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E0GEI1E CITY GUARD TELEGRAMS. EASTERN. VKtart DcfctM m4 Slala. Cmcaco, Oct. 28. A dispatch received at military headquarters to-day gives particular of Cel. Joaquiu Terra' vic tory over Vlctorio' band of Indians. The Mexican attatk! Vlctorio la tbe Cattillo mountains, urroundingbi for tified petition and by simultaneous attack capturing it. Vlctorio, CO warrior and 18 women and children were left dead on tbe field, Sixty eight women and chil dren and two while raptive were taken, and IDS animal delivered with all tLa arm and plander. Ttrrnf lost three men kill and 12 wounded. Thirty Indiana escaped through being too late on the errand, hot compelnt foroe ia porting. Colonel Btiel, through whose Land the dispatch passed aT, ThU i one of the result of our movement Into Mexico, and virtually end tbe war with Victono I think 1 snail be Able to bead the small party that ban escaped. I ahall re-orrn-fze here, having colcmca for operauon both taat and west. A Pa Mm Saw. Boktov, Oct y. John Iufl', thebnilder fthe Hannibal & HL Joe and Union I'aciSe lUl'.road. died thla morning. Ilia property wu valued at four million. Cqacatrlaaahlp. Cincioo, Oti. 2T. In the twenty-mile race between Miae Jewe'.t, I'mneo and Buckingham, the former won in half a aecond leu than one hoar. Mi Back inghsm dropped out after going fire miiel and alia Finneo claimed a foul end topped on the 15th wile. The crowd was large and wind very high. A Tear Work. Waahisotox, Oct 20. The bureau of engraving and printing tbe hut cal year delivered 7,1-Ml aheeta, note and se curities, of the face value of $7M,2PJ,9; 15,252,200 sheets of internal revenue and customs i tamp, conUining 2?fi22V) stamps; and 765,251 aheeU of checki, draft, etc., forthe treasurer of the United htatee and disbursing officers of the sev eral department, beaidea a large aoionnt of miscellaneous work. Tbe a2sreiwte expenditure for tbe year were, for salar ies of officers, etc., on pay roll, 2-'y,Z; tot labor and other expense, J5,171. Th Draalb, New Your, Oct. 27. The moderate rain of the t-ast day or two have brought but partial relief to the Industrie depen dent on water power; the drying up of atreamain the Atlantic State may be said to entend from Androskoggan down to the lame, and even some of the local river, like the Delaware, are fordable at point where audi a thing lua not been known for many year. The drought, however, i felt more seriously at the eastward, and ita effect ere beginning to be full in commercial aa well an manu facturing circle. The Bonton Journal of yesterday, says the acarcity of water in having a bad effect opon nearly all kind of merchandise, restricting the demand especially for raw material. Cotton, woolen and paper milla are all running on short time. In Pennsylvania, New Jersey aud Delaware not a few important Inountrics bave been brought to a dead halt by otoppage of the mills. The Pa taic and liaritan are unprecedently low. The brandy wine ia quite dry, and at Wilmington and other place in that part it the country several establishment have been compelled to eliut down. Summing up the Propcl, CmcArto, CM. 27. The Timi-a.nutnmlng us prospects of the campaign, says it lias concentrated now in New York. liefore the October elections it concentrated elsewhere. Republican tactic i!o not by any mean include abandonment of Con necticut, New Jersey and Maine. They are conducting a. fairly vigorous canvats in those states also, so no-es-ary to their aucceiaif they lose New York, but they bave evidently determined to light the enemy on his own grounds and make their victory more crushing by carrying liia center at the tame moment they turn liia wings. The republicans can spare New York and the demodrats cannot. But, notwithstanding this, the republi cans are making ten times more vigorous effects to carry thut stute than are the democrats. A rirer. I rovidejcce, Oct. 27. At a private trial at Narragansett Park, this afternoon, J. Ji. lSarmaly's trotter llillv I), with running mate, made a mile in 2.131. Great Wlailalorma, A terrible southwestern galo reported from Plymouth, lust night. Daybreak ahowed gve vescls stranded but the crews all saved. At Plymouth the brig John May, fruin Hull river, H. C, for Kriedrichstadt, drove alongside the Uatttn breakwater this morning and remains there. Cupt. Mitchell was drowned while endeavoring to go ashore on the breakwater. At Brad ford there was a heavy ruin and hail Htorm, and heavy trallic