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NAP0lE0N'S AMENDE TO THE BRITISH NATION.
MINISTERIAL CHANGES In FRANCE.
DETECTION OF A REVOLUTIONARY PLOT IN MADRID.

DECLINE IN THE ENGLISH FUNDS.
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LATEST NEWS.
TELEG r A NJ S

R RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE THE
DAILY EXCHANGE
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ARRIVAL OF THE ANGLO-SlXON AND ARlGO.'

THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
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FRANCE.

NJ Bellault, Minister of the Interior, had re-
signed his Office, and his resignation was accepted.
He was subsequently offered the embassy to Mad
rid, but he declined it.
NJ Pietre, Project of Police, had also resigned.
The Wonitcur of the 9th inst. publishes the fol-
lowing circular from General de PEspinasse, the
new Minister of the Interior, to the Prefects:-
SIR-The confidence placed in me by the Empe-
ror has induced him to appoint me Minister of the
Interior. That mark of confidence gives me title
OF respect which needs no further explanations to
you. But the public may, perhaps discuss the ap-
polntment OF military man to functions which are
exclusively.eiