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The Trinity times., 1855-02-10
Visit 10 n Circnssian Sluve.

The fact is probably known to most of our
readers that the best fortune a Circasslan can
have is family of pretty daughters. From
their earliest youth the prettiest of these girls
are taught to look TO Constantinople rs their
future home, and the idea is instlled into
their minds that they may eventually grace
the harem OF some pasha, if not that of the
sultan himself. They are brought up in all
the luxury and refinement their parents can
afford. AT about the age of sixteen they are
sent to the sea-coast, sold to the owner of
some vessel, who, surrounding them with ev-
er luxury and comfort, sails with them for
the capital of the east On their arrival.
sumptuous apartments are prepared where
they can be privately exhibited, and teachers
employed TO finish lleir education. They are
seldom sold under a year after their arrival,
unless to the sultan, who always has the first
choice. Lieut.. w. ID. Porter, in commu-
nlcation to the St. Louis Dtm0cfdt states
that he was once permitted to see a Circas-
sion before she was even offered to the Sui
tan. lie says
eve were privately notified that an exceed
ingly hrndsome slave had recently arrived in
the city of Cons; gntinoplc, and would short
ly be visited by the Refs Effendi, and would
probably be honorcd by being placed in the
harem of the sultan. On the day appointed
for us, privately and unknown to the high
functonaries Of the state, we repaired to the
house of the fair Circs ian's owner. a. +
our reception, and sitting the usual time Over
coffee and pipes, the girl was brought in veil
ed. She had not yet adopted the Turkish
costume, but still retained her national dress,
which set OIL her Slight figure much better
than the cumbersome dress we were in the
habit of seeing in the stleet9. The child
tor child she wa5-appeal ed to be about four
teen, with light but graceful figure, and
even for child she was somew hat below the
ordinary size. AT a signal given she threw
aside her veil, which was of muslin, and gave
US a full view Of her face. Ii was far, very
fair, and her eyes a dark blue, with features
regular as if chiseled out of marble; but she
had stained her eyebrows and ashes WI
henna, that gave her eyes a langud appear
ance; and there was in her countenance
decided elancholy-that is, when her face
was in repose. Her owner directed her to
show her accomplishment in dancing, ham
ding the pipe, &c, which was no doubt all
very well done, as he seemed to be well pleas
ed, but to US it appeared nothing more than
d eio" HoVlhS VI tIle lofll ldilSuIdly AROUND
the room; but the child was decidedly pretty,
and would have been SO esteemed anywhere.
Still, it was only sensual beauty There
was nothing intellectual in her appearance
ana she appeared to go through her drill
(or it would he called nothing else) languid-
ly, and without any emotion. We afterwards
understood that the sultan ordered her pur-
chase, and made her a gift to his son, the
present sultan.'
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10
HOmOgraphy.

Homography is new art, an art of YES
terday, or rather of day, for which the in
ventor makes the following extraordinary
claims; hoover possesses a printed book,
possesses the stereotype plates Of that book; ;
whoever has an old lithograph, copy of an
extinct edition, an impression of a steel en-
Craving, has, by wonderful process of trans
fer, the original stone, the original type, the
original plate the original block. An octave
OF 5OU pages can be executed ut trihng
cost, in six days. Reprints cost but half the
price OF the first composition; aud engravings
after expensive originals, may be made for a
few sous. Stereotyping will be done away
with; the first edition will be printed from
type, and ony one copy fVruishe. the plates
for all successive editions. Rare editions are
annlhIlated as one copy may be multiplied to
niinlty, and that, too, with all the typograph7
cal pecullarltes of ;he epoch in ppt1ilatuapes. in
first printed, Books sibrftw, in Greek, in san
% ueao iangobbe aoit Sc reproduced by workmen COM
pletey ignorant Of them. The following is
the history OF the ppcess, rs described by
Victor Meuieri, the scientific feulletonist Of
the PreSsc.
The inventor, Mr.. Edward Boyer, a chem
list Of Nismes, undertook to solve the prob
lem that the inventor OF photography, Senolel-
der, of Munich, sought in vain to solve-to
reproduce upon stone any Typographical work 3,
lithograph. on engraving, Of which single
copy is in exstence-to do it instantaneously,
cheaply, without damaging the original, and
SO exactly tnat the most practced eye cannot
tell the difference; and, finally TO multiply
the copies to inhnity. In principle NJ. Boy
er arrived at a solution in S44; he has spent
ten years in researches tending to simplify,
cheaper, and render practicable the process.
He has now succeeded, and stereotypes II
quarto page in ten minutes, as he actually
did in presence of NJ. Menner. A cast Of
the temptation of ST. Anthony, which lately
cost Paris pabs er $3.50, might have been
furnished by NJ. Boyer for two cents and a
! quar,erl
The process is Of course a secret, and will
not be disclosed even in specifications for n
patent Nj. Boyer does not intend to patent
his invention; be will control and superntcnd
the business in France, aud Will sell the secret
to foreign countries.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10
Col Benton and The Pacific Railrord
The Washington correspondent Of the S
+. Herald says:

