Marshall County Republican, Volume 15, Number 19, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 March 1871 — Page 1

A '.UK (4RVN V E KT K T POEM No apology la needed at Uüa time (or neiuJu-Ini the f oBqwing exqateito Hoes by the lamented Alice CaryHnea Med, te the judgment of wo enmpetent a critic aa Edgar A. Poe, deaarre to rank among tho rery Aneat oootrrtxitieoa to Ml pontic literature of

thin country : Of all the beautiful ptcturea That hang on Menury'a wall, la one of a dim old formt. That aeemeth beat of all ; Not tor ita gnarled oaka olden. Dark with the mistletoe ; N t for the TioMa rMden That aprmkle the rata below; Not far the mflk wMw llUea That lean from the fragrant hedge. 1 Minetin all amy with ihr snnt And ntealing their golden edge ; Not for the Tinea on the upland N.r the pink, nor the pale, sweet cowalip. It aeemeth to me the beat. 1 once had a Utile brother With eyea that were dark and deepIn the lap of that okien foreat He neth in peace aaleep; I.iht aa the down of the thnttle. Free a the winds that Mow, We roved there the beratafnl Bumneere, The ununra of long ago ; But his feet on the hilfc frrew weary. And one of the Autumn erea I made for my little brother A bad of the yellow leaves. Sweetly his pale arms folded My neck m a meek embrace, V the Ught of immortal besot y Silently covered his fee ; nd wher the arrows of sunset Lodged in the tree-tops bri M, lie fell. In his ssint-like besnty, Asleep by the Rates of light. Therefore, of all the plctmres That hang on Memory'a watt. The one of the Hm old foreat 8eenvh bast of aOL From Godey's Lady's Bv.. MY COIN TRY CLOWN. BT U 3. CRAWTJRXl . Tkar Little Elsie We lontr to see thv cheerv face in thy quiet circle, and - r now that snmaaer is come, we send thee our most urgent pleadings to redeem that oft repeated promise to visit us. Thy uncle bids me say, our nephew, Herbert Grave, will be here also to assist in rendering tLee contented. Give our love to thy parents, and do not refuse to accept our invitation. Very lovingly, thy aunt, Martha Hates. This in the note thet was handed me as I returned from a drive with the elegant and accomplished Conrad McLean. M How provoking ! I will not go one step ; I oried, throwing the note from me in vexation. Mv mother -licked it up, and, after perusing the contents, remarked, ealm44 Of course you will go, mv daughter ? " 44 Of cjurse I will not. Mr. McLean just told me lie should spend the -on at the White Mountains, and seaknow very well I could not exist without without lively company." " But, no doubt, Elsie you will find Mr. Grave to te very pleasar t. " Pleasant, indeeti! A great, awkward country down ! " T fairly shed tears at the prospect of being obliged to spend the summer in such company. But when father unit ed his argument against me, I wrs obliged to yield a reluctant consent. Ac1 3 1 1 I a. 9 t i co n ii t, one n?n, morning, j. louna myell Oil tUe paUorm Ol L Station will (mix mv great Saratoga my great Saratoga and little satchel for company. I looked about for some one to claim me, expecting to behold an overgrown youth, still wearing the cloths of his boyhood, with a hroad hrimmed ouakerhat, and aspir ing red side whiskers, who Trs'Wrsd aloof, onkaomag what he sought : An whistled as he wnt, for want of thought," I had not long to wart Down the road came uncle's span, driven by a f masculine representative, who must, of course, be Mr. Grave. And there, in-' deed, were the vertiable side whiskers, i under a broad brim, modified, however, ' in color, being black. 44 This is Miss Hayes, I presume t " The bow which accompanied these words, though evincing emtarrassment was not ungraceful 44 It is," I replied, 44 and thin is my trunk. I suppose yon are Mr. Grave i " He assented. In a few moments we . were otT toward 14 Fern Dell." I leaned back to contemplate my escort, by no means satisfied m be deprived of Con-; rad's refined society, ami obbged to I endure his. True, Herbert Grave's manly face, in its frame of black cons, did 'not lack Bvmmetry, and I could imagine, with MM ennons, ill-fitting clothes, exchanged for a more fashionable attire, he would be comely. Yet his whole ! i a person rey poke t..e country-ored man, and to me n thins conh1 be more dis tasteful. , " HI flirt with the clown, if it's noa-' si hie, was my mental ejaculation. We had preserved a solemn silence sine.' we left the depot, and I began to think the man as grave by nature as by name when he turned his black eye's on me ..nd asked: 44 Have you visited this section beforef" I saw by the half hidden merriment that lurked in those jetty depths, he did possess flirtalde qualitiw. This crave piauance to mv efforts to Diease. fe chattered cosily as we rode along, ! until his excellent lanR-uafre and innate j refinement showed me I had misjudged him. At Fern Dell I was recei-red with open armes, deluged with kisses, and soon made at home. For a few days I missed Conrad and contemptuously avoided Mr. Grave ; but, finding this would never do, Snndav, resolred I roused mvself bv i to make a stir. Mv uncle's family were good "Hicksite friends, and started early to meeting After they had called me several times, I appeared upon the portico, robed in a dashy suit of blue satin, with other things to accord, while outside my glove flashed the diamond cluster, which sealed my engagement with Mr, McLean. No wonder my aunt and uncle opened their eyes. I saw disapprobation in their faces before aunt said, M My dear child, thee would have been more appropriately dressed in thy traveling snit. ' ' Oh, no, indeed ! I could not think of wearing M7 to church," I replied 1 liekly. mr meetings, Elsie, are for the worship of the Almightv, and not for atWaV I felt the rebuke, and aaswered, impatiently : "Theo I will not go at at all ! If my wardrobe is not suitable for this place, I had better go home." "Get into the carriage, child ; I am s rry I wounded thee. " Annt Martha's tones showed how pain! and surprised she was. Glanci g at Mr. Grave, I read in hia eyes a stern reproof, and was heartly ashamO aunt !" I cried, blushing, "please forgive that unlaüyhke speech. I will change my dress this minute." "No, dear," interrupted uncle ; "it late, and after all, if the heart is right, it does not matter so much about tha dress. Only Elsie, though thee mar be able to worship 'in spirit and in truth- when thna arrayed, remember thee is apt to divert the minds of those who are not accustomed to such things fi am better and purer meditations. P.ut. ome, we muat be off.-' Never had mv conscience troubled me js at -fid that day. I created a stir, as I had desired, but felt that in so doing

