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VOL. 6.
BUTTE RECORD.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
OB- J. R. N OWEN.
OFFICE—On the western ride of the Plaza, imme
diately opposite the rear and of the Court House.
s3-3m
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lI'KUXQaNI. j. w. mtibi
BCBItINOAMC A MYERS
DENTISTS,
office —ln Mathews’ Brick
Building, on Iluntooo street, between
Montgomery and Hird atrneu,
OROVILLE.
HENRY A GASTON.
ATTORNEY at law and notary public.
OFFICE-'CTemporarily) with Judge Wells, opposite
Court House, east side Plaza. jr2o
s ROSENBAUM.
attorney AT LAW.
OFFICE —With J. R Barke,*, Eiq., east aide of Ibe
Plain, opposite the Court House.
GEORGE E SMITH
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
Montgomery street, between Myers ana flaotoon
Streets Orovillle.
ALL KINDS OP JEWELRY made
to order—DIAMOND WORK and
other Precious Stones set in beautiful
style. GOLD AND SILVER Vv ntch
CS'ChaiiiS'Guld Buckles,r'eus,Clocks,
•-if &,c., Ike., fo**sale.
p 'S*J BATCHES REPAIRED by mytclf
\bX£|J mjjr and warranted.
Don't forg**. he name. GEO. E. SMITIL
At Koseatbail s Old Stand d 22
G C HARVEY
VTTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Qrariik, Butte County.
Orrica—-On t'ne Plain, opposite the Court House.
Bird street. Pwcial attention given to the searching of
County Records, Invest nation of Titles, aod to the draw
I jg ol Deeds and Conveyances fi*r record. ocl-3
HENRY GATETMAN 1
GERMAN PAINTER.
East side,
Miners* Alley,
between Huntoon and Myers street*.
Ororille. my 7
MINARD H FARLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
.VOTARY PUBLIC, REAL ESTATE
AGENT AND CONVEYANCER.
OFFI E—On Dirt] .tree., north iide of the Plaza
.31
BURT & RHODES
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS aT L,.W,
Orotille,
nmc-.— Bird street, in Hurt’s new brick buiMinff.up
stairs. 013
CHARLES F LOTT
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
OroTilU Butte Co.
Ornr.—P.ini .Iroel. between Myersand Huntoon.
THOMAS WELLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Oroyillc, Butte Co.
Speeinl attention given to the searching of County
Records,! nvostigntion of Titles, Ac..and to the drawing
Deeds and all instruments for record
OFFlCE—Huntoon street, opposite the Court House
8-45
JAMES O BRIEN. M Ti
Particular attention paid to chronic diseases, and
all others common to this country. .las hail large
experience in hospital and family practice, ami con
fidently hones for a share of public patronage.
Orrica—At the County Hospital, Lynchburgh.
n2O
JOHN S BERRY.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
OFFICK—Bird street, three doors above the Butte
Kecord office.
JAMES S LONG,
COUXTY SURVEYOR.
Ornca—ln the Court House. ocO
ST£. CAR &■ SURGICAL INFIRMARY
Hubbard & Teed,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS OFFICE—D street,
between Second and Third streets, .Marysville.
N. D.—(tperationson the Kye and Ear and the treat
ment of their Diseases, will receive special attention
Jaailf
Dr. M. Vrooman.
OFFICE —On Bin! street two doors Irora the Poat
Ofle, Theatre bb»ck. Office hours, from 9A. M„
talf M., and from SP.M. lo 6 o'clock. Calls from
lbs coaulry, of responsible men, will be punctually at
tended. Kates of charges the same as adopted by
the Butte County Medical Society apl
S W W COCGHEY.
ATTORXEY A T LA W,
AD
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Ornca—Bird street.
dec. 1. '6B.
Oroville, Butte County, Cal.
J. Upstone,
Corner of Montgomery and Oak Streets, Oroville.
DEALER IN IRON. STEEL, SPRINGS, AXLES,
Borax. Coal. Blacksmith's Tools. Carriage Lumber,
etc Qaanz Iron Shutter and Doors, made to
order. jeWlf
Notice.
Dr. wm. wilsox has removed
his office iron* Bidwell to Oroville, opposite the
St. Nicholas Hotel. oc-16
I. o. OF o. F.
Oroville Lodge, Xo. 59,Indepen
dent Order oI Odd Fellows, meet every
MONDAY Evening, in the Hall over
Colton Sc McDermott's Drug Store. Brothers of the
Order are respectfully invited to attend.
J.C. WKRTSBAI’GHKR. N.G | E. DUNHAM Sec.
DAVID WEAVER, V. ti . | G. K. SMITH, T,
* ’ MALSON.P.Sec.
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table
MOUNTAIN LODGE
F. & A. M.
No. 134,
THE STATED COMMUNICATIONS of Ta-
Mountain Ltxlge. No 124. P. & A M , art'
‘held at their Hall in Oroville, on the Even
'R|iof the first Tuesday of each month.
CHA'S. F. LOTT, W. M.
J- H. Maarta, Sac'y. jeJ«idifffctn
OHO telegraph line.
Orovillk. August 16,1535.
On and after this dal* the rates of tariff for dispatches
over this line have been reduced.
B. G. STOCKTON. Sec y.
OROVILLE LODGE NO. 103, F. A.M.
Jh The stated communication* of Oroville Lodge
YjT No. 103, of F. A. M., are held on the last Sai-
of each month, at the .Masonic Hall, over
Cotton k. McDermott's Drug gtoie.
D, A. BROWN, W. 51.
A-l>.R*ia»Sec*y.
