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^^ PUItLIKIITCD EVERY •ATDIIT>AT AT (on ths Bvleni R. R. i NEW YORK. IIRNRV A. FOX, Rdit'^r and Pablitber. 0. II. MILLER. Aiwcinte Editor. Brewster Standard. INDKrENPENT IN E VE RYT H I NO —N KUTHA L IN NOTHING. TERMS: Throo MAiithn, (in advnnre) n .60 AdvcrtifdiiR Torran ran be obtoiurd at I V()TJ TIT thi* (ifllce, in the TownHall. BREWSTERS, N. Y., SATURDAY, DEC. 17, 1870. NO. 7. THE STANOARI) •To\b Office Is wr-ll stocTicd with ftl! the ncrMwiry type, cnrds, pnppr. ink, itc. for oieouting T^-ith nt'dtni'SB nnd dispfttoh all ordeni for Carttn. Cirrttlrtrn, Ititt-Heatit, BALIJ INVITATIOI^^S, Orden of Daticinr, Ao. Wo rpcoivod the Pronniim at thn Dan- bury and Cannel Faini, IR(19 and 70, for the beat spconnen \f Card and Job Printing. The Lafit Ulter. TIH a fttrnfulit. nmoolh Imrc—a Irifln long. In it mrt ? But llion, whrn H mpnK«Ro gocn On H trnck lilio IIIIH, tliolonciHl tinio IH Himrt ciiiciiigli, nun wimltl tiU|>p<>BO. Nnw for tlin jHMVclorl Vihn wimlil tliitik Thrfi* (luHKy f;raiiiH licit] no Hiilitic A imwcrl An ivi'll iiiii;lit 11)10 he nfraiil lunl MJiriiiK I'l'iitii tlm Hiwt iif a wltlicrcil flower. Hnro iH tlio liiiUot, cold niid liard. And poiiiird AH if 'twcro tlir Mtwl pnn ; l/^nH nriglity, pttrliA])fi, tlian wordi can !>« Wlii'ii K murdor IIBB Ut Iw done. Hnw Hiill thfi trani'fl of tliia AngiiHt IKHIII 1 Hon tliii wlnto lifflit fallH on tmcli inornlof'f) truul It BTcm, liUo a florco, wann, eflgcr Imart, III A IIUBII of expectancy. But 11)1 the tarf^ct CIUHC t^o tliu line I 'Tin HO like a woman, BiRiiiler nii<1 fair! And tliu nliatlow tlio haneiiif; tciulrilit tliniir. We will fuiicy a tread of hair. A trail iiif; wnuian 1 —an «a«y raiiuo I AVIuHi HIIKU I aim at licarl or liead? Tliu lieurt tlip Miin-r? one I two! tliroel Dead, for a dncat, (load 1 \ A WfwtiTii Kviiittiict'. They have a romantlR Imil WIKU at Portliuid, On'gnn, ono that involves alKiiitiupiarterof a million doUars' worth of rod OKtute, and the ronmiice conHiHtii of tlie ofiiirtK iuiult< to liuut up tlio h(>irM by H)H>4!nlat'ii-H whfi lioneKlly c^vet the inhcritiinje. Twenty yoant 'ajj(» a quiet, Ktitid iiidiWdinil hiul a limd daun miioin- ing Porltiind on the HOIIUI. ' It eonHi8t.ed of some bott^im land Mubji-ct t^) overtlow, u Ktrip (i[ bciieh or uiiliiud, mid back further t lie heai y fir forest cuvcrcd rough riaiiif,' Kroiiiitl. 'I'hts Pinife CanitherH anil his mother hiul a niih^ nqiiare of land Ihi-ji', six hundred lUid foriV iu^j««-. He used liiN o])portunitieu to nunh-niU' lul- vantitffo, and lie and hitt mother both lived and died there, le.'vinf( the land Ui bei-oiiie immensely vahmble IIK the only fielil f<u' tho eity to Hpreiid in that direc- ti'iii. It WHS eluirKed that lie waw an ille^itinuitt! s<in, and the Ktate elaimi^d tlie land for lUi es<*]n'iii, IIB they made no will, the mother dying fir^t. Then it wiine out that Ihere was a marriiif,'e, and it proved an unhapi»yone, the wife luid tiikf'U her Mill, and re^tuniin^ her maiden name, they wi'iit weHtward and <'ared for tlieiasilvoH. Thiu hap|Miied uiu'ly in tlie (H'litury, and aft«?r u while they found their wny to Orogoii and made them a honie oil the rough hill aides along the river above Portland. Living ipiietly, an<l being folks of no etiltivation, ilioagh of fair iutellig<'n<'e and good n'lJUtution, they miide no Ntir while iiUve, save that ttte faet of her maiden name being adopt- ed by Iwtth gave vino. Ui the nurmibti and nimor WIIM not uanetionetl by wedlock. It reniaini'*! for their deathu to make tJieii' iiiunea fainons. The joint proja-rty beejiiue JIIK lot by the denth of his mother, tuid on his death the ijuestion of whuw^ it wjiH la^Miiu! luori' inU'iv-sting »aich year, uhtiie spread of tlie eity and the viJu<r of projMTty iuii<le th<' \ C'arul)n;rs estate \ file siibji-el cii' general upeeiilation. Al tirst the Static cliumed it a>i lui cs- elieat f»H- want of legal heirn. Then it was disc^dvered tliat relations on th*' uiulJiei'V tiidt^ were alive ami some eut«r- pristiigjierson uiiderUaik toseeure all the litleK, wliieji jiriMHiKb involved miieh time .mil m.jiHv. The utb^rney of one of llieMcpai-ties visited B-'Vunte'eu (States luid ('•a<:ed every elue IJiat eould be distrov- in-d, and the titles wen* thus «eeured, a« tiiui thoiigJit, so Hiat ihesc> gentlemen looke.1 on til'' (irigiiiil C'urutln'rs se4.rtion of doiiiition, lUid the iniportiuit and valimb].