to the con- stitutfon of the English, few now dying at their first coming of the Countreys discase or deasoning. And a5 to the Temperature of dir the leats In Summer, receive such seasonable aliayes from gentle breezes, and fresh showers of Rain, and the Cold of Winter i8 of so little durance that the Jnhabifants canuot be said to suffer by either.” Some annoyance and alarm séem to have existed among the in- habitants from the presence of rattlesnakes, and also “several sorts of Stinging Flyes, which are found very troublesome to the Inkabitants; " and we find mentioned among the “wilde Beasta? that abounded in the country, “Lyons, Boars, Leopards, Tygers, Wolves, and Dogs iflte Wolves, but bsrke not, Buffclose, EIKs, whose Yleihisusgfiw_d as Beef,” &e. Of fish and game grent varictics are mentioned, ncdud- ing ‘“'udgl turkeys _which usually weigh six stono” (8% pol ), and sheepshead fish “which makes h like that of malton.” Fruits in great abundance are mentioned, and We are told by our sathor that these ely old colonists converted thelr apples irto “syder” (cider), their pears into perry, and their grapes msl?h‘finu it informed, was ‘ every: e country, we are - where interlaced with delectable Hills and rich Yalleys, and of & Soyl so fertde, that an Acre of gronnd commonly ylelded 200 Bushels of Corn and is very apt to produce what is put therein 3 and amony the commodities produced, are men- HHoned <3 unes, Ogles, Sitk, (Hulberry Trees grow ing in great sbundance in the ¥oods) Cotton, In- dico, Ginger, Tobacco, &. And it is belicved that here may be made of the three first Com- modities viz Wincs, Oyl Silk, such great abundance, to theh'siunn this Kingdoms curich- ment, that besides what we shall usc ourscives, ;:rtxlz};ny have wherewith to furnish Forrain OVER-PRODUCTION B of any commodity would scarcely be expected tobe'a fault of the thrifty colonists; but the following bit of fact and suggestion from our author almost seemed likoa page from our own Litical economy. He says, referring particu- arly to the Colonies of Margland, ugmm, and Carolina: % Their chief ommo&ui, T baceo, hich they are sure to find_vent for, and is the standard by which all other Commeoditics are prized, but it were well for the inhab- fluals 1t they wonld . employ thelr time about the making of Sik or some othier Comimo~ dities, which in a short time would be found more advantageous unto them, and then their Tobacoo would not be 50 _great a Drug as of late it is, nsomuch that the Alerchant ofttimes had rather loge it, tHan to pay the charges and Dutles of Freight, Customs, & He adds: “There groweth s.kind of Flaz, called Sill-graw, of whieh the Tndisns make Thre and Girings, and is g00d to make Linnen-cl mfi, and would malke excellent strong There i a hint in the following to those of our rag-baby idolaters who p in our pa- tion’s coming back to the system in vogue be- fore coin was the staple circulsting medinm of values: ‘“There is a Competent stock of ready money in this Province a;zlnmi) both of Eng- lish, Foreign, and his hipps own Coy yet their chief way of Commerce is by way of juc 0 00 Wayes 100 sall of skl fmmE;gIand,md the Eoglish Plantations hg‘u- of Iate yeares been known to trade thither in one yeal:;' OF THB TIVES e gives us the following description: “This Countrey was and 7et is tlie habjtation of divers sorta of Zndians, which have no dependanse up- g:fing tg‘z)fx“’ lZven‘x‘?"' %mwg Govern them A?vd iar g RN ery Imfla.n—l‘g€ or. rxlhzgr poor Village, being the hnbnaflon”o’? 4 King ; and these “gmpk o rather live st enmity, unity % er. And a8 to their Di ions, Manners, Ws\l&c" there is found s differcnce. but most of all in their Zan; es 50 that those Pevple miay not improperly - called so many several Nations. hey are generally & sort “of people ‘well proportionate, stout, of a swarthy complex- ton, their Halr black, 2nd flagey, which they wear long; they are of & ready wit, very subtile, and treacherous, not much _addicted to Iabour being too great lovers of their ease; they are much given to Hunting, and polng to Wars with each other, thelr Weapous being the How aud Arros, at'which they dre very espert, belng good marksmeil; but of late they have 0t the mse of Guns, sud otuer Veapons, through the folly of the En- lish in’_ shewing them. They are vers