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THE JOURNAL
A. MORSE * SON, Publisher*.
RTVEH FALL*. - • WISCONSIN
THE NEWS.
Spanish Affairs.
A decree has promulgated at Madrid, sus
pending constitutional guarantees, and put
ting in force throughout Spain the law of
1870, for maintenance of public order.
The new Minister of the Interior, Garcia
Kins, haw ordered tbo publication of all
('arhat and lutransigente newapapna to be
stopped.
An armed rising of volunteers of liberty
took place is Saragossa on Sunday. It wan
incited by tho municipality. Alter eight
hours fighting the troops took two hundred
insurgent prisoners andcaptured six cannon,
and a large quantity of title* and ammunition.
The municipality baa dissolved.
Senor Caatelar, in a letter addressed to the
country, Buys ho must protest with all bis
energy against the recent brutal coup d'etaf.
He concludes : “ My conscience will not per
mit me to associate with demagogues, and
conactence and honor retuse to accept a situa
tion created Uy bayonets.”
Several members of the majority which
voted against Csstelar now approve of the
stand he has taken. Tl.< capitol is quiet, but
there are rumors of disturbsuce in Valladolid.
Tbe overthrow of the- < mb lai ministry bas
been farorably received in Havana. Tho Cas
ino Espauol is espec ally jubilant. The vol
unteer* are in fever ol a monarchy. The crown
on the sterna of Spanish vessel* in tbe har
bor, which were painted over when the repub
lic was in vogue, are now being regilded.
Tbe imperial Spanish coat-of-arms ha* again
been placed in the palace <d the Captain-
General.
Tbe East.
A lai'.ol number of working men nanembled
in convention at New York on the sth, to de
nounce tbe Board cf Assistant Aldermen in
fading to order the heads of departments to
have all work done by day labor instead of by
contract. The Chairman urged tho working
men to come to the front and hold their own
against, swindling politicians who wanted to
keep them in starvation. A committee of five
was appointed to wait on the Mayor and
Comptroller, but on marching to the City
Ball they were refused admittance. A large
demonstration is proposed, to be composed
of al) the unemployed in th ■ eity, and march
to tho City Hall and pass in review before the
Mayor.
The Boston G»Z‘ tte publish'.* a stat, mi nt
of H. H. Jackson, .Secret Service agent oi the
Treasury Denartme t, to tbe effect t.iat be
was employed by the Governin' nt, two years
ago, to ferret out fraud* relative to Jordan,
Marsh A Co.
The Supreme Court of the United Htat-s
ha* giv-u a decision in favor of Goo. (j.
Marcy, of Boston, confirming the validity of
forty thousand dollar* worth ot Illinois reg
istered town bonds isam d in aid of the Grand
frunk Railroad. The #wn attempted io
avoid paying interest on th- bon.ls. alleging
that they were illegally i .-urd.
J s.v'V. Canrwhighr, 01.0 of the receiver*
ot the Boston Hide and Leather Insurance Co.,
has been sentenced to six mouths’ imprison
ment, by Judge Devens, of the Massachusetts
Nupreme Com t, for not complying with an
order of the court to pay back fl.),M>s which
he drew from the assets or the company a*
compensation for his services, Cartwright
has appealed to the full Bench.
Tux Erie Canal is now c luidetily closed
locking up about 3,WiO.HW bushels <f grain,
which will have to r»msin all wiu;<r. In this j
amount is included marly 1.50V,000 bushels ot 1
wheat.
At> explosion of 2UO pounds of giant pow-i
der occuned in the Oregon nun., near Aus
tin, Nev., on Saturday. Two miuei*, Ueogau
and Ryan, were instantly killed, and over 200 1
het of the shaft destroyed. Grogan s body
wss not recovered. A miner nan ed Bioderi 'k
was terribly injured.
I nr. iron bridge ovet th. Missouri river at 1
Boonesvtfle is finished.
A New Yorn company, owning valid state
charters. under which a direct ra Iroad has
Iw located from New York city to Omaha,
ha* requested the House Comm ttee on Rail
road* to rec<.mm< nd a bill granting them a
National charter over the same me. The
road run* through Illinois on tlu> charter cd
the Muscatine, K< wanes and <ire.it Eastern
Kailroad Ibe eompat y ask lor a subsidy of
*22,000 per mile, in guaranty of the bonds,
and tbeinipcrtatiou, toe of duty, of all the
iron and steel u-cesaaiy fir its construction,
Ihe committee will not i- port in fav,.r of the
subsid
Tib' West
Tni California Legislature offt-i•> >15,000 tor
the capture of Vaiqtna atvl bin gang.
