Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 25, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 December 1871 — Page 6

NJENIJE.

XT OWIS XISKDITH.

.soft be thy simp In the land of tbe West, Fated maiden! Mr Me the flowent, lore, and light, a tbjr breaat

Passion laden.

m)k« 0ace where thoa art, by the sterm beaten strand Of the moaning Atlantic, ulls, alone with iny sorrow, I roam thro thy land,

Tbsbelov'd, the romantic:

tfl thy laalu, child, sle-p win-re la those darlc eve* lieath cio^en All tnelr dulngi and undoing*

Who counts the thorns on last year's P«ri"ilit ro**? lie, (Ind rose, In thy ruinat 8m vim th beauty, it* frailly hi over. No to-k»-n i:.. Of ail which thou wa*t!

AM*O much an the st#-in whence the bloaMom was broken Ha'.h iKt-n spared by the frost. Wjtk thy l)p4, and ihlue eyes, and thy long golden tresses,

Cola and

young too!

loat, Ilk'* th« »w.fines* wtilch died with our kit**, On the Hps we once clnng to. BaIt «o! O

Uto loved, and loo lovely, to lingeY Where A^e in It* foareuwn

C&epa slowly, aud Tune with his terrible flnger Effaces all fair neat. TSr heiui WiW but beauty, thy life only rapture,

And, ere both were over.

Cl.fol one delight had escaped from thy capture. Death line,—thy last lover, A»9 found thee, ... no cure ou thy brow,

In thy tra«e«

No silver—all Bold there!

Ou thy lips, when he klss'd them, their last humiia kt-*e* IIivl sc trc'-ly grown cold there. Klaa

WIVH

only earth'* Joy, not its sorrow, i'.H It* Irlenda hut are foes too. Qb fair was thy life in Its lovely beginning,

And fair In its close loo!

•at If mI iie- we parted, both mournful and runny lilfe'it changes have been to me: jQid of all ttie lovt-zurlunds Youth wove in?' not any

Remain that are zreen to me.

OS, where art- tin-

IIIkIIH,

AM,»,

with thy touch,

and thy breath

thein, *•,.

Faint with lnurt heating

fragrance, the darkness, the llfeand the d*nih In th'Mn, Purlin* and meeting? 4^1 the worl'l our* In that hour! oh, the

Hi le nee.

The moonlight, and, far in It,

Cfejlie o:ie nUlniiiif ile ringing a mile hence! Tneopi-d window—one star In ill Oile wltmrss of stolen sweet moments, ij|h-

Kue.Ht of

By the world In It* primness

Jilt one iiuil! to adore by thu starlight: the rest of Thy soul fn thndlrnnes*! If 1 glide thro' the door of thy chamber, and sti theie,

Tlie old, lalut, uncertain

Fragrance, I hat followu'd thee, surely will Hit th-Te.—

O'er thu cli tint,—In the curtain:—

'But th on? O thou mU»'d, and thou ~i mourn'd one! oh ne^er, Nevermore, shall we love ff ro' chamtier, or garden, or by thei dark liver

Hoft lumps burn alove!

Qj3oad, clill l, dead, dead nil the shrunken lornanee ss Of th" dr-a-n life begun with! Ail thoii,tivc, cunt alter no more—smile or glance 'l'hr la-tl change Is done with. £m a moon that Is sunken, usuniet tbat'-i o'er.

Ho thy race keeps the semblance

Ot thc lint look of love, the lint grace that It wore, In my mourning reinembranots. JO strain from the last of thy songs, when we parti*I,

Whose echoes thrill yet,

lftr»' the I ong dreainl

The music of thee!

Hastily, how brief! Life, how loun! .well, love's clone now! Down the path fate arranaed far mo I tread faster, because 1 must tread It alone ..v* now, —This Is all that Is changed for me. mjf hoart mn-t have broken, ere 1 broke the fr-tt'T

Thyself didst nnrlo, love. there's many a purer, and many a better,

Hut more loved, oh, how few, love!-

The Mutiny.

ALKAF FROM A SATL01V3 LOO.

uiy a year ago, being in Australia, I shipped at 8yduoy*in aurig callod the fioaahell. Shu was bound on a kind of plokup Voyage, after sandal-wood, flfcftlls, und o'ther things. We ran down tig the il-shall Islands, among theRalfSk Ohaln, at^i anchored at the ooral lagoon at Edon. It is eoinmonly kjuown as CoveiTs Island. Thu u«Uve« oCUie out to ui with lots of English sov•COi^ns, which they were ready to barter Ar hits of tobiii-co. In answer to queMpnw us to where they got the

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oQXiId extort nothing but evtwivegrunts from tin-in. But, of course, we bought wre could get.

