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The Straits Timem of-the ,1th of Nov'eu, er contains the affidavite rakent at the British Qonsulate Batavia, of five niet, the turmvors of one boat's crew of the :hip Euxine. which left North Shields on the l,th Juilq lit with coal for Adeni. %% lhn b? was less than tworpjOmt1w out, after she had encountqr,Q a heavy storm her cargo -if coal rAs, foytpd to be ou Gire, and, nfter-severA.1 duyq, of gallant but uthucce:,eful st rugglo with .the flies, the captain, c.lieersi..ind crew, in P1i, thirty mei, had to confo.s thew#aOl4cs vanqui.hod, to leave the ship and to take to ti pir 4oats in the open sea. The fate tf two of the boats is as yt unknowtn, but those in.the third quf fored almost incrediblo agonies. 'luh seolin.-I mate, .itmes,A reher, after de,t ttiiiing the sufferingo o(,thwir boat'h crew of seven nen from August 9, when they left tie ship, says : "O Augu.t 30, our Ilh-Vt .and hunger NTere intense ; v'o otnInuen1ced t9 d,ink salt water August 30, Ntiler d riinkinag mor01e than any of the other:. U .he 31tt of August, Mil iur gut diir.ious : this,was probably. brought Ibout by e. drinking so much P;lt watj. lie declared tlj.k& lie offered hia bOdy, as food to- the others, and eutreate,j thein to kill and devour hii. We did not heed him. After a time the mani Manus Sulutt p)roposed that they should gust..Jlt who shou!d fall as i sacrldIe for keep Ing the others alive. To this we all cunsonted, Having no other means to wake a lottery we hit upon uing tiuall sticks of all sizes, deciding that the one who diow the euiml1et should be the victim. Aftci- having made the sticks ready, I held them in any hand while the othenm drew. On comparing, thetu together we foui.d that the ialian, Fracis Shu fuse, held the ainallest stiel. I .tAV, ing also Ngfeeg tfLat ti'e lottery should be thrice repeated, ij4 ta-t whon it ihould then provq that two qr ti;p r us had .dran..the shprtq#t stick, h -e should east lqu woi6g them seles, so that the viotim inight be singlud out, we found that the saine man had ror a second tim.e p.ick ed o0t I (3e . same object. wian.. Shufus, when his turn qaipe foq. the thid drawirg hes,i!ated to j'oih and would not dr .w, upon w)iich the man SandstroiL proposed he would do it for him. This le did, mad.-th short ett ,tick was found iu .1atrou's hand. Shufus bore it wj.th ,great oUlcanlmes. and showed tl.,ujun,%t reignation. lie wns lelt alon I'n soic two Ib ,trs, while ho ow ;td tbenl ml*gerly Imiokod rouqd tho l.hp, %-,n to bCe wheMthar aoni . u hO. pejutived or any help would 0o4e. WU itood 1n1on the l bwlAt-. Sih n Ius prepared himself tq aiste) his fate by praying and s'peakiing i4. !tg.lian. le gave urn no~ pan ting rnessumge.tgo be,eent to, his fiends, most prubabty aq, hQ, hardlly kcnew more Eanglish then s.o. sa~y ye's and.. nq.. hlis bearing was that. of a maan who.Mp mind Was wade upj. Seeing we,worn ia,.t .s.elp, n.qd feelia:g that Inur .hpa.ger ai d. tI 1r4t had grown boyprad further endurnange, we saw otirselvegi driven to saceriflog; Shnfau. lIe lai$d himself down, but befo-e than Auggyat Mulnaler laud tok( himn tihat he would take :iis flade. and. die for haim. '1This 8anutus re lused, and layijng sliiself downa in the l dta m of the boat,' gave .bly,solf up to be tied, theta one m.an befd..fitec emapty f,ouill'i,, tin so ans to catcha in the blood. Muller, ore saying th..t now s->me one must (lie fo. thno oth. era, passed.tIhe knife around the man's throzat;, * la did not sceam or siruggle. The blood was drunk by us al'. Muller then out ou't his livnr .pud hieart. Tl heoe we cut into smnall pieped, anid ate them mnixedl wigb.tbe blogd. and bait water. At last tl'iu.momnets. of Shnufus, I was int the helm. Time head anad feet were thrown anway, the trunk taind tOhe imbs were put into. one of the aie-tight, t ins of our life i,oat, which we wo.haa4 openied. WVe cont,mined ont our way. . it mjght have been 2 o'clk int the afternoon. wtaen the mnati hofus diod. Somtq three hours