KHALL-rox is on the increase in Han Frau
cisco.
Tib funeral ot Gt n. B. J. Hwcet took place
at Lombard, HI., on Monday, in the pmenca
of a Urg' g itln ring <>l personal friend*. Her.
Robert Collyer pr< aid« d.
The psuplt of Kingston. Fresno county, ■
Cal., are afraid of Vaaqmz and lu« gang, and
keep a strong guard con .autlv over th. coun
ty treasurer.
The schooner Elida, tr< in Cooe Hay, for Kan
Francisco, is reported loet with all on board.
Number of <rrw and |>i-.ong Itt tbnty.
The wreck was seen a short uietane ■ north of
Ran Frandaco harbor, by |>«<>plt- of th t irk
Brontes, bottom up.
Toe stock of provision* in St Lmi* is as
follows: Pork. 19.5‘R) bairels; lard. 21.0 m
tieices; dry-salted meats, about tM.oot'.oot)
pounds ; bams an I shoulders in sw< ct pick!',
about 800,000.
Is Near Albany, Ind., ou Wednesday, John
Farkur, a carpenter, shot bis wife through
th* head, and blew hie own brains out. Bar
ker disci instantly. It is understood that do
mestic infelicity wae the cause.
A TELkOBAM from Paola, Kansas, states that
some fiends removed a rail from the track ol
the Missouri River and Gulf Railway, between
Barnard and Lacygue, by which a freight
train with eight loaded car* and the engine,
hound northward, were ditched, on Wednes
night, killing the fireman and badly injn< ing
•be conductor, engineer and breketnan.
At Large.
•v long existing between the
' and other patents for
''Ug of power by
'wghouee Air
•• West-
elusive right for the air-brake and other pur
poses on railway trains.
Hr...„i Clew* A Co. resumed their banking
bminesH in New York on Monday, announcing
tin fact in a circular, i:i which they warmly
thank their creditors for their forbearance-,
and declare the ir readiness to pay all obliga
tions in full.
Bishop Wilmek, of Louisiana, represents
that many people are starving in that state.
Tut estimates of the lighthouse board have
been cut down 11,000,000, leaving them one
half the sum submitted at the beginning of
tbe session.
ir seems certain that no appropriations will
be made tins session to < stabhsh new harbors.
Persons who camo here to secure such appro
priations have abandoned their put pose.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton and Indianapolis
tram ian over a broken rail about a half mile
west of Brownsville, on Thursday, throwing
the rear car downs small trestle about ten
feet in height, overturning a coach, killing
Mr. Cluster and child, of Middletown, 0., and
John Lines, ot Cornersville, Ind.,and injuring
eight or ten others.
The Rev. J. E. Bpaulding, D. I , pastor ot
Kt. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, and
Binhop-elect ol Colorado, Wyoming and New
Me xico, was duly consecrated on Wednesday,
at his church.
It is said that tho Central Railroad of Now
Jersey i* about to reduce tho pay of its em
ployes 15 per cent.
An association has been formed at New
York for taking into consideration various
questions relative to m< teorological reforms
and the adoption of a tinivi red system of
weights aud measures and values.
The Chamber of Commerce of San Fran
cisco on Tuesday received a report ot the
committee appointed to consider the question
of the regulation ot railroad fares and freights
by legislative enactment. The committee re
commend* the creation of a Board oi Transac
tion, a railroad police, and the passage of an
act to prevent extortion and unjust discrimin
ation >y railroad companies. The report in
cludes a series of questions propounded to
Stanford by the committee, and his answers,
wherein he declares generally the policy and
practices of the Central Pacific Railroad.
Washington.
A Washington dispatch states that a defi
nite attack upon the entire civil service sys
tem is contemplated. A prominent Eastern
representative has <ltcid< d to make a test case,
to determine the legality and constitutionality
of the system
The Treasury Department will favor such
a modification of the custom laws .is wilt ex
clude all custom officials from participating in
the informers* shares, except actual informers.
The decision ot the Solicitor of the Treas
ury, that rluti* s should be r. funded on fruits
Reported from tropical ecuntries, will take
M'.'O.OOO from th>- Treasury.
The Attorney-General rec mini'.nd* 'lilt
pardons be issued to John B. Wright and
Georgo W. W iters, convict' d at Pittsburg,
over six years ago, of counterfeiting, and im
prisoned nt Alleghany City, in the Western
I’emtt ntiary.