was impeded. At Leicester the rain began to full Tuesday and has coutlnued since, flooding the low lying districts. Winlock experienced 3d hours heavy ruin and many houses were lloodod. At 6 P. M. the pa suddenly went out, leaving the whole town In darkness. At Oldham thero was a heavy storm. At South Shields there was heavy rain. Flshlnn boats were unable to so out and ships put buck to harbor. In wealds of ISusHex low-lving Innds present the aspect of lakes, while in Warwickshire the waters In some pluccs extend as fur as the eye can reach. Hundreds of acres ore sub merged, roads under water and trallic much interrupted. At Slrley last evening the barometer full to 23.00. Acqulttrd. nu.... in Tkn trinl riff! V. Alton J M 1 11) lvr. W tiiHi v v a a a a aa formerly Union Pacilio agent at Kidney, .1.. . i r I I... ....: VII wig i uurgv ui rtiiiu ihilvii. ici uiiiin- 4mA Uilitnail In hia ...ill it tut It will be remembered that some montha ago iihi iuui i I I i . . 1 1 : 1 M .. 1 1 91,ouu in gum uuiuuu auu m iiumi mAiiht if pilrmnrv rAPlvait from tllA Black bills en route east disappeared i ..t ... 1 1 1 1. !1 I Irom nil omre in iia-uuj wnno no was at dinner. It hail been takeu through a hole iu the floor. After some consider able search it waa found hidden In a coal pile under the otuce, except one gold hrirlr anil ciirmncv amountina altogether to about $12,000. The evidence against Allen waa very strong, Dut not strong nritrh' tnaaliuftf tha illfV whowere OUt about 18 hour before coining to an agree ment of not guilty. The partiea who took the bullion and hid it under the office, intended no doubt to come and get it at tne um gooa opportunity. Caotara aHndlaiu. Fobt Kaoua, Oct. 30 Capt. JUgus Lrought in Kain-in-tbe-Face aud 500 hot- tiles. EiUie Ball sent word to Gen. MUte to hold a twelve 4rfti. -hewuaT'Xuting throogh 1J. Watoh with tbe CanaJiana to be Ukea on exhi bition through the atatea of Canada. CntTEtf e, Wyoming, Oct3l-A special to the Leader from tbe camp on white river sas Agent Ber7 and party Includ ing Meachem of the IU eommiation and f.ur I'tee, arrived here on the th direct from Los Pinos agency. Tbey rngbed I t br aeveral days a evidenced by their IraveUtained appearance, Berry upon hU own report Is a moch abused individ ual. Colorow.the White river chief, is at White river with bis camp. Berry ar rived at lUwlins thia morning and will go to Denver via Cheyenne. PACIFIC COAST. A Salarr SatrlWra. Bai Jo, Oct. M Lat night the dwelling, barn and hay-staclr belonging io Daniel NoUn, on the old infirmary gronndJ.wtre deroyed by fire. Sir. Nolan waaUentat tbe time, and bis wife and foor children were as.eep. When the mother awoke the booe waa filled with Caajes and amoke. the got out her baby and two other children and went back a.Vr the four-year-old child, frbebalsecored it and tad reached within eight-fret of the outer door when ahe fell suflVated. Two men who were pass ing beard her moans, and at some peril succeeded in getting her and the littie one out The mother was literally roarted about the fce and arm. Tbe child was also badly horned, but will recover, whhe there is no hope lOr Mra. Nolan. A Ala la Snar. RnFurwo, Oct iff. The Bulletin aays: en Francisco sogar refiners have to-davrulup prices Jc all round. Thia is the" first cliar e since September ?th, and is the tenth made this year. The stock of raw suar here Las been scarce for some t:me. and enforced delay in ar rival of expected consignment from Hong kong has made matter stiil worse, hut for weaknc in the New York market and the fear ol a renewal of imports from that direction, prices here would bave been advanced earlier in the month. Bevioed schedule of American Califor nia refiner from this date is ss follows: Fancv extra powered In hhl 131; powder ed li'J; cube enmhed and fine crushed 12j; dry granulated 121; moist granulated extra golden c, 11; Eldorado c, 10 : Jlarip so c, 10J; other yellow sugars, loj. FOREIGN. atrala la Pern. Lima, Oct. 2i. The ministers of Eng land, Lrance and Italy hvo taken Meo to protect neutrals in tbe event of Chilean occupation. Canadlaa t'ablatt t haagra, Ottawa, Oct. 30. Mr. Baley, minister of eternal revenue, has reaigne 1 to take a judgeship. Mr. Caron. of ti'iehec, suc ceeds to the cabinet Ureal Storm la tlia Baltic. Copesha;es. Oa. J.