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THrEDoLLARs A YIR,] FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. [sv'nRIA . OL.Y. WEDNESDAY MORNINGS SEPTEMBER 1 TEE HERLD IS PUBLISED EVERY WEDNESDAY MO:'NING, - AtEev%erry C. K., 3TN5. V.AE.I .a. Edhos and ?roprtie ore. TUggS, I3 FER AN.Ut. IN CVCUENCY - - .o raoViSIONS. Pmamt required incatiasbli in advance. IietiC.-. Fne-at L vi't one, Obit 1ff', as4 t.mmanataou s t ubwrvanx prarate w epshargetas advertiaenwentr. -THE TEXAN DUEL. MPut down that knife, or the consequence be upuun your own head. Put it down, I say," .. , the hand .of the speaker slowly and deliberately raised a revolver. I was a very anxious moment - geithe lookers-on. One of the o tanti swas a brawny ruffian, u04*ho?e faiCe was stamped all t.t.evil passions of the iium:an ne-s Black haired, black heard d. black eyed, and strong enough to fell an or with a single blow of his fisat.. The other was a p:de, slender, intellectual looking youn; mian, boy almost, with light curls and complexion, a'ad blue eyes. Tie &cene was in the little town - "ithington, on the Brazos -'et, and the time midnight. - "Do yer know who yer are talking to, boy?" was the coarse and uned ueaesd answer of Luke BoatOn, than whom no gamester i;pthe uvieinity was more detested >i rd. .-man to whom (and not with oDt retson) was imputeri every ei even thatot. murder; who 0ea uufailing shot with the rm and ride, and unmatched in il with that strictly border weapn- the bowie knife. A short xesidence ins that locality - .vpsaton aa rthe lonic grass of the tempms envered the forms of two who-' aen --by his hand. Whre. he came from no one kvow, and -he was particularly re-I tieent about--his former life. Still is ws: whispered - behind his b*ek, for no one was fool hardy ; ou to say it to his face-that Tnt'a~s one of the very few who -apfed from the terrible justice *tNiatchez under,the hill,' when optraged citizens awoke in weurswatb and took speedy ren geaace in their own hand'. Be -that as it might, he had already eared a name auiciently ad t.o. eed nio additi-ins even where the iajifty- of crimes were looked upon lightly-makingr Texas, in its if'aaey, the paradise of the - eOh~ other,- his hay antagon ast even less was known. It was *bat two daya since his arrival. ind- he had come on horseback * ed alone. Of his business he hat nothing to say, but his saui'e uIaster and quiet gentlemanely deot,nent had alrea-ty made lila firiesids among~ the better por I oftbe sparse population. Ve !ry nuch to their surprise. efQre, was it that they had 0en ur enter into a contest at ga rs with,the professional game steir, BQnton, confldent that be *would either be cheated or hullied -out of his money, in case he~ .ho.ld he succesul, which was rainest beyond the range of pos if 11 wo hours the game had ~ ~rgressing, the gambleir *s*gmore angry at every deal. * ~ youfh keeping perfectly breathing taunting words ta object was still further to pysoke him. Ifri was his purw *pose to do so, hie was more t han sueeessful, for lkoeton had sudden ly speuag to his feet, and drawnm his heavy knife, .with oaths upon his lie~ and murder flashing from his eyes. "Pitadown that knife," agrain rjees~ted' the -young man, Ma! k hitemban. as he had given all to inuderatand was his name. "u it down.. No one but a coward an4 a.cheat would attempt to. use sneh fatal arguments in a simple game. of.bance." -:'Er cheat ! coward!" thundered --3onoa with all his wrath aroused .a-*By:he*ven, I'll make ycr eat yewods *For fear you do not fully uin 4isand, I will hepeat them." te dare not!" was hissed from imore than tightly compressed '%oward! eheat! I dare say any thag,to one like you." "'wardi'gin !" and his knife tabed still more wildly around. In iain idhe others interfered. 