oving and obedient to their Kings; in matters of Relegion they observe strange Ceremories, and theirZriests(which arc esteemed Conjurersjmakes S ‘es for them. They belleve in the Trans- migration of the Soul, and have strange fancies sboutKthe Creation of the Forld; they believe there 15 a God, but think he hath something else todo than to concern himaself ‘ with things be- low, as too inferior for him, and do therefore not WorsHip him; but -the Devil they worship out ‘of & fear, least he should de- stroy them, as having- power of them. Upon the least Offence, the man turneth away lis wife, and maieth again, aud the Clildren begotten by her, she taketh with her, the man not regarding them. When any woman findeth herself quick with Child, she kee{xcth lerself chast, or untouched by man until her delivery; the like she cbserveth in her time of her giving suck. A strange custom ‘whick our European Dames would not well like of! Their Appard is but mea, only contenting themselves with something to cover their nakedness, and for the better defending them- sclves from the weather, they anoynt_thelr Bodyes with certain Oyles mixt with Beares Grease, yet do they Paint and besmear their Faces with seversl Colours by way of arnament. Their Dyet in meancss Is answerable to_their Houses, not endeavoring to please their Pallets with curloas sauces, or #ampeflng thelr bodies with provokative eater, Teouldadd manyother Interesting extracts, but the above will go to show that our suthor was o close observer, and somewhat of \L&hflosopher a8 well, and that ogr forefathers of 200 years ago preached more self-denial than they found it pleasant to practice. Jaxres CHERRY. JOHN PAUL. ¥is Impressions of France. [Paris Correspondence New York Tribune. Dieppe is a quaint-looking old town, made up chiefly of high-gabled houses with red tiles, fishermen in blouses, wrinkled market-women in caps, dogs nnd fleas. Famous for its carved ivory and Lerrings, you smell one or the other mauufacture 4s you pass through. Outside of Dieppe one gets his first inklings of Fronch scenery. More picturesque than the English, {t isnot 50 comfortable looking. Ope misses the symmnetrical hayricks, hawthorn hedges, and stacks of Brussels aprouts, which surround the English eottage und impart to it an air of com- fort and cleanlincss—which is not dissipated until you enter the interior. Along the linc of railroad you see women tak- ing care of switches. Ido not mean their own back hair, but those ingenious contrivances for throwing a train off the track, and the blame anywhbere but where it belongs, which no well regulated railroad s without. Passengers who baveever been in 2 smash-up will know what sort of awitches I'm talking about. But railroad accidents are ot frequent in France. And call- ing to mind how well wowen worked switches when I was a boy, L do not sco why they can’t | do it now quite as well 2s men. [t js long fn- deced since such vivid recollections of youth and an old stone school-house as this eight revived Bave been called up to me. The Frenchman is not a big feeder. He breaks bis fast in the mornjng with s little cofice und a good deal of bread and butter. Along towards noon, if ravenously hungry, he selzes on a radish or perhaps the hind legs of o sparrow, which latter make it 8 dejeuner als ourch eide. But for dinnu‘—{e gods, what gorgiug is there! Two spoonfuls of soup, the ackbone of o smelt, a morsel of meat the size of a saddle rock oystoer, 3 mnshroom, an onion, a clove of garlick, 2 smell of cheese, a gallon o red wine, and he's ready for an opera or the theatre. The Frenchman can cook 8 er, but when it comes to eating one, why, bless o soul, s Englishman can eat all ‘uround \im. Yet au fai though he be at dressing o fish or a fowl, the Frenchman does not, to my thinkiug, dress himself—who is neither ~—well. 1lis slecves are too sbort, hi skirts are too narrow, and he has altogether a skimpy look.. Whén be attempts to bo elegant lie is ouly dandificd, and when he sets out to bé heavy swell he only succeeds In being flashy. But ‘the French woman—ah! Bhe knows by instinet what to put on and how. Supposing Eve to have been French, it is safe to assume that when the idea of dress dawned on Eden, bad there been in the gurden a leaf more becoming than that of the g, she would