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- tiA: THE PEOPLE'S PAPER. !.?.?, UICMBIB I, IMT. FRANK F. BEAED, EJitor I Proprietor. I . au c?*untuit<*tloM~for OB* paper <bo?MI be ac eonpMM br tkm wi Of It* author. Ml him ' aoiily for paMteMoa, Mmh ttldtoc* of food faith oa tbe port of t*e wrllor. Wrlto only oo om side of the ptfof. Urn particularly caretol la ft ring ??moo aa4 Mn toktn the lotion plain and 41a 11 net. ' AdTwtlriB? Agency of Boa wall T. Lufu, " th* ?C the Jtr?M and ComrUr, la the author ised agency for thla paper ? (iiarle*t?n. * > in j 4&~Omr frUnds coming to (own to maJt* pur oAa?w. orim writing for information, mill do m afaoor by mtntioning thai tk* ad*rtl**m*nt wcu torn in tA* Iumaw UAzrrra. CAMDEN BUSINESS CARDS. J W. MtCmrrj, bealer In Dry O ? * Clotklag, lko*?, Hardware, Crockery, Good*, Or?. Wiitf Bakerr, by Mn. B. Rich, ' dealer la Paaally Oroeerlee and Qeaeral Merckaa dl*a. |nU Bread and Cake* alway* oa band Weddlag*, panleaabdballa **i>plled at akort aotiee OniMitHWwIi a ?peeial y. f J. DuUp, Dru<t?l*t, dealer In pnr? and rellakle Drag*aad Med lei sea, Pateot Medicine*. Toilet Article*, Porfnmerle*, Soap*. 4c. Pre*crlp tlea* wnftll/ compoaaded. Store opea regularly oa 8aa4ap*ft<m 10 to 11 I Sc, PM?i dealer* In Drr Gooda, , n?M, OroeefM*. Plantation Sapplle*, o> ?Tcral Standard VertllltT*. wrd, Auctioneer, Bales of ptly atteaded to. Coa*lg*m**t? ?> mj, Furniture Dealer. Re ?ptly aad ckeaply don*. J A. Yofiig, Book*, Jewelry, Fancy Gooda, ? KalveaYZir*, 8sl**ora, Oak*. Pl.toW, Car t ridge*. i kUHMtatlM. Baaalngtoa Br*ech-load IhfOaaa, KtMfcEaiwrhg Machlae*. II IIHi SKm pBts-tibe highest price for **? Bid**, SkiSBVoia, was, Woofaad old Metal Between Jon?' aal McCnrry'* Stor**. fl?WM AMn, Cotton Factor and dealer ^ la Qeaeral MereMUdtue, alao> foil **eortm*ai ot Parlor. OBee aad Booking Bio***. V T J A. ArautrMf'a Feed and Sale* Bta ?bl*e, D?Kelb Street, jinn aad Mnle* al way.oakaad, ; Eeuedy * Boykln, dealer* In Dry Ooada, 0 roeerie*, Hardware. 8hoe*, HaU, Ac. nigheet wHkrt price paid fer coKoa. DC. Klrkley, A*ent, Family and Fancy ? 0race lea, Prnlta HaU; Ooafec?lon*rl**, Cigar*, Tobacco, h c. Troploal Pratt la teaaoa. ItaS Hoaklna, Boot and Shoe Maker. Rc- ' **palriarf attended to prompt^ Order* *ollclted, aad SHea wltk proiaptpo** and at lowe*t price*. WI? Arthur, dealer In Boot* and BhO"*, * Dry #rod?, HaU, Clotklng, Ac. Hand Sewed Boot* aad Skae* a apertalty. and Black well executed ? ? ^r..... M^5!8Lt**J5 ^ko^wrifbU S!. raoted r<*P*t*'Wlj *oUcited. All work war. D* ?* d**w' ln General Mer Vsila??affs ? ?Dd tlUalor _ ,*A, ****? 8b**tl?ej, Boodag. Guttering, Ac pMjrr.blS. Miller Williams . ' , , w"*ftypartoftkeetty dally. P*l? on'6Ner? #f|10nd upwards. t< K?!w?, A JH'llejr, dAaJeri In CioOilog. Six Sntrt- wltk Mben Bo*oto *<ild Cifk, fdrfe. Paata frornftl Wito^lt V?*te *1 ?o **. Sq1U$h. >?. $10 and upward* Btock of kata laprgeat and olt?ap?*i In tli* Stat*, Itnb.aila*, Trunkf and Traylla^ Sa>?h?l? . T ? ' ' E. .H! Medicine*, Cbcna . ?? leal* Seed*. Oarden aad PUld yfrtUlt(ng Chfmloali cheaper than *T?r. Money *kved and *" iu?d. Bend ordftr*. Ttn dollar* will buy rkton Tkl*l? wtrth tia*l*rg, took t* It land edrlc ? noiiirk for ?nongk for kton Thl?l? w?rth h?."rta*g, aad aJ?tre?* M. H. Helniuk, ( oluyiola, 8, t; J A. tiendrlM * Nun, WMI?Mle Oro ? ? *er* add C^mmlMoti Merchant*. ' .>? W' W.e Trw mM*1 n sireet. deaWin 1"' Fancy Good*, notlotti, Ac QtilcV *aM* and ? Mall pfAfltt. Agent fAr Kult*rlCk'? Pattern* Cata<oga*fr**<M *pptfc*(inn. s<ad oy?*fe. ' . fNk< FfdUucnotl* the pfliciilo *' get taeifll at kll'^otffi'.' Salon* >efre*hme?t*'of Ike kMlbriadt onkxud Lauckdally froca 11 a m. t* ?>??..! ,.w. f. ,? ..I ^r. Th^naa T. Maere, DenMat, colnm Ann*, Plitol* Pavey Good*, Wfm/tor Dl??a**d R*cc taelea. Watckei aad fmlrjp repaired > r tr-i . 1??? workiaea. Order* Ay mall oaapprora) aad ??pre** ' - , ! L j AHRuaia, Wk, B^liHtfCltords. Artldle* generally. i ? J H. Tr^M||t'Fiincy 6o0#*.T fr+rth, La * die*' PuraUhtag SMt?. B^aclalllae* Oellnlold, crmssnssstts^ xzs ?nt to baa adai. - T ' ^ ? JMU 6. Iinlll* A Bro., W Broad atmt, Aagn*u, Oa.. ^ . iatabll*>ied ll.<S. "T* 1 Vnrd*fS. ioor OUOlo^, 7* ' SSS <arta>k Qrmd. Wrti.mHWWi JziisliiS' Ord*r? ky M?Up^<??ptly7ll?d< ( ^ J AU?sIm's Wkota^to Md Retail o. T.rtleelorhorlaeatal, *ltk?r ainnated or por !4kUV, rrtdedTe?*l??w. Ala*. Tkreeher*, Repara t?W| Olll?s'l aul!*,*?*. >**4 far *tr*alaf*. fl'* Jfearlnf.aba fling; and bolU, cheaper than Ww It lb* Pore*t City P on ad ry. goetrg. ? ? T ** ?? ' ^ ^ nOYtHBCfi. When thistle-blows do lightly float About the pasture-height. And shrills the hawk ? psrtlii note. And creeps the froat st night. Then billy bo though singing so, ( And whistle a* 1 may. There routes agaIu the old heart palu Through all the livelong day. In high wind creaks the leafless tree And uods the fading fern ; And knolls are dun as *ii'>w-ck>ud? be. And cold the sun does bum. Then ho, hollo ! though calling so, I caaHot kee|> It down : Tlie tears arise Into tuy eyes. And thoughts are chill and brown. Far In the cedar's dunk)' stoles. Where the sere ground vine weave*. The |>ortlidge drums futiereal rolls Above the fairing Jraves. "* 'Aim! hip, htp, ho ! though cheering so. It stills no whit th? |>alu ; For drip, drip, drip, froui bare branch-tip, I hear the year's last rain. t*o drive the cold cow* from the hill. Anil call the wet sheep In ; And let their stamping clatter 011 The haru with warming din. And ho, folks, ho ! though It Is so That we no more inay roam, ' We still will hud a cheerful mind Around the Are at home I ? Atlantic Monthly. .AT 1 HE BAR. " Who apeaklVorthUman P" from the great throne Veiled ln"1t? roseate