'ZbeyJeawed little for~ Bouton, but the did ear. for young White-. prised at the almost sublimity of his enooness and braver', even though he was courting his own deat h. Something in. the manner of the young man, too, appeared to deeply impress hits antag'nist who had ntev-r letore restrained his hand from swift. vengeauice. - The- delicate frame trembled not, the sweet, almost girlish express. ion upoln t he mobile lips remained. and the nild, blue eyes never swerved front their %teady gaze upon the tirey black ones. It alp peared as if the serpent and the hirdI had chanzed places, and the fierce charmer became the charm ed. "-Pshaw!" at length continued Luke Bouton, "I am er fool to take any notice of er boy who ' ebiul crush between my thumb and fin.-ers. Take yer money, if yer such er sneak; go back eriong the women, and never dare ter show yer ftce erniong men er gain." --I care nothing for the money." was tI. still calm rtsponse. "It is nothiig to nie." W hat do y"r want, then ?'' "To prove that you are a cow ard at heart." No man ever lived that dared ter say such er thing." "Simp'y because you murdered them, Luke Buouton." --Murdered ? But no, I'll not fight er boy." --Beecanse you dare not. But V1on s.hall have no excuse." and Mark Whiteman spat full in the tace of the blood-stained man. In an instant all . as confision. Bouton sprung forward with his knife raised, and would have cut down his insulter with a blow. But others did the same. They realized that blood must be shed, but they insisted on fitir play. Even in the horrible code of Tex s ducin.. they, demand l that the rules of honor should be strietly adlierred to. "if .ou must tight," said an old Kangrer, "and I see no way to avoi-l it now, it should he all open and above board. It's y o u r choice, Bouton. Pick your wea pons and stand up and tight it out like men." '-Pistols, then-ten p a c e a - word !" was the gruff answer. "Are y ou satisfied ?" was asked of Whiteman. "Yes-pertectly. Let him take his revolver-1 have mine. We will commence firing at the word an- co:tinue to advance and do so until one or lboth tills." A few steps from the house brought them: where thle green grass and bright flowers had moi(re thani once been stained in sueh encouters. The meni were placed -the weaponts pr-epare,l and the ftal wordl was abouit to he given wh-en Whliteman cailed the Ran ger (who w~as acting as his see ond) and taking his hand within his own whispered: "You appear to be a kind and true hearted man, and I wish to ask a fihvor of v-ou." "Speak on. "Anything I can do shall be done. Just say the word and IIl take your p lace.". "Yo, nlot I hat. But if I should ebance to fall, promise that you will see me buried as I amn. Do not let my dress be distnrbed in thec least.' Roll me ump in a lan ket an-I let nto 'oe pry aroundo me ater I anm deadF. WVdl you prom ise me that ?" '-It 's a strange thing to ask. but I'll do it." "Then. I am ready." '-Yes, I'll 414 it," repeated t'Te Ranger. as lhe slowly retreated, mttering to himself, --andi if you do fidl, I'll send a hnllet through the skull of' him who killed yon, and may the good' Lord forgive me if it is murder." '-Now, Luke Bonton." continued Witeman, "I am ready. Yet one( word," and lhe step)ped to htis side and handed him a miniature. -jf' I die, look at t his." '*I-il do it. no' w," and with trem ling fing~ers lhe undidl the clip lben let ting it drop from his hanids as ifit had bseeni a serpent, ex e-laimed :-'io, I'll not fight y~On. Take him away some one-take him away for God's sake." "Not fight. Then you will diie like a dog." and Whiteman raised his weapoin and motioned forn t.he word to be given. It was sometime, however, be. fore his request was complied with. The sinewv frame of the Bouton trembled~like a dry leal in the aututmn wind ; all the color had left his face ; his lips were lke ashes ; his pistol was pointed muzle downwards. and -sho k in his hands. At length he succeed ed.by a mighty effort, in calming imaae WA hr8ed his nerves glared wildly around-and *ith all the calmness of despair stood upon his ground. "Are you ready? Both ready' waI asked. 