The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-12-08 00:00:00

TH'E STOURBIgDGE OBSERVER.I

Pro peomon re • egg both dsm—ln eat.. of denim' qualifies r slnkhere to ite Jaen impetusonni itureedm-ae o s—ral
tins the option elves of selmellne the recliner on 'shish be of the commute. to tot low alone on Penh other. hotly, At
pissed N.. per.., to he on both tiara or to bar. more than the ,gilit,ing there wore 01.111111, gil tho cm I-gam in tha
• Angle •I. and this to be recorded in the district in ranks. In lute of a I this, however, th order of march wee. I
which he rnay reside. tho whole, admiral e Not thvt toe men kept at-'p with
Ddratloo of parliaments not to exceed five you.. any part color mitt., or thin the Pies seemed to oho. the
Decennial revotie of the teothe foe to' /oleiroe of deter rate, of on know. discipline ; hot they g 4 over the grou '
nin jJJ pr-o out h member., sod of the not:side v due of at ...pi i rat'. err? helesa: and, In the main thvy it, wed
1000' not I.), to eci .6 the electoral Matti •ts. p th r enottned in, compact, steady, weep,. g mass
V. tto ediee and dense cen•rea 01 population to he molt A, soon as th Farris • and tiarriages had mode an atenne
&hi) I ,corpora,ed .t'h he aril...int glee ors' d tie e hroipti ton hr g, the heed. prink op illtely tones, end
P*Bes ,et enibrinting the foregoing aroma tend to recur tta m Hatters, lins of Costieralners Tannest and Cowls-
il ciders end ttttt • repihmulaiton. tern, the btro.s of the neireeniry, came up at doubl• Oink
Property (as we lEs p potation, by the electoral rateable that .uaves or Baterelert oould not taitty have beaten
division toe counter Its Jut weigot and iv annum m There Is nothieg ore inspiriting than • fast moving
Toe abolition of bribery and corruption hy toe new fran- nowt, and althonsh the •. areellinise" of the Tailors, glad
chiserand extended area of electoral districts the "0 erittaldt Hymn" of the emtehmakers Could hardly
A redi,tribution of members—dr fctuelly provided for by have hues more sallied', ',airier° 1 than they were by their
• decennial revision etyma., ant the electoral dtetricts. reursictive hand., still there were momenta in which the faces
The extincnon of revising barrietere courts, or the necsa• of the tramping men musht fire from the strain and struok
eity for revising berristers insets here and there fr m the heart, of the meet
-- - paseloned spectators. The effect—if effeCt there was—Wai
O onplex, for neither Sounds nor eigh.• could bear serritlny
the grey and brown g 114•1 of the artiones had but little to
recommend it to the lovers of the ple'ursisque ; nett her did
their five. and streamer., and flowers and &mods, and
emir's, and houelnge and trappines for men end horses, to
any great event redeem the dulness of the show nor did
their mottoes and devices, the " height and Licht" of the
chendlers, the "Justice to Joiners' of the Carpenters
and thi like, work a y very exhilarating sensation among the
crowd Hardly a gry was Wien up, hardly a emitiment
found any tesoonse. Nothing twined to affeet the lien se
crowd ito moot, as some of the negates by which the arms and
'F./denim of some of 'lt Colllolglliell were acconwooded—a
p.ir of tin don • of the Tdismi ho, • kind of I» elfth ('ho
of some of the gtilld• in their rear, and other tawdry,
untnyening chit fps that Homed to have hut little to do with
manhood suffrage yet which opperently hut power to
awaken hidden sympathlos and to all forth mitt wets of
applame. The faces of the men were, how -Yee, worth
tittylin, and it was difficult to dwell long upon thnot
n hit. 01 feeling that their owners were, on the whole,
men who would carry weight with them on any gonad'
that was tilt ly and properly propounded to them, who would
take no denim to any demand when they coutd be rutty sallw
tel of Its reasonablenms finch ong, hollow. wietful feces,
such MILO, 'my, rollicking fame, such contrasts of Re,e
and gay. such individnainy of type% so mnch strenglh an-i
shrewdness, of character, could not easily be found couhined
in itoy other race That their feelings were Wrongly end. t-td
In the "Job" they were now engaged in, it wont.. he *wildly
idle to affirm or to deny. Ther• certainly wee DO very gen-
etal elation among them, except loch as naturally spring.