THE WEEKLY BUTTE RECORD.
The Ladder ol St. Augustine.
Saint Augustine ! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will bdt tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame!
All common things, each day’s cvants.
That with the hoar begin and end,
Our pleasures and our discontents.
Are rounds by which we may ascend.
The low desire, the base design,
That makes another’s virtues leu ;
The revel of the treacherous wine.
And all occasions of excess ;
The longing for ignoble things ;
The strife for triumph more than truth;
The hardening of the heart, that brings
Irreverence for the dreams of youth :
All thoughts of il!; ail evil deeds.
That have their root in thoughts of ill;
Whatever hinders or impedes
The action of the nobler will; —
All these must first be trampled down
Beneath our feet, if we would gain
In the bright fields of fair renown
The right of eminent domain.
We have not wings, we cannot soar;
But we have feet to scale and climb.
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
The distant mountains, that uprear
Their solid bastions to the skies.
Are crossed by pathways, that appear
As wc to higher levels rise.
The bights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sadden flight.
But they while their compani ns slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.
Standing on what too long we bore
With shoulders bent and downcast eyes,
Wc may discern—unseen before—
A patli to higher destinies.
Nor deem the irrevocable Past,
As wholly wasted, wholly vain,
If. rising on its wrecks, at last
To something uohler we attain— Longfellow.
Strange State of Things. —A widow,
about thirty-two years of age named Mary
Liverman, residing at Rochester, preferred a
complaint against William Liverman, her step
son. a young man of twenty-one, for assault
and battery. The latter was arrested and ar
raigned, but when the affair came to be inves
tigated. it appeared that site was the aggress
or. and assaulted him first. Findiugshe could
effect nothing against the prisinor by the as
sault and battery charge, the stepmother pre
ferred against her husband’s son another—that
of bastardy! To the astonishment of all pres
ent, the accused admitted the fact with per
fect readiness, and did not appear to have the
slightest idea that there was anything unusual
ly shameful in the circumstance that he was ;
about to become the father of a child by the
widow of his father. The story of the hope-1
ful twain is that Liverman. the’ father of the :
young man and the husband of the woman,
died in May last, and since then his son ha?
taken his place in all respects—living with the i
widow as his wife, and providing for the fami
ly, which included several small children, upon !
whom the example of their mother and elder i
brother must be remarkably edifying. This j
debased pair appeared to have some idea of
getting married, but the Police Justice objec- j
tcJ to performing the ceremony, not being I
willing to abet the enormity of a man marry- j
ing his own stepmother.
The Conquering Hero. —Morrissey, the;
conqueror of the ■ Benicia Boy,” arrived in J
New York, November Cth. His arrival was
speedily telegraphed to divers members of the j
“fancy,” and all the notable fighting men ol j
the city, and others of that ilk, have been vic
ing with each other to see which of them couid
most honor the American champion. He
spent the afternoon and evening at Florence’s
Hotel. During the day and evening he shook
hands with more men than ever did any guest
of the city at the Coventor's Room. Morris
sey bears his lienors meekly, and endures the
sharp shaking he received with remarkable
complaisance. He quotes himself in “tip lop"
condition, and lias not a mark upon his face
of the late fierce contest. He repeats his fixed
intention never to enter the ring again.
Morrissey’s Sparring Exhibition and Grand
Complimentary Benefit came oil’ November
10th, in Hoym's Theater, Bowery, New York
city. Two thousand five hundred tickets were
taken at the doors. The crowd and enthusi
asm were flattering to the beneficiare. In ad
dition to the presentation of the 85,000 stakes,
he was presented with a handsome emerald,
set around with sixteen diamonds, encased in
gold, manufactured in New York at a cost of
8500.
A Horrible Outrage. — At a late hour ou '
the night of November IGth, two infamous !
scamps from Philadelphia proceeded to a farm ;
house a short distance from Newcastle, where I
a most estimable lady resided, and after arous
ing the iumates, informed her that her brother,
who was mployed at Philadelphia, was lying
at the point of death, and if she was desirous j
of seeing him before he breathed his last, she I
must accompany them to that city in a cover
ed wagon, which they alleged they had brought
with them for that purpose. She at once con- j
sented to the arrangement, and soc n after de
parted in company with them, as she supposed
tor the city. The wagon was driven to a
thicket about two miles from her residence, i
when they forcibly seized her by the arms, I
dragged her out of the wagon, violated her
person, each of them, then drove off in the
wagon, leaving the poor creature to find her
way home as she best could. The affair natur
ally created the greatest excitement in the vi
cinity of Newcastle and Wilmington, and if
the scamps had fallen into the hands of the
citizens, an expense of an execution would have
been saved the State. Search was made for
the ofle.iders, and finally. S6OO reward offered.
Information was lodged at the Mayor's office,
and Alexander Robinson was arrested. The
I accused did not deny that be was one of the
party ; the other scoundrel is at large. This
| is one of the most infamous outrages that has
! been recorded in months.
i Kidnapping.—Some time ago a slave, who
; called himsclt George W. Ferris, ran away
from Tuscumbia, Alabama. Ferris was so
white that any one not knowing him would
not suspect him of having negro blood in him.
He went to Pittsburgh, where he passed for a
white mao. worked at his trade, which is that
of a bricklayer, and married a white woman,
bv whom he had one child. A white man,
named George Shaw, also a bricklayer, arrived
at Pittsburg, and iiaving known Perris in Tus
cumbia, recognized him. Ue informed his
master of it, and then enticed Ferris into Kan
sas, where he was arrested as a fugitive from
■Vlabaraa and taken back to his owner. Shaw
was tried last week at Pittsburg and convic
ted of kidnapping.