* pio]>erty oiit**ide of it, iu«piir»Ml by the frugal ('ai-ulhers, as their own v.iluable iMnjuiKites. The c-laim of tlie 8iuU> waa idiamhjiied, and the mutter fjf banliiigiijjht'irKwiu* pioswnited witl. the mwt eouimendabh' all!^iduity. The hiiai>.uid of Klizabeth Caruthi-rs, and tlie fatlier of her sun, Finie^', Kecms to hav4; laien a frontiei-smim, named Joe 'riiomas, who potweased frontier vici s and \irtues Bu mixed that matj'iuionial feheitv >vab nut easily aehifved. When the s<'pa'- riititai took phu''i-, Joe Tlioma**, known on the frontier and the Indian i^ouufry a^ \Wrentling Joe,\ either from natnral ineliiiatiou or overjwwenng grief, is Miid • II hiive abainhmeil the liuiinls of civilijyt- tiou and rushed into the Arkanhaa eoiin- iry.undfurtMeiityycjirb was lost to aight aiuuug the ludiaiiii and Huuree heard of. He v-iih rej>urLed dead, and i t seeuis that his fumi'.y Mipposed him U> lie no when they eame to Oifgon. At or near Oregon Otty tliere lived two old men who knew fti tho iiarruige, and vvho seem to hu>-e Jiod H'Jinv elue of the history of \ WrvMt- iing Joe.\ To find out whai hud bwiume of him liiey wrote a multitude of letters to all the old frontieramen renowned ihroughoul the hist century, and the leiiult is wiiJ to be that the'old wreitUej ;«is lioen diMioverivi in the form of u mis- • rable J-agged old la-ggar in tht Ciiy of St. liouitj, who, for tiie euLuderati<jji of ^,(tOU eash iu hand, hus deeded all hiu lateresl in the Carutherw estat*; to tin- eutej'prising prosjax-tors who have reaur' r-ieted hiui irom his ruj^ and made liin old txav a title more houorulde. lie ih said to be yj yiidrn of age, and hiuiuuw pi-obabjj iixiiied iu Portlaud foi' ;helJU^po^e of aiding hia fiiendb to make good tlie title he lum given theJAi to the . 1 -h domain of his sim. The. storv is r.juiautie and quiet an uiUyehting t<j*the , >. jiii-h who liave bought uji theaeatU'riug jtle us t-j the imblie. There will be souieqUrU'ivling iu t.he ooJila before it iu decided. A UUHSULK Luuf SiirJuuoM. - 'J'he y'i*v\i Sea iw the \ Ijake Sapenor \ of Eiirojw. Turkey uud liubbiu hold thu hiime relutiou lo it th it Canada uud the U'liteJ bUitub to ouj- own great luke. Tue oonvt-ntion uuuexed to the 'J'reuty of Paris provided for the maiuUiimuiee o] t\ii Himdl war venaid, both of 'J'urkey iiud KuHsiu, on t^e JUluek Sea. us uur ireuty of 1817 provides fej the main- iiujiie<- of one war tesaels euuh by (ireat t4Uu uad the Cuited 8tato» un tiie NlntnlMmnr ralhnlrnl uflor the Mlego* Tho high ateeple of tho Slinister was an extremely convenient look-out for the lawiogetl, and in fact thcv could look from th(;ro into all tho works of the (fer- inaiiB, and diwcover nt once where labor- ers were employed. It the Prussian (leneral hiid only to act as a General, hia flrat ortler woidd have iMjen to de- stroy this daugerouR building; but as it wiw he took tho utmost care ti> pnitect it aa much as possible. The French hn<1 <>staI>liHhe4l on the Minister, in the build- ing of tho giuml, a telegraph station, from where the batteriea were informed of tho {KiiutH against which they hiul to direct their fire. The ti'legraph wafl plainl.v>to bo seen from outside, uud to give titem a hint, nonio shot were llred against it. One of them pierood the wall quite! closi^ to tho telegraph. In- steml of taking the hint, the Pt^mch showed themwdves always on the height, and it was very natural tliat some of the ortillerj'meu, who jierhaps did not un- derstand the vidiie of that arehitectural monument, could not rcBist tho tempUi- tion of sending uji some balla to drive them liway, notwithstanding all oiders of the GeiieMil. The larpe Gothic crcww on tlie top of the Miinatcr haa been struck also at its foot, and is hanging over somewhat on one side. It is said that a gunner boasttHl that he could hit the eroKS, and an offleer hearing it, luid not belie^'ing it possible at such a great distance, and to alisme the lajnater, sjiid, \ I will tiive you a thuler if yon hit it.'' Though soldiers only were iM'nnit- ted to uaeend the tower on that day, our compimy entered also. The l>eautifiil t^iwers containing the winding atairt-ases were not miieli diunnged; but some parts of the Ntone buluHtradea hod siilfer- (>d, and it waa dangerous to paHH. The whole roof uf tlio nave is burneil, but the vanlta underneath fortuiiat(dy resist- ed and kept the flumits from the inttirior of tlie church. Proi:i Unit gallery one has a distinct view of oil the paralielH. As the whole Miniater waa crowded with soldiei*K, we ha^l some lUffieulty in de- scending the narrow stairs. We ent^Ted tl*e interior of lh<^ church and weiv ghid to see Unit not much damage had been done. Home aimple wooden chairs W4're burned; 4he upper i»trtof tlio organ uud some parts of stained windowa were bro- ken ; but the oelebrated clock was in- tact, I think, however, tliut the damage done will re()uire 1,000(000 francs to re- i>air it — Temple Jim: MuKUKB WILL OUT. —Murder do<»t '* (Hit \—S4anctimes at leaat— \ even though inoiiutains should hide it fjinn our eyes.