bave goue straight to the tree. Little given to diffidence, the mere discovery that she nad nothing on could naver have distressed a French Eve very much, but the sudden awukeniug to a guilty Enowledge that she was not well dressed would have just about killed her.. A new and becoming bounet, a &nh of high-heeled shoes, might have relieved her feelings and the situa- tion, and saved a valuable life. If you doubt the correctuess of my gencralization, go to the. opera any evening and sec what is cousidered {ull drees. This belog the rule under the Repub- lic, what must it have boen under the Empiref Asit Is, compulled by the prejudices of so- ciety to wear some clothes, the Parisicone con- siders the lilics—or roses—on her checks (if there be none there remedies the omission delicately, not obtrusively), and adopts the style of .dress which is most becoming 1o the figure that God bas given her, the color most becoming to her complexion whici—she generally ates for herself. Not for worlds—no, not_for Triliunes, even—could you persuade the Frenchwoman overmuch given to embonpoint into 2 pin-back which should bring the drawback of ber Agure too prominently forward. As to following any fashion imp!infl,lfithh she will not do. it Tolly is Ieft for the fair of my own native land, whao, 50 far a5 I ean see, euiu{ a monopoly of it. For the Englishwoman follows nothing, but dresses herself by accident (with some reference to the price of consols and the state of the dry goods market), putting on the first thing that comes bandy, aud slopping round in it with su~ preme self-satisfaction. But with this frank confessfon of the saperk ority of the Frenchwomau in dress, let thé abasement of my nation end. For the male bird is a borse of another color eutirely. And I come out of the Valley of Humiliation where I ‘have just been erawling, to remark, in stentori- an tones, that, if I could not drass myself bet- ter than the Frenchman doces hizaself, I'd drown myself—and perhaps bim 88 well. So let each country bold tojts own. . . 1 think that facilities for physical life nevita- bly brln% sbout moral deterforation. I hold that it is Impossible to be great and gooa, full g! high m'd uune::‘ P se&flwhen ono pm m} eavy pastry to eat, and nothing to com, o in his fiikz\x&n. o The air hereis very different from that of London. There in the winter months you may see people wearing goggles over the mouth, 8 elsewhare over the eyes—not that they hayve weak mouths, but to protect throat and lungs from the irritating, fogs. While in London T only worked my lutgs 8t balf-stroke, and do not think X drew s full, deep-down breath till we crogsed the Chounel, There you have beer in the gir, muddy and muggy; bere it is wine, sparkling 2nd cexhilarating And Paris is a fair city—the fairest In the world. - The sears upon her face but mark where scattering drops of the vitviol, thrown by pointed suitors, for ker haud fell. She is lovel still; her abounding wealth of beauty is scarce impaired, and little wonder that 80 wany come to admire and remain to worship af her fect. But I hate her even while she zs her white arms around me, and I feel her perfumed breath in my bair. For I know that she will prove my ifal aad my Circe In_oue, shearing me ambition and nsforming me into ' Sybarite. Already a crumpled rose-leaf in my piliow s sufficient to disturb my dreams. Ifsome friend in London would send me a veal and ham—&i:’ now, the spell miF'M be broken—I might saved. But the “lapofl » I never could resist. I invariably sit myself down In & the minute it offers, And how can one sit Indoora and write when clean streets—which he can cross even {n muddy weather without sofling his shoes—tempt him out! How can he be econom- ical when the facilities for bathing and the neat- ness on cvery side persuade him to a bath and & clean shirt, if not daily, atleast once a weeki Oh, no, Paris i no place for s Londoner, nor & Methodist, nor & German, ‘Why should & man try to earn $10 & day when on that number of francs he can live very well for two days?! Even the humblest resteurant Is clean. Btepinto that little cabaret, and you will find the ficor strewn with fresh sand, the pine tables scoured white, and the face of the ‘woman who serves you—whether it be falr and smooth or yellow and wrinkled—clean and