T m.idc myself responsible for all the cease to eat, because the medical stagood seed that might be lost tLat day. 1 tatics show that many persons have I. never :iw any harm in persons dress-, died from partaking injudiciously of ing as thev chose, but before I quitted food. "

tli at little brown meeting house, I ackuov' .:)n-"l that when "one wa3 in U nitwit was be H to do a the Retain. did Upon my uncle's fam stood an old ra ws covered mill, that had noi been used for many yean. Strolln g that way one morning, I entered, ai d per-

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wiving it unoccupied, threw down my hat tucked up my dress, and began dancing. The favorites of the ball room followed each other m quick succession, and these beinir exhausted, I , resorted to the fancy role. The scene . must have been rather oicturesoue : mv i liorht curies falling to the waist clothes tucked up to mv boot-tops, and lor a , - frame-work, the old ruined mill. As I kueltin ore figure, assuming a listeriag attitude. 1 crlnnced upward and beheld Mr. Grave, rerunincr on a rafter over head. In contusion, I caught up my ' L:t to beat a hasty retreat when the obj feet of my diseomfitnre swnng himself down in rroni oi me. 44 1 am sorry to have distubed you, Miss Elsie. Do not be displeased, for I assure you I shall never forget the pleasure you unconsciously afforded me." ITi us sured, I could not forbear Whing "Yon must have thought me dement ed to rush in here, throw down my hat, and set to dancing as if for a wager. " My admiration conquered everv other emotion, was hia gallant rejoinder. 4 4 Well, the truth is, the spell was on me, and I embraced the nrst opportunity for its indulgence. " 44 1 thank the fats for allowing me to be present." 44 What were you doing her;? I thought the old mill deserted." 44 So it is br others. I came here to read." 44 1 regret that I disturbed you." 44Iamglad. The treat was all the more acceptable for being unexpected." 44 Dout you dance, Mr. Grave V 44 Not at alL" 44 Then you must let me teach you, and we'll begin now. " He blushed to the roots of his hair. exclaiming : Oh, no, Miss Elsie : me. It I I indeed is impottiyon must excuse Ma." 44 Nonsense! You are not conscientiously opposed to it, are you ?" 4 4 Yes ; our seot prohibits it." I saw but a subterfuge, and resolved to carry my point. 44 Well, if that's so, just sit down here, and I'll relieve you of all religious scruples. " Ensconced upon the sill of a window overlooking the dam and watercoruse, T be. mv Dro9el vtin. Tfc0iiiirli-a wdiriiiarwrmbivA ., S ' ii f.i against dancing are separatalv and col lectively based upon the idea of w ... I mainta n that those who have good common sense are the best regulators I of their rwn conduct, and those who have not, will never be benefited by all the rules in Christendom, sacred or sec i dar. No one can teach an extremist moderation. If he does not dance, he will show hiu propensities in other ! things, even more prenicions." j 4 You are evidently versed in argumentative logic." laughed Mr. Grave. 44 Let those laugh who win," I retorted ; 44 but to proceed : Dancing i seems to be as old as the world. All history speaks of it, and I think it very likely when the 4 morning stars nang1 together t creation's birth,' they danced alo." 'But, Miss Elsie, yon do not seem to be getting to the point. Does not this amusement, which yon are endearoring to uphold, feed vanity ? expose ladies to ill-assorted company I cidtivate the taste for dress ? for excitement!' and, worse than do not the exposure and weariness following a night of revelry unfit its devotees for the life before them for many subsequent days, and, in tome cases, lead to premature death f " 44 Your questions shall be answered to the best of my ability. So far as tvtititu is concerned, we all have a greater or less sharje. Since I was years old, I have been a dancer, fo ir and the pet of our gay circle, yet I am confident, in your Quaker community, cannot be found a young lady near my my own age as impervious to flattery is myself, simply because 4 familiarity breeds contempt,' and I will ask you candidly, if, with your knowledge of me, you can say display more canity than the girls with whom you have been bred, although they do not dance ? " I cannot sav that you do, or, in ladv withfa?t so muck ' Then for company. No should attend a social gathering out being well informed as to those she is likely to meet, and any woman who has not character enough to select appropriate partners for the dance, can.:ot safely be trusted at a church festival, picnic, er public promenade. Any woman can draw around her such companions aa she mav please, and if her inclination is for the fop, it is bv no means necessary she should be versed in dancing to gratify that taste. Dress and excitement are among the n'ccssaric of life. Women who have only home matters to occupy their at-1 tention are apt to become fault-finders." ' But surely you do not believe in this extravagant display so common among the fair sex? "No, and yea. I believe we would be better without it, but when one's social standing and influence depend as , much upon dress as they now do, I think it should receive due attention. j To a know the 'habit does not make the pr. st, ' whether costly or not. So far i as dress is connected with dancing, let me tell you that part of my wardrobe 1 intended for church is far more extrava- ' gent than all my ball-room attires. Lastly, the fatigue and exposure to ! whici yon refer is not half so deleterious am - ng the wealthy as lack of ! exercise and proper excitement is among the poor and mediocrity. " "Then, you approve of this aimless I life, with its selfish ends ; this whirl -I pool, which engulfs so many who have not tho common en&e oi wiuch you speak ? " No. I cannot say that I do. But yon are taking too wide a sweep, and, as usual, embrace the excess. Still. do approve of dancing, both as an exercise and social amusement. To me it is exceedingly invigorating. I often thank the Lord that I can dance. It is frequently more expressive than language, " " You are an odd little creature. " "Perhaps I am; but my field of observation h :n been large, and it does not appear right to me that, because some people carry a thing to excess, it should be cried down by professors of religion. No more than that we should ; "Well, perhaps we are too Btrict ' confess I should very much like to have you dance for me again, although must decline instructions in th art " What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. If I can dance in moderation with impunity, so can yon.