I suppose that the oantain must h:tve (lid more than three thous tnd pounds iB gold when they stopped bringing it off to us. There couldn't have been uiore thin four hundred among all the rest of us. 1 had about forty myself, md the captain gave me ten more inAfled, he give the same sum to overy ru tn. Fiay pounds was a largo sutn ri»r a forvin.wt man to have ail *1 one Kme. ltut we had some hard cases among Ctyr crew—.tome who would stab man Ibr a single so veielgn, or thro* hi in OT^rbo ird lor his Uib uwo or cloiJNS. I didn't feel safe a minute among tbe«e Wtiowsjso I ti n! up tuy fifty sovereigns in a big and took them aft, aod Mskad captain to keep them for tu«. Lie roadilv agreed to do so, and gave me a rwwpi.

Hiu this act of mine was seen by Bill iltwood, the master spirit Of Uieae Allows—Dark Bill, as he delisted to lie ilUsl—and he was down on me thai hour. This Bill had

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vict of the wluny, ami had served oat his time. I dou know «rh»t his Otline wss, but he waa of any-

ng. I ean't think of aar fMainjr would be too bad tor bun 4o tuns bis hand to, and he took as tuucb delight in the sight ol blood a« a Ug^r is Mt.j to. i'w if»eo him an an Irishtpau, who w.«s cilled Ugly Birney, go

IV. the back y»rd ot a "publio in Iney, ami batior eaeh other's fiM to piece* lor a of Iwr. They

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for

IHV

«fl*mHi

eh. Shorty?

He glared at me, and nomad his teeth but he didn't offer to ''smash my head." Perhaps 'twas because nobod, offered him five bob to db it but would have been a dear job to bitn at twice the money.

I really believe they meant to rise upon us that same night, and take the brig there in the lagoon, only they didn't see their opportunity clear. The next morning we got under way from Ebon, and started on a cruise among the other islands of the chain. We didn't fiud any gold at auy other place, and the trade in shells was not alarm ing. I heard the Captain say he should shove her oil soon, and run down among the Caroline Islands, thence to China. irk Bill overheard him too and that night there were more secret con fabs and councils than ever among his gang. it this all seemed to blow over, and the duty went on quietly for two or three days.

We were drawing near to Strong' Island, anl expected to make th land next morning. The captain had worked up his reckoning Hnd given the courte for the night, while Dark Bill was at the wheel in the Hrat part of the watch. Soon after he was relieved and came forward, I saw him at the lee ra 1 by the fore swifter, watching the mate, who was walking the quar-ter-deck. Seizing the moment when the mate's back was turned towards him be darted into the fore-rigging. I stood staring open-mouthed at him, and wondering what he was after. As the main and middle staysails were both sol, he was bidden from the mate wh'le goin^ aloft, and reached the foretop without being seen except by me, and those who were with him in the plot

As soon as I perceived that lie stopped in the foretop, it occurred to me that the arm-chests id been left thore. There were two of them, one in each top, whieh had b°* placed there while we lay at Ebon and as we expected to go from there in a few days to

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nights of sad years,

lonely-hearted,

With their liauiitlag regret,—

t%o' uurvelcis thu hand now, and shattor'd the lute too, Once vocal for me, Tfc ore limits tho' life's ruins, when all'sdark and mute too,

other sivage inland, they had

not been sent down. They contained both cutlasses and lire-arms. Pretty sron I saw something swing out by the foremast which gleamed in the moonlight and I saw that Hill was lowering the cutlasses down by a piece of spunyarn, to his mate, Birney, who stood carelessly leaning against the foot of the mast I no longer hesitated to make known my suspicions to the captain ami offie,ers.

I started ft. but had not made two steps when I was seized bv the throat, borne to the deck, and gagged before I had a chance to cry out.

A' riham Ilieks ani Paine, with the assistance of the bl ick, (a Parsee he was, frojti Bombay), held me down, secured the gig in iny mouth, and lashed nie hand and foot tliev pushed me lose under the lee of the long boat, where I would not bo seen. They fl lulled their knives before my eyes ay a warning to bo quiet, and left me there. Tliey would have killed me, no doubt, onlv fo.- the fear of raising an alarm before they were re id.v to strike the blow at the mate and captain.

But the fools hnd forgotten that I had my sheath knife in a belt round my waist, Luckily for mo, too, it was a little loose in its sheath. But it was necessary to work very carefully, or they would notice mv movements. I lay still till I siw Bill slide down the topsail sheets forward of the mast. His shirt was honvily filled out nil round, and lie tofk out several pistols as soon as he reached the deck, with cartridges to match. Me and Birney went to work to load and prepare them, while the others covered their movements by walking carelessly singing snatches of Bongs.

