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Au 'Independcnt Paper Devoted to t.lio ??tex-ests ol t5io People VOLUME III. ? j . ? ORiANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, ITHWSDAY, SEPTEMBER1 17, 1874. NUMBER''32, -??? THE KVNG'B WELCOME 10 TflmQVAXLa. )?fom tho Icelandic- pf JlathlA^ Jochumefiou. TXIAN?.'ATIID liV JlATAKB TAYbOR. l2iv' :. :'7 .' ; '? "l", With strong foot tread tbo holy ground, Onr snow-land'a king, the lotty-hoartcd, , ? Who from tfiy royal home hast parted, ?To greotthoeo hills that gtiard-us round I t Our FreeetamV Boro}l thy hand hat lent ub, Tho first of Kings whom ttod has cent us,, liftil I -weleuuio to onr bountrjr'n heart I ir. land's father,' hero tho Law-Mount vlow 1 ..Ztabold-God's work in nil their Vastnoso I Whore >?w'st thou Freedom's fairer fastness, > ? ?. W/t? firc^hcsvsd ramparts, waters bluo-fr Herb eprang tho sagas of .oar splendor; Hero every Iceland heart Is tcnderi... ??-,? Godjbullt this altar for hin floor.; < > IT Ilr* ?FS x? M it'A -Hert<, as In thousand yearn of old, Bound tho aamo wordB, a volco uuonded; As wheu their lifo and law ?efenafcd t ?l *TA6Spearmen with their ohlelda.of gold : The wmn land yut tho eamo ni>eooh glvcth, Tho nuclont sonl of Freodom Uvetu, And hlthor, king, wp weUjomo theo I " xv.,;j;.;'...' But now arjo past a thousand years. As In tho peoplo'a memory hoarded, And in QoiVa .volnmo atand recorded Their atrifo and trial, woes and foars; Now lot tho hopo of better agoa , JJo what thy presence; king I presages? Now let the prosperous tinio bo euro I Slbn Ti 51 v V. ?' ' 1 Our land to theo her thanks shall ylold, A thousand years thy namo bo ehautcd, Here, whoro tho 1BU or Law Is planted, ?Twlxt flery fount and lava field: WoprayiAU-Fathor, our dependence, ? \ To bless theo,and thy far dooendanta,. And thoso they rule, a thousand years 1 A CONFEDERATE AMAZON. Exploits on tho. Tented Field of Mm. Homier, Alias J.luttt. Harry llnford. Saturday Mrs. E. H. BouBcr, better known throughout tbo sonth as Lieut. Harry T, Briford, arrived iu tbis oity from New Orleans, en 1 route to Now York. Thia distinguished lady bas per haps gone thr?ugh more hardships and doBO more for the Confederate States during tho "lato unpleasantness" than any woman within tbo borders of tbo. Beotion so' designated. Like all our southern women, Mrs Bonner was filled with that unprecedented lovo of country ' and patriotism, bo beautifully exempli fied by tho women ?f tho south during tbo war, nnd, unwilling to see. those whom sho held most dear matob.to tbo . front, sho made preparations, uotwitb ot?nding her sex, to participate activoly in tbo strife. Daring tho mouth of Juno, 1861, sho left New Orleans, in the fall uniform of a recruiting officer, and wont direct to Arkansas,, whoro she soon . tmcc.eeded in raising a company of vete rans. -As first lieutenant, under Cap tain .Weather ford,,. sho left Arkunenu with tbo company und went to Key West. Here sbo was reluotantly com pelled t? leave the command which Bbe . had organized, .and to whioh she became bo much attached, on the ground of in pompetenoy, as alleged by the com mander iif . that post. Determined to allow no impediment to make her -j swerve from tho line of duty marked out by Herself, she at onoo proceeded to, Virginia, and joined Drew's battalion of Now Orleans the day previous to the first battle of Manassas, and participa ted in that memorable struggle. A ?bort time after this she joined the 8th Louisiana, and for tbo first time her sex wasquestioned, and she was arrested and'brdered to assume female attire, j Among hundreds of amusing advent ares j perhaps tho, best with wbipb she. was connected took place during the time of . her imprisonment after this arrest. ' A committee of ladies waited upon her by order of the commander, for. the pur pose of settling the vexed -question, but after seeing the dashing looking young offioar thoyjjoonoluded hot tor perform tkeir> mission. Sho waa taken before tho.m?yor, releasod, allowed- to retain I her umifdrBL; and ai onco commissioned 1 to perform any sorvices for tho oonfod ? oraoy whioh oho might bo oallod upon to perform. 