\ Pcrhajis the litest cjis • in whicli the HUCfAum of the aervauta of justice Be(>mK to have been providcntiid IS that of Hanlon, just convicted in Phihuleljihia of the murd-iir of jxior little Mary Mohrmiuin. Two years Jtgo she was fi>und outraged and dead on th<^ bank of the |HH>1 whieli had formed a vacant lot at the corner of Sixth strrfet and Sufi<]uehannu avenue. Khe wiis but six years old. The crime, so briitid luid so terrible, thrilltwl the whide country with horror. There was no IJIMJC of tlie murderer, and for fourtt^'ii mouths he was secnire. At Uiut time u luau giving the muue uf i'hitrles £. Harris was e^m- vicU'd of a brutal oflenei' so like that which uudoubtt^ly was <-(inimitt«sl iu the caoe of poor Marj' Mohrmann that it struck Aiderma.1 Hiues, a neighbor of her mother, that this might be the mur- derer, whom he had ]>reviuusly suspeetiH] to1>ea man named Hauhm. Visiting tlie prison he found out that Charles R Harris was Haidou. tStai-ting from this elue the offic^'rsof the law wound round Hanlon sm-h a net of testimouy that eaeajM'was impossible, even tliough the regidiiliou mice didutteuijA to uibijle it away by a very evident pej^ury. Twenty- six months after the commissiun of the de4>d a e^iuviction was obtained at the close of a trial uf M-veuteeii days in length, the eWdenee of the principle witness, Dunn—a waiviet t*i whom Haulou eonfejsM^l—having 1H»?U coriv- borut<!d iu every imi'liculur. A Kciiriv Trick. A citizen of Merideu, C'ouu., engaged iu digging a well, was reet^ntly deserted by alt han<is on the day of the Merideu lire jiarade. Looking for assistiiinee, he met a hulf-wit of tlie town, who agrt^ed to heljj him, taking puy iu t;igars. I'lu-y arrived at the wulj, which was already some f<irty feet deep, and the citizen was to go down uud ili ^ while his uasistiuit tui'ued tlie wiudla <s. Citizen gut ubout t*'u feet down, when the notes of a bra*»s Iwuid were heard. \I d»j«duir,\ siiyt, hulf-wit, there's the music; 1 must go,\ uud, lotting go the wiudlubK, away he ran. ItiLizi'ii speedily lauded at the bot- tom of tlie well, unhurt, but badly de- mor.diet d. 1 tiere he reujuiued untU late in the day, uubody going near the well, on uueoaut of the attractions iu towu. Fiuully, t<jwurds e^euiug, a ueighlior jiassiug by, thiukiuf, ha would look down and wx' how the work was prugrensiiig, found citiiieu uud extrieuted iiiui. Tiu: OmxiUi TJIAWL—The uyatei- trude of Maj'yluud and Virgiiua is \vry impor- tant uud extensive. It is r(>jiortod tliut 12,(XKJ,000 bushek of oyatera iixe tukeu fruiu tile Uaryluud wttti'xs uf thu Cheso- venik in Uie sousou uf uiue months. The Virginia ^lart of the aume wuU-rs if dri d g- od hy about l,'J/M ^essuls, which employ over 3<J0 meu uud take jeurly from ttie beds about lO.OUU.UOU burJieis. These are ahijiped tu New York, iiu.iluu, PhlLu- deiphia aud Hthl*V'\ye-—tJit- jjieuter por- tiun liuduCig thi^ way t^ thegi-eul lue- , tivpoUB, A great many. howev*U', ure ; packed qu ciui« uud aeui to tiie P:;aific oouat uud the West Indies. lii.l .ed. there is ne^u-oely a soetiun of the ffli' -v tu I whiuh Cheaupeake Buy ojaterv do uut . llud tiioir wi^. Wnr and Eunipran Trade. The returns of tho British Honrd of Trade havo lately Itoen invested with morn than uaiial interest, as l>cii;g a tost of the clfiMit the great otmttwt now wag- ing on the plains of Fnuico has upon the commcroo nf Great Uritinn, and also how it iiaa oiJcnited upon the carrj-ing triwh! of tile two eontestanta. From tliis nnnree vc gather that in August and September 4if 186!), 725 Uenniin vessels, of I!16,417 tons, entiTed Bntisli jiorts. In tho same month uf tho j)reHeiit year there were but lot, of 118,053 bins, nniny of which simply put in for pnit^'cfioii, an the cle^imnees show a greater disproportion, the number for 1H(K> being l,IfJ7, of afil,8i>2 tons, while in 1870 it waa lint 111, of 26,iiGA tons. Of French vessels in the