At length I conquered, and we took our places. A merry time we had. He was evidently unaccustomed to "trip the light fantastic toe. " Round aud round the mill I went, while he came hopping aud stamping after me in such a ludicrous manner, I stopped and

arave full vent to mv mirth xternen w ...

p" mf la VV Ui;il ILK IUUV V AUf 11 V- V a j laughed also, declaring he felt like a fij . Anthony, of Rhode island ; CaldShanghai looking for a rose-bug. we 0f Kansas; Cragin, of New Hamp

le very uay we repaireu to wieuuu ior i hour or o of merrymaking. At an hour or o length, I began to teach him the "galop. " Ha found it more difficult than a urn sYa . anv of the others ; and, arter many ineffectual attempts at the round step, he wound up by stepping on nis own toea, tripping himself up, and eutting a spread eagle. I was convulsed with laughter, being just able to gasp out : " Lo ! a grave subject is upon the floor. " He sprang to his feet, and 'with a bound was at my side. His face showed neither anger, chagrin, nor mirth, but an indefinable, powerful something that sobered me instantly. Catching me in his arms, he gazed second into my eyes, covered my face th kisae, and left the mill. I stood where he placed me like one in a dream. The first thing I heard was a little scream, which seemed to have been waiting for an opportunity to escape. This set me laughing, though my tears flowed copiously, and I was in no enviahle state when I reach ed my rot m. There could be but one interpretation of Mr. Grave's conduct. He loved me, and I ? 44 1 am the promised bride of Conrad McLean. There is no room in my heart but for him," I said, resolntely, answering my mental query aloud. Uncle came to tea alone. "Where is Herbert f" asked Aunt Martha. 44 He was obliged to leave hurriedly on business, and wished me to say to Elsie here he hoped she would pardon his rudeness. I told him she wouldn't think ill of him for leaving without adieus when business demanded. That was right, eh V 44 Perfectly right, uncle," I answered, but saw much more in Herbert Grave's message thai did they. Several tlays elapsed, and Herbert did not return. 1 had avoided the mill since he left, but could no longer resist the desire to go thither. Push ins open the door, I walked in. The lence thrilled me : and. seated in th the windoxr ovArlookinrr the, brook T loan j 1J t ed my head against the old worn frame, and Snowing 1 was far out of hearing, " I shot up the door and my nsxs; And opened ray heart and my tears." 4 What is the matter, Elsie P Starting, I looked up to see Mr. Grave beside me. Witaout waiting for my reply, he continued; 44 1 have something to say to you. There was none of the baahfnlness left as, seating himself leide me, he took my hand, and, touching the diamond cluster, ask ?d : 41 Has that riug anv significance, Elsie ?" to falsify, it If ever I was tcmnb'd i .... 7 r . was then ; out the stern honor looaing at me through Herbert s black eyes foreod tho answer, 44 Ya. M "Will yon tell me what it signifies?" Richard was himself again, and I re plied, carelessly: 44 It shows I am engaged to marry Mr. McLean. Wonld von like to see his picture V 4 1 would." Drawing a 4tphoto" from my pocket , diary, I gave it to him. After a few moments' contemplating, he said: "Do you love this man ?" 4 4 Of course. 1 He gave me a searching look. "Elsie, could you love me ?" I felt the bhxxl mount to my cheeks, as my eyes fell before his. "Yon forget I am engaged." 44 If you were not engaged, Elsie Tell me how it would te if you were not engaged ?v He bent toward me eagerly, and placed his arm around my waist. The sense of propriety my mother had inI cnlcated was touched, and 1 left mv seat. 4 4 But, Mr. Grave, I am engaged." He turned away. There was a moment's silence. Presently he said, advancing: 4 4 Forgive me, Miss Hayes. I have insulted your constancy, but you know the motive that prompted. Shall I see you to the house ?" 1 but evening Heroert bade me good by, saying he should not return. I grew restless i;:ter his departure, and left for New York me how A few woeks served to show materially my tastes had altered during the summer months. Mr. McLean did not satisfy me. The engagement was broken off, and in a short time was forgotten for another. The winter dragged. At the first breath of June I started for Maryland. At Fern Dell I was made welcome, and very thankfully I received its hospitalities. After the first words of greeting, aunt remarked: "X am very sorry Herbert cannot be here to keep thee company, but his business in Boston will not permit him to leave." Did I care f Early the next morning I hastened to the old mill, peered into every nook and corner, till at length espied a ladder, Defore unknown. Ascending it I found myself near the rafter from which n l 1 J i, .i m while close under the eaves lav a book, warped and mouldy. Securing the prise, I deoended to the window. It proved to be a book of poems. Upon the fly leaf was written the name of Herbert Grave, and beneath, "O Elsie! 'dislike me not for my complexion, the shadow's liv'ry of the banish'd sun.' The heart of the gnarh.d oak is sound, and your," dated the year before. ; ' Dear Herbert f Noble Herbert ! " I cried, kissing the faded characters, then start ed.lest I had been overheard. But, no, I was monarch of all I surveyed, and silence my prime minister. After that the old mill became mv ' Mecca, where I wrote, read, or sewed, 1 as inclination oromnted. Thus a month passed. One beautiful morning, sketch-book in hand, I ensconsed myself in the old window, but soon my thoughts and eyes wandered far away. A leaf came floating down the stream, and, thinking aloud, I said, dreamily: " Herbert used t call such leaves old prediudices, that were east off, and went floating away on the stream of reason. Thus my one great prejudice against countrymen and their appearance has floated oft with the current of Herbert Grave's true worth, and passed into oblivion." Some one opened the door, and stepped within my sanctum. It mi Her bert. Our eves met. He came quicki i. ) my side. 'P ma T haar, what von flnui as I passed near the window. Is it true ?" T w trim HYrl-urt " "And the ring" I held up my hand. Thank Heaven !' The aide whiskeri ore gone, aud I