The Washington correspondent of the S.
f. Herald says:
"Col. Benton, you know, has been to Bos
ton, lecturing on the Pacific Railroad. Since
| his return he says, in his characters style
81 have the Pacific Railroad in my trunk,
sir. my trunk. The solid men of Boston have
taken it in hand, sir. Abbott Lawrence, sir.
Abbott l4awrence--a man Of great wealth
has authorized me TO use his name, sir!--
Lawrence may have more money than knowl-
edge, sir but he has the cash, the cash eiv,
am like Peter the ere.'trusades, sir.-I
hermit ,uIl ihd1Iroad, sir! Solitary and alone,
sir, am setting this Pacific Railroad in mo-
ton, sirn What he means is, that he has
obtained the names of twenty-three Of the
most eminent capitalists in the country, to be
put into bill as the names Of members Of Il
Company, to whom Congress shall grant sim
ply the absolute right Of way through the
public lands for a railroad to the Pacific. -
These names were furnished him hy VIM. F
Weld, the Railroad King Of New England
Nearly every man ON the list is n millionaire,
and although some of them have not been
consulted in the mstter, Mr.. Weld guaran-
tees that all of them will consent to take a
part in the enterprise.
The Colonel is also engaged on a project
for daily mail, TO be carried in vehicles at
the rate of an hundred miles per day, from
Independence, Mo, to connect at or near
Salt Lake, with some main mail line, and is
rapidly attaining definite information by which
horse mail to San Joaquin valley, to be car
ried at the rate Of two hundred miles per day
may be established
The project Of the Secretary of War, for
the employment Of camels in the army, for
transportation across the Plains, which was
urged in the House by MIR McDougal, was
ruled out on the ground that there was no
law authorizing the use Of any animals except
horses or oxen for such purpose. This is
| thought to be u very nice distinction.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10

Mrs, PARTINGToN.--'Tho lad is very des-
ultory IN his reading, said DR.. Dig, takny
up copy Of THE Sercn RoLLers of The Dnk
C0Oe, or the Mystery Of he Bioody Ddgger,'
That Ike had left few moments b.iore. The
SaVan turned over the leaves. looking at the
picture Of the seven robbers buryng their
booty IN tomb, while the witch of the cliff
made ncantatlons over it TO insure its safety.
! don't think he takes to dysentery reading
SAID Mrs Partingon, her ear not precisely
catehlug the word fhs mind has no tender.
ness towards doctors books, and lac only
reads great hysterical works like that. I'm
sometimes ateard that he will wear himself
out by his studious and secondary habits. -
She probably meant sedentary, but the doc d.
tor thought there was no danger, as he
caught a view Of Ike upon the shed throwing
snowballS at fat man oyor in an adjacent
yard.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10
RATES oh .DyERTIsINc
The Lancaster Gun.

