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&^ C^ IBrctostcr ^tanbarb, PDBLIRHKD ETERT RATUHDAT AT BR K WATERS, ten theaarlMDB.k.) NEW YORK. HENRT A. FOX, Editor and Pablliher. 0. II. DULLER, AasocUto Editor. TBRXSt One renr (in advanoe) . - -\ - 82.00 Advertininff Temu oXn be obtained at the office, in the Town Hull Brewster Standard. INDEPENDENT IN EVERTTni NO —N EUTHA L IN'NOTHINO. VOL. III. BREWSTERS, N. Y., SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 1871. NO. 14. THE STANDARn Jot) Office Is veil ntooked nith nil tho neraMary iijfi% oardrt, paper, ink, etc., for execrating with ncntiieHB am] 'linpatch all orden for Carrts, Circiifars^ BUi^Headtp BAJi^L INVITATIONS. Orden of Sanoins'. &o. Wo reeoived the Preminm at the Dui> bury and Cnrmel Fairs, lft60 and \70 fv tho boRt Rpecimen of Card and 3m Printing. The Am and Die Vionnltit—A Fable. Witliin the flelda, one iummor day, A •trons-lungtid ass bogan to bray; ^le nplanda ochoed back hii voice, Tniioar it made htfl heart retoloe. '* Ah, what a pity I \ crifld the BBB, \ Thnt I fllinukl lonRer HiPd on grafe ; MT liinga are Btrong, myroic© IB loud, At oonoerts I might draw a crowd; Ust to my moBio 1 how it AJIB The valleTB sloopins'mong the hilla ; 'TiB Hweei, I know, Tor, look I eee what Oroat can for maBio I have got.\ Agroat muBlcian heard the din While paiiHing, witli hlB \iolin ;, He Btoppod awhile upon the way. And bade the old aas ooaae to bray. \ My long-eared friend,\ tlio fidfilor said, \THIB neigblH'rhood mnst wiMi ymi dead ; For, worBe than any Hoiiading liraus. In your ooafHo braying; Mr. ABB ; If ynu wiuh muaic, CCBBO your din, And listen to my violin. He mbbed the rosin on hie bow : . He tried llie ncitos both high and low; Making n Hlmn' do for a chair, Ho played a grand, eoul-stirring ail. Ere he had ooaaod hia tune to play. The aBB bogan again to bray; • Nor violin, nor eong oX bird. Could for a moment then be heard. , At laat the old ans dropped his head, And to the old ninBician aaid ; \ Music is Bound, my friend, ynu BOO— Therefore all Bound niuttt niUHic )>o; Of mine the world will bo the proudest, BocauBo, my friend, itia tho loudest.\ What more could the musician say 7 niiat further An hut let him l)ray ? He wandered off through twilight dim ; ABB wifldom waa too much for him. OOMCLCblON. How many men we daily pass, Who reason like tliie liraylng aea 1 Tliey Krf)w to mon, from braggart lioyg, And'lliink lliat brains must make a noise ; They gain liigh sdntB in nynagogoH ; No mystery their vision fogs; Wlieno'er they lack for argunien}, niey give their store of gas a vonl; And wise men whl8i»er, when they pies, Tliere goas a Bclf-ooncciteid ass. ELSfE*K ENGAGEireXT. Sitting then! witli the flrcligtit glowing and flickcriiiR over her little sorronTuI hce, she made about as lovely a picture as ; any artist coulj deKii-e. The rich black 'JS( Uoeof her bonnetaud vail Beetimd to throw 4jf^ out theiK?rrect oval of tliatyoung face, and \ ^ contrast well with the Bunny brightiiess of her hair, waving and curling in its own pic- tureeque way -upon her fair brow, tier eyes, witb tJieir forget-me-not tinge, wert* gar-iug into the depths of the glowing embers, but her thoughts were far away from that cozy drawing room where she sat; where the ruddy blaTC—for there was no other light in the room—flushed and played fitfully over the rich crimson cur- tains with their many ahadee, and their gay golden cornices, the dark itolislKHl table, the marble slabs with their freight of elegantly bound books and rare vases, the grand buhl cabinet containing a whole world of antiquity aud'value, the wonder- ful pictures by tlie old ma«|enf—all reilert- ed in the splendid miiTor above ttie great white carved marble chimneypiece with its numerous oniamentit and delicate staluoH —all dee|>euiug, darkening, bnghtening, glowing in that beautiful firelight, which threw Huch a radiance over the warm colors of the Turkey carpet, and on the solitary figure of Elsie (jraham in'ttie unn chair tbere, bending forward M-ith claHiwd bands and far away eyes. And the fii-e- light flickers ou, until a sudden, energetic and somewhat dcHiiairing movement ol thoBe small clasped hands sends, it leaping and flaKhiii;; iiituthevory heart of a lus truB diamond ring u[)ou the third finger ol Elsie's left hand; right joyously it daiiciHi and sparkled on the bnlliaiit jewel, as though It were pruud and pivused to have HUch a sjiot to gleiun on as Elsie (irahain's engagement ring, for such it was, and EUie (iniiiam wtts engaged to Captain Went- wot-fh Uere. it was the first time Bina* her betrottial that the girl had looked down with Bad, distretirioa eyes upon the brighliiu.SK of that little ring, aud a bitt«r look swept across her face au shere»olut4'ly took it from her fluger. \lie cannot love both of uh. He shall be free.