Ir is proposed to ri peal t'ie law of 1789 au
thorizing tbe Prerub nt to appoint a t’hief Jus
tie.' of the Suptetm. Court, and to have the
powet to select a Cb'cf Justice, under the Con
stitution. with the numbers of the courts.
The feeling tn lavor of the change is gaining
ground in high official circles, and Republican
.Senators and Reprcsen atives express them
selves in favor of it.
Jimvs I’. Raheb, ot the Internal Revenue
Bureau, has be< n sent by tin Commi-siouer to
Raleigh, N. C., wfth instruction' to institute
proceedings against certain revenue officials
on charge* ot forgery alleged to have been
committed against the Internal Revenue Bu-
re*u.
A KEMoBIAL to Congress fia < been pn pared
tn behalf of the widow <d Jo*<ph B. Lupsker,
au American citizen of New York, who wa*
murdered in Fern some three tear* since and
robbed of fIO.IHMI to *15,1810 by* Major in the
Peruvian army and t in. i of Police of the city
ol Poll*, and nephew ol the late President of
Peru, the murder oecuired while I? ipsker
was was under the protection of that officer •
Th lUglt our State Department has bad a long
correspondence <>u tin* subject, a* yet the Pe.
ruviau authorities have made no reparation.
Foreign.
A uiepAicn to the London New - from Vienna
say* it i* expected that Baton Hchwarz Zen
hoin. Director of tfie Universal Exposition,
will be appointed Ambassador to Washington.
A dispatch from tbe City of Mt xico uvs tbe
firat Methodist church ha- bet u opened there.
Intelligence ba* been received that the
steamship Elbe, bound from Loudon to Ham
i burg, wa* lost at sea, and that thirty-two of
i those on board perished.
There is a complete rupture in tween Pres
ident Caatelar au I Salmeron, President ot the
I Cortes. There ts some excitement in Madrid,
but the success of the Government in tbe
i Cortes is considered certain.
Advices from Cape Coa-t Castle to [>.. ■ tu
ber 15 report that the Aehsiitv. s were driven
across the river Prab, re-entering their own;
tvrritory in great disorder. They lit a Luge
number of dead and wounded on the bank of
the river. Holsiey is in pursuit with five hun
dredsailors. The troop ships Hiuulaya and
Tamar have armed. Everything was ready
tor au advanco upon Coouiaasiv. The gold
coast was very unhealthy.
Mai k I'mini un<l the lutites.
Murk Twain, nt a public dinner in
London, recently, responded to the
toast " 1 he Ladies," and in the course
of his remarks said; “Ah, you re
member, you renumber well, what a
throb ot pun, what a great tidal wave
of grief, swept over us all when Joan
lof Ate fell ut Waterloo. (Laughter I
Who does not sorrow for the loss of
Sappho, the sweet sniper of hruel ?
(Laughter.l AAtio among us does not
miss the gentle ministrations, the soft
ening influences, the humble piety of
Lucrezm Borgia I (Laughter.) Who
cun join in the heartless hb. l that
woman is extravagant in dress whi n we
can look back and call to mind <ur
simple and lowly-mm.led Mother 1',,,
•irraye 1 in her modification of the
Highland costume I"
At Rivals, France, sonic verv vil
liable relies have just bc->n found A
workman has dug up a ia-e containing
mnny gold pieces of the times ot the
Roman Emperors. Other vanes have
been discovert*.!, end it is reported that
there are more than P*u mil.ion coins
concealed tn the neighborhood of th.
ancient city. Nearly one million have
already been dug up The proprietor
of the land claims the treasure as do
also the workmen and the state.
Lavra Fair has selected a Ran Frau
cisco lawyer as her next husband.
An Australian Swamp.
BY J. B. O’REILLY.
In that strange country's heart, whence comes
the breath
Of hot disease and pestilential death,
Lie leagues of level swamp, that from the hills
Seem stretching meadows; but the flood that
fills
Those valley basins has the hue ot ink,
And dismal doorways open on the brink,
Beneath the gnarled arme of trees that grow
All hath hh to the top, from roots below
The Lethe flood ; and he who enters there
Beneath their screen »»es rising, ghastly bate,
Like mammoth bones within a charnel dark,
Tie white and ragged stems of paper bark.
That drip dow- moisture with a ceaseless
drip,
From lines that run like cordage of a chip ;
For myriad creepers struggle to the light,
And twine and mat o'erliead in murderous
tight
For lite and sunshine—like another race
That wais on brethren tor the highest place.