cVmds the voice came forth ; Before It stood a parted soul nlone, And, iwlllMg east and west ntul South and uprfli. The mighty at-centa summoned <]nlck the^art : " Who sjieaks for this man ere his doom li> said *" Shivering he listened. for his earthly life Mail passed In dull, unnoted calm away ; He brought no glory to Its dally strife. No wreath of fame or genius' flery ray ; Weak, lone, unglfted. ipilet and nlwrure, Horn In the shadow, dying 'mid the poor. 1 lA from the soleinu concourse, liimhcd and dim. The widow's prayer, the orphan's blessing rose : . The Htruggler told of trouble shared by htm. Die lonely, of cheered hours and softened woes : And like a chorus s|*>ke the crushed and sad : " He gave us all he could and wbait lie had. " And little words of loving kindness said. And tender thoughts and help In time of need. Sprang up, like leaves by soft spring showers fed. In some waste corner, sown by eliance-flung ?eed. In grateful wonder heard the modest soul, Such trifles gathered to so blest a whole. O ye ! by circumstance, strung fetters bound, Ti*c store so little and tile hand so frail. Do Iwt the best ye can for all around ; l>t syin|?thy he true, nor courage full ? W|nntng among your neighbor* |sior and weak Bowitness at your trial hour to speak. ^fixceHmw. ^tisUike, Pa&aeess cate brows. The mle ^5uon'!f Colnwood were not far wronir when they (leclared her to be the belle of the town. Not often would you meet with ?.V^? R Pure.tintetl complexion, such lustrous dark eyes, such a coronal of glossy chestnut plait*, or such a ner I'y-PCowrtioned figure. At length she rose, and ringim; to 11?no 1 u ? ^e/jlearcd, wont about her usual household occupations She neglected nothing. The nantrv was duly inspected, stores were Kivou out, pastry was made, and the nS 3?r,>UHnt ?a ?U8t^K waa acooni of \ durin? the Performance of these customary duties, her face ?Zo\?L iu distra^ . /*** P?"1 the night before had brought her an offer of marriage. The SSSLISl k PlUu,nRn whom she ZSSS&S?*"* """"?'y i" Then by the first post that morning had rnme anrvther proposal Strange ?>, SJVt, frfin tho oousiri of iur other suitor. lie however, had neither Innd r-mo~y .to ,>oa"t of, being bv profei Aimi an artist, and at present "only an unknown, un.pnrociated one. Henee arose Jennie's difficulty. She Kra&J^k Icr; hut f^ thc contrftrtcty of human nature, she loved hkerkP?Tne- B,,t. th?"? 1 her life "he had had to pinch, and contrive, and manage. Her father was a poor doctor naUents tiftiVhl'1' "n<1 *v,>rv pound hm patients mid him waa spent in anticipa huVruti.Xn.i '' fb"nd ,ta iil" A new pair of gloves or a new riblxm rimrTfStt7:s,r: and with him the certainty of a tpkJ: and lSri^rri,?^IlP,entiful Jewelry, and all those counthss luxuries thnf wealth alone can purchase y Or should she?liravely resisting the enticing pros ZT>tti 1? bw?me <*v l?ithy fortthe ahd entourage Mm In lih struggles and disappointments ? It ww hard to (Iccirip. hiii] >iii tim Md WMWd in the afternoon irresolution was nr. longer poasiWe. \\t < wiM^hor d?a* o|>en and writing materials ready WhlTT I. uhft.1 *l"*ll<l Hh<! <???? WhUfc Should H be? At last wiM pnle face and compnamd mouth sho fr 'Tn Atho ,nk ni),> wrote two ?hort notes. And the one of ac ceptance as tor (Jeorge Morley and th? Theae despatched, she honed her mind would he at peace. ??t no she t%ars: Rn<| '?> ??>? twilight, when she nlayed to her father St."* his favorite old ballads, her voice had a harsh, strained rini/ and ?uddenly, in the midst of the conelud ngverse of " Aukl Robin Gray.?'X broke down completely and bum into wenT^T* you not i c y !l. .K the n,fttter, dear V ?? exclaimed ^er father 'v Now that Jt was too late, she would have given her right hand to have l>oen Midmfo?* h?r dpc,"lon- ^filon and comfort, dreeaes and diamonds, of what value would they be to her with out Mm t > A sleepless night passed. and she arose tind and heavy-eyed. Every knock at the door, every ring at the bell, caused her to tremble with fear and apprehension. 8be must expect an early visit from her Ihvored suitor ; she must expect him to arrive radiant with triumph, and how should she meet him ? It was evening, but he had not come. Her father had been called to a patieqt at some distance, her brothers had gontf. to attend a lecture oa vivisection, and Jennie was alone in the drawing-room. She could not sit still \ 90 out through the open French window she stepped, and across the smooth-cut grass. At the end of the lawn was a moes grown 1 >ath, and up and down this she paced, her dress of grey making her moving figure distinctly visible against the sombre background of an ivy colored wall. The sunset hour was past, the opal hues of the sky were darkening, when a step on the gravel startled her, and a man's tigure came hastening toward her. Instinctively she recoiled and would have lied ; but in a moment She was folded in st rung arras and hot kisses fell on cheeks, aud lij?s, aud brow. 441?I " she began trying to re lease herself. The waniug light rcvoaled who it was that held her in such close embrace. Kesistatice was at an end then. She forgot that her troth was plighted elsewhere?forgot everything but the present rapture, as she let -her head droop forward on Guy's breast. uOh ! my darling?my darling ! " he murmuad in passionate accents,"' what have I done to deserve such happiness? I scarcely dared to hope that you would be mine, and when I had your sweet little letter, 1 think I was nearly deli rious with joy for a time." 44 My letter? Why, it?why, I " "You expected me before, dearest ? You thought me a tardy wooer, did you not ? But I have strange and wonderful news to tell you, only now I can think