look- ing ont from underaneat cap. The same ab the cafes where richer customers consort—the difference is in quality and price; cleaoliness is the common charucteristic of both. Joux Pavt. | The Bitter Lakes of Egypts ! Poll oll Gasetze, May 7. ) L. de Lesscps communicated s paper to the Academy of Sciences on the Bitter es of the Isthmus of Suez. One of them has & salt-l in its centre, and one of the chief problems con- nected with it was whether this vast basin conld be provided with a sufficient supply of water, and how long the on would take in con- sequence of the evaporation and the shsorption of the soil dried up for centuries past. de Tesseps states that no difficnity whatever was experienced; the lake had received in round numbers, 1,500,000,000 of cubic matres in the course of seven months, from the 18th of March to the 24th of October, 1369. Bat lorg before the lakea were inundated theoretical writers had predicted they would be dried up again by the action of the sun, it being {mpossible to supply sufficient water by the two branches of the capal, the sections of which were $00 natrow. The progortion of salt contained in the waters rose considerably from the beginning, and although the suumgngs taken at ‘various periods showed that the dissolution of the salt bank was the principal cause of this in- crease, there was stfll much doubt about it. The Iust investigations, however, prove that the dis- solution continues, and that the proportion of salt Is visibly diminishing, notwithstanding this z'mces combined with the effcets of evaj fon. %owmth&sphenomenon be explained! 1t can only be by the currents. The cansldera- ble difference of density existing between the waters of the Bitter Lakes and those of the extremities of the canal must create ground cwrrents by which the heavier waters go to the sea, while the surface currents carry lghter ‘waters to the lakes fn order to make up the loss by evaporation. A practical conelusion may be arawn from these results, which only confirm the principle of equilibrium in vessels communi- cating with each otler; it is thus, that- 8 com- paratively narrow orfice suflices to prevent vast sheets of salt water, however far from the sea, from concentrating under the solar influcuce in ‘ot countries. N e ——— ROSE Gossip About Them. Palt Mot Gazete. A moderate liking for roses as good things in their place Las been justly consfdered as one of the resuits of home’ ¢ducation which are least open to objection. It is, however, by mo means genmeral among persons who “have Phyed 80 prominent a fo public ife 25 to have uttructed o attention of history, and who share with the black beetle a xéosm\'e distaste for the roses. The famons hevalier de Guise could not smell a rose with- out feeling uncomfortable; und Venleri, one of the DnFns of Venice, suffered under the same disqualflications for the pursnits of garden- ing. Anne, of Austris, wife of Louis s could uot ¢ven look at a rose in a painting without belng seized taotrams. Nevertheless many people who are willing from rule to take examples from the great have persisted in " entertaining friendly sentiments toward this flower, and every timc that the spring and carly summer brings back the pretty yegetable they fallto telling one anof they know about it. In the East tkere still a belief that the first rose was from a tear of the prophet Mahomet, but nations of more cool and disciplined im- agination - have eometimes admitted that 1ts origin is lost ln obscurity. Roses were used” very early In history among the most potent ingredients of love "philters. They seemx to ‘have been {mported by the.Romans from Egypt until the reizn of Domitisu. Antiochus slept upon s bed of rose leaves. Mare Antony be'iged that Cleopatra would cover Lis tomb with these flowers, and * mea rosa’ was a favorite term of endearment among Roman lovers, as who should say ‘““mon chon” (my.cabbage) now- a~days in" France. Homer adorued the shield of Achillcs and the helmet of Hector with roses. Among the Grecks it was a cns- tom to leave bequests for the maintenance of scpulchral rose gardens over the grave of the testator, and at_Torcallo, near Venice, an in- scription may still be seen which shows that this fashion Was adopted in Italy. In Stock’s collection of engravings on stone there Is a