Between the water and the matted screen
Tho bald head vu.tines, two and two, are
seen
In dismal grandeur, with revolting face
Ol foul grotesque, like spirits of the place ;
Ami now and then a spear-shaped wave goes
by,
Its apex glittering with an evil eye
That sets above its enemy and prey,
As from the water m a treacherous way
The black auako winds and strikes the ob
scene bird,
Whose shriek like wading on the hill is heard.
BLUER THAN HE BEEMER.
A quaint old town was Hereford. Its
buildings were antiquated and its in
habitants (dung so tenaciously to the
traditions of their forefathers that no
more obstinate or exclusive set of land
owners could be found in the shire.
Scarcely more than two thousand
souls comprised the population, but
what they lacked in numbers was bal
anced bv the extreme respectability of
those who lived and carried themselves
as little lords among the tenantry.
Hereford had its banking-house. To
be sure, it was a diminutive appendage
of the big concern in Liverpool, but
Mr. Sandhurst Tipton, M. I’., resident
partner, presided over its dignity and
lived in the old brick mansion at the !
top of the hill, screened from vulgar
gaze by the heavy yew trees that
formed a cordon about his retreat.
Hereford also had its established
church and its good vicar, Dr. Stole,
who, though an anstera man on tbe
church homilies, could, nevertheless,
at times be as decorously jolly as the
worst of his parishioners, and was a
tough rider when the hounds were in
full cry.
The family of Mr. Sandhurst Tipton
consisted of liis wife and two daugh
ters. The former was a tall, stern
looking lady, with enough dignity to
have satisfied the most exclusive aris
tocrat ; while the daughters, Augusta
and Cecily, to the disgust of their
parents, most unaccountably had im
bibed notions altogether too plebian
for their nat on aud birth It was Mrs.
Tipton who had insisted on their being
educated abroad, and it had ever since
been to her a source of lamentation,
and her more astute husband, who had
opposed the scheme, but nevertheless
1 yielded to his wife’s wishes, never fail
ml to remind her that the consequence
was the result of her own folly.
Mrs. Tipton knew this full well,
therefore she never sought to gainsay
its truth, only she extenuated her mis
take as best she could, reminding hei
lord that she was educated at the same
institution whither she had sent her
daughters, and had come out sang
reproche.
Precept and expostulation seemed
lost upon these wilful girls, and they
only laughed at the lectures they re
ceived, frequently replying by some
club-house phrase they obtained, heaven
knows whore. Two London seasons
had failed to eradiet the blemish of
their characters, and now Mr. Tipton
and wife had resigned themselves to the
unhappy conviction that they must
patiently endure that which they could
not cure.
The sisters were out one day on
horseback, and, as was their custom,
they were unattended by an escort. '
Augusta, who was a dashing horsewo
man, was riding near the edge of a
wood that was bounded by a thick
thorn hedge. On the opposite side
wm a young man who had fallen
asleep reading a book, which was
lying on the greensward. At a banter
from Cecily, Augusta put her horse at
the hedge and leaped him clean over
it. A cry of pain immediately fol
lowed, aud the young sleeper sprang
to Ins feet, then staggered and fell,
with his forehead rut open by the hoof
of Augusta Tipton's horse.
The daughter of Sandhurst Tipton
posseaaed a courageous mind. She
neither screamed nor wept at the con
sequence of her unfortunate prank.
“Tie your horse aud climb over here
this instant," she called to her sister .
“ I believe I’ve killed a poor fellow.
How perplexing this is, to be sure."
She had sprung from her saddle, and
knelt beside the bleeding man, while
he was all unconscious of the fair tin
gers winch were twisting a cambric
handkerchief about his temples.
Cecily, in conformity to her sister's
summons, had scrambled through the
hedge, aud was doing what she could
to bring the stranger to consciousness.
“ He is handsome—don’t you think
so, (hissyshe asked, gazing on his
pah* face.
Her sister made no reply, but clutch
ed at t > naigrttfe it to
his nostrils.
It happemd that Cecily nf that mo
ment spied a letter lying on the
ground near the book. In au instant
she ha.l caught it up, and with womanly
curiosity was examining thesunersenp
tion. It was post marked Brussels,
and was diieeted to Moua. Louis Bor
nivr. London.
Cecily pressed her hand upon het
brow, ur H in thought, and then
liaided the letter to Augusta. The
latter looked sharply at the superserip
tion, and then t rim i ked “On!
that s it. How strange.'
“ Where did you hear that name?'’
naked Cehly. “ I am auro we have
conio iiciosh if somewhere."