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have no longer cause to complain of his ill-cut cloths, note that am the darling of t'te "country clown." Organization f the XLII Congress. Senate, March 4. The Senate was called to order by the Vice-President, irkan tlm ft11nvinrr ivi- idmtiira niia.li soire; Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey; Ferrv. of Miehioan Hitchcock, of Nebraska; Kelley, of Oregon; Logan, nf nh,iois; Morrill, of Maine; Robert- " ,,f South Carolina: Stevenson, of Kentucky; Saulsburv, of Delaware; Casper, of Tennessee; Wilson, of Massachusetts; Wright, of Iowa; Windom, of Minnesota; West of Louisiana. The names of Senators elect, Alcorn, of Missouri, andClavton, of Arkansas, were not called. The Vice-President stated that the name of Vance, Senator from North Carolina, could not be called, aa the legal and political disabilities of that gentleman had not been removed. When the name of Goldthwaite, of Alabama, was reached, Mr. Sherman objected to his being sworn in, and asked to have read a memorial signed by TA members of the Senate and House of delegates of Alabama, protesting against that gentleman's admission. At this point, the notorious Saulsburv, of Delaware, whose term had expired, but who had not retired lrom his seat, addressed chair and objected to the reception of the paper. Upon leing reminded that he was no longer a member of the Senate, he resumed his seat with an 44 Oh, I beg pardon, I forgot," amidst great laughter. Two set of credentials were presented from Texas, one representing that the late Senator Hamilton had been elected for the next term, and the other certifying to the election of Reynolds. They were temporarily tabled. The credentials of Foster Blodgett, claiming a seat as Senator from Georgia, were also presented, but the attention 1 of the Senate being called to a protest against his admission, they were laid on the table. The Senate then adjourned until Tuesday. House. The House was called to order by the clerk, Mr. McPherson, who iroceededio call the names of members y states. New Hampshire, Conneeti-' cut, Texas and California were notrepNMftied, the elections in those states having not yet been held. Two hunind and twenty-three out of two hundred and forty-three members ansv.ered to their names. Mr. Blaiue was reelected Speaker, and qualified. The Speaker then proceeded to administer the oath to the memlwrs, beginning with the memliers from the New England states. Two in. tubers from Southern states took the modified oath. Objections were made to the admission of the Tennessee delegation, but overrulel, and they were sworn in, three of them takinff the ft oath of 1862, and five the modified oath of 18T8. Objec tion was also made to tho admissien of the delegation from Mississippi, but thev were sworn in and their credentials referred. A resolution was adopted deelarincr the following immsj offieer ' - " o ü I 1 of the House for the I rt;.-s. ;, i ( '..n S i-M .-l M I'!., rr- .ii, -r) N Ordwav. Sercreant-at-Arms ; O. H. Buxton, Doorkeeper: A. S. King, Postmaster, and J. G. Butler, Chaplain. The delegates from the Territories were next called and sworn in. Mr. Dawes offered a concurrent resolution for an adjournment sine dir, on Wednesday next, the 8th of March, at twelveo'clock, which was agreed to. Seuts were next drawn for, after which the House adjourned until Tuesday. il l Beast In India . A rejiort of the war waged in the Province of Bengal against the wild animals and snakes, has recently been sent in to the East India Go venue ut, and a similar report in reference to alligators has been sent in from the Province of Madras. One alligator in one district had, during one year, destroyed one man, thirteen head of cattle ana fourteen buffaloes The Madras , Goverment pays $25 for each alligator over eieht and a half feet long, killed - ; by the hunters. In the Bengal district over $15,000 were expended in a short time for the destruction of poisonous snakes, although only six cents were paid for each. In Behar, the wolves are very troublesome, particulars- as the people are superstitously opposed to killing these animals, believing that nn v v-illA.r wliArp a vnlCa lil.vrwl is anilf i aflcted by ill luck. In another Province herds of wild elephants have raa oi wiiu elephants , been ravaging the country for two years. in consequence of a difference of opinion a between the respective authorties, as to their powers to raise forces for the protection of the people. A Chinbsb Servant's Estimate of Cabds. There is a good story told in Washington about a Chinese servant employed by Admiral Porter, that on reception day the duty of attending the door was assigned to Ah Sin. Accustomed to the social usages of his own land, where a visitor's rank is indicated by the size of the card, and where a auge yellow one means the presence of a prince, he treated the little bits of pasteboard with con- ' tempt. While nodding his head and tossing tno mis oi paper uncermomously in the basket, the gas collector hnppened to present his bill. The long, yellow slip took Ah Sin. With profound salaams he bowed the astounded gas-man into the presence of the amazed family. tcL A Grateful Ackü owlidgeiolxt. A. J. Charloc 1 printer in the office of the Ohio Weekly Clarion, writes to the proprietors of the Plantation Bittkbs m follows: " Three months apo I was the mere shadow of a man, and so debilitated that my limbs shook under me while at work. The compositor at the next case said to me one day, 'Andrew, you need a tonic i that's what's the matter ; and there's no tonic that was ever got nn equal to 1'i.antati. n Brrrsas. Try 'em.' I have 'tried 'em,' ana yoa are at libertr to state i referring to me for confirmation) that they hare restored my health, and, I believe, ssTed mv life." SttxV 8e a Mom Farink from pure Irish Moss, for Blanc Mange, Puddings, Custards, Creams, Ac.; Ac. The cheapest, healthiest, and moat delicious food in the world. It appears that the number of cannon delivered after the capitulation by the Paris authorities to the Germans, havi jg fallen short by four of the number officially rerjorted, the missing ones were aemanded. An answer was returned that there had been a mistake in the count. The Germans refused to accept the explanation, and four new cannon are being cast to make up 1 1 e deficiency. Thk purest and sv. eeteet God-Liver Oil in the world is Hacabd ACaswbix's, made on the sea shore, from fresh, selected livers, by Caswell, Hazard A Co., New York." It is absolutely pore and sweet Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have decided it superior to any ot the other oils m market.