OBOYILLE, SATURDAY MORTSTIjSTG, DECEMBER 25.1858.
The most magnificent , bunts in the world
are held at intervals at Montfaucon, outside
Paris Montfaucon is an established, under
Government superintendence, where worn-out
horses are slain, stray dogs are made an end of
and several other secret mysteries are accom
pl shed. \\ hen Monsieur Brissot Thivars had
charge of the public Salubrity, which gave
him the command of Montfaucon, as well as of
the French sewers, he invited Balzac, the great
French novelist, to a field-day, which was
eagerly accepted by that distinguished writer,
and the following account of a scene witnessed
there is thus described :
It was agreed that the Inspector of Salubri
ty, Balzac, Dr. Gentil. and another gentleman,
should reach their destination at three in the
morning. The party were exact at the ren
dezvous. A dozen men employed on the place
preceded them with a degree ot mysterious cir
cumspection, each having a lighted resin torch
in his right hand and a long ladder on his left
shoulder ; four others, having ladders only,
followed with the silence of conspirators. By
the side of the party there trotted a pack of
dingy dogs, of the same color as the cloudy
night, who had their own private reasons fur
joining ths company besides the affection they
bore to their musters. They were mastiffs and
bull-dogs, descended, by careful crossing, from
the most formidable and famous Saxon and
Knglish races, with square, angular heads,
short ears, prominent and bloodshot eyes, teeth
of iron, and elephantine feet and legs.
Arrived at the inclosure for the purpose, the
ladders were placed against the wall, and after
a diffiult ascent, the party and their dozen
torch-bearers took their places on the top of
the wall. Before and below them was a vast
inclosurc, appropriated to the slaughter of con
demned horses. Heaps of bones, scattered
hero and there, indicated funeral destina
tion. It required a few minutes to accustom
the eye to the gloomy scene before they could
well make out its details. The bottom of this
ill-paved tub was traversed by long and irreg
ular stone gutters, all of which radiated to
ward the circumscribing wall, on reaching
which they were closed by iron doors, consist
ing of perpendicular bars, so olacod as to allow
liquid matters to escape, but preventing the
passage ot solid substances. The spectators
continued to wait on the top of their wall.
One of the iron gales in the wall opened.
Four'men immediately entered, dragging after
them with ropes the dead horse, the hero of
the fete, the principal actor, who had been so
impatiently expected. As soon as they bad
rapidly disengaged the poor creature from its
list connection with human society, they left
it naked on the stones and retreated hastily,
slamming the iron gate behind them.
At all the iron gates at the ends of the gut
ters, and doubtless from other unseen ventholes
there instantly appeared several rats, attrac
ted by the mighty feast. They were the
scouts of the army in ambuscade. A few in
dividuals, detached from the first platoon, ad
vanced on the tips of their toes In within a
few yards of the carcass, and there they turned
by common consent, their sharp muzzles and
their quivering smellers toward the gates by
which they had entered, as if to make sure of
a retreat in case of need.
The first sign? of timidity disappeared when
they found themselves joined by other rats,
who came in crowds to share the banquet.
Their numbers gave them mutual encourage
ment : and the pavement began to be blacken
ed all over with reinforcements of fresh regi
ments of rats, Balzac remarked that, among
these rats there was a progression of stature
and strength from the first to the last, or rath
er from the first to those that followed, for the
last had not yet shown themselves. The ear
liest arrivals, lean, long and weakly, were fol
lowed by others in belter plight, who, in
turn, were followed by still more comely and
thrifty guests. The first comers were clearly
the hungriest.
The Hoor of the court disappeared under an
ever thickening carpet of rats. There were
black rats, brown rats, tawny rats, yellow rats,
chcsnut rats, rats of orders gray, slate colored
rats, and even white rats. Just before it was
completely covered, there advanced from the
mass a detachment of rats bolder and more
adventurous than the rest. They marched in
three columns, and in the form ol a triangle,
up to the carcass, of which they took posses
sion. It was a successful military reconnois
sance. Their other companions, thus encour
aged, charged with much greater resolution;
the leaders climbed up the horse’s flanks, rip
ped up its skin from one end to the other, just
as a tailor unstitchc; an old coat to tear it up
into rags, and then hundreds, thousands, my
riads streamed in at every aperture, crowding
thick and anxiously, like an audience rushing
out of a theater on fire. They scramble over
one another, and their rustling movements,
their little shrill whistlings, inaudible at first,
produced by their multiplication, the hum and
murmur of a crowd, in which you could almost
fancy you hoa-d the sound of human voices.
Lite was boiling in the animated mass. It
made you shudder to think of what would be
your fate were you to fall in the midst of it
from your perch on the wall.
The Moutfaucon rats had opened the horse;
and they cut it up, boarded it, riddled it thro'
and through, and chopped it into mince meat.
The work ol destruction was hidden from sight
a few minutes afterwards, the horse having
completely desapjieared ben ath the hideous
brutes, who, hanging on. with the voracious
precision of leeches, to its rounded form, soon
offered the spectacle of a magnificent horse
composed of thousands of living rats, after the
fashion of the shell work toys and ornaments
that are made to represent men and animals.
"Now let in the dogs!" was the second
word of command given by Brissot Thivars to
bis man.
The dogs entered the arena, and the carnage
began. The first two minutes were glorious
!or them. They were mad with joy. They
killed; they gave tongue; they killed : they
bagged two at a shot, like first rate sportsmen.
