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. a GYMNASTICS. Whetr History, Mnfluence and Fature—The Different ExercisesImportance of Physical Culture=Manly Games of the Ancients Modern Gymnastice—The “Turners,” Benjamin West, our famous fellow countryman, ‘dhus desertbed in the London Academy of Fine Arts the impression the first sight of the Vatican Apollo had made on him:—‘The most distinguished con- nolsseurs at Rome, in whose company I visited the most holy spot of art, were wondering what impres- sion that greatest master work of sculpture would make on an American who had never seen the relics of antique art, Carried away by admiration, I exclaimed, ‘How like a young warrior ot Mohawk !’ The astonishment of the connoisseurs changed into indiguation over this paradoxical utterance till I bad shown them how many similarities there existed vetween the sublime beauty of the Greek god and that of an uncivilized (or rather uncorrupted) Ameri- van savage.”? Strength of the body, suppleness of the limbs, high courage, keen senses, a joyous feeling of health, the faculty of sound though simple reasoning, eloquence, and, where untainted by corrupting influences, fdealistic beauty are indeed characteristics of the savage son of nature, Whose life-like portrait we find im Qooper’s classic novels. Compare with him the average creature of our civilized, speculating, money-hunting age. What a contrast! orafty and vigorous man; here a “smart” looking, partially or wholly weak-limbed, pale-faced, short- Why is this? Is civilization a breathed individual. Doon of it make ninety-five short-lived weaklings ‘out of every hundred of us? The answer is simply this:—The development of the intellectual faculties and even of mere artificial (technical) dexterity, as favored by the tendency of civilization, gives prepon- derance to mental cultivation at the expense of the bouy, impairs health and vigor, the power of physi- ealendurance and the keenness of the senses. Add to this an over-refined, over-comfortable and juxunous mode of living, combined with dislike for bodily exertion, in whatever shape, and the inevitabie result will be a decline of indi- vidual health and a corresponding degeneration of our race, The nervous system 18 overstrained, the muscular system remains undeveloped, and the re- sult Is disease and weakness, as abundantly shown by our medical statistics. But, again, {3 there ne culture possible without enfeeblement? Is man necessarily destined to ex- tremesf Cannot this enfeeblement, if not quite re- moved, at least be limited to a certain extent? ‘These questions we propose to answer. Whoever conceives that the man of nature perfects himself without any art to a physical ideal, solely through exercise and physical invigoration, and whoever conceives that want of motion, of exercise and of strengthening the body enfeebles millions of civil- ized individuals, canaot but wish that in education invigorating bodily exercises shouid have a place. The system of these exercises, which has been taken recourse to, to develop the body and thereby to pro- mote health. longevity, power of endurance and of action, dexterity and beauty, has been called “gym- naatics.”? GENERAL NECESSITY OF GYMNASTICS, ‘There is no class, Ho calling, no sex, no age which should altogether dispense with gymnastics, A great mass of the people do heavy work, whereby She body acquires a strong, bony system, plump force and an inevitable awkwardness, With farm- ers, laborers and workingmen it is a certain smali Part of the muscles only which is dally and for the % part of their lives set im motion, while the ether muscles remain undeveloped, growing even weaker through the lasting friction aud the pressure of those moved. A second class is more frequent), eccupied with lighter work in the open air, wit! greater eae limbs put tn action and of the po- Bition of the ef as, for instance, the seaman and the carpenter, These two are indeed superior to the former class as regards strength and dexterity. Both classes, however, are endowed with those fine ifta, healtn and power of physical endurance. But, nm, there is the third class, which 1s far more nu- Toerous than the first and second. It works in shops, rooms, stores and offices, without bodily exertion, ‘and a part of them with the loteliect only. The im- Heritage of this class—exceptions there are of course in each—is relaxation of the muscles, weakness, ill-health, emollition, but littie dexterity, disposition to hysterics and hypochondria, often degenerating {nto fanaticism, visionarism or sentimentality. The question bas an even more practical side. Thousands annually perish through failing, by acci- dent, on even ground, on gtairs, email bridges, through being run over by runaway horses, through fre or on railroads and steamboats, only because they are in a moment of danger awkward, weak, dis vo dizziness, because they have not the pluck or the courage to help themseives with celerity end adroituess. Piace a well-trained man, a sea- mao or a0 Indian and an unpractised savant or tradesman in one aud the same danger and itis more than likely that the first will save themselves, while the second would perish, It is obvious that ill-health and want of physical resistance oppress the most highly anit cae Diligent Latei- Jectual labor and a continual rest of the body may gradually enfeeble the strongest physique. Keal cui- tore means the harmony In the development of mind and body, the mens sana in corpore sano, not an enervating over-refinement. it is to regain this lost harmony that gymnastics, after baving been neglected for sowe time, have been reinstated im their rights, and this by the Germans, who have got for it the word “Turnen”’— to turn, to swing, to move actively. Absence of mo- tion implies taroughout whole uature debility, rot- tenness, lifeiessness and death. Gymnastics offer this element of healthy ile um the completest man- her. THE GYMNASTIC are divided tuto free exer aud exercises at the apparatus. The primary ob of the first is to ren der the limbs supple and to prepare tue gymnast for the more arduous exercises at the apparatus, The elementary exercises of the first kind (standing and mareling) teach the gymuast to breathe naturally while undergoing exertion (thts 1s of great impor- tance), and, if conducted in the proper spirit, they materially aid in implanting thet spirit of order and aiscipline Whict cannot be estimated too highly in societies consisting of many members, These ex ereises ato mostly performed simultaneously by a bamber of gyunasts at the command of # teacher The exercises at the apparatas are executed by squads of from ten © thirty members, accord- ing to whether they are simple or compli- cated. Beginuers heve, of course, first to inaster completely we easter exercises before they advance two the more dificult ones. The apparatus in use are:—1, The vaulting buck, a square box, eighteen to twenty-four inches, stufed and Axed on four tele- scopic legs. This is used for practising springing. 