\ This was alt she Buid, but it meant a great deal. It meant that Elsie (jraham was about to release Captain Dere from hit> engagement to her, not simply bei^uhc a rumor of hiti faithluHSDess Lad reaches}-her ears that alteruoou fix>m her friend Alice Kr«rsdale, but because that faithlotuneiis had becu proved by her own eyets just two short hours ago, when she had soeu Captain Dere standing in t lie upe'i doorway of one of the houbet> a little way above her resi- dence, talking to a girl young aud fair as herbelf. Mifia Gi-ahaui was driving paiit at the Lime in a pretty carriage her father kept for her, aud iu which she geuerallv took her drives, aud with her own beauti- ful, startled eyes, Mhe had soon Wfutworth Hei-e with a pastiiouate Ibuduuob kiss the fair, uptui'ued face of this girl -her rival! Do you wonder that she cauie home sick and mihcrabte to the luxurious little draw- ing room, where she aat fur two such weary houTh, until daylight and twilight had passed away, aud oiUy the firelight reiguod panuoouni? Khiie (jrahaui waa not immaoulate, aud there wore depths of uridu aud jealousy which oould be stirfod painfully iu the gentle, tender wumau's uature, aud this act of Woutworth Jieiv's had completuly stunned aud unsettled her *- It was aJl true that they told me,\ haid Elsie, \ but I did uot believt it ; I bad such pefect faith in him! Weutwurth l>ere, 1 wish 1 had never been your fjioe, for you have come to tne only to break my heart.\ There had been atoriob current before tiiia ooncernlug Captain Weutworth. Haudaome, rich, the oeat patii of the seaMUi, people could uot let him pass with- out canting atouea at him, aud they told wch other be u as a OetiueniU- Uu-t; but for my part 1 never thought Weutwoi-tb « flirt; he waii cxoeediu^ly handsome, ivith hia taJJ, otuuiuaiiding ti^ure, aud that bright, noble face of hii j he was wonder- fully faficinnting; the girln fell In love with him right anJ lcft,lhfly were ready to die for hiB aake ; yet T don't believe he mis- led them ;' I don't believe he ever said one word or did one deed which could be mia- conBtmed or miBrenresented until now— now, when he kissed a girl under the very eyes of his betrothed. But I leave him to fight his own battle. EWe waB expecting Dere; ho always came in the evening, but he ought to have b«en here an hour ago. \ lie will come away fVom her, and try and look as if he loved me,\ she thought; and the thought had no Bwoetnesa in it, as she sat there listening for the opening of the hall door, and the step only too welt known upon thestalrn—the soft, firm tread wliich had set her heart throbbing and her cheek flushing so many a time; but they had never throbbed or flushed as they would to-night. Once she raised her eyes to the little French clock; it WBB nearing six, and preBently it would chime fortli the hour. But before the gilded hands arrived at that stage there was a sound in ttio hall 1}eIow, a door was on^cd, a pair of l>oots were brustied hastily on the mat, a hat and stick were laid on the mahogony halt table, and then came a light, quickt read on the stairs. A great lump rose in Elsie's throat, and her heart beat BO wildly that she had to ! >lace tier hand upon it—the little hand ixtm wliicli the engagement ring had been taken—tmt she sat on without moving until he entored tlie room and came toward her. Step forward, and meet him face to face tliiB handsome Lothario, this gay deceiver. You cannot find fault with the noble figure, or the well cliiseled features, or ttie iwndant muntaclie and dark curly hair, or those deep, dark, Boft, wonderful eyes; you cannot tell in the firelight whether they are blue, or violet, or brown ; but you can see that they are l>eautiful. There is a degree of iKtwerand strength mingled with that manly lieauty aud aristocratic bear- ing whicli drew |)eopIe to Wentworth Dere at oiKHJ. Wiser girlsthan Elsie Gra- ham have hived him—sterner hearts have trembled iKiforc tliose wonderful eyea. KIsie rises from her seat as his band touclicd her shoulder, and his voice, rich and clear, falls u))on her ear. \I should have been here before, dar- ling,\ Baid he, \Im t I was unavoidably detained.