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6 THE WEEKLY RECORDER, JULY n. FAYJ2TTEY\nj..B N Y., THURSDAY, JULY 12 -3rju,o.PortInnd Fire. Tlio fire in Portland, Maine, on the 4t!> and 5th inst, burnt over two hundred ocren <>f ter GEM3RAL ITEMS. -Gold is quoU 'lat the latest tales nt ?1 .'.'> COBBESPOSDKXCE. ' ti >n of tine tragedy 51 on tho Blunderbuss TH© tforolgn New*. . There is a change .in llio British ministry, ' £J nnoono The eily hall, which cost flOO.- Lord John Russell ondjilsassociates resigning j 000i w0 , dc8(rovC(] _ „ )so t h 0 Natural History on account of tho ministerial reform bill, winch BuiIlli „ g| Wllh „ | US3 of S .:,o ,000, and tho cus- cnlargod Uie basis of suffrage, having been de- tomIloUfio nn ,, [10 , u ,n> r , i., lt l, )n the sa .no fcatcd in Parliament It is believed that Lord , btlU( ] 1IT g. 0! tho ,, iglll c h urc h 08 destroyed the J>erby, lory, will bo-balled upon, as tho now „,„„, VJl)lmb)n WMlbe i lo man-fntl.olie. valued ' Prime Minister, to form a Cabinet, which wl l | at?100j00a S(!Mn ll0[e , 9 wqr0 burn(i the bo of a toryenst ThiiVcnt is much to bo \„ 0 ~ ptiDeipal onc>k howcvcr , lu0 Preble and rcgrottod, as .tho Jab3 Cabinet contained men | tl)0 Unitc ^ states,escaping. ritory, completely covered with dwellings an' —George Bruce, the venerable type found- bueiuces houses, and ten or twolvo thousand or, diod in Kcw York on Friday, aged 85. men, women and children wcro turned otij pi ' —Tho salt block of Mr Lynch, in the first their homes. The heaviest loser was Brown. Iwnrd, Syracuse, was destroyed by fire on Sun-- the nugar rcDncr, whoso loss is estimated' alS^jjfjrmorning. —Threo cows wcro trilled by lightning on Sunday, whilo standing In no open lot, in Co- Vymans, Albany county —The Preble chceso factor}-, Cort'aod conn ty, roado 17 r,fi<\ pnumlt of cheese, which they soloVfor 19 7 8 cents per pound. pHilt.n f.r Hie Itceorilrr About Typography. Mn. Ennon —As you have bad the enter prise Ui bestow upon our village a neat and well-filled newspaper sheet. I suppose it is nut Q( A \\ lbc MA \^ whose improper for mc, as a denizen of this goodly Alluro man's heart to heaven, town, to express my congratulations upon the ! thus 6ecaro from earthly harms, hopeful prospects of the paper pro\ing to be a ( Within Loves Lowers . lv-uon— permanent and useful institution in our midst When I first heard of the enterprise as project ed, I did think of writing to you some useful hints and plain\ suggc.-tions for your benefit, in my peculiarly motlest way But upon ma , Bolvc -.l 1 Head my linc9 a? , printed, and then pity mo [Written jo nossnc. hot one's so fair, . Or can coinparo With cbarming Rosabella! ^Fpur .ship loads of MormonB have arrived turer consideration, I concluded to wait awhile, Her eyes arc like the 6tars above, When seen upon a pure oven, in Now York within a month past, and five'and not put my fingers into your pi untU I I And all things sing of peaceful love, ' saw how yoa looked upon your first appear 1 On earth as well as hoaven- Tho seven banks of enlarged and liberal views, like Mr Glad ! wcre nowise destroyed, but their vaults pre ' more ship loads nro on tho way ,„„ „„„ „,,„„ „,.,.-. atone, who is undoubtedly ono of tho «Uhjst I ,, rvClJ mucIl of t,,oir propnrty Tlio city gas ! -Tho total Chinese population in Califor- J ance , and furthermore, I was well aware that , statesmen of the ago. The measure upon which j wor ,. 3 wcrc burnti nn ,| t |, c further burning of ' nia numbers 5h ,300 persons,onc-fourth of whom your introduction would cat) forth such a! they wero ousted from power, also, was ono |0o , t of tho flu ., (l]v stores i e r t tb< , 1>c0 |.lc in 1 arc employed upon the Pacifio Railroad , quantum «./ or onticism and advice from the , — ... i - Washington ' ' ltcrotl nn< * t ' ,e •'literate—all or any of whom, 1 of a liberal cbnractor, which malcriallyenlarg darkneajn f tortl)0 j ra Tho scenes in the city i —AJU-n Parker, of Jackson, „ cd the number of voters in Great Britain, and | w .