from militant briskets,* of motion. PoeMbly, however, the
weather had a tiampug effect or' their eytrtt., for although
it el i not aelualy rain between 10 and 2, it was difficult to
withrtand the depression of the murky sky, or to find the
peddling In deep muti an exhilerating process Stout they
did, nod 'obi, from thee to time, but they seldom, net said,
...teed a rmponstve cheer from the crowd—at least in our
num, diets neighbourhood, and the way Ire which they
tem g d along eran that of men band to a work rather of
duty than of pleasure.
To couot their nvilwire would have been 'mealy task for
the moist experienced hand The whole march before our
(nub window lasted precisely one hone and 23 minutes
Where the order of march was keot regularly, and the step
wee quickest, I reckoned that 57 row. of six men Vowed
paused before no In 1.6 minute. There woutd, therefore,
have been 34.2 men per mit.ute, or 29,686 for S 3 minutes .
but, allowing fo- the .lower progress of some oilhe Trutt.,
end for the hindrances at the outset end frequent gape in
the line, It seems impoosible to believe that more then
25,000 came to muster. As all the Importance of the demon-
stration depended on mere numherr, It can habil, he ta-
ttered that the Deo], ctore end managers of the scheme o n
congratnl de themselves on s orty Imre...a It swam
on the • h to, • hermiens •ffair eunuch but rather immense
• sod neither remarks, ly instinctive nor emoting

which they
_hroThrlnmit—i_lite..batalk.det..ftetwir...
' ' full force, and reullerect • ffi,er, who myeteriouely iheappenred -on the 7th of
cheater, were also titeitent in
„rluthy,.in,giprriethetteatehteoie
rinn;hote rrem. orstofth,t.he,..pawriti.
I's' ii
..,
thm
of
a.„ . r
correctness arid power. Toe eersnon asp preached by hie ctestom on p
tt d .1
n _meter of the wife, and he afterwards R en e a meeting of a co.
• the fine music.elected for them:minion with their venal November. f M
at;iadtayes,vendg
gtweenhtishozeg,esastowhasi.
the Rev. Andrew Maclean. D.D., i
of which he wag a nharehifutdert,
badand
~....,. . .
Attar that he wan not seen or heard of; and as he bore
tphr:hhatßtroeritehteir.co..n.gregation, and, we beldrve, related to
1 A itsmartgantE FAMILY Garusitiso..--The Neve :pre,P"Astreide nitXt' yat the polieedttfees at ha Pee .
{following anecdote:— '. i
Haven correntiondent of • Connectieht paper tells the a i caanltinga had had
ah:dhonmeo 6a9to °L.
bad met with foul play. A post-mortrm examination
mctieut, removed to 0111,111 1835 They buried theireldwit en
~..
inPrgiltccenntiloenchwairtar
hirs,
count forAdeenheence, fears were entertained that he
hers been made and as no marks have been found on
Mr .and Mrs Oren Cleveland, formerty nf Wltittea; COW
Child in Winsted in March, 1000, and all of the °thug, nine
immediate family for the 100 g period of nfty-seven sears. which his untimely end can be attributed, all that can
The aged parents, partner. touring sixty years, ha. for at prement be said with certainty is, that death has
In number, survive, Cr has there been A death li their the decearied, and nothing hae as yet trenspired to
twelve years past had a drains dealre to see their children
b
altogether once more on the shores of time Time, in its it will be interesting to know where, if
, n
coon., had brought six of the nine Children to reside withng
at all tln
in srill"meins aninegd An the deceased's hat i
,
by drowning .
Cameron h left &widow and
I ty miles
°at the emit ''—one to N h
ew Hartford Litc
, hford connty ; one thee young
turngch p as
itdreun.