'Yes, came simultaneously fron two pair of lips." One - two-three-fire ! The report of the pistols cul the last word in twain. The see londs rushed forward and lifted the men ny again, for both ha: filen. One, however, would nev er breathe again. Luke Boutor had tught his last duel-had gone to his final account with hi: heart bullet-eleft. Whiteman, too, was dangerous I wounded. With his breath bubbling forth through blood, he called the Ranger to him and asked him for the miniature. It was given him-the titir fe of a voung man. He covered it with bloody fingers; whispered. bury it with me. and be too). ceased to live. With tearful eyes that form was prepared for the grave, the Ranl,er insisted that his promise to the dead should be fulfilled t< the letter. But all were satisfied that he who called himself White. man was a youn;_ woman. And years later they found a clue t< the mystery. -It was a wife who hal then revenged the murder o her husband ; murdered fir saving her from dishonor. F rom i bloody grave in the chapparal she had gone to join him shl loved so well, in the land that lici bevond the dlark river. 'Was her last act one of sin ? I is not f:,r lts to judge of-such : thin,. We know knothin, of tht maddened heart and insane brain know nothing of the long dayb and l.,nzer nights of suffering nothing of how we would havt acted under such circumstances Better leave judgment to Hin who can read both the mind and theJ wart. a-ti whose will directet the avenging bullet. None other is without sin and who will dare tc cast the first stone ? SUSAN'S SISTER IN THI WEST. Horrible Onslaught on a Countr Editor-He has-a Prolonged De bate o- the Women Question Lot's W.fe in an Editor's Chair I was sittin' in my office, speco latin' in my own mind, whethe on the whole it wouldn't be bes for me to give my self away fo the benetit of' my family, whet there camne a knock at, the door. There, says 1, is come one ans ionls to subscribe for the El Pass< J.j*rnal, so I uttered, in a louw voice, "Come in." She wazs dressed in a pair o store boots and an iron gray set a] spectacles, and she walked up t mue -vith majesty in her meini. knew who it was the minute .1 se eyes ott her. It was a woman. I gracefully arose and a-ii.l: "IIot are, you, ma'am' ; was you wisLi ing to subscribe to the El PaLss Jurnal?" at the same time dij. pin' my pen in the intk and openir myl stlbscr.iption boo0k. This al wuz gits 'em. It looks like bi2 ness It didn't git her. She fixed her glassy e.es on m and said : "Young mant, are ye' an advocante for the holy eaws of wotan's rights ?" "No, ma'ar*." said I, -'I am Presbyterian." --Air you." she said, '-prepare to embark with us8 over the sea c eqild sittfrake ?" "Ma'amt," sai I, --I hain't ino objection to takir a quiet sail with you)t, provided th boat ain't leaky and you'll do a the rowin." A smile perused her features fn a mnomenit, and then she said. I an willingL to suffer for t he <aws." --Yes," said 1, in a polite an soft enuing mtanner, '-It'll only enS two dollars, and we'll send it t any adldress for an enieyear. "Have you a wife ?" she asked "I her,'' said I, wonderi-n wha she was comin' at. "So) you se I coutldn't marry you ef 1 wante to ever so much." 1 threw this i as a soother. "Air you willin' that she shoul share with you the burdens an trials o~f life?" "I ain't no ways partikler," sai I; "at)' I'll let her shoulder th whole of'em if she has a hanket in' t hat way." "Wood vou consent that sh should go to the poles?" said sh4 "She can go -where she pleases, sai I I ; "she generally duz." "Yew air a hole soled man, said she, ani' throwin' her arm around my neck, Jaft w'ildIy." "Git out" aid T; -"what are yoi lp to? I ain't o:I of them M.n. Stop." After mnch labor, I succeeded Sin ul()osing her hold and s.t he"r dIwII in a clir11'. 1 ji udLel frotm her ( o1nuct that site Ieeded a few moral observations. "You air an impulsive femail." sa'ide I. --Your niatur I'is at once~ sotane4Oa1s an:d outbrie:akina.' Yoei need a pair' f martin.diS Cn sider what wr'ul lie yur state et a man's wife was to catch y(u a Ihuggin' of him in this style." She wiped her fteo with her dress. She had a dress. I torrot to mention this fact in sp eakinlg of' her speetacle!. "I am a worker in the caws of the Women's Rihts." --Yes." s::id I, "you air. You ought to be ashamed of yourselt. I should judge you was one of them lobby women that the Chica go Tribune corresponif-den1t tells ot. But you can't come your netari our" arts over me. I'm steeled against 'em." "I should be pleased," she said, "to gro arm in arm with you to the poles." "No you don't," said I, in alarm ; "not ef I have anvthin.: to say inl the matter. I won't go with youi -not a single darned pole." "Young man." said she, "hast thou children?" "I her," said 1, ."seven of 'em. Can you show as good a record ?" "Would yo. said she, "have your girls grow up and be marri (1 to base. sordid men, who would take away their piilitiucal rites and allow 'en no franchise?" "Darn the franchise," says I, in a rage; "they are the things that I women put on behind to give 'em the Grecian bend. Er my daugh. ters ever go to wearin' 'em "No, no," said she, "they are paniers." "Well," said I, "paniers or fran chiaes, or whatever yde "call 'emt, I am opposed to 'em. Tiney are onnatural and humpty. They de grade the human form into like ness of a ('amel, and bring lovely women down on all fours like a cat." "Then," said she, "come with me, and we will emancipate wo men from the slavery of dress." "No," said I, with severity, "I _ hey no wish to take the clothes away from any woman. Winmen without clot; es would be a sad - spectacle, particul:arly in Winter, when the howling blasts prevail. t Who are you, any way ?" I asked r of my visitor. 1 "1 am a pilgrim," she said, "I belong to the Agitator, a noospa - pe eoe to the e'aws of female >suff'rage in Chicago." I n ell," said I, calmly, "the wim min in Chicago neced somnet hing of' I this sort. Where them that air f married never' known on going to 'bed at night but what, on wakina' I in the miornini.' they may be di t vorcedi, andl them that ain't mar' ried spend t heir time in b<ttini' how~ many tinmes they can lie ma:r i ried and divorced within a month. - The wimmin of' Chicago neced aigi n'em up, it'you please. Trhe more you agitate, the better for 'em." -With these words I arnse, and tellin' her' to sit still unti't my rem. turn, I stole sof'tly downi stairs. I e ha'e not been bacik since. What L' will be the effec't of' leavin' a te L male agitator seftini' ini my seaut the whole of' this time [ ado not know. hut if' she waits till I go ack, her pat ience will lie of' cast I iron.-EI Passo ( Ill.) Journtal. ,TRrLETS TO A YiUTIHFUL Mo THER -A correr,p(onden t of' the Sa van nah Rqpublibn, wr it ing fr'om scriveni County, gives t he follo w A good lady acquaintancee of' min, Ms. .. f ti<eunt, ave birth a few day's ago to three tinie. healthy' boys,' whiebh upl to t his time a~r'e d'oing finely, and give ,every' promise of being raisedh, and possible growing in to great nen. The fac-t that the gomd lady is on,ly t oe fifteen summer5 old, and hue. Sing the first time she haw giv'en birth, and that her mother gave irth at a like tender age. may he conideredl remar'kable, and to the seien tific men in teresting. A wag '~gish friend sugzests th-it with this unusual arrival in Seriven. there 1is certainly something ahead, probably squalls. Men are a covet.us set-so say the ladies. ;The worst omnen---to owo men money. To prevent sea sickness-stay s ashore. What att'acts the Iadies to L chnh-the Aim. ON GOiNG SURETY. On:*ht a mat, ever to go surety for anot her ? W hy not ? It is a moist ti-imndly aect. If' prudently done. it may he of the most emi iiut benetit to a neigihbor. It L rives him the benefit o' jour good I"pu)ltat ionl when hie is not knon. Ii iiLs him vonr <r -dit where hisO Vn is not sufficintit. It pmts him in fiintds which otherwise he h1.e oldt not commnandl. Such ser rice tt) a frit'tl is generou , atndl oletimCS even ntoble. No better 'se cant he made of one"'s imno'ev Ihan to help a true tiiead. We are commatnded to '"remtember I hose inl h1ndsas boulndi wit ht them." To he sure, tiis was origiinlallV ;iailiedi to bonds ofadlitierent kiml, but. with niot a whit ior proprie Lv than to peuntiary honds. A Iniin who. hv a few thtusand d(l :tnrs. can --ave hli.