after a uhi1 was teen, which, on perceiving the boat, muade for us. Ou)~ nearing the, vessel .WP t,barowY away the~ reainsti of the corpse. Ini our exnausted state we were help ed ont b.oard. Thqas vessel was L,ic Javat 1'.o,t, (laptain ,0. .Treppen, uawter of Amte(dam, fronm.tha.t port to Batavia. Tbis wny upa tihe Sist of August. We were vwell trpate l, opd 2d of' November the vessel avrive4 at ]Ratav ja roads. -- & Frncsc rCh&ro nide. The increase of population of the oity of San, Francisco during the past year was 25,000, and tmore than2,000 , wLuiilir'gs wore oxeoted. I Lunatie Iln.aIlpt. A correspondent of the J")ndon Daily News, writes to that journal January 20th : On Stkd%y morq. iig the me vige at I,rVipgto dAthedr.l at Albury, nosrt.ilford-a build. ing which wa, eteo%d at.. a cost of ?60,000 by Ihe .late Mr. .Ilenry Druwnbnd-was interrupted in a soiewhat alarming manner. The ser vice had proceeded to the reading of the prayeri, when kapt. Symes, a m1110her, ofthe bongregation,wAs 4b. &erved to sento his seat. 1Ho,at oroe 1ssoended the stairs and ent'red the pulpit. Closing the door, he stretch. ed forth his hands and addressed the congregation. Ile said he %as conm mi.sjoued..by,GOu to deliver a Wps shge, which wolrd not be heard with favor. At this juncture several of the church offi.sials rushed up the pulpit stairs, and begged the gallant captain to desist. The req-seat was met by the captain drawing. a_,w.or4 rron a pheath,, which was coticealed Unpdor ti costand waving it above 11!i.ead, he said that, if any person interfered with him in the delivery )f his message, he would run him through to the heart. A precipitatw ret At.1as m,5,e by the offlcials, aUid in tlie meanmine Captain Symes pro. seeded to address the congregation, warn ig the,m that it was his duty to nll Zte that perd-ltiun wu their !ate if they continued iin their present aith. Mr. Armstrong, a barrister ilt jiW, ad an intimate friend of 'ap os,, left, hip seat, and, riisie up he pulj.t 4t*irs,, begged hiin to ,ome dowp.. . The captain raised his pword, and striking Mr. Arustrung icross the hand, nearly out off one of sit fingers. The alarm caused by this oxtkaordiuary coudupt nas very great l'he ladies -f.. tie ,congIga,ion creamed,and tilang of them fainted. Nh ujllp porttion of the congregation ofijboir seats and assembling inl :nots in knots in the aibles of the. ibureh, called to Capt. Symoss to ione duwn. One gentlenian undeter .Jd by the injury itfficted on it. k.r wm.rngg iseudl the pulpit stairs ,A1 expostulate with the captain 'he only reply he received wai Ah )reseutation at his head. of. .a loaded -evolvor. Hearing :the "click" of he weapon, he slid down the stairs n his back and hid behind the stair. y. ,.During this scene the Dukp Mnd Dpolhvss of Nuthumberlautl. mho are, yogglar attendants. of; the shurch, 40ft Lh,ir seats. The Duck. ss. fuinted, and was carried from the huruh by her attendants. Capt. 3ynes had now full possesiov., of the )ulpit, and, striking tlhie swurd on the )ible, lie ,roceeded in a loUd tone to (qhiveq wia be termed his message, iuiidot the sbte#njing of the fosuales ind vociferous oslis to "ounia down" >f the males. The -flicials pf h,A ihurch had by thIs tite aytnodi t leif elves wi h long poles, and 'with Jitso they went tuto the pulpit, and, tfte* a XpM.endous naflfe, sucopoding n knocking th,#.Jiword and ievolver .ut, of theibauds of the captain. I'hoy thel, lid hold of him and drag ,ed him down tie pulpit st.airi. Ao lie captain %iolently resisted, a ro.yp, ats procured, and with it he.. 1ai oud had..atd (out, and tied to one if the pillt.r a of the1 bijildjag, lie w:as subsecqueuatly given in %tbarfe iy ho polIce, and on the fu.llgwing day wa pr,ught before a magistrate. On. .lc.certificates.of two surgeons heo susi removed to a lunatic asylum. A Qheer Docnment. A fr'end .. hmaa. enclosed us wa me calls p. ,'.'eriim,. et literai, et .u,nctuatim?' co1*j of' is lett er sont to P'.esidentanmt, by M m f. MoKina. my, of Mul)DowsIl county. Th.e old, :ian, our (riLn I writes us, is on ae.ginuuissionuery lapt ign mister, and replied to IP.8. ,W hito,, in Abelby, luring t he tour of the lejier throu.h. yJorik Qarmjjina, in 1851. 