In New Haven: and one on Long Island NT. These three AN INTERFSTINO COLONY.—" A most curious
or of the parental ome. Three Were titll , it
made a flying journey to flunnville. Grange county, Ohio,
and on September 24 celebrated tve birthday of the mother 11
Southampton Water. The
she being 81 The father was 81 last May. 'A bountiful din-, a rge steamer arrives in S
itt is witnessed," writes a correspondent, "directly
see being prepared for the occasion, they ail sat down, moment she comes to her moorings a flack of about
eldest by ,!dent—the oldest child being 58, and the youngest two hundred sea-gulls hover about her, to pick up the
35. All were gray, mOrkt or is,: yet the last time they nset, scraps of bread, meat, and offal that are thrown over-
at the wed dreg of the ei.. eat child, not One has a gray hair,
hut that Was 31 yeers ago The mother and oldest son had
outward and homeward bound monster steamers that
not met before In 25 yeare board. Theee birds form a colony that live on the
ho
• a are daily lying in Southampton Water. They breed
ANTICIFATKD Dlee •VERIFS IN PAL' STINE.—.e
in the Lie of Wight cliffs, and roost about the Sooth-
e meeting held in Editihurgh, to promote the moves ampton shoren. Their gyrations in the sir, their
'tient for the exploration of the Holy Land, the Res, pugnacity, the swiftness with which they swoop down
Dr. Hanna spoke of some of the renults which might on a piece of bread er meat, end the dexterity with
that in the cave of Meclielah—a place into which they pick it up as they skim along the water,
he attained by further exploration. He fully liewliehLecth
form an interesting and animating night."
travellers had never twee atlntitted—the bodyd ofaft Jacob 1
THE MAINE COLONY IN PALESTINE.—An.
would be dincovered, having been embalmeer his
death ; and he expected that inveetigatione at Jerns I American missionary, Mr. Jessup, writes from Beiout
Salem would lead to the discovery of the conduits by i in September :
which the refine of the animate offered up in the an- . These person. will find Chet once outside of Jaffa garden.
pl was conveyed fin th city and con se-
the plain It frequente thy the Bedouin ; the 111,:ly Ixiic,t, will
cimit teme roe , ,
quently, to the identification of the spot on which the luiemti :en haeit4or tin 7,,,,,z,nan0 ;Tee,: n.:ievs4thiasen
mmelts of I.t.he act=
altar of sacrifice stood. In the papers from time to time, hut regarded It as • hoax
Tiiß Ri NANCE OF ADVERTISINO.—The follow We now hear they are coming. May the Lord have mercy
inc advertisement contains in itself the materials of a ' on them.
three-volume romance. We re-produce it, out of THE WORKING CLASSES AND RELIGIOUS ISM
sympathy with the fair Venetian : TeTIONR.- -The marked neglect of public worship by
To the Lady from Venlee.—ln accordance with the last . the great majority of our skilled artisans has so
wish of my late son, J ,set Nikola, I here to inform yon of ' strongly impressed many perm's, interested in their
his previous history. tp to 104 H he wes Lieutenant in the
Imperial Austrian Field Jager 3rd Battalion : at the COM- ' well-being, that they have decided on taking some
practical steps to ascertain Any special as well as
hi
mencenient of the war *gale. Frowl nhe attain joined the -
general reasons that will Recount for the fAlenomenon.
army, t time . Lieutenant in the talian corpeof
Ritter vosn Flank, and fell, on 27th June last,infantry ..,,,rei, With thin view a committee has been formed, com-
emended. Info the hands of the enemy, at the hattle of - posed of Church of England and Nonconformist
Nachod, aunt has not since been heard of.—JOREF NINOLA, i clergymen and laymen, and of representative working
Burgher of Thiene I men, who, after 'leveret very frank and interesting
A GOOD EXGrill FOR SMOKING !—lf any of consultations, have resolved to convene a conference
your readers 11,111 an excuse for smoking 1 can furnish ' foe the free coneideretion of the subject, to be corn-
them with one (remarks the correspondent of the posed in equal proportions of mioieteris and members
Morefe9 Star). Two years ago, • society was of the various religious bodies, and el intelligent
established in Berlin, the members of which agreed to . working men, including tholes who may stand aloof
preserve all the point,. of their cigars, lied... Mot biting retina religious orgairearione without being hostile to
them .if and throwing them away. Three ends are l Christianity. It is probable that the conference,
collected, and then Pohl in large quantities, either for arrangements for which are now being made, will be
the manufacture of snuff or for smoking in pipes. The held in SOILS central piece in London before the end of
thus raised is applied to the maintenance and Jeniery, and it in proposed to limit the number to
ertheation of orphans, and some idea of the exteut of about one hundred persens. Any communications on
the society, and the intensity of ite affection for the the subject nhoul ibe addreined to the honorary mem.