of nothing but you, my beau tiful one ! " 44Oh! Guy, stay?stay. Have you my letter with you ? Let me see* it, please ? " Reluctantly, and with many fond en dearments, he withdrew his arms and produced the precious epistle. She read it and her blushes were suc ceeded by a deadly pallor, as she dis covered that she must have put the notes in the wrong envelopes, so that the letter of acceptance had reached 4kG. Morley, Esqr, care of Mrs. Prett, Laburnum Cottage," and the letter of rejection had gone to 44G. Morley, Esq., Petterwood Hall." Their initials and surnames being Uie same had rendered such a miscarriage perfectly easy and undetectable, Unwittingly she had obeyed the dio tates 6f'the nfcjtrt. Should she now*let things be to they were V Should she ^^aojiw^hu|Ve^ 5* been iu her conlidence ; even her father had been unaware of the receipt of her two proposals. But honor and loyalty whispered nay. Sho must tell Guy all, and then?and then He had become impatient, and would have drawn, her to his side again, but she stepf>eil bacKi 44 No, no, wait. I?I have something to say to you." Very low and quivorjng was her voice. u Yes, darling, I urn ? listening, but do not try ray patience too much. You have not given me a single word of wol come yet." Whiter she grew. 441 made a mistake. I did not writo this letter to you." 44 Did not write that letter to me, Jennie ? Oh, Heaven ! what do you mean ? " He had sprung forward and grasped her arm so fiercely that she winced with pain. His face was ghastly, and his eyes were fixed on her with wild entreaty. 441 had a proposal of marriage from Mr. George Morley, and I wrote this letter to accept it." 44 And what was my answer, then ?" I10 hoarsely interrupted. 44 It ?I said I was sorry, but I could not be your wife, but " He staggerod back. The revulsion of feeling was too inuoh, and he felt stun ned and dizzy. For the first time since sho had be gun her oxplanatioq she raised her head and "looltt^ ** ^1?*- With a cry she snffitlg Tfo ntril.' * * ' ? *hjyr tbrgtVe tub, forgive. Uis you f-oare'Wr, wnt I lAvts <? I have b*en so unhappy ever siuoo I sent the letters. I It was his wealth tempted me. 1 have been A> noo? alf nit life, and I thought it wouild be $> nice to be rich ; but whou I had written! paw my wicked ne??. 1 kfre# I oould 4kever l>e happy with him, and I- did nat know what to da t have* bteen dreading' that he would cOroe tyl day, aid I-was afraid toaeeWmJ" j ' jpiry, She clung toflUgfctoi agony ; hut lie was passive a^d malting ?o mo tion to hold Her* ?-- -- -J 44 Oh I 'Guy, spenk to me," she maoifd-j 44jay you do not utterly^ de ^Geutf? .fin ^diiioagttgttV taec hauJk, slowly Ih' retreated a |iace. >;i ")<om. would have thrown me .over because I was poor ; you would have married Georj^ft necauso he Is rifli.'4'" 41 Yes," she faltered, standing like a criminal before him; her bortoiri neaving ami her fingers tightly entwined. 44 You would have done violence to your own feelings; you would have deceived him by a pretence of aflbction, when all the while his wealth wa*H?e attraction ? " - I 44 Yee," came the low, pitiful whisper. 44 And l-?-I should have been treated as a daring, presumptuous fellow, j who " 1 44 No- no! I nevor should have | thought that. You do not know how j bitterly I fepent. Oh! forgive me, even if you ean no longer love me 1" j She waited, her very attitude plead j ing for mercy i then, sadly and with lagging feet, she. turned to go. SenroslV R dozen yards had she pro ceeded when with a hasty stridu or two he had overtaken her. She shrank away. "Spare me any farther reproaches. You are cruelly fust; for a moment of weakness you would mete out a lifetime of punishment." " My darling ! " She started and turned, and the love she thought was forfeited for ever, she knew was hers still. 4i I must tell you my news now, dear est. I had a telegram yesterday sum I moning me to I<ondnn at once. I went and found it mi from a flrm of They infbrnied me that a distant tion, from whom I had not the expectations, had died and k~T large Jbrtune. X ?tvjd tost to i few papers Aid hurried back, for . eager to have your answer. It waiting at my lodgings; and. as as I read it, I came straight here, you see. dear, you will have a rich baud after all/* 44 Hush! hush! Don't, please don she begged. > 44 Forgive me, dear one ! I was w to speak so. But you forget that have not yet sealed your promise me." 44 What do you mean ? " 44 Not one uss have I received,, have beeu very patient, I think. & heart, I claim my due now." _ She lifted her rosy lips and the t^tl was set to their betrothal. jList of AtnbaH?ailors to England. As a subject of current interest, o readers will find appended a list of l the ambassadors to England since tl days of Fnmklin and John Adam& Benjamin Franklin, of Pennsylvan was sent to England as an agent or l. vocate for America about 1700, an visited that count^^n two occasio j S?iT?TTe;^ Thomas Pinckney, of South Carolina' Commissioned Minister Pleniootenti arv January Pith, 17W. 33 July 28th, 17t?0. ^31 . J??'? *^lv' of York. CoUimtal Extraordinary Ai \fr i /^<M>k ,eave April 8th, 17. iw, i"Ecl,ie'J,wtieB?"??"owi Itufus Kin?, of New York Coi 1803 ' K r<M>k leav? May 18t Jamas Monroe, of Virginia and Wll Pinckney. of MS to,\r (Se ''Jfl';""1 Minister Pliuip^JS Mr. Monroe April 18th, 1803, and Mr Monroe and Mr. Pinckney were jointly I and severally commissioned May 12tli .1 180(>, jis Commissioners for the settle! ment of differences with GrUt bJSSJX 'irw t(,>ok Jeave October 17th I 1807 and Mr. Pinckney May 7th 1811' I John Quincy Adams. of Mai^chulS setts. Commissioned invoy Extraop. diijary and Minister Plenipotentiary Took leave May oSssls^v^ sssssa Rutus missioned Envoy Minister Plenipotemf Coram issloned En voy BOB (^VRtn,"lR277 Kynnn, of Virginia. Com! , missioned Envoy Extniordinary and Minister I lenipotentiary May 23d, I<ouis McLane. of Delaware. Com missioned Eu\oy Extraordinary and lJau1 *Li! ?'ii>ot^Vtiary Ai)rii l8t,?. loth', lSi" Luitwl 8taUiS Ju,l? Martin Van Karen, of New York I V'w.88. ine<l Env?y Extraordinary and Min ster Plenipotentiary August ' So m ?,ok 1<>ftVe March 10th, I8J2, his appointment not having been I continued by the Senate. Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia ' Extraordinary I mth ? T '?""'?lotentiary March 1841 Took leave October 21st, ' Edward Everett, of Massachusetts I Commissioned Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Septem* 8th, 1845 T?(>k le*Ve August j Louis McLane, of Maryland. Com- I missioned Envoy Extraordinary and I Minister 1 lenipoten friary June 10th, ] 184.). I^eft August 18th, 1840 treorge Bancroft, of New York. Com iniHHi'.netl Envoy Extraordinary and ' Oth 184? P'^ ^tiary Septeml>er j ai w^'t "eft Au^ustuilst, 1840. Abbot Lawrence, of Massachusetts. J a.wl VfiZ"t i>. ,Voy Extraordinary 'i * , ittlit rx,I l?nip<,tenthlry August ? * ' ? ? a peHvnred arohivw to his suCcetfrthr SeptemW 30th, 18.53 Joseph It. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania i vii c'/'e ? Envoy Extraordinary 2 st lltt2 TV i,M>tentiary August 18?,3 e August 23d, James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania Commissions! Envoy Extraordinary lit. S t ''^nipotentiary April Nth, 1IW8. Took leave March 15th, !"?>/. ? j ' (ieorge M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania. Cf?inmissioned Envoy Extraordinary 4th 1850. look leave May 10th, 1801. sett* r . ""i f A,lHn,N' of Massaehu sotts. Com miss Uui ed Envoy Extriior <1 nary and Minister PlenfcSentiary istl'i 18iw lH<U' Took h'HV() March I^venly Johnson, of Maryland. ihhYmV.T?l,v?y Extraordinary I S(iMllA!8t,:r ^enipotentiaryJune 12th, 1800 * ,>y letU'r Miiy ,2th? I (d?iUr? y?Uey> of Massachusetts^ I l^(1n,,wT .)l!,',, .K,,v,,y Kxtiaordinary ' 18th iilO T L,fn,?,ot?,lM?ry April 1870 HVe ,,fi?w|iber Oth, i Jjr:U'r\^ T' Fr<>linghuysen, of New ?Jersey. (yommiHsionnrl Envoy Extia | ? ?ndMlni*ter l*lnii|mteiitiary ' i ii- . V> Hf*''lfc,t .i vnr (?;'Norton, oriIndiana, ('om 5t!?" tL-V. ? ? .e Ha,ne of,,(!e Heptemlier I 2.id 1870, but de<;liued. Rotiert C. Sohenck, of Ohio. Com \l ?*traonllnary ani M mlst^n^^oten0ary Iteemlier 2M, | 18/0. |tesigne<r ManTi 8th, 1877. ! Edwards PleVnf|Wint, of New York. itVV'vV ?nw! K,,voy Extraordinary H7 t !] ?nT 'onipotentiary May 22?l, iM/o. still In office John Welsh of Pennsylvania, N?Hn ! inate/i to the Senate October 3(Hh, 1877. ?A band of rohtters, lylnfl In wait in Nm-ada for a sta^e In which a lar^e artimint of treaanre wa* to he shipped, were informal of the departure of the vchiole ffom Rurekn hy a confederate'* signal-Are on tlie top of a mountain nearly thirty miles distant. This Are also excited suspicion, and a guard wan sent to protect tl\e stafe. A desj>erate encounter was the result, and the Job bers were all killed or captured. Bull-Fighting In Lisbon. One of the iiaUonal sights la a bull fight. The idea ia general thnt such a spectacle ia peculiarly Spanish ; this ia .to a degree untrae, for not only is the sport common hi Portugal, but it is in hnany respects quite unlike and super ior to the bull-fighting of Spain. In that country the horses are miserable, untrained hacks, brought into the arena blindfolded to be slaughtered, and the chief part of the amuaeinent ia to ahed the most blood possible, with little science ..ml the utmoet cruelty to both Jttuls and borate, of which sometimes twenty-five or thirty will be slain in' ?one afternoon. The Portuguese, while yielding to none of the Latin nations in physical oourage, are uaturally more humane. The-bulls are often very fine anhmds, but by law their horns are wrapiwd with felt, and it W impossible for them to gore a horse, although they may give him some liard hits. The horse, on the other hand, is gen erally very valuable and admirably trained, and goea into the fight with hia eyes open. No weapon more severe than a small barbed pike is used, which rarely penetrates much below the hide, J?ut suffices to arouse the mettle of a spirited bull. These piker* are planted hi his neck by the man on horseback, or by the footman, as he lowers hijy head to attack. A very dangerous e**| ploit is to sit*iu a chair directly opposite the gate from which the bull is to rush, and plant two pikes in his neck before rising. Should the bull fail to faake directly for the jncridor with lowered horns the man is lost. Anothet trick full of danger is literally to take the bull by the horns, as he lowers his head ; as soon as this is done the rest of the performers rush on the bull, And by maiu force drag bim off the man. Two 'men were killed in one afternoon's sport, when X was in Lisbon, by hav ing their spines broken when in the (get of seizing the bull between the fhorns. The arena ia surrounded by rows of aeata, rising tier above tier; the last one is divided into boxes ami roofed. As no ourtain is drawn over the arena, half of ^he miniature wooden coliseum is open to the full I: blaze of the sun, and tickets are sold accordingly for the shady and sunny '~,1ea. Punctuality is not observed; a dense mass of spectators have a bo ut an hour to gaze-at each other, flirt, fling nut-shells, about, bawl, hiss, ami ??p their feet. When the excitement ausueiise have reached their limit, | ch ia apparenMytimed hi order to the auiqlienee to the proper pitch, ipet founds. ftUenoeand brepth* ' "Ion sucdepd. The Innate, half-#tart!ed 6J' y nerve and muscle tease, crisis: the pioadors, in uni their queues bra/ded and 'an instant he pauses an", a hurried survey of the scene, md then makes a fearful lunge at the vhite horse awaiting him cn the oppo lite side of ?' the arena. The rider ulroltly hacks his steed and plunges a ance into the neck of the bull. Mad leued by the pain, the bull chases the !wrse and rider around the arena; he {ains on them ; he is just on the point bf goring the horse; tlie excitement Bxceeds language; at this critical in stant an agile picador contrives to thrust another dart into the bull and diverts his attention. Every one again breathes freely. 