\ Unavoidably detained ! For a moment the forget-me-not eyes gaie into his with atmoet a pitU>us eame!>tnet>8 in their in- quiry, and the swcet-facc, with its halo of sunny hair, gix>«s hlrangely jiale; but the t iarched ll|>s refuse to ask the question her leart demands—\ Are you treacherous ?\ She only Bays, coldly,\ Yea, 1 know—I saw you.\ I don't think ^Ventworth Dere had ever lieard her Kpeak like that before. The hand upon his shoulder is placed ro'ud her Blender form, and he raises the pale, sweet tare, with alt it« trouble, to his. \ What is it, Elsie 7—are you ill 7\ Why <lid ho look at her so lovingly?— wliy did hifi e)'es s|»eak such teuder things? AS'as it only to try her more than he has already done V In ber pride and jtassion she got herai'lf from him—she wrenched tier hands from hiii detaining clasp, not, however, befoi-e he had not^-d the abbcuce of the diamonds he had placed there two short months ago. Then tie spoke out hanihly, quickly like a man who would not l>e trifled with—a man whom it would be dangfrouH to anger, \ Elsie, what does all this mean I\ She would not look at him; she did not want to tremble and hesitate before him noVv, for there came to her mind the pic- ture she had been chafing over all the afternoon; aud she spoke out resolutely \\ith the least dash of haidness in her voice, ''Captain Dere -\ He stared at heriu bewildenni^ut. but he held bib peace as she addrutsud him. It was well perhaps that she did uot lock up, his face had grown so strangely stern and haid. •* Captain Deiv, you have deceived me. You suould have told me you loved an- other, aud you might have had your free- dom loug ago.\ Her eyes were fixed ou the tire, which was brightening and flashing over her beautiful fai:e} his never moved from tliat face. J thiuk she did not want him to see she was beginuiug to tremble, for she sat down in her low anu-chair, in which she wus sitting when he eutei-ed; he stood be- fore her now, and hii« stern hard took liad grown even niTouger and harder. '•* i do jiot uudcnitaud you,\ he said. *' Two hours ago,\ she aaid, now looking up at him,'- when I drove from Centnd Park, i saw you stauding iu one of the doorways of a house there—you, aud—and aliidy-4 \ Was Wentworth Deiv's face softening or hardening? Was he smiling or fmwu- ing as he said, intenvgatively, \ Well 7\ \You know,\ she weut on iu abrupt, uaiued toues—'• you know what you did. I saw it all, 1 could nut help it; but, Cap- tain Dere, you shall iiever do that to ue again. Fixuu this luomeut you are free; see, heie is your riug; pve it to her, if you wilt, but you must uot come here ; I have no desire to aee you again.\ There, she had isaid it all—pautiug, pal- ing, flubhiug, yut with a )tatuaouate mten- tiity which oould not be misuudei-stood. Captain J^ei-e sat dowu on the ttofa which stood beaide her, so near he oould have touched her if he chose, but he did uot choose to do ao; he held himbelf aloof lix>m hej- as he sat there, turning away ao tliat she oould only just see the haudaume pro- file. Ue did not eaiusay or ountradiot one word she had said ; he made uo idlbrt to exulpau- himself, aud El&ie's heart diod within hei'. it was aU true, theu ! Ue was a flirt, a 0UU who oould kib» aud tjJk love to one vouiau while he wat bound to another. Perhapb up to-thul uiuiueul EUiie had had some taint, gUiuuerin^ hope that it uoght all ooiue ri^t \ he au^i cou&«s his fault and Implore forgiveness; ho might tell her he loved her still above all earthy things, and promise he would never BO oflend again. But he did nothing of tho kind. He had taken tlie ring from tier and laid it on the chimney-piece wtiere the firelight could no longer play on It and distress them both, and for full five minutes he neyer spoke. Long aflerward, in speaking of it t o a friend, Elsie said that thoHc five minutes might have be^ five weary tiours for tho great pain she went tlirough. One moment she thought ho smiled deriBivety, con- temptousl^', triumphantly; ttie ncx t a deep ahadow iiassed over his face, tliere was nothing but gloom and darkness; ttien he raised his hand and twined those long pendant mustaches round hiR fingers as lie turned slightly toward her—and tlien, wtien her tortured heart could bear no more, he said quietly, \ You do not trust me?'