2. The vaulting horse, a larger and higher apparatus of a gimilar kind, with pommels on the top and the Jegs With slides to raise tue horse from three and a balf to six feet. %. The rack or horizontal bar, for hanging and swinging, straming every limb in suc- cession, 1s @ favorite exercise in the gymnasium, from the variety of changes which can be performed on it, 4 The parailel bars, egg shaped and easi g@rasped, are fixed on four posts, parallel to enc! other; the distance from bar to bar 18 about eighteen inches. The exercises at the parallel bars are ex- tremely useful for expanding the cheat, but they should be practised in moderation or they will do more harm than good. Besides these apparatus May be mentioned the trapeze, the rings, the swing- ing rope, the Iadders, the climbing Pd balancing beam, clubs, durmb bells, weights for throwing. An- onistic exervises are wrestling, boxing, Nghting. «ymnastic games, base ball, cricketing and row- fog may be mentioned; aiso velocipedism, though it ie not a good form of gymnastics, Out door exer- Cines strengthening a large part of the muscies are a@iso riding and swimming. INDOOR GYMNASTICS, A pair of dumb bells and a horizontal bar fastened between two door posts are @ good equipment for in- door gymnastics, especially to those unable to attend aciab, Schreber’s work on “Indoor Gymnastics," ® translation from the German, gives tie necessary information aboot the exercises. J HISTORY OF GYMNASTICS, In the remotest times, on the lowest grade of civi lization, man practised a sort of natural gymnas mode of living compelling him to Lodiiy exercise in the shape of hauting, agriculture, breeding of cat- Ue. Dally the necessity was thrast upon him to run, to opting. tw climb, to swim, to battle with the beasts Of the loreat or to fight with hostile tribes, All this Sropertin Go ue moe. But to the ome ¢ Increasin, ress of cul- Gare this life of nature was tarcod to the pack: ground, while trades and ine arts, commerce and #cience bronght about more and more of a sedentat manner of fife, the necessity manifested itselt—at one did not choose to fali into demiitation—of mak- ing up, by artificial means with a designed parp jor that which in former times nature had a(fore ‘Thus originated the cultivation of bodily exercises as EXERCISES a regular art, with @ view to a heaity deveopment of the body, Such e Ises Were first cultivated in antiquity by t ler the name of “gymnas ues. The Greek yyinastics were est “ ected and maiviuined by the Stae as & f the education of the young and « a of developing and improviiig of the adults, Nall cities of Greece there were grand institutes Jgymnasia), tratuing schools for the mind and for the (body, in Which wrestiing, running, leaping, throw. ing the disc and throwing the Javelin were carried On. In addition to these exercises the Greeks prac fised swimming, riding and driving, archery, danc- ing and Roe of various description, The Greeks were fully alive to the importance of bodily exer eae their erent national festivals of Olympia uperitive gauics in bodily #lrength aud dexiet formed the principal feature. * “td Rowans, tov, cultivated gymnastics, but leas $8 AN @atherteal or educational institution than for purposes. The soldiers. indeed, learned to 0 leap, to ran, to fence and throw the lance, these things proved profitable in the tetd; it BYMINAKCE at PO tine Jorimed @ branch of public competitions of Olympia, we meet with the barbar- er yore ota stant occupation with bunting valued manly exercises, aud ae orgs te in castles and in cities, With their following in later times more peace- able pursuits, while the invention of gunpowder and shooting arms made the single combat of man on the battle fleld leas trequeas, the chevaleresque manll- ness more and more disappeared. The knights had in the middle ages still their tournaments, the citi- zeus their shooting m: the villagers their festi- vals; and on each of these leaping, stone the Jax! monished shun tt. But the popular strength sank deeper and deeper in Germany and other countries of Europe. Learned men olten ‘There a Telt the necessity of bodily exercise, “Curiosities of Literature’? it is related that Curdival Richelieu, onene all his great occupations found a recreation in violent exercises, and that he was once discovered jumpi with his servant to try who could reach the Le my side of a wall. De Gram- @ Cardinal to be jealous of his jump with him, and in the true made some efforts which Ya, confessed the Cardi- surpassed him, Tnis was jumping like a DOA, and by this means he is sald to have tn- gral himself with the Minister, Though Mon- taigne, in his “Essays,” published in 1580; Locke, in 2, cl of physic tion, their views were not carried into practice tll Basedow, a German pedagogue, founded, in 1774, at Dessau an educational lishment ‘‘Philantro- pe in which bodily exercises tormed a regular ch of instruction. Salzmann, Gutamuths and Vieth followed in hie wake. What these men, bow- ever, accomplished for the school only Friedrich Ludwig Roy gasisted by Arndt and otners, brought into the widest circles of the German peo- ple founding the first national gymnasium in 1810 at Berlin, with branch establishments all over Serra, a i oe pose of Soinin the le for throw! 0 Napoleon’s tyrani yoxe Petr efforts were crowned with su and tended in a great measure to make the uprising of the German nation By roreigy: suppression in 1813 @ victorious one. No sooner, however, had the petty tyrants of Germany been relieved, through the exertions of the People, from the iron grasp of Na- leon when they found out that the ‘*lurner Instt- ates” were nurseries of what they more dreaded than foreign supremacy—viz., of liberal and demo- cratic ideas. A period of disgracefal reaction, i- augurated by the then omnipotent Austrian states- man, Prince Metternich, followed, during which the leaders of the ‘Turner’? movement were incar- cerated or anxiousiy watched by the government, the gymnasia closed and gymnastic clubs pro- hibited in Prussia. In Bavaria and in Wurtemberg only they were suffered to exist. 10 was not till 1842 that the clubs were again allowed—having clandes- Unely existed in the meantime—in Prussia and that a were, by a ministerial order, mtroduced into the Prussian public schools a8 & neces sary branch of inscruction. The system fol- lowed was vastly improved, and with every year gymnastics became more popular among all classes tll there is now hardly a viliage inGermany without its “Turn-Platz” (gymnasium), In England, too, where manly sport and exercises had ever been cul- tivated, systematic gymnastics have taken a firm foothold through the exertions of the Germans who live there, and it is satisfactory to observe that athletic and gymnastic societies have been formed of late in the principal cities and are prospering. Messrs. E. Ravenstein, directors of the German Gym. nastic Society, Londun, and John Hulley, Gym- nasiarch of Liverpool, pubiished in 1867 a “Handbook of Gymuastics and Athletics,” which is to ve had at the ‘turner Hall, Orchard street, near Canal street, in this city. Iu Denmark the first gymna- sium was opened by Nachtegall, 1799, in Sweden, by Ling, who invented medical gymuastics, which have been found effective