A pair of rats were often ejitrapped in the
same snapping bite. And when they thought
their victims dead, they shook them about, as
puppies w ill shake an empty glove. Then they
cast them aside, and recommenced the massa
cre. But all pleasures end in exhaustion. The
excitement of the dogs gradually diminished,
cruelty gave place to clemency—clemency
which was only fatigue in disgnise. And yet,
it they had scattered death around, they had
destroyed just nothing at all. The first quar
ter of an hour was all their own : the second ‘
was by no means so. There wenv barkings,
which sounded more like accents of pain than
shouts of victory. The reaction had begun.
There were many and many bleeding ears; there
were muzzles from which hung bunches of rats,
who were now taking revenge on the enemy.
It was in vain to try and shake the assailants
off; they held so firm aud tight that the coun
tenances of the combatants were disfigured for
life. Others limped along with wounded feet,
while others could not stir a peg. The rest,
doubtless, defended themselves bravely, but
still they had to act on the defensive. The
original position was completely changed. The
chances might have turned out unfavorable to
the dogs, if their masters, alarmed at their
danger, and also to crown the fdt, had not is
sued from the iron gate with naked arms, bran
dishing clnbs, turning the tide of battle, and
changing defeat into victory.
Wbat joy for the dogs was this reinforce
ment. They recovered their former energy.
The struggle was renewed. The men were
Tho Rats of V ntfeucon.
f superb. Every blow of the stick sent coveys
i of rats—one might have said pat ridges—flying.
I The dogs snapped them up in mid-air, com
! pleting {the illusion. The rats, exasperated,
despairing, bounded oyer the backs of the dogs,
climbed up the men, ran into their beards and
hair, round their necks, between their legs,
over their shoulders, banted, whistled, dun?
together, and hit the sticks with such fury as
I to leave their teeth in them. Many broke
their necks by a rash against the wall, commit
ting suicide rather than yield. Naturally the
victory remained on the side of the men : but
it cost them dear. A duel fought with sabers
with their fellow-men would not have put them
in a more pitiable condition.
Deafness Ccbep bv Ei.ectricitv.—The
Altona Tribune notices a remarkable cure of
deafness by electricity. A citizen of that place
suddenly lost his hearing, and after every means
known to the medical fraternity had been ex
hausted. electricity was resorted to. An in
strument was produced, and placing the ends
of the end of a piece of wire in each ear, the
electric current was let on lightly at first, and
gradually increased. After continuing the
operation for some time the bearing of the man
was so much restored that he could hear a
heavy rap upon the table. Again the wires
were inserted in his ears, and the fluid applied.
On removing them a second time the patient
could hear loud talking in the room. This
operation took place in the afternoon, and the
patient was then allowed to rest till the next
morning, when the wires were again inserted,
and after applying the fluid a few moments,
the hearing of the man was perfectly restored.
A Little Difficllty is the Way. —An
enterprising traveling agent for a well-known
Cleveland tomb stone manufactory lately made
a business visit to a small town in an adjoin-;
ing county. Hearing in the village that a man
in a remote part of the township had lost his
wife, he thought he would go and see him. and
offer him consolation—a grave stone—on his j
usual reasonable terms. ile started. The
road was a horribly (rightful one. but the
agent persevered, and finally arrived at the be
reaved man's honse. .Bereaved man's hired
gtrl told the agent that the bereaved man was
splitting fence rails ‘'over in the pastur, about '
two miles ” The indefatigable agent hitched
bis horse and started for the “pastur,” After:
falling into all manner of mudholes, scratching 1
himself with briars, and tumbling over logs, i
the agent at length found the bereaved man. j
In a subdued voice he asked the man if he had
lost his wife. The man said be had. The
agent was very sorry to hear of it, and sympa
thized with the man very deeply in his great
affliction ; but Death, he said, was an insatiate
archer, and shot down all, of both high and
low degree. He informed the man that ‘ what
was her loss was his gain,” and that he would
be glad to sell him a grave stone to mark the
spot where the beloved one slept—marble or
common stone, as he chose—at prices defying
competition, 'flic bereaved man said there
was "a little difficulty in the way.” “Hav’nt
you lost your wife '!” inquired the agent.
“ Why, yes, I have,” said the man ; “but no
grave slun aint necessary, for, yon see, the
cussed critter aint dead ; she scooted with an
other man f" The agent retired.
Dbeaki.vg Match.— Sir William Johnson,
who was superintendent of Indian affairs in
America previous to the revolution, received
some suits of cloth s from England, richly
laced, when Hendrick, king of the five nations
of Moliawks, was present. The chief admir
ed them much, but did not say anything at the
time. In a few days Hendrick called on Sir
William, and acquainted him that be had had
a particular dream. On Sir William inquir
ing what it was, ho told him that he had
dreamed that he gave him one of those fine suits
which he had received from over the grea'
water. Sir William took the hint, and imme
diately presented him witli one of the richest
suits. Hendrick, highly pleased with this
generosity, retired A short time after this,
Sir William happening to be in company with
Hendrick, told him that be also had had a
dream. Hendrick being very solicitous to
know what it was, Sir William informed him
that he had dreamed that he (Hendrick) had
made him a present of a particular tract of
land (the most valuable on the Mohawk river)
of about 5000 acres. Hendrick presented him
with the land immediately, with this shrewd
remark, “Now, Sir William, I will never :
dream with you again ; you dream too hard
for me.” The tract thus obtained, is called
to the present day, Sir William’s Dreaming-
Land.
Misfortune and Death.— The Cincinnati |
Times says : “November Bth the body of a
ma eh peddler, named Henry Brant, was dis
covered in tne Miami Canal, at this place. The
deceased was about twenty-eight years of age,
and emigrated from Germany with his family.
He and his wife were of highly respectable
families, and lie brought to this country with
him 548.000 in cash. He purchased an estate
not far from this city, in the State of Kentucky
paying §12,000 cash for it. There he resided,
surrounded by all that the heart could wish,
and apparently happy in his domestic relations.
While residing there a libertine won the utfec- i
tions of his wife. He pursuaded her to seize
all her husband s ready cash and elope with
him. She did so. The news of the elope-1
ment came like death to the unfortunate hus- 1
baud and his children. They did not pursue
the erring one, but spent days and weeks in
silent grief. At last the father proposed to
the eldest son to complete the domestic ruin,
and cover themselves with life-long misery.
The son assented. They prepared the torches
and in the darkness of the night they fired the
farm house, the barn and every improvement
on the estate. Houses, grain, fences and every
article on the farm were destroyed. The morn
ing sun arose on a desolated estate. Brant 1
then came to Cincinnati. He plunged into
drink, and what little property be had was soon
gone. He then took to peddling matches and
blacking to sustain himself. For several years
he has lived a vagabond life, and whatever he
made by peddling he expended in drink.”
Drowned.— A sad occurrence took place,
November 4th, on the Tallahatchee river, thir
ty miles above Greenwood. David Came
went out in a skiff with two ladies, Mrs. Welch
aud Miss Henrietta Jenkins, on a fishing ex
cursion. When in mid river the skiff upset.
Carnes, who was an excellent swimmer, suc
ceeded in riguiing the boat, rescuing Mrs.
Welch, and then turned his attention to Miss
Jenkins. When approaching her she clasped
him so tightly that be coaid swim no longer,
and they both sank to rise no more. Carnes
was a young man. twenty-one years of ago, and
leaves oebind him a family to mourn his un
timely end.
C3f* A Cincinnati fireman has been father
ing imperishable lanrels. An exchange paper
says :—“LooE at the hero, Carr, of Cincinnati,
who mounted the ladder, and forced bis way
through raging flames and blinding smoke, un
til he bore out a mother in his arms. Again
he plunged into the fiery abyss and brought a
child ; again another child. There is no such
a hero as that mao on military record. He is
worth all the heri.es that stormed the Malakoff.
The firemen of Ohio should raise a monument
to his fame. But then, be didn't kill anybody,
and he only saved a wife and two children.''
The Light at Home.
The light at home ! how bright it beams
When evening shades aron nd. ns fill;
And from the lattice far it gleams,
To love, and rest and comfort all.
When wearied with the toils of day,
And strife fur glory, gold or fame;
How sweet to seek the quiet way.
Where loving lips will lisp our name
Around the light of home !
The light of home! how still and sweet
It peeps from yonder cottage door.
The weary labor» rto greet
When the rough toils are o’er !
Sad is the soul that does not know
The blessings that the beams impart,
The cheerful hopes and joys that how,
And lightens up the heaviest heart
Around the light at home.
Piccolosinj.—N. P. Willis lias been to
bear Piccolomini, and thus he writes to the
Horne Journal in regard to ber : “But how
can I describe what is Piccolomiui's great pe
culiarity? Her nmuth while she sings plays
the most delicious pantomine possible to con
ceive. The eye of the spectator is so pelted
with kisses, exquisitely represented in a sort of
alto relievo , that it is absolutely bewildering.
I he natural action of the lips seems positively
that, and nothing else—kisses caught and put
into harness, and made to (to duty like sunny
words. Jt is most difficult to realize, as one
looks and listens, when she leans over the foot
lights—(with anything of a habit of kisses
‘seen done.’ that is to say)—that the rest of
the audience has not mysteriously disappeared,
leaving the matter entiiely between one s self
nnd her. And then the absolute innocent cou
tidingne.-s of the whole play and pout of those
pulpy little red lips—looking so as if they im
plicity trusted and believed iu you while*they
tried to reach you—make it still more abso
lutely personal and private. 1 do not think
there ever was before such an actress on the
stage —one who was unequivocally stamped
with the innocence of a child, while she left
upon every ami tor the mysterious memory of
a kiss!'
Arrest of Cocxterfeitf.rs. —On Novem
ber 12th, a body of Brooklyn police, headed
by Uapt. Halliny, nude a decent upon a fine
looking Gothic house in Myrtle avenue, which
has for some time been under the surveillance
of the police as a suspected den of counterfeit
ers. The inmates of the house, consisting of
persons calling themselves Mr. and Mrs. Ed
wards, Edward Cook and Samuel James, were
arrested. The officers searched the house from
top to bottom. Upon bursting open a door in
the basement they found a model mint for the
manufacture of bogus coin. In one corner was
a splendidly finished lathe ; iu another a press
lor making impressions; and. scattered around
were the various implements of the coiner'scraft.
In the closets were found finely cut dies for
gold dollars, two dollar and a half gold pieces,
quarter dollars, five and ten cent pieces. In
the crucibles, over the furnace, was a quantity j
of molten stuff used in making coin. In other j
places were found bogus coin, in a finished and
unfinished state, to the amount of about 8500. '<
Under the work-benches were bundles ol a tin
metal, having the appearance of ouide. The
gold dollars finished were dated 1854 ; the two
and a hull’ pieces, 1856 ; the quarter dollars,
1858, aud the ten cent pieces the same date.
With the lathe, the counterfeiters mauulactur
ed their own dies, as pieces of steel used for
such purposes were found in the apparatus in a
half finished condition. The dies for the coins
above mentioned, were all well cut, and some
of the coins, gold and silver, so perfectly made
as to buttle detection. The weights of the
respective gold aud silver bogus corresponded
with genuine coin. All the the implements
were conveyed to the Police Office. The pris
oners were taken to New York.