- triemei, and pe"r haps hi<; family, from1 !'ankrut11tty and want. could tiardly spe!d his mnh)neV ini :a manner whicih all his life long, he would remember withi mo -e sat is'a tion. But thtere are certain moral and pr,tde'ntial cons.ide"rationls whirh .;ioull alwvas he horne in mind in otng sityt for at friel. You hould make vup your mind how muh property ,Iou have, antl how m,uch you are willing to gire aray, Ltbsolutely, for that friend whomr Von ind''r.e. For no blunder can he w's thal to indorse on .the su11p)osition that Vou wi:l not have to pay. Never indorse wit h mtt savinr to yourself -.T his may Coe routnd oni mne. I may have to) pav it ; andl, if it comies ( tthat, I am alle and willing." Nine out of ten of the fatal i Istakes made by hontlslei arise from taking tie opposite course to this. The. consider the act of indorsiig a tiriend's paper as a mere cotm mercial form. "There is no risk. I ,4il not iavu it to pay. Ie is abundantly able to to take care of hi' paper. I shall help him without harming myself, and he is a stingy man who will not do that." This is the calculation on which a man binds himself to pay a friend's debts in case the friend cannot pay them himself. Bui how do these things turn out ? One need not go far to ascertain)! Every villa_e has an illustration. The borrower was more involved than you supposed, or, perhaps, than he himself knew and his ereditors closed on him aid wound him up, and were over joved to titl such a good mtne as y'r --n his paper. Or the san giinet schteme ott wh ich he had ventured. w hich semed sure of succss, almost withoutt possibility of failure, suddenly. like ai loaded wagim, slippedl off a wvheel and upj set into the dirt! Or. just as every thing was at he pinit of sutccess, yotur friend( siekented and eeutid niot look after his athairs. somie critical mtterto )ersoni stepped' in and erooked matters ; youiir friend die' I, thle es late went into executors' hands tr settlemen it. was hadly managed,. wared andt erooked, and finially turted out insolvenit. And what became ofyvou? Why.' ou were sure ty for t he full amounlt of what you are woth ! In an hour youi findii youriself conftron ted with a debt thant sweeps5 away v(our house. your farrm. your lit tle sum in hantk, and where youi he ga) twent-five yeairs ago, with this differenice, that then you ha! on lvyvourself to pro~videt thr,' ntow on ha:ve a wvife arid eight children. Then you were twetytive y e ars old and life~ was al!l beorte you. and now vout are tifty years oht, and ie pret Iyin tuih alI beinid yoit You have giv'-t awary your eii d - re's h'ead . You ha:vei not savedi v mre f.-ieiid. buit y 'u htave ruinied 'orself! :Perhtaps youIr friend ha set t led oni htis wvife asmall prop! e:. So mu ich I he bsetter totr her if It' had. Of couri se she will dIi vde wit it vou. sitnce it was to save her itusbind, that you were rinned. B i. ifshte will ntot, (and hui iat iatiire is tadue up of sha&ky stiff) andl her childtetn go t o schiool, wtile yourhs slay at honte; antd if t he live in a com1fortableo house, pleasantly futrnished, whtile you are itring a few roomsl in the cheapest quarter of the towni, thent I sISIeet thatt yout will ,hiew the etnd 'of a great marny hitter r*e flectiots. WVhen it is too late, you o will be very wise. You will say to yourself, it may he, "A man is a tool who si-1ns for any larger sum than he catn con veniently pay." Amen, say I! "Before a man puta his namo dow otu anotber man's paper, ho .Bntet ask himself; am I willing to give i i person as 111Unch moley, tUt as I sign for?" Armen say I! ari "To sign : 1- o)d on the suppo me sitionl that it is a mere torrr ; and Ch that you vi:l have rot hinlg to isee pay. is to put one's head into a de! thol's noose. Amen, again, say jei I! There is no harm in signing for a neighbor it yom have got the p,roperty; if you : e able to pay the :nount without ! armiing your e tw"n househohl ; and if' yi ive t s;' the inan fo' wlelm yo1 sign . enough to he willing to Give him air outright the sum covered by your j1 endorseient. Otherwise, to go .] surel v for a nleilibor i a folly, a 1' sin and a sharne.