for the treatment of patients, In France, Colonel F. Amoros was the first to utro- duce gymnastics. He followed in the main the Ger- man system. Nor do the military gymuastics intro- dnced there In 1843 differ essentially from the gym- nastics carried on at that time in Germany. IN THIS. COUNTRY, too, gymnastics have taken root and become a fixed institution since 18349, when the unsuccessful revolu- tion in Germany—especially in Baden and Saxony— ca many “Turners” who had fought against despotism to emigrate to thiscountry, After hav: settled down the Germans looked for their wont exercises, Whether in the crowded cities of the East, or ir the ‘sunny South,” or on the plains of the ‘far West.” Thus there were in August last year, acoord- ing to the report of the North American Turner Bund, 148 clubs (vereine) in eighteen districts, with 10,200 members, while in 1867 there were 118 clubs in sixteen districts, having 8,034 members, show! an increase of twenty-seven per cent. These clubs form an association, with @ central committee (vorort) in this city. Every year this association holds a fes- Uval, at which ail districts are represented by dele- gates. Last year lt was held in ton, a ‘this year it 18 to take place in Chic: Of gyi clubs not belo to the ation ti nine, with 600 and on; five, ‘with 380 members. {n Connecticut, and twenty- three, with 850 members, in other places; so that the aggregate number of ‘Turners”’ in the United States is DOW about 12,000, Most of these clubs have their own ciub houses, in which are the apparatus, a stage for theatricals, @ reading room aud a@ library. Tne Tarner Bund besides its own or- gan, a weekly paper pubushed at St. Louts, and it has aiso exerted a salutary influence through the publication of rational school books, the number of wiich is now twelve. Though these gymnastic societies make less show thau other societies which aim principaily at amusement, as, for instance, the singing svcieties, their numver i still on the increase. ‘They aim not only at the bodi- ly but also at the inteliectuai development of their members, especially of the rising generation, through debating, amateur theatricals and lectures. Thongi the “Bund” has embodied tn its platform the general constitutional principles of freedom it 18 no political organization, leaving it entirely free to the mem- bers on what side tu vote. Bigotry is banished from the “Bund.” With all these facilities for heaithy recreation and rational aiausement they are within the reach of every one, the eutrance fee, entitling to the use of all the institutions of a club, being very low. Cricket, base bail and rowing clubs require & much larger sacrifice of time and money from their members than does the cultivation of gymnastics by joining aclub. The latter are at present con- sisting mostly of Germans, but they are just as well open to others. Our German fellow citizens we have had to thank for many reforms in our social life already. There is no gift from the Fatherland more worthy of our full accepiance and none more needed in the whirl of our nerve-straining civiliza- Won than that which strengthens the vody, thus ta tho mind heaithy and fresh. it is gymoas- ce. ARMY INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, June Li, 1869. Major and Brevet Colonel George Gibson ts as- sigued to daty as Major of the Fifth tfantry, and ordered to report without deiay to the commanding general of the department§of Missourt. By the direction of the Secretary of War, leave of absence for one year, with permission to go beyond the sea ts granted to Major General Daniel E. Sickies, United States Army, retired. By direction of the President 80 much of Genera’ vourt Martial Urders, No, 386 in the case of Captain Marim A. Parks, late Commissary of Subsistence, United States Army, as imposes the payment of a fine of $3,000, is remitted, and the disability to re- je enter the service caused by his dismissal 18 removed. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The United States steamers Penobscot and Saratoga sailed from Key West yesterday bound north. The kick were doing well. Lioutenant Commanders Edward P. Lal! and Mer- rill Miller have been ordered to the Lancaster. Mas- ter Wm. Watts is ordered to the Macedonian. Com- inander S. B. Luce is detached from the command of, and Lieutenant Commander Theodore F. Kane from duty on, the Mobongo and placed on waiting orders. Lieutenant Commander Lewis Clark te de- tached from the Macedonian and ordered to the Naval Academy. THE ACQUITTAL OF ROBNSON FOR THE MURDER OF MURRAY M'CONNELL. [Prom the Chicago oye dune 9.) rhe verdict of acquittal which t# the denouement of the protracted and exciting trial of W. A. Robin- son oh a charge of murdering Murray M‘Con- nell, of Jacksonville, will take no one by sur- prise. It was very definitely established by the prog wecution that the homteide must have occurred with; in the period embraced between ten minutes before and ten minutes after nine tn the morning. The de- fence proved by a number of unimpeachable wit- heases that the accused, during the whole of that time, besides for considerable of an hour pre- viously and subsequently, was at his store, a distance from the scene of death. With this alibi distinctl; evidenced, the verdict of not guilty was but a corol- jary from the facta. ints are thrown out that sus picion has turned ina new direction, and that the ain of circumstances will justify and jead to tur. ther arrests, Recovery or THE Rovy ov Mrs, 0. M, UaAyEs.— | At the time of the United States and America dinas- ter Mrs. ©. M. Hayes, of Nashville, was a passenger | Ot one of the tlifuted steamers. She was lost, Aad howwithstending every effort made to recover hor Femains the waters refused to give up their ‘The relatives of the unfortunate indy offered at ad ;% reward of $1,500 tor the recovery of her bod the time; but the reward and the event tteif hh | almost been forgotten, whon op Suuday la irl on the river bank, near Rising Sun. covered & body foating pon the wat diately commudicated the fact to ® resided near the se recognt as Mra. Hayes. A valuable diamond ring was yet Upon one of her fingers, but the other costly gom¥ . pila, who who rescued the body and it from the description given at the time upon her person were gone. Mr. Wells came to this = ee 4 notify the friends of the deceased, at once Cincinnati Baquirer, yak haasaiadch ORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1369.