IND., THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1871.

FARM, GARDEN AM) HOUSEHOLD. Tlir Krs of Cht ap Beef rrr. From the Prairie Farmer. We thought to escape the severity of a Northern winter by spending a portion of the season in the sunny South, but we have been disappointed. The week ending Christmas was severe for a northern climate, and left us detained for two days by .the ice on the bank of Red River. And here now within 20 miles of Austin, the ground is covered with snow and ice, the ponds are frozen over, and we sit enveloped in our coats and blankets, shivering around fire. Three davs ago men a . .Iiaarm with their coats off were very comfortable picking cotton in the nelds. Such is the fickleness of a Texas climate. The winter is unusually severe, and stock are doing very poorly. In a trip through the state from Preston to Austin and Galveston, through Collin, Dallas, Ellis, McLennan, Bell, and Williamson Counties, we have seen a larger per ct. of poor cattle and horses than ever befoie. Texas is not the stock eountry it has been. Through the center and southern portion the amount of cattle, in years past, has been so great that the original native grasses have been nearly destroyed, and the range is comparativtily worthless. The stock business of Texas is drifting westward, and immense herds of cattle are ranging on the frontier in a semi-wild state. They seldom see the face of civilized man except in the branding season, when men in gangs of a dozen or more, hnnt the country over, and lasso and brand everv unmarked cattle thev can fijnd. flence the man who has the best horses and most men, and is most persevering, brands the most cattle, and his stock from a very small beginning soon becomes immense. This is a feature of the stock business, as now conducted in Texas, which renders it almost impossi ble for an honest man to make it profitable The only remedy is to keep stock constantly under hand, and the only part where this would bo practi cable, on account of tho on account oi the ranKe, is ; wholly impracticable on account of the Indian rams. Through the central, and eastern, and southern portions most stock men are disposing of their cattle as fast as they can collect them. Many propose to drive their stock to Kansas, others propose to Bell to dealers at home. We think the amount of stock which will reach the Kansas market in June and July will be much larger than in any previous years, and more of it will be held by stock growers themselves, as stock buyers will hardly be willing to pay tho advanced prices which the stock growers are anticipating an advance of 50 to 75 per cent, on last spring's prices. The supply of Texas cattle in the quantity brought forward in the last few years cannot continue, and the primust necessaaily advance. The era of cheap beef is over, and the price in the near future must be governed by the status of the vexed Indian question, which just now' is assuming au importance which demands a speedy solution. The nestlon of cheap beef interests every citizen, and in order to obtain it the rich grazing lands of Western Texas and Kansas, the valleys of New Mexico and Colorado, must lie freed from the raids of wild Indians, which now ren- , dor the largest part of that region uninhabitable by the stock-grower. It matters very little to the people or : the government if the Indians in their monthly raids steal a few horses, shoot a few men whom they can overpower and carry off, or murder a few women or children, but so soon as they begin to realize the fact that it is causing a steady increase in the price of beef, we shall expect that effectual measures will be taken to render the valleys and the cistern slopo of the Bocky Mountains, the grazing fields of America, as habitable as any portion of our vast domain. Until this is the case, we mav look for a steady increase in the price of beef as compared with the other necessaries of life. Short Horn. Williamson Co., Texas, Jan. 14. Ammonia Tup Drrtilng Mr. W. H. Sotham, of Detroit, in noticing the operations of Mr. Wm. Smith, liia f.trto in vl'.it'tw. ? in tit v VTi r1 1 1 ink n where ten miles of cedar pst are built and fifteen milenof tile drain laid down, gays : I was much gratified to find that my theory and practice were well sustained. on this farm. Mr. Smith showed me field of grass, partly cut and partly uncut, about half of which was dressed with barnyard manure and ita liquors ; the other was left to its own culture. The half dressed, Mr. Smith estimated at three tons per acre, while that not dressed cut but little over a ton both being in a similar state previously. This was guesswork, but the contrast was truly great. Yon remember that the noted Leibig considered ammonia almost the only fertilizer in manure. My experience taught me differently. I have long considered ammonia a decaying agent, and that it never enters the plant at all except to destroy it. I admit, that the more you can get of it into the soil, the more you release the fertilizers that are in it. and when yon put it iu, in the shape of guano and other artificials of the same nature, they rob the soil of its fertility to support the crop, leaving it sterile for the following one, and if such a system is long pursued, farewell to good f?uming. Some fifteen years ago, a letter of mine appeared in the Mark Lane Express, published in London a paper, I suppose, which has a greater and wider circulation than any other agricultural paper in the world. It was copied into several agricultural papers in this country and in England the doctrine being so different from that pre- ' viously taught by Leibeg. He, full of wrath at my supposed ignorance, pounced upon me like "ihe lion upon the iamb' and said, if the public beUeved such doctrine, the coun trv would be ruined, and immediately advised all farmers to put an expensive covering upon their manure heaps to keeu the ammonia connned mere. e ammonia connnea nere. This example was followed throughout much of England and every man was anxious to save the ammonia who understood the meaning of the word. Leibeg had ordered it, nd it must be so. About three years afterward Leibig' s opinion changed. The mystery of such heavy crops from top-dressing, where all the ammonia escaped, was a puzzle to him, and by some scientific knowledge of his own, he found out that ammonia was not the fertilizer he had represented it to be, and lie wrote an ar Jlogy to the Mark Lane Express for hie abrupt contradictions to me. The covering of manure-heaps is now dispensed with, and ammonia is al lowed free ac..oe ui the air after it has done its duty in decaying the com 7 f heap.