-H. I. Beecher. ,9 DISAGREEABLE PEOPLE. r we Let us see who are the people who make society disarreeable. tl First, there ar~e managing peo ple The managing people are of three kinds. They are either imt p erious persons, or very good natiired per.sons, orvery conceited CO persons. And sometimes the three eel 111oives which cause a man or tlf woman to be tronh!esomely mna- f;r ging are com. ined in one and the Samte person.T Now, the objection which most Th peopile have to bin lug malagec(l is. 1ie that they have aln uneonquerable . wish to manage for themsel es. I i But there is another and a very , >ote"llt cause why people often re ject the must excellent proposals for being managed. It is, that. l' the man agirng person does not pu know some seeret, but very strong, r" motive of the person to be mana,- su ed; and tleret-re all the manager's ga wise suggestions are beside the inr mark. Let us take a familiar instance .l which might occur in real life il There is a young man (we will pr, call hini Mr. Anians) in the same at house with one of the tribe of f'a lmanagers. Mr. Amans is asked by th, what train he is returning to Lon- "r doni, andli he says by the 10 o'clock .r train. This is in the smoking- " room, after the ladies have gone fo to bed. Up juimps tihe manager, oh whips out his "Bradshaw," and nl tells Mr. A mans that it is positive PC insanity not to go by the 9 o'clock at train. "It you go by the 10 o'clock tli train, a very slow train, you will ou not get into town till 4 o'clock in Pr the morning -a most uncomforta ble time; whereas, it yolu go by the thl 9, vo't will be in by 12 at night, o :nd have a good night's rest. Do let me order the carriage for half ust 8 o'clock!' The young ma R !ooks veryv sheepish, stammilers out some foolish objection to the 9 oclock train ; but holds his gr ound, am:il will not he managed. And why? Mr. A mans thought that there wats a faint return on the ta prt ot Miss Amata to the warm n pressuire of his hand when he bade in. her good night that eveiig ; ando hie he would lose fifty niights' rest. and rightly too, in order to ascer- 2 tan whether that firiit return of bo0 pressure will be repeated, or, per-.t haps, i ncreaised, on the ensumn as moniing. Now, thle family break- dha fist is not until 9 o'clock. h The' above is an insta'nce of ai ea trivial and famiha:r nature ; [ut t le same~ thin .r runs i brough life. When the ann::ager t hiniiks any t' us unreasonable, he mayi reflect sh that perhapls hei does Uot know alt h the miotive.s, wvhich. however til- ho( 'easonable, determine us to a th cor,e of1 a't ion cont rary to that ('0 which he s) ably' recomment'tds-.t Tieni ihere is t he claiss of people t h whlom I ventur'e to call the obser- he vantilnesL'. They' mai:t make re- t marks about everythiung; and there , are a great many thmuns in this tl lfe whic;: had better pass8 without wi any remark. w Then t here are the objective thI eole. Let any one say any se tin rg, howevecr wise or' foolish, mi must invstanit ly take an obijection- h They' really~ do not metan to abide he bythir ijectioii ; bu1: t hey miuist lie take it. Nothing shotild lie done r wi t hout bieing wi ll argued1 over ; t and it is their bu-:ne'ss to see rir tht InLobjection is mai:de to wihat- fll ever is proposed. . sto Then there are tile explainativo l people. Now, even t he eleverestin ma, and the most adroit talker, o titters mnany~ senltces-' which are ghi ieless. You see at once what afl h is going to say. But the ex- T planative person wi-ll not let you g. of' one single jot ot explanation- en Iis talk is Iike the writing of' ab stupid book for children. I.lit Then the-re is the disearsive o talker. You are discussing t he ef- thb feet of tihe large importations of ma gold from Australia. He unlfortu-. Ies nately enters into- tbe disonrssionl, 1ra nA~ in a ahort time you find that o:'l;nai suoject nas vani5ueu, I that you are discussing the de of rearing pine-apples at atsworth. This kind of man ins to be sent into the world to troy everything like good con ,ation.