sumo month« of 18(;U, 410, of 40,;i72 bms, enb-nnl, agiunst 405, of 50,782 tims, in 1870, slntwing a decn>aHe in number but an increase iu hninage. In 1800 the clennmces were (MW, of 78.832 tons, against 862, of Wtjr,'J tons in 1870. In tlio same two months of 1870 the direct trB4le writh Fraiict! had cnnsidenildy increased, while that with Geniiany had as sensitile decreased, as conipanil with tho oirresponding mouths of 18(t0, wliiell shows tliat a strong naval power may maintain her commerce iiniinp'iin'd in wiu-, while a nation without a navy nn sundy loses it. NotwitliKtJindiug the largt; increiLte iu the* carrying trade of Fraiiee, tlie same returns exhiliit that her genend tnulo must tie Kulfering sitvertdy. In ttie above mentioned two nionths of 1870, she im- I portt^d into England 74,707 ptainds of thrown silk, ri%\'.VIi pounds of chith, and 628,100 galluns of wine, against 50,- 12!) poniidtj of sill(, :)44,1H2 pounds uf cloth, lUid 541,771 gidlons of wine in tlio corresp<inding nioiiths of 1860. The incntastMs tlie more striking IHH'JUIM^ of the partial cessiitiou of the trade iu white- {wine, throng]) the octMipatiun of the wine district by tlie enemy. Her im- j IHirtaiutlie two months from Enghind j wer»' only 2.707,474 yards of cotton and I 360,548 yards of linen mannfaotiireH, in 11H70, agiUust 7,562,103 of the former and I t)34,60d of the hitter in the preceding year. Fnui»i has thus lieen selling largely luid Imyiug little, the immey I which previ<»usly had laien invcBtett iu I eomiueree la-in^ lUverteMl tu uu*t war I expeuM^s. She IS thus living upon her I capitid instead of the interest, which I cannot liut have a most disastrous re- sult sliould ufl'aii's retain tlieir pnwent complexion for luiy leugtliened iieriod. CnHliilHy of tlie I'liiMtluee. The siege of Paris, (writi-sacoriespon- deut) is one long ludiilay t^i the working classes. They arv a. well fed fls ever they were, imd have nothing to do os- ceptto|>hty at siddiers. Altliough the troops are unable Ut hold tlie villages within Ihe fire of their forts, they are under the delusion that—to use* the favorite expression—the circle in which we are iuehiseel is gradually but surely la-iug culargtMl. 1 was this morning buy- ing cigars at a smult tobiuxxmist s. \Well said the jirujirietor of the shop tu me, \so we tire to detftroy the Pnis- sians in twenty days.\ '' lii'Jilly,\ I said. \Yes he replied, \I was this morning at the Maine ; there was u crowd l«>fure it cumjilainiiig lliat they cendd not get meat. A gentleman—a functionary— gut njion a stool, '('itizeiis aud citi- zcuessess,' he said, 'be culm ; continue to presene the admirable attitude which is eliciting the admirutiou of the world. I give you my honor that umuigemeuts have been made to drive the Prussians away fii'om Paris in twenty du,vs.' 'Of course,' luIdtHl my woiHiy liourgeois, ' tliis liiu<;tionary would uotliuvesjioken thus had tlie GoverumeDt uut revealed its jiluus to him.' At this moment a well-dr»!Hsed individual enteriMi tlie sliop and aski^ for a subserijjtiou lor the L-AIU- btriictiuii ul a machine which htt Iiad invented tu bluw up the wUole I'russian army. I exi>ectetl to aue liirn handed over to a policeman, but iustejid of this the tiuurgeuis gave liim twu francs! Whiit, I ask, is t o be exjavted uf a <-ity ]MMII)1IM1 by such credulous fuols, uud the (ju^'el•umeut fools them tu the tuji uf their beutV 1'he Cider Jiraudj Trade In CeuuiM^ticut. A Hartford puper jiriuts some tlgures whicli sliuws tliut tlie trade In cider braiid.v is a n im]»oi-tant item in tlie yeiurly returns of Cuuuectieut Thii*y.'ar the extruui-diuaj'v erup of ajtjile • in the State will I'ot jtroiiuee quite us lai'ge a yield of •ider bruudy us was exjax'ted, owing lu tlie uquully exU'uurdiuary lack of wut«.T. Muuy of tile Milltt huve L»oeu unuble to convert uue-haJi of their uvailulde supply of the abounding fruit into its liery uis- tillution LiecuUHe the urdwury wuter sup- ply fuilod tluuu. NutwitlisUuidiug this, however, thej'e is f \tuy unusual quantity of eidej- brandy this Fall—moi-e tlian was ]>rodueud iu uiiy biugle previous yeui' fur u^re4Lt inauy yuis. <Jue piuduoer iu Kuuisbuiy, htus ]>uid a reveuue tux uf 4F2,IXX> uu the auiuunt he has distilh«d thus fui'. Ue has sold 100 bui-rels to Kew Yorkul jjfl 75agtUlou. He exjaH-ts to inuke a large quantJt,\. The Uovern- lueut tax is 50 oeuts u gallon ; juid the Government iuiujeution uud sUuups briug up the tux to about U5 ceutti. Besides this there is a tux of is4 for v\ery Iwrrel of 40 gallons al>ove the Urst jiruduetiou uf 100 barrels. Kew Yuj-k Stwte distUhsrs get u less price for their product—geiuir- ully, this Full, about ¥i 25. 