-Oue hundred vessels, of different sizes, were destroyed, by the storm. Hoanrocalte Freedom. Lo.toox.Oct. 2C The erection of the monument memorial to perpetuate the of Thomas Clarkson, as advocate of slave emancipation, was begun Monday at Wisbeacb, when the Dint stone was laid. VHMaimBMaajVaBljMBsmTl Written Examinations. A writer in an educational journal aays: "Of all species of labor, whether manual or mental, marking children's examination papers is tho hardest. One hour of snch work is equivalent, in the ir tenuity of fatigue, to ten hours directed to literary or clerical labor. Tho exas peration at the blunders observed grows iiko the pressuro of steam in a boiler, without tho poor advantages of a vent or aafety valve.'not even thut of swearing. Persons of other occupations, however laborious, have tho legal, if not the moral right, to express in fitting terms their un biased opinion of the mortals over whom thoy have control; but the teacher must grin, and proceed to mark with calmness and deliberation, with judicious discrim ination, the work that would break his heart, or turn his head, if the pain wero not somewhat evenly distributed over tho wholo Iwxly. The fatiguo of tho work commences at the boae of tho brain, travels down the spinal colnmn, creeps along the limbs, and, coining to a jnmping-place at tho tip of the tingors ana cnasoi tuo toes, uiaes one wihuui look into the vast unknown, and then, instead of running off, it deliberately creeps back again." Fall Honing. The better tho preparation of tho ground tho better tho crop. 1 he high average crop of the English farm is no doubt largely duo to the thorough pre paration of tho ground before seeding. Our climate is superior to mat oi Eng land for wheat growing, yet a production of Gl bushels per aero is not uncommon among formers there, while bore 40 bush els per acre Is an unusual production. Two plowing, several harrowings, and iu mauv cases rolling or crushing ; and the excellent preparation of the soil by a previous root crop must nave a mucn better effect upon the soil than one plowing, very poorly dono Iwcauso of tho hardness and dryness ot our sou in mm summer, and very imperfect harrowing. It might bo well for us to luy out nioro lubor on our vheat crop, and so prepare the ground better, and raise our avorage from Vi to at loostO busuola to tbe acre The difference- iu the amount of wheat at harvest would" pay for a great deal of extra work in plowing, etc., and yet leave a profit; besides the soil would not forget tho cuncrous treatment in one yoar nor two. what tub Thi-md Does. Have TOU noticed that when you want to tako hold of anything a bit of bread wo will say that it is nlwavi the thumb who puts himself forward, and that he is always on the side by himself, while the rest of the fingers are on the other. If the thumb is not helping, nothing stops in your hand, and yon don't know what to do witu it. Try, uy tne way oi ex Denment. to carry your spoon to your mouth without putting your thumb to it, and ace how long it will take you to get through a poor little plate ot urotn. The thumb is placed in such a manner on vour hand that it can faoe each of the other fingers, one after the other, or all together, as von please, aa with a pair of pinchers, all object whether large or small. The hands owe their perfection of usefulness to this happy arrangement, which has been bestowed on no other animal exoent the monkev. man 'a noarest j neighbor. At Saint Helena, when the weather va favorable, Napoleon always rodeont cither in hi carnage or on horseback, bnt aa soon as he became familiar with the confined spar allotted to him there, be often preferred exploring the secluded roada. After having finished hi daily task of dictation (for one of hia favorite occupations waa the dictation of hi memoirs), and spent some boon in reading, be dressed about three o'clock, ad then went out, accompanied by General Bertrand, Monsieur La Cases, or Gen. Oonrgaud. Hia rides were all directed to the neighboring village, which he took much pleasure in exploring, and where he found himself more free from observa tion. Though the roads were in some place almost impassable, hi taste for exploration seemed to increase rather than diminish even the pleasure of ranging thU valley waa to him a spe cie of liberty. The only thing to which Le had an unconquerable aver sion waa meeting the Lnglish sentinels, who wa constantly stationed to watch Lim. In one of these rides he found a sequestered spot in the valley, which af u-rward became to him a daily retreat for meditation. One day he discovered a neat cottage among the rocka of the valley, and en tered the garden attached to