„ novm . bo forgotlen . A n the vehicles ob- count y, recently took a fleece weighing 25 1-4 i ,n thc,r ° wn estimation, could edit a paper bet must be considorod as an opening wedge for 1 W(Ta j m p r(VR80 d f o r the removal of! pounds from a Spanish merino buck\ other material and necessary reforms. The 1 chnngo is certainly not in nccordanco with the ter than tho editor himself—tliat my voice 0. ply of water In the city, which left tho lire do- | —T n Chicago, Pe'cr Schutlur, wagon maker, partinont dependent on water in tho harbor, I phows tho largest income, glW .OOO, (\yrus was the main cnuse of tho wide spreading of | \\, McCormick, tho reaper maker, (15.'i,0U(), tho flames. The city ho 1 four steam engines | cjeorgo II Phelps, grocer, Si'T.'iQil. and a number of hand engines, all of«litoh i . j c ' , , ° , I — Tlio thren lnr^est incomes r.oortod in Sv- wcro in use, and there wore nlso throe steam engines from other places. It is a matter of sgrpriBO that but one hfo WBB lost. Tho wholo loss cannot be far from twenty millions, and it nltogathcr depends upon the ability of the different insurance companies to moot tho losses as to how much will be actual loss. Meetings in aid of tho sufferers lmvo been held in near all tholmpTSrtant cities and villages in tho country, and tho appeals tothe chnritablo hive mot with prompt and monifi cont responses. In conBcquonco of tlio liberal supplies of provisions, DO ono has suffcrod from want of food. COMODESS.—Tho new Tariff bill passed tho IIouso on Tuesday, and now goes to tho Sen ato. Efforts will bo mado there., no doubt, to chango or modify many of its features. Tho Army bill has also been passed. It pro vidos for a regular army of forty-fivo icgi mcnts of infantry, Iwclvo of cavalry and fivo urnrtlticry ; uisu, mrono general, one Itoulon- n 5 general, fivo mnjpr and ten brigadier gen crate An Important bill lins passed both Houses, reorganizing tho Supremo Court of tho United States. Tho bill roduees tho number of Asso elate Justices to tho numbor of Judges now on the bench, nnd prov|do8 for n further reduc tion to six Judges as fast ns vncnncios,occur on U)o bench by death or resignation. ^Another veto of the Frogdjnon's Bureau Bill | —The threo lnrgest incomes nportod ' rncurp, for'the past yiar, arc John Crouse, $r ,7,'2!>2, J / Crouse, gr.S.HM , and llnnnlton White's estate, $05,518. —Tho wife of Mr, John Fulton, of Cohocs, was so severely burned lntol}, whilo in the act of pouring korosend on a fire sho was kindling, as to die from the injuries. —The Pacific Railroad is now open nnd run popular sentiment of tho country, but U duo wholly to tho exclusivo and aristocratic char acter of Parliament, nnd the now ministry can j ^ u . ai}e m ^ (njJat of tho cxcltcmonU not hope long to retain power. They have , T|fo connnKratlon wa8 cnu , e(1 bjr a , llnp i 0 not men of sufficient weight of mind or char-1 firo crae]l0r wl)lch Wu , thoughtlessly thrown ncter to conduct nn administration avowedly ', o b(>y nmQng 6om( , bUivlugK A lhort M1|) . and the d.ffercncc is not yet settled conservative, in the English sense of tho term, I , i ..i. i./. ,i._ j. I if not absolutely retroactive inJts ideas and \measures. Public scnlimont in political affairs is constantly becoming more liberal in Rug land, and has a strong leaven of republican sentiment within it, and tho present war on Ibo continent, involving ns it docs-so much of liberalism against absolutism, can only lond to weaken tho tory councils hi England. The war in Kuropo has fairly commenced, tho contending parties having come into colli sion, and Italy especially witnessing a great battle. Prussia appears to fiave taken Austria by surpriso through tho suddenness nnd color ity of her movemonts, a fact which shows that abo had for some timo dctermiood upon war and had framed A plan of early operatious. Her arniius havo Already overrun the king doms of Ilnnavor and* Saxony, holding Dros den, tho capital of the latter, and surrounding the army of tho former, which it is behoved must surrender nearly entire.. Soma minor States and strong gtragotio points havo also been occupied , among thorn, wo aro glad to jteo^ that Htlla feudal principality, Ucstc-Cas- scL, which has an infamous name in history, from soiling soldiers to English kjng George, at so much per head, to fight Americans in their war for independence. 