weed, may be gained from the fact that the cigar ends tarty, the Rev. Edward White, at Anderton's Hotel,
of two years saving have brought in a sufficient slim Fleet-street, EC.
for the maintenance of twenty-two children. Such a Tote NIIMRISR AT TnK TRADES' REFORM
society nneht be established in London to support an Dr NI oNSTRATIoI4;—A gentleman, under the signature
hoepital for pontoon euffering from the deleterious of t• Index." sends the following to The Times :
ttTects of excessive smoking. Baring been In a peculiarly favourable position for oh-
Nor so Ptiosersors !—The following is one serving the greet Trades' Cnion proceesion, whleh was
rewult of the late Prussian campaign : itenerally expeeted to Meted« at least 2, 0 000 man. I send
Out of • total of rather more than 130.000 Berlin household., Lo...ti Ile, •oup.purretm,flapt:te;tlminet I hair:, tantrcuintadcoe
.of.t.hns..ndunth;
PSI 00, or 60 per cent, were unable to pay the house-tax in front id my wittooles exactly at 12, an, ended at 25 minutes
July. All to this the riumner of laminas not snrject to this p.. 1 1, emending over NS minutes The movement during
its in c nesimence of the lowliest ,If their rent. and you that pa rt -it was unintetreptal, and very uniform in pace
will hue a pretty emirate hies of the sort of prosperity et A. the men marched six abreast. I counted the number of
present ,nioss,i hy the othmotant• of the Presets° capital rai Its %roach pained In isn minutes, as a sufficient criterion
It l• very grand ita talk of tee Halm, of the Governmeet of the whole These ranks were 4,1 locindlot bands sad
to tee.- the rllwnses of war, but the untie autos to have 1,.„5„.be but 5s r,,,,,,,e,'
oth .„.: ~,,,,
men,
for she's
in a wren:heal financial
p ,Bition, and unable 0 loar tile
sh ,olt of a Pale nit of • campaign. Had the war lasted • which pa-seed in 1.-n minutes was approximately)
hat all mused before the nuer of , thereto..,
r fo
before.
2 "IS2O—
year, wield there have been a Prussian oath-onto cooquer/ that 11. 251 pee minute, or, as a llottal Wheats, say 300
EMIORATION PROM LITSRPOOL.—The monthly per minute Consequently, there would have been In 85
nni:vicu2: 500 men, or about one eight ad the number
renew; mad m officials
e tie by the government ocials at Livers I:rost.
peed show a very coneeleratile fal'ing off for November Pa
the same effect.
in the present year, as compared with last, the total Another correspondent also writes to
decrease on the month beteg 3 406 pumengere. There EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL ACCIDRIv ".—A sin•
sailed under the act 26 ships, with 5.495 passes. fralar accident occurred in Liverpool the other day. A
gels, of whom 3M were cabin, and 5,1 W steerage. boy, sin yearn old, son of a lab tuner, leaped into au ash.