—TRIPLE SHEET. CHINA. Jank Travelling om the Great Chinese River— Departure from Shanghac—Chin Kiang The Appreaches to Nankin—An Interview with the Chinese Anthoritice—An Oficial Opiuion of Newspapere—The City of Nan- kin und Its AttractionKin Kieng—Thi Celebrated Porcelain ManufactorieeThe Great Lake Regieon—Hankow. : ON THE Yanorsx KiaNo, April 6, 1869. The navigation of the Yangtse by foreign vessels was conceded by the Chinese government at the close of the war with the British and French in 1858, but on account of the existence of the Taiping rebel- Mon, which raged along tho country bordering on this river until the fall of Nankin in 1864, the foreign trade of the Yangtse can only be computed trom that time. Abbé Huc says, in his interesting book of travels in China, that ‘in Europe, at the present day, pas- sengers are forwarded by railroads and steamboats just like bales of merchandise.” ‘‘Henceforward,” he says, “Those who wish to make travelling a plea- sure and a luxury will be obliged to come to China and get a mandarin junk, in whicb they may glide gently from province to province over the rivers and canals by which the empire is traversed.” Accord- ingly a small party of Americans, embracing some omeials, who could hoist the national ensign by authority, procured a mandarin junk at Shanghae and furnished it for a voyage up the Yangtse, The boat had a galley, two state rooms, accommodations for two persons on sofas in the saloon and space for 4 number of Chinese servants in the hold. As an indication of the luxury of its appoint ments, we were informed that the boat had cost 8,000 taels (about $12,000), and if she was lost we should be expected to hand the receiver of the owner (who had failed, of course) a check for that small amount; but as there was very little proba- bility that if the boat was lost the passengers would be saved, this alarming amount did not deter us from setting out upon our voyage up the Yangtse. It would be somewhat dificult to determine where the Yangtse ends and the ocean begins, as the river is sixty miles wide where we enter it. The name is translated child or son of the ocean. It is naviga- bie for 3,000 miles, and vessels of 1,000 tons ascend as far as Hankow, 676 statute miles from Shanghae, Afloat upon the Yangtse in our little junk we felt quite independent. We could go by the grand canal and make a visit to his Imperial Majesty at Pekin, could take the southern intersection of canals and make a visit tothe city of Canton. We could continue up the Yangtse until we reached the mountains of Thibet and perhaps find a passage to the head waters of rivers which empty into the In- dian Ocean; but these long voyages have been ren- dered irksume by the rapidity of transit at home, and we find life embraced in too short a span for “Junketing” in China, as recommended by Abbé Rue, The transportation by steam upon the Yangtse is exclusively in the hands of a company organized in China as the “Shanghae Steam Navigation Com- pany.” The service is performed at present by six large river steamers, such as ran upon Lake Erte or Long_Island Sound, and the trade must be very lucrative, as they have been able in a very few years to pay for the steamers, declare a stock divi- dend of fifty per cent and earn annually about $1,000,000 on a capital of but little over that sum invested in steamboats, wharf property, &c. The business is conducted in the liberal style which prevails among foreign merchants in China, and we had frequent occasion to be thankful for the presence of steamboats on the Yangtse. When the wind was unfavorable and our skipper could make no headway we had only to throw a passing steamer a line to be taken in tow and be con- vinced of the superiority of steam even in the remote ‘waters of China. ‘The first port open to foreign trade above Shang- hae is Chin Kiang, distant by water 155 nautical miles, This port and city deriyes its importance from its location near the mouth of the grand canal connecting the yangrae and the southern provinces with the capital of Pekin by uniting with the waters of the Peino at Tientsin. Bir customs returns of trade for last year ex- Taels, Foreign goods imported. 4,618 Chinese goods imported. 84,256 Exports... 385,028 Total trad 8 y ig is eter ry thing that I Know of except trade. The scenery is an tuprovement on Shanghae, the mountains in the distance confirm you in former opinions that the world is not all a mud fat, and some beautiful isiands in the river afford fine deer and pheasant shooting. As we were at anchor near the mouth of the grand canal a cannonade was heard from the Chinese forts and gunboats along the river, and three Chinese steam gunboats came bearing down, flying the imperial yellow flag. They were escort- ing one of the great men of China, com, tively as god in China as Wellington in England or as Grant in America, This was Tseng-quo-fau, a Governor General of provinces, commonly called a viceroy. He is an old and faithful servant of the government, and rose into great power and honor upon the fail of Nankin and suppression of the Taiping rebel- lion in 1864, He was then appointed viceroy at Nankin, the most important provincial capital in Ohina. He came prominently be- fore the public in @ recent manifesto or secret nemorial to the throne, yrs hs opinion on public affairs in a paper of such ability that {t has commanded attentiom wherever Chinese affairs are discussed, A copy was obtained by the use of all- ywerful Moncey and Ge ig in your columns in November. Tseng-quo-fan has been removed, or promoted it may be, to the government of the impe- rial province of Chile, 90 called from the tmperial city of Pekin being embraced within its boundaries. We dipped the American flag at the peak of our little junk as the great man passed by and received the same courtesy from the dragon flag fying upon the gunboats. It is about forty miles from the mouth of the grand canal to the mouth of the inict which leads to Nan- kin, for the old capital was not located immediately upon the banks of the Yangtse, but five miles ais- tant. A canal, however, leads from the river nearly all the way around the city walls, furnishing trans- portation in peace and forming a moat In case of a siege, The walis of Nankin extend about twenty-five miles, are in some piaces fifty feet high and average thirty feet wide, and being surrounded by Water, with very little exception, would appear formidable to attack if they had any defenders, We had proceeded but @ short distance up the canal leading to the southwestern gate of tae city whea we were stopped by au oficial, who politely in- formed us that the port of Nankin was not open to foreign trade and we could not proceed without permission. We politely toid lim that we were not traders, but oflicials of the United States, and had important business with the Viceroy at Nan- kin and wust proceed on onr voyage without in- terruption, which we accordingly did as well as [mig making our way througli the innumerabiec ais and junks which line tue canal, At the southwestern gate we found @ landing at the stone steps in frout of the Chinese Custom Honse and brought our little jank to anchor as proudly as if she had been a man-of-war, ‘Two governor geuerals or viccroys are in Nankin, General Ma, the successor of Taeng-quo- fau as Governor (ienetai or Viceroy of the Kiang provinces, of which Nankiu is the provinciat cap!