A Printer in a Scrape.—A short time
since, a typo, styled William De Garris, who
had worked for some time in Nashville, went
to the town of Woodbury for the purpose of
engaging professionally at that place. A few
days ago. alter locating there, he became sud
denly and passionately enamored of a beauti
ful and intelligent young lady, who, in due
course of time, he wood and wed. Shortly
thereafter it began to bo whispered around
that this beautiful and intelligent young lady
was not lie Garris’ ouly living wife. The rel
atives of the unfortunate lady, for this reason,
insisted that she should leave I>e Garris, and
have nothing further to do with him, unless he
could establish his innocence of the charge.
She assented to their wishes, and addressed her
new lord a note to that cßect. l)e Garris had
not enough philosophy to bear this reverse
with e.'amendable degree of calmness and re
signal 1 ,0. He threatened the direst vengence
upon those who had stepped between him and
his beautiful young love. The issuance of
peace warrants ensued, and tke last heard of
the wayward De Gams he wa- cioscly confin
ed in jail, awaitiug the development of the fu
ture.
A Mprdereb's Fate.— A lew years since,
John Uiggings, a citizen of Alabama, com
mitted a cruel murder, but on the trial for the
crime he cscajied, owing to some link in the
chain of evidence being needed. Public opin
ion was against him, and he soon after left and
took op his residence in Attala county. Miss.
It is related of him that, haring experienced
the most horrible agony for many months, be
procured a barrel of whisky and, excluding
himself from society of man, where, solitary
and alone, he plunged into the deepest and
most thorough stale <>f intoxication, drinking,
it is said, a quart of liquor at one draught. In
this gloomy and miserable condition he linger
ed for the lapse of two or three months, and
finally died, November Bth, in the most intense
mental agony, calling upon the bystanders to
take away Iroru his bedside the victim who
had so long haunted his memory and agonized
him in his dreams.
The Oi.d Folks' Rook.—The old man sat
by the chimney side—his face was wrinkled
and wan, and he leaned both hands on his stout
oak cane, as if all his work were done. His
coat ti< of good old-fashioned gray, the pock
ets were deep and wide, where his ' specs ' aad
his steel tobacco-box lay snugly side by side.
The old man liked to stir the tire, so near him
the tongs were kept • sometimes ba mnaed as
he gazed on the coals, sometimes he sat and
slept. What saw he in the embers there? Ahl
pictures of other years; and now and then
awakened smiles, but oftener started tears.
His good wife sat on the other side, in a hign
backed, flag-scat chair; I see 'neath the pile
of her muslin cap, the sheen of her silvery hair.
There's a happy look on her aged face, as she
busily knits for him, and Nellie takes up the
stiches dropped, for grandmother' eyes are dim.
Their children come and read tba news, to
pass the time each day ; how it stirs the blood
in an old man’s heart, to hear of the world
away. Tis a homely scene—l told yon so—
but pleasant it is to view ; at least, I thought
it so myself, and sketched it down for you.
He kind unto the old, my friend ; they’re worn
with this world’s strife, though bravely once
perchance they fought the stern, fierce battle
of life. They taught your youthful feet to
climb upward life’s rugged steep ; then let os
i geutly lead them down to where the weary
sleep.— Anon,
How the Dead are Buried in Hew Orleans.
The yellow fever has been specially virulent
and fatal, and some who were thought to be
j long since acclimated have been attached, and
some of them have fallen victims. We hope
it has reached its climax, and will now steadi
ly decline—though we know not the end Sonic
four hundred died last week. This aounds
alarming, but it is small as compared with 1853.
when three hundred died in a sinele day.
Your readers will inquire : “What do we do
with all these dead? Where do we bury
them? There aie in the city and environs
fourteen cemeteries. Some five of these are iu
the midst of the city, surrounded by closely
bu’lt and densely-populated streets Owing to
the peculiarity of our soil, these Initial plaecs
are peculiar. We cannot dig more than two
or three feet below the surface without coming
to water, so that most of the dead are buried
above ground. These grounds are regularly
laid off in squares, and w alks raised and cover
ed with shells. The squares are built up with
monuments, many of them very splendid and
very expensive, costing thousand- of dollars.
There arc a great variety of model* and devi
ces, many of them of rare and exquisite beauty.
Around these tombs are beautiful evergreens,
intermixed with fair and fragrant tiowers, which
grow with so much luxuriance in our rich soil
and sunny clime.
The cemeteries below Canal and above Es
planade streets, called the French burying
grounds, are regarded as the most interesting
as exhibitions of sculpture, where grief records
its woe or pride in imperishable marble.
Around these cemeteries are walls ten feet
high and eight or ten feet thick. They are
pierced with three or four rows of tombs "about
two and a ball feel square, rising in tiers one
above the other, and lias the appearance of the
pigeon-holes lor letters iu the post-office, tho’
on much larger scale. These are perfectly
closed with slabs am! air-tight cement, except
at one end. This is open for the insertion of
the coffin.
The burial service at the grave is performed
thus ;—-The procession moves from the hearse
to the wall, where a c. rtain one of the vaults
has been previously selected —say No. 350
(they are all numbered). The coffin is about
two-thirds inserted, and the service, whatever
may be its character, is then attended to ; this
over, the coffin is pushed in—then the mason,
with brick and inurler, trowels and hammer,
begins his work. The family and friends stand
uncovered nnlil the mason is done, when the
date and name are written in the smooth, soft
plaster spread over the brick, and the compa
ny depart, and leave the sleeper to his last and
loneiy bed.