0/ . the steerage passengers 1 834 were Eng lieh, put, or " midden," belies/mug that the contents were
170 Scotch, 2038 Irieb, and 1 007 foreigners. 23 slid, the top being covered with chaff. The contents
ships, with 4 928 passengers, sailed to the United were liqoid, and the bay sank out of sight. He was
Stater.; 1 ship, with 153 passengers, to Cupola ; one, srpeedly renceed by his father, who carried him to the
with 235 pa...engem, to Victoria; and one, with 199 North Dippeneary, Anil after some time the medical
passengers, to Qiieeneland. Of the shirr not Miller the gentlemen there succeeded in restoring the child to
act, there Pailed 22, with 956 pasteenvere. The total counciounneeri. The father then started for home.
emigration for the month was 6455, against 9.857 in carrying the shad in his arms. On his way he sat
the corresponding month of lent year. down to neat on the ritese of the Free Public Library,
.and on riming' to pursue his jommey had the melanchni;
LYNCH, THE FENIAN CSiNVICT.—The "Louis. urprise to find that the child wan dead in his arm
ville Courier " maken the following, tardy statement in The day was bitterly cold, and this may have ow::
reference to Colonel Lynch, now under sentence of tributed to the fatal reindh
death at Toronto : "
Tun EMPRRoR CHAFF, D.--I' he Paris correspott.
Colonel Lynch was engaged to fill the glare of One of one
reporter., whom, at the test moMent, we found it impossible dence ef the Globe Rays that tbe following story is told
to see t. The arrangement Woe prettively and obtinctly in the Imlerisd eraoes ••
made. by • ftehtlemsu ea:mowed with tiale a film throe/eh The Premises nseeicht•L'emerate, a near relttirerd the Nun-
Captain M•D-rmott, • very w• dilly soldier an g,ntlemen ; per -r of the Frehch—sla belong. to one of the Bonaparte
hut in the hurry of del:partneri Col- net Lynch fate. to re celve tam' ill A •ettlid in itaiy—nens a few day• hack to Visit hts Ma
his credential.. The avertlon that he helot a commialon In Jest ya, Comptes na Haying for some vas. resided In Nrittaey,
the F.,,,1an army. .-v w.a canneeted veto, them In any e•y and tek.ng great inter. et In agrieniteral tumults, she afftets
eirept to one reporter, on do net sredll ruslici y Ii trimmers and latntrlage ; and t'w greetin. over,
A Tjtile FOR mg." GRRAT EASTRRN" STe.ATIF.R. ;;„,'!;,,„ni'at.".ll. V .T7,ls.ahree in
.q7,7,,,th; E.l„
r,... r
-, untie ago it •le rumoured that the Great esn't deny that he 1155 es Cone you I lota ! how liar has 7
g mei-
Eastern would probably he hired lop certain !peen. remelted yon ' " the exert exprewiree of the venerable
liters seta prollysea to ii-e her to convey patigeogere dt.::::t7,;.r.ep.i....irr,...ll:hyougnu
,hcest.stro, 4rgitsir,,
..m,,oz p‘hfC,lll:Watipwlliwe,
..17..d.
from acme. the Fenn to the French Eshibitien next
d m yearT,
sii.transiete thsm er to glim themm tta the c
hor tonael —beeps."
. ee re port wee, hoe er, ....preicted. ithuspeir;lienentysri: mug soeti= te u with Latin,
nevem helms, that tb ve
-ee silo t
it a fouin I
for
it in fact M. Itexperher. a French gentleman, is the nIGANTIC Is ' ie.