'As her sex bad been ques tioned^ if not known, Bbe resolved *to leave Richmond, and rejoiced when Gen. Winder ordered her to the western army for the'pnrpose of scouting in the vioinitv of Okalona, Mississippi! Tbo . reliability of the daring young reorait was soon recognized ' and appreciated, and General Qaantroll sent bor with dispatches as,ai>py into Missouri. - Af ter rendering iuestimnblo service in tbis capacity sho went to Mississippi, and from thero back to Now Orleans, whore j fibo 'joined tho 21st Louisiaua regiment, then boiug organized, and reported .to General'Villiniguo, f, ?? f \ f. Receiving^ iier commission as first lioute?aake ?Uo malr^o Memphis, and; frornJlfer|P<l'f i&?p| whefajsbjj wits, badly a?i?Ael fmlft fight s)iouldcron tbolrlt'HrtySf tbo* bMtle, April 0J18?2.. Wbilo recovering from the etTeots of her wound bor sex was again discovered to her mortification, and Gen. Beaure-' gard and others wero astonished to lind out that tbo gallant young ?ffleor was not of the stronger sex. Unable to dis suade ber from participating in aotivo . warfare, she was commissioned te go to Atlanta, pass through tbo lines, and not as a spy, Upon roaqhing .Atlanta she, was ffcbmpellfla' W wait several vdtiyd1 for farther orders, and instead cf stay ing in that mtyjiha ran up to Dalfon and Chattanooga, and participated ac tively in both fights, returning to At lanta a day or two before tho necessary orders1 arrived. From this seotion of the oonntry she was ordered aboard, of | blocjk?dfeV? 'frohv different southern ?orts to tho Indien, and often was the oarer &f important idirtpatehos,' to for eign ports for tbe Florida and Shouan-; doah. She seized. ovory opportunity,, wholiior in tbo south, in tho - north; or in a foreign land, to render assistance to the ?g^ffjnr^opiifcderiicy. Hho baa a reooipfcnow itfher possession for $780, which she collected from the United Stato/Wfotf iofo of Oommodoro Brissols* fl(;or*^iWt*tft ^HSftlpGit, Bn'rbadoo?, and sent taapntl^orn hospitals, althoug tbe money waa'oupposed to b'avo bee ? y.i' ,? ' given for the benefit of'federal soldiers. She was now sdnt to Ban Diego and-Ha vsna for the purpose of buying coffee and sugar, for.thooonfoderaoy, and from thoro^ after making the necessary " pur chases, shewenj.to South;.Anjerica, in t&e intorcst of the confedorato govorn-' meat, with Pric?'s expedition. Prom South America ..oho pvoeeodcd.to the "YVest Indies/ olia'rg'dd with ?dnio impor tant mission^J^JkW^^Ja, "2r?&k Bno loved so welSm?served!BOrfginifully. Tho deeds Of this 'noble wommr&o well known throughout tho south, and have bpen reoited on many a hearthstone by well-scarred -veterans: and inmates of ,fedoral dungeons. The starved, inhuig manity-troated prisoners'of Oamp, Chose; have every roason to rome^aber her who nureod them, fed them and, furnished thorn with ovory cont she could sparo^'. day after day. 9ho is in possession or genuino doou monts, giyen. her'"ever y ',stor> Ishe has made, and from nil of thorn, it can. bo eoon that she was trusted tunheBitatingr ly, and bore an 'unblemished ohoraotor from tho beginning to the oloso of the war. Even nftoi* her sexhood hod been questioned, throughout tho ontiro war ?-be it said to the credit of tho men of tho south?that not n syllable was over repeated in her hearing unfit to repeat in the bresdnoo of the most 'reserved' lady, MrsV Bonner rendoyed to Now Mexiod, after her adventurous life, nnd engaged in mining speculation, aud 1ms realized a handsome fortune from .her investments'. She' hoi been well cm ployed otherwise, and has finished a book given a truthful account of hoi* adventures during her connection .with the cohfedbracyl. She is an intelligent looking lady, of about thirtyrflv? years of age, and has a particularly refined appearance for one who has experienced tho hardships of camp lito and' pdri formod the duties of a man t.j"or ?mpjr^, than four years. She is on her way to New York, and has a, number of let t e rs of i utro duel .ion to prominent gentlemen of jnnny south cm aud northern- oities, and othor evi dences of on irreproachable reputation. While here she called) upon: several' of our distinguished citizens, whoso con nection with thb war rendered' her do sirous of forming, their^aoquaiutuueo, and to many of '-.whom', she .brought letters of introduction.?Mobile