Parin before the Surrender -A MilUonaire in Distress. M. Labourchere, whose fortune is put at half a million sterling, writing from Paris to the London Daily News, just before the capitulation, gave the following pitiful account of his sorrows : 44 1 am looking forward with horrible misgivings to the moment when I shall have no more money, so that perhaps I shall be thankful for being lodged and fed at the public expense. My banker has withdrawn from Paris, and his representative declines to look at mv bill, although I offer ruinous interest. As for friends thev are all in a like condij tion, for no one expected the siege to iaBt ai inrr Aa f,.r m t Lit..! i . .. T "V ivug. UJ A ' a U1J IlV'lrt. UlTJU JL observe that I do not pay my bill ? but in hotels the guests may ring in vain for food. I sleep on credit in a gorfjeous bed a pauper ! The room is arge. I wish it was smaller, for the firewood comes from trees, just cut down, and it takes an hour to get the logs to light ; and then they only smolder, and emit no heat. The thermometer in my grand room, with its silken curtains, is usually at freezing point. Then my clothes I am seedy, very seetlv. When I en.ll unon . twimmA t.U& porter eyes me mistrustfully. In the A x il. - I L m sireeis me oeggars never asa me lor alms. The other day I had some newspapers in my hand ; an old gentleman took one from me and paid me for it. 1 had read it, so I pocketed the halfpence. I had been absent from Paris before the siege, and I returned with a small bag. It is difficult to find a tailor who will work, and even if he did I could m send him my one suit to mend, for what should I wear in the meantime ( Decency forbids it. My pea-jacket is torn and threadbare, my trowsers are frayed at the bottom, and of many colors like Joseph's coat. As for my linen, I will only say that the washerwomen have struck work, as they have no fuel. I invested a few weeks ago in a pair of cheap boots. They are my torment. They have split in various places, and I wear a pair of gaiters purple, like those of a respectable ecclesiastics to cover tho rents. I bought them on the kiöi and at the same stall I bought a bright blue handkerchief ,v,;i, -o i.. i -iii-ii nan iriug i urap , l iur j. vi fill around my neck. My upper man resembles that of a dog stealer, my lower . man that of a bishop. My greatest troubles are mv buttons. When I had more than one change of raiment the buttons remained in their places; now they drop off as though I were a molting fowl. I have to pin myself together elaborately, and whenever I want to get anything out of my pocket I am afraid of falling to pieces. For mv food, I allowance myself, in order to eke out as long as possible my resources. I dine and breakfast at a second-class restaurant. Cat, dog, horse and rat are very well as novelties, but taken habitually they do not assimilate with my inner man. Horse, doctors say, is heating; I only wish it would heat me. I give this description of my existence, as it is that of many others. Those who have means, and those who have none, unless these means are in Paris, row in the same boat. " Sad Acrldent in ChinaMain Lives Lost. Hung Kong (Der 13) Correspondence of the New Tork Times. An accident at Canton has attracted cousidereble attention among the native Sopulation. The foreign settlement of hameeu is built on an art iiical island, separated from the mainland by a canal, across which two or three bridges were bmlt by the British engineers, under whose supervision the island was tilled ! in. A few days since a Chinese house on tho native side of the canal caught tire, and two fire engines took up their position on one of these bridges, the better to command the burning building. The bridge was crowded with natives working at the engines with considerable zeal and effect, when suddenly ; without a moment's warning, the trestlewoik gave way, and engines and men were precipitated into the canal. Some were crushed beneath the engines, , and many more beneath the huge tim io i iuau j luua V " l t t i i i iiv uugu i in hers of the structure, while others were drowned before help could be extended ( to tnem. It is compntea mat mere were from eighty to one hundred persons on the bridge when it collapsed, a few of whom escaped with their lives, iiagrliteen corpses only have thus far been recovered, but several yet remain ' beneath the Wl at the bottom of the canal. ihe faonc liaving been constructed by British engineers, advantage is, of course, taken of the fact by the anti-foreicrn agitators of the citv. and considerable ill-feeling has, in consequence, been maniiested, enough happily, as yet, confined to words. r l . 1 1 Astouishiutr Skiitinir Feat. Gn the 23 inst. three Newburghers, uame respectively Charles F. and George June and Gilbert Carpenter, skated from Newburgh to Albany, a distance of 100 miles, in seven hours and five minutes skating time. From Newburgh to Poughkeepsie, distance sixteen miles, they found the ice very rough, and were one hour and fifty minutes skating that distance. From Hyde Park to Catskill, forty miles, the ice was in a snienoeu condition ior a 1 a 0 skating and ice-boating, and they made a a a t A 1 1 1 1 that distance in two nours anu a nun. or an average of sixteen miles an hour, Just before reaching Castleton they found the ice to be very rough, and wr nnmnplliHl to cross and reeross the river several times. Gn the last mile of the one hundred Charles F June made a " spurt," and skated it in three minutes and one second. The feat is believed to be without parallel in the history of skating on the Hudson. Another Theory Doubted. Charles Dickens, it has been repeatedly stated, was a victim to some extent of too violent and persistent exercise, and every body who has got himself out of bed at Imn. mAanino 111 an untimely hour in the morning, 44 to get the fresh air," or for some other nonsense, remembers with bitter feelings against the one who advised him to do so, the exhausted state which resulted from his experiment in the latter part of the day. The New York Leader has a labored article to show that a a - fM exercise is not necessary to gooa lth nj nrnvM it noRjtion bv somo romari; .llw amnlP Louis Nanoremarkable examples. "Louis NapoH M Ü waw clo8e ghut up in t- - A h. iim(, wa. 4 vulgarly healthy, ' while since he has been confined in Williamshoe he has had a 4 fat time of it and was never better." The "scientific" color for spring suits will be deep, solid brown subjeet to - :n. .11 i.. l .t As many as fourteen, and perhaps twenty, tints of a color w-. 11 appear in the same costume. But if not skilfully blended the effect will be i failure and a botch. Fem -LE suffrage has been refused iu AiliuoiA, Iowa and Missouri.

VOL. XV. NO. 19.

Telegraphic Notes. AT nOMK. The New York police have recovered $8,000 worth of silks lately stolen from the French Steamship Company's docks. Thk conference committee on the Southern Pacific Railroad bill have compromised and will report in favor of a main trunk, with a branch from Marshall, Texas, to New Orleans, via Alexand ria and Baton Rouge, and a branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad to California, from the thirty-fifth parallel, to connect with the 4.xunk of the Colorado river, near the thirty-second parallel. The Senate on the 2d confirmed the following nominations: N. P. Chipman, Secretary of the District of Columbia; Wm. H. Lessig, Surveyor-General (Colorado); Thos. j. McKinney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Washington Territory; N. Connoyer, Indian Agent at Unadilla, Wahington Territory; Joel Palmer, Indian Agent at Siletz, Washington Territory. Tire statue of Rojrer Williams, con tributed by the state of Bhode Island, i has reached Washington, and will lie j U laced in the old hall of representa- ! ives. The Young Men's Christian Associa-1 tion of 1 Indianapolis have purchased ! the lease of the Exchange Varieties j Theatre, at that place, and the institn-1 tion will close on Monday. The recently arrived Japanese em- i bassy were presented to the President on the 2d. There were present. Incudes the President and Secretary Fish, Mrs. Grant. Mrs. Fish. Mrs. Bancroft. Mr j7avis and .ir. imvik, and otn iers. A fire at Ottawa, Canada, on the 2d, j consumed the extensive dry-goods estal.lishment of Hunter, Shielbred At Co. Damage to stock, $90,000 ; building, $14,000. The prize of live hundred dollars for the first Prussian battle-flag captured La the war, offered by California Frenchmen, is claimed for Bicotta Garibaldi, who captured the flag of the Sixtyfirst Prussian regiment at Dijon, January 23d. Chbisttxe Nilsson has property, valued at $22,500, purchased in Peoria. ; DL She intends to build thereon a beautiful French villa, ABROAD. Gens. Sheridan and Forsvthe, of the U. S. Army, have gone to Paris. A London telegram announces another terrible colliery explosion at Victoria, by which twenty Uves were lost. The proffer of England's mediation ! has beeil accepted by both parties in i the dispute between Egypt and Spain. : The Belgian army is being placed on I a peace footing, and the militia have; been sent to their homes. Thk Parisian populace wreaked their vengeance on several men and women who were seen communicating with the German soldiers Thk French government has ordere 1 the immediate return of the mobilized National Guards to their homes. The Pope has decided not to leave the Vatican, feariuf thnt if lir ! th.Italian government will confiscate it. Tho Irish question was further debated in the House of Commons on the evening of the 2d. Marshal Bazaixe's wife, a rich and beautiful Mexican whom he married during Maximilian's time, has just liome him a son at Cassel. The child was literallv baptized on French soil, I as the marshal had enough earth brought expressly from France to cover the lloor of the room. A Vikxna paper reports the suicide, by drowning in the Danube, of the no- ' torious ;idveutures8, Cora Pearl, on ac- : I count of au unfortunate attachment. She has been for years tho reigning queen of the continental demi-monde. Summary of Important Matters. Congressional The House has passed a rosolution a . ma- wr. . a a m w pav nirs. jjeitwien, tne widow oi a contestant for a seat, two thousand five nuuureu uoiiars, ior expenses oi me contest. A bill has passed both houses providing for an international exposition in I'bilauelphia. The Sonate has killed, all steamship Hiibsidv bills. The Senate passed a resolution providing for compensation to the Georgia Senators Hill and Miller from the date of their elections, Julr 20th. 1868. and contestants Farrow and Whitely from tneir aurged eiecuon 10 rne date oi which they were declared not entitled to a seat. Both Houses have passed a bill authorizing the duplication of lost or destroyed registered bonds in certain cases. The House passed a civil service appropriation bill, which leaves out all appropriations for new government buildings except at the League Island Navy Yard. The vote on the passage of the bill was yeas 112, nays 73. The House passed a bill repealing the duties on coal, by yeas 144, nays 48. A resolution was passed to continue investigation of the alleged Ku-Klux onrvAtaa i r 4 V r , .ntli VT a orAai n 1 r , - v--"V" 1U oon t1711"1 mittee. The conference report on the Indian j appropriation bill was concurred in by the House. Bv this bill the rights, so ; long exercised by the Senate of making i im At ' i i v niiv wx aaaan mat - treaties with scattered bands of Indians within the t ttw3 States, is ended. A provision is mcorporated that hereafter no Indian nation, ' or tribe, within the territory of th United States, shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe or power with which the United States can contract by treaty. The Senate passed the river and har bor appropriation bill. Some reductions of appropriations were made as t 11 T A. .t 11 ax ioiiowp : unprovemeuv 01 wie ot. Mary's Falls Canal and St. Mary's River, Michigan, from $250,000 to $200,000 ; for the improvement of the Des Moines Rapids, from $275,000 to $200,000 ; for the Falls of the Ohio Rivex and the Louisville Canal from $275,000 to $200,000. Appropriations were also added as follows : Harbor of Alton, th i rn mouth of the Missouri River. $25.000. and for a general survev 5T' o a ', of the Mississippi River from Alton, 111., to the mouth of the Missouri, including the harbor of St. Louis, $25,000 ; $28,000 for the Fifteen Mile Falls, on the Connecticut River. A bill was passed in the House providing for a board of three commissioners and a clerk, short-hand reporter I and messenger to examine the claims ; 1 of southern loyalists. The commis- i j TLLh the clerk and reporter $2,500 e ich. the messenger $1,200. 9ST NoRTirWKSTERN HORSE NAIL Co., manufacturers of Patent Hammered Horse Nails. Office 68 West Van Buren street. Factory 5ti to 68 West Van Boren etreet, cornsr Clinton etreet, Chicago.