1 saw the bull once give the horse a tremendous blow in the belly, which, notwithstanding the horns were blunted with felt, at once became scarlet. When the bull becomes wearied out or cowed, as often happens when he finds his neck completely fringed with javelins, and is unable to retaliate in a manner commensurate with his rage, a number of oxen are driven in; the bull runs up to them for sympathy, and readily follows them out of the arena. At intervals dur ing the sjM>rt the picadors come for ward and salute the audience, bidding out their hats for coppers, which are rained down plentifully if the sport has been exciting and skillfully conducted. ?Atlantic Monthly, Japanese \VrentHmj. In the centre of the amphitheatre a mound ha* l**en raised on which a ring has lM>en formed hy hanking up the earth to the height of u few inches. Two grave-looking ehlerly men, apparently the judges, now Heat themselves upon mats on the monnd, and unfurling their paper umbrellas, light their pipes, and commence smoking in dignified com* posure, while the two wrestlers doff their kimono* (rolx>s) and enter th<*ring perfectly naked hut for a cloth round the loins. They are very far removed from our idea of what an athlete ought to l>c, for though muscular they have an ungainly heaviness of figure. Weight is indeed thought of such importance in these contests that men are fattened for them like prize cattle, under the mis taken iH'lief that such size is an advan tage to the fortunate |M?sscssor ! A tedious preliminary performance has to l?e gone through before the actual busi ness of wrestling commences. Each man coined to the centre of the ring, and squatting down in front of his antago nist, raises each leg in turn, ami then hringt4%t down heavily on the ground, at the same time striking his thigh smartly with hisojkmi hand. I suppose this Is meant as a sort of challenge ; hut it has an extremely ludicrous effect, at least to foreigners, to see two very fat men so employing themselves, lioth men now quit the ring ami taken draught of water and a pinch of salt, while they ruh their arms and hands with mud, in order that tlicy may get a lietter hold of each other's naked lx?dy. At length they re-enter the ring, and the real strug gle now iM'gins. They squat in front, of each other like two huge frogs and strike their hands together, at the same time uttering a curious hissiug noise, which gets louder and louder, till thej suddenly fly at each other like angry cat!). Heavy blows and.slaps are exchanged freely in the effort to clone, but umpires are be hind each shouting out cautions at any attempted infringement of the rules on | either side. When they have fairly got hold of each other many a cunning feint and twl-d is shown, and the struggling bodies and limbs entwine so rapidly that the pair look like one gigantic oc topus. At length the l>out Is concluded by one man being hurled bodily out of the ring into the crowd outside, and the cheering from the excited spectators Is almolutely deafening. The victor st alks about the ring for some time in great dignity, receiving the congratulations ot his friends, and then repent* his for mer challenge, striking his thighs heav ily and crowing like a bantam cock. Another wrestler, nothing daiuited, at once comes forward to try hi# fortune ; while the vanquished combatant, who lias picked himself up ainid a running fire of chaff from the unsymiuitUUiuK crowd, resumes his kimono with au as sumed air of indifference and vanishes behind t lie spectators Chambers' Jow nal. An Ancient City. WONDKRKUL DI8COVBRISS IN THE KAN JUAN DISTRICT OK COLORADO. A correspondent of the Chicago Times, writing from I>ake City, Col., says : This busy, thriving metropolis of what is popularly known as the San Juan country is no*v convulsed and half crazy with excitement ovej new and , rich discoveries of gold and silver lixles in the San ^iguiel district, a region of country which lies forty miles west of Lake- City, and which can only be ] reached by crossing the anow-clad moun tains that sejvarate the waters of the Uncom|?aghre from the Gunnison. ! This mountain raj?ge Is nothing more nor less than a succession of glittering peaks from thirteen thousand to four teen thousand feetf hlfch, and with the I exception of a trail which leads down the U noumpaghrtrHiver to Ouray, is ah- ! solutely Inaccessible, except during the summer months, tor years jmst old hutilers and prospectors have hinted mysteriously of the San Miguiel and I)oloros Valleys, and under the seduc tive influences of old Bourbon and the camp lire, told of atreaiys whose sands l were yellow with gold, of pay streaks and bars where fortunes could in- taken out in a single week with u common sluice box and r??cker ; and of leads of quartz in the mountain side that fairly glit tered with specks of free gold anil ruby silver; but until quite lately all these yarns were set down sis harmless freaks of the imagination, and no effort was made to discover the real character and richness of the country. At