Jicg. Macafcro Man-Milliner. A writer, in ljbnd?n Society discourses of a man-niilHnor,? M. Tfois-Etpiles (undoutodly Worth"), as follows: " Hie doors open wide?tau -macult? appears. His person is disappointing, thongh un deniably Britannic. Ho is a pink'and white dapper man, with fat and shiny faoe, his" hair parted in the middle,rhis moustaohe pendant, and highly oleagi nous. A thick white throat enclosed by a iawn-colorod ribbon, a tight fitting frock coat, a ohronio Bmile, a bow. that does not incline his body, These are* tho descriptive items remarked by a oursory observer of tho great Trois Etoiles. His voicb is strong and high ; his accent is boldly insular.- He- looks around with an absent air, , then sudden ly speaks. He has seen at a glnnoe what is. misaiug in Mine. O'Tempora's toilet The train bos been drawn out carefully to Us. full length before his arrival. .' What >are you thinking of, Esther? Madame's figure must liave nothing but draperies. Too low in ^the neck. An ejMiucllci en biais. A sucon to the right at tho hip. Tako half that bouquet at the breast' away. ? And do you go to Trouvillo this year, madame?' His manner is easy, .assured, . and well bred. He has ganuis of &'certainkind, jindoniablo tact, and irjaporttirbabto; sang-froid. Aha I tuink he believes in his mission. Ho will not dress oyorv one. He would hot he's tow a glance bn those oliimsy Germans in tho first room.' I hoar he ref neos lb make for a bet tain' .popular- aotress beoause she does not share his ideas of tho capabilities of her. figure and wants her dresses too l?w^ He converses iri English with old , docile,! trusted customo.ru like Mine, O'Morcs, nnd lot her ho consents to give a 4ittle professional exhibition." Historic Scandals. A remarkable feature of many his torio soaudals is tho unsatisfactory --and dubious result of them. Does the World ye^ knpw ^hb|b^r> Maryi Qilooh of Soots, wasva good'woman or wacrtttn ? And has not Mr. Fronde's last voTtamip, onco moro erst sot'ioita snsp&iol mi England's " Virgin Qnom ?" WuJj* body ever know whether NdPvlopu '-.III;, was really a B^naparto ? Viotor "Hugo hurled at him the memorable apothogm, He is neither tho son of his father nor tho father of his s?;" but some ? allowance must be made for the writer's ' lie roe democratic wrath. It is come thousands of years since tho association of Porioles and Aspasia, and we bo lieve' that"notwithstanding tho intro duction of tho oritioal method in his tory, scholars havo not ypt cfcqidedj whether thoir relations wero platonio or otherwise. ; The belief that Gen. Jack son loved not wisely but too well the wifo of Gen. Eaton, his seoretary pi war, was onco vory provnlent, pat it could show no very satisfaotory grounds for its existence. Tho trial of Queo'j CWrolino by>thd1h9nf8ei of, lord,-. w>is us fleroo un inquisition as . was' over niado into tho ohoraotor of a human being, yet it is not known to this day whether that pure and upright man, her hus band, had reason to - find fault with her or not. Tho horriblo Byron sfeandiit, So recently reviyod by. Mrs, Stowo, will probably never bo settled beyond' dispute. -^-Coggia's comet, is now visible" in the Bohthdm hemisphere;, nnd tho Obi neso aro 'in a ternblo stew about it, considering it a harbinger of evil. BULL - FIGHT, AT MADRID. ? ?"?>' Hou- Hb? Spnnisli Hons Piny iitclr Sn Honnl C?aino, ' Bull-fights begin about, tbo first ,pf April, and continue through tho" spring and ?unamor; ruoatbs.Monday is.th^ day selected for theso national sports-^ a Jtime -which is during tb6 \3&ason!?r buR-rffcrbtP ftjkjnd of .holiday, orilmrire correctly, a Satnrnalia---fCali;;d in Ms drjid tho dia de /6ros. Formerly the prioq of (aeataj,.comi3ared with tho wagqa,' of labor,' was excessive, but now the government baa graduated tb? scale of -prioeB; io, suit all pockets. The J beat places in tbo boxes costt about one dpj;, far ';1 a blllcta 'do sombra, or ticket for tho shady aide in tho nmphithoatro, about fifty cents; tbe commonest places,, ?next to the ateno, and exposed to the1 sun, .two reals. ::(.?/.>.'.; Tho popplo of Madrid aro to be eoen in their elorriont at a bull-fight; arid there? tho!'combats appear to bo con ducted with greater ceremony than in. any othor City, Seville, Valencia, arid Ronda rib longer oxeopted. The Plaza %i Madrid will bold eighteen thousand porsons. This large" opon amphitheatre is not . a remarkable'building, but the' bffcoti when filled ds tety fine.- It is sit uated ? short distahco from,the Prado, and the gate, of the Puorta do Alcala. In this' geographical oentre of tho re pnb^r^aTepubliq now, a kingdom yes terday?where oaprico and absurdities, virtue ondvioes, reign, the fanie'of a rising, matador.is made or" marred. The i matador, Or rapadas, ns tbo Spaniards torm the slayer, is tb? most important {(orsonago of .tho porformanoe. 'In tho hst Hoc of tho tauromaohian tragedy this great artist must stand facb to face with the brill in the presonco of inexor able judges," aud with firm baud, eye, and nerve, kill tho bull according to tauromaohian precedent, olso undergo jfhe entile vocabulary of abuso whioh the Spanish tongue so abundantly sup plies. * Hero is a, description of a*bull-fight which took r>lace??eceritly at tho. Plaza do Toros at Madrid. On the'oentre of thewesJJ side is: the oflicial box, swhero tho authorities aro seated ; on tho same tier aro tho boxes of tho grandees, filled with fashionable spectators. The commencement, of ? tho perform* ari^e was signalized by tho entrance of tho tororos in procession, preceded by! mounted alguacils, or ofUootB of polico, dressed in tho ancient Spanish cos tu mo of tbe time of ;Philip XL After pro ceeding around the arona and across tbo lints, tho aomhatimta hownd to tl?o oC& cial ?party aud returndd; a flourish of trumpets and drums announced that the speotnelo was about to begin. A^flst deafening opplauso tbo president from bis box threw gracefully down to the chief of tho algnaoila tho enormous key that opened the.toril whore tbe bull was kept. The door flew open, and the bull dashed headlong, with blind rago and violence, into the arena. Amazed at the novelty of his position, tbo animal halted a moment; then catching eight of tho alguaoil riding off at a gallop he rushed upon horse arid rider with closed oyes and lowered horns. Fortunately -the alguaoil was mounted upon a fine and spirited animal: quiok as lightning tho steed turned at tho touch, and esoaped the deadly rush Then tho enraged animal attacked in succession the picadors ; iu a Bbort oon fliot that enBtied threo horses were strotched lifeless upon tue pro und, leaving tbo dismounted arid disarmed riders exposed , to imminent danger. The ohulps, or foot combatants, bow ser, drew tbo attontion of tho animal ?by dashing before his eyes. a /glittering scarf. Thes? now assailants hud need of all their practiced agility; Occasion* ally'tbo bull guvo chase, -and. thoy could only save thomselves by leaping tbe barriers; Tho evolutions of this con summate band wore tbo most graceful and exciting part of tbo exhibition, and elicited tumultuousapplause, Another stood was urged oil to nu euconnter *Aith 'the bull, only to' share tbe fate of bis I companions. Again the bnll charged at a fifth horse and rider, and ,disem I boweled tho steed with his fatal horn; j the picador fell heavily on tho ground. The plaudits wero'deafening. UfJ Finally jthe signal? wavgiven; an oo compliBbod matador in full court dress ' entered the ring by a secret door, arid j bowing lowto tho president, threw down his cap in' token of reBpeot; then facing Tjis terriflo adversary, who waa standing <?? tone in tho now cleared arena, he shook 2 red cloak suspended on a drawn sword. The bull made a violent charge, the mantle fell over bis face, tho bright Tolodo blddo ontorod tho neck to the hilt, and he fell instantaneously, amidst tho plaudit shouts of the spectators-. A gayly decorated ear drawn by mules or namented with bells and streamers now. appeared arid bortt?ff tb?hdfly in trinmpn, whioh act closed tbo day's sport. As the horses aro doomed to an almost oortain j death, only /very, loan and dis? | eased ones aro employed, whioh can bo purchased for a low price. It follows, (hen, that the picadors are always bad ly i mounted, and their danger proportion ally increased. 