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' The Ptciflc House UcMipkU. 8M UMtirrlr a. rll hralahra with roo4i rooan. II a? located atarly ffMa, Ua Cm tr Ba'lduiet, tftcra fad board can W ala, at all Ihaca vtih cr wlibwl raaaa. 8atMMlMfaaraau4. fUTri9 rTKW4IT;rrri-iMi,. KllflfollUi r oott fsoorr. Yotl JMnM heerd ue aew Veil, Veil, Hot' kinder funny -V. V, eferyliodr kaowd id yet Vion'd von aink Id'a drue 1 Yea( yea.'dot'a ao ve got a aon jl e oit woman and me fort he'a der hmardiJ lerdleabild Tooeleryeilkinaee. Be camel der werr laad aleM in aUrdcb, Lor aaaay, leeddle Mool, Of he'd a vaided a leetle vile He a been a Abrll fool t , Batdababybekn-We(iadla(ordo Oey say an he Inolu me, Dut'a caoar I'm been he's lanler, Ilot corned fur dat; yon tee. He'a cot the nleeat leedle ahnood t'nd leedle benda and feet. Cod be kin vink rait botd be'a eyes Oh! he'a goot enn to eat. Vat'adotT Ibet JoUtlotl brood, Ileel like of I'm viM! I vooua'd abwab him for a Cirm, Xo he'a doo nice a ablld. Cane in der home trad aaw liim ronce. Uiub, nw! loa't Take bun up. He's rod a awful balr of lunra; He tin nhewiel a biaend bup, Seedereneia; now aind be nice lie !a flien hl mound to rry ; . He vonda to Mirk on aomethinc, IgneM, He' leetle ilroat uu ilry . Ve'll ko down hUlr in der bier saloon, I'nddrink a rlaM of bier Toilerheald of dot leedle small fhildofralnc IKit vas aend to me dis j ear: I'nd e'll hoiie Ten he reta to be a man. Dot rhuiied like he's fader he'll lieen; L'nl ve'll hojieoDotler shmall shild Till com Xexd year dis dime agin . - THEXA5UCIF5TEK. Peter Winter was one of the early set tiers in Arkansas a bold, hard man made ot just such stuff as is necessary to the eonquerin-' and subduing of a new and wild country. His cabin was close to the White river, and ere many years he had a broad piece of land sniiling un der the influence of successful cultiva tion. His time was about equally divid ed lietween the field and forest, though lie had more of a liking tor the latter than for the former, the rifle being a more agreeable companion than ihc plow. His family consisted of a wife -anti two children. Susan Winter was not yet thirtv-tive, and though living in the wild wooils, she was fair and modest, and possessed a fund of sound sense that would have done credit to a better edu cation. Andrew, a bright, apt boy, was six years of age, while little Lucy, a laughing, romping girl, was only four. One evening, as IVter and his family were at supper, the door opened, and a tmwerfully-built man entered. "Ah, John is this you?" said Peter, as he recognised his visitor. "Yes," answered the new comer, in thick loin's, at the same time reeling to wards the fire-place. " What ? drunk again, John ?" resum ed the hunter, iu a reproachful tone. " Been drunk a fortnight, Fete," grum bled the man, looking up with a vacant leer, evidently unable to sec distinctly. "(Jive me abed, old feller." " Certai nly, you shall have a bed, John. Rut won't you have something to eat first ?" askeil Susan. "Kb Suke Wintir! Kgad I will eat. He sat up to the table, but his ap petite proved treaclier.ius, and he moved back again, without tasting the tooil. As he trail km 1 the chimnev corner, he drew a bottle from his pocket, but itwasemp- 7 " Drank the last drop just before J came in, lie sain, nis tiiterance oecom ing more thick. " Give us a tip of yer own bottle, l'ele." " Haven t got a drop for vou, John. "Not a drop of whiskey Vr "Not a drop." "Singe a painter, old boy ! What are ye comin' to?" Peter made some careless reply, and then urged the poor fellow to go and lie down. He saw that he was growing more stupid every moment, and that he would soon fall from his chair. After awhile the man consented to go, and his host led him to a place in one corner, where a buffalo skin was hung up for a screen, and behind which was a bed of bear skins. John was soon asleep, and Peter returned and finished his supper. John Armstrong was a' good hunter; a firm friend ; ready to help in times of need ; and " death on Injuns." He lived no where in particular; but found a home anywhere. A week or two would be spent in hunting then he would carry his skins to the nearest settlement, and purchase rum ami them came a spree which lasted while he could get fuel for the fatal flame. When