last W. W. Hemlne, a veteran pioneer ami pros pector, whose life has been sjM*nt on the western *1o|h\ and who, at the com paratively early age of forty years, has made and lost a dozen fortunes, deter mined to investigate matters for him self, and early in June, 1870; left Sil verton with nothing but his trusty rifle , and a pack mule, with the avowed in tention of exploring the mysterious valley of tlie San Miguiel. In vain his computes represented the dangers and hardships to.WMfili he would be sub ject^. Itepriite was I removable (n his af|^rr?trugglinjrtlurough lions and over giddy heights *" llfcot of man, morning "ill valy. iro?wb of the Intent tip^n exploration, i Stream dowh a distance - to its confluence^ th gniMflVwmcl T bre? /,eand afforded nourishment to_?, herds of buffalo, mountain sheep, black tail deer, and every sj>eeies of game known to the Rocky Mountain region. The primeval simplicity and wildness of Eden was here. Theileer and the an telojie had never l?een hunted, and gazed with timid curiosity uimmi Remine, al lowing the bold intruder to walk up within a few yards, while the industri ous leaver dammed the limpid stream and raised his progeny undisturlied. Working his way through the tangled vegetation Remine wjis on the point of crossing the stream when he heard a loud, vindictive snort, and looking up there stood a gigantic cinnamon bear, with her two cubs, on the other side ready to receive him in her giant em brace. Hut Remine had not started out on such a trip to l?e frightened by a bear. In an instant the faithful Sharp was at his shoulder; a report and puff of smoke followed, and the monster fell to the earth with an ounce ball through her brains. After disusing of his trophy Remine proceeded to take a cir cuit through the valley, and on a level plateau on the west|bank of the Doloros River discovered the ruins of what had once evidently been a large city. Ancient ruins and fragments of pot tery were scattered in every direction, and the foundation walls of some of the principal buildings were still standing in a good state of preservation. In the centre of the ruins, and standing in a clear, open spirce, were the remains of a temple, which hail evidently l>een devoted to the worship of the sun. The walls were of hewn stone, and so artis tically laid together that it was hard to detect a joint. Although ex|M>sed to the ravages of 1 line for thousands '?f years, the foundation looked as massive and stromas when first laid by its an cient builders, and even the plaster with which the walls were lined inside had not lost its color, but seemed as bright and fresh as though put on but yesterday. Filled with wonder and a feeling of reverence at Mmldlng such an lnijM?sliig rifin, Remine proceeded to measure the temple, and found that it was one hundred and twenty feet wide and three hundred feet in length. The walls in many places were adorned wTt h rough representations of men ami ani mals, with no perspective, while over one of the windows was the rude figure of a dove (tearing a twig or branch of some kind, and flying toward a mouti" tain in the distance. Our explorer found the ground covered for acres with cut stones and broken crockery ware, ami. houses and walls of solid masonry, allowing marks of skillful workmanship, having withstood the ravages of time for unnumhercd cen turies. A wall fifty feet thick. npj>ar ently several miles in circumference, was visible In many places, making it probable that this prc-historic city, like Itahyl.m of old, had a |w>pulation skilled in the arts of ancient warfare, and who built if hi such a manner as to be invulnerable by any such appli ance as i Roman battering ram. In places houses were found completely covered In the earth, having Itecoine so by the long process of time. In one of these bouses Rcinine found an opening, but little more than large enough to admit a man's body, and by means of a roj?e which he brought along with him he let himself down into what he con sidered the up|?er story of a building of enormous sixe, There were at least a dozen different spartments, soine of them very large. The floor was of solid cedar logs, hewed and fitted close to gether. While groping his way from chamlier to chamber, over huge piles of rubbish and (Ubrin, Itemiue came to an aperture opening down into the dark and dismal depths lielow. Ills curiosity to examine this subterranean cavern was very great, but fearful that he might stumble over the ghost of some of the old Altec or Toltec builders, he finally abandoned the undertaking, and, leaving the rdins behind, started on up the Miguiel in his search for gold. He found good placer indications in the bed of the stream at almost every point, and fully convinced at last of tlie min eral wealth of the country, he refractnl his footsteps, reaching Silverton ' the latter part of August. Early in the spring of 1877 several ex|>editious were organized to thoroughly explore and prospect the new country, and the re sult of their oInnervations only con tinued former reports, and stamp the Miguiel as one of tlie most wonderful mining districts in the United States. The bed of the stream, ius well as the iKiiika on either side, are one vast placer. Former Irrigation in Ceylon. The origin <>f the system of trriga- 1 tlon in Ceylon dates as fur back an the | year "><>4 B. when, according to the ; Singhalese Chronicle, Malmwanso, the 1 first tank was hnilt in the neighborhood of his new capital, Aiutrniflia|?oom, by ; Panduwasa, the second of the Hindu . Kings. This was auccet'dcd aUuit I seventy veal's later by t wo others I formed in the same ucighliorhood. In j the year 4V.t A. I), the Kalawewe tank, I