11 is IbrcncTt of tho-Ilcnlant, Whilo thus disabling the allies of Auitria, other Prussian armies have pone trntcd into the Austrian torritory itself, Bo hemia and Silesia. A revolutionary spirit is also manifest in Hungary, anil largo numbors of conscripted Hungarian soldiers aro said (o havo deserved to Prussia. ThcBo great results have involved as yet no great battle. They aro the result of Napoleonic action—wiso com blnations nnd oolorityof niovomont. In Italy, wo aro sorry to record a serious ro- verse to„thff Italian arms, in tho opening of the campaign. An Italian army of somo 80,000 men, king Victor Emanuel himself among thorn, have boen ropulscd in an assault upon tho strongly fortifiod city of Verona. Tlio liattlo lasted a wholo day, Sunday, Juno 24, and tho loss OR both tidos roust have been heavy The -scene of the battle w\«s-the -fnmotJ !r<inadrilater*-| tilffc torritory intersected by four rivors, and which become famous from tho baltlo of 8ol- ferino and other ^conflicts, somo ton-years ago. Austria is hetfl nctiDg upon tho defensive, and o ^oour 'so onjoys'the <dyfinJ.ago.gf strong po«i- llons The Italians nro not \disheartened'by this roverso,.whlch no mor^decides tho con test than'di'd Ball Run our own great war. <. J^rance and R-ussin aro still qbiet^cnt, and _thgfef aro onjy surmises as to tho course thoy tviU'oventunlly adopt. It is ovidont that a mighty conSlct has only commonccil, and fjir- thcr dcvclopmonts will be awaited with groat interest. Thoir light's bright shine Is then, divine— My charming Rosabella! Her cheeks are liko the blooming rose, That greets Aurora in the morn, And fragwtnee on tho nir bestows, Beyond nil things of Flora born ; Tho rose nlono Should be thy zone— , , ' My charrmng Rosabella ! —Ocn Grant has selected Oc a Slocum to our citizens appear to evince n commendable > sueccod Gen. Hancock, in Baltimore. Score- ' spirit, to give THE REOOBDER a liberal support. , Thy matchless form—thy radiant mind— tary Stanton does not approve of this selection, | if they can afford to patronizo to the extent of Thy heart, BO pure ami tender-c- Senreh nil the world, where oan I find Ono else that will compare with her? With her I love— My mate—my dove— My charming Rosabella! [Printed ] TO ROUSENOELLOW Of all the made, whose scratching chains odd thousands of dollars, a game of chance in which there were four blanks to one prize, they can Buroly ns liberally support a service able undertaking, in which there are no blanks, but a prize every week. If they do not, thoy doHerve to be shutout from tho civilized world. >''^nnd bo con-ilerod the Bcetia of our republic. For myself, I admiro tho type, wliieh i> vct_\ clear, and affords, from its small size, a groat deal of reading in a small space, nnd still more do I admire its typographical correctness,— for you must know, Mr Editor, that I am one of thoso victims of \ printer's blunders,\ nhieh v«c hear about at tunes, who bear their so ars even when their hairs nrogrn\ I could cito thicaso of a rovorond frien 1 of mine, who ning lis miles west from Omaha, and on the sUrt(;d fl rellt , i( , u3 pnperi an j baJ for , ts mottu California end the road is open to Dutch Flat, j tho nr , proprlat0 - toxt .. J n t)l0 namo 0 f our 07 miles from aaernmento, and :*.-110 feet up i (joJ wc wJ , gct „ p our bannor3i \ anJ thl , cdl smong tho Sierras, , t|on wafl , 1B j ntC( j Wll u tbc quotation reading —Tlio deaths in N'ow York la.«t week nuin : thu'i \ In the namo of our God we will upset bored 4118, being SO less thnn in tho previous | our banners.\ My friond never got over that Is daily expected, 6** Tux FOURTH OP JULY IN RICUUOND.