Peter not ready to iro to bed, he went in and looked at his guest, whom he found just as he had left him. "It too bad: san I he. as he came out. "'What a noble fellow he is, when he s himsclt. How a man can do so, is more than I can understand." " Poor John ! murmured Susan. Arm strong had ever been a warm friend to both herself and husband, and had, on two different occasions, saved them from the Indian tomahawk and scalping knife. So thev loved him even now. The hunter anise with the first'dawn of day, and ere he dressed himself, he went immediately to see how his guest fared. John was still sleeping soundly, though the scattered skins told that he had been very uneasy during the lii-rht. " I must no out and look at the traps" said Peter, after he had dressed ; " and if John wakes up before I get back, you d better hs him up some warm drink, ana get him to eat if you can. It he wants whiskey, tell him he must wait URtil 1 come. I shall not be gone more than an hour; so vou mav have breakfast ready iv then. The husliand took his rifle and went -ut;aud shortly afterwards, the wife wiem up her two children and dressed 'em, and the proceeded to build her fire. After this he cut some steak from a quarter of venison which hung near the door, and then began to think what she Should hx lilt fur Wr nnfnrtnn.l. . After the exniration of atwint t.ir annonr, jonn Armstronir omt an au,1 came out. Susan was on the point of pia,iuK w mm, obi wnen sue looked at his face, started back in affright. She had never before seen eves iruuw nt sparkle so, nor look so wild and nantW. lii-e a-fae never heard. a-uui' teeth griad and grate as Bis .pn. "John I" she firmly uttered, "what's the matter?" He glared at her, and then at the chil dren, but spoke not a word. "Don't you want something to eat, John." He glared again from her to the two little ones, and then turned to the door and went out "Don't be afraid, Andy," the mother said, as the children clung to her dress. "John is a good man he won't hurt you. He's only sick now." "But he looked at me, so mamma. Oh ! how sick he must be !" Before Susan could make any reply to her boy, the door opened, and Armstrong re-entered the cabin. He had a long hunting-knife in his right hand, while in his left he carried a piece of rope, or hat ter cord. He stopped near the thres hold, and glared around the room there was but one room in the place. His eyes were wild and burning, his lips bloodless and compressed, and his hair standing up like quills over his huge head. " Ye're afraid o'mc eh ? " he whisper ed, in a shuddering, shivering tone, at the same time throwing -he cord upon the floor, and grasping his knife more firmly. "Xo, no, John," uttered Susan, as plainly as she could speak, with her heart thumping and leaping as though it would burst its bounds. "I'm not afraid, fori know 3ou -would not harm me. You love me too well for that, don't vou good John?" " Love ye ! " he echoed, with a sharp, grating hiss. " If I loved ye less, 1 might yet stay in this curseu woriu. mil I'm a going to send you out ot it, Su san Winter vou and your children ! I've got to do it ! Ye must die f die ! die ! " There were siccks of white froth upon the madman's bloodless lips, and his whole face had assumed a look perfectly Satanic. Susan Winter had been at first almost powerless, but when she first re alized that her little ones were in mortal danger, her mother's love liegot her for titude. The terrible truth burst upon her. that Armstronir was laboring under a fit of maniaapotu! She had beared of such thing, and she knew that the . i.i ... I.:.. .!... !..... rum-nianiac wuum iuni ma umcti huh; unon those whom he loved best when so- ler. She clasped her children to her side, and shrunk away into the extreme corner of the room. " Ye must die ! " the madmancd growl ed. " I've been command to kill ye! ', " Xo, no, John l Oh ! you could not kill us." "Xot kill ye! Why, what a cussed shame to sich" varmints as you a livin'! You'd kill me quick enough, wild-cat ! Don't I know how ye've held a knife at my throat for years? (i it out, you she devil! Give me the whelps! I'll take their heads off first, and then off comes yourn : As Armstrong ceased speaking, he ad vanced towards the frightened gronp. Susan cast her eyes about, but