beantiful design cut in garnet. It represents a butterfly settl] nfi‘m a rose, and it is supposed to commemorate the death of a young girl. In Tarkey a stone rose {s often scalptarcd above the graves of unmarried women. A charming bas-relief on the tomb of Mme. De 1a Live, who died at the age of 21, represents Time mowing a. rose with his scythe. According to Indian my- thology, P: trl, one of the wives of Vishau, was found in & rose. Zaroaster is said to have made arose-tree spring out of the esrth and bud and blossom in the presence of Darlus, who had called upon him to_performn a miracle. In Babylon a preparation of shoc leather was much cstecmed when it had been impregnated with the scentof roses, and Abdulkari, an eminent Turk who wanted to live there, being made aware of this fact, discovered an ingenfond” way to profit by it In rcply to a demand which_he had msde for the freeidom of the city, the Babyl nians seut him & Lowl brimful of water, to signify that there was 1o room among them for an intruder. Abdul- ari placed & rose leaf on the surface of the it, and, bavieg water withont spilling a drop of thus indicated that he- might be received with- out making a mess, Le obfained the object of bis desire. In one of the books attributed %o Solamon, ‘wisdom {5 compared to the plantations of rose trees at Jericho. Princess Nourmahal, themost lovely lady fa the harem of a great Mogul, had a canal illed with rose-water, and rowed nbout onit with her augnst consort. The heat of the sun disenguged the essential oil from the water, and their majesties baving observed the fact invented otto of roscs.: The Emperor Heliogabalus filled a- fish-pond with rose-water; it 18 nowhere said whether the fishes approved of this proceeding. - When the Soldan Saladin, who had so much™ trouble with bard-fisted English King Richard and turbulent Christian ‘frieuds, took™ Jerusalem in 1188, he would uot enter the temple, whick he profanely called = mosque, till be bad its walls washed with rose-water; and Sanut as- sures us that 500 camels were no more than suf- ficient to chrry the purifyi uid. Also, after the taking of Cunstam.lnog eut?y Afuhomet IL fn. 1455, the” Church of St. Sophis was solemnly purified with rose-water before it wes con- verted into a mosque. The high priest. of the Hcbrews wore a crown of roses when he offered up certah sacrifices upon the Mo- salc, dispensstion; snd it was, perhaps, in remémbrance of this fact that the synod of Nismes, which was beld in the third century, cnjoined cvery Jew to wear a rose on hig hmstnldiflfl:lgnlshhg mark of inferiority. In many countries the Jews still celebraic the [festival of Easter fiowgr:k(mn'ng Wwhich they omoment {heir lamps, clndelicrs, and beds with roses. Thus it happened that these flowers were hateful to the early Christiaus, and are.often condemned fn the writings of the fathers who professed that they could not un- derstand that pious ple eould think with cquanimity of roses when they remembered the crown of thorns; afterward this hostile fecling Kiohetta Posead throtgh Nureyoa hor ancy on her way to be marred with Louls ?VL, the ies of Lorraine prepared her & bed strewn with roses. In the middle ages roses were beld 6o preclous in France that @ royal license was necessery to grow them. Charlemagne recommended the cultivation of the rose in his *espitulation.” The Persians of Shirax stop their wine bottles with roses, which give the wine a pleasing smell; and during the festival of rizan, which takes place duri; the equinox, Pessinn Jadics throw toess a6 oo other when they pay visits. At Rome it was the practice of the Church to bless the roseona 8] 1 dlhset apart, which waa called Rose s‘uazy. e custom of blessing the golden rosc seems $0 have begun in the eleventh or twelfth ;cnux X The bmedu.io? Wi prouounce partleular solemait; On the fourth Sundsy In Lent, and the golden roge thus conséerated was given ass mark of the sovereign Pontil’s fsver to some Prince or Princess. Alexander IIL, who hsd been recelved with ¢t honor during o journey which he made in France, sent the golden rose to Louis the Young a3 a sort of ul compliment. Subsequently the gising of the golden rose beg.me an_anthorfiative sct, by which the Pops officially recog- nized the right of Christian sovereigns. Thus Urban V. gove