The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-11-24 00:00:00

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upwards of 51)00 years ago. rofeseir linger —has
been enabled by the all of the microscope to &lower
in these bricks a vast number of plants which at that
time grew in Egypt. Riseetctiopped iittate clearly
disdirnable in the body ofctlithe bribks, confine% the
desaiiptien of the Mauer'. akihg the latter,l'ancli
as et find it in ger&lodiss an in tip book otmndui
AmmicAN N rrt Veil
hie returned to England from the Salt Lake City in
'excellent 'health and spirits. Mr. Ditrin'iMoissi ban
Peen full of interest and incident, and he has had
opiortapities of observing in Utah something more
than the ordinarily accepted phases ~of Mormonism,
'fetich are tiopuliity considered am ; he has hid
curious and perilous adventures with Indians, he has
made the acquaintance of all the celebrated literateurs
in America, and was entertained at a grand banquet
at Philadelphia. The manner in which this helmet
was utilised for his own purposes by a Philadelphi
tradesman is too good to Miss. Two days after the
dinner appeared the following advertisement parse
graph :
Remarkable speech of W Hepworth Dixon, Reg, of London
at the Tehtimonial Dinner given Aim at the Contiruntal
Hotel Mr Dixon, on rising, said the following redierldarde
worcis:—'• In the ittigment of many of us the /naturists
Macaulay had spoken ..f Wlllism Pens, the Inander efjour
commonwealth, in terms which seemed to cal for a lustirt•
cation of that discipie of peyice. I took up my pen in his
defeties, and since I lave visited your beautiful polentiy,
travelling aster a/ the wild prairies, I have corns id rest my
poor feet in these very streets trod by that man *to gave,
name to yoor heauilful city; and I will here say what have I
never sold hetote to any living soul—(hear)—that, much as I
respect William Penn and his trinowers, their creid, their
spear)+, and their dress, I should have found langre too
em Inee!tste to express my admiratinn of hls principi at that
time, ill had supposed should have found in Chi city of
his fooling, aid at this very snot—(hear, hear,)-4h bait
GM ready made first claim clothing a. I have seen his. Say
on tte countere of Charles Stoke, and uCo , nder "II Note!!
with the price marked on every article!' _

this bail4pet.l
Philadelp!iis

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IT li E CONSERVATIVE REFORM Billi—The
Merning Star, in a leader, says that the 4145ent '
Go'vernment are evidently bent on introdttemF a
measure. It says—the duty is now laid 445-trine
Tories to make their bill, and the magnitude of it will
depend upon the character and ditnen.ions.of the
agitation. If there had been no vast arehings
throughout the cmntry during the recess, there would
have been no cor.cession in the minds of the Tory
leaders. They will lest() the figure which ki to re-
present the franchise blank up to the last tflopaent,
and it will he filled in according to the tone of public
opinion at the moment of the opening of Par aruent.
Tht, way to obtain from Tory or Liberal Gov rnment
a sat is(actory bill, is tut make the agitation ot which
must convince the possessors of politi,:al potier that
there can be no further trifling with the Ir:estop:re, and
that the people are too much in earnest to tolerate
petty reductions in the existing qualifications ,
AMERICAN SENATOR/3.-1 WO Wisconsin sena-
tors recently bad a discussion at Kenosha, ia which
Mr. 'Doolittle is saki to have been pretty wet; demos
Joshed by his radical colleatme. Mr. I). having
denounced the Republican party 11.4 false to ifs prin.
ciples, was interupted by Mr. Gleason, when .the fol-
lowing dialogue took place:—
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G eason—l pron once you, sir. a traitor to liberty ! Doo-
little—You, villanoia, grey.hairsd old man, tio on dare
come here and insult me in this way, after I hive been
invited to addresa the peohlif/ (This was spoken in a very
t.ffensive manner, as though addrvued to a 'vivant ) Olea.
bill not talking to Itty Natter, Alt to One Of the ser-
vants of the American people I pronounce, mu it traitor
to liberty ! Doolittle—l have sacrificed more in pig war
than you. Glees sr—No, you haven't! Doolittle—Yes, I
have ! Gleason—No, you havet,l D oat- le—l have elven
a son to the country! Gleason—And I nave given two eons
to the country Dmr ittle—But are your sons dead,* ? GI-a-
eon—No, thank God ! thee carne out .4 the war elite. D4O-
- toy son Is dead . Glea.on—Well, sir, it Is &bless-
ing to him tha.. he is dead, and has not survived td witness
the shame of his father !