1 To urge hia steed for ward, and foroo him upon the bull, the {>ieador wears Btfong spurs armed with ong rowohi. Tho wretched creatures aro driven blindfold, without aught to protects tfiojtn? to inovitablo slaughter; end dostined only to exhaust tho bull's [fury aud vJgdrJ, 'Xhia laceration of Mm horses, which seems, to excito no pity [.among tho Spaniards, constitutes the most rqvoltipg'part of tho exhibition. k? ?The ?liaricel ot tho parish ohuroh of Horton, in Buckinghamshire,' oon* titius a monnUieiifc to,' as "weil AS t?G ro maius of, Sora Milton; tho poet's moth* J er, who died in 3.637. This portion; of the oditlco is bc:sg restored in ston6 entirely at tho expense of tho 'rector of H?rtonf the Kev. R. G. Foot; For six years John Milton attended the church, Horton, being the residence of hi* Earcnts, ? ThO place has loag been' oelei rated for th$ nightingale?konoe Mil4 ton's sonnot fc?,that bird, --_;_ ? (_ Aggregate "population of tho* Eatth. ^A-reporb from tho bureau of otatistics.' at Washington, just issued, contains an interesting tiblo of tho population oi itho earth. Tho aggregate "population of the earth is given at l,891iO32,0?O, Asia being tho most, populous section, and containing 708.000,000, while Eu ropo has 300J50?.O0O ; Africa; 208,000, 000 ; Amoria? oM,500,000;land Australia aud Polynesia, 'MftlSfflf In Europe*; tho ' tending nations aro oreditod with the following numbers i Russia, 71,009,000; tho German empirei; 41,000,000.; Prance, 30,000,000; Austro Hnngary, 86.iJOO.000; Great Briton and Ireland, 82,000,000 *.: Italy, nearly 27, 000,000; Spain, 10,600,000; and Tur key, nearly 15,000,000. The dther'coun trios do not exceed 5,000,000 coch. In Asia, China,?which is by far tho most populous nation of the earth,?1ia oredited with' 825,000,000; Hmdobstan ;" 210,000,000.; Japan, 38,000,000;.theEast India island.^50,500,000; Burmab, Sinm, .and farther\Jhdia, nearly 20,000,000; Tnrkev, 13,550,000 ; and Russia, nearly1 11,000,000. <rj7 Tho Australian population in given at 1,074,500,'ah? tho Polynesian islands at 1,763,500, New Guinea and Now Zea land, being,included in the Iattor. In Africa the chief divisions aro .West Soudan arid tho Central Afrioa? region,' with 89,000,000; tho Central Soudan region, 39,000,000; South Afrioa, 20, 250,000; tho Galla o?untrt and the' re-' gion east of tho Whito Nile, 16,000,000; Bnmauli, 8,000,000; Egypt, 8,500,000; and Morocco, 0,000,000. In America* two-thirds of the popula tion are north of tho isthmus, where the United States has nearly 39,000,000.; Mexico, over 9,000,000 ; and tbe British firovinces, 1,000,000. * The total pbpu ation of No?bh America is given at near ly 52,000,000, and of South America at 25,000,000, of whioh Brazil contains 10, 000,000. Tho West India islands have over 4,000,000, and tho Central American statcB not quite 3,000,000. According to tueso tables; "London, with 3,251,260 inhabitants, is tho most populous c;ty'in tho world, while Phil adelphia. -,-jktU.v671.022 inhabitants (in 1870k is .tnoTmgneoenth oity -in pmti?; ,?f. population. These eighteen cities, in their order, ?ro the following: London, 3,254,260; Satohan (China), 2,000,000; Paris, 1,851,792; Pokin, 1,800,000; Tsohantsohan-fri, 1,000,000; Hangtsoh-1 ah-fu, 1,000,000; Siangtan, 1,000,000; Singnan-fu, 1,000,000; Canton, 1,000, 000; New York. 942,202 ; Tientsin, 900, 000"; Vienna, 834.248 : Berlin, 829,341; Hangkau, 800,000; Oaloutta, 794,045 ; Tokio (Yoddo), 674,449; and Philadel phia, 074,022/ Of cities smaller than Philadelphia, the leading ones are?-St. Petersburg, 657,963 ; Bombay, 664,405; Moscow, 611,670 ; Constantinople, 600, 000 ; Glasgow, 517,538 ; Liverpool, 493, 505; and Rio do Janeiro, 420,000. j^lAgricultiiro in Indian Territory. From tho journal of tho fifth annual session of the general council of the In dian tribes of this territory we deduce the fol lowing f act S : Tho Oherokees cultivate 80,000 acres, the Chootaws 85,000, Mnsoogces 65,000, and the Seminolea 10,000. These are the four largest tribes in tho territory.. The productions aro such as farmors . of the west usually cnltivate. They are enlarging their farms, improving their 'houses, und giviug particular attention to orchards. Thoy are advancing in' wealth by tho increase of a took, bot h in quality and numbers; Tho six small tribes having reserva tions in the north-west cornor of th? territory cnltivate a total area of 5,800 acres. Tho