the golden rose_to Joas, Queen of Sicily, t 1368, thereby preferring her over the King of rus. Henry VIIL of England received the golden rose both from Juljus II. and from Leo X. Toward the close of the last century the golden rose appears to have becn B e ot mar s o eqirans 15 who W ay 8 sum vi to about &40 1o fecs for Tt o ———— Awkward Sitostions. In the days of the Empire, Marshal Mac)Mahon having become a father, went to the Mayoralt of the City of Naocy to have the infant’s h!ng and name registered, as required bylaw. He was sccompanied and two relatives. bab: ‘ou must wait," said the clerk on e tatterionk 2 oot and walted. Mymflo e oK a gea walte of an bour elapsed. The .clerk, mcun#h?? nothing. He deliberately arranged and rear- ran, ed’hh pen and paper; he then cat his nails with & pen-knife, and " ignored his visitora en- tirely. The Marshd rematned ealm and shle; his friends showed signs of im but Be signed for them to remain guiet. . pt:i Ie:'lgt!z'.he the dnk,mdukln_ g up his pen and o Well what'ls yobr nas et :1;::1—’"0* the , I ::;;mc, fl{ Wym“ HS: tl?l: ' Write,” 3aid the Marshal coolly, * Eman- uel, s0n of Patrick Maurico de Mac¥isnon, Duke of Mageate, Aarsial of France” Beve betose The pen dropped from the trembling clerk’s hand. "The 'Marshal Q10 net Feport Mm. He considered the fright be had givén the oficisl to be punishment enough. ‘We remember of mfiin a story of a some- another dis h- what stmflar kind, fn whic ed soldicr was mm actor; it was in the early days of the English expedition to Portugal asd 8pain, to aid those countries e et Clerk’s office of the War Depart- by the nure canying the | t_Napoleon., ment, at London, there was a Iull one day in busincss, and al) tha employes had pone out for 4 while,’ Jeay one yonng scion of aristocrucy Iollinz 2¢ his -desk, purtng his nalls, and other - wisé illustrating his admirition for red tape and his \:qnlcm})t for the rest of the world. A sharp, Qecisive voice at his ear startled him, and caused him to turn reand in his chair more rapidly than was his wont. At the railing by his elbow stood a § clean-shaven man. of crect end ;olfi, severe manner. His dress was that of a ivilian, . - “Fill out these papers at once!" said the stranger sharply and K:.‘m ptorily, banding the young man some blan ‘The clerk slowly put np his eye-glass and sun deliberately.for veyed the visitor mn‘} and "’f"‘ix'.‘"x"eh % ' Wwho may you be, sir?"’ gaid the official - :’é ll_m:t in a rather l’x’ldlgnmt yet sneering wam ‘The visitor cast one searching glance at, over, and through the pert Jousg e e in his pecallar clear, sharp, cold tone: My name is Wellesley, my rank General. I leave for Lisbon to-morrow morning. Fill out these papers at once.” The clerk was overwhelmed with confusion and dismay. He essayed to spesk, bat Welles- les ctopped his apologles shott, {urued on bis heel and left,; saying, unmoved 28 ever: ¢ i1l out these papers at once. 1 shall return for them in fifteen minutes.” Nothing more was heard of it, but that clerlk tl,‘-'L‘ notably polite after that to unknown ulv- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. Its Influenco upon Time-Pleces. Watchmaker's Magaztne. Dickens tells us that, when the news of the great Mr. Merdle’s death was ringing through the city, everybod‘v thonght that the causa must be * pressure.” It was pressure that did it. But the people wers mistaken. They over- estimated the importance of pressure upon the hfilfl brain, but hndlnn lr}ea of the Iggomnl part which preasure plays in verying the move= Eicats of a tlock o & ratch, Very many, even among those who are ree d as experts fn the manufacturs or regus tion af time-keepers, suppose that an accurate compensation for temperature is_the only th(n§ needed to make a watch or a clock ect, the “movements * be all right, and the instru- ment properly regulated. "~ Deviations -fromy Domipal accuricy are attributed by them to some one or more of a host of causes, which wa need not stop to particularize. In they ars undoubtedly often right, buare not ul!lnm ity which is almost uni- versally ignored is the varylog pressure of the atmospbere. When the barometer stands at 30 Inches, the;pendulum of the clock, or the bal- ance-wheel of a w pushes a certain quane tity of air out of its way at every vibration. now, the