'i'heie ure dist^ersut tirumby, Buikhauisteud, Caxi- tAUi, uud uthei' phkCe«. For eider—when more uf it is required than themselve« make—the distiUiirs ure paying SI to #1 liO u burrel; wud iur appleti U oeuts a butdud. A veb'ruu oWuvtir ouoe doclojod that uu body knew what envv uud jealousy was uutil he Imd r-ervod iu the army. i The obser^'er pro'iably uever beluug«d I U> a uhuruh uhuir. The Pacific llailroad. Tho rei>ort of the SfH-rotniy of the In- terior shows the flubscriptiona to the stock of tho Union Pacific nailniml amount t^>S33,78;i,mX). of which S;J3,672.- 300 has Kvn paid. The t^jfal receipta <if tho road for the year ending Juno 30, 1870, -were $83,443,710.81 ; expensoa, 8.5,64»,573.45 ; not earnings, 82,694,707.- 63. The entire cost of the road at that ihito was dI08,722,l:)0; the amount of indobtiidnesH of the Company, ^76,480,- 698.61, of which 327,2;W,512 wore for United StatflH tiontls. A copy of tlie consolidation articles of tlu! Central Pa- citiu RAillimd has lieen tiled in the De- partment. Sbwk to the amount of $48,- 400,1(HI hiui ticcn sutiscribed, and $48,- 378,740 paid. Tlie rew-ipts from tho tmnsporbition of paaseiigers and freigtit for tlie yojir ending June 30, 1870, were »6,070,l72; expenses 83,542,212; net earnings. 82,527,1*60. The indebt^'dness of this oompiiny amounts to $67,079,730, of wliich $27,851,000 was t o the United States. Tho stock subscription of tho Ci'utml Branch of tho Union Piu-iflc Ihulwiiy ia 8I,000,()(K), of whict) 8080,(>IHt has bi>en piuiL The expenses on account of roiul and fixtures have lawn 83,72:t,7O0. Htock of the Kiuisas Pacific llailwuy to ttie iiiuoiint of 85,072,500 has been sulv scritiedand paid in. The indebtedness of tlM> coiupiuiy is 818,4(>2,350, of which 8(i,m)3,000 wii to the Uuiteel States. ThfMutst an<l coustmctieui of 5:'t3 miles of iiiidn line is (wtimatc^d at 826,000,000. The initial point of the Pacific Itatlroad is near Springfield, Mo. Fifty miles are iniw ceunpleted, at a cost eif 82,760,- 840. The company has issuinl bonds secured Iiy mortgage on its lauds to the amount 'if 83,(NKt,(HH). The amount of st«ck of the Sioux City and Pacific Ibul- road idreiuly siil>scrit>e*d is 84.470,0(K). of which 81,7*88,000 has been paid. The cost of ^he road is 84,644,432 ; indclited- ness, 85,044,320. At the close of the last fiscjJ year, the amemiit uf subscrip- tion stock of Southern Piu-ific llailroiid was 81.8(»0,000, mutually piiid in 8280,- tH)0. It lias fumtracted for the purcha^e of the San Francisco and San Jowt llail- road for the sum of 82,770,000, gohl, payment to l>e made and piissessioii to be taken by tlie 31st of December next. Advltw te Hen In Small AuUiurity. Before quitting the subjeeit of trav- eling, I cannot help making u n-murk which has often eiccurred to me, but whicli, however, has regard, not so much to travelers, as t o thoM> they travel auioug. It e^ineerns idl tliust; who pre8i<le over coueh-otHues, dilligemio-ofllceR, post- oftieew, and custom-houses. Wliat tine opportnnities such peoph* have of dis- plii.yiiig a Christian t-einper. It is tire- some to you, tdi, |Mistniasler. to be asked all iniuiner of questions, of which you cannot see tlio drift, or which you think you have uiiswred in your hrst reply. But tlie jHMjr inquirer is far from home; he has but a dim imderstunding of ytmr language, still rlimmer of your cnst'ims ; his httle daughter is ill at home, la^rlmjis ; he wants to la; assured by heanug again what you have siud, even if he thought he uuth'ixbKid Uu- me iiiing IM it ut first; and you should br go'id-mttni-ed and vol- iiminuus in yuiir reidies. Besides, you must iH'ttiink yourself that what is so simple Ut you a s your thiily tiiuisactions, may, ueveHlielesh, be somewhat e«tm]»li- catt'd, and luu'd to understand, especiaJly tu a foreign mind. You might, I think', cariy in your mind an imaginary ufiic4% which you should see la'fore you on the wall uf which fruntsyou as you ujldress your apjdicunts : \Advice lo meu in smidl uutliority.\ It is a great privilege to huve luj opjairtuuily many times u <lay, in the eoursH of your laisiuess, to do a real kindnesti wlueh iu Uf>t to lie jmid for. (ii-aciimsnesH of demeanor is a grejit pari <if the duty of an oflicial peraun who i-tjmes in e^mtact with the world. Where a niuu's busiuess is, thejv is ground for his reUgion to miuiifcat itsi'lf. BLUOUY CuNTRtrr.