'Thu fol owing I.. the i stor: , .- . ,J .uumry 20eths 1875 Datoad dijer'!tille 31eDowell county N4orth Carolina to Mir u a Grant president of the united states Dear .ir walk in the ways of thy heart anid in the aight of thinee ayes but know thou that fo'r all.these things God will ing thee into Judgment anud I bhall Go thare to hseae the trial. . -..,W. II. MIcKinsta N, Bi, l,, req'uest you to lay this under ypur,ha.,yery niehmt for one orn~,,th it' God shuould aptair your life Chester Beahs it. .The YorkviLja,, fng1ilrer spf last week rises and brags ovet the fact that only $3,000 of, the tages of Abha sounity are un pait.. The ,bpoks of the Treasurer of hester county,.show that all but $l,3Q0 of..,h bas levy of t,his1; county has boin, paid. 8o that, if (4eere, be any virtue and any praise is the prompt payment of ts es, thae Qhester, "banditt,i", are oni. titled to their shar9.--Reforier. .Of tGo f.orty-two, millions of pas. seng'ers narried. over the railroads in Massachusett.a, last. year, only a sin .rl. one was killed and but seven Were 1L7Uu. The Bills of the Bank of the Slate. The Committee of Ways and sh14aus of,,the House of Iopresenta. vis p resented, oil Fiday, a bill tc provide for the redeniption of th. Bills of the BAink of the State, which bill is said to have the s4nction of Governo Chamberlain aud the At t6rney-K:eneral. The general pro visions of the bill are as follows : The (overnor is directed to ap p,oint, befg,e the firat Mouaday is j1pril next, a cominission of the cou, petent citizens of the Stito, wh. shall ascertain, as far as practicabli the whole amount of bills issued b) the flank of the State, the amoun isaued iq aid of. the rebellion, th, amount outstanding, and the amOU11! of the bills that are valid and ,bub sisting obligations of the State Such of the bills as shall be found to be valid obligations of the State shall,be. staiiipdd ilegal" by th, Commh!tion. The Coimuision 0hal have power to send for persons anv papers, and are required to rendei a final report to the General Assom. bley on or before the fourth Tuub day in November next. The At. tqrney-Ueneral is required to at tend the sessions of the Con mision. fol the expenses of which the anili of eight thousand dollats is appro priated. 'he bills ti ,t ,4hill be stamped at leg.l by the Co:uiaission are uade ro.civable fbr taxes, as follo"s: First, for the redemption or forfeited lands, second, for taxes past due at the date of the passage of the act, provided that the bills shall be ten dered on or before the first day ol January next. In all baes where: taxes snall be levied for the sup port of the free hohuuls and for the payment of the interest on the pub lie debt, it is made the duty of the County Treasgrer ,to' receive, in payment of su-1h ta4es, from each person paying the same, one-fifth o1 the amount of his taxes in the bills of the Bank of the State stampej and atteated, as .before mentioned. Ajlk.billsu"o -loeeived shall be btlamp id by the County Treasurers, "Re. ceived for TaxOb," together With the date of the receipt and the name of the person or persons from whom received, anti 4le County Treasurers are directed to report to the Cotnp troller General the number and amoUtln of auVh billd so received. An annual tax of one aoyl a half mills is levied for the purposa of redoeing the said ills, and the CQuity *uditors are directed to in oludo this tax in their annual levies for the next five fibeal years. The proceeds of the levies are appro. riated to the redemption of such bills as way. bq received for taxes. -The.State Treasourtr is directed tv demand from the Arcei.ver of the Bank the sum of $4Q,638 81 in bilh6 of the Bank, being the amount taken by W, C. Courtney, Receiver, . it paymnent of notes discounted I eore the assott of the raid Bank became a fund in equity ; alst, tny other bils whi4h ukay..,bertift6V ..be paid into the hands CfrIay PIL-eiver in the ,aid cau.e. The so bills aro to be oinelile-I inl tile pro.,oie of tho Comnptroller-Gezer-nl.' ;nhe ;bulde-r of pity of the bills who anay ,.he ag. j(rfe.vad by .the action and deciaion ot Cvzmmission.co,nqeaining the same, in gi vnj,t)1n,r-.ighr to proceed by manis dawnus, nad, in the event. of obtain ing a favoraclo decree,. the bille shall be approved by the Comnmis t-ien. All the bill< not pienented by the tiomiision befoie the liret Mlondaj is Nove; ber next aue de elared in~valid, a.esfar as any act of the Genoral' ,Assd.t.hly. may make them ao.-Xsews anid C.ourier. Andi now we baayo. it that .the...lie publiewna in,.'Jngress prhoose to re vive the iron-clad test n Ith, in order to prevent lty-three mnesi,bers 0.f t.he nex .Congress from takit:g their seats, '.'hsia one of the desp'erato devien auggrapted to 1 prolong thle tiierabhle exist*snge c.f the Radical party rand prevent a reform which is inevitable, 1t is the old' story about .\rs. Pai tington over aganu. S3dney 8:cith tells ris th.at there was a groat storm at Sidinouth. A great fiqod band not, in upon the town, the. tide ..ross to. an, incrediblhe height. the waves rushed in upion the horises, and everything was threateecd with desrnotion. In the mist of this .sn1.limne andI terrible aoeise, D)ame be.ach, war SlOelnpt the w5t,dowv of hatr, hywu.se, snop in hand., trigdling h.er 4op,.squee.ing out the2,rea wate.r anti vigorously pushing back the At Iat,ig Qeeao. Th'le .Aganrtio wvas rpqsed, and jso.was the spirit of Mrs P,art,ington.., "8he was excellent at at a stop .or ,a puddle," adds the greet rQfo.rmer, "but she should, Dot bav9 iweddled with the- temp'esi,," The tawral. .,pplies to Congress as well os it..did s~o the Blriti*h. P'arliat 'wont. ,.Mrs. Partington will be again beaten., .. .. .... Ger many has adopted a law by whloh the bolder of a railroad ticket may stop at any point on his.journey for any period, the tioket remaining , (Ie aun.til used. A Dlscoitrucd Buy. Ornbapplt's boy had -caewl that ouolh ing Thanksgiving ?. tery abutit Lthe chap Who ran atwy fruilm home11 vbeu a boy and weno to ica and was .lot heard of for 3i4si aUad ' iars And how on Thauiksgiving day 'thle mothertat a plate for the wauderor. .nd lept at sent at tIle. tabli;.. and tow the gray haired tare, wbon hju .iff,rod a bl..a g, prayed. fur la vaywad son-payed tim; lie might -etur iin baIty to the pMternIal of. And thou one Thatiksgiving . day .vhl they had about v,ivun hin up '1r dead, aILthIOugh the ph1 id aoant chair tuld the story o a u0ther's undying hopes, jA.t -a. tht Nuily had saut down to the Thanks. ;iving dinner, there oupie a rap at lo door. "Couj in !!' cried the .ire, and in buunoel t.h . boy ..in a iailor jaukut and a tarpauilin hat just.ltime frot a whaing voya-tru. auclh r. joicing as theet was in that I Jus'. How his father bhouk bo. ht his hands, and how Iis mUo.0her wept Over hilli anld emlibraced him, anlid :ow all tie brole'rs ad i tea, aunts and1 cousim him.ng arot i his. neck aad tugged at his sailu j.i-kt. It w;s worth brav'.mg th daniggrs of the sea to HIet with 81u-0lh a ia. eum11a on his return. 'I. sat at the .Caat in the Cbatl' ihat a ilot her's leathilesd love.dod hope 1andI reOl.. loctiun had always pluoud fvr hiul, a'nd. tevor was there , a happitr Phaniksgiviiig since that eheri hed an.niveroal y was inventO'. Crat'applo's boy wept over that story every tine he roa., it, andti Ito got to . wderiig wh.e.th.er ,udih a auss would bo mAdo o' 'rl hii. bhuiild he run .away from hom1e and11 thenla tui up again toio Thi11ankgiuig day. . IIe thought about it sommich that he finally det.erminud. o .te.,t the but-iunosti, anyhow. Ile %,otld 1ea isow the people would aut w hem a Ito played the prodigal's ietmin. So about a week befo.o Thank.,giing he ran away from house. .lia didn't, go to sea, beoa ube the aa W% (00 far off, and lie cuuld i' ma lie llneli of a voyage inl a weak, anlylaow. lie t got