—Tho Richuioailliipatch of tho Sth insL bos bceu^| ' handed Ccrtis by a' friend. -Wo observe soth< lng cipcclM In It bcyond'lts fomarks upaa tlio' Fourth,which indieato a badly \ reconstructed\ spirit That paper remarks:—\ Time was, not many years ago, when our people celebrated the anniversary of the Fourth of July with groat spiiit; when tho day was UBhered in by tho booming of cannon, when flags floated in the breoze, the military made a grand display, and eiorybody .and family went m for a full measure of enjoyment But times are changed. Tho Southern people, feeling that thoy have no part in the government of the country, have little disposition to participate in the national jubilees, and hepco the Fourth of July in Rich mond, so far as tho whito population/were con-' corned, was a diet rum. Not_BOi-howovcr, with the frccdmcn and fxcedworAOl They took complete poMOSsiorfof tho day and of the city; the hlghwayt 1 'fiio byways, and Capitol Square, —-w«jrjP!j^»^t'»ltb nWvlog masses of darkeys, .i^jnariyjf them armed, And apparently ready for anything, belligerent or^othorwlse.'' FIRE IN THE OIL REGION.—On Saturday night last thoro was a groat firo nt Bonnrhoff Run, near Titusvillo, Pa. During a etorln tho light ning struck n woll, and tho firo oommnnicated to the oil tank, which oxplodod, and tho oil ran down tho Run, causing the fire to eommu- nioato with other tanks, wluoh in turn oxplud- cd, causing ono of» tho heaviest conflagrations over—known—jrt-tlro-oil-regionB. —Eighteeivor- twenty largo produoing wells ivcro burned up, and about 20,000 barrols, with twenty or thirty derricks, Ac. Tho oil was a foot docp as it mn down the Run to OiWreek. Tho nmouut of lo3s is not yot ascertained TOK ATLANTIC TELEOBArn.—Tlio Groat Eaut- oru was expected to lcavo Volcnlia. Ireland, on her soeond trial to lay a submarino cable, about tho 1st inst Sho has on board no less than nbout 2,100 miles of Cable, all of which has been thoroughly tested, and everything connected with tho laying of i t is in (lie most coroplcto o'rdor. Every confidonco is felt in tho snecess of tho undertaking, and it is anti cipated that nextSeptombcr will soothe, wires in successful operation. Ztt. —An insurrection in Cuba lias boon report- which 'appears to nave arisen trom tho gathering of a few hundred Cubans upon ono of tho sqnnros of P. Prineipo for tho purposo of protesting against tho present Cabinet, and of associuting themselves 1n feeling with the i revolutionists «f Spain headed by Gen. Prim ' and other democrats. A league of tho South American republics to wrest Cuba fromSpain, is nlso reported. - v TUB PKESXKT.—Somo people aro ahrjiye wish ing themselves eomowhero uut^vrn're they aro, or thinking of something also than to whom week. There wcro but three deaths from oho lorn, whilo tho deaths from sun-stroko woro quito nnmorous. —The wife of John Micliaols, of Bethany, fitiihhid hoeing potatoes on Friday, and on Muutlaj- puvu 1.1 1. 4* «1, * J... f|l-* -— • ^ weighing 1112 pounds, another ll 1-4, and tho third 10 3-4, all as livoly as Guinea pigs. —An organization of counterfeiters, reach ing from lbs St, Lawrence to tho Rocky Moun tains, has been disclosed by tho arrest of par ties in Kansas. It is said to havo issued spu rious bills to tho amount of ono and a quarter million of dollars. —In a row i n a saloon in Syracuse, on the 4th IURL, a young man named Greeley Beno- dirt, a printer, shot another person, named Charles G rover, who died soon after Bene dict has been discharged from custody, as it appears ho acted' in solf-dufe noo. —It is said that Mr Wilson intends to call —he enrnod tho marks of it to the gravo. My case was different It wai a duplication of blunders, and not theological but sonti ment al It happened when I was young—about that ago when maidens aro like frolicsomo kit Into, in .1 jrauLL* l.las uat .ftina4 f.tippl**] Vrllflll tbo latter \sigh liko a furnace,\ and \write Sonnets to thoir mistress' eyebrows,\ nnd girls aro fools enough to hearken to thorn. I nek now]odgo th%t I was just such an animal I loved a oliiSming girl, sweetly named Rosa- hollo. She was a rural bollc—a flower in the j garden whero sho dwelt—and I had reason, as