- tal, and General Li, the Governor General or Viceroy of the Hoo provinces, of which Hankow is the pro- vinctal captial. Having siguitied our desire to have an audience of thelr Excellencies according to the formality of the book of rites, che next day after our arrival was appointed for the interview. We were carried in sedan chatrs from our hoat through the not very clean streets of Nankin for about a mile and a half to the Yamen, or oMctal residence ot the Mon ye General Li is a temporary guest of the Viceroy at Nankio, as he is on his way from Pekin to Hankow to assume his recent appointment, and as he Is accorapanied by an army of some 25,000 soldiers, such as they are, a large military dleplay was pi at the entrance of the Yamen, probably for the pur- pose of striking terror into the foreign barbarians Who were about to enter the presence of the representa- Uves of the Son of Heaven, A large namber of man- daring, probably fifty, in oficial dress and winter hata, were also grouped in the audience chamber daring Se interview. i vieeroys were rol fo rich fara, wore the official winter hat and sat together during the audl- ence. They remarked that they were instructed by the Emperor to consuit and act in concert in matters concerning ign affairs. These two men rale the provinees on the Yangtse Kiang fur more than 1,000 ae — bave under their #way at least 100,000,000 of peopl eral Ma 1s @ Man about fifty yours of age, dark complexion, large #ize, portly appearance, reticent manner, but appears to have a |ibetal mind, and will probably administer the atfairs of his provinces with moderation and justice. He is a Mohammedan, and would not touch @ vessel Which had been taned bya por k-cating, Chinaman, General TA is one of the youngest men who has risen to the honorof @ governor general, He was in Shanghee in @ subordinate capacity daring the Taiping revellion and distinguished tiltnselt by his activity in suppressing it, and report says also by his craelty to the captives. Te has rec ently been #ap- pressing the rebellion tu Shansi, and for his success rece nis present high appomtment, He 1s about forty-five yeara old, tall, fuely formed, active, im- Se and flery. He hata very good opinion of mself and @ very poor opinion of foreignera, ‘The interview lasted some three hours, and as some oy oe mandarins were present it could scarce- ly be considered a private one. Auxious inquiries were made about theembassy and fears expressed SU ul nm upon themselves; that it they acted fairly with foreign’ ti . be no occasion for trouble; pronounced that the mission t present nations there woul ent progress, and the ambassadors Or | General Li asked to War to make them ado) and was answered no; that foreign of go to war with them for that; but that pretexts for War always existed, and if war once comme! there was no telling where it would end; that the British government was very much exaspel a their treatment of missionaries and violation of treaty tees and they had better make amends for former delinquency by some progressive movement. He said | they were preparing arsenals and gunboats, and al- at resent time foreign nations might in- jure them on tne sea coast they were invincible on land, He to the eighth ar- ticle of the treaty that had recently been made with the United States they would not concede anything further to if they wanted to n servants, as ‘hey did in the arsenals and customs, It was remarke 1 in conversation that news- paper reports were not always correct. Lianswered, “Yes, newspapers are the greatest curse you have in id you had better ge back and sup- teach the Chi- thot e ferred to the conclusion of the interview we were en- to dine with the only foreiger resident in Nan- @ Scotchman, who 1s in the employment of the tendent of the ee. the superintendent of foreign government had so grand ihment. mile from the arsenal, on a bleak, barren spot, amid the ruins of the former suburbs of Nan- kin and near the débris of the famous porcelain tower, this canny Scot has pitched his residence. A more bleak, dreary, desolate spot could scarcely be found outside of Scotland. We were not introduced Madame, but a rosy-cheeked little girl came in, cleanly and nicely dressed, evidencing that the canny Scot had been bewitched by one of the fair daugh- ters of the Celestial Empire, and had cast his lot forever far from the land of hus birth, pape Pagan poeple Poor Scots! I wad they had a better coun- 'y at hame. ‘Our time in Nankin was occupied in visiting the ruined palaces of the Taiping Emperors. By the way, our Scotch friend had a tead and mirror that formerly belonged to the Me or Coolie Kings, ag they are very jae! called, ‘The interior of the city is aruin. Out of 1,000,000 of inhabitants who formerly lived heré in splendor not more than 200,000 remain in misery. The Taiping rebellion caused the destruction of 20,000,000 of people on the tributaries of the Yangtse Kiang. It was a great movement, and, under intelligent guid: ce, Might have intro- duced Christlanity into China; but the Taiping lead- ers became lunatics, assumed vo receive communi- cations direct from God, the Emperor claiming to be the Son of God and younger brother of Jesus Christ, and assumed sovereignty and dominion over all na- tions. Foreign nations could not brook his inso- lence and ignorance, and the Taiping rebellion was suppressed by the aid of British and American officers, who drilled and commanded native troops. Coionel Gordon, of the British service, led the “Ever Victorious Army,” as it was called; but Ward and Burgevine, two brave and adventurous Americans, had inspired 1t with confidence and brought it into efficiency before they were killed. The Chinese troops were not in the habit of giving any quarter, and in capturing a city spared neither age, sex nor condition, With such troops the military service of Cae cannot be entered by any foreign officer with jonor. ‘Tne Pagoda of porcelain, butlt by the Emperor Young-loo in 1410, in memory of his mother, was one of the prominent features of Nankin, as it was located on an eminence near the city and could be seen by passengers on the Yangtse. This fino specimen of architecture was blown up during the reign of the Taipings, and now nothing but a mass of rums remains of the celebrated porcelain tower of Nankin which used to illustrate primitive school books, A visitto the Ming Tombs, a few miles out- side the city walls, proved very interesting. The avenue leading to the tombs ts lined with stone fig- ures of elephants, camels, lions, grit horses, war- riors and priests. They are very old and look tired waiting for the imperia! Ming to arise his tomb. As they have been in attendance about 500 years some of them are becoming dilapidated by the loss of a leg and others falling out of line from the washing away of the ound under their feet. Inside the walls of the city pheasants abound and near the ruins of the Ming Tombs we started up some deer. On, the desolation of war! ‘Tseng-quo-fau removed the stones of the ruined palace of the Wang to erect a Contucian temple in his memory, and a magnificent building it will be when it is finished. The Jesuits are rebuilding ther establishment, and these are about the only improvements going on in Nankin. Kin Kiang, the next treaty port on the Yangtse, is the nearest port to the great porcelain manitfac- tories on the Poyang lake. The customs returns for last year give— Taels, Foreign goods imported. . 