a job in a tat yard, grinding8 bark, which answered all the pIr - poses, for he could- imagitio his -La.4rk wias onl the sea," as he0 rUoc thle old hoise aronid tbe circle. lie called the mllill tho world., 1 an'id inms.. used himself mailig around Lil wurld Ut every revolution. With a beating he-art la approa6h ed tle pateraal asiua. Ile lookett iu at tuhe w imdow and saw t ii fol ks just hitting doIN 11 to the Thatkagiv.. ing supper. A chill of disappouitnent eiept over him at) ha. Sani there 'ws io vacant Obuir Ond th 3se wa-t1) aln idle plate oi the table. lo listened at tbe door a8 the blessing was atked, but although sOveratl proplieti were honored with a latti ring notice, his nameo waisn't iitioed. 'I'l.i. was a little hard 0.1 the boy who lial rt' away frot home ad was liable to atun awp onl anly buceved1d a Th1ank. giviig day. . .. ., .. .. Reoiuctions of him did't ,.seen tu cluster aroaunid theo haartbaata,n toa hanay very great extaent. Rlepeaang a cbillinag forehddiln~ h5aIat ate in..h.is Lbrua.-t, Ihe hIauna open-lathe door, a-u1h1.dJ ito then-.n taiadt, dsiad a.Xelaaed-''Fat,baerI mnothv r l 't,is I , Sdalmy C rata p pat -hums. aaian. ' home ! hsoase ! ' a t thaea threw s~ascj hiin ai, ln hIsfathut' btreaat saobbmag cosnvuaslively. \\'hatudi.a thaat lathtr aao ? Diad -Ie huag hsiaa sand 5a,b seuras ovI.r Linm, .and call haias his lozag '1.c b.a-ba.a, 'U Not aauchs. lie ao1,lj .hi~m 'by thae collar, led Isuna, inato the wood.aashedl an d.*orkedl aver himas aaaso thana aan hour with a u al-atat'e, his brotha- a eras and si.stein5 dlaasqeing,~i ad taa khe baok a.coop.. Isna atsiaaj of' dlehat w'hai e. fls m oth e r berouaa:i , ',a'"b th right, Aambua ; gave it, to lhui I aan hi.mt bet.ter'u to luI away I. uin h.oamo Theaaan he wai senit Io beda withlaout aany Thbaaksgiviang aaup~per at all, asi1 thiaestem-d~t with beinag dlepi.d aa ; bath Chari->tmas sand Ne, as Yeaa: dlinnsers. ' Blankrupt allers. ''SambIoal whlserts your 'p5iin oba 51 dea banlkrupat law ?"' -.I ''lI'aI)k 'ut,l su,-rate, l'osa, y. I ' impijly.for' the appl.l'wion msyrelf'. Jdaatsplanig yimi's pd1IOip al..' 'Whly, you s-ae here n, Inoaw, j a-,t Inedaa 'me dust haltf dollar you got, for whis te.: waaisi g. . , : 4( - Pompejay , haands l'am thae.. 1'nonesy, and $amnbo udeil>eratoly pdts it into his awa pocket. S'DJoro dena, anow, I owa' de ase maker three shilling, anid yQu half a dollar,. seaides the grog shop, bill, 'Sajaibo, I takes dat half dollar b.ack. . Sambo,. with amnazement. 'You tink dia chile green 1 You dite. your abaro wid do oder creditorA." Samnbo was quWito$ as1 hor.ost tan How Longlo tierp. low Iltoell-alep i, 11CeCC8ary to ro now the exhn.UAd eVegieo of the brainl, and fit it perfectly for its.work Imlust be determiined by individual experieice but aa to ebildiu1 it is t.fe u tay they ought to be inidulgod to the extunt Vf their incliitatills. Tlluy re ull-o- nacre sleep th1anil aiitis, alad old people, if their adumbers are ' lilid, ile. ille to .slhep at ahortor il - tervalm than per'o inl the prime of life. The difflerece inl ilividurd in this re.,seut, iH very gre.t. 1)r. .o0h metiols a nai who sleeps only flftena iiutes a day and eijoys govd Leal Ith, llaime, in his "'Medical Liogc," speuks of some missionarioa in Cuba who rlduced their sleep to ininun, that they Anig,'t purs to their labors with the -le i blt o intorruption. WAhon I*u ced to rest they throw then. selves en a Couoh with a bras., ball. inI band over a brasi baiin. The- mo- i 11cli. thuy lIOst their Uon'i'clolsls the I ball dropped from their igers, and I ringing on tho basiti, wyaked them i Alnd. this. sleep they. foun-I afforded I ril thu i -eruit, that-finturu dem , tnlod. c .eInCa declares that, 1l1aenaiis pussed. t hrec. yoars without Bleepligic a siniglo C I.ur, and iloe hauvo tifirms that t It. pi-.