Wyandots, who only num bor 275 souls, cnltivate bnt CG0 aores; the Ottawas, 800; tho Scneeas, 000. They are developing tho farming; intcr ests of tho country rapidly.. Thoy use gang-plows, mowors and other agrionl ttural machinery, ?i The Sacs and Foxes 1 have 600 sores; the Osagca, 3,000; and tho Affiliated Bonds, made np of all tribes, nearly, have about 2,000 acres on tho extreme border. The report claims that if these tribes are sustained in thoir rights and privileges, that in a few years their agricultural department will compare v favorably with the states bounding on the territory. Tho Agricultural Strike. Tho great agricultural strjko in Eng land ia at an end, having resulted in a ^virtual triumph for the farmer?. It wns tho largest strike that ever occurred, both as to the. numbers ougaged and the pecuniary rosoures of tho ?nion by whioh H wfts booked hp. It lastedneor ly five months, during which. tiino ev ery striker reooivod niuo' shillings por week, or about two dollars and a quar ter. Finally, however, tho union fonnd its funds running low, and, as tho farm ers grtve no signs of aecediug to the de mands ef tho strikers, and were con stantly filling their places with laborr era from other quarters, thoy word , at last obliged to yield. Not all, howov or ; for, while many have gono back to work at tho. old wages, mony have pro 'forrod to seok other and distant fluids of labor. Tho union still has some means loft, and is extending aid to such as wish to migrate to Canada, so that in this way the strike may flnnlly provo benofloiol to some of its participants, ?As soon as n young woman gets somo steady employment, she Btops fainting away at tho sight of a mouwo. DIK DEDTSOHLAli. a ?.??..?.?^ v,.?,,?? C11J. ,? 1 Oat of the?hannei into tho North seW or Gemma <w>n.Ti. rvwJ n^ three o'clock in the morning wo find ourselves far up tho Elbe. " Leaving bur ship, wo take a tug Iwhioh -c?nveyod us to Hamburg; along: the green turfed shores of.}the. river,, with hero and there a beautiful suburban seat with ? highly cultivated and interesting country boyond, now anil then a wi?u-iuill wiib its nir of great antiquity, Aftor 'tyro' hours' run, our destination is roachedi Amid the great est confusion and wont of systent,':With luggage secured -and; thrown ^into a " drozky" (a specij&'of foo-soated oar-'" Tiage, - behind' a frame ? *>f. a horse, so attenuated that woro tho philanthropic Bergb' to eoo him, his heart, wtjuld blejid), wo start from the wharf or'piers 1 and rattle along tho cobble-stoned pave ments in :tho i narrow'streets, and look wondoring at the quaint, old-fashioned; small - windowed, dingy houses, and vainly endeavor to Read the signs which are all ." Dutch*' to us.. " Hotel, do L'Enropo," ?ihgs but the cabman. We Set out of our cab and modern ? Ham urg bursts upon us. What a metamor phosis, from tho dingy, dirty streets that We; have meandered through from bur ship landing, The Alstor? is the prido and joy- of Hamburg?and woll may the Hamburgers bo proud of their enchanting, their charming Alst er, which is an immense and beautiful lake in the very heart of the city. I have wandorcd a little in foreign lands and.at home, but never have I soen anything'nhidh is exaotly liko tho. Alster. A largo; beau- ' tif ul clear, limpid lako, divided into two parts by a light, graceful'wiry bridge i it has splendid hotels, magnificent castel lated private residences all along its shores, ornato gardens sloping down to the water's edge, rare exotica laving themselves iu the crystal water, tho air laden with their sweet perfumes, flow ery walks along the"banks, multithdhv ous cafes, ir? which the pleasure-loving population is sipph]g.