the iarg'-st of all. was completed. The j retaining bound of tins immense sheet ; of water is twelve miles long, and the circumference of the lake which it formed was jut less than forty miles, the water liemg lacked up for a dis- ' tanoe of fifteen miles, and conducted from the tank by means,of a conduit sixty miles in length, to the capital. Sir Emerson 'Pennant, in describing those remarkable reservoirs, says: "Ex cepting the exaggerated iltmeusions of Lake Morris, in Central Egypt, which is not an artificial lake, and the myste rious basin of A1 Ariin, in Arabia, no similar constructions formc<t by any nice, whether nncient or modern, ex ceed in colossal magnitude the stupen dous tanks of Ceylon." The same author estimates that at the time of its greatest prosj>erity the island con tained a population of from 15,000,000 to 20,000,000, nearly all of whom must have derived their means of sustenance from irrigated lands. At the present moment, after all the care bestowed through three-quarters of a century by a paternal Government, the population only amounts to 2,400,000, while even for this a large proi>ortion of the food ?0,000,000 bushels of rice annually among other things?has to be im ported from Tndia, anil the imputation .itself must be considered to have been enterprise. The mass of the l>eople, too, have changed their place of residence from the interior neighborhood of. the Uiider rv ? ??<.> a hot 8uir produced their two or'three 6roj>s or rice in a year, are now absolutely deserted, fre quently not a single inhabitant sur viving where once a thousand found ample means of subsistence. The City of Anaradhapoora, if its ruins afford us any means of estimating its magni tude, must have covered an immense area?no less than from thirty to forty square miles, and the population living on the s|>ot and drawing its supplies of food from the immediate neighborhood must have been correspondingly im mense. Now it is a mere village In the midst of vast heaps of ruins.?Nature. The He fore Teapots, Two centuries ago tea was unknown to our ancestors. 11 is difficult to think of the breakfast tables of those days, with the nut brown ale iis the only bev erage. People would breakfast at six or seven in the morning, dine at twelve, and sit down to a dissipated supper?say at half-past five. In China, India, Arabia, Tartary, Persia and other bar barous countries, the inhabitants were sipping tea out of little blue and white cujks that would fetch their weight in gold now, while our civilized progeni tors drank beer nut of pewter. It seems j so strange, but yet it in true. The Dutch were the first to bring the little leaf to Euro|>e. They were the great I merchants of those days, and were al- I ways introducing from the East new ' sources of commerce. Hut tea was to | come to Euro|H> as a drug liefore j it became popular as a drink. In |h(| a Dutch doctor, by name 'Pulpitis, wrote | the praises of the new medicine, anil i twenty years afterward tea had passed from the apothecary's drawers to the ! round tables of the restaurant. Then I an English |?eer took it up. It is re- | corded of l<ord Arlington that he was ( tin1 first to bring tea into England. I What a luxury it was may very easily j l>e guessed ; and the price was almost j prohibitory. The East 1 ndia Company 1 got the monopoly of the tea .trade l>e- I I ween China and England, and on t hat occasion it presented the King with a truly royal gift. The gift was two ounce's Of ten, but then the price was a guinea an ounce. MiniHtern an Deail-Head*. a cnuoirs i.aw srrr in* Indiana. A despatch from Verity, I ml., to tli# Cincinnati Umrttr. savs : A remarkable trial occupied the at tention of the Circuit Court Friday and Saturday. One of our physicians sued one of the ministers for medical services rendered the family of the lat ter. The defence was set up that it was the custom of the physicians to at tend the families of ministers without coui|iensation, and that the doctor had stated that he would make no charge in this instance. The test imony dis closed pretty clearly that the plaintiff had not intended to make any charge at the time, and that the entries of his charges were all made on the same day, long after the services were rendered. It was generally understood that the doctor, who had l>een divorced from a former wife, was paying his addresses to the daughter of the defendant, and u|K?n her refusal to marry him lie re sol ved to take his revenge by compel ling her father to pay ? doctor's bill amounting to $'.?.*?. The attempt was a failure. The jury brought In a ver dict for the defendant on Saturday night. The contending parties were members of the Presbyterian Church of this place. The ^rlal attracted much attention, and ransiM considcinhlc gos sip that was calculated to bring dis credit upon lioth parties. The Gazette Job Printing Office t v" ' - * I* ?rrrin pr*p*rw4 lhaa any othar (iAm la town, lu virmtf In Uwwsaat ?IUHIHl<)lw**?7 *?rrlp lioa of J.vb PrtuUu*. t?rk m? !*? i| hlrn l^kU, Bill Head*. Ullw tml Sot* llwil, Lav Rrtrh, VV-u-r*, lK.l?rrv (IrrmUrm, Hm4 Bllla. WaJUIag. Vtsltlagaiyl AiMr?Cw**> HuilMMUtnk, L*t?la, tc. Work duue la Urutuw. Had, HUm aad Mark. Tbr public must rrawntiN that (he bwt ll always th* cheapest. We tlo work at Charleston Prices, anil (uarmuUM entire uUifartltxi to our petrous. Ws tccp constantly ua baud tb? largest stock ;W Pa^m and Osrdr to U>wu. I* Varieties. ?Fowl-keeping in France product** a return of about $73,000,000 annually. ? Ftne salmon have recently b#en , caught in the Susquehanim river, above Ilarriaburg. * - ?A performing l?ear and a big bull-X. dt?g hail a street flght in St. Louis. The* bear whs beaten. \i| ?The receipts of the late State FairrjL at Waverly, X.