it, which wa radiant with flower and geranium, which a voung girl wa watt-ring. Thi voung girl wa a brunette, and a fresh as her flowers; she had large blue eves of most pleasing expression, and h'apoleon, always an admirer of the fair sex, was much struck with her beauty. "Pray, what is your name?" he in quired. "Henriette," she replied. "Your surname, 1 mean; "Brow." "You seem very fond of flowers. They are all my lortune, sir. "How is that?" Ar T tike mv flowers to the town, where! obtain afesr sou for my bouquet. "And your father and mother, what do tbey do?" "Alas! I Lave neither, replied the young girl, with much emotion. o parent.' "'ot one; I am quite a stranger in this island. Three years ago my father, an English soldier, and my mother left T n.lnn with TT1P for tho Indies, but. atVWUVM a ' " .i.. mr r.tt.or lirnl on the vovace. and when the vessel reached this island, my poor mother wa so iu mat sne couiu no proceed further, and we were left here, tshe was ill for a long time, and having no resources left for our support, I waa advised to sell flowers. A gentleman in ti n tva-n vim ma le inaniries a to our prosject. took pity on us, and gave us this cottage, wliere my rnomer a ueauu improved, and where she lived nearly two years, during which we were sup ported by the sale of flowers. About a year ago my poor mother had a relapse, and obtained a release from all earthly sufferings. On her deathbed she recom mended me to trust in rroviuence, anu i feel a pleasure in olieying her last wish." The young girl, having thus spoken, bunt into tears. During this short re cital Napoleon was much affected, and when sue burst into tears, uo aouoeu loudly. At length he said: "Poor child! uat sins couiu you have committed that you should have len exiled here so miserably? Singular fulfillment of destiny! Like me, she ha no country, no fumily she ha no mother, and I I have no child! these words, tho a I" a , cmporor again sobbed audibly, and his tears flowed freely. Yes; this great man, whom the loss of the most brilliant throno in the world affected not, who was culm amid desolation itself, wept at the recital of this poor girll After a few moments he resumed Lis customary firmness, and said to her: "I wish to take Home, wun mo a souvonir of my visit to your cottage. Outlier somo of your best floworsand make a grand bouquet. ITanrif.ttA nnieklv mado tho bonnuet. and when Napoleon gave her five Louis d'or for it, alio cried with astonishment: "Ah, grand Dieu! sir, why did you not come aooncrl My poor mother would not limn Iiava 1inil! "Well. well, mv child, those are very good sentiment. I will coma and see you again. Then, Musing and regarding tho nve tii'umi rJ irnl.1 Ifnnriptto renlied: "But, sir, l ean never give you flowers enough lor all this money. "Do not let thut trouble you," anaini1 Nnnnlenn. smiling. "I Will come and fetch them." He then loft her. When he had re gained his companions he informed them of his discovery. He seemed happy in Laving found one aa unfortu nate us iiiinsoli to console; anu, uu iuu snot, the young Hennetto augmented tho special nomenclature of Longvood. Ho called hor "tne Piympu oi ot. nei Mi " fur am nn ir Ins friends Napoleon habitually baptized all that aurroundod him by a familiar cognomen. Thus the part of the island wuicn ne most freoucnted. ho called the "Valley of Sileuco." Mr. Burcombe, with whom ho stayod on his first arrival at bt. Helena, was the "Amphitryon." His cousin, the mninr wlm una about six feet hitrh. was callod"tho Giant." Sir George Cock Im rn was designated as "Mr. Admiral. wlmn tho Einueror was uleasod: but when ho had caiuo for COmidnint. hi nntv titln wan " the Shark." ij ..fiAw tliia viuit tt tlia fnt. PUfllO UJ WIVI IUIO l.o.w v w tago, Napoleon said, when dressing, that ho would return to his pupil, and per form his promiso. He found the young girl at home; sho had learned since his last visit the name ot her benefactor; and much moved, not so much by hia past il.mr a liv hia recent calamities, en treated him to accept the hospitality of her bumblo cottage, duo men Drougui him figs, and water from the spring of Ilia rir vallnv. "Sire," sho said to Napoleon,"! have waited at nome lor you aiuco jvu last here, and havo, consequently, not been able to procure wine for yon, a your bounty will now enable me to do so." "And if vnn had " aiid the Emperor. "I should have scolded yon well. When 1 come to see yon I wish nothing better than your water, whioh i excellent On this condition, I