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FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK.

Der of cornices, ETC., from mould, and carving
the other separately, admits of no comparison. The
metal again, always remains, and can be re- cast,
should the varying taste fashion require it, It is
non absorbent, and therefore better suited than
brick or stone for security against dampness.
With regard to their lghtness, it is unnecessary to
point out that there is consequently great saving
of ground in the thickness of walls.
The facilities afforded by the lightness and due
tility of the metal for forming the ornamental parts
Of buildings, is obvious The building itself may
be graceful and fragile in its appearance-rased on
a few light, tasteful columns, and yet capable Of
supporting The weightiest fabric that could be de-
signed, and both the internal and external parts
may be embellished ad hbitum, by means of cast
ings
The iron warehouse of Messrs. B. 81 H., which
the Evening Mirror describes as above, employs
about seventy men, who receive weekly about
$500 as Wages
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CURIOUS FAcTs.-The following curious facts
are taken from Blackwood's Magazine
In Eng land the average poor rates for ten years
past has amounted to S30000,000.
In Ireland $7500,O00 year are expended to
feed a starving population.
In 1896 the imm grafton from the British Isles
was 26, 900 persons. In 1S49 the number was
5000.
In thirty years crime in Great Britain and ireland
has increased 800 per cent, while population has
only increased 80 per cent.
In 1922 there were 271S3 Jail commitments in
England, Scotland and Ireland in 1850 there were
74,162.
Thirteen per cent. of the population of Scotland
are paupers.
In Ireland it appears from a report to the Gov
ernment, made in July, 1S47, that 5000, ,712 per-
sons subssted on public aims, about 40 per cent.
of the population. The nominal rental in Ireland
is '$65. 000 The sum expended for the relief
of the poor, $6,370,595, nennth OF the rental.
There were 100000 persons in poor houses, and
$4,000 in Jail. [ireland is not larger than Ohio.l
In Glasgow, one-fourth Of the burials at the
public expense.
In London there are 10000 journeymen tailors,
of whom $4,000 earn miserable existence by
working fourteen hours day, including Sunday.
There are also in the same city $4,000 sewing
women, who, on an average, make only AID, or
nine cents day, by working fourteen hours-not
quite three-quarters of a cent per hour.
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THE EAsT.--Russia is the great problem of Eu.
ropean political speculation. Her designs are
mystery as profound as the riddle of the Sphynx.
One would think she had empire and population
Co. 000-enough; and so she has, were her
pire not more than half hemmed by eternal frost,
and her population not too rude to suit the aspira-
tions of an aristocracy, unwilling to blossom and
fade amid perpetual SHOWS. Little is known of the
internal workings and policy of Russia She sits
veed like the prophet of Khorassan, and exclusive
as the Flowery Land yet, keen eyes now and then
penetrate her realm and catch fore -shadowing of
her ultimate purposes. Russia, as hierarch--or
patriarch-aims to unseat the Pope; as autocrat,
to rule Europe. The most powerful of nations in
wealth, armies and the material of war; she has not
for half a century, been drilling half million armed
men, strengthening her fleets, and systematzing
her power for nothing. On her Asatc and Turk
ish borders Russia has been silently constructing
huge fortresses, each capable of holding 100, 600
men, and provisions to sustain them for years-for-
ueSSes unrivalled in strength and located at points
most favorable to descent Asia, and which,
unless invasion be their design, are as useless as
the pyramids of Egypt. She has been, too, crafti-
ly strengthening her hold on the Armenian people,
whose devotion belongs to the sovereign who ex-
tends the broadest shield over their igion. She
is the virtual head of the Greek Church, and the
defender of its faith. She will first swallow Tur-
key IN the West, when her appetite will be ready
Tor the conquest of Europe. Russia is the only
positive and dangerous power in the Old World
she is preparing to rule the Eastern Hemisphere
New Yorker
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The friends of General Cavagnac and of Ledru
Rollin are said to have commenced their respec-
tive canvasses for the next Presidency. The
friends OF Louis Napoleon hint at the probable
postponement of the election to 1854
A great number of Romans intend to visit the
London Exhibit ition, but correspondent of the
Turin journal says: 1.-The Government will not
grant passports to all who apply for them l know
that the Pope has dissuaded learned prelate, who
had come to take leave of him, from undertaking
the journey. | assured that the Neapolitan
Government will be still more severe with regard
to passports for London"
The Bank of England returns show an increase
OF circulation of f506 lac, and decrease of bull
lion amounting to El52, ,SS1. That the Bank has
done large business during the week. is shown
by the fact that the private securities have increased
FL ,156, ,1j4.