One gets used to scenes like this, but at first
it seems so business-like and mechanical; so
like any other labor, any other piece of mason
ry ; and contrasts strongly with the burial on
the hill-side, where the turf is green, and the
old trees spread their broad, green boughs and
the little birds in summer time .-dug requiems,
and the lone winds in winter time murmur sol
emn dirges over the dead. 'I he city authori
ties are discouraging interments in the ceme
teries in the crowded portions of the city,
tionie three miles from the city, about midway
from the river to the lake, there is a low ridge
of laud known as Metairie Kidge. Here the
city authorities are laying out among the live
oak a public park, {and here there is a famous
raee-course) mid here mosi of our city s dead
are to sleep their last sleep! What" strange
uses !
There are quite a number of cemeteries laid
out here, and here already thousands “are at
rest." in these cemeteries an; many i ieh and
beautiful tombs and monuments, some of them
private, and some the property of benevolent
associations. On the ridge many are buried in
graves dug in shallow ground, but they often
liil with water so rapidly that the coffin has to
be held down until mud enough can be thrown
on it to hold it at the bottom of the grave.
Thus thousands of the poor arc committed—
-earth to earth.” Our feelings, at first, may
revolt from this way, but why? What does it
matter how the dust returns to dust ? Wheth
er it sinks beneath the gurgling wave, withers
on burning sands, sleeps in sculptured vaults,
or, like our lowly dead, in the marshes of the
great river ? The grand question is, whither
lias the immortal spirit tied ? To “fairer worlds
on high,” or “to outer darkness, where there is
weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth ?”
Memphis Enquirer.
A Novel. Method of Killing Crows
A friend of ours whose fields were so infested
with these pests that he found it difficult to
procure more than half a crop, conceived the
bright idea of giving the ill-omened birds u
dose that would lust them some time, lie ac
cordingly bought an ounce of strychnine, and
dissolving it in water, soaked a quantity of
wheat in it and scattered it where the crows
would be likely to gel it. As mieht be expec
ted, they greedily devoured the seed, and in
less than two hours there were enough dead
crows to literally cover the ground in the vi
cinity of the roost. Our friend says that ail
that were not killed were so scared that they
staid no longer in that place, and he was never
again troubled by them.— Tehama Gazette.
tiS" A Xcw York paper gives a curious
case of fraud, by a woman, that recently oc
curred at Stewart s famous dry goods house.
The woman entered, and desired to look at a
shawl. After examining several, she fixed up
on one, the price of which was $5OO. A
5'2,000 bill was offered in payment, which the
clerk, after examination, took to his employer,
whereupon the lady became very indignant,
and demanded her money, which was goon re
turned to her, and pronounced genuine.
I Snatching it from the hands o! the clerk, she
walked towards the entrance; but before reach
ing it. concluded, as she could find uo other in
the city that suited her. she would take the
shawl, notwithstanding the indignity which
had been practised. A bill was again offered
by her of the same amount, and 81,500 in
money and the shawl handed over. This time
the bill proved bad, not being the one first of
fered.
A Happy Family. — A remarkable exhibi
tion recently took place at the Hopkinsville
Fair. Ten brothers, named Brown, all moun
ted on fine gray horses, rode into the amphi
theater and displayed their horsemanship, all
being good riders. The eldest was aged torty,
the youngest twenty. They had not all been
together before for fifteen years. Their moth
er was present, and they reined up in front of
the glanous matron and saluted tier, while she
shed tears of joy and pride.
Ax F.xswt's Coraresv.—When the Cru
saders nnd;r King Richard of England defeat
ed the Haracens. the Sultan seeing his troops
At. a«kcd wh&t was the number of the Chris
tians who were making all the slaughter 7 He
was told that it was only King Ikichard and ids
men, and that they were ail on foot. "Then,”
said the Sultan, “God foibid that such a no
ble fellow as King Richard should march on
foot,” and sent him a noble charger. The mes
senger look it. and said, “Sire, the Saltan
sends you this charger, taat you may not be
on foot.” The king was as cunning as bis ene
my, and ordered one of his squires to mount
tie horse in order to try him. The squire
obeyed ; but the animal proved fiery ; and the
squire being unable to hold him in, he set off at
full speed towards the Saltan's pavillion. The
Sultau expected he had got King Richard ;
and was not a little mortified to discover his
mi-take-
Staunton to Morphy,
The Ixmdon Illustrated Mews, received by
the steamer Sonora, contains the reply of
Staunton to the letter of Morphy, urging Lira
to fix a time for the chess contest between
them. It is as follows ;
Londox, Saturday Oct.Dth. 1858.
Sir : In reply to your letter, I have to ob
| serve that you must be perfectly conscious that
I the difficulty in the way of my engaging in n
chess match is one over which I hava no con.
trol. Yon were distinctly apprised, in ansa «r
to the extraordinary proposals of your friends,
that 1 should leave my home family and avo
cations to proceed to jfew Orleans for the pug
pose of playiug chess with yon: “that a long
and arduous contest, even in London, would h»
an undertaking too formidable for me to era.
bark in without ample opportunity (or the re
covery of my old strength in play, tegethv*
with such arrangements as would prevent the
sacrifice of my professional engagements, 1 *
I pon your unexpected arrival hsre, the saiM
thing was repeated to you, aud my accsptanc*
of your challenge wa» entirely oouditional aa
my being able to gain time for practice.