“In the newspaper." replied l.cr
sister. “ Pon't you remember, n few
day* since, the announcement of Count
Bernier's son Iwiug implicated in that
French plot, and the flight of vonng
Beinivr to Belgium t"
True enough." responded her aia
ter. “ Wouldn't it be romantic if our
stranger and young Bernier were ident
i j'al f ’
Augusta pushed the letter in the
young man’s pocket none too soon, for
he opened his eyes and gazed languidly
at his fair companions.
“ Do you feel much pain ? ” inquired
Augusta. “J really cannot express my
sorrow at having been the author of
your accident. [1 is very strange you
did not bear us.”
“ I was asleep, mademoiselle,’’ he
replied, in a low voice that had just
enough of the French accent in it to es
tablish his nationality.
A half hour later and the sisters
were sitting beneath a tree with Louis
Bernier telling them the story of hislife.
In one of the houses in the out
skirts of Herefvrd, Louis Bernier had
found a temporary home with a stout
yicman named Perry Hawks. There
were very many reasons why he desired
obscurity at that moment, and not the
least of which was to keep his father,
the Count, in ignorance of his wherea
bouts. He therefore gave an assumed
name, when occasion required it, and
had not Augusta boldly charged him
as being the sou of Count Bernier, and
having to fly his country, it is proba
ble lie never would have revealed him
self. But the positive and unexpected
manner of Augusta Tipton had taken
bun at a disadvantage, and he surren
dered at discretion, only stipulating
tnnt if they ever met in the presence
of others they should know him as Mr.
Lewis.
Shortly alter the event just narrated,
a young man named Lewis appeared at
the bank of Mr. Tipton aud deposited
several thousand pounds, at the same
time presenting a letter of introduction
from one of his London friends, who
spoke ot Lewis us the son of a distin
guished genthuan, residing abroad.
The banker offered Mr. Lewis the hos
pitality of bis house, and invited him
to dine.
Lewis’s complexion was habitually
pale, but on the present occasion it was
whiter than usual, and the newly
healed seam across his forehead was
■ still visible in a crimson line. His in
troduction must have caused Augusta
I and Cecily some secaet amusement. Be
that us it msy, they never by look or
: sign betrayed the thoughts that passed
through their minds.
Every small community seems to be
alHieted with one or more peisons
whose chief business seems to be in
discovering facts regarding their
neighbors hitherto unknown, and then,
without loss of time, proclaiming them
to the discomfiture of those concerned,
in the person ot Tom Delong, Hereford
had one of those enterprising individ
uals. Moreover, he was the nephew
of Sandhurst Tipton. Tbe banker had
for years set his face against his neph
ew’s manner of life, but as “blood is
thicker than water,” lie could not east
oft his dead sister's child, so Tom bail
a carte blanche to his uncle's house,
where he never failed to disgust his
aunt and her husband by his slang of
the race course ami prize ring—in his
estimation two of England’s most val
ued institutions.
Mr. Tiptou was sitting in his room
at the bank when Tom entered.
“Good day, uncle,” he said, fling
[ itig hixpself down carelessly on a sofa.
Air. Tipton raised his eyes, and wel
' coined his nephew in a commonplace
way.
“ Who was that fellow you had up
to the house at dinner the other day I ”
“ I am not aware that I had any * fel
low,’ ’’answered the banker, with some
severity of tone.
“Oh, you object to the term, you
do ?” replied Tom; “let me qualify by
calling him chap.”
“ Quite as objectionable as you
previous expression, sir,” responded
his uncle. “If you refer to Mr.
L"wis, who has deposik I in this,
bank, and who brought me a letter of
introduction from my friend Colonel
Branford, I request you to speak
of him with more respect.'’
“Branford! Branford!" replied
Tom, “why that’s the name of the
shooter who used to stop with you
so often a few years past. By Jove,
I knew 1 had heard the name some
where, you notice his death in the
Mail."
Mr. Tipton started from his seat and
grasped the paper. Sure enough. Col.
Branford had fallen dead at his club.
Verdict apoplexy. So sudden was the
news that the banker felt sick ami was
obliged to swallow some wine. Bran
ford and himself had been school fel
lows ; in a few days he was to have seen
him.
“ What were yougeing to say regard
ing Mr. Lewis, Thomas ?" said the
banker.
“ I was simply going to state that J
have good reason to doubt that he is
what he represents himself, and per
haps if I give you my reason you'll
come down from that high horse you
are on and listen with more attention
to what J have to say. Please tell me
the day Mr. Lewie, as you call him,
| dined with him."
“Let me see." replied the banker,
running over the days iu his mind, “ It
was last Friday week."
“Friday is an unlucky day to bet on
a horse, whatever it may be on a man.