- J., were over I17.00Q, The profits were about 17000. ? ?William L. Yaugliau, principal of a public school in Covington. Ky., lec tured on " The Duty of Good Example." On the following day he was arrested for bigamy, a deserted .wife having ar rival from Canada. ?About $15,000 worth of gold dust l>er week is taken down to the. San Francisco Mint from the Lava lieds, by Chinamen. These diggings were sold to the heathen "Chinese by white men, who thought they were barren. ?Mr. 1/cwis, the late lloboken mil lionaire, was a singular genius. He forbade his house-keeper using sugar in her tea on t he groundof the unnecessary expense, lie himself coming to the table with sugar in his jKK'ket and surrepti tiously sweetening his own cup. ?Minister Coinly has presented his credentials to th* King of the Hawaiian Islands with vwrvjirt-at ceremony, lie made a cleveiTanHj^iniablf little speech to the King, and the King responded with Mattering acknowledgments, ami altogether it was an extremely civilized performance. ?The return of the whales to their old grounds in the South Atlantic, from which they have l>een missed for over two years, lias given a wonderful im 1 pulse to the whaling business. Since the recent improvement in the catch no less than fourteen new whale ships (an unprecedented nuinlter, it is said) have Ikmmi placed upon the stocks. ?The directions on a letter recently received i\t the Harrisbvir^ post-office covered lx?th sides of the envelope, con tained one hundred and fifty words, and consisted of minute instructions to the carrier how to find a certain grocery store, "the location of which the writer^, has forgotten, but which he found iuV this way and which the carrier will find by following the same route, to wit:" ?Thirty years iigo Coleman Stevens jumped from a train of the New York Central Railroad, leaving his wife aboard. They liad l>ecn married only a few months, and no reason was apparent why he should desert her: but shd%as unable to find him until last summer, when she learned that be was living in San Francisco, where he had amassed a J/OUBL-S WARNINGK?\Uny f "he e wsw*?' - Jbani TTfenTTrT story of ' the h(nir. In provinces of Tram*, and prol Spain, this double-striking is still con tinued. ?An old document read by Prof. William Everett in Cambridge, Massa chusetts, recently, and written by one of the famous lioston harbor tea party, spoils another cherished tradition. The writer says that at first the boxes of tea were broken with axes, though this was very difficult, owing to their being cov ered with canvas. Afterward the others were tossed overboard In the original ]>ackag?s. The paper also declares that there was no white citizen disguised as an Indian on that occasion. ?Commenting on the rapid growth of New York, a city journal printed some time since the following" No other single fact demonstrates so palpably the very rapid growth of our city as the one stated in connection with the ceremony of breaking ground for the. new Post office. The first shovelful <">f earth was cast by the man *vho formerly carried our whole Southern mail in a wheel barrow, and took it over the river in a row-boat. During one man's life, thatf wheelbarrow load has grown so that half a dozen locomotives are necessary to move it." ?An eccentric old man in San Fran cisco who goes about the streets picking up tin foil thrown away by toljacco chewers, and sells a day's collection for alxtut 1>> cents to pay for his meals, speaks and writes French, Spanish ami Italian; was once a major in the Portu guese artillery, and was exiled in 1KM for siding with Don Miguel; was for fifteen years a prisoner under Lou is Philippe for embracing t he cause of Don Carlos, and was afterward an emigrant to Algeria, whence he came to Cali fornia in 1R.V2. ?The French are providing various little comforts io Paris for the thou sands of foreigners who will undoulited ly I*- drawn to the city next year by the Universal Exhibition. A score of pub lic clocks have been scattered through the city, which, by the aid of electrici ty, will give the exact time. The letter Iwtxes have also Ix-en greatly improved. My means of a simple apparatus the postman, when he collects the letters indicates when thecollection was made.' Thus: "?letter Im?x : the second collec tion of Thursday has l>een made." ? A Texan paper describing General Ord, on occasion of his late visit to Austin to consult Gov. Hubbard in re* ference to the lntrder troubles, says that he is an eminently |*>aceahle looking man. His whole outfit, when he lea|>ed from the stage coach, (lid not cost more than $.r>. He wore a blue cotton shirt worth forty cents even at rates that would Is- lixed by an old do' man. The General's hat was almolutely villainous ly smashed, shocking and ancient, and bis coat and breeches corresponded with his other articles of apparel. Nobody would have dreamed that a famous soldier of the regular army could lie enveloped in so modest a garb. ? It is becoming painfully clear that the bad San Domingo monks played it bad on the Spaniards in 17M, when they delivered to them l>ogus Ijoties as those of Christopher Columbus for removal with much pomp to a sepulchre In the Cathedral of Havana. If it l?e true that the great discoverer's honm are still in San Domingo, we now see what wo lost by not annexing the Island, as Grant wanted us to do. Still, an the authorit ies, ecclesiastical and civil, pro pose to perpetuate the proof of the pious fraud of their predecessors by raising a monument to Coluinhus over his real bones, we can partly expiate our f??lly by sultHcrihing to the monument.? N. Y. Sun,