I thought now it was time for me to begin operations. Byoarefnlly liftingand writhing my body a few times, I contrived to drop my knife gently out of its sheath on the deck. Then working mysolf feet foremost, little by little till my head was near it, I managed, after some didiunltv, to cut the lashing of the gug. The knife was very

sharp, but this was the worst operation of all, tmd I did not succeed until I hid cut tny cheek quite severely. But it was not time to think of thnt then.

Cleared of the gag, I got the knife in my teeth, and severed the seizing that bound my wrist*. The rest was easy. I still lay quiet after fny limbs were free. I even put the gag in again, so that when the Parsee ran round to the leeward and peered in at me. he thought I was all secure as I'had been left.

Two more men of the other watch came un out of the, forecastle (or forecabin) to join the mutineers and then they closed the side of the scuttle and fastened it securely, leaving four imprisoned below.

The whole prty, seven In number, now began to move aft—that is, towards the st^rn cabin, where the officers were. They collected their force In ransre of the long hoat, ready for a rush. Bill turned to the others.

Where's Shortv he demanded. All aaib," whispered Paine, pointing to me.

The leader leaned over and irlaneed at me. as I lay motionless, with the gag still in my mouth. "All right," said he "we'll do for him afterwards. Softly aa cuts now bov*!—oome on!"

Thev passed ronnd the head ot the boat, but they were not quicker than I waa. I rose to tny feet, and darted aft on the lee side. One ol the after*hatehes was left off. aa I well knew. I droppen) lightly down on the water casks, and crept out of sight.

It seemed to me at thit moment that the power of aU mv senses was centred In «nv ear*. But, instead of a struggle or a fall, as I had expected I heard only a loud slam of the doors leading into the cabin and then angry dispute between Bill and one of his own gang. Abraham Hicks. Cautiously I leaned forward into the hatchway, and beard enough to sUisfy me as to the cause of the quarrel. tt would seem that just aa the mntineera reached the break of the quarterdeck, where it was necemary to ascend two steps, the tie, unconscious of danger, stepped into the cabin door, which opened aft near the helmsman. But, Instead o' falling back, and wait-

to do it in sheer enjoy meat of, ing qul*tlv until be should oome oat th* (hing ttwlf. I *g*in. Hicks, who waa in advance. Well, irk Bill to mS with a'dashed on, deaplt* the whispered re- „.K

Wok that meant io bully ine. -So monstrance of Bill and Birney, «1 ^il?

Do you mean thai tor mefsuid ha, would be easy to man ttaa ering. inate and captain, taken Xa» v«er

Never mind. I didn't mention any their betUaa.

arat it on.' I'd scnaah yoor head tor five Wbf •itd he, MMateria* sgain.

I duttt think you would. If ywi

you thought you couldn't trust your si*mm«*d the doors. Then seising a I 5^^pf£

Or did ytm marlinaptke, be drove it securely into 1

think you'd eurrv fitvor with tlie tbe staple, thus ini CSjaain, by trusting bitn with yonr Oders below. The a (tmd en, and nothing aoeompllabed. ^*lt is true," said I looking him Tbe rage of Bdl waa toarfal at bavi •{•are in itu eye "there's eeme of hia pian bung shipmate* tbai 1 do not life* to had intended to kill the mate, if

by trusting hi,a with yonrs fi^rs below.. Tbe £rm w*. thu. ^J^^X^Tbt oar

of hia plan bungled In this manner. had intended to kill the mate, if posstble, without noise and after that tt

but, if the Jacket tit*, you can and louder—I heard a blow—another-*-1 der the Mohammedan law an nly to pi down before the Cadi, and

A few blows forced in theliead, and the bucket was filled by dipping it in to the barrel.

We are in a bad scrape, now," he muttered, "thanks to that sneaking blockhead,Hicks. But he'll never bungle auolher job of this kind."

How are we going to manage it now asked Paine. "If we open the doors and let them up, we ahftll have some hard fighting to dof'

part of the partition between them and me was in the form of a li/ht wooden grating or lattice, to admit a tree circulation of air. This bad already been silently removed, aud at a whisper from me we all went alt together. No fire arms could be got until we could open a communication with the officers iu the cabin. This we dared not yet attempt, as thepartitiou was solid, and noise must be made in wrenching a plank ott'.

The brig had been whaling on a previous voyage, aud the bunch of lances, tied together,were .-till on board. Theso we found in a rack uudur the deck-car-lines. Though a little rusty, tliey were still sharp enough to be terrible weapons in the hands of desperate men, if brought to bay.