pressure be diminished til) the m only stant atmfiu‘ha it is evident that the Imovement meets th one-thirtieth park less of resistance than before, and the timc-piece wl gain; conversel ‘when the pressure becomes greater than Q inches, tle time-piece will Iose, if it kept true time under a pressure of 30 inches. The presw sure of .the air at sny placs i3 continually - changing: so that the rateof the clock or wate! 15 also cnnnmn!lg yurying, ‘within parrow Um- its. It may be objected the moving parts of a watch are too small to be thus affected, i comparison with & clock. But £ must be re~ membered that the sustaining power in & watch * 13 also relatively small; so that the proj of stmospberfe disturbance to the tof quan- :Lr.yo( ‘motion fs abous the sema in cne cose a8 e other. And this s a difficalty which it appesrs toba impoasible to get rid 6. We can com; l(|zl‘r vminllimgeql tem, w;% not for chianges of pressure, m we oar time-pieces in & vacuumj ‘We cannot at pres- ent. produce a perfect vacuurs, and bably . never will, The only possible. mode of dealing ‘with the difficulty is to regulats our time-pieces to the average pressure of the piace in which they are kept; and then the losing rate of ons day, or purt of 3 day, will be compensated by = _ sul sc%nem . clock or watch may thu be riinl_nl ¢ end of three or six months, with. out having been mcud;;lght for more than & few hours during the entire interval. ‘This is what ought 1o be meant or stated when #watch or a cock is teed to keep true time for a given peri ‘That this is :10f under~ stood Is due t;)egem:fl\l ignorunce of the subject, which i3 foste: tho pecoliar crenmstances of the case. A daily comparison of the watch ‘with the stundard chronometer wmay show oniy . an insientficant devlation; but the chranameter itgel? is subject to the same variation of pressura as the watch. 80 is the clock. It is only when we come to compare the motfons of botk with the unvarying rotation of the earth, as referred to the stars, wa can detect the error aud measure its amount. ‘We have in this fact—the variation of atmos- pheric p1 true reason why the zood watch will run much more nearly with the chiron ometer than with the time-beata furnished from the Dearborn Obscrvatory. The standardclockin that institationis %+ good one,” ‘but iz only kept within & emall Traction of a second of the truth by often adding to the pendulum, or subtracting from it, minute welzhts, whiclh o‘penl.lan ralses or lowers the centre of oscilla~ tion, and thua changesthe rate withont stopping the Jock. These chiunges are made only when au observation of the stars with the transit- telescope shows that the clock is a little fast or slow; but the character of the needed correction, if not _its exact amount, may gencrally be fne ferred by examining the barometer which fs sus- pended near it. - Tt is casy to sce, from this explauation, ' thad therc is reasan for by n_the perfarme Aance of time-pieces, which irregularity man ia 2ot able to control, and whids ofies, requiree the aid of the highest selence to detect it exe. tence.. It ls well to be set righty sometimes, even though it be at the cost of a {fitle vanity. A man has nrl%::‘tow'l!h for 2 good watcl om dlock, and the is well worth the cxtras . money that it costs; but we ought not to_rate it higher thau 1t deserves. The man w] that watch will moutbs together, does g hlklngwabouw:;l he may well ‘l:es‘pmud u“ ssessine 8 ece, greatest error o gumflibelueshnlpuam of the error , of the sun a5 compared with the stars. The Limit. Desroft Pres Preer. A eolored man limon Fort street east lusg &ign on his house g: “eals for 8 centa. 0 o cotor T otier dag-ad he sie Efi“& man of color the other e s > and sxid he would have .’a:mx. A ¢ of bread and abowlof water was placed on the, table, and he waa told to draw up- 3 Y zmfl;}:&m}hd&fl' he demandod, aw: o D oE s e ot e, g “Tisnit pmpu‘edms&l:u’al! in front of o ‘sluuh dinner,"” growled the stranger, getting cut. oors. 1t iszdt no festival, dat’a true,” replied the prog;rletor; “bat when de price & Limited dowas. 106 cents you must 'spec de food _Wilt be Hm~t ited down fo about two courses. Der's bread, P e B R cen on s Z ind o | T8 08 depepBRT ——————— A Map-of-Waz of the Olden Time. 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