there was no way of escape. There was but one door, and though the manic had left that open, he was between them and it. The windows, three in number, were small, and set high from the floor, and were guarded hy cross liars so as to keep wild animals out. Xor was there any weapon at hand with which to de fend herselt. Hut ot delencc sne couiii not think, for John Armstrong was one of the most powerful men in the country. "Mercy! she shrieked, as the raving man strode tip. "Devil! " he hissed, from lietween his tightly set teeth. As he spoke, he aimed a blow at her breast with his left hantl ; but though she dodged and received the stroke upon her shoulder, yet it sent her reeling to the floor. But the brave wo man thought not of pain then. The cries of her children, sounding shrill and loud, mingled with curses of the mail man, arroused every spark of conrairc a 'mother can feel, and she was quickly on her feet, one looked upon the scene bc- lore tier, aim wnnc a siincu cry oi more than mortal anguish burst from her lips. she staggered a few steps forward, and there stopped. The manic was hv the onen door. trhin he first stood, while little Lucy wascrnsh between his huge knees, with the'boy was held by the long tangled curls of the head. The little fellow, in his struggles, had raised his hands, and Armstrong had them both firmly clutched with the hair. When the mother first looked, the boy's head Jwas bent back the white throat upturned and the gleaming knife raised for the fatal stroke ! In a few moments more the woman would be childless. "John ! " she cried in a tone of such exquisite agony, that even the madman staved his hand and looked up. The mother knew that the respite could be but a few short seconds. Great drops of that thick foam were gathered upon the'madman's lips, and his burned more fiercely than bejore. If she moved tow ards him, the blow would surely fall; and and if she did nothing, it must fall. A gleam of hope shot through her soul. With a mighty effort an effort such as men sometimes make to seem calm in the face of death she assumed a pleas aat look, and smiled upon the murder minded man. "John," she spoke, as calmly and hon estly as though she were calling him from peaceful quiet, "you can not do so. Let me hold the boy, and you cut his head off! Wouldn't that be the better way ?" " Egad, it would," the man returned, with great satisfaction. "Oh! don't kill me, mamma!" the poor boy 'shrieked. The girl waa so crushed that she could not speak. "You must die, Andrew! "the mother returned, with a cold look, bat with a pang at the heart that gaTe her pain for months. "Xow hold him tight!" the man aid, ptuatBg the two little parple hands oat for Sosan to take. Never fear; she said no more. Arm. atroag stood with hit back to the opea doer,a-idaa he Kleascdkil hoklapoa the boy's hard' she gathered all her re served strength for the effort, and leaped atrainst hint like a bounding panther. ith her bowed head and clenched bands the struck him full in the stomach, and he fell backward upon the broad stepping stone like a gnarled log. In an instant Snsan shut the door, and in another in stant she had shoved the oaken bar into its place. The mother gathered her children to her bosom, and bore them to her bed. She was almost senseless from fright, while the girl was totally overcome by tho cruel presure she had" been subjected to. But ere Susan could bestow further care upon them, tho madman had reviv ed, and commenced to kick at the door! He cursed and swore, and kicked with all his might, but the stout bar withstood all his efforts. The trembling woman dared not speak she could not. At length Armstrong gave up the effort,and went away. Susan ran to one of the win dows, and she saw him go into the shed. Whe he came out, he had an adz in his hand. And now the maniac swore that cvery head should be split open, if the door was not unbarred. Susan WJiter spoke not she only prayed to God that her husband might come. Soon the blows of the axe began to fall quick and hard up on the door. The mother shrank away to the side of her children, and listened. At length large splinters fell upon the floor of the cabin another hlow anoth er and the bar was cut in twain ! As the door flew o-ien, the frantic woman uttered one