136, 381 ruse goods imported. barre) Total trade. ..ssseeseeererersrseserreree 860,609 The surrounding country has not yet recovered from the devastation of the late rebellion, but in a few years more of peace this region will resume its former importance as the great manufacturing centre of China, The climate is good, the scenery fs beautifal, the soil is rich, the people are industrious, the resources of ‘nature are abun- and the facilities for transportation commerce between the busy hive of celestial bees on the Poyang lakes and the outside world. The lake navigation is not open to foreign vessels. This lake region is probably the cream of China. It seems to be @ grand natural reser- voir for the waters which afford the most complete network of interior communication which is pro- posed by country in the world. The principal exports which go to make up the returns from the port of Kin Kiang are and are black and gree! tallow, paper, tobacco, hemp, &c., &c.; but the ex- ports and imports entered at the Custom House give a very faint idea of the volume of trade—not more than the Custom House reports of Cinctunati, Louis- ville or St. Louis would give to a foreigner an idea of the great domestic le upon the inland waters of America, The river steamers touched at Kin Kiang 391 times, and handied 319,229 tons of freight inet year. It may be added as worthy of remark that thig is the only part of China in which the junk business has increased during the last year—the increased tonnage Ch and lorchas being placed at fifty percent, If the navigation of the lake were open to steamers or mensntogs it would sive some Insight into a region whic! ie posed embrace grea! wealth and refinement. vais Ms ‘The next treaty port above Kin-kiang is _Hankow, at the junction of the Han and Yangtse Kiang. The distance from Shanghae is stated at 588 geographical or 676 statute miles, Three cities may be said to exist here, although the foreign settlement fs usually called Hankow, from its location at the mouth of the River Han, Abbe Huc estimated the population at the junction of the rivers at 9,000,000, but the num- bor js much less now, either on account of the re- bellion or changes in le. Hankow is emmenti a commercial city and has no claim to antiquity; it ig the heart of China, and corresponds in location and mmportance with 5t. Louis in the United States. The customs retarn for the last year reports the trade of Hankow as follows:— Tuels, Foreign goods imported. . 10,204,656 Chinese goods imported 7,836,028 Exporta.....++ 12,406,382 Total foreign trade..... wsseceee —Iinciuding only the trade carried on flags and entered at the Custom fonse, No statistics are obtainable for making an estimate of the na’ trade carried on in native vessels at this central ex- change of Chinese commerce; neither can statistics be obtained of the trade carried on overland with Russia, with Tartary, Siberia, Thibet or India. It can only be imagined by the fect of junks which choke river aud tho caravans which give variety to the acene, British steamer, tne Agamemnon, recently loaded at this interior port for Liverpool direct, the freight out and back more than paying for the origt- nal cost of the vessel, The ‘Shangtae Steam Navigas have a virtual monopoly it, the steam 10 commer- Carying eraxe of the Yangtse e of the lal disasters of 1865 enabled pos steamers te and monopoly of Toe siver. pees haa veeu tal th signal abl m " vercoming the rise on fg ha bro has brought the rew: diMcuities of I $0 due to o that @ steamer of 2,000 tons will earn an a’ 20,000 tacis per month, and can be run p -—heg Jess than 10,000 taels per month, including terest, insurance, commissions and expenses, ‘The Steam Kavigation Company have at the t time Bix srenmmere usptoy in the carrying le on the river, and we ho doubt discourage the idea of an increased tonnage. It may be in the memory of some old Western steam- boat men when it was considered that haif a dozen steamboats would be suMcient for the trade of the Mississippi betwoen New Orleans and St. Louis for the balance of this an but times have changed. The teeming millions of China are now aiive to the advantazes of steam, and the steamboats of the ig 3 8 Cs fretghted by native pare — jae with native passengers, and will soon be owned aud managed by nay owners, The build- ing of junks has nearly ceased, and as the steamboat comes aiong the janks will disappear, as the old broad horus have disappeared from tbe Laren fr The Yangtse ia equal to the Missisaippl in extent, in climate, in resources, and has the tmmeasurable ad- vaniago of having over 159,000,000 of Industrious and productive people near its navigable waters. The Upper Yangtse 1 In the same condition that the upper Mississipp! and the upper Mis-ourl were be- fore steamboats had penetrated thelr waters, excejt that this region has the advantage of a redundant population. ne supply of coal haa been ascertained by geo logical exam gations to be abundant /n fhe provinces examination, The Yangtee Kiang as far as Hankow 13 open to foreign commeree, and the probabilities are strong that the British government will insist upon addi- tuonal ports be! any people in the world. Here ia an unlimited fleld for their enterprise, aud the remu- neration is certain, beyond doub! A Boar CaPsizEp>—Naraow EscaPe.—About seven ,) o'clock last evening a pleasure boat containing & party of ladies and gentlemen, which had left Monidie bone Lineal at the foot of Henge er about an hour previously, was capsized between the ‘Central Tigliroad dock and the Jersey fer All hands were rescued and taken to One of the men, who slipped under the boat, had @ very narrow escape from drowning, The ladies clung to the boat till assistance arrived. A Caszp ov KIpNaPrinc.—Margaret Swingles is a poor woman who keeps a peanut stand one block from the ferry, and her little girl Annie, three years of age, frequently sits with her at the stand. On Thursday afternoon the child was missing and th» poor wo- man gave to t to name epormesoe The child was bag the cus' @ man giving his a omnes ‘ox. He was arrested in that city and handed over to a Jersey City officer yesterday. The man made some purchases at the stand and managed to take off the child without the mother iving the trick. He givea the very cool expla- nation that he took a fancy to the child and that he meant to stick by her. He is held for examination. Hoboken. A CHILD FaTALLy SCALDED.—A little boy, named George Miller, five years old, whose parents reside in Willow street, pulled a kettle of boiling water off the stove on Thursday evening, and was so badly scalded that he died yesterday morning. THE ALLEGED Fats PRETENCE OasE.—In tho ac- count published in the HanaLp of Wm. H. Stemler against Stephen M. Long, insurance agent, for al- leged falge pretences, the amount should have been forty dollars and fifty cents instead of the large sum erroneously given, ‘the case has been settled be- tween the parties before Justice White. FREAKS OF AN INSANE WOMAN.