LonsiANA has a debt of $28,000,000

Athens, in Greece, has 302 churches. Wolves infest Delaware county, Ohio. Hyena brought 15 francs a pound iu Paris. They serve up bacon and greens at the Nashville hotels. The finding of gold at Tuckahoe, N. J., has excited considerable interest. Habvard has not yet accepted Ya! challenge for the annual University race. "Obsebvatioxist " in New York is defined by an expert to mean, looking round during the day to observe what he could steal in the night. Nokth Carolina is the fonrtentii State in the Union in point of population. She is one of the sixteen that have over one million inhabitants. An an ti -kissing society has lxen formed by the Galena (HI.) girls. 44 No kissing before marriage " is their motto. FaUUKJM pouts are filled with provisions bound for Paris, but which cannot be forwarded for want of transportation. Two printers left Selma a few days since iu a skiff, for Mobile. Stören on board two bottles of benzine and a blanket. An aeronaut has discovered that a I woman's voice is audible at a height of two miles, while a man's voice has never i been heard higher than a mile. The ice-banks on the shores of Lake ! Ontario are more lofty at present than for some years indicating heavy seas and a greater period of cold weatln r. At a lecture given in Frankfort Indi ana, not long since, the tickets read : "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Admit one. The famous Pantheon of Paris has escaped serious iuiurv, although the dome and outer walls bear marks of tli bombardment. The Asphalte Pavements in Paris during the siege were, it is stated, exclusively used for fuel in the chochlate factories and rice mills. ..nnnnttA imn,l ! 1 1 IV ! It is said that white, Bmooth, and can be obtained by a s m nng them in equal pans oi corn starch aud carbonate of magnesia, A large number of lovers' quarrels have been reported in Terre Haute, be cause the ungallant swains refused t invest a month's salary in two Nilsson concert tickets. Missonu laments the fnct that itState prison, with 700 able bodied con victs, has in the last three years cost $231,000, more than it has earned The agent of the Mobile and Girard road reports that a karge number of immigrants are about to settle on the lftnds granted to the company The Inman steamship Hue will put a ; new first-class steamer on their line this spring, and have contracted Ik another to be built in time for th" spring of 1872. Of the French prisoners in Belgium, more than 700 who were without anv instruction, have been taught to read, write and cipher since their residenc in that country. That the war must have told terribly on the resources of the Germans is evi dent from the fact that they accept for garrison duty volunteers of sixty years of age and upward. In Baltin-ore the Friends havelnult a meeting-house with a front of pnsssd brick and brown stone trimniiugs. Tkt interior is fitted up with walnut pew-, cushions and carpets. Harrodsbt-ro, Kentucky, reports a marvellous meteor, followed by waves of straw-colored and blue light, and a "long, torn, bided, but ur nntifnl arrment of light. ' The Maryland Court of Appeals baa decided that a man who marries a minor becomes responsible for any debts which might have been enforced against her notwithstanding her minority. The new missionary packet Morning Star will sail from Boston for Honolulu this week a messenger from the Sab bath schools of America to the iBles of the sea. In Clarion county, Pa., receuOy, a man, who recklessly discharged a pistol into a crowd aud killed an unoffending person, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter only, and sentencea to but c.ght months' imprisonment. Dickens's executors, Mr. John Froster and Mr. Dickns's sister-in-law. Miss thor's entire series of coyprights to Hofirarth. haviuar disposed ol the auMessrs. Chapman and Hall at a very high price. It is said that the Republican menilers of the West Virginia General As sembly have adopted a platform, one plank of which is "a fair and eqoitabladjustment of the matter of the old Virginia debt." Tire Kansas Senate has passed a bill leaking liquor dealers liable to be suo-1 ( r damages by th j persons to whjm iliey sell liquor. The owner of IM hnilding where the liquor is sold is also liable for damages. Somk consider the frightful small-pox oidemic now prevailing in Loudon, to be the result of the anti vaccinatiou war of a few years ago, as 90 per cent, of the eases prove fatal where vaccination is neglected. A Oeoboia colored debating society was lately discussing, "which is tte best for the laboring man, to work for wages or part of the crops An old 1 urlcle', spoke the'sense of the meeting when he thought, 44 bofe was do best, if dev could only be brung togedder somehow. One of the Prussian shells entered through the roof of the bath house in Paris, and fell into a bath in which there was a bather at the time. Of , , . . , . i ....... 4 1,1 ... L.dn tint t bo rrr- " u" " T tieraan in tne nam unmeuiawM aeted it in favor of the new con-er, and got away with a few sbght bruises. Londo! has 316 newspapers, of which 21 are daily, 216 are weeklies, 100 of which are issued on Saturday and only one on Sunday. It has also 483 peri od i j cal publications, such as magazines, i reviews, etc., of which 299 are rebgious, representing every shade of opinion. It has 50 juvenile publication, nearly all of them illustrated. fon Thk Kansas City ( Missouri ) Bulletin, in its admiration of the member of Congress for that d ist riet . savs thai it has watched the congressional course of j CoL Robert T. Van Horn, and the con viction established thereby is that Daniel Webster was an inordinately I overrated man. Honors are being thickly heaped I upon the head of Kaiser Wilhelm. The last and most touching tribute to his ' worth and greatness is his election as honorary member to the Charlestown j ( S. C.) German Schuetzen Corps, and ! the appointment of a Committee to in form him of the happy event. A San Francisco surgeon was called to a house to amputate a eg t r a woman. The surgeon was near-sighted, and, being told to go up stairs into the back-room, went up and performed the operation, and was astonished afterwards to find out that be had cut oft a leg for the German servant pirl The girl said she was scared some, but thought it was one of our customs.