—A diapnte iHttween ]iai-ties for the jMisM^ssiou of the Boiiuer aud Creole luiueji ut Pioi-he City, euhui- nuted in a buttle ul Ihut jthu-e, iu which W. it. Sulhvuu wuh killed, and ten other men wouudt^l, aud two jireciiutated down Uie shaft of the <'reole, seventy feet. It uppeurs tJiut the Bonner men di'u\'e the wuj-Juuen from the worki on Tuowhiy eveuing and touk (Aissessiuu, holding the mine uutil live o'eloi-k on \\'tnluesduy uf- teruoou. when they were utLui-ked aud drau'u out by a pui't of the Creole men. Ti'ouble hud been looked for all day, l>ut it wus rumored about town that u jauiy were coming to take jtussessiuu tjf the iiiiue by f'true if uecessury. At thi.* time of the uttuck all trouble wus supjiuscd to be over fur the duy ut h-4U(t, but suon us the firing cuuuueueed the mountain side was tjlaek witli }>eople. The crowd was allowed to approai'^u within a hundred .^-urds, when it wus hailed uud forbidden to upjjioach uuy ntiuivr. Koue of the wounded tuv eoiiaidert<d to be iu uuy great danger, but their wounds ure imiu- lul. The utuutis of thuse who fell down the shaft is uut yel ustvi-tuiued. Over fifty shuts were nred iu the skJruiitih' Dui KOT LdSK IT.—A uuui iu Texre Haute teJls u stury of a barber who was sha^'iug him some time aiuue. The barbej' stopjHid a few mouieut« uud procured a box uu which he mount- ed tu eouLinue his wurk. The cut., imer abked : *' What did you get thai bux fur V\ to which the barber replied, \The huukes ure ail uver the floor, uij, and I wunted to get out uf Ihei/ way.\ The eustumer inaiatud uu fiuiahin^ t'le job hluinelf. Dn. DWUOJ, wito is in tiie Wiseouaiu Stute Pi-ihun for muidwing his wife, has requeated that he be appointed ehup- laili uf the iuatitution. Why When Fade. ilow many pale, lifeless women you see in tiie West—and in the Eiwt, too. for tliat matter. Young, fresh looking women marry, and in five or ten yours you ciui scarcely recognize them, while tlioir husliands look as well as on the day of their weilding. One cause of tliis la complicated house-keeping. When a man undertakea a businoss. ho finds learned meu ready to assist him ; he knows what there is to do, and Beeurea help uccordiuf^ly. A young woman goes to houBe-keeping very ofUm without any help at ull, o r perhaps with one awkward girl, like tlie wife in this respect There are three meals to got every day—ttmt nieons cooking—aud then comes ttin dishes to'bo washed utter eiwh meal. It woiUd take obout foriy-fivo piecea for bre.ikfost and supper, lunl seventy for dinner for a ftmiily of five—one hundred and sixty-five pieces t*> be carried fnim the kitcdien to the dining nmni e%'ery day, woshiHl and carried laick. If you have six rooms in your house there is one to bo thorouglify swept and cleaned (hiily, liesides brushing up the others, making tieels, l>riuging in w<H)d and carrying water. Tmce a weH'k tliero is brciul-baking, twice a week yeast-making. <iue day wiistiing, one <Iay ironing, imntries and safes to 1)0 washed out ouc^* u week, dairy work to lie attended to, besides inuuinendile ^\obs in tho way of jireserv- ing, jellyinakings. pickling, curing hams, putting down pigs* feet, looking over apples twice in the winter, and making Inigshead cheese, minct!-meat. a thorough houw'-cleauing twict^ a yejir, then sewing on dresses, aprons, shirt:^, drawers, gowns, &.C., by the dozen. Tlien supjiosiug the lious(-kee|>er has a twiby—an avenige six inontlis' old baby, that weighs about eighteen ponntls. Siip])OHe she has this child in her nrms thirty timcH a dny (a cross infant is taken up more freejuently). and often she is obliged tu work with the riglit ai-m whilst carrying tho burden of a baby about with the left. Who is it that says there is iiotliiug in gymnnstics equal to tlie eU'luraiice of a iiiolher's arms. Even when tlie duys labor is at^iomplished, and she grHiS b» bed she still hohls her Imby, and does not sleep soundly for fear of rolling ou it or its getting un- covered ; she must attend Ut its wiuits several times in tlit^ night, and must tie in a constrained eondition for fear of disturliing it. I have heard women say tliey woidd give ahnost anything for a night of un- disturbed sleep, \with no care un the mind.