* \I cannot,\ hhe replied. \All that I desire is that you leave me now.\ The Captain stood up; he looked taller and grander than ever. \ 1 did A foolish ttiing.\ said he, \ in kififiing her tliere in the doorway, 1 sup- puBe;but after all, she was my own sister. Good evening and good-by, since you wisti it, Miss Graiiani—you have doubted my honor, it is perhaps best we Bliould |>art.\ Without further word, look or touch he was gone, and Elsie Bat on perfectly |>ower- letiB and tongue-tied. I think he was wrong to try tier BO; but, remember, he was very angry just then, because he had been doubted and disturbed; so he went away. His Bister! Yes, it came to Elsie's mind tliat bis mother and sister did intond visiting New York for a few days on their way from Newport ; be had eX|iectod them some time this month, but scarcely as soon as this. His sister! Elsie was to have been introduced to Katie Dcije, who would love her as if slie tiad been her own flesh and blood, he had said. Crushed, humbled and ashamed she hid her pale face in her hands. What had she done? How could she have doubted him ? Chafing and haughty, Wentworth left Fifth Avenue and walked toward his club; it was some distance, and he wuuld have taken a carriage only he felt walking was better for him than driving just now. He was very angryi very sore; you could see it in the sharp quick way be set his feet down, and every now and then switched his leg savagely with ttie little silver- headcdcane; l>efore he had got half-way lie tiad fumed himself into a reguloi' pet against Elsie aud all the world. Reason began to return when he reached Twenty-third street, and stood at the door of the club, and he asked himself why be was so angry. Supposing Elsie was vexed and )ealous, not Knowing that girl to be his sister, had she not a right to be so? Would be give twopence for tier love, if she did not feel hurt wiien he kissed and flirt- ed with other girls 1 Could she love him stall, and not ifeel it? If he ha(^ seen her in the arms of some unknown youn^ man, if he had seen the said yomig man kiss her as he done Katie Dere that afternoon, would he not be wildly jealona, would he not have gone to ber and upbraided hec with falseness—ay, would he not have used certain bitter words that would have stung those daintyears to hear ? The very thought of any other man but himself put- ting his lips near that face, which was to him even now the must lieautifut the earth contained, caused Wentworth Dere to stamp his foot impatiently on the steps of club house. • •»•*»* Mr. (iraham, Elsie's father returned home about scveii, and at half-jiast ten they dined. Mr. Graham was not a very observant man, but he did notice his daughter's pale face and weary look this evening. EWie pleaded headache; and when her fiither weut ofl to his study, where he would j>rol>ably be until long pa^t ten, the girl cn-pt away to her pi'etty drawiug room, and throwing herself ou the sofa, she lay there for more than an hour without stirring. Yes, her head did ache sadly, but something else was aching far wonie. When the t'-a-tiay was brought up she had to rouse herself, aud send a cup oistiong coffee down to Lier father; thun she made tea for herself with a aort of mechanical apathy. ''What have 1 done! Jlow could I doubt him?\ she i-epeated for the twenti- eth time that night, blaming herself, poor child, for her want of faith and sad mistake \firy wcaiily she clasped her bunds to- gether upon the chimney piece, and leant her forehead on tbem ; the tears brimmed over iu tlte foi-get-iue-not eyes, and fell upon the glowing steel grate below. Where was he now? At bis club, per- haps, or, more likely, with bii^ mother aud sister, telling them all that had happened, aud how his engagement with Elsie Gra- ham was broken ^'; aud they would no diiubt put hei- dowu as a jeulouti, distrust- ful girl, of whom he was well quit. And if it was tHi, who was to blame but herself ? Uad she she not sent him from bur ? \U Weutbworth, come back aud foi-give me !