wild, picrcciiig shriek, and sank upon the bed, gathering her chil dren beneath her bosom. But bark ! What sound is that ? The heavy tread of the manic then another tread, light and bounding then a dull sound, as of a heavy blow, and then the quakin; of the cabin, as a ponderous body fell uKn the floor. "Susan! Wife!" ' She started up, and saw her hu-banil. She put forth her arms, and pale and cold, without power, without life, and sank upon his bosom. He laid her gent ly upon the bed, and then, with the cord which was still upon the floor, he secure ly bound the arms and ankles of the in animate maniac. When little Andrew could speak, he told his father all he could remember; but ere long Susan revived sufficiently to relate all that had transpired. At first, Peter Winter determined to ride Arm strong off to jail; but upon the second thought, he concluded to watch by him till he had recovered. And he iid so. On the third day the poor inebriate was sober, and able to walk ; and having told him all he had done, Peter opened his door and let him pass out. John spoke not a word, but with head bowed, and his hands clasped upon his brow, lit walked away. Just one year from that time, as Peter Winter and his family sat at supper, the cabin door was pushed open, ami a hunter entered. The children cried in terror, the boy clinging to his father, while the girl sought the protection of her mother. "Joint Armstrong!" uttered Peter, gazing up in a bold, frank, manly face. " Yes, Peter," the new-comer returned, while a convulsive shudder shook his hea vy from-. "It is old John ; but if you can ever lovo me again, tell your chil dren not to fear me. Tell 'em John Armstrong hasn't put liquor to his lips since the day they saw him last. And tell 'em loo, that he never will again, while he has life and sene. Tell 'em that Peter tell 'em that ! " On the next night, John Armstrong sat by the blazing fire, and the children were upon his knees. Their mother had told them how "uncle John "'had twice save her own and their lather's lives, and they forgot the terrible hour or his mad ness, in gratitude for his former good ness, and in the confidence which his present manhood inspired. - A Mm-. faallT . rrom the Rochester Express, Msy . J In 1856 the daughter of a Presbyteri an clergyman iu the center of this State who had been reared in the strict and rigid manner, proceeded to.Xew Haven, Conn,, to spend a month with friends durimr the College commencement sea son. While there, taking advantage of the new freedom from restraint afforded her, she carried on extensive flirtation: with the students and was ruined by a member of the Senior class. He per suaded her to leave her friends and re turn with him to Xew York, instead of going home. Singular to relate, she ap peared almost from choice to enter upon city dissipations and excesses until, be coming thoroughly hardened and de praved, a sister came on to visit her and persuaded her to go back to her father's home. Instead of doing so, however, the visitiar sister was aIo persuaded to remain and enter upon the same terrible life which her sister was leading. Since then the two abandoned women have allured their two younger sisters away frora the parental roo, and the four are now keeping what is known as a "tash ionalde bagnio" between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-eighth streets, on the ret side of the city. A more melancholy instance of the power of older upon younger members of a family never came to'notica. Parents unquestionably sometimes commit a mistake in bringing up their children under too rigorous regu lations, especially if they be strong pos itive n at are. A little boy was advised by his father to use illustrations in his converse when ever they should occur to him ; " for," continaed the parent, " there is no more forcible way of conveyinir or impreins your meaning." Shortly after the boy was DCiag iccuuvu or gcucrusui . ii" better to give than receive, Johnny far better. The Bible savs so, and I sav so." "Illustrate it, papa. I think I will un derstand yoa Better." Father could -not see the applkatioB- CaliJbrsia wines air imported to Japan. Tlr lila-Seae ef its rartwr firrat lea. Geerge Alfred Townsend has been col lecting some facts about the disfranchis ed