M. Lamartne has issued an address, in which
he advocates the revision of the constitution and
the restoration of universal suffrage. He says the
latter measure would regain for the President all
his former popularity, and tacity implies that he
might then be chosen President by acclamation.
Letters from Constantinople, of the 2jh March
assert that the Sultan has refused to accede to the
demands OF Austria to exclude Kossu,h and seven
OF his companions in exile from the benefit of libe
ration The Austrian Minister had referred tc
Vienna for fresh instructions AS relates to Ger
man politics, the answer from Austria to Prussia
last note had been received by the latter. Every
thing seemed to be at a stand-st The papers
contain nothing of importance.
Turning to the East, we meet startling news
from Egypt. A revolt has broken out in the Sen
naar, and the Pacha who commanded in that dis
trict, and the Egyptian troops under his orders
have been massacred Great preparations were
making at Cairo to dispatch troops to put down this
disturbance. The construction OF a railway across
the lsthmus Of Suez is officially announced. Alb
bas Pacha, who is, it is sad under the influence
of the Consul General of England, has just pub.
licly declared that he will commence the work i'm
mediatelv: Half the people employed on the line
are to be English.
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FASHION WITHOUT CAsTE.-Men of taste and
gallant impulse will not permit the empire of fash
ion to become a petty despOttsm. The graceful
editor of the Philadelphia Sun denounces the latest
style of ladies' bonnets hideous fashion,.
He thinks that there are few women handsome
enough to stand the present little bonnets, which
placed the top Of the head and look as if they
were about to fall off behind They are of the lop.
back order, and make the women look as hideous
as Chinese and as brazen as the Colossus Of
Rhodes"
The New Yorker in censuring this fashion, sug-
gests an entire revolution in the dominion of dress
Hear him
Fashion, at this precise epoch OF the Christian
era, with both male and female exquisites-and
with shades of difference, the same may be said oil
all who pretend to style-is untasteful, vulgar
hlthy, or ridiculous; mere concocton of tailors
and milliners, ETC., who must get up something
new monthly or quarterly, to keep their trade good
and involve vanity in exravagances.
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CASES IN WHICH LETTERS SHOULD BE PRE-.
PAID "A gentleman writing TO a lady.
A lady writing to her female friend to the care
of a gentleman, becaiise the trouble of receiving
and delivering is tax enough.
A merchant writing to another, requesting inor-
nation.
A friend writing to his friend, requesting some
friendly act; such as collecting a small dividend
to be remltted, etc., the trouble being sufficient to
prove his friendship without being taxed for SO
doing.
Always in writing to newspaper editors or pro.
pretors of newspapers
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LIVE WEIGHT AND DEAD WEIGHT.-A know
ledge of the difference between the live weight
and dead weight of any animal, is often times de-
slrable. From the nature of the case all approxi-
nation 10 1t may be made There are various
ways of doing thls-somemes by the girlh and
measure Of the length. Many butchers, by the ex-
perIence they have gained in slaughtering and
weighing different kinds Of animals, can often
Judge with surprising accuracy. Different breeds
vary very much in the comparative difference be-
tween live and dead weight. 1t must appear ev-
dent 10 any one that the more amount of tallow a
bullock has to fill up the interstces of the frame,
the less IS the difference between live weight and
dead weight, and bV consequences the less the tai
low the more tile difference.