will revisit you. After all, I am an old soldier a your poor falhapvaa? anil tha aoldiar who 1.4 not satisfied with figa and water ia no soldier ' at all. v:- A.w V.Milnon did BO visit the' ittSn ot Dennett. On thee, oecasion. ahe presented hia with W-! quel, prepared specially tor h. and S I Lttlo friendly ehat wi th her he would continue hi ride, familiarly d cussing with those who accompanied Lim on the great and excellent qualities which this young English gir poL Ia the following year Napoleon began to suffer from the attack, of tbe mady which afterward proved fatal to him. Henriette, not receiving the visit of her benefactor, went to M1'" health; and afr having left the custom arybouquet with one of hi return J home very disconsolately. One day shortly afterward, a she waa sitting in her earden, he heard the sound of an approaching carnage, and. P"ing oickly to the gate, found herself in the presence of Napoleon. A soon a she beheld bun her face assumed an ex preasion of great sadness. "You find me much changed, do you not, my child ?" said he, in a faint voice. "Yes, aire, I do, indeed; but I hope that yon will be restored soon to health. "I much doubt it," he said, shrugging hi shoulders with aa air of incredulity. Nevertheless, I much wished to pay von a visit to-day, to ee you and yoar flowers again." He then slowly descend! from the carriage, and, leaning on the arm of Ber trand, reached the cottage. When he was seated he observed: "Give me a cup of water from the spring, my dear Henriette; that will, perhai-s. cool the fever which consumes me here," (laying his hand on his side.) n . ..nun firl hastened to fetch some. When Napoleon had partaken of it hi countenance, mi tnen cuuuuncu, w came serene. .Ti,.ii-a thanl-a! mv dear child." said he; "thi water ha3 eased my sufferings a Uttl If I had taken it sooner, per- t,. " alded he. raising his eyea to Heaven; "but it ia too la:e." "Ah! replied Ucnnene, anecting gaiety of manner, "I am a happy this water does you good. I will bring some everv day; it will perhaps cure you." mvlMr child, it will be useless ail ia nrpr. I fear this will be the lnjt visit I shall make here. There is a settled crief here which is consuming ma lam! th F.mtKror touched his side . an.l aa T rut never see tou again. I wish in lAfl von a tuvenoir of me. What shall I give you?" ' At f !,. morils the vounz cirl could contain herself no longer bnt, bursting nto hevtfelt tears, lea at me icei oi me Emperor saying : "lour blessing, sire: v.Wi tiyu and blessed her with becoming gravity, for he always had re spect for tho creeds of other. I rom this day Henrietta uiu coi iuii io fim't Tinmrood resrnlarlv. She carried rnirincand her customary bouquet, but always returned home dis consolate; foreacu day sne receiveu me most alarming accounts ol tne neaitn oi the emperor. At the commencement of May, 1821, when the sun shone more brightly than usual. Henrietta was informed that Na poleon was much better and that his reason had returned. She arrived at Longwood, but aiasi 1ia rliv wan the reverse of her hopes. She found every one there in consterna tion. This time, tearing mat ne was AvinrT art il viutiin? to see him once again, she desired to be admitted to his presence, bhe was told mat ne was too ill, and that it was impossible. Her sup .,K.i;nni worn at first in vain: bnt at 1.1tV.'..ui nv.w miw -" - - r enirth her tears and entreaties prevailed, p . . ... i . a. i and she was admitted to nis cuumoer. Tt miKi at this moment that Napoleon. surrounded by his faithful friends, and . . . . - .i t , , ,i lying on M aeam oeu, uau requesicu them to place the bust of his son be fore him. He then bade affecting fare wells to his friends and to the French people, whom he loved so well. His rm tlmn rnntracted with Convulsions. his eyes became fixed, while be gasped, "trance: Jly son! men an was si lent. Napoleon had ceased to live. At tho words the flowers which the young girl had brought dropped from her trembling hands; sne ieu on uer knees by tho bedside; then, making an effort, she seized and tried to press the hand oi xsapoioon to ner ups oui mi med in telv her head fell back, her mouth was discolored, her eyes fixed, an she sunk on the floor, buried in that sleep w hich know no waking. Henriette was dead! Tbe Duty on Sara's Wardrobe. So prodigal is Sara Bernhardt with Imr mnnev that it seems a novel bit of pmnnniT on her nart to take measures to do the United States Government out of the import duty on the dresses she brings to this country. Report has it that she is now exercising herself in three of her drosses each day, in order to bring them through the Custom Houso as apparel which ha been worn. lhore are fnrt v-seven dresses, besides a larce cata- Inmia nf femininfl anndries. The total duty on this lot of finery will be about $8,000. The Custom House officers say that such a collection is too large to lie called either wearing apparel or imple ments of trade. H invoiced aa works of art they can be admitted free of Antt. nrovided thev are taken nut of the country within six months To this end it is necessary to put the goods in bond. But if Sara's dresses were locked in a bonded warehouse dur ing her stay in this country, her bring them would be iu vain. Therefore it is ni-nnrmed to not the lodv herself to gether with the dress in bond, and, in afoul of locking her and them np in a musty storeroom, to let a Custom House ntlirifli- continually accompany ner. inis would be in some respects a distingnished hnnnF for inch an officer, but the honor would hardly console him for the risk of being knocked down wuenever tue Bril liant Sara ahonld be in one of her petu lant or frisky moods. The proper thing for Sara to do in regard to me raimen would be to bring it all in, invoiced at tlia ntmnut nriflA aha Can DUt On it. and bravely pay on tho whole lot the biggest duty the Custom uouse people wm cuu aant tn moniva. It would be a much bet ter advertisement of all these fine clothes to herald them as those which paid more ntvthan an other clothes ever landed in thia country than to let the public un derstand that they dodged the duties. Even if there I not much of Sara her- aolf. there ia a good deal of her when her finery ia taktn into account. Tha lata am Ship Eallway. Captain Jamea B. Ead. the well known engineer who baa projected a ship railroad across tho isthmus, arrived is thi city from St. Loui a day or two ago, and waa Tinted by a Tnbum reporter yesterday at the Albermarle Hotel. " "i haVe come to New York city," he aid. "for the purpose of conferring with capitalist and persona interested in my enterprise. In two or three weeks I hall start for Mexico in order to find out whether I may expect any encourage ment from the Mexican government. In other enterprise the government La given grant of land, and even subsidies, and I am anxious to know whether it would be disposed to aid n effectually in the matter. "A far as the route of my railroad I concerned," Capt Ead continued, "my preferences are for the Tehauntepec. It is true that the ground to be coyered in this region is far greater than at the two other point proposed ; namely, Panama and Nicaragua. 'But taking an American point of view, we find that a vessel going from New York to any point in Cali fornia, would gain by the Tehuantepec route 1500 miles over the Panama, and 700 over Nicaragua. Another objection to the Panama route is that a belt of calm reaches from one end of the coast to the other on the Pacilio side, which would greatly impede the progres of vessels which had crossed the isthmus." "What do you think of the construc tion of the Tanama canal?" the reporter asked. "In my opinion, that canal wCl never be dng at all, because the present age is by far.too practical to incur the cot of such an undertaking when the transfer of ships can be accomplished more safely and more expeditiously by a ship rail road that will cost one-third as much as a canal over any of tbe three routes that may be taken for comparison. The larg est ships which enter the port of New York can be transferred when fully loaded with absolute safety across the iUthmus on the marine railroad. On such a railroad the grades need be no steeier than those on our chief lines, and the road bed need not be over forty feet wide nor have more than eight or ten rails laid upon it to sustain the car or cradle upon which the ship is placed. The weight of the largest merchant steamer, and their cargoes seldom exceed eight thousand tons, and such a one would easily be carried on a cradle composed of five locomotives built for the purpose. These would haTe about one thousand w heels bearing on eight or ten rails with a pressure of about twelve tons to the wheel. The total weight of ship, cargos and cradle would be distributed over an area of roadbed 40 feet wide by 500 feet long, and would be only 1,250 pounds for each square foot, allowing 2,000 lor tne wcigut of of the car. This is not -half the tha earth under each tie