-ed six weeks at one tilme with. d out bleep ; but ncit,ltr of these vuato- i Ile:ts as Uredible. It Blaine wis informel by Clen. )"ohegavt1thut dur.ing his active mam. J maign in ilullaud he never for a year Y lept, ijure than ote hour in twouty otir ; an1d the sate is iCporLOl of lar,os X 11., of 8%%edenjduriug hii Foi.derfil ouroe'. Jeroiiy Taylor, !ur:Ig part of Ihis ife, 1opt only broo or ftur hiurs in the twenty- n our ; and Np1o11oiR blOpt Wily four V I livu Ious duriig. his mulitary ca- g uoer ; Put bo wits Wib to fall aleep p t aly time i cite mid.t of ld.h work lien he felt drowsy. ;. '!tAhii i inter, it lie great surgosm, alept four hours at, a igt, and one af'tor dinner. Sir Julil Sinclair gives the hi6tory I if a man who had rer.ohed the ad anecd ago of ninety one, and all tj is life had slept but fo!4r .hIoira in ti lie twentyfour. dir - Walter Scott tJ aid. that be was not entirely Itimisolf o I10Aes lie passed seven louts in total f, IIOnihUioustj<se. Southey required r4 ig hlourt going to bed lat teu Ind d king at eight. Sir Willi;uIl J nes oi aid down the r'ulo of lifo fi atudents I at the couplot, "Seven hours to I,k, to pleasantmu Aumnbers vevon. - -... , Tell to tte world's allot, and all to , The Divin. Bell. ti M1. Tloielli htates that hi huas. bea l aaing ii exoen ien cits withII bi6 Mu bmta tI iLO veso* ,1ot' "jrtariio mole." as ip allh it.. lle is struck with the 6or4-' e.,pondoiieu of many of the pheijomI a to th1se lserved in bIallooniUg, h id coIsiders that it is at the bUttoUl' b f te sea that the Oeob1lem1 of serial tQ Iaypgatiol will ble solved. 1.. a j ithild mass which is stilk -the I m:f. I little iuves iite : Ili iii obedience it 0 , the serew -. prope Illor, wh.ich is at biiven- hy the handiu. .lu ii the vud. 51 el mieets a currncit, it is vain to fe hignk.of conit.aid ing withI it. Aatoth- ii r d. licumlt y, -is ini l. b uon,., is oiit- I' niiun. ( )aeo -ai allmon ha.s got seine 'I san3 rn t1111he darathI, it. becomiies e myo giblat to *., tellthie directiuta in~ Iil tbig'h at i.s gong. 't The nle iis use. In e'.,,,. ~\And, aiiilai ly, in the dusaria - niolo,'.' #b'lei it i,.nly 0.3! of an iniao h ider t he su rflace, 'itnd nothing is 'fi ieen inl moitionI butL the hi.,h, the eoii. .ji sa :s fountd of no u,e . 'To go to a a0 e'rtainu poinit, aonr arilicita meredinan w uas to be a rrangated outt.id'e.' al. l'osselIli reaatirks; too,, en t hte greait. t li.m iintne:s wit,h whiclifuounds aro 'y ad.At ,a depth of 110It fet., th. .it eaew of. a steamier ois.ing about 00 j a:--.a O'T,.soun rded i'n t ile (lie rmet ioalk / y chi 3Ced) rhiolut 'n if ir e'eiler over. en d. The contraiv nied 'of M.r. Tyr. allIi, a fiordinog, as it does, a-.mov\el p 'I'rtnit iiy oft obIservaion, mdiy fitr-' a irh. n.t s:pt ivie nhsta.iu piysics. e IIoW 10 EVlY ll Wu1lIIlli'5 Xf'erII01l. hi . ,e whoe pr'fn ,ses, to v tiers taid t lbes dli ili, uieuttag bay% :--'l fo't, a1,h ait'ot, goilog to wuua it wan a r'oimanis i'Ia1 feui,i ons ; it enfa', 'ire dhone a i t ay 5, -The umrlIo . ou go1 to,I i e,ork t he mure .-ht. won't hilmlo youn. nah heru ir at u d j>istd, a ed pull i.r iont by the lhair. 11' you ate alreid ia do i--i, Jumpij ini jotiikelf 'a,bpt ibr pul' 3oni outr. 'Lefad. hert.tkioy' a ar. batrnw. umei tfrout haorw -M>k&e i 'ti believe thai shun has depply wrdhtga ' ,vrotig her anid doni' ask (,o bie ,fpga d veni.' l sh'orf, othfnive' th .gigge aer unider a'lasting obligafiun to yo'6i r to hay. yp,mself une as aM g bligat ion tg o, .ItIesnt:at i a fiaTdisa pih whielh, so facjt .j hae tenalt iW cou'eyned.' A. La.vgpdar, thu other day at din. not, gau.d intentl y into Jlis plate, he remiarkied "On ry a wonian's. hair- f It's very Aentimntal, no doubt, but some.how it, gota away with mvy apne. Frozen Milies. T110 reiuakUble fr1 zetl inines of Coklrado are-. described by Mr. t. AWe-iser, o. Coorgetowi in tih;t terii iory, ill a4 oalliM lniuai-., i-. to Sillimi all" Jour1na]. OQe of thel:lin the St. Veils Uli- t A hight, Of twelv thousand live huudred fet above ti level of the sea, in Cliar' Creek conil ty. At a depth of from -iAty to two hundred fQ,t, the ledo or vien of silver pro, as voll a. the surrouuding rock, was foutiu to be frozen