\ cried the poor heart, while the tearb fell tliickeruud faBU.-r, aud with thoui came law bittersolis. The gas shone brilliantly dowu uu the superb si^er teapot, looking so proud aud bright with its uiuuy retioctionti, aud on the delicately tinted cups of Sevres china. Jt also fell upon ihe drooping girlish figure before the liiv; aud so^e one who had noted the world of -wearlnebi> aud despair in that figure, came atleutly au-uosthe soft carpet to her aide. Evuu as he stood t hei-e she did not know it, IxicauMt she was sobbing bitterly now. ThubeM>bs touched the btruug mau's heart—he oould bear it no lunger. '•' Elsie, my own!\ he aaid '^vry guntly, and tivmbliug in vwv^y limb at hoariug that voice so uuexpectodly at hiu- side the girl raikod her bowed head. Ue was uot look- ing augry now; these was uothiug In Vviiutwurth Derc's faoe but aorruw—aur- row for having txied her so, aud uaubod those tears. \Elsie my own, forgive me I\ And was he not forgiven already 7 In a moment ho held her to his hc&rt, taking warm, {Mssionato kiBses from the beauti- ful, tearful face, with its halo of sunny hair. Half an hour afterward they were look- ing very happy. Somehow I l>elieye tliat little disturbance had made them dearer to each other, if that were pa<wible; all 1 know is, that his face had gathered a new brightnofB, and tho diamonds on Elsie's third finger seemed to sparkle more merrily and defiantly than l>efore; but it did uot dintrera her to BOO tliem now. Three months later a plain gold ring was placed upon that same finger by Went- worth Dcte. • A Jcwcl-Baskol. The nmteriala for ttiis tasteful litUe affair are a piece of Japanese canvas, one-eighth of a yard squai'e, three skeins of worsted, two yards and a half of inch wide satin rib1>on, n bit of lining silk of the same color, and two snpjKirts of hlfick walnut, which must be obtained from a wood carver. These arc thir- teen inches i i height; one end is finish- ed oflf with a trefoil, the other bmnehes into two feet, and tlie tops nrc dove- tailed into each other. Embroider the canvas with a simi)le set pattern, line, and make into a little liog, the oi>en end l>ctng trimmed inside and out witli the satin ribbon quilled. Suspend it be- tween the opening, finish euch end wi'Ii a bow of the ribbon, and twist the rib- bon up either stick, finishing ofi* at tho I>oint of junction with anotlier bow. Its design is to stand upon n tiureau and hold earrings, cuif-buttons, studs, and other little articla of jewelry which are apt t o \m overlooketl or lost if a ptooo is not pro\'idod fnr them. Verj- pretty tidies are made nowadays of coarse lace embroidored with work- ing ootton. \ Minute\ cotton, No. 1, is oommonly used. Run the luee with the cotton in groups of roivs one incli apart, leaving a Bpooe two and a half inches wide between ttie groups. Em- broider either edge of tlie stripes thUB formed witli u jiointed or Qrcciau pat- tern, and in the intervening spnoes work rows of large dot», or any other set figure which strikes yoiir fancy. When done, edge the wlii>Io witli imi- tation Cluny loco. SetA of pincushion, netB, and bureau-oover of tliis lace over colored Bilk or cambric are effective, and a drapery of the same arranged to full either side tlie buroau-gluss from a block walnut ring on top wilt l>o found extremely pretty.— Scrihiier'fi MoiUftiy. The Apportionment ({iiettlon. The U. S, House Committee on tne Census are preparing an Apportionment tiill, fixing the number of members of the House of Uie XLIIID Cpn^esa at 275. Tlio Committee claim that jurisdic- tion over this subject properly belongs to them and not to the Judiciary Com- mitUie, which has tho same matter under consideration, and will soon act upon a bill prepared liy Judge Merciir which projKJses to fix the total representation nt 280. Ttie following table whicb has been arranged for tho ConBUS Committee shows the population of the several States, according to the figures of Oen. Walker, Superintendent of the Census, the present number of momborBoach has in the House, and tho nnmljer each would haye if the membership, of tho House shotdd remain at the present number, 211, or should lie increased to 250, 275, or 300. To understand this table it must 1>e bomo in mind that under the present law the number of Representatives any Stato is entitled to iu ascertained as fol- lows ; The total jiopnlation of tho United States is divided by the number of menil>ers of which tho House is to consist, and tluB gives the bosiB of rejTre- sentntion. The i>opulation of Che State divided liy this number gives the number of neprcBcntatiyos such State is to elect. Whore there is a remainder exceeding one-half of the devisor, an additional member is allowed. Il1«wa im at^tMtal'a Alabama 0»7,SOO « Arkaoma 480,000 8 Oallfornla 6B8,3eo S CnuiiectlRiit OST.ROO t PaUware 135.00a 1 Florida. 1BS,000 I OeorRlB 1.17fi.000 7 intuoli 3,54fl,000 14 Indiana. l,6eB,OD0 11 lowB l,isa,000 « Eaniiu SBl,O00 1 Kenturhr l,83S,O0D B LouiNlana 790,000 S Malnii 038,000 S Mao'Und .'. 77B.OOO B UMMtctinHett* ..1,46T,IW0 10 Micliliisn 1,1B4,00D e Hlnui'voU 4SS,000 9 MiiwUeipi.1 684,000 S MlHSourl 1,700,000 V Nebruks 138,000 1 Nevada. 48,000 1 N. IlatniMlilre... 818,800 8 NcwJeiDir tHMI,WO a New Vork 4,870.000 81 North Carolina. .1.185,000 7 QUO 3,076,000 111 Ontgon M.7G0 1 Ponnijlvanla.. .8,000,000 34 Rhodelaland.... 317,000 3 Soutli Carolina... 738,000 4 TenneuM 1,3U,0D0 8 T«ua RUO,000 4 yennont 830,600 8 VliKluia 1,310,000 8 West VlrKinia... 400,000 8 WlKouiln l,05fi,000 a Ma .rtri .itn. « S 4 8 1 1 7 IS II 7 3 8 6 4 t 9 7 a 8 II 1 1 3 6 as 7 )7 1 33 1 8 S 8 3 B 8 7 7 8 4 4 1 1 B 17 11 8 3 9 6 i S 10 8 8 B 11 1 I a a 38 8 18 1 38 1 6 8 S 3 8 a 7 7 4 4 4 1 1 8 18 13 « S 8 8 D « 11 B 8 « 13 1 1 3 7 SI 0 IB 1 ae 3 6 8 6 3 0 8 .8 8 4 4 4 1 a 9 IB 18 10 S 10 B B 6 13 B • S 18 1 1 8 7 84 B ai I as a a 10 « 8 10 4 a Fate. '• The sky is clouded, Hie rockn are bare, Tlie spray of tho tempest is white in air; Tlie irtndB are out with the WOVOB at play. And I shall not tempt tho sea to-day. \The trail in narrow, tho wood is dim, Tho panther dings to tho arching limb, And the lion's wlielps are abroad at play. And I shall not join in the chase to-day. Tho ship sailed safely over tho sea, And the hunters cnmc from tho chase in gles And the town that wan biiildod u[>on a rock WM Bwalkiwed up in tlie eartliqnake shock. the has The Ued of Old Oeeju. It has lieen definitely asoertained that the grealeHt depth of ihe uceun does uot reach 3,000 fatlioms in any part where telegraptiic lines have been laid. The bed of the North Atlantic coiiBistB of two valleys, the eastern extending from lO-* to 30^, the western from 30' to 50^ west longitude. The extreme depth of the eastern valley is under 13,t)t>U feet, wtiieh is loan than tlie latitude of Munte Itosa. This valley has liecii traced soutliward to tho equator. It is Ki-paruted from the western valley Ijy a ridge in 30 J west lon- gitude, in wxiicli the average depth is ouly I',tj00 fathoms. TIUB ridge termiu- uttts to ttie north iu Iceland, und Houth- word at the Azores, BU that it is volcanic in its clioructer at both extremities. Its extreme breadth upi>eurB to be under 500 miles, and the Athuitic doe]>eus from it on both sides. Ex]>loratious curried on in tho Uediterraueon, the Red tiea and Indian Ocean, showed similar uni- formity iu the level of the sca-l>uttom ; and the general conclusions arrived at by Caiit. Osbom were that iu the deep sea uu abueuce of l>are rock, and tiuit there are n o rough ridge«, eunoiis or abrupt chasms. Moreover, tbut the bud of the deep sea is uot oflected by currents or struaniH, even by thoau of Bueh mag- nitude as the Gulf Stream ; but that it rattier rchembles the jjruiries or jiuwiuit of Uio Anieriuuu Coutiiieut, aud is every- where uovored with u sort of ooze or mud tJie debris of the lowt^r furius of urguuic life. A JBlur Incideut. A Christmas diuuer iu one of the Priiusiau camps befoi'e Paris was inter- I'uutod in the fustiion described iu the fultuwiug pubsoge frum a con'ospoudont's letter : About ten o'clock a desertei' was brought in —a decidely unfuvurable 3]>eci- meii uf the French line. Ue was vary dirty, and he had no buttous anywhere— i-ather a common wont I have uotioud with French soldiers. _ Ue said he was hungry aud thirsty. 