when each pair of the driving wheels of an ordinary locomotive engine passes nvpr it Aii ordinary freight locomotive engine will pull about fifty loaded cars on moderate grades Irom tuteen to twenty mi m an hnnr. a tinmen oi aoout Inm pnnRtitnti'nir the weight of the cars and their load, is carried on about 400 wheels. The largest ship and ner entire eariro. therefore, should not require more than the power of a dozen such locomotive enemes to move it at me name rata of sneed over simUar grades From this it must be evident that the ship, once safely placed on a properly tUUSUUUlCUVIU IWJU.IVM " . .... .. j nf a anlmtantial and well ballasted road bed, can be moved with certainty and . aa.a ) ease at a much liigner rate oi speen man would be safe in the very best canal that has been proposed. "I thiiik the actual ccst of operating such a railroad would be, in proportion in tha tsinnncA moved over it. considera bly less than that of the most successful railway line in this country, lor tne rea son that the tonnage carried would be exclusively handled by machinery, and the ratio of paying cargo to non-paying weight would be mucn greater, in pro nortion to the tonnaee. the cost of main tenance should also be much less." JNew York Tribune Tender Memories. The following lines will touch a sym pathetic chord in many hearts: "I saw ifn nnll out the bottom drawer of the old bureau one evening, and I went softly out aud wandered up and sown until I knew she had shut it and gone to her sewing. We have some things laid away in that drawer wnicn tne gold kings could not buy, and yet they are relics which will grieve us until both our hearts are sore. I haven't dared to look at them for a year; but I remember each article. There are two worn shoes, a little chip hat, with part of the brim gone, some stockings, pants, a coat, two or three spools, bite of broken crockery, a whip, aud several toys. Wife, poor thing, goes to that drawer every day of her life, and prays over it, ana lets ner tears fall upon the precious articles, but I dare not go. Sometime we speak of little Jack, bnt not often. It has been a longtime, but somehow we can't get over (lreamintr. Sometimes, when we sit alone of an evening, I writing and she sewing, a child in the street will call out as our boy used to, and we both start up, with beating hearts and a wild hope, only to find the darkness more of a burden than ever. It is still and quiet now. I lookup to the window whore his blue eyes used to sparkle at my coming, but he is not thero. I listen for his pattering feet, his merry shout, and his ringing laugh, but there is no sound. There is no one to search my pocket and tease me for presents, and I never find the chair turned over, the broom down, or ropes tied to the door knobs. I want someone to tease me for my knife, to ride on my shoulder; to lose my axe; to follow me to the gate when I go, and be there to meet me when I come; to call "good night" from the little bed now empty. And wife, she, she misses him still more. There are no little feet to wash, no prayers to aay, no voice teasing for lumps of sugar, or sobbing with the Eain of a hurt toe, and ahe would give er own life almost, to awake at mid night and look at the bed and see our boy there as he used to be. So we pre serve our relics, and when we are dead we hope that stranger will handle them tenderly, even if they shed no tears over them." f Rochester Union. We are always anxious to know why we are loved; they only care to know how much we love them. A STKI3G Of FEAELS. When Tune area Leant v. . plate it. -a- Women do not read: th l;. ... the eye. ' ' Wll A woman would sooner mi. . i than fill it; not so a man. A woman listens to a tj!t i mind and judge it with her senses. It takes a much wit not to di,.i.. . woman a it takes little to please her It i rprUing how near age briuM a woman to death and how LtUe it 3 pare her for it. pre" The woman who confid Ler partiality for another seek dri! lata tlitn n uue mtm B V V a,. It tekes one lea time to get over on own misfortune than to be reconciled to a neighbor' good fortune. The latest school understands hW ture a much a the Eoglih do cookery IU ideal is raw meat and plenty of co ji menta. How many of our writer most i, vogue shonld bear in mind that if taW supplement everything it can dispen with nothing. There are people with whom penitence stand for rt-pentence people with whom wearing mourning dispenses with feel ing sorrow. One should meet death a resolutely