German agriculturst has made some observa-
tions on this subject, and publishes the following
as the result:
can OK, where he is entirely lean, and therefore
has no tallow, weighs 26O pounds live weight to
100 OF pure flesh in the fore quarters. With per
cent of tailow he weighs only 255 pounds live
weight 10 100 weight of flesh At 10 per cent. The
proportion Of taIlow, 246 pounds; at Is per cent,
235 pounds; at 20 per cent, only 225 pounds, gross
weight, for 100 weight of flesh.
" An OK of 1000 pounds, live weight, weighed in
stale in which he has not been fed for iatlening,
has, when entirely lean, therefore without tallow,
3s5 pounds of flesh and about nine pounds of skin
and hair, in which, in the after increase the tai
low, consequently to be weighed by ITSELF is in
eluded. This OK, raised to Der cent proporton
of lallow, will weigh 1850 pounds gross, AZ pounds
OF lesh and "A pounds of iallow. He gained
therefore, in This period of increase, 60 pounds
gross, q pounds flesh, and II pounds tallow, and
therefore gained increase of "a pounds live
weight, 60 pounds flesh, and "a pounds taow. AT
~ per cent. proportion of tallow, the same OK
weighed 1850 pounds live weight, 600 pounds OF
flesh, 12O pounds of tallow; the increase of this
period of lattening, therefore, amounted to 13l
pounds of gross weight, 81 pounds of flesh, SO Of
tallow.
In the improved breeds, the amount of valuable
parts which preserved and weighed, after be
ing killed, are, or ought to be, greater in proper
tion to the ofa that is not weighed, and unsaea.
bic, than is the unimproved breeds. Indeed, this
constitutes grea. part of the improvement. In
the selection of animals, therefore, for fattening
these points shoHl1 be carefully noted, and such
animals chosen as are light in offal and heavy in
valuable paris. IN. q. Farmer.
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lIIE AGE OF IRoN--Ls Advantages in Build.
ing, dc.-'Fhe factory of Messrs. Bogardus e. Hop
kns, founders, New York, is entirely made of iron,
and was the first building of the kind ever raised
IN TINS country. These enterprising gentlemen
have lately completed two banks and several store
New York city. Among others. is mentioned a
complete ugarhouse, designed for Cuba; the
front for The Cnsiom-house at San Francisco seve.
raj Government light houses dwelling house for
California, 80 feet by Co. and bell tower. The
works are al cast IN detail, and are fastened to-
lages are--periect safety from fire, durability.
strength ghlness, portability, and the facili,v Of
erecting them in very short time, at any season of
the year.
The material tel Is cheaper than brown stone and
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DIAPAsoN OF LAUGHTER.-An ancient writer
has remarked that the five vowels form diapason
Tor the laugh in general. According to this singu-
lar observer, man laughs in A, a woman in E,
the devout woman in |, the countryman in O,
the old woman in U. We should, however. OBJ
serve that the first vowel must be sounded like the
Italian A, OF like that letter in the word father,
which IS the sound given to this keystone of
knowledge in almost all languages but our own.
we leave 1t to the reader fond of laughing to as
certain how far the assertion Of the eccentric au-
thor is borne out in the manly H. la, la and
the feminine litter, full of malice He he he :
The vowel |, might also seem to express the more
devout laugh, partaking rather OF the languid
Hetgh0 than the gay and hearty Ha, la, hat
How well, too, the o sounds the merriment of the
honest countryman, whose gaiety arises more from
astonshment than from any lively perception of
the ridiculous. Some village wit has been repeat
ing Tor the hundredth time some wonderful tale or
performing some practical joke, and out comes the
bolsterous Iio, ho, ho Lastly, the poor old lady.
forced to economic her breath, finds the fifth vowel
more kind to her nfrmities, and gives utterance to
her feeble mlrth in asthmatic Hen, Hsu Hen!