rebels of the South, and of Virginia in particular, which he prints in the Chi cago Tribune. He estimates the whole number of the disfranchised now at 1G0, 000, some 15,000 having been exempted by act of Congress, and 10,000 by act of God that is by death. Virginia and North Carolina are each reckoned as hav ing 20,000, Georgia 18,000, Alabama 15, 000, Tennessee 14,000, South Carolina, Mississippi and Texas each l-,000, Lou isiana 10,000, Arkansas and Missouri each 8,000, and so on. He has much to say of the poverty of the once wealthy class of slave-holders, and believes that, as things now are, (reorgia is the rfclict of the reconstructed States. He thinks that but for the accident of a few push ing men being iu Georgia with capital, Virginia would still be the controlling State of the South. The only towns in the South which have developed since the war have been Atlanta and Itichiuund, the latter contriving to rebuild all it burnt district better than before; while Atlanta, chiefly through railroad projects nas risen troni a third rate southern town to one of the second rate cities. In Rich mond live three of the four richest men of Virginia, under the new onler of things; for it seems, there are but four men in the whole State who have the reputation of owning more than 8150, 000 in money, lands, or auv other prop erty. These men are Willfam T. South erlin of Danville, James Thomas of Kirh mond, Joeph Anderson ot Itiehniond, and Franklin Stearns of Richmond. Southerlin owns a number of hrst-clas tobacco plantations, and is a tobbaco manufacturer. He lives in one of the residences of the South, completed dur ing the war, and is supplied with g:w made upon his own premises. Thomas is worth about 8150,000, rather less than the Danville man. Anderson is 'worth half a million of dollars, and he made most of il during the war casting cannon. Frank Stearns is a native of New Kng hmd, and went to Richmond early in life as a canal digger, was loval through the war, and would never keep iu hi possession any rebel money, but took all the scrip he could get and planted it in the southern lands, so that when the war closed, and scrip was a little worse than brown paper, he posse-ncd all the laud of the rebels within fifteen or twenty miles of Richmond. In contrast with these men, we are told. of the old Senators, R. M. T. Hun ter and James M. Maou, who are iu poverty, llun'cr, who is now sixty-two, is living where he was liorn, on his es tate iu Essex county, on the west side of the Rappahannock river, filly miles from any town worthy the name, pos scsed of from two thousand to three thousand acres of land, and yet over whelmed with debt. Mason, who is a dozen years older, lives now three mile west of Alexandria, upon a farm of ""00 acres, demented in mind and perishing iu body. He spends his time sitting iu a large arm-chair, watching his chicken and pig-, and dictating letters to his eld est daughter who actsashisamauueusi-. Mason has just enough to relieve hi. cl using years from wants. He is too old and too infirm to have anything further to say about public atrair-, in which, of course, he still takes uu inte rest. James A. Sedden, rclicl secreta ry ol war, lives in Goochland county, tuid way between Clrirlottsvillo and Richmond. He has be.n quiet since the war, and practiced law in Ri'-hmond and the surrounding region. Thoma S. Bocock, now 59 years of age, live- in Lynchburg, and suffers somewhat from hi extravagant habits of life, in which he i- Miid to be exceptional, as the ma of leading Virginia iMiliticiatis were temperate men in eating and drinking, including even Henry A. Wise, who a hides now in a sctiiMuitatic state at Richmond, but is still a frugal liver. A more important -lerson than auyof thee is that brave fighter and capable officer, Gen. Malione who is at the head of the 'Virginia and Southern rail road sy-teni, a small, attenuated man, with the heart of a lion, who is looked iijhiii as one of the most jMiwerfiil men of the South. He figured iu one of the most terrible panics of the war, as for example at the blowing up of the fort below Peters burg, where he led the way into the hollow created to redeem the relilc line, but never carried a sword or jiitol dur ing the whole war and went at the head of his troops