Our readers have probably noticed in the
letters from the Crimea, accounts of the Lam
caster gun, which has proved most effect.
i've weapon against the walls of Sebastopol.
although it has not been altogether a safe
gun for those who handle it, two or three Of
them having burst The Montreal Gazette
gives the following description of the qun
and OF the principle of its operation:
1t is a well known fact that il is impossible
to cast balls or bullets in such a way that one
SIDE will not be heavier than the other, and
1t is well known that this circumstance de-
fleets the projectile from its right line
WITH small arms this difficulty is overcome
ny the groov4 in the rifle barrel, which be-
ing spiral, acts upon the soft substance of the
leaden bullet and gives it a rotary motion be-
lore leaving the muzzle of the rifle. which
continues until the ball is stopped. By This
means the heavy side is alternately turned in
all directions, so that any tendency in ono
direction is Immediately countcrbalanced nv n
revolution of the bullet, which changes the
position of the heavy side, and the resuli ia
that the ball flies in direct line. Uowov.
er well this plan may answer for small arms
and leaden balls, the groove is ilnpracticnblc
tor cannon and cast iron balls, and il ha, lono
been problem to discover some means If
making riiled cannon. The Lancaster GUN
processes to have accomplished this by means
oi an eillptlcal bore, out Of which is to be
thrown an elliptlcal projectile, either shot or
SMELL Inc gun is large, because it is at "A
Iong range that It's great precision of aim
'e'ls pest over the common gun, and its M.
pearahce Is that of an ordinary large cannon.
except that the mouth instead or hc;no, ain
cular, Is elongated like an egg, having one
AXIS longer than another. We will suppose
that the mouth is largest up and down; that
is tiat the longer axis is vertical, so that the
iiat'ened ball fitting it would stand on its
cage but the bore winds gradually from the
mouth to the breach OF the gun. SO that
"heh the ball is driven home 10 the proper
position when the gun is loaded. il will have
turned one quarter around, and viii lie hor-
zontally, that is, at right angles to tho LONGER
aAls oi the mouth OF the gun, and on its side.
"heh tile gun is fired, the bali must make
one revolution for every four lengths of the
gun, ana thereby c0dnterbalance any inner
ieciion in its shape which would otherwis,
dehect 1t. Several of these guns have hurst
This is perhaps attributable to the fact that
'hey are used at very long ranges, and were
pfooao'y overloaded, although it is quite
possible, aud IN fact probable, that forcing a
pau 10 take rotary motion would increase
Tue resistance offered so much as to increase
.he RISK OF bursting. Experience will soon
test The question. We may remark that tb,
same principle has been applied to small
arms, and decided advantage is claimed for
Lancaster over the common rife.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10
Edward EveIett's Opinion In regard TO
Russia.

In 1888, nearly twenty-five years ago, Ed
ward Everett, in an Grafton before the PHI
Beta Kappa Society Of Yale College, said
in allusson TO the progressive dominion OF
the Gar:
at is true that some prejudices exist A.
painst that Government, at the present time,
in the minds of the friends Of liberal lnstIlu-
tons. But let it not be forgotten that with
in the last century as great work OF I'M
provernent has been carried on IN the Rus
sian empire as was ever accomplished, IN an
equal period, in the history OF man; and that
il is doubtful whether in any other way than
through the medium of such Government,
the light Of the mind could penetrate TO a
tenth part Of the heterogeneous materials oi
which that empire is composed.
at is quite within the range OF political
probability that the extended dominion Of the
C7ar will be the immediate agent Of regen-
Grating Westein Asia. II so, care not
| h,1c SON The Russian banner rs planted on
The tcailS Of COnstantrnopte. No man cal
suppose that an instantaneous transition car
DO made in Asatc Turkey from the presen
condition Of those regions to one Of pure re
publican liberty. The process must BE- grad
ual and may be slow. If the Russian power
be extended over them, 1t will be civilized
and Christian sway. Letters, law. aud re
lieion, will follow in the train; and the foun
dation win be laid for further progress, ii
tie advancing intelligence Il he people,
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10

ENLARGEMENT or THE IlEART.--One day
last spring, Death, the inexorable, demanded
his carease, and it was found that he had died
worth nearly million. But the cause of his
dcath--'what could it have been?' was in ev
erybody's mouth. 'Ah, Mr.. b SAYS
one, old Il is gone at lasip NO. YOU
astonlsh me! What was the matter?' 'Well
IT ls hard TO tell 1t known, though, that
he yesterday rclented toward beggar. who
had imporiuned him every day for twenty
years, gave him sxpcnce, aad took TO his bed
Immediately. Dr. c. thinks il must be-
enlargement Of The heart"
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10

A LovER.-A young gentleman who lives
on sentiment and moonlght--a believer IN
Byron aud late--a youth who disIikes noise,
good advice, and salt pork, and who suppo
ses that all that's required to convert this
world INTO paradise, is six-keyed flute and
a pair of light blue eyes. The lover is a
great glider. IIoyels, with his brush, are
converted into cottages. lie transmutes red
hair into sun colored rlnglets. The lover Bets
no value on bus ness, very li;te on weather.
An lac wants is the Star Of Love AMI solitude.
The lover takes largely to mlsanthropy, and
looks upon the world AS cod and calculating"
the abode Of envy and trlbuulon. The
lover scars above mercantile operations, and
terms commerce the mutual chcatings Of a
mcrccnary mob. The lover talks largely oi
doves, Turtles and rabbits. Sets priceless
value on sighs and o her windy productions
and esteems no man human, who speak
patronisngly Of baked beans AID mutton
pies. The lover labors under sort Of rose.
colored lunacy--the cure Of which is, mar
riagc aud butcher bills, sloucliy wife, aud
pair ot dirty faced twins
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10
Wholesale Exccution.--Three Mcn Hung
by the People!