An Italian astronomer, Damascene, published
in 1867 pamphlet of six sheets, printed at Or
leans, in which the different temperaments of men
and women indicated by their various kinds of
laughs. The laugh in |, says this grave author,
denotes the melancholic disposition in Z, the
bilious in A, the phlegmatic; and in o, the san
gulne temperaments.
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MUSIC.


NE w MOS1C SIOAE,
SO Camp street, three doors beloa0 Poydras.
THE public is respectfully invited to call and
a,s examine s,as ne & the sTee S splsPdd and een
and MU sICAL INSTR uMENrs, at ,he
above stnbllshnent, consisting in part Of Y
Grad Piano Fo,tes, from j. Pleye Co.. Henri HerzT.
Semi Grand Pianos from Henri Herr and pleyel.
Plcolo Pianos and Pianinos. from Herr.
square Pianos, from Gilbert, Durham, VIM. Hall Son,
The speGdid prize Piano. from VIM. all & Son. Broad.
Melodeons from to octavos
Paror Organs, IN rich carved cases.
The Harmonicon Orchestra. or Organized Piano.
Tomas make
Boehm Flutes.
Brass Instruments from double bass to ao-together witt
M NJ as'pnsRi AIFKRb Of nqS Rts psT and md old
friends. ''' 'e''' :" wat '' "'' nu"e'0u
has been fitted up for the especial use of the ladies
purchasing. - Tfsai ipJ w +. IVA MHYo. ejo'
AlUstC AND MUSICAL INsTRl MENIs.-Th,
1vh subacrbers would respectfully request yonr IA.
IS M@es seihae snh Of every Ges G M
fnr,s Fna sls9 to her vel selected of Piano
Torres Toi,e from the iaeores OF ths frs makers in the
Strings for Violin, Guitar Harp, vionceo Double Bass,
etc; Guitar Pms, Pegs, Screws. etc,
for Bands, Tamhounnes. BaRjos Drums etc. etc
Piano Forte Wire, Tuning Hammers, Forks etc etc. and
every article connected with the Music Business,
attended to. f''
liberal discount made to dealers and professors and to
Second Hand Pianos bought and taken in part paymen,
the Music received from the North as soon as pub
The entire Music Department will be under the charge Of
Mr. H. u hewltt.. New Orleans La, Oct. p.
oa5 dtfsw4 4. 4. &. s: HEWifir. HEkfFi
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SECONDHAND BOOKS.

GS The Subscriber has purchased the Stock Dr. HUNTER
opposite the site of the ST. CHARLES HOTEL This
largest collection Secondhand Books in the
city.
As the wish Of the Subscriber dispose of the Books
vote his attention exclusively dealing Watches Jewely
he offers them the lowest prices Among the
les, works Theology Law, Medicine Novels Bellies Letres
Poetry and Science.
tB The latest Novels and Publications slways
ans JOSEPH RAFAEL, Nh "A ST Charlie. s,reet
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GRECIAN FANcHERoNIAN DROP.

A SURE AND SAFE REMEDY tor, and will
positively cure, the Sick Headache, Chs and Fever
Jaundce Dyspepsia, Chronic liahRs, Sea -ckness thO.
era and Cholera lnanum; and healthy acion
the Liver, without particle of calOme mecury. qunine
morphine entering into their iund They do pur
port To be dy for all of diseases that e,h heir
to- but in the absve they will
positively They will also all derang-n of
the stomach and relieve from those aches and
the system commonly called rheumiii m.
IT. excellent rem dy for the avel. and Vemifuae
or Worm Medicine. there none tier.
eV Prepared only by DR. J. & FANcHyR, l40 Faltou
street. New York, a few doors from Broadway.
For sale wholesale and retail. by
u. d. BEACH. l27 Canal street,
CV- AGENTS for Louisiana, Alabama Nissls.jppi. Ar.
kansas. Texas and Florida. fell lyd&W
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THEY HAVE COME,

fV Those persons who have been so anxiously waiting
for the arrivalof our 8 RGICAL, DENTAL AND EYE
INSTRUMENTS, respectfully informed that they have
at last come to hand and ready for inspection They
are really beautiful, and guaranteed Of superior quality Cali
and see them. For sale by
fel0 tf p. L. MASSEY. cor. Camn and G Grayer sts
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PERFUMERY, ETC.