I supposed, to belicvo that my love was ro turned. Ah' thoso ploasant walks—thoso fend dalliances—the interchange nf \gifts—tho ridc9 together,—but I will hot wenry you with their | recital. It is tho samo old story, though new J to-day as in Adam's timo. Enough, that I lost i berl—sho, my jienrL my treasure How, do you ask 1 It was through tho printer or his I devil, for I then thought that Satan himself was at the bottom of it. But I got into tho j Allure men's hearts to Hiram, And thus ehe scours from earthy balms, \\ ithin Love's bummers' asylum— • Notorious as fair, AnJ can come stare With churning Rouscnbellow 1 Her eyes nro like the strops nlono When sewn upon a patch of linen, And all threads-strung oa piece of linn, On earth, the well, and shriven I The light's light elun Is then more aim— My churning Rouscnbellow! Hor chops are like tbo blowing nose, That gets up row rows in thoinorn. And flagranco on tho air bestirs. Beyond all thumps of fiery born— The nose alone Shonhl blow thy tone— My eburmng Rousonboltow! up, as soon as possible, the bill for tho equal . , .'. , , . 0 , 1 last stafto ot tlio malady, lor I tr>ok to wntuiK ltatiou of bounties. Its pnssngo in the Senate i « - j- b is considered doubtful. A strong pressure from claim ogents is being brought to bear. It Thy matches lorn—thy raddish mind— Thou beast, 6o punk and tindor— Starch all tho world, and then I'll find Ono pulse that will count hoird with her! With her I slope— My hate—my goat— My churning Rousenbollow' Thoro were more euch verses, but these aro enough. 1 lost my Rojabolla. Sho marriod n soap fat man, out of spite, 1 believe; an d when I last saw her, ehe was in size somewhat I like a nino-butt. I am more cthcrial. And printer or his j C t I can only reenll her as nb.0 W8S in her youth. My misfortune han made me a sadder, perhaps a wiser man. I have forgiven tho neglectful oditorj, who did not read his proofa that fatal week i-yen,- I-linve-eron-forgTyc-n tallf\' —Tho groat fire in Portland has awakenod most effectively tho publio s\ mpathy, and con tributions for the relief of thcr^utle'rcrs aro pouring in from every section Meantime the peoplo of Portland do not sit down despairing ly and supinely under thoir misfortune, but are already preparing for rebuilding in a safer nnd handsomer stylo than before. •In many towns in Mississippi thn frr,r-il- n PJ. L un fi'!? rd ^ d iZ my.l°vejt_ bint of, _, men who nro able to gat along without assist wnoo from the Frccdmen'e Bureau, have organ ized mutual relief associations for thoir own and in Columbus have boen uniformod as~snc1r by tho whi to citizens. poetry—if I may so term it, with many npolo gies. The verses that did my bus.ness I wrote | m faritd and Pig-eyed devil, who bufchered fm-th^Blun^nWof Proedom-.-the mwpr^ ?(mlolL W|loo , havfl thougbt bnw atrange . ly words nod RCOSO may be distortod by tho nitiufpulations of an ignoramus among tlio types, or through the wretched ohirography of is estimated that out of every ton dollars vot , . ^ , , .. , i ' ular paper in mv recion in tho^e days. They od by Congress, yodcr .this bill, the ejddiers , u - b , ., , ., „ .., , , . i i • , ' were Inscribed to my adorable \ Rosobwla. f will gct one, and tho claim agontsninc. Tbo oditor accoptod them, and proraieoJ they should appear irStho noxt issuo. I had doter- uiinod to giyo tny charmer an agreeable sur prise, and theroforo said nothing to her about it I would wait, I thought, and receivo her noctnrcan thanks when tho pieoo was road by her, she could not mistako the author or tho object Fato had it, that imperative business colled me nwoy beforo the pnpor was issued, something interesting tolior In tho next Blun derbuss. Our parting was eo tender and pa thetic, that I could not wholly keep my socret. benefit, and to protect imd assbrrthe needy nf therefore trfdr hor n part \oT^ if, as wo give their own color. Thoy arc also organizing into fire companies in. sonio of tn e larger towns, honey to mollify a bitterness. In my absence tbo paper appeared, and tho Blunderbuss did • . , . „ . , . , l£j Jcn= d = g|y&W ,n «•« causo of the independence of the CEUKNT.