\ Then in the .morning up untl at it agtiin. Don't you see wiiy women get pule, aud wiiy suinetimes a little cross, and how their hiistiands wemder (hat their wives don't hiok jiretty and dress well and entertain them as they did iK'Core they were married V The wives don't rea-son on the matter ; lh(\v think it idl tlie man's fault, and then they turn cross, so things go sixes and sevens—and this is the place when- weiman's rights should betaken hold of I don't think voting would help tliat very much; woman's lalior shoidd lie nuule a study. In the first ]>la<!e. men must realize that it is a gnmt hibor t<i ke«'p lumse. A great many women suik down under Ihe weight; then everybody says:—\ Poor tiling ! she always was a weakly, good-for-nothing ereutiire !\ and the \poor tiling\ bus been <loing more for the past ten years than two women ought to liavo done. Tlie Enirliiifa NiwrruWK. Some Amerie4Lii naturalists asscri tliat in the regions where tlie spurron*s have now been for seveiid years, thi-y have multijilitMl HO enormously im Ut almost entu-ely drive uut uiir native sung and other small birds. They do tliis by de- vouring tlic food on which our song-birds subsist, and which few of the suiiillej' uni'i c-uu successfully protect ugaiuut the spuiTuws. so puginuioiis ai-e the latter. A full-size sjjorrow is K> full of fight Uiat he will whij) almost any otlier biid uf his size, aave one or two of tlie hawk sjieeies, and will not hesitate to utbiek bir<hi of five time his bigness, uud will generally drive them from liis desired U^rritory. whitdi he is fast doing with a ven(j^'4uice. This is no fuolish statement. Ornilhologisteijf sagacity and exiM'rienee state it as a real and gnawing e\il, and say tliat from C4'rtuin di-»trict*i the Ameri- vAUi goldfinch, (oommou yellow 1 liid.,) the boboUnk, (suamji IJluckbird, or fekiiuk blwkbird,) the Ameriouu stJUg sjjiUTow, the ijhoobe-bird, the chipijiug- bijd, and others of the small-sizt^ vujieties. entirdy disapja-artMl or are fast goiug. They say that if we would pre- serve our own favorites, we must begin the work of extermiuation uu the stxan- (jers. It woidd. however, soelu cruel tu lu^itt^' thusL' little chaps uver oidy in due lime to ti'uuKmute ihviu iuto the teuder biud or the savory jajt-]>ie, uud let us hope thut tliul duy of diie ueoesaity may lie loug averted, the ornithologists to the eoutinry notwithstuuding. A rugUB lutelv gave a waiter ut u weh- known eufe iu Urusuels a ti-n fruue pittci'. The wuiter very eorreetly jirouounced it bud- \X<et me see it Uj^um,\ said the fdllow ; then exuniiuing it uurefull,v, he exi'hiimed iu u luud voice, us he put it bui-k. \Obtti-rve the dute, 18I3 ; du yuu reuUv supj»ose thut if i t was bad thev wuuldn't ha^e found it uul by this time f*^' and promjitly di^pUJ^ed, leaving the ustousiahed ijarouit jjieci' iu hand. Wurjunx'y ttnuT AOAJLK.—4 uuui wus uiurriod ; he lunl his wife, and hud u utuue iirui^tod uver her giuve. He uiur- riiKJ ti seuuud vlU; and whiuj ahe died he hud the gjuvtiutoue spht, and it thus biin\HI for the two depaiiud. He pru- puMod tu the third, uud thehuly quuiuUv reuiarkud : \1 du not ladieve thut utuue wiU t^plit u^uiu.\ Tlic IMstrllmtlon of the Iron CroKH. A correspondent writing from VersaiUos says; \At3o'chM;k there was a pretty ceremony in front of the tmiuon, which was seen by vc-ry few persons. Three detachments of llonDBn's HOBSB—cuiraa- siers, dragoons and lancers—wore drawn up along the avenue to attend tho pre- sentation of tho Inin Cmss to ofQcers and eivabm at tho hands of liis Royal ighness. tho Crown Prince. His Royal HighnesB on niipearing on the right of tho line formed tiy the Seiventy Cuinw- Biers(tlio <}raud Duke of Conuna'H.) was received by n flourish of trumpots, taken up liy tho baud e>f etach rctgiment. He rode'slowiy ahmg tho front, and. at in- teirvals, in reply te> his salutation of \(ieioei nuirnin'g,\ tho men ehoerod simiiltiine'eiusly. On reacliing the loft and end of the line, which oonsintM of about 1,200 ewalry. tlm Field-Marshal wheeleel around aiid gallopeel along the front to the right. The officers and men t*ila'detvirateuiweu)'drawn uji in eletoeh- meiitn on tlio other side eif the aveunto, opposite) their regiments, Tho Crown Prine^e having re-aedu'd the! right of tho line whe'eleHl his heirse! again, and took up Iiispost in fremt of the Cuirassier ele'tach- nu'iit—big men on big horses, in white tuniew, st(*ed ciiinisse'H and hehnebi, white leathers, and huge jack-boots; riding I shoulel think, nt ]cii.st it stonet more than our Life Guards. Officer anel man, one by one. VMW. out as he was summeuied, aud nined up his horses in front unda Uttleontherightflauknfthe Prineo. who sjioke to eiiich and liehl out liis hand at tlie chise of his luldre'ss. Tlie hemorod soldier phu'od Ins own hand in tho Prine-c's. who shook it. Then ho rode biurk tei the ranks, eetiiscions that in his palm repuse'd the eovi-tod decoration of Ihe Iron (!ross, wliich he soeiu fixed in his bre-ast tiy passing the ribbein through his button-hole. It was a verj' simplo, touching and effective' s]ie)etacle.'