1 he experience, however, of acme weeks.du
ring which I hare labored unceasingly, to the
serious iujury ot ray health, shows that not on
ly is it impracticable for me to save time for
that purpose, but that by uo means short of
giving up a groat work on which 1 am engaged,
subjecting the publishers to tlio loss of thous
ands, and myself fo an action for breach of
contract, could I obtain time oven for the
match itself. Such a sacrifice ia, of coarse,
out of all question,
A match of chess or cricket may be a good
thing in iu way, but none but a madman would
for either forfeit his engagements aud imperil
his professional reputation. Under those cir
cumstances, I wailed only for the termination
of your late stuggle to explain that, fettered
us lam at this moment, it is impossible forma
to undertake any enterprise which would hava
the effect ot withdrawing me from duties I am
pledged to fulfill.
*1 he result is not. perhaps, what cither voa
or 1 desired, as it will occasiou disappointment
to many ; hut it is unavoidable, and the lest
to bo regretted, since a contest wherein one of
tbo combatants must light under disadvanta
ges so manifest as those 1 should have to con
leud against, after many year's retirement
from practical chess, with my attention ab
sorbed aud brain overtaxed by more imjvor
lant pursuits, could be accounted a fair trial of
skill.
1 have the honor to be yours, etc.,
11. Stal'xtoit,
To Pavi. Morpt.
P. S. 1 may add that, although denied tha
satisfaction of a set encounter with vou at thia
period, 1 shall have much pleasure, if you will
again become my guest, in playing a few
games, sans facon.
Visit or tub Wabash to (JoHSTANTisorta.
—On the IClb of November the following let*
ter from the commander of the (team Irigata
Wabash, whose visit to Constantinople has
occasioned much comment, was received attfiP
Navv Department, Washington :
Flag Ship Wabash. I
Constantinople, Oct. 20,1858. j
Sir ; On my arrival at Oonstanstinople the
most lively demonstrations were manifested by
the authorities. A moment after anchoring.
Hear Admiral Mehemed Pacha, onr guest la
the United Slates la.-t winter, came on board,
offering the warmest congratulations and ail
the conveniences of the port. The usual visit*
were made to the several heads of department*,
and received with a degree ot ceremony very
unusual under similar circumstances, evincing
desire to acknowledge and reciprocate in every
possible manner those civilities which were ex
tended to their officers. Previous to our re
ception at Court, 1 was presented to the Sul
tan, as he was passing from the Mosipi* to hi*
barge—l. in company with our Minister, Con
sul General, and many others, being there for
the purpose of witnessing the ceremonies.
Such a presentation was entirely unpreceden
ted ; ami the especial mark of favor thus be
stowed can be only attributed to the kindly
feelings entertained by his Majesty for tfa*
United Stales. Upon this occasion the Sul
tan expressed most cordially his pleasure at
our visit, and stated that be had issued orders
for every attention to be shown us, etc,; and
in reply to an invitation to visit the ship, an
swered that he would certainly do so. On
Monday, the 18th, I, together with the officer*
of the ship, was presented at Court, and ex
perienced a most flattering reception. Tester,
day the Sultan came on board, ifis Majesty
went throughout the ship, manifesting much
interest in everything ; he was pleased to com
pliment us upon the beauty of the model, hwr
efficient and warlike appearance, and her ad
mirable condition. He also reiterated his
friendly feelings for our country, wished us to
prolong our slay, and particularly desired that
the (’resident of the United Stales might be
informed of his visit to the Wabash.
I am. with great re»pect, your obt. servant,
K. A. F. Lavku htt*. Flag Officer,
Commanding MediUrraneau Hqnadrru.
To Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy,
Washington D. C.
What Winks ark Mapk ok. — Hiram Cox,
Ksq., of Cincinnati, has made the following
startling statement : “During the summer of
1856, 1 analyzed a lot of liquors for some con
scientious gentlemen of our own city, who
would not jninnit me to take sample* to my of
fice, but insisted on my bringing my chemical*
and apparatus to their store, that they might
see the operation. I accordingly repaired to
their store and analyzed samples of sixteen dif
ferent lots. Among them wen Port wine,
Sherry vine, anti Madeira wine. The diitilled
liquors were some pure and some vile and per
nicious imitations, but the wines had not on*
drop of the juice of the grape The basis of
the Port wine was diluted sulphuric acid, col
ored with elderberry juice, with alum, sugar,
and neutral spirit*. The basis of the Sherry
wine was a sort of pale malt, sulpuric acid,
from the bitter almond oil, with a percentage
of alcoholic spirits of brandy. The basis of
the Madeira was a decoction of hops, with sul
phuric acid, honey, spirits from Jamaica rum,
Ac. The same week, after analyzing the
above and exibiting the quality and character
of the liquors to the proprietors, a sexton of
one of onr cburche* informed me had purchased
a gallon of the above Port wine, to be used in
his church, on the next Sabbath, for Sacra
mental purposes, and that for this mixlura of
sulphuric acid alum, and elderberry juice ha
paid 32 75 a gallon."
Painkcl Btrxon. —Under this caption, the
Butte Record announces the conversion of
Vineet E. Geiger to Methodism, and add* that
he is fitting himself for the ministry! Let
Gabriel sound his horn 1 For if there's room
in heaven tor Vince Geiger, then editors and
everybody else have a show. Of course there’*
no mistake concerning the rumor. — Sukujou
Ckronidt.
The Pointless Jokers. — A society called
the “Pointless Jokers” was formed in this city
some six moots since. According to the by
taws, any member who get* oft a joke with a
“point" to it is liable to a fine. Although the
members have met regularly every night, no
[ occasion has yet arisen tor imposing a fine.—
I S. F. Morning Coil.
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