—A woman named Margaret Gleason, residing at 25 Second street, who has manifested symptoms of insanity on several oc- casions, left her house on Thursday evening, taking her chud Ellen, five years old, with her. One of the Hudson City eve found her roaming through Washington village and took her into custody. Ble was sent to the county almshouse at Spake Hill yes- terday morning, but the whereabouts of the child 1s @ mystery to her father and his friends, who searched for her in every direction, No satisfactory information could be obtained from the mother as to the locality where she and her ciaild parted com- pany. Bergen City. A Boy Missine.—On Wednesday evening a son of Mr. Robert L. Smith, who resides in Ocean avenue, went to his father’s stable and told the man in charge to saddle a pony, as he wanted to take a ride. The lad rode off and has not since been heard of He is fourteen years of age. Hudson City. PRISONERS SENTENOED.—The following prisoners, convicted durmg the present term of the Court of Sessions, were sentenced yesterday by Judge Ran- dolph:—John Hackett, larceny, thirty days county jail; Bernard McCarthy, James McCarthy and Menry Van ArFx, assault and battery, fined ten dollars, twenty-five dollars and twenty-five dollars respec- tively; James O’Brien and Thomas Whelan, burglary at Bergen, three years each in State Prison; John at larceny, thirty daye county jail; Charies Bernhardt, assault on a Hoboken school teacher, fined one dollar and costs; James McEnthacker, larceny, thirty days county jail; Michael Kulick, assault, fined one dollar and costs; Catharine Boucher, throwing stones at one of her neigh- ti five dollars and costs; Henry Ki and Hen! Wilson, pick! ckets at thew ervey City ferry, five Fears hate Prison; Jacob ‘eiderschier, breaking with intent to steal, three high State Prison; David Hanna and Edmund ©. Hanna, assauit and battery, fined fifteen dollars each and costs; Charles Sc! er, larceny, eighteen months State Prison; Morti- Iner Jahn, stabbing with an oyster knife, four months county jatl and fined fifty dollars; Jacob Guigan and Louis Feyt, assault, fined five dollars each and costs; Conrad Eisenhaussen, assault and fined thirty dollars and’ costs; Louls Pourrl and Maurice Conard, threatening, fluea five dollars each and costs; Herman Senge | ase sault and battery, tuirty days county jall; James Alexander and Francis Frederick, assault, fined one dollar each and costs; William H. Gordon, larceny, sixty days county jail; John Purcell, assault, fined fifty dollars and costs. George Bell, convicted of larce- ny, did not appear when called on, Hia recognizance was fortell and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. Sentence was deferred in the case of Patrick Haley, resisting an officer and assault and bateery; also in the cases of John Barry and James ys Paterson. SEIzcRE or Waiskry.—J. M. Oakman, revenue oMcer, on Thursday night seized a ten gallon keg of whiskey in the saloon of Francis Grish, 33 Godwin street, which did not bear the revenue stamp re- quired by oF hee proprietor all that he had archased the liquor of a dealcr in Congress street, ‘ho maintained there was no tax due upor it on account of ite having og dilated with water, and consequently below proof. The collector of revenue in the meantime retain Cage oe of the liquor, net considering the law capable of such a construction. Tue FrreMEN’s RECEPTION.—The visiting steamer Rongh and Ready, No. 2, of Pawtucket, R.I., re- turned home yesterday afternoon. During the em- barkation of the machine 0. H. Wilson, of the Pater- son Fire Department, fell from a car, struck his head upon the platform and was knocked senseless, After some dificuity he waa restored to consctous- ness and taken home. He is not dangerousty in- jared. Another Paterson” fireman was iyjured in the hand, rendering necessaty the amputation of a little finger. In a test with a Paterson built sveamer Of the same class and grade as the Pawtucket ma- chine the Jersey engine came out victorious, throw- pe oo and an eighth inch stream 228 feet, to the ode Island engine's 214 feet, Newark, Diep From Tis INscvRIES.—Michael Falconer, tho unfortunate young Man who jumped off a train on the New Jersey Railroad, last Sunday night, ata point near Waverley, and was so seriously injured, died yesterday morning at the bospital of the Sisters of the Poor. A post mortem examination was made by Dra. Dodd and O’Gorman, and the resuit arrived at was that death ensved from injuries caused by the accident. He was single, PRuSIaTENT YouNe Ropprrs.—The residence of Mr. William Simons, 47 Fair street, has been twice broken into and robbed lately. Yesterday afternoon two of the alleged thieves, mere youths, were cap- tured by a clerk named David Leongrd, in the em- Simdns. Lat ploy of Mr. ter in the évening a third one was captured by Lieutenant Kirwan. Two of The latter is them are white and one colored. ed Mi i Palmer, and the others Thomas BE. Mot and James Brown. All three are held, A MUSICALLY INCLINED EmonzziRR.—On the 24th of last month a driver named Charles Schmidt, in the employ of Mr. Charles Kolb, the brewer, returned from @ collecting tour here and in New York and put up hie horse and wagon, but omitted to = over some Spho which he collected. With this, as alleged, started off, it is su ed, for the urpose of = bein it at ie mammoth Ponce Jubilee, which mences a few England as far a8 Conn, “Hub” next week. He where he was caught by two New York detectives, and brought hither night before last, Yesterday ho was arral rye? the police court on a charge of em- bezzling, and fuliy committed for trial. None of the onsh Was recovered, LAYino THB CORNER STONK OF St. Bananas’ New Hosrirat.—as announced in yesterday's HERALD the corner stone of the new hospital of St. Barnabas, on the corner of St. Marks place and laid with appropriate ceremonies yesterday noon. ‘The services were commenced at noon in Grace church, where @ sermon was preached by Bishop Odenheimer, after which the clergy and others repaired to the residence of Mr. Keasley, wife of the District Attorney, end ono of foremost of the Episcopal ladies interested in the work, where they were hospitably entertained, At about four o'clock the clergy went from Mr. Kens bey’s in procession to the acéne of the hospital site, and the corner stone was laid by the bishop With great solempity, There was @ large attendance of laity and clergy. Addresses of an jateresting character were delivered by the Bisho} Rev. Dr. Potter, rector of Grace church, New York. The other cleray present were Rev. Dra. Rogws, of New Branswick; Schuyler, of Orange; Hodges, of Newark; and Rev. Messrs. G. 1. Ward, J..N. Stansbury, Goodwin, Farrington, Webbe and Smith. ‘ing to the showery state of the weather the services were curtailed somewhat, Klizabeth, A Brace ov Bunctars Napnrp.—About one o'clock yesterday morning she residences of Mr, N. #. Bayre, Jolin &. Rondiet, Joseph MoGee, on Morris avenue, and George 1, Tabb, corner of Bast Broad ve tha iid business at No. 89 Pearl street, all knowledge of other, Wrere Seamed to awalt trial. a . Serious RAILRORD SMASH-UP.