AILWAY UNDE:trAKINGit. —A report
kr
chief
.proutoter ad li,. asheree, sped a company has
been termed to carry it out properly. The vessel is to which ha, j tett been preeented to the Secretary tat the
be et-elderly chartered, and to run with prieseneers Interior at Weshington states that the Central Pacifc
arid merchand•ee between France end America sharing Railroad of California, nose completed auil at work to
1567, entering Frame either at Brent or Cherbourg. I ',co, is ilietrinad Simile. from Ssernmento. reaches
It is intended to carry upwards of 3,000 pareeugers at that point an elevatioa of more than 6,000 feet
each voyage, and 2.000 tee. el eserehrtedtse. The abate Pea level by a es-Aikent rise, In, crime parts
passenger, will he all fleet-class. and are to have superbamounting to the maximum grace authorised by law,
accommodation, &c. It is calcnlated that the ship 116 feet per mile. 121PC0 is twelve mules west of the
will his about twelve day, in teener, and that ehe will mumniit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Ten thous
be backwards and forwards at lea-it seven tmee while Feud men are now engaged in tunnelling and grading
the next two mellows. The work in performed by
the exhibition in mem. The expense, and profit are
said to be so arra.gel that even with only 1 000 pan- Chine*, labourer., who prove to he nearly equal to
be realised by the ebareholdere. 'File Clear gostertt
eeekere, instead
0, ow hand. di,,id.mi it
~,,id wile., men in such work, anii without them it would
hare been imnonsihle to acromplph the work that has
will leave Liverpool March 90, 1969, for New tork, been i• qr., am white men in enfiliiient nitulbet. could
Trance in time for the epening of the Exhibition. It ' I'm" in innini"
'yid etavt thence with her paemencers en a, to servers earetegen on theme high grades ;
i. 4 have eren obtained. There is no difficult
is added that M. Jul.. Doioecher wee put lotto se ' rassenger trains run at the rate of Si mile., and
abs of the chip the 10th of We month, end 600"wcsils I 'eight teeing 12 mile*, per hour.
men have been fully employed on it ever Piece.
NoVEL TREATWINT or CEOLERa.—At the lad
1 A KIN() A PLAINTIFF IN A LAW CoURT.—The
in if Pinnisepiaariasg. al n, er::::::;i:
of
it:::
efamatien came before the Civil Tri-
received from Dr. Lorain, in which he gave an account
sittlng of the Academy of r.L.1,,,,, a paper was BPthijutit,tisif'f'eitt,:hrilt:r d
charge, which was that of inenlting a foreign Stree-
t-4 a case of confirmed cholera cored by him by simply reign,'
was contained in the following peneage :
injecting 400 grammes of water at a temperature of , o ro,
40 deg. centigrade (the normsl warmth id human pnoseesot of „blob
sion. engine,f Loatikorrtit'xaptheeest:ltio'luidnire'stisintelnr ,
blond) into the patient's veins. No ItOOTer Wan the ' Ithen i• some merinos of pine blood, which from their '
operation effected than the thentemeter !nse,ted Into riot,' ere at peewit beyond all price • the Wine of Freesia
his Month folio from Mt deg. to 30 deg., where in . was so struck by their beauty that he h*e monflacatal them
remained ethearmary ; hie heart beat with mere fres fur ha own sheep walks, without offering the MIRA.. in-
fluency, and, though the pubie was still silent, yet the 1 demnlty to their legitimate proprietor.
patient breathed more fteely. Before the operation I The Court held that the statement was false and mall•
he could not speak ; immediately after he faintly , ciwn't and sentenced ()lieu to one month', imprieon.
called for drink. He eosin after fell asleep; three ment soda fine of 1001., Boutet to a Pimilar punish-
hour, later he was very uneasy and Vomited abon. ment, anti Dubuitteon to 100 f, fine only, and further
&Idly. On the day following he .cenld pet np
end ! cendermie•l them to pry the costs.
eih ill a atilt.; all the eholcraic symptoms nad not yet PRIVATe RILLS IN PARLIAM ti NT. The number
er.deacrecl.ll,,,dbi,ibypoit th43650e th,graleewr mm.o.male,tie r
the .tlace,tiii,noes zttoptije
awmpeoph(tieht.i.ht 1
iieLf
irpt l. anso,
napnifedosrof
,Rilaloilltlwteryal!B,B,,iiblllissi:r.,lweit,t7,rhksoistre3l.tfahonrcndintberx,itatnt
the
~
.1.2
.P2j.:01
rildhlErk:e
from Dr. Lorein's communication that the patient be &poked. 'fbe Private 11111 legislation in the next
wan beanbag subjected to any internal treatment or , Seemion is expected to be under the average for some
particular diet, but. the result was that on the tenth day I yearn past. More than MO Billn were lodged last
he left the hoepitel Inc state of complete convalescence, I year, and about 960 received the Royal assent. The
and has since been seen in peiafect health. 19th Met, Is the lest drily for 'treeing notices on
A SWIM TIRIOAND.— The trial of a Swifts bri- ownern, lessees, and oecnrieen of the preperty men-
gaud, one Contantino Giareotti, of Airolo, has lost Ogee(' in the borne of reference for the intended lines,
, taken place at Bellingrina, at the foot of Mount st and by the ensi of the month the gesente and dissents
. G.dhard, who after having led for Peveral emu,. to the prompednchemee, with an entimete of the ex.