holid. "'liore are tio indicatioua of a thaw sutuur or win.ter ; the wholo frozeii tort itory is vurrdunded by hard tilusivo rook, id th lodo ittelf is am had and solid as the rook. Tiu minors being unable to exoavate the fruzen naterial by piiik er drill, to get out the oro, found the oily way wvas to kindlo a largo wood-firo at night agniuut tho back end of the muncel, and thus thaw the frozon ma erial, aiid in .tho morning tako out he diisiptegrated ore. This has boon ho mode of :iitigu for inore than wo years. The tunnel is over two undred fect deep, amid thero is io iiiiinition of the frost ; it scous to ,o rather. iiiuruasing." Tie writer 6utim;i account fur tbe occurrence f this fro,eu maiis so far under.. round, except. on tho hypothesis that hIt frost penet,rated to that, dhiepth urivg 1.he glacial qpooh, Iasl has re iiitjod thuro ever since. It cotild ot have found its wuy t1iither from 40 outsido while 1lio region was sub, -at to any suqh climate as now pr ails there. .-. -- --e w n.. .- . tttaco. by a [titer. langing up nmy birometor to *ve t a few minues to settle, I occupied y-olf in colleotinig roin Iri the ilion pines, which1 wore found in reat a.buudaicc. Olne of the priuoi all ob.jects of the of climb was to got sis.rpin for the purpog of sinoar. ig our boaty, but 61.had with,lo no leanls of carryn it down. 'Tho day as very hot,.uA iy coat haid beentl :ft in, camip,.bo I had)4 U9 linigiijo Stear ut&, bu it..ocurred to moe > crit off the.sl evQ of' uy shirt and c. it, up lt.ono cud, aid inl this. lit c aack I collected about a gallon r.pi oh. After taking ob.sei-vktions ir altitudo, I Vandv,rud bip;k on tihe el'o for al.our or two, wlien, iud C0iily, I noticed .that a Ptori was :,ming from the sou1h. - I liought a iter in the rocks, but when the orm burst, it,.cane downf .as a flood 'n.I the bretilicm- ifot with gentle rops pit'.6n,t, blowly itcreasing in anity, but Us if suddenly poured O.t.l.all iUlnqgiltQO 40pj I won ioroughly dieqoed.. an(.afmiost ihed away. It -laste not Wore iau balf an hour, 1huu the clouds iop4 by to tho itorti andt was in 1e sunshi'l again, lin tho'annsntjase I' diseov red a Ntr -wdy".a, gettg-dev0, and l1k;ed fo-Olimp,,n) l ilt e 1 roa, te.t i6t9 pdoi;iblo.* 9%ygioh tgthle attoo 0ti side osin.. ,4und a my i .trans r]L.i,ng dowi the ery.id,aafjtg with mill red sanid, and theme alL united I thM OR10011 below .1p.-. on groat so:4 n or rod ud . Travellahig tas sti 4could run n oon reasohoed the 'oS of4he-s&r.ans for . 4bi..sain. did ,t'roeh.t,bo lowor eud of sho.otuon rd1t.a.wn,ter wasl .running dopo,i a ry bed of *s.and 'and alhbough iL me1 in wvaves se0V'id.l foot high antI tegni or,two'Jly 'reot in- w,idthi, tihe nil soakod it On and it was Jozt. dYtb.flellowotl i.ve'uat:d Wit swaLI wed itp, anid Mill the ihods damie - omi above.~ i founid i coulid t,ravel sier .i haiiu fb stroaim, so I.hiestoned I to e.hiy and tyld the imei (hero a s a i lv er. f1qli.itg do w n. I h'o en non. t o carid (jil oamp .vquipsge froml 19 hiiult. to. whoe we thought it dul beaboe th'e water, anid then i)ud by to se'o the river :'1 t onl i to) iri the ('r)lornid'r)...--7fajdi - *f. WV. Md/I, & in.i'f I''o>ruany.. Sae ra Altl o slip. ed and fell on thb~ ie on 87xlt treet, dlhitig a bake6t of oggs that he was rryiig, Iinir'ioko thoem ali. (Gather ip,. up his htakrtj' hi toliP another ey, ss hoe itiutod, off, t'hat., thiero roult it fe :mm!ahi,me. wlhen he got. '0 idh to ent o it. Sarah . Ysto.k of .zAwinigdon, .hais i.d (Ip.iaad- to.-mat rimnony. I eeent.. A hiowevor, she; received . an expel. or Y : (r5e, tyd *ietd a tu ly 'fld, 'tV/oiMl%efia 'ic rurtirtget-ly.in sblAtoholI' 1873 gl i.,874 the. JQ)oigat* )Iic a p2ual.t,y of ! 63. - A dctouil-miut teasein4Frikao, by the dexterons-manipunlatioa of a Iirlond ill Consbild&ted VigIawhas realhzed *300,000 fronm $500. "'.Thetbougt to altar her condhit ion in liZe.