On Friday noon, 18th inst, Mr.. j. a.
Neal, at Livermere's ranch, was informed
that three men were seen that morning near
the neighboring mountains driving a lot Of
Spanish cattle. Mr.. Neal, in company with
his vaquero, Immediately started in pursuit.
and struck their trail on Saturday morning
following. On Sunday morning he overlook
them near Turner's ferry and asked them to
surrender. Two of them submitted, but the
third drew his pistol and leveled it at Mr.
Neal at the moment Mr. Neal was engaged
securing the arms of the other two; fortu
uately Mr.. Meals vaQuero perceived it in
time to fire at the scosndrel, which disabled
him from doing further mischief. Mr.. Neal
took them to the neighboring settlement
Smiths house on the San Joaquin--called o
Jury of twenty four Americans, VIII tried,
convicted and hung them that evening Two
Cf thep were Chileans and one a Californian
Before his death, the Californian confessed
tiat he was the same person who, last Octo-
Der, ran away from the Sheriff of Martinez,
IN whose custody he was at the time to await
his trial for cattle stealing at Panula, and
numbering an Indian. lie confessed that he
mad Killed seven men during his life. The
Lhlleans were name Jose Stode and Juan
Gonzales; the Californian, Salvador Valdez.
S; +. Herald.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10

bEAUTifuL-l 1t is refreshing to encounter
OCCASIONALLY, IN the great sea of political s,r,f,
some llitle green isle ike tho following az
wh'eh The Boston .4tiaS claims the rlnht of
discovery. II reminds us, remarks The Pres,
ara post, that amidst the cares of STATE,
the dlstraeting and chaotic confusion of DO.
h''ca warfare, the mind Of man may vet pre-
serve It's wonted serenity, and that tho 'bripht
eye misleading may still occasionally in
ane frenzy roll The author is the Hon.
'ienry d. Gardner, recently chosen Governor
of Massachusetts,
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10

La Nerricr, the famous French astron O.
mer, in paper which he recently read be-
fore the Paris Academy of Sciences, sug-
gests that we may expect the discovery Of a
prod gious number Of small planets within
the solar system. The numerous discoveries
Of such bodies within the last few years give
plausibility to his conjecture; two new aste-
roids have Teen recently added to the thirty
one previously discovered.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10
TIE SIGNAL GUN.

Two ocean steamers in their glory,
Met upon the broad blue main;
But one returned to bear the story,
And they ne'er shall meet again.
1t was a sad and fearful meeting,
And the strong man weeps to tell
An Of their wild and fearful greeting,
OF their long and last farewell.
Two friendly barks, twas strange their speak.
ing
Should be so hushed By cries of fear,
BY womcns voice in anguish shrieking,
Still for help, when none was near.
Twas strange, upon the broad Atlantic,
Thus 10 meet and one be slain,
Like mal-ela warriors, fierce and frantic,
On boundless battle plain.
Strong, sturdy healts stood still with horror,
When those ocean steamers met,
A nation bow ed her head in sorrow
And her tears are falling yet;
For eyes that then were bright, now languish
Spirits that were light and gay,
Now vainly strive to hush their anguish,
And forget that fatal day.
~ cold, and dreary mist was tlinging
Darkness over sea and sky,
When wildly Ger the waters ringing,
Came that deep and plaintive cry
Grey clouds like funeral hosts were stealing,
Sadly Ger the morning sun,
When with its mourntul echo's pealng,
Doomed the Arctic's signal gun.
For though that mighty bark was shattered,
Though around her sinking wreck,
A wealth of human life lay scattered,
Yet, upon the lonely deck,
One noble youth his watch was keeping,
Still beside the signal gun;
The hungry waves were round him creeping,
But his task. was not yet done.
lie stood in brave and holy beauty,
Sad and calm and free from fear,
Alone, beside that post of duty,
Faithful, still, though death was near,
Though strong men there had vainy striven,
But to find watery grave,
Yet still the signal must be gven,
There were many lett to save.
And ri lie the 3eath-cry echoed near him,
Undismayed that dSuntless one,
Without a single voice to cheer him,
Stood and lit the signal gun.
And when with sound like muiNed thunder,
Dark waves parted round the wreck,
siiH HSltlGi HldlCu WAS seen WIFI
Cleaning sadly on the deck.
But tew returned to tell his story,
He who did matchiess deed,
Without one hope of gain or glory,
Which should be the hero's need.
The pangs OF war, the martial bugle
on have made a daS'drd brave,
But there was naught TO cheer the str1ggle
OF his death watch on the wave.
No Roman chief, no sacred martyr,
Can ye find more brave than he,
Nor yet the iron men OF Sparta,
Fighting at TheruoPyle;
" hen conquering hosts around Mem crowded
Thorgh unnoved, while Persia's king
The morning sun with arrows shrouded,
IAey did not 80 brave thing.
Go then, and carve his wondrous story,
On monumentof stone,
Ye shall see youthful heads grow hoary,
Ere nobler need be done.
Mid all the hero's fame has cherished,
Carve his name, braver one
Has never lived, than he who persisted,
Standing by that sgual gun.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10