'The major tgaxe him something to oat and tlie run of a Itottlit of brandy, while we listened to the rascal's lie«. Whc-n he hud fiuiahed his riginufole, which uousistod of all aoi*ts of iniuii-ds, it was too late to dibuover that he was drunk. He insisted ou singing the \MarselluiBe and when thai uas done roart^ A ixjs la Priumieii* ! What was to b e done with the wreteh ? If he were turned out of doors he would go to sloep in the ditch, aud freeze so iuurd before moruiug that you oould ciiip pieoea off him. Ultimately he was relegated to the stable by the reyli, wheire stood the battalion horses, and was borne away shoulder high, rowiag Vive iu JJU^uUi^uet Tulklpop- BAM of TOIAI Vnftr. mlatioD. Rnpra'n. Yaar. ulal. 17W....S.»aU.B37 83.000 1 1B30.. ..12.H36.1S0 lB0fl....fi.-il)1.644 3:1.000 I lS4a....]7.0J&.741 ISIO....7,215,701 ^.^,IH)U I 18541....33,007,363 1830....9.006,103 4U,0IX)i IHCO.. ..91.14H,047 Total 88.110.050 Tho following table shows the popula- tion of the United States at each decade, and the number fixed upon as the basis of representation in the Apportionment laws ]}a8sed after eaoh census : pop- BMIII ot Ion. Rvura'n. 47.700 70,080 98,430 I36,8aa The last apiwitionmeut gave an addi- tional number each to Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota, Vermont, and Rhode Island. All tho laws making the upjtor- tionmouts took effect fn>m and afte'r ttie 3d of March, in the tliird year from the iM'ginniug of each decade,* Prior to tlie apporliiinmeut mode by the act of Juno 25, 1H42, it was optional ^^itli Uie States whether they should elect their members ut large, or divide the States into Om- gresK districts, and ttic jiossage of the law wtiich made ttie districting obliga- tory was strougly resisted by the South, which clung to tlie idea that it was the State and not the people which was rep- resented in the House. Faitttf and Fancies. have At Salt Lake the M:ethodut« ehurch of 100 memliers. The sting of a bee carries oonviotion witlrit. It makes b man a bue-Ieaver at once. Cincinnati is greatly edified by the exhibtiun of two hogs weighing 2,300, jointly. A doer was captured alive ou the Miss- issippi, the other day, by getting wedged between the ioc. A judicious silence is always better than the truth spoken without cliarity.— Krtniciii tie Salve. It IS ])roof of an eoouomical disposition if a young ludy indulges iu tight huaug to prevent woist-f ulluess. The oft disapi>oiuted Millerites of New Snmnmry of News. NEXT year is the centenary of Sir Wal- ter Scott's birth. Two thousand Chinamen linvo been employed on tlie Northern Pacific Rail- road. THE Colifomia State Medical Socie^ persists in its rofn.vil to admit female members. RAIN sufficient bos fallen in CnJifomia to admit the resumption of plowing throughout the State. TUG United States Senate confirmed Admiral Porter. Nine votes only re- corded against him. Ttio printei-s of StiVRunab ore on a strike for sixty eents. They now re- ceive fifty cents per thousand. IT is now thought that at least twelve lives wore lost liy the Inirning of the SpotMwood tlotel in Richmond. THE British Oovernmeiit is experi- menting with anew kind of gunpowder, said to bo of iineoiumon strength. A Biu- t o iniiko the rending of Bible in public w^liools unlawful failed to pass ttie Oliio Legislature. THE Allioiiy Eveniiuj Journal proposes n law to com])el men t« vote. There is such a law iu Bnizil, with pi'iinltuts. THE Democrats of the Maine Legisla- ture have iioniiuntod Hon. Abroliani Sun1)orn, of Bnugor, for United States Senator. THE total number of Freshmen at Cambridge University thi'i year is 583, of whom Trinity College has 152 and St. John's 125. THE Iiilliiird mateh between Dion and Derr>', in Snn Frnncisoo, resulted in the defeat of Derry, on the 135 inning, by a soore of 500 against 478. THE estate of Gen. Prim is estimated to IMJ worth, in our money, \&4 or $5,000,000, mostly in real estate, and not conycriible into cash. THE Lalmr C^mgress in Washington upiKiinted u committee to tlraft a memo- ruu to Congress for better traveling facilities for colored iteople iu the West and South. FoDU mitts of tlie Hazoi'd Powder Comi)auy at llazarJWlle, (^nn., explod- ed in rapid succession. There were four big noises and much destnictioii of prop- erty but n o toss of life. OEN. BtiAiii has received the nomina- tion, for United Slates Senator, of the Democratic (tnmms of the Missouri Legialatur*'. Iu liis reply he cults him- self a \Democrat aud ii Liberal.