A Voice FROM CYP111:8,-1,41ANAIA, Oct. 27.
—"I have little of our island news to give you.
Although with just as good right, the Cypriotes do
not imitate the Cretans in resisting the Turkish yoke,
they pay to their last farthing the extra taxes wriposed
to repay the Sultan's European creditors, and,tolerat-
ing a system of vexation and misgovernment which
every day belowes more grievous. I am OAR to see
that the &Iglu& papers seem to waken up to tile fact,
long evident out here, that the 'sick man's' came is
hopeless, and only a question of time, and not long
time. ItingliSt bondholders run a great rise of paying
Or- pipers for the medicine wri•h which, in Chit shape
of loans, they were going to put life into the decayed
caroms."

HAPPY IGNOItANC6 !—M. von Tschudi, recent
traveller in Brazil, vouches for the truth of the fol-
lowing story, which gives some idea of the etate of
nopericlass society in the dominions of his Majesty
the Erni eror of Brazil :

A dealer In Firkeit beef, who had already earnedithrough
purchase the title of Baron, was advanced by the same pro-
cess to the rank of Vieconnt flowing to sign some 'paper a
day or twii afterwards, he wrote himself down " Biskoude de
" "Excuse me, your excellency," said Ins clerk, "Via-
coals is spelt with a V." ' 'What do you mean I" exclaimed
the noble : "I always spelt Baron with. II and I 'ball spell
Viscount also with. B' But as the clerk essured him that it
hen iaii ly become the fashion to spell Viscount with.• V. the
nobleman consented to follow the fashion.

EXTRAORDINARY BANK ROBBERY.—A fraud of
considerable extent has just been discovered in Bor-
deaux. The Ripleaux branch of the Bank of France
recently received from the dependency of the same
establishment at Poitieni a sum of money in sealed
hams, each containing 10 0001. Them., after being
wrighed and found correct, were deposited in the hank
aafe, being bpeneil a few days later two of them
were Pined to be tilled with allot. The money when
made up at Poitiers was put into bawl marktd with
the name of the clerk who had verified the contents,
before being dispatched to Bordeaux they had, however,
been placed in a se-cond and stouter envel..pe, ..n I the
substitution is imppo.ied to have taken place at that
moment. The police of both Poitiersand Ilerileaux are
actively engaged in endeavouring to discover the guilty
parties.
RRLICS OF 'nut FRANKLIN EXITRDITION. —The
following is extracted (non the Newfoundland cOl7l,
menial Journal ,4 the 30th ultimo :

The °Meer. of the A Wein, e an American whaler, lost
near Repulse Ray Art. gliitereating informatl of discoveries
made by Mr 11.oi re•pecting the Franklin expedition Mr
Ifni has 1,. his p, ion a g.. 1.1 wa.ch, some timer spoons,
aril other relics, supposed to have belonged to the Franklin
party lie also learnt that the remains of • .me of Franklin's
non were bins node. a host in Committee tiny, ...ere they
hat been pi iced in the natives after death. Tne native.
w. diet permit Mr II si tig, on to examine them, but al
several vessels will winter In Repulse Bay, It le believed Mr.
Hall will secire assistance, and push his way to where the
remains are situated.

PERPNTOAL MOTION DISCOVERED.—The winding up
of public companieit —Punch.
Tue EMP,K,FI CtiaairJrrs.—The " Memorial
Diploinatique" has the following :