-.ox)fJftie/apd dunk ing beer? Piriry .boats in miniature, ca pable of containing not more than flity ? people,; dash, here:and there with the shriek of a, whistle, wlrleli seems .more a toy than''anything'else.''' Nothing can ' be more beautif ui than these vari-col ored boats, painted in whito? blue and green, which Convoy yon for, a sum of two oontR to any part of tho lake. L?ng necked, graceful swans float about on its i placid bosom; white-winged,sail-boats flit liko swallows across it. . At a short ?PMH^.frnTn^tbe fehoro beautif ?l trees, luxuriously leafed,, arou, '? over; rnvHiug promenades, along which tho rosy cheeked German women leisurely walk. Hambnrg .resembles'more in its busy commercial aspect an American than au European city. We!must not infer from its AiBter and other places of amuse-' ment that, like Paris, it is solely a city of pleasure. The city is wholly and essentially cosmopolitan in almost every particular, its people, from tiio merchant princo to tho small tradesman, speaking fluently several foreign languages. ? One of the foiatures of 'theplace* is the Zoological garden',: ono of tho finest in Europe, containing specimens of almost every known bird and boast. The surroundings of the city are mag nificent. , Qwing to heavy dews the yege~. tation and foliage is very luxurmnt. All around aro elegant country seats, with grounds in that ornate condition of cul ture, only to be found in, European countries. Public gardens abound,' offering to the pleasure-seeker the host of music, i the shadiest pf retreats, tho neatest and freshest of smiling' ' walteresses,* who' bring great foaming tankards of ^beer; which is always refreshing in Europe, as the water is simply disgusting and un drinkable.?Cor, NdehvilleUnion and American. _ Religious Musical fecpressioh. On tho most serious side of music, the religious, tho writers of hymns, and tboso who select sacred verso for col lections of hymns, err often from an ig norance or a disregard tor the oardinol truth aa to the nature of imisio and. its capaeity of expression. Three-fourths of the hymns in our hymn books nro xvn flt to be sung. Their motives are', not with in tho rango^ of, ^n usiqal. capability,. All doctrinal religious verse, all that is narrative, in fmo, all that is not omo tional, -giving rythroical utterance tot praise, or to prayer, or to some religious feeling, is absolutely unfit1 for' musical, treatment. Fpr example, ono very sound and orthodox piece pf musical verso I have of ton heard sung, but nev er without .temptation to'laughter. It bop ins: How firm a foundation, yp paints of tho Lord, Is laid for your faith in hin oxeello?t ward! . Now it is 08 impossible to express, Or to illustrate, or to intensify tho idea, in those lines by a melody, as it would bo to express by a triple fugue of two short' snb.feots ana one: long < one, that the square described on the hypothneuee of a right-onglod triangle is equal to the sum of the squaros described on the other two sidea. The thing is impossi ble in tho nature of things; it can't be done. The "Gloria in exoelais" ia a model of writing for religious mu?ical expression. So aro most of the Psalms chanted in thoEpisoopal service.?Mc?h ard Grant White. ?There in apopcr in Wisconsin whioh callsitsolf tho Trcmpeleau(xmntyWcek ly Mesftonger and Journal and jRecord. It complains that its exchanges do not givo full credit when thoy copy its short fpke3. _ _^ ?EuglaDd has abolished tho duty on raco horses, by means of which she bns hcretoforo raised a rovonue of $$0,000 yearly, ??Now's your timo to buy a governatS mentjrunboat ?TLe Iioudqii oritinsf eay tnafe'tkoso'' Hamcrican' boctors > karn't pwonoqttoauaii Hiiig^8h/yQuMqwr:tq.sayo,tbeb ; r p ang 'em. , - - ? ?f ?All through- tho GorMou^FJhrnr^** ?iv waUJgr.Bvonueico' Ul i *u? .wZ&jvtTtS plexipn, color of tho h?ir.Eand eyea^.of ? ^ the ^childrou iu the schbyli;. ? r ?<WB ?The St. liouia oudtbrn-houfjo-Wiuyu nearly 810,000 a'year for gas; - Thobesfe*??B govemrnent the world ?vor caw in not ? ,geon to advantage by gaslight. [ -4Two flrm3 in Riohmond, Va., are0**** under contract to supply $8;?tj0,?00 and 30,000,000 worthof tobacco respectively. Tho'first contract, is for France and the second for Austria. Wb.ij?igi<>dT; ?A Bridgeport man hds made a ? kite ten feet high.by eight feet wide which, 11* he, intends tp'put to tho uso of drawing' him across Dog1 Island'Soiind^n a boat. It requires one hundred feot of tail. ? ? > ?It's awful lonesouiq in Mexico ipsfc . r. now, and tears trickle down thb'fauiera > pliooks'dS hbrtakcS hie, s?h on 'his knee'-?? ^ and tells* him, how the country i nxeA ^oi f be blessed, with a revolution, about ev ery two weeks. '?If tho loft ear of the?' coming glrl'?*'tfo? is larger than its mate, tho. f.aot. inay bo ascribed to the extra ohahco for dovol- ? opmeht airordod it by the style- of-loop^'^ ing the1 broHcl-brimmed hat up on -.that side, and allowing the;sun. to shino on the organ. ??The Mikado of Japan is ??veloping into tho practical business man* In a . <\\J\ recent number of hiB "organ" ho adver tises a, fine lot of images, ono of which is described as "a very fine idol* iwith.V'W] Sri'arms. waa east at Sheffield." ?An accident has just happened to RubeuB'' " Assumption "of1 ' the Virginfta 0$* in the gallery of D?sseldorf. .ThJLs;pic turo, at colossal dimensions, i? p?jinted on..wood, and two large- oracka' h?vb: mndo their appearance, trad ono of fchora fa across tho face of the Madonnq. ; ^Among r the. rvisitbrs at Santa.Omn (a Oatifornia watoriug-placo) is'a San Francisco lady, tue-wife-of a'prominent, stock-broker, who has mnd? he^ talf con- , apibuous by. wearing a hideous-looking mask of chamois leather. ' It is feaid she ohvelbps herself-in loathe* .to. savefjcxijdftil singnlarly beautiful complexion. ,Sho is alluded to in town as "the woman iu tho yellow mask." . . - . _'- i?_. v Lt..._^1 - the New York Tribune byw ier. The correspondent writes that-the i - country is beautiful, beyond n descrip tion, the land well adapted-for '.atock raising and agriculture, water and tim ber good and plenty,.and gold.farpay ing quantities has been di??oyered. , ?An Engush writer says that' 'his' plan has proved successful in protect ing all kinds of fruit from birds. ;Ho takes a ball of thread arid ..fastens tho end to a twig of gooseberry or currant;'' ' bu?b, and then crosses the thread frompq-mf twig to twig in various directions. . Or .[,.. trees may be treated in thb .sahib man ner. The birds come to settle oh tree s or bushes, strike ; against tho slender snares, and fly away in hasto. ?A visitor to-Omaha writes of tho country being alive with tho potato bug, the cricket, and several variotieajfti'V of grasshoppers. Tho crickets move.^ t?, together by tho,million, paining to bo guided in their course'by -a common - : instinot. In then?-emigrations they* ordss streams/ Before entering the\wjfc't tor thoy seem to hold n consultation; ,.. thoy follow thb'course of tho current, and on landing recommence.itheirfi d[o4if (?.'{ vastations on the first edible vegetation ? they find. *f' * ?A teacher, wishing to- improve Ttne* * * ? occasion, Bdid to the boys at tho ooncln- ? sion of a strawberry festival, ," Have ?on onjoycd these' berries to-day ?*" : ?11 'Yes, sir," o'anie from-allHaides with - r.:? unmistakable heattiness., ff-bhil; dren, if you had B??n theso berries Sowing in my garden^ and had slipped ! through tbo gate without ^my- leave, J and picked them from tho vines, would thoy have tasted as good as, now?" " No, sir," was the:. pronlpt'! reply. " Why not ?" " Bebauso,?' eaid a wide awake boy, "then we shouldn't havo, had sugar and cream with 'em." ?A fair young lady in WattrbnrJ, *%r% Conn<, went to a drugistotoandtold, the man to fix np pno dose of . castor oil, and to mix it with Bomcfching to take the taste away. The man told herd* ,jr to wait In a few minutes he-i asked, her if sho would liko a glass,of ,Boda. She accepted, tlib invitatibh' apd drank the beverage. Presently oho asked thb , >>i roller of jpolla why he didn't, givo h,ey the oil. Tho man smiled triumphantly ' and said:1 "Madame, you havo taken it. I mixed a fearful dose .with tlmt : soda I'i Sho turned pale, sank into a ohair, and gasped?" Imnibrtal JoveT I'wanted it for my motlier-in-law 1" ?The Druggist, a London paperi ? t states that a young Jady, who ? hn.d long . * been addicted to tho nso of opium ap plied to an eminent physician * to :niako hypoddrtnia .injootions of morphine. Beginning by injeoting a mixturo of moi phineand wator, he graduully increased ' tho propbriio!) of water, without letting the patient know of it, until after u abort time he used only the, pure water., Af tor oach injection ftho w?rtld 'goutly fall into a refreshing sleep. For .several months tho treatment was. continued, tho pafciontfs system being gradually renovated-by tonics. At length the lady Was informed that for months sh? had not been under- tho influence of opium ntnll, and \ jrticed to find hersolf cured of any doslro for tho drug, ? i