Friday week, hey : Well, Uncle Sand,
for a week or more previous to liis in
troduction to my cousins, they had
met him every few days, and as far as
they were concerned 1 don't think an
introduction was at all necessary.”
"How dare you make such an asser
tion I” cried the banker, springing to
his feet, and confronting his nephew
with face alternately white and red.
“ Because 1 interrupted the meeting
myself," replied Tom, with the utmost
coolness: “ami I dare assert anything
I know to be true; but if you don't
believe it, why. of course, it don't make
any difference to me. (lood-by, 1 and
he arose to leave.
“Stay 1 ’ responded Ins uncle, “tell
me all about it."
Tom s< ated himself again, and gave
a detailed account of the times ho had
seen \ngu-ta and Cecily met t Lewis.
Each time thvv inn mar the scene of
the accident by the wood. Tom never
heard any conversation Ifofween them ;
he was tip among the trees getting
grubs to go tishiug,
Mr. Tipton left the bank eatlicr than
usual th it day, ami on hisarrtval home
bis daughter* were summoned to his
presence ami requested to give an ex
planation of tin ir previous acquaint
ance with L« wis.
In a short, decisive way. Augusta
.related the accident that occurred on
leaping the hedge, and frankly admit
ted that both herself and Cecily had
met Lewis even as Tom Delong had
reported.
“Then why did you not mention it?
At least, wiiy did you let me suppose
you were strangers when I brought him
to my house? Explain that, if you
please.”
“ I cannot do it,” replied bis daugh
ter, “at least, without violating his
confidence.”
“His confidence,” sneered her fa
ther.
“Ho! it lias come to that, has it,
That will do.”
Mr. Lewis received a short, curt note
through the post, in the handwriting
of Sandhurst Tipton, requesting a sus
pension ot his visits to the house, and
declining any intercourse except upon
business.
By the same mail came a foreign let
ter for Lewis (whose retreat, it seems,
had been discovered,) giving him intel
ligence of the death of bis father, and
requesting bis return to France, bis
family having secured his pardon from
the governor.
Notwithstanding the vigilance of Mr.
Tipton and Tom Delong, Augusta and
Lewis had a final interview; then he
was seen no more.
A year had passed away, and Mr.
Tipton had ceased to remember Lewis,
when be one day received a letter from
the British Ambassador at Paris, in
forming him that Count Bernier, a dis
tinguished nobleman, at that time in
the King's service, was about to visit
England, and that he would have the
pleasure of giving him a letter of in
troduction to Mr. Tipton.
The banker read the communication
with feelings of pleasure. It was al
ways gratifying his vanity to be the
recipient of such communications. His
wife, to whom he exhibited the letter,
at once began to plan a match for her
daughter Augusta. The latter indulged
in such hearty screams of laughter that
the propriety of her mother was
shocked.
It was arranged that a grand dinner
should be given in honor of the Count’s
arrival. A malicious smile was ever
playing upon the lips of Augusta,
which both her father and her mother
attributed to a wrong motive.
In his old accustomed seat at the
bank Sandhurst Tipton was sitting
some months afterwards, when the
card of Count Bernier was handed him.
“ Show him up immediately,” cried
the banker, springing toward the door.
The next moment he had mechanic
ally grasped the hand of the Count,
and the two stood regarding each other
in slenee. At length Sir. Tipton spoke:
“ How is this ? I believe lam look
ing upon Mr. Lewis ?”
The Count smiled, and, sitting down
by the banker, explained all that was
mysterious in his first visit to Here
ford, and completely satisfied the
banker of the propriety of all his ac
tions.
Before leaving the bank Count Ber
nier had obtained Mr. Tipton's consent
to propose to his daughter.
“ Comedown stairs,” cried the bank
er, as he arrived at the door, absolute
ly forgetting for the moment his de
corum, “ come down here and see an
old acquaintance.”
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
A few weeks later there was a grand
time at the Tipton mansion ; every one
was jolly, and none more so than Dr.
Stole, as he fussed and fumed about
the rooms. Augusta was to marry a
nobleman, after all. Her mother's cup
of joy almost ran over. Tom Delong
was there, but he did not call the Count
a “ fellow,” and suspended his slang
phrases, except in'one solitary instance.
When his aunt asked him what he
thought of the ceremony, he replied,
“ Well, the parson gave them a fair
start, and, I think, on a square beat
Gussy will come out ahead.”