with nothing in hi i-octet- anil Homing in m iiauu-. in- hum wca-ioii was hi- indomitable nature and determination to Ire a leader. He -was too weak to wield a sword liad he po- sc-cd one, and he always forgot the pis tol. Mahone i- said to have been, until very recently, more of a republican than a democrat, but the continuation of par tisan government and federal interfer ence over the South ha- made him more bitter than he was five year- ago. In this resjKrct he is like a great many of hi brethren among the Southern rebel-, we suspect. Mr, Mima died slnal raree weeka ago. aa.ni A PoaTL.vx paer has the following: "Occasionally we meet upon the tnret a bright eved-rosy little woman, n-ua'dv accompanied by two children, one a fair little girl, and the other an apple mu inn ing urchin of six or eight years- Noth ing extraordinary about that ; thereby hang- a talc. At the time of thf -lf unplcasontnc.,' this little lady's loer wax a soldier, and wa do wn "willi Phil Sheridan in the Shenandoah where he lost a leg. Tho Iadv'n friend notified her that of oiurw she would regard the engagement as canceled, I shall do nothing of the kind,' site replied. 'What, marry a one-legjred man!" Of eonr-e I'm going to; why, bless your soul, if Uievd shot James all away and savtsi the leg, Td kac wLorrud tLU? Thank j heaven, be was not ml acre jto that, James has a good cork, a good aitaatiofi; two nice hahtM, and one of the traest and be; little wires in christcndoM." ftse TrMat-rtu tftM Age. What is happening to the old men ? According to established precedents they should retire, give themselves to contemplation, and leave the bu-y af fairs of life to a young race. That may have been the practice in ancient tittles, but in our dav thev hold fast to work. and rule the "w'drlif right loyally. Von Jlottke, quite tuvenile at seventy, plans and exe-iltes ich a campaign as modern ages have never witnes-ed; his sovereign. lough as oak at seventy-four, nutijhs it on tho field its' jauntily as a young'liieu teuatit. Von Roon, the Pru-sian War Minister, older than either tho General or King. directs from Berlin the marshaling ol no-is ami gathering ot supplies. Sorare these wonders confined to the German side of the controversy Theirs, at sev enty-five, flits with the vivacity of ahoy irom one can to the other, is a negotia tory of peace, and the executive head of the French Government. Of his associ ates, Diifaure, the Minister of Ju-titV, is seventythrje; (ruiiJt, King Louis Phil ippe's cx-.Mini-.ter, though past eighty, wrote book- with as much precision and force as when he occupied a professor's chair. In Kngland, where men are reckoned young till they are past fifty, splendid examples of vigorous old age have not lieen wanting, Palnterston, Lvudhiirst and Brougham, octogenarian-, all of them led jiuhlic opinion in Great lint ain to the end of their days, and died in the harness. It is said of the first of the three, that after a night in the Hou-c ot Commons, lie would be seen at dav light walking home at a pace which a young man could hardly equal. Thomas Carlyle, over seventy, abates nothing ol of his intellectual "vigor; while Lord John Russell, though creeping toward eighty, still attends to the L liner House of Parliament. Our own country, too, furnishes us -triking instances of hearty old age. Stewart, Drew and Vanderbilt, the money kings of this city, are old men, as the years are counted, but still hold firmly in their gra-p the great interest which they control. The grave has iust closed over Dr. Skinner, who nearly half a century ago, was famous as a preacher and of whom it may be said that to the hist " his eves waxed not dim, nor did his strength abate." Phy-iiilngist.- tell us that, with a grea ter prevalence of Jibe knowledge of the laws of health, the world may expect an increase ot the average duration of hit man life. Are we already reaping the fruit of this belter knowledge, in the pro longation of the vigor of the human spe cies ? The cases we have given are not of an old age enfeebled, retired and bare ly tolerated, but of age still bearing the armor militant, triumphant, tine could almost persuade himself that the golden era is near, and the-e splendid example are the first tokens of its approach. Metftmlht. A tatioas Ktorj. It i- -aid that some merchant- from IMieitici.t, once upon a time, which wa many hundred year- ago while taking a load of nitrate of soda by water to a distant market, lauded upon tb- bnuk of the river Belus. They isutlil f. no stone-to support the kettle- on which thsy wished to cook their food, mid ou this account brought blocks ot the nit rite of .