We learn front Miramar that St. Charles' Day, being the
fete 44 the Empress of Mexico, wait ob.erved there by •
mass celebrated In the di demi by Mgr. Ralchich, principal
chaplain to the Au.trian navy, and who formerly held •
similar offf, to the Archduke hl.nie,ilinn Alter the
religious ceremony, at wide!, the Empress was present, her
suite anti all the parasite attached to the service of the
chateau weri• admitted to Alr their congratulations to her
Majesty. The anent% Princess talked with the different
people without any trace of the mental disturbance she has
been suffering under being discernible. The same tiny her
Majeaty was agree-ibly surprised by receiving • telegram
from the Emperor SI drindllan, by the Atlantic cable, con-
gratulating her on boy fete in the most affectionate terms.
The Emperor and Ernpreseof Austria, as well as the other
memni re of the Imperial family, had also forwarded their
c ompliments by telegraph.
A SiIuCKING BEGINNING.--A sad case is re.
ported from Cornwall. It appears from evidence
adduced at an inquest held at St. Stephen's near St.
Austell, last week, before Mr. Carlyoe, county coroner,
that shouts fortnight hp" a child named Samuel Case,
51 years old, was playing with his sister Elisabeth,
sirtni IA under three years of age. Some disagreement
took place, and the biy, in a great rassion, took up a
light pick and struck hie sister on the top of the head.
Blood issued at once very profusely from the wound,
and the poor child's shrieks promptly brought assist-
ance. The parents put some plaster on the wound,
and the sufferer was taken to a medical gentleman,
who, in a few days, pronounced the case to be hope-
less, ant his predictions were Verified on Thursday,
when the child died after suffering great agony. The
coroner, in summing up to the jury, said there could
be no doubt that the deceased died from injuries
received at the hands of her orother, hut as he was
under seven years of age, the law held that he was not
r.oponsible for his &edema A vet.a,t accordingly was
returned. It appears that Six minute aro the same
last set tire to • pig's house, adjoining a dwelling-hotiae,
and in consequence, property was destroyed to the
extent of nearly lOW.
ALAS FOR POOR OLD ENOLAND —Ak the
Fenian mass meeting held at Indianapolis on Nov. 5,
resolutions were adopted declaring that the Fenians
of Ameriea defiantly assert the conviction of Col.
Lynch and Rev. Mr. M`Mahon will be made the
bugle note which will lead our army of Irishmen;
that will, drive the lost vestige of British power from the
A inerioul 'oaf inen ; and if further cone icti one ant eon.
tenre of Fenians now held by Canadian authorities be
continued, we pledge our lives, libertiie, and sacred
honour to avenge them, not alone upon the valiant
Queen's Own ma to die Or see the kut vestige of tgran•
none English power swept from the Earth.

COUNT BISMARCK ON AMKRICAN TOPICS.— One
of the editors of the Atte York Tribune recently had a
conversation with Count Bismarck, part of which is
reported in that journal. Concerning American topics
;the,Count said

;1;1. on. e with the United States, I never had a
doubt. The Tory party in Prussia, in which I am sit limited
at the outlireaa of your war besought the Xing tri
reengage the tooth I lop •se•l ft inflexibly. To ow it WM
cleAr that the Nimtli mil), could be the true ally of f,f
with t,he gMO he had nothing In common. The Govern-
tinent:sif Pm •9111 1101,(1. ',Literati in its frienoship for yours.
One lehteneg Wt. uttered proudly, mid the burning eyes
Mimed brighter than ever It is a traditional policy with
sts, •Prederick the Great wax, I think, the first European
sorereigit to recognise you. independence lam heartily
glad to know that America understands anti reciprocates
the
.lideridly feeling we have steadily maintained. Anti
here - follows a curious statement. At the beginning
of our war," sal.l Comic Bismarck, "Austria was ktronger
than we on the water, and Italy was hot sum to lig.
It was proposed to me that the liming Southern naval
officers should join na with 5,000 men and suitable Tense,..
Thty were not to come at ails, the Cnnlederite navy, but as
individuals, and the most eminent officera among th m were
loc;inied in the idler. I conestited your Minister to tnow
',bother an acceptsnoe of this offer would he .ogeneive to
the Anierlean Government. Mr. Wright woe In doubt, and
wrote to Washington Ile received instructions In oppose
' the scheme, and I at once d.!clined having anyplng to do
with It Semmes made the proposal" •
SETTLING A DISPUTE! —A correspondent of a
;contemporary tella a story of a diliute, about the
beginning of the present century, between 3 new in-
cumbent of an agricultural parish on Salisbury Plain
and his parishioners, conoisting of half admen farmers
and their labourers. The predecessor of the new
incumbent had never read the Athanuian Creed, and
everything had gone Oil 1ff1.04 hllll,llolliollllly. The
latter, however, in spite of the entreatiem of the
fartnere' persigted in reading it. Another rernon-
nuance before the day for the objec•ionable ceremony
was met wi•h another refusal ' • but the farmers assured
their incumbent good-temperedlY, that he should
never read it again in their church. Finding from the

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