wandering and marauding life, sometime/I on the Saab:: lvaneela, notet be lodged at the House of Common%

eud et °therm on thoi Italian_ made of the frontier,

A ROWDY CI I T.—:The following description of

eocapiog repeatedly from the prisons of both countries,
had bem.me a desperate SeititotioM, and terror to the
peaceable inhelettnntri the Valle del Ticino. The
tit.? found the to-Miner guilty of highway robbery and
murder; and the judges pawed sentence of death upon
Giannotti, who thanked them with otoical indifference,
and wee with great difficulty prevailmi upon
by his advocate to allow a petition to he forwarded in
his name to the grand council of the canton imploring
• remiseion of the rai,i tat unniehtneht tt may be,
indeed, balled 'capital, for it in literally decspitation,
and • special hell of blood is destined to the pnrptiee
on the banks of the river near the Ponta del Ticino.
Snch spectacle, are, however, quit, traditional at
Bellinzona, for the oldest inhabitant hardly recollect,'
any thing of the kind: and if the eentence were to be
carried out, an executioner would have to be procured
from Berne. The tternese head/mean otill wield., on
such occaelont, • double-hooded oword--very likely
one of those that hewed down the Austrians at Mierst
er Sempach 400 years ago. The criminal site upright
bound to a wooden chair, and one elnehing blow fulfils
the behests of justice as cleauly as a guillotine.
A MUTTER'S &Mr/M.—This "Pall Mall Os.
anti." says—
As the end cf Znly, 11144-r-that to Mose, six or seven days
teams site •etteliodoe et the Treaty-1 he Emper,r sent to
Rome two of the a ..est physician. ot Paris, expressly to re
port on the hoot hof the Pope These envoys entraordinnef
saw I.ly Rollswas 51 Ceetetgandolfo for the Pope,anspeoUng
the ohfect of this reiseion, Invited t.win to •isit him, and
they held • Conswitation in his preeence. They tadaatiy
dispatched • detailed report loth. Emperor, expressing i heir
opinion thet the Only Father Intent nee for a tear, hut that
they onsw en urohwhity of his life endowing fort.., year.:
and tt wet on revelvling th,s cnemneication thee Napoleot.
Axed two . • .

the amenitiell of life in Memphis is fecYm the An'anche
of that city .
Nnt in the Wide world Is there so ninitt Ihnotffig, stab
Mug. and killings, In Shelby comity, when we take into con.
Wimmtion the Intelligence of the community. Night alter
night affrays occur men are shot within • few yards of our
onion; nutlet. are fired Into win lowa—and It Is you!
click ! bang! Lou shot !_sightly, from one end of the city
to the other One of the most •Monishing feature, in thia
revelry of blood is the nonchalance of the participanta
They 'go for one another," like Men tat s rowing match.
While wrestling, two perionshecame enraged in • difficulty
and r our winnow srme nights ago Ouit made at Ms an-
tagonist with &knife, coo replkd with a shot awl etclalmol,
I've killed !" " You are • liar !" says the individual
his, while he had a hole In him you could put your I hornh In.
The ot y hi man; crime Is epidemic, and the poisonous
Clements *consist in the evil practice of carrying wswoos.
A Stikiffrfiff Ootoesre. —The " R.egkolt Re-
corder" dew-rib'sa vi.it to one of the wets or Budd-
hist cloitters of the city, the Vat I'll, which is the
largest. It a.rere tee acres of land paved with grey
granite, anti presents the difficulties of a labyrinth. ft
contains two temples of imposing architecture. in
one is an image twice the size of life, and covered with
heavy gold, in the other teak doots beautifully inlaid
with mother of pearL The latter contains an image
which fat Weeds the Colossus of Rhodes in size. He
in retaining on the right side, with his head resting on
the right liana. ne is tit feet long, about 28 feet
around the belt, and the lenqth of the little toe on the
right foot is three feet fore inches. The natives nay
his bowels are full of large water jars. The labour
of constructing and gilding this image must have been
immense, and have taken years to accomplish. The
neorest approach to thin in Chnetisn ebnrcher in in it.
Peter'. anti the I; in the - the lit.-

years si ttie limit of the French occupathie.
COURT OF PIRODATF.—Among useful things not
generally known a a regnlaiton which became law
sorne three years ago, by which grille may be proved
and letters of administration obtained by " venereal
application," without the aid of • proctor or solicitor.
The advantages of this plan were at once peen and
appreciated by Mr. Tidd Pratt, the Registrar of
Friendly tiocietiee, who pnblished directions as to it.
working in his annual Report to Parliament. Plain
rules of a similar kind have heen lately drawn tip and
meat to all Poetroseters in the United Kingdom, hie
the information of depositors in the re-t-office Savings.
hanks, and three insured under the Government
Ineuntnce and Annuities Act. These "personal appli-
cation." CAn be made either a the Chief Office, 12,
Great Knightrider street, -Doctors' commons, London,
or at any one of forty district registries now establiehed
for that purpose in the province"' if, ea to the latter,
the decesweci pension had • fixed place of anode within
that particular district. A great saving may thus he
effected by executors and others in the proving if wills
repeementing only small mune, and it so furnishes an
additional inchmemesitfor the inve•tnient seeing&
DISCX)Vr IT OF TAR BOOT OF A MISEITNG
Tic-rm.—On Satnrday afternoon Menses. Burke and
Drew, two 11/16theki student", who were walking along
the margin of Duneapie Loch, Edinburgh, had their
attention attracted to the back if the head of •
man
'ticking out of the water at • distance of four or nee
yards hum the edge. They waded te the ialthe
w•tur teauhing obey. tbsb hum, sad tetrad

- ..ateran. In the fonuer ti.., figureu
whieh eripport the holy water }Koine on entering look
like infants lint are the vire of adnite, while the saint*
towar.l the roof are in reclity three times the size. of
life.
TTilt SCOTCIif IN P MILRICA . The "Chicago
Republican" pays
The trollied States are pertlontarly Indebted to Scotland
for having sent here eo men, il her energetic children We
have 'Morena 11),,uglasee, i3orione, Ilamiltons. and &Hotta
who perpetuate in This coni.try the Sl...tilt/1 genius of their
arc...aro/5 The not 1.-et type. of American womanhood are
of thrcirit. They shooed In New England, sod are
Scattered neer other parts of the rouncry. Of wild 0454.,
they have .4th, same Woe • certain glow ot mutilation is
perullar to Scotland a. to Spain ; they are hi' h pear teal
Sod Imaginative, thrifty awl tntoliec,tol, excellent wives and
neither; at the Fame time women of enlarged sympathies end
strong religious sentiment. The American men of ileottholt
descent make their influence also felt wherever thee are.
Them Is unietbing more tweeted and intellectual about them
than abont their conntri men of Rogliih ducent, Si d they
are swoop% one most infloential citizens. .issottisn pallosts
arm in a "mat minority The eleoteihmim bee that In 0.1111011.
with the Tsetse, Snag 110sollinni or other he knows how to
wl.lO off roverti, even meter the meet adverse aircuinctanem
Indeed, there le every resale to suppoee that We 11%A
Peek. Inas and Yankee Whiten Walled originally from
Scotland.
RORRIBLIt NrG/1.0 OITTRAOr..--A erime has
been perpeirated in Somerville, neur llotion, that hex,
owing to various reseone. awakened e. great feeling of
indignation throughout New England. The hon. of
the Re., David A. Wanton was entered during the
terrenewm by a new., who sueresded in committing
borribla mine' :moo hit. Ponca of ha 014 000UPant