\ THE Governor of New Jersey, in>hiB recent messjige, recommends to the I.>egiHlature ttie passage of a law provid- ing tliut any railroiul cor|>oratiou using money iu cleciioiis, or iu the bribery of legislators, shall forfeit its charter. A yonNu married womau, ai>i)arently in good heultti, fell dead iu Coute-sville, Chejiter C-oiuity, IVnu., a few days ago, while preparing dinner, and her a^ed mother, hastening down stairs on being summonod, felt aud was killed instantly. THE country lietweeu Monticidlo and Olyiupia, Washington Territory, is flood- ed, the sti'eams haviug oversowed and uurried away brid(<OH and sectiona of railroads. I'l'uvel is suspended. The rain continues, aud tlie livers are still rising. ONE huudj-ed aud thirty thousand (iermuns recruits have nnjently passed through Biiden ou their wuy to the seat of war, and Haden artillerv soldiers have also been sent to the souUi, for the fur- ther the theatre of oih-ration extend* the more men become ut^cessary. (JKEENnANn, which has about 700 in- liabitante, bus, in a Hpae« of fivo-eightha .of a mile, 100 iuliabltants, nine of whose ajiO-s oomt>iued is 73i years, averaging over eighty-uue uud u half years, being equal to an a^'eruge of oue to twelve over eighty-one years of age. THE LATJS UKOIIC-HON of luU'i-ual Reve- nue Assistant Assusors, by reason of the XooxiiACiue.—A oorrespoudeut of tJie Kufflinit MociMiHtv gives the iolluwiitg ou- rious reiuedy^for toothache : Put a pioue of tjuiuklime as big as a walnut in about u piiit of watixr in u buttli-. Clean the tooth with a Uttle uf i t ovury moruiug, ruuaing the mouth with uleuu water after- word. U the tooth ore good, it will pie- berve them aud kuep away the toothaulie; if tJUe tioeth are gone, it v ill hai'deo the gums ao tliat they will maatiuate crusts aud all. Enghmd have set anotlier day for \going \\^^ *'J^\'^' .iss«^rB uy reason oi uie up'T-Uie lltli of February.\^ ** oonsohdaUon of the Int^nul Revenue *,„, , , . divisions, will eflect u saving to the There ore luary articles i u every-dav life that should be mode to take high rank, but liutter is not oue of these. A St Joseph wife shot her husband, the otlier night, for deoeiviug her. He promised to uuj' her a muff aud didn't. A New Bedford lady advertised to re- ceive scholars for iustruetiou in cook- ing, with spuciul attention to bread making. Wisconsin has 172 cburches aud 181 minititers, of wliom 24 are installed jiastors, 102 acting pastors, and 55 without charge. More than half of tbe pastors of Bap- tist ehui-che-s in liUiglaud ha^e held their potdtiuus for five years aud upuards, aud ueufly a third for ten years and up- wards. Upwards of iiO.OOO heads of families of difleieint castes in the Northwestern Pro- \iuoe of India have signod an agroemiuit to xoduiH.' their expouditure uu marriage A Kansas paper tells of \ an Asaistsjit (^uarU'i'-mustor of the United Status Ai'my, v'hose eoouomical habits eual>led him to lay by for a rainy day ovta- S150,- 000, iu the short apaoe of flve yeajx, ou a aalaiy of tl25 per month.\ saving ? ;overnment of 8800,000 per annum. >ver 524 assistant aasessors liave been dismissed, or nearly 24 i>er wnt. of the whole number, and the decapitation of 200 more is to follow. FBENOU VESSELS.—The followiug tele- gram was ntceived ut tlie North Genuou Li^gution from Count Bismarck : \ The treatment of our merchant uaw Cougregatiouul hy Frauoe obligcjj uu to withdraw OTT dtudiiTatiuu luad^- at the beginning of the war, ' that Freucb meix-luint ships, whieJi have n o i;outrubuud of wax on board, shall be exemjit from capture by our voBsels of wai'.' \ As neutral propt-Jly may hihe been shipped on buaid r'l'eui-h men-biiJitships in reliuuue of tiie above deelorution, the aforotiaid mt^asure of uithdrawul will uot be uarried out uMil four weeks after this daia Bioauoiip.Va., boaate timt of l.tJOO of har citi^uus who dit-id in 187U, uuly oue died of gout aud four of iuttaupwraneti. A wild kitten in C'ouuoutiout killed mnetoi^n sheep, whipped a dozen dogs: aud kejjt at buy several luen, Mith a btdl in its ribs and oue brotkou k^. it weighed I twenty pounds.