tV We have just received EXPRESS and are now
opening an invoice Of the finest tPERFUMERlES. SOAPS,
COSMETICS, etc., offered in this city. Customers
and visitors are respectfully invited call and examine
stock which, feel satisfied. will please This assortment
consists Of
DOUBLE EXTRACTS. from the most exquisite Flowers;
CaLossKs, from the French, German, and American
Laboratories:
TOILET SoAPs OF every variety and odor;
POMATUMs. from the manufactures of Lubn, DupuyteD
Roussel, and others
SHAVING SOAPS AND CREAMS of every description;
PowpER Boxes AND PuFFs; TOILET POWDER ETC. etc
Toge, with extensive assortment of
HAIR BRUSHES, TOOTH BRusBEs,
CoMBs, NAIL BRUSHES, etc.
" For sale at P. LOUIS MASSEY'S,
ielo u corner Camp and Gravies SITS.
RkANDf-20 half pipes Harett IL Co.'s cele-
49, PIasd Brandy, vintage 1906, landing ship Montreal
apis SAMUEL WOLFF. s5 Camp 1t.
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REMOVALS.

r EMOVAL-DR. MAceIBBoN has removed
TO No. l6s Carondelet.sreet. dooss above Hevia
sl.reE ap9 I'm os
II EMOVAL-Dr FRYpINGKR has removed his
office to No 70 Baronne street, three door aboy COM
calls day night mh9i n
n REMOVAL-JACoB SoRIA, Notary Public. has
removed to his fvrmsr office, "a Graver sire Tom,
missioner IN Louisiana for the States of Missouri ssissppi
ana Alaoalna NH - limos
r REMOVAL-JoHN WILLIAMS, Cotton Factor
and Commission Merchant, has removed to 81 Gayer
street. AN
r EMOVAL.-Dr. ]. S. KNAPP, DENTIST, has
a removed his Office from lO4 Common street. corner Of
ST. 'haes to his office and residence No 10 Baronne
street. where he be found the constant practice Of hs
protest. u in all its departments. ia3I tiyi
r EN- OvAL-The Offce OF the New Orleans
and Carroton Railroad Company has been removed to
NO. iab' Dne street. NJ
r EN- JVAL--R. H. MARR, Attorney at Law
~ has removed from No. II Charles street to No. II
Camp street. up stairs. MS ly
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Gl)e Oailp Crescent.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
tile CouncH of tile Second Mnntc1paiaty
Published Every Day-(Sundny Exaepted)-
BY j. IL. MADDOX o. CO,
Opv,cv M SIR CuhRLrs

THE Rocs EGGs.-We noticed some lime since
the account of the alleged discovery in the island
of Madagascar, Of certain enormous fossil eggs,
worthy to have been laid by the roe of the Arabian
stOry-elers. These eggs said to be of the ca
paclty of two gallons. No wonder some little skep-
tlcsm was felt on the subject Nevertheless, full
confirmation OF the statement has been received by
the recent arrival in France of three of the eggs,
with some bones OF gigantic bird which is not
doubted to have hatched them, or been Matched
from one oil them. These extraordinary remains
have been made the subject of formal report to
tne Academ,e des Sciences, by M. Isidore Geof1roy
ot. Hllaire, distinguished naturalist, who pro-
aouhces them to be those of bird which he
has named EpioTniS We do not know how far
THIS discovery will tend to give authenticity to the
voyages OF Sinbad The Sailor; and, indeed, this
huge bird would seem to have been rather the
roc's cousin than that vertabe feathered monstro-
slty itseli, Which was famous for its flying ab-
Ties whereas, the Eporns, we believe, is cassed
along with The gganlic fossil birds of New Zeal
and, which were wingess, or non.lying. The dis
coVery OF the eggs was made by curious kind of
accident The clpan OF a merchant vessel trad
Ing to Madagascar, being one day on shore, noticed
a naive using one of them for domestic purposes,
as vase; and, struck by its remarkable appear
ance and resemblance, IN all respects except size
TO an ordinary she, ,he questioned its possessor,
VINO told him 1t came from the interior of the
island, where many such were to be found This
led to search, which was successful, a number of
specimens being found along with The bones al
uded to. 1t begins to be evident that all the won
ders OF the anediluvian era have not yet been ex.