A Mrange Country*
The tract of country known as the
Slate Hauge Valley is probably one of
the most curious that Southern Cali
fornia can boast of. It is there the
immense deposits of borax were dis
covered something like a year ago, and
at the time the whole lower or central
portion of the basin was covered with
a white deposit, breaking away in some
places in large soda reefs, in others
resembling the waves of the ocean, and
in still others stretching out for miles
in one unbroken level, from which the
sun reflected its rays with a glare al
most unendurable. But one of the
most singular features in connection
with this section was the absence of
rain or moisture ; the days were sunny
and hot, the nights without dew, and
generally warm. For more than five
years, it is said, by those who claim to
know, there had been no rain there, un
til some three months since the spell was
broken. Suddenly, and with scarcely
any warning, rain commenced to fall,
anil for thirty hours it came down
steadily but unceasingly, uuaecotupa
med by wind, but yet a thorough
drenching rain. For two or three days
it remained pleasant, when suddenly a
water spout was seen winding its way
through the valley. It came in a zig
zag course across the upper end of the
lake, striking the range of hills on the
east side and coursing rapidly along
them. The canyons and gorges were
soon tilled with water, which poured
from them in fearful volume and spread
itself out tip >nthe bottom. In a short
time it was over, and denizens of the
locality now look for another dry sea
son of five years. The borax company
now iu operation there are said to be
doing well, and another set of works
on n small scale will probably go in
within a short time. I’hirty five hnn
dred pounds of the refined article were
recently shipped to San Francisco, and
ten tons of crude material.—/.ox .In
ffr /.j prtHK,
tr has been finally arranged that
there shall be an International Con
gross of Orientalists m London next
year. The sittings of the Congress
are fixed to take place in April. A
large number of Continental scholars
have giv« u in their adhesion to the
scheme, more than fifty from France
having announced their intention of
being present. The Oriental scholar*
of Oerm my do not favor the project.
As English wag says that •• machin
ery wheels are so modest taat they gen
erally travel in cog. "
Congressional Summary.
Senate.
IuESDAi, January 6.—Mr. Bucking
ham'. free bunking bill was referred to the Finance
< ommitlee Mr. Morrill, from the Finance Com-
rnittce, reported back the resolution introduced by
' biU abolGhma* l .w ,cM “ R lb ’ t committee to rejiort a
from tie Empe “r of Ru ” la acC6l ± ‘ A. r « Bnt
Commlt.ee
Mr. Morton’. biU autbortitni
that have decided to reduce
withdraw, pro raU proportion of l“Sd? ±
Uriiiß their own circulating note, or doiSltiM
lawful noney of the United State, in the
provided by law—A bill wus Introduced Lnd r“
furred authorizing the President ot tbe United
Mates to request the republic, of Hayti to Indemni
fy Antonio reliefer, for Ins Imprisonment, aiiolia
tion and damage., amounting to |613,800 A*tb«
expiration ot the morning hour, the bill to raped
the act ot March 3, 1H73, Increasing tbe
salaries, WM taken np and debated by
Senators Flanagan, Edmunds, Conkling and Car
penter. The latter stated thai bo could ace no rea
eon now why the bill should bo repealed, except
oue, th it is, the people demand it. The theory to
day, and a very proper one, is, that the people gov
ern through their servants ; and, as tbe governing
power of this country, the people have a right to do
what they pleas-, wise or unwise. If thia bill
should be submitted to the people of Wisconsin to
day it would be repealed by a vote of five to one.
Hl- regarded him-elf as their agent on the floor of
tbe Senate, and should cast .vote which he believed
the people of Wisconsin would cast. And further,
he would vote to put the repeal back Just as far as
the Constitution would allow him.
House.
Mr. Coburn introduced a bill for ths construction
of a ship canal around Niagara, and st the mouth
of the Mississippi, which was referred.—Also an
amendment to the Constitution in relation to the
election and appointment of officers, which was
also referred Mr. Bypbor offered a resolution
directing the Secretary of War to issue army rations
in such quantifies as may be necessary to keep
poor people in certain portions ot the South from
actual starva ion Referred The supplement-
ary civil rights bill then came up, and
speeches were made by Messrs. Dunham, Blount,
bright, Herndon, Whitehead and Buckner against,
and Messrs. Elliott, Monroe and Lawrence in favor
of its passage. rhe nav *1 appropriation bill was
then reported to the House, and made the special
order for next Tuesday. The bill appropriate.
<l6,s6o,Bsl.—Adjourned.
Senate.
Monday, January s.—The President of the
Senate laid before that body a flatement of tbe
amount of compensation received by Senators since
the organization of the government. Mr. Edmunds,
from the Judiciary Committee, reported back the
House bill to repeal the bankrupt law, with sundry
amendments, and recommended that with such
amendments the bill be passed. Several resolu-
tions were of - red and adopted.— Mr. Allison In
troduced a bill to regulate and facilitate commerce
across navigable rivers forming the boundary of
states. It provides that all railway bridges across
such rivers shall be declared public highways, and
shall be equally open to the use of every railway
having a terminus at or near said bridge, upen
the payment to the owner of such bridge and
tbe approaches thereto of a reasonable com
pensation under limitations and conditions
which the bill in detail prescribes. The
House bill to establish the compensation of
Senators. Repriscntativis and Delegates, was taken
up and discussed until the expiration of the morn
ing hour, when the resolution reported from the
Committee on finance, before the holidays, de
claring it to be the duty of Congress at the present
ses-ion to adopt definite measures to redeem the
pledge made by the government for tbe earliest
practicable redemption of the United States notes in
coin, came up as the regular order, and Mr. Bogy
addressed the Senate.—Afterwards the considera
tion of the salary bill was resumed, and o eupied
the remainder of the session.
House.
The session of the House, after the vacation,
was resumed at noon, with a pretty full attendance
of members, and with detßely crowded galleries.
Bills were introduced: For the appointment of a
commission of three persons on the subject of
wages, hours of labor, and division of profits be
tween labor and capital; for a uniform system of
railroad tiansportation in tbe United Blates; to
provide a uniform currency, and for the retirement
of national bank notes, and the substitution of
3 65-100 bonds; to regulate services in the collection
j of customs at various ports of entry, and abolishing
mottles to public officers; to create a National
Hoard of Trade, and prescribe its duties; to pro
hibit the creation of deficiencies in the public ser
vice; to legalize a pontoon railroad bridge across
the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien; requir
ing the Attorney General to prosecute suits
for payment to the Government of in
terest paid for the pacific Railroad Company.
Wheeler, of New York, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported the Army Appropriation
Bill, appropriating <28,419,816, which was made the
special orde r for Tuesday next. Tbe House then
resumed the consideration of the Supplemental
Civil Kights Bill. Speeches were made by Messrs.
Nye and Hausier in favor, and Messrs. Stephens, of
Georgia, and Mills in opposition.——The Kpeiker
aid before tbe house a message from the President
u reference to the steamer Virgmius, after which
he House adjourned.
Sot hern ami Dundreary.
Here is an interesting reminiscence,
related by the veteran actor, Mr. C. VV.
Couldock • “In 1859, just after the
terrible panic, I was playing in New
York city with Laura Keene. Bothern
was with us. One day Miss Keene
handed me the new play, “ Our Amer
ican Cousin.” I was assigned the part
of Abel Murcott. It was then a prom
inent part —had not been cut down to
what it now is. I took the play and
read it. I considered it a Y nkee farce,
and said I wouldd’t play in it. Sothern
came storming Into my room and said
he wouldn’t play Dundreary. We de
dared we’d throw up our engagements
Then Miss Keene came about to pacify
us, and begged us not to leave her.
She said we could change the parts to
suit ourselves. She would not hear to
our throwing up our engage
ments. The play was to run
only a week, and she thought it
would be a hit. Finally we yielded.
Well, when Sothern came upon the
stage as Dundreary for the first time,
he happened to sneeze, and the audi
ence laughed So he introduced
sneezing into his part. A night or two
afterward he happened to trip over a
piece of carpeting ar he was coming up
on the stage, and the audience laughed.
So he introduced the skip that causes
so much merriment. Again, he forgot
Ins part one evening, and stammered.
The people roared with laughter. Aftei
that Dundreary was a stutterer. He
-tumbled into the veiy eccentricities
that have made his fortune. I’m glad
lie’s doing so well. You know it’s a
mark of genius to avail one’s self of
an op|x>rtnnity when that opportunity
presents itself. That s the secret of
friend Sothern'a success.”
Peculiarities of Lignum Vila*.
Lignum Vita* is a well known hard
and heavy wood of America; its weight
is 71.8. its specific gravity is 1.144.
When first cut it is easily worked, but
become* intensely hard on exposure to
air. The wool is cross-griuned, and
contains a quantity of resin, which
makes it very durable in water. It is
used in machinery, wherever much
friction is required, and wherever
hardness and strength are necessary
The fibrous structure of the wood is
very r< markable, the fibres crossing
earn other very obliquely: it can
hardly 1 e split, and can only be divid
ed by the saw ; its fracture resembles
more that of a mineral than ordinary
wood. Chips will burn readily from
the amount of resin they contain.
Tin? monument which Disraeli has
erected to the memory of his wife
bears the simple epitaph, “ O dulcia
conjux.”
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