We had harmy secured theso, when there was a rally at the hatchway, and the pot of tire and suiphur was lowered down. The hatch was ins antly clapI ed on,and the tarp tulin drawn all over, tlad wo been ikeii unawares, a minute or two would have been sufficient to smother us to death. But we were ireparuil to meet ii, sever,il tin cups having been brought from the torec isle and tilled with water from the cask. Before the tarpaulin covering was fully secured over the lunches, the fire was all out, and I had given the word to tlicoflleers in the cabin to open communication ly forcing otl'a plank.

The planks ran up una down, and a fow blows of an axe at the foot, given from the after side, would start the spikes. At the first blow, we heard tho sound of dancing feet overhead, aud then the drunken shout of Dark Bill— "Ay! knock away, my hearties! I thought the brimkione would start ye! Keep a good watch on the fore scuttle, you, darkey! Go there with him, Paine 1 We shall have a break-out soon, either forward or aft, but they'll be blinded with smoke, and we'll have the advauiagt) of 'em."

A few more blows of the axe—the plank is starting! But^ttow throM Mjree spikes seemed to clittg to the tough wood. The enemy became suspicious, and lilted off the hatch. "Hallo! the fire's out!" The voice waa that of Ugly Barney. "Here, Bill! —Paine! rally here at the after-hatch! Quick before they break through the bulk-head!"

Barney jumped down to seise the pot An opening was already made, and ^e were through it one at a time. He caught sight of us, but before be could retreat, Joe Bonner let drive his lance, which passed through the ruffian's body, pinning him to the stanchion. His erv of mortal agonv brought his comrades to aid him. We were beyond their reach. Our whole loroe was collected in the cabin.

But we bad a friend in' the enemy's camp. My chum, Dave Kent, was at the wheel, aud Bi|l, at the pistol's inouih, had kept him there for he c«*uld not spare one of his trusty men to relieve him. He intended, no doubt, to kill him, as well as myself, after he got lull possession of the brig. I had heard them hunting for me, and Bill decided that I must be either under deck Or aloft.

If he is aloft," said he, "we'll attend to him when we get daylight. If he's crawled below, let him suiell brimstone with the rest!"

I knew all along that Dave Kent wouldn't lose a chance ol helping us, if he saw on*. But be was powerless until the mutineers rallied to the hatchway, at the piercing cry from Barney, leaving «nly the steward at the cabind"or. Quick as thought. Dive seized this fellow from behind wi his powerful grip. The pistol and cutlass were both us leas to him, for the movement bad been so sudden and well-timed, that, before he could raise an alarm, be was jerked over the low ta(Trail, into the sea, the cabin-doom were open, ami up we poured, with every advantage of position, holding the quarter-deck in possession.

It was give and take lor a minnte. But there were only four of the mutineers left, and we were the stronger party. The seoond mate got his arm broken by a shot Irom Bill, and I got a cut on the arm from a cutl-iss thrown at my bead by the Parsee. But be and Paine were both shot dead, and Dark Bill, the chief desperado, erased with rum and rage, bleeding from two or three wounds, knocked my chum senseless with bis last empty pistol, and a defiant oath

jumped overboard, wit on his lip*. You may well suppose that we did not s*op to pick him up. The last man fell on his knees and bis life was spared till we arrived at 8yd-

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iprisoning all the of- ^"7

TERKK-HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL DECEMBER 16, i871.

"Hen, Paine/'said he, "oome with me. Bring tha lan tarn from the round house."

They were coming into the after-hold! I had" only time to crawl into the "wing," down and crouch into the narrow apace behind the water-casks, when the two jumped down with a a light and bucket, they did not eome towards ine, but went in on the opposite side, where there was a barrel of liquor standing on ita head. "Give me the top-maul," said Bill "there, on the coils of the rigging."

Yes. We could overpower them, I

suppose but some of us would get killed in doing it. We must smoke 'em. Get that iron pot and bring it on deck with us. There's a lot of brimstone in the round house."

The pot was within three feet of my hiding place. But luckily Paine did not bring the lantern with him. He set it down in the hatchway, secured the pot, and the two went on deck again to prime themselves with liquor, and prepare their infernal smoke-pot..

I dar ed forward over the lop of the casks to the forecustle bulk-head. The four men who were imprisoned there were all up and dressed, but had no light burning, preparing to wait ill the dark for the expected attack of the mutineers. They had been roused by the pistol shot iu the other part of the ship to find themselves imprisoned.