-oda from their ship. L'lmn the-e block their kettles re-ted, while the tire beneath prepared the meal for th hungry, travelers. It did somthiug more than this, it incited the nitrate, cati-ing it to mix with the -and below, ami, as the -tory goes, the melted nitrate trail-formed the sand into a tr.iu-parcnt liquid, which on cooling becauie a hard, brittle, ami traii-parent solid gla. This, it is said, is the way in which tbi useful -ilb-tance wa- di-covered. But there are some things about ihi--tory that may spoil it- value. It i ve ry true that when snnd and nitrate of oda are melted together they make a colorlc and elegant gla -ometimes, but we find that it needs the heat of an intensely heated furnace to melt them at all. Now it In quite iiiirea-ouable to -iiiK'-e that a fire, in the ojien air, un der a kettle in cooking food, should give o great a heat an that. The story is a very curious one, and is told very solierly iu -omo excellent book-, litit'chcmiMsdcov the probability of its truth, and I wonfd not advise my young friends to believe it. AV-Tllic sToar. Another story is told of the'lsnwlites, wbo,"while captives in Kgypt, ct fire to a forest growing iion a aandy soil in which there were fllo licd of nitrate of soda. The iii-enc heat, the "tory trlU ti, incited the nitrate and wand into- a clear and limpid stream, which ran along the mountain loe likr water. This liquid, cooled, became tranajBtrt-nt gl-. The story goco on to say that tin 1 nwl-ite-, taking this hint, afterward did par-ttt-: what thry had done Iwfifre by ac cident, and that in, this way the find glaM wa made. If this try is a little less inconsistent thin the other, it's truth is but little le uncertain. Both may he looked upon a mere conjectures made by ancient wrilcm, just to fill op a gap where history was silent. The following advertisement of tbe tir-t steamboat that navigate! the Hud son, apten-d in the Albany Ovttr, September I at, lW: The steatnlioat North Hirer will leave Paalea Hook, Jerxy City, on Friday, 'Sept, 4th, at V o'clock" A, W and arrive at Albany on Saturday, at 'J o'cbcV r. B. (tood berth and arcomav-dations are pruvided. The charge, to each paasegcr is a follow : To New burgh, 93 ; tiwae-14 Isoer. To f-ta-hkrtMt, f4; timsr 17 Fkoan. To Kaoptta, IS; time, hocra. To Hadson, -' SO; time, hoars. To Alba.r, 17; time, V5 trtMra. n-s The Parms joamala declara, m '- of all toric to the contrary, thai l-as Napoleon ! now worth lfiJstaj((aB. TraaMes af WasMagtea tatctjr. A letter from Washington to the New York Woriit says : "In regard to tho recognised rolir of etiquette of acknowledging an inva tation to an entertainment by a call a few days afterwards there has arisen a dilemma lately about the proier mode of responding to Karl de Grey's tuvit:. tion to his reception. A- there is no la dy living in the hoit-e occupied by Earl do Gray and members of tb coiumi-ioit who came from Kngland, It Was quit puzzling to decide whether ladies might call and leave their cards at his houso after the reception, or whether calls oil Lady Ihoruton and I--vlv Macdonald would be the only acknowledgment ex petted. As u-ual, tbe riddle has beetf solved iu several ways; mime have left cards far Karl de 0ny; others havir called on the laJies just named; and others have done both, or intend to dtt lioth. Ktiiiuette i- otten a grievance and a bunion. A conipliraiiau arising from it is even now torturing the dipliH tnatie mind. The questiou lis to who ought to call on whom ha- never bee it definitely settled iu Washington, ainf vexed problems are perpetually arising. For instance, now there is much oven-iou fur heartburning, because it is nut cer tainly undcr-tood whether & high Com missioner ranks or equal- a Mini-(ei Pleni-votentiury, and whether the witit of a British Commisrioner belong to the diplomatic corps, and i- ainvuablv to laws of etiquette, or i- a di-tingui-hed visitor who may lie a law unto her-elf. The affair is regarded a- l" moment, ami is capable of living, n it sometime- is, an exciting topic fur di-eun.