aa a general would meet aa inevitable conquerer. This is the best way to ob tain easy conditions. It is above all mvIoto that a feast is not a good as enough. A wit insist on revealing himself where he is only asked to show himself. The highest mark of esteem a woman can give to a man is not to auk his friend ship, and the most signal proof her in difference is to offer him hers. She is to be pittied who thinks to find a friend other than her husband, if tht be a wife, than her children, if she be a mother, than God if she be neither. The jealousies of friendship are in this more exhausting than those of love: there are only phantoms to fight, and hie price of peace is merely a chimera. Those women are to be pitied who pass their lives between the world and the theater: poor souls who Lave only fiction a a relief from falsehood. Friendship is a picnic to which all par ties contribute, and therefore is some thing women cannot understand. With them one party or the other must stand treat. A woman's fall is something like that of a child. The first intimation that the child has that it ha tumbled down ia conveyed in the fact of its being picked up. The customer is inclined to think that a dollar apiece is rather an extortionate price for watermelons, but he wouldn't think so if he had to sit on the fence every night for a month, with shot-gun in hand, keeping off trespassers. Killed by Inches. The origin of the above expression is thus explained in a recent English work. Allusion is made in the phrase to divers ways of prolonging capital punish ment in olden times; e. g. 1. The "Iron coffin of Lissa." The prisoner was laid in tho coffin, and saw the iron lid creep slowly down with almost perceptible movement slowly, silently, but snrely; on, on it came with relentless march, till, after lingering days and nights in suspense, the prisoner was at last slowly crushed by the iron lid slowly coming upon him. 2. Tho Baiser de la Vierge, or tbe "Virgin's Kiss," of Baden-Baden. The prisoner, blindfolded and fastened to s chair, was lowered by a windlass down a deep shaft from the top of the castle into the very heart of the rocks on which it stands. Here it remained until it was conducted to a torture chamber, and commanded to kiss the brazen statue of the "Virgin" which stood at the end of the passage; but immediately when he raised his lips to give the kiss, down he fell through a trap door on a wheel with spikes, which was set in motion by the 3. The "iron cages of Lquis XI" were so constructed mat tue might linger for years, but whether they sat, stood or lay down, the position was equally uncomfortablo. The Chamber a uruce or u"'u5 room" was a heavy chest, short, shallow, and lined with sharp stones, in w iion the sufferer was packed and buried alive. The "Bernicles" consisted oi a ur tress on which the victim wss fastened by the neck, while his legs were crushed between two logs of wood, on the upper most of which the torturer took his seat. This process continued for several days, till the sufferer died with the lingering torment. Many other modes of stretch ing out the torment of death might easily be added. The Old Forest Under the Sea. t .i,irtta cava an Enclish scientific pnper, where our shores i aro shelving as near the mouths ol the lay, the Hnber and Severn-after a more than ordinary tempestuous day, we see quan- .. llrinir mnttpr C(Wl UP uuwu. . - FC-IJ r" , black. oy tue sea, auu uio cumo kv- - , enedwith its triturated fragment. lj f ti, loi-rror nieces 01 we examine but ui mid 6w this black looking matter, we bnd that it . . .. i n i vith Deal. is mado up oi aara way " : pieces oi woou, moosoo, bu."- -r , the like, the characteristic vegetation oi ' ... 3 Ti,;.;. cashed up cold, moist grouuu. m " by the sea from o d forest beds, now submerged below the of the waters. In excavations for docks and bridges these ancient floors are cut into by the workmen, tve rywhere we find them to be composed of Borne thickness of peaty matter, whica lie prostrate trunks of the and our common forest trees, the oU roots of the monarch, of the forest stood in place, and scattered on the ohJ I f orJ floors lie the acorns and hazel I Mttg dropped from the tree o'.,tbe w? its prime, and the sub-fossd w"e" thePdeer and elk that roamed the for glades. The whole is u.uaU Ij buried m dera much later accumulation oi sw and clay, fall of our commonest sea .hells, laid down by the sea . wate Uu have overspread the aita of the old lor es since it submergence.