K»««r

-1!!"S*thle

anded to

we were absent, tor gold home aafe, and spent it without

troubling it

I then a ptatol-abot, and a heavy fell. No one seemed to take any trouble upside about the fallen man. He mast have dtvnne Is granted without farther labean shot dead. I thought, for I heard qairy. sa It is taken tor granted that aha

dared" I anawreved him very amity, for! tto grout or movement, saeh as a woald not eeek such rsdrtel without rdidnt IW him eingta handed. wounded man would mska. Bill o«v. the moat pnuslng cause, fit America, don't doubt you'd de worst by me for dared tie Paraaa to go forward and alas! what aa array of nwiwl altp» |K sovereigns and doat araaH la stand guard near th* fore-ecotUe. and, pars

gp r*~"— 1 1 the eteward to staad at th* oabin doora. every court ley.

ourselves much about where ig our from.

the serood TT would not answer to introduce tbe Koran in this country it icivea the

surprise In, Koran in this country it gi

The quarrel grew' fleroer men such an easy way ofdlvrce. Un Mohai has only to plaoe her all

The quarrel grew fleroer' men such an eaay way ofdlv

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greet our learaei "aallr

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A DEFENCE OF FRENCH MOCRACr. The following is by John Russell Young, editor of the New York Stan dard, and it is smooth and coniprehen •lye as the writings of Macaniay:

It would have been so much easier, so much more proper, so much more acceptable to home people to have united in the chorus of anger that seemed to come from the English-written presa to have shared the agitations of correspondents, who looked at Paris from the terrace of St. Germain and telegraphed their emotions to New York to have written a wild article or two freshened up with the rhetoric of the Reign of Terror. But what we saw and what we beard and what impressious they made upon us a stranger iu strange and deeply interesting land, among a people whose history we have read with affection and deep'emotion— we felt called upon to write and print. In that shape truth came to us, aud we spot it.

The French have quality so dramatic in their nature that when most natural they seem to be artificial and trifling. An observer will see in France a hundred things to distress and vex him.^ Levity, frivolity, ckery, susp'cioh—the capacity of sudden and upjallin* anger—the *t iste for bl .o I—an mpatience with law and custom, vanity which is something grotesque, quite capable of singing op5ra-boutFe on the boulevards, with thousands of gay laungera sippiug colfee the singing places on the Champa Elysees, the heaters on Sunday evening—th it endless movement of bright and rippling life th-it sweeps on iu one current, for ever it would seem, so bright, so airy, changing like the dolphin from one t«utto another, and

unlike anything

in th-* world, that Thackeray is wont to find the rarest enjoyment of his tour an afternoon at a window on the open street. The intoxication of it all is a shock to primness, aud the command ments and all that we read as children in the law and the prophets. And we can well fancy how eisy it would bo for a well-raised traveler, his mind lingering lovingly on the old village church, the Calviuistic sermons, the prayer meeting and singing school, aud the austere discipline of home, to form a judgment on Paris that would com mend its people to the sword ot Gideon,. people of uboininations, to hewed in pieces and smitten hip and thigh. Then there has b*en so inueh history ou the subject. Well, it wou 1)3 alin*st a eoinpensation for the greut day of burning to know that it ended French history, ithor English written histories of Frenchmen and politics —sneli a slouch of mendacities about N ipoleonism, and Terrorism, and the "glories" ef Louis, that to really get at France one must first strip oil character, as well as the falsehoods which hi-torian after historian bus heaped upon it.

There is so much ennnon-thunder in it all, and men are apt to hear more in a voice that echoes from the mountain tops th in in the still small one that comes from heaven. "One may bg the explosion ot some mighty abuse, some mighty and long respected lie, finding perdition at ist. The world has become used to tbft !i§ and weeps for it. While the other MAy come direct Iroin the throne o' Goo^ breathing truth and eternal love, some Pen ecost dove that catne with inspiration on its wings.

That Column Vendome, for instance, which seems to be the saddest grievance in the American mind. Wdl, what was tho Column V-endomes'? A beautiful work, so far as the artificer cunning wen'—high and tapering and l»u re

I-wreathed. Uutftar .m. the top. Thero was never a more glorious mon« rtnient, for ft waa ide of twelve hundred cannen taken from German armies and what could be more glorious? And this Csesar took them and who deserved a higher pedestal?—nay, it it loomed into the empyrean, nntii the sun crowned it with perpetual whiteness and beauty, it would not begin to speak bis fame. But in these very wars, how many men were slain by these very cannon—men ol Germany and men of France—young, lusty, hopeful, with skill and'eourage and heaven-given qualities and work to do? men with mothers and wives to inourn thefirMRs, with acres to till and cities th tatfld—men with children in their hot down iti broad day on God's fields, dying with agony, and and hatred on their lips, swept

Into irkness and night! Em

peror wished it, and Kaiser wished it, and mothers might go weep while Emperor and Kaiser commemorated the festival of tnslamrhter and glory in a 'noble column We would not have pulled it down, for it was a beautiful thing in its way, and an inscrption certifying that in earlier and more barbarous years men who had no anger in their hearta were wont to rush out and slay each other and call it glory, and then in cold blood build monuments to their atrocities, even such a monument as this—we say an inscription like that would have devoted the Vendome Column to its proper use, have made it what it re*lly was, some hindoo temple to famine, rapine or pestilence, something to be seen with a shudder, not worshipped."