—Shortly half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon a am up took place here, which, though sertous in its © gequences, was miraculously free from fatal reaul While the Millstone freight train of the New Railroad was coupling up, after having dropp couple of cars just at the junction of the New Je and Central roads, the rear portion dashed with st force against the forward as to be thrown off track about fifty feet north of the flag house, impetus being still great, on dashed the cars, cru eve in their way. The flag ho ‘was hurled a d ice of thirty or forty fect, and signal bridge, which both roads, was thrown some twenty Ot The cara ame in a slanting wards the the cars. The foremost carried away the railings and crushed ‘The flagging of the std A number of p In the flag hou @ well kno’ Mac} Mr. Riley was slightly bruised about the face, wh ‘bis Companion escaped without a scratch. A oi armed vel » named Lane, fagman of the Cent: road, was hurt somewhat severely. The fright of mat Was go great that they aged themselves injur’ and could scarcely realize that they were not. occurrence occasioned intense excitement and gcene was crowded with citizens irom all parts the town, who had heard rumors of endless fi ties. Chief of Police Keron was promptly on haw and with his men preserved excellent order cont ering the crowded state of the place at the mome| of the sinash-up; it is really a wonder that st least} dozen persons were not killed outright, Trenton. Lay REPRESENTATION.—A very large meeting the Methodist congregations of thts city was held the Greene street Methodist church on Taursdi evening for the purpose of conferring upon the su| Ject of lay delegations. Dr. Tiffany, of New Bran wick, and Mr. Hendrickson, of Mount Holly, dressed the necting, It 13 understood that simi! meett} will be held in each Methodist churd throughout the city. Boonton. MOVEMENTS OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.—Vice Pre dent Colfax and lady for the past two days have be the guests of Hon. John Hill, member of Congress Boonton. On Thursday evening the Vice Presi ‘was serenaded by the brass band and glee clubs the village, to which he replied in a few remari Together with Mrs. Colfax he yesterday mornin rode overto Pompton to visit the old homestead the Colfax family, and spent a portion of the day wil relatives residing at that pe I nis intentio to spend the night with Mr. George T. Cobbj at Mo! Tistown and this morning start on a@ trip up tt Hudson, The Colfax family were originally Pompton, and the ‘old homestead,’? w! sent occupied by Dr. W. W. Colfax, was the head juarters of General Washington during the winte he quartered at that place, The ture used b the Father of his Country has been reiigiously p1 served and is still continued in use in the old mano} WESTCHESTER COUNTY. RossERY.—The store of Birdsall & Perry, on Bee! man avenue, Tarrytown, was entered by burg through an upper window, by means of a ladder, du ing Thursday nignt who carried offabout four dol in copper coin and a quantity of cigars in boxes, Fire aT West Farms.—On Thursday morning extension recently made to the residence of Samu Ryer, at Belmont, in this town, caught fire from defective flue and, notwithstanding the efforts of th Tremont Bucket Company, was almost entirely d stroyed. The loss on the building will not fall sho! of Leary portion of which 1s understood to b covered by insurance. HOME FOR INCURABLES. The anniversary of this institution was held West Farms, Westchester county, yesterday, ‘The third avnual report was read by the pasto ana superintendent, Rev. Washington Rodman, appears that the institution has for three years ceived and provdied for cases of cancer, chront rheumatism, epilepsy and paralysis. No distinctio1 whatever is made on account of the religions di nomination of applicants. The sole requisite fo admission is incurable illness, The sick are pro vided for with the most careful solicitude, receiv: constant nursing care and the best medical atten dance, A refuge 1s afforded the incurable tn desutute cir! cumstances, who would otherwise be compelled to seek shelter in the Almsjouse. Those who could not be received into the public hospitals on account! of the incurability of their aliments find an asyluu here, The Home 1s, in fact, te repors sores ef it, “a hospital of hospital, those inadmissible to on Tejected fi Jects ofa could ly be addi iI hiumbrB¢ parienta p the frome’ at thirty; bul sport = urges 1s me a done the ag! ene, for twice that of patients to& maximum ing accommodations, woul hopes of its managers and contributors. for the it is add) public, of last 7 — gratuitous, while the other half pay but si; jollars of the ten which is the avi Cores o their weekly maintenance. An ii lan of the in: stitution is invited, which the mani fee} sure will lead such as feel to i tJ) to prompt, and reasonable assistance in their ta Alter'the report haa been the Rev. Dr, Hall,| of the Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street charch spoke eloquently and bry of those unhappy sons Who are afflicted with incurable diseases, miserable their state even when surroan friends, their ailments cared for and their supplied, and how infinitely m wretched those destitute alike of friends and means of rt. The tendency of incurable disease was arden the hi to lead to despatr, diabelef in hi man sympathy, doubt of the me of God. h was undoubvediy due in some to a want o that careful soltcitude which was fo much juired by such Sa ee reeet ay ere cneee hey itive 0 Any Ay nce oF sympathy 01 the natural prom} tings of humanity dictated a cout of the utmost solicitude and kindness towards the iu order to restore their belief tn the goodness of Gi through the benevolence of his ¢ speaker made an eloquent a inmates of the Home. He was followed by the Rev. a Gallaudes and Bishop Twing, who made brief dresses, 5 IE appears from tho report of the Freasnrey, Mr, | a. D, lye, that the aporrts for the ye d on $1 June 1, ga batande on Hand fo ow] vi ‘an! werg] tipi i veated fhe inetitan nt ; Rev. W. id, Geo. K. Jackson,. ‘iillam &. Curtis, ae Frederick de Peyster, LL. D. Benj. B, Sherman, John J. Crane. ‘ leat Manager: uight Rev. H. Pot- L.; Rev. J, Cotton Smith, D. D5, Rev. Heman Dyer, D, D.; Vinton, D. 1. kev: tris, WD, 1, = ters, 4 n, Mor Dix, D. D.; Rev, William F. Morgan, D. L Reve ll. E. Montgomery, ; Rev. ne Wash- bu D. D.; Rev. C.D. Jackson, D. D.; Rev. F. Tracy, Rev. A. H. Gesaer, Rev. W. T. Sable, Founp Drownep.—Ann Calvert, aged twenty-one years, a member of the Soctety of Shakers at New Lebanon, was found drowned Ina pond near the, Shaker settlement last Saturday afternoon. She is aupposed to have committed suicide. The Shakers tone possession of the body and no mqnest was held, ‘The deceased was of English parentage and her mother resides somewhere in Massachuset! GRAVE DECORATIONS.-The New York Hoel vf under the head of “Wanted,” calls for a flower tha: has decorated the grave of a dead hero of the revolu- ton of 1776, or of the war of 1812, or of the Mexicaa war of 1840, Apply at the oMeo of the G. A. Ry Doylestown has such a flower. In the Presbyterian yard of thia plaice we decoration ; some one had placed ® bougaet on “tie grave of a hero of the revolution.” Bat the G. . R. had nothing todo with it the flowers were evidently laid there by the hand of Hon. Doyles (own (Pa,) Democrat, June 6, ”