-ioii. The ladies who do not consider that they should call first on the High Commis sioner's wife, plend on their side the acknowledged rule that all ladies, except the wives of certain high officials Ih longiug to the Government, ahould, on arriving at Washington, make the ffr4 call on them. The ladie- vrli-r take tin' oppo-it view, hi this particular iiitatice cite the example of '. Ihtymnt' Now, 'l Itoytnne i- Madame Gcrolt, wife of Baron Gcrolt, who i- the Dean (or Doyen) of the diplomatic corp, and Baron Gcrolt, it npicar, advi-cd his wife to make the first (tll on a Commis sioner's wife its a di"tinguiilwstslrnnytwr. Usually, 'lit Ihtyrnnf' established a precedent, which the other ladW of tho coqis follow, but her action does uot appear tv Mdllo the present que-tioit. However, the foreign ladies are not tho onlv ones who tukc umbrage at not be ing called upon ; some of the 'Senate Indies' al-o feel keenly on the wulijatt, and express very devilled opinions. It is a good thing to be one of the '!, and not amenable to the laws of oaVW etiquette." ' te Mat asairnUaA The Ordnance Select Committee of Kng land in fa-ting about for improvement, met a proio-al to lire mountain guns off t'le buck- of mules that carried them. It was urged that this would obxi.ite the ncces-ily of dismounting the gun tnim the mule'- back, nud mounting it ou its carriage; u mountain gun could thtia come into in tion iu fir le time. Tbi projMis.tl was warmly taken up by the committee, who forttuvith pnxcedi-l to le-t il- feasibility. A mule or donkey wa procured, and a -mall gun tniM-! firmly to a cradle resting on the puck--addie, so that the muxzleof llie weapon iiointcd over the donkey'- tail. Tliaatf- mini, so the story goes, was then let I the mar-he- at WimiIwicIi. m-mnti: by the committee nud everal " bigwha' who were ultra' led by uch a novel M ieriment. i arrival nt the butt Hs gun was loaded, the donkey turned wtlfi hi- tail toward the earth mound, and tli" final preparation were m wle lor firing hy menu of a lanyard nud friction till-1, line of the committee, however remark--i-l that thi mode of tiring might jMd. bly derange the aim by the jerk on pull ing the lanyard. A ili-ciissinn followed. and it wn. finally arranged to fir tli gun by a picts of slow-match tiesl to the vent. Thi wa done, mid the match lg. uiti-l. Hitherto the ibinkey had taluit rather a sleepy interest In the pro-calling, but somehow lh' fizzing of tho match on his ba k caiol blot first. t prick up hi car-, then to lay ihem la-k and finally to begin to turn round. Thi committee wa thuiidertru k, and ske daddled Sri all direction ; the J"vrrUry threw himself flat on bi fae, therr was a moment of agonizing aupcn then bang; the shot ricochctting away in one, direction, while the wrelihcd donkey turned a complete om?rnll in the other. am a Tnr. .Srt-rr Tiiat Hebou-im abb. attt or. The young lady who rrjinswnte-I "Gerniaiiia in the pear-c pageant in New York J.n'l dr-o-l, after all- Th .SfVrgive the; reliable facts tlius? "Thr-mghout the prossioo with owe arm she leaned iip-oi a bugs- doubios-slg-ed aarorif, and the Other she di"'Ji with a gesture in strwt kesrjung with U artNlir ptdae- of brr brad. Her line fig ure w itx-finol lightly forward- ex pressive of constant vigilarsc-r. TfaW U-agi- attitude Mis Dop Icr prv-rrad, almost motion'e- for boars, while -t"fn miles of omp and pageantry bw- -ly w ended it way through the rrowdt'I trps-t. Sir wore on be-r bead siap'y a laare! wreath, and brr nerk, arm '! and aandclrd fewt were xpuscrl to the pfern'ne- ray of an aim sorr-id , which felt with asoal Terror sr ibe s-r-a-ai: After andc-rgoinu this heat, fssarfal faiigif, and ahuMt ends roattd of -ciunrent, the blooming Ufy sMUssaWsl tfc grand hail at liar Gcrmea A abfr rooms, ate a hearty, laaalantlal pf-r, di-aB iaaataerable jraBf lrr aoI Rbioe wiae, astatd aatU taaaal4arir-i, and 'wasjit feast wills tsW assy U lAw morning. Yrs)rTxlav, wtn-ts (. 1 aw- by tls rrpoT-trr, she eapu ns-sl atach aarri-eai ta rwyotXit Isrr lsBla'" The faoLiortab!- hysinaa of Carv Ken, i Tlsosaaa Monro, who MB awas from M f-fr-f-if-ic-ter In lVacisTMB--,ft-'. tar- year ago. 11.. T-ZXX2Sm