THK MOST CKX18 TUNNEL. It may be s* well to sta'e that, though called sfter Mont Tenia, the tunnel really pierces the Col de Frejus and is situated at least fifteen mile* to tho south-west of Mont Cents. It 3.709 feet above the level of tlie sea, sod ISO feet ab ive the Mont cenis Road at Modane. The average incline is one in forty five to a point midway between the two entrances. The exact length of il, according to a very interesting account in the Journal den Eebits. is 12,-

233 metres. It waa calculated that tbe distance wmild be 12,230 metres, so that tbe difference in tbe actnal length is very little. This wonderful tunnel seven and three-fifth miles longer than any railway tnnn«l ever made.

We now p«aeon to consider the machines by which this work has been accomplished. Tbcaaine power—water —tunneled tbe rock, and supplied the air to tbe workmen. Tbe mountain streams of the neighborhood, by hydraulic pressure, compressed th* air to six atmospheres, and so worked th* pnefo rat ing-machine. Tbe witer waa collesvd in large reeervoir bUber than th* mouth of tbe tnnnel. and a neeMure obtained equal to twenty-six net perpendieular. TVn air-onatpre**-ing machines and two aerometer* were placed near the mouth of the tunnel. Th* eompreaeors were worked by th* seroaMitewi, whieh in their turn had yielded to th* water-prsasuw. The air having been coadeneed ia the eompressors, work the excavatingmacaiae. Tne latter conaMad ot tea prHbratori and and aeyea inmpeta, which latter bore Into th* root, being wurked by the oompresasd air tautaad of steam. Thee* made eerieeef hole* •bout a yard deep, which^ when ike Jumpers Vtt penetrated i* for a* they would go, war* flfled with gunpowder, and ftyl^ed, Betofce this wm don*, however, th* whole machine and attendants relived to a *afo distance h*9»

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hind stout wooden doom. The diibria had then to be carried away. According to the nature of the rook, about two or three yard* could be acoompliahei in twenty-lour hoars. The machine excavated an arc of twelve feet by eight the rest had to be done by band and we have seen it stated that operations would have been conducted quicker if gun-cotton had been used instead of guupowder, owing to the smoke made by the explosion of the latter.

Light was wanted, of course so the Italian engineers manufactured their gas. Throughout the work, these engineers have shown themselves iudetatigable and under their superintendence the whole was carried out—France on the annexation of Savoy, agreeing to piy half the cost. The whole amount has lieen stated at 65.000,000 francs, or £2.000,000 pounds from other statements I should think £3,000,000 nearer the mark. In consequence of the rapidity with which the work was executed, Fraucc lias to pay 6,500,000 francs of the It:ilUns' share for at first it was thought it would take twen-tv-flve years, and France hid to pay 500,000 for every year less than the twenty-five, and 600,000 francs for every year less than fifteen. Imitators are springing up. Already the St. Gothard is to be pierced and enterprising English engineers oven suggest a tunnel from England to France.

The old diligences took about nine hours to cross the Alps by the Mont Cenis route the Fell Railway did ie nne in four and a half hours, and now the "official" train went through the tunnel in thirty eight minutes, and is believed that when the line is iu full operation, only tweuty minutes will lie occupied. 'The vertical distance of perforated stratum is about 7,000 metres. M. Elie

B'»aomont read a paper before the French Academy of Seiences, Sept. 18 to elicit the scientific teachings to be drawn from an exunination of the specimens of minerals.ite., to illustrate the geology of (he tunnel. He classifies 190 specim ns under six different headiugs. "Very few fossils were met with, such having been destroyed by a subsequent crysialization. }fo artesian well has ever given an opportunity to bo compared with the perforation of Mont Cents, as the deepest bored by European engineers is only 1,000 me', ires, and by. the Chinese with their rope, only 3,000 Mont Blanc is only 3.500 "tres above its own isis this shows the great distance of tlie perlorated stratum in the Mont Cenis Tun-nel.-—[Chamb ms' urn i!.