humed from the earth, in which they have been 40
long hidden away from human eyes.
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HOL nj Esq
SODA WATER.
PUR E--No Lead Poisoning.

s. WATERMAN. Qate Holmes IL Co..
TURER. No 80 Carondelet street, Gravier offers TO
nrnish his former customers and oher retailers with PURE
Soda Water aud Mead and calls particular attention r his
Btcch Tn Cooler Pipes, impr absolutely
u as proven by recent deveopements of the deleteOus
eects produced by Soda Water drawn through lead
8. w. also furnishes Soda and Mineral Waters. sarsa
any quantity, carefully and promptly attended TO- and de-
vered without extra charge for trayage E Soua Water
apparatus constantly on hand tor SALE ap1 Ar
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DR. ELLIOTT, Veterinory Svgeon, ,
DOCTOR FRYER,
THE INDIAN DOCTOR.


rs regular graduate Of Natures wide Botanic
Garden and Common Sense Medical College, and has
made the study Of Herbs his profession for thirty years
daily patients than any other physician New
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A L. SCOVILL'S PATENr Gas BURNERS
n can be procured II Poydras ST., up stairs Tbe Pa
tent Gas Burner gives brilliant light and saving
compared with the old burners. person viii b
put them on.
fsla A. r. BAKER s. CO., .axemts,
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SADDLERY, ETC.
PHILADELPHIA
sADDLERY and TRUNK Warehouse.
9 ROBB & CO. No. so Gravier stree I. are con-
NJ stantly receiving from Philadelphia and NYYN
Ga ENGLAND new Goods In theirins. < tL4&
S9@ANof all descriptions, SADpLERY 08Ax&S
HARDWARE. HARNESS, LEATHER. MATERIALs
etc INDIA RUBBER GooDs, TRAVELLING and PAcKING
Also "A fine assortment OF BUFFALO RoBEs. a.
e-S Planters and 'eaers are invited to call. -
SADDLERY STORE-SMITH & Bao al
~ 50 and 81 Common street, New Orleans. "a
offer tor sale the most complete assortment of
Goods IN their lne IN the Southern CO untry com
sADDLE ES-More than 500 varieties of English, Amsri
can, Conmbian, Spanish, Mexican. and Side Saddles.
ADbLE BAGS and WALLETS, in great variety
- Brides Birdie Fittings. Martingas Girths, Surcin-
~ ges, surup Leathers. Extra, Reins, Hitch Reins.
HaKNEss-Coach, Gig and Buggy H..ne-s.
4, 9ma'es ~ asSn and pray Harness. complete
T.: !:
NESS, SIZE MakERs T66, Es sADPfESSl aId FS5lsc 4
every desG,'ption. ., ;.GoACH TRIMMINGS. =
Il tEATHEk and sK,NS-ski,tms, Harness. B.idle ssse
Bag Hides snd Sides Skins; Wool Skins HOG Skns;
Goat and Sheep Moocco: Calf Skins; Lining and Web
skins eoIors and qgsities Chamois and Buck skins;
= are Asen!s Tor the sale Of the Patent india
Rubber Gin and Machine Bands the Psient STetehed
leathe, Bands; Saw Mill Bands; India Ruebe, Ho.e;
Band Rve,s, Lace and Band feathers, etc tete
d,7tt SMITH & BROTH r. 50 anil - Common st.