* Patrol Service Alioul Paris. The^ (M ni'ti/sifip Zi'iini;/ thuselejtcrit*- e^M tho jiatrol service eif thi^ German troops befe)re Paris : \As seion its it bo- comes diisk the fires nut extinguished, the ni(!ii put on their e-hiaks, anel now begin Uu* m'tive- but noiseless elutieti of the patrols. The seutricts fake up their night's pusitieins. fn^piently in singular epiurters. In the Park e>f Midinalseiu, on till! whib' wall wliidi was wi hotly fired at, a patreil rf*cently settled liim- se'lf on a hulder with a whiter sht«t reaind him. so as hardly Ut lie elistiuguished from the wall. (>ur in'ople are firstratei atout^powt ebity—full of endurance, and cunning in their tiu'k. espt^ciidly ablan- gerous ])oints. Over-cuu fide nee somo- tidiits makes them rash. A hunse; on the ehicUvity of Mont Valerian wus for a huig timet a faveiritet rt>se>rt of night j>a- treils, witheait the French uiitpeists al the feiot eif the- fort hnviiig an inkling in it, till e>ne of the patrols was teinpte'd to im* moralize himself liy scrawling his name. I The next meirning when tlio first I French seddie-r went by, (a reiad fmm the fort goe-s close by the heaisc.l it was amusing to wat^ii their li'. - ely gissticuhitiouH, and their poinli-ig ut the treiwhennih orcf gii/imm. The e-ommotion reiuiied the fori itself. OfiiiuTS and Jirivates hurrietd elowil to Ht!e the- phenomenon ; even a Gen(>ral conelese^-ndiul to eunviucx! himself by j>ersonal iiispe-etiem. A eletuehment of (iia'^H'ui's has since laien pusted tliere, who iwtively tide alionl the foreground, but never till tlie morniujf. when our ud- vaniHjd pulrol use a mUe away.\ Osrme^u FeAi'uiuw. —The feather which stuuds the' seve'rest te-sts i>f fashiuu year afte-r year. lUid is. tlierefore, really the che-a]N-st iu the huig run. is the while ustiie-h plume take>n from the- wings and tail of the fe-iuale bird. Vaiie>iis metliuds are resulted tei for taking the bird alive, such OS running itdown with fle(4horses, Are. (Jften a native disguise-s himself in the skin of an oMrieh and thus a] iproaches the fi<H-k. liC'Ceutly large' numta'rs liave been dome'stieated, but the pluine;s ure uol so bright and glossy' as those of tlie wild tiird. wliich is la^e^etming more scarce eveiy year. 'I'he bodv featluTs, as we-ll as the )duiuer«, uie useJ in millinery. The bulk of our ustrie-h featliers are ubipi>ed eiirecl fre>m Cairo. Eg.\\]»t uud i>re|)ared here. The-y lue put u]> in bales conbiin- iug from SC' pounehe to a ton (uieh. A tetu (-osb« f I «;6.U00 U) 88,000, and cou- taius fremi •i-uty-five' to ninety })lumes jMT tou. or au ave'i-ai'e e>f 16(>,OiiO jK'r ton. These', sold ui 4Ki eai^h, would umouiil to $480,UiMl. At this nitc a fe'ather eh\'SM-r might re'tire in tolerable oomfori e>u the pi-ofits of one- puriiiusc. ]iut, allowing for inferior fegathers in the lialets. and a gejod pro]>oitiuu *>! l>ody feathers, it IS protiuble- the prufitu do not roach hulf this umotuit. BAjxw'Ar TAJUUT. —The following is the lu'v freight turiif to the- more impoiinnt ]HJinl«. us agi'etMl U]iuu by the mauagers uf three rouds : New York to Chicugo, i«'rc*t, first- ehiSH, 81.60 : old ruU- 81.1^. New York tu St. Louis, j»er cwi,, firut- cJuas. 82;uldraU'81.JH, New York to Ciueuinuti, perewt.. firat- chuiB, 81.46 ; olit i-ate 81-IH. New York to LouisviUt-, la-r cwt., firat^ ohuis, 81.75 : (dd ruU- 81-4tl. New York to St. JiuM^jjh.jair cwt.,fi2'st- chiss, 82.60 : old rate- 82.10. The Suu FJ'uue-isc->o i-utus are t o be in ei-euhod, but the liat uf uriees, with <-iasf ifloutiuu, has not yet IMMOI made out. Njtw UatFuii pAjtAi'J'iM::.—It has bm^-u ]>rupoM>d to saLurute wood with puruihue fur the purpose of jireventing its tyuck- iug. 'Jlie urtiules ure t o U- iuimemed iu u buth uf }iui-ulUue, heiuted tu 212'-' F. uud hit there us loug as bul'blus ure uiveu off. 'i'he ImLh i^ ullejwed tu euul tuuuiy tu its puiut of e^elngehitiuu, wheu the ur- tiules axe i'eniu\'e<J uud the uupeifluuiv wux wiped e^.