A TEA nnr.XKliXG PONY. 1 The following paragraph from a foreign paper, the truth of which of course no one will doubt, furnishes another illustration of tho fact that horse can draw anything in reason—even an t«ferenve:

In a pit belonging to Mansfield Grieve, Esq., coaltnaster lirnhill, lor some weeks past, tho tea-flasks of many of tbe drawers were always found eimvy when the owners came to use their contents at what is called the corn hour,' thou.h these 11 isks wero always carefully rolled tip in tlie jackets or coats of tho men. From the'frenency of theso thefts taking place, a 'oling of suspicion began to be exalted in almost every one against his tellowworker. The conscious innocence of nil tho men l"d them to bo equally nnx ious to dls«over the guilty party, and have hint brought to jus Ice. With this feeling they determined to set a watcb on tho coats. This was done one day last week. Near tho place where lay tne coats was a stable containing a pony called Tom, which is used for draw' ing the hutches below. After tbe ooats were laid down and the men had gone to their work, the watchors bad not long to wait to see who was the thief. Tom strode quietly out of the stable, and went tip to tho coats. He then gently, with his nose, uncovered a flask from one of tho coats. This being doue, he rested himself upon his hinder legs, seiz

the flask between his two

foro feet, with his teeth drew the cork, dropped it, and then quaffed the contents to his evident gratification. Tbe fl isk being empty, ho replaced it in tbe coat and pressed it together with his foot to show that it had not been touched. In this way he drained off the contents of several flasks, and then went to his stable with that cautious mien with which he left. Tom siuce haa become a general favorite."

SMALL POX.

The Pittsburjr O isette, from which paper we copy the following, seems to have considerable faith in its efficiency. We give-it place, that some of our readers may be profitted by it:

HMAtt POX—AN INFALLIBLE CURB. We received yesterday the following letter from a lady, now, as we learn from her letter, residing in Tennessee, who me twenty-five years ago resided in this city, lelonged to one of its bpst families, and was herself greatly esteemed for her more than ordinary intelligence and flue social qualities. We are thankfnl for the timely service her recipe is intende to render to those who may be afflicted with the inost loitbsome andinfectiousof all diseases. We hope our physicians and others will lose no time in testing the remedy and if found efficacious, certi ying the same to the public without delay.

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PARBY'S PLACB, CLARKSVILLK, TMNNKSSKB, 1871. I saw in a late pap*r tbe small pox was prevsiilng to an alarming extent in and around Pittsburg. For the sake of suffering humanity feend yon a rocipe.It is ss unfailing as fate, and conquers in cwry instance, ft will also cure the scarlet fever.

STAT* RBCIPK.

Sulphate of Zinc, one grain. Fox glove (digitalis) one grain. Mix with two tableepoonfuis of water.

When thoroughly mixed, sdd four (4) mooes of water. Take a tesspoonful every hour The disease will disappear in twelve (12) hours.

For children small doeea. If you value advice and experience, nee this for that terrible disease. You need not mention my nana*, but I will give it to yon that yon may knew who sends this recipe.

Turn is tbe unique pattern of a Weatera pacsonal "We are sorry to receive No. 1 of the GomaneheCo. World. The World la badly printed, and ha* a sickly, poverty-stricken appears nee. Mr. John Smith, il* pnhtlshef, f* aa idiot. It th* 'leading mm* of Comanche eouuty are re*pon*!bi* for th* foundation of the paper, they ought to be —nt to the penitentiary. We trust that Mr. Smith will stop th* publication of his pap*r, aodaav* his money/'

Otua are advi**d not to smile mueh la the fee* of th* aan they deelre to out. A litU* pretsass af quiet Md*1 -nam will do th* hartn— more *xp*dlUoaaly.

[From the Madison (Wis.) Htate Journ Dee. 4.] THE WA8HBURNS. &

A Remarkable Family—Five of tAem Congress— Their Otreet. The name of Washburn has oceu a conspicuous place in the House Representativea of tht» United Sta For tbe first time in the last tw years, the name will not be found the roll of the House after tho Is Januanr next. In the twenty five dinereut persons bearing the iin of Washburn have held seat* iu House, and have been prominent bers of that body. Now, although are not members of Congress, with siugie exception of one who, we lieve, is dead, they occupy conspicut positions in the world.

The first one of the name that ent ed Congress was Israel Washburn, who hailed t'ruin Maine as a represer tive of the 321 Congres,uul wliu^e t» commenced on the 4. ol' March, He was the eldest o: the three broth who subsequently occupied seats get her in the same House, and born at Livermore, Maine, June 5,1 He served ten years, through five sessive Congresses, and retired to come Governor of his native State, which positiou he was elected in fall of 1800, and the term commcm-ed January, 1861. In 1808, he was appoi ed collector of customs at Portland, Presideut Lincoln. He is an able in aud has made a faithtul public serv. and an excellent record for himseltV