—For a good fire and -\vatcr proof co ment, take equal parts, say half a gill each, of sweet milk and good vinegar , add the white of a couplo of eggs, and stir in finely powdered quick lime until it is of a proper consistency, Apply immediately-and let it harden well be foro using. '• With this\ says a correspondent, \I tinkered up nn old kettle so. woll that it serv- , od roe a year, for making soap, sugar, and for | stood my angelio Rosabella, transform the wookly washings, though it was previously , cd, metamorpboied into a tigress a Pytho- returned. my first visit was to my adorable Rosabella. It was'evening, and I was full of anticipations of a warm welcome. On knock ing I was admitted formally into tho house, and met Rosabella at once. I was abot)t to spring forward in all tho warmth of affection, when a etcrn cry of \ How dare you, -villain, enter this house t\ struck mo like a cannon ball nothing well, nnd to ploaso nobody. It is hot ter to be interested with inferior persons and inferior-things than to be indifferent with tho \best A principal csuse'Sf-thls indifference is the adoption of other people's tasteslnstead of the cultivation of our own, tho pursuit after that for which we are not fitted, and to which, consequently, we are not in reality inclinod. This folly pervades more or less all classes, and arises from the erjor.of building our onjoy- ment on tho falso foundation of the world's opinion, instead of being, with due regard to others, eaoh our own world. they aro speaking. Th„ a the way to enjoy J ^badly cracked that it had been sofd forecrap j nCM , WhUo my eyes were transfixed npon iron.' VALUABLE TO FAUXSE*.—The leavos of the alder, if strewn among corn or other grain when it is put into the bin, will effectually preserve it from the ravages of the wooviL - Tho jnico will also kill bedbugs and maggots. Insects never touch alder bushes. The.lcaves6f tho alder scat- tcred over cabjjagos, •'coenmbers apd other IpUbU-Bubjoctto the ravagerofirisccts, -will ef- (^tuaTly shield them. The plum and other fruits may bo saved by placing-an the branches and among them, bunches of alder leaves. hor, I realized tho truth of the poet's line, that \Hell hath no-fury like a woman scorned.\ In vain I asked the moaning of it nil. Not a word could I gc t la, for the torrent of her words was like the lava stream of ^Etna ; and when sho cried again, \Begonol\ and neared tho poker, which was i n dangerous proximity to her hands, I flod as though Nemesis woro pursuing me. I reached homo, I know not how, and in vain racked my brain for a solu- many who write for tho press, I roflcct also how easy it js to misrepresent and mistako men's words nnd notions, and thus have been taught to distrust myself, and be charitable to my follow men. And i t is tq caution yon, Mr Editor, ngninst typographical incorrectness— especially in tho like essays of young folks, whoso ohirography may bo a s bad as was mine UiBt I send you this opiBtlo. , Jons LAOKADATV Faycttoville, July, 18«0. —Accounts from Mexico show that the Mex ican peoplo were becoming more and more eonntry. Tbo Imperial forces, French and na tive, had sustained a nnmber of defeats in tho fi eld, and tho position of Maximilian waa be coming fnoro and more gloomy Desertions from the Imperial to tho Liberal army wero frequent, and the idea of annexation ta the United States was widely fostered in tho Lib eral ranks. —A Rochester paper Ba yB tho farmers and fruit growers in Monroe and adjoining counties say that the apple cfop this year is likely to prove a failure. Tbo apples aro dropping from tho trees, and many trees, which a few days ago promised woll, aro now without an apple. It is thought that the heavy gales which have prevailed loosened tho apples from the stems and caused them fo fall *fE ^ sxar ^=- —Tho opinion of Jadce Habcxon, of .the City Court, LonjsvLUo, excluding negro testimony on tho ground that Congross cannot annul the laws of Kentucky, is published.