-Good Words. FLYING MACHINES. liall we ever, with all out euee, succeed in transporting -selves at pleasure through the , naking that our path.*$ t as we do the grosser fluid ter. which we traverse so easily every direction ? This is a" .stionl which we suppose every of our readers has asked him f more than once, for the idea of al navigation is sonatural that find every age of the world has re or less discussed it. Just w in San Francisco this subject ttracting great attention, fromr fict t hat the model of an aria p exhibited there, and some ex riments made upon it, gave nlete satisfaction to the engin s present. An .Erial Naviga n Company has been formed the laudable purpose of raising' ids to enable the projector to ,struct a full sized air ship: is will be completed, it is ex :ted, in about a couple of months, er. the 2ronauts, if successful, en( paying us a flying vist all way from the shores of the ific. The Avitor, as the new -etion is named, is to be pro led by steam, carrying for this rpose a five-horse power stearn ;ine, and is to be elevated and ported in the air partly by a and partly by planes extend on each side to the distance of >ut t wenty feet at the centre. ese l)lanes will be so constructed sections that they may be de ssed or elevated by the rudder pleasure. The well-known and al objection to 'balloons, that y are the mere sport of the Ads, having no propelling pow within themselves, is thus got of. Balloons have been chiefly lid useful for scientific purposes, erving the oscillations of the ,gnetic needle and its dip, and ex -imenatingon the density, temper ire, humidity and electricity of air in its different elevations t if this erial ship', the Avitor; ,ve as great a success as many California anticipate, we are on a eve of a complete revolution in r mode of traveling. ECOVE RY OF A LOST DI AMOND RINGTHROUGH TrH EDREAM OF A NFi GRO GIRL-. A few nights ago, a lady, while ing a pleasure walk with her ant child along Jefferson street, t a valuable diamond ring front r fliger in some unaccountable' y. Diligent and extensive searck i's made throughout the neigh. rhood, hut without any clue to rinrg, and the lady give it up gone '-fr good anid all." Bef.ore y-lighat the foltowirt~g iorng a lady was surprised by the Is of her nurse, a small negro -. On being admitted to her .tress, the girl, who bad not ard of'the ring being lost, said e had just had a dream, in which a as apprised when, where and w the jewel had been lost, and t. if allowed she felt sure she Id find it. She then described a place andl manner in whic!i ringa dlisappeared, and begged r mistress to go with her and t t he dlream. This strange 'enmistance was made known to6 a household, but all treated it th the utmost incredulity. It ms afterward concluded to humor' a girl. however, and she and eral white members of the fa. ly p,roceeded to the designated 't. more than 100 yards fronm house. Heu'e the dreamer told r' mistress that. as directed in r dream, she must drop another' ,g and it would roll as agpide the missing one. A plain go1d gwas handed the girl; she let it I, anad sure enough it rolled and ped within two inches of the t diamond ring, which had got o a crevice between two bricks the p)avemrent. It may be ima med thait the ring-hunters were. nowhat astounded at the miracle: ey did not pause to inquire at'her or not the girl was inku red by t he anticipated eclipse, t she obviou4ly eclipsed all the Ie niggers they had seen, Her n astonishment was greater n that ofall the rest. Our infor Lnt avows that there is not the t fretion about this enious am and its loeky result. ( Louisvilk Courier-JournWL