The next of the name was Elihu Wasbburne, brother ol Israel, took his seat as a Representative fn Illinois, on the 4th of March, 1853, two years after bis brother, lie scr through eight Cougressos, or lti \e and was re-elect to the Forty-li Congress, and retired to assuuie duties of Secretary ol Slate, at the mencement of President Grant's tc in 1809. Soon af er, be was appoint Minister Plenipotentiary to Fran which position he still holds, llisab ity as a public oHleer is well-km\ Me ranks-ainong the strongest

the nation. He was horn Sept. 23, IS Two years later, Wisconsin sent a other brother to the House of ltc.pr sentatives, Hon. Cad\vuJi..der C. W.iburn, whose term commenced on I' 4th of March, 1855. For six ears alter, the three brothers occuph si together in the National Cong re They were all strong men, and bec.ui conspicuous for their great ability, erg.\, lirmness, and integrity ot ciit aclcr. In 1801 C. C, ictinal frotu C« gress aud nii red the .«ru in dct. ot the national honor, lie \r.s ig chosen to the 40lh Congress, and elected to the 41st. Hi* lst term clo edon the 4lh of M.neli, 1S71 and November tho people of liin adopt S ate of Wisconsin clected linn to t. Chief Magistracy of I he State, the 1 tics of which position lie will a*su on the first of mil irv, 1S72. He born April 22, 1818. lleiv were tlm brothers, born in the same place, tHiing Cong tens one after the other, a cording to tige, and at about the sail age, caeh representing a ilillVivnt Stat aud each serving a long lime, mid onl retiring from that disiitiguisheil bod: to assume other high and hotiorul positions in life.

Thus closes the Congressional reco of this one family. Bat iu lbt£l, und the commencement of the 38th Co gress, Wm. B. Washburn appeared a representative of Mass ichunoits. belongs to another family, but possess*, es tbe same strong cast of mind of other Washburus who preceded hli Ho was born Jan. 30, 1820. lie serve ahiy and well through lour Cougrcsso or eight yours, and waa re clcclcd a other term, but will soon retire to a snme the duties of Governor of bis live State—the Common wealth of Mas= acbusetts—to which position the people called him by a largu majority at th recent election. His retirement wl leave the roll of Congress, for the firs lime in more than twenty yeafto, with out the nameol Washburn upon it.

The filth Washburn whocnlered Con gress was Henry D., who came it representative from Indiana, and hi term oommenced in irch, 1805. II served but one term, with rcspeotabil Ify and, we believe, has sinco dio He was born in Vermont, March 1832, served fallhlully in tho lale aud was highly esteemed by those knewbim.

No other name, we believe, has ha so long and creditable a car ter in Con gress, as that ol Washburn, and wear pleased to know, that four of the hc orable men, who have tliua conspic ously figured in that body for the las tweuty years, are still in the prime life, with minds still improving, an have a prospect of many years yet, usefulness to their friends and to thef country. a

AN INVOLUNTARY DKHERTE During one of Napoleon's remarks ble campaigns, a detachment of a con commanded by Davoust, occupied tl Isle of Kugen, which Ihcy were to evat II ate. They embarked with su«h lire cipltation that they forgot one of ln lsentinels. who was posted in a retina spot, so aeeply absorbed in tbe perusa of a newspaper containing an aecoun' of one of the Emperors splendid victo ries as to be totally unconscious of thel departure. After going to and fro lo many hours upon his post, he lost pa lience, snd returning to the guard room, wbieb he found empty. On in qoiry, he learned with despair wl had happened, and cried "AlasI alast I shall be looked on deserter: dishonored, lost unhappy wretch tost I am I"

His lsmentations excited theenrnpar sion of a worthy tradesman, t«»ok bio his house, did all iu his power to eon

sole him, taught birn lo make bread for he was a baker, snd alter some month* gave blm his only daughter Justine, To marrisge.

Five years afterwards a stranue sa* as seen to approach the inland. Th iuhaoitante fiocki-c to the beach, an soon discovered in the advxneiog par' a number of soldiers wearing tbe ufi form of tbe French army. "I am done for now—my bread haktd," cried the dismayed husband Justine.

An idea however suddenly occurred to him. and revived his courage. He ran to his bouse, slipped into bis un! iorm, snd seising bis fire-lock, return* to tbe beach, and posted himself on sentry at th* moment tbe French wen landing. "Whogoe* there f" he cried in yoke like thunder. ••Who go** there, yourself?" repliec one in tbe boat!. "Who are you "A **ntia*l." "How long have you been on guard berer* "Plvvyuurat" rejoined our man,

Davoust laughed at the quaint reply and gave a dweharg* in dua form l*A his involuntary deserter.

A WanBRf girl* after giving h*r lover a haaty smack, exclaimed, "Dug ag eath, Ifyou hain't been a taken' rj*

Tui upa— who roarHe* for a boflt*' pay* um thMM th* worth of It.