-,-New l*d,. ford Mmuc~y I(dgefelld is tranquil. JudgC Mack. oy straigitenod out things generally. Court adji mred in Qolimbia., -Sairday, a4tur a satisfaotory term of tlre Weeks. Tho Stato tax will probably ho higher this yoa thau last. And this is reform , Tho libel suits of Bowen ' agai nsb the News and Courier will be tried before Judge Reid at an extra term in April. Cadet Molton was expelled from the Naval Academy for thrashing the colored Cadet who had insulted his UI1lass. Pfrank Moses is said to be running a Faro bank tn Columbia. His tuan sion will be sold under mortgage. It conitaius ubout $25,000 worth' 16f furniture, none of which is paid for. The private calendor has not yet boon reached in tic houe, and thero is no telling when the legislaturo will ad.iourn. L,ogislatioin is imped4 ed because there is no w3kiowledged leader in the logislature. A nw olection has been ordered in lancastUr to lill vacancies caused by th convitlon of the chairman of Coutity Coniimissioners for drunked. ne0.4s and the rosignn'.ion of the probate judgo on being indioted for the sana SC)MI10 G11o sice, the County C014 ni.ssioaers of York issued bonds payable in twenty yours for the benefit of the Chester and Leuoir It. It. A bill ha- passed the logis.. titure to pay those bondii in six years. A deputation Iron eastern York has gono down to petition the governor to voto the bill. A. colored nan went to consult ono )f the most 1,high-toned" lawyers iii, l4t on, and,after stiting his case, aid : "Now, I knows you's a law. Ver ; but I wish you would please, sr liss toll ruo the truff 'bout dat mnat ,cop)' .e The town council of Rock (fill, for lhe present year, hs fixed the ro. ail liquor iconse at throo hundred lollarg. and the quart license at one jundied and fify.dollarm. [In Ph,i ladel ph. ji,t'he hpLtists h'avet I ohurvLes, ani 16,507 m mbers ho recsbytorians 72 churches, andt ?2,01> m11embers ; the Methodists 75 lurchesH, aid 1 9,770 members ; and. ,le Episcopaliatis havo 79 churches aid 18,125 memtibers. Ihe Marqui. of ilptn, previous to ais conversion to Roman Catholiclaw,' 'ad begln the building of a largo iureh for the Cinmch of Eogland. [ie ha had the e.dilice finished, and IIm pro.-enated it to the 66mmunion ho tjtended it for. - An interesting discovery of a lire. ized female bust in pure silver baa ately boon intado at, lerculanoui. Phe work; nocording to an account riven in the Pdrie, is in a state Of xoollent -preservati 1, a-rd is the muly specimen of its kind which has. 'cona found (luring the coourso of ex taynaion. -- ' A Yadng wdboan in Dotroit,ohi rg. ad :vwit hi assault and battery, upon be ng asked ther occupation, said .she saas an artist. The evidence canola. dively proved that sheohad been painli aig a mn'ad eye~, UsIog a soda wa tot bottle for a brdeh. -' nd-of the streams trinning -into. bake S"pefior ?rom' t ho North is sailoed Temponranee River, because it ie the only once of all the tributarios a,f thea lakhe that hasu no bar at the mouth of il. Tlhao snow drifts in. someo parts of Scotland. a bout, the begirning .of the yeair wecte twenty"'foot in depth. Tlhe thaw hans caused .the river, to ovec flow their banks in all dire. tions, and' vast traets of land aro, under water. 11now comes out that,. H1op. J. R. 1)oblittle was the mnanipujlator by. whoese.mnagie power the. .otest, for Unilted S~tatos eeoncator ..n ' Wijsconsia t teruimiated so- suddheply lait week in the cooie of Augus Qumeoron a.i Matt. Cairpontero'e suCqseur. .Judge Doolittle spenlt aL day or two at Mad i.. sonas;a peace inaker and compro laoisor, ab it was lhe whoe coonsolid"t.. .d tho oppositions i,dments onl Mr. Camerao, Oni nearnnt of the parabzed con ditioin ot theb newly Eledted goverror' o ef Ne'vadaa, the ina bgui atoor.'eremco ni s webt- e.foru,id- st' his .bedside by te ji;., copAidion of the legisla. tu ung wh,, c.re.d I.to.hisg room ud.t th.ea.ediniaisterod the oath of ofiui.. "Pretty bad .under foot, to day," said onie-citizeni to anotber, as they. met imr the---stre-et the ethe r da. , '*Yet, but it's line overheaco," raa ponided t.he o'ther, "'I rue eniouigh,' . said the .iri.t. "o't thee verv tow iamo