MANUFAcTURE OF PAPER.-Thc n. Y.
Sun says that a company is shortly 10 bo
formed in New York for the manufacture OF
paper from saw dust and shavings. Expert
ments have been gone into, and some Of the
most beautiful paper made from these mate
rials It is estimated thar saw dust can be
purchased for s. per ton, and that the pro-
cess through which it will 90 in the produc-
ton Of paper " i'll bring the price Of the lat
ler down at least 20 per ccnt. The saw dust
is reduced to pulp, IN the process of its man
ufacture, by acids, and afterwards passed
through an operation similar to that through
which the paper in use is subjected in iti
preparation. From the saw dust, turpentut
IL extracted IN quantities sufficient 10 make
il an object ol labor, and the acids used in
reducing the saw dust 10 pulp Is purified into
its original strength, with the loss Of only
about 10 per cent. IN quantity. From the
" hito cedar saw dust, "a durable, beautiful
and rich paper is produced, said by tIlJse who
are presumed to know, 10 have no equal in any
manufactured from rags.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10

The great tubular bridge that is to cross
tie -. Lawrence, will, when completed be
one Of the mechanical wonders of the age
Il IL to be copied after the great bridge over
The Mcnai Straits, in Wales. ind viii CONSIST
Of huge tnbes Of iron, averaging over 200
feet IN length, supported on high stoi.e pier-.
The cars will cross the st. Lawrence through
this ron tunnel, mile and half hong. :"
lifted far above the river. The ma. "y -
10 be Of the most massive ieee w" "p'
the whole cost will not be iar ~" S'''A U"o
a half million Of dollars.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10
BONNET To A BURGUNDY ROSE.

rairest OF flowers, by iairest lady given
Time only fault tl,at thou wilt quickly fade-
Though early pucked, yet blessed to be riyen
from time own stem, and on her bosom laid
lake as pearl ia gold, n star ia l...-.,e.,,.
on would dHsrrc Thought wiIdercd, happy
III hour,
Erst while, ere thou vert given me fair flower.
kiss perclance may have impressed on thee
And would dream that some mysterious
power
Had kept the blessing in those leaves for me.
80 would ply thee with a vcnturous lin,
he nectar OF that hidden thing to sip,-
And dream the while Of rose Tipped lowell
hess AID thee,
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10

The kremlin is fortress in Moscow. in
the very centre of the city. 1t il two miles
in circumference, and surrounded by brick
walls aud a deep nioat On entering church
es, palaces, public buildings, and the arsenal
just as it remained after the eonhagration,
present most extraordinary appearance.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10
POETRY.
lFrnm the Louisville JournaI.)

(From the Louisville JournaH9
The following lines are in commemoraton
of the brave and high-hearted devotion of
Stuart Holland, who fired the signal-gun on
the ill-fated Arctic, standing at his post while
others rushed to save themselves, and going
down with the ship in the performance of
his duty. The tribute, which will be recog-
nzed as from the pen Of one of the first of
living poetesses, is worthy of the thrilling
theme. 1t was written hastily, and from i'm
pulse upon the arrival Of the intelligence Of
the loss of the Arctc but it is to be ranked
with Mrs. Hemans' glorious tribute to ''Casi-
Lianc2O
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10

In i'll fortune and extremes, a great mind
will never want matter 10 work upon. There
is no condition but what fits well upon q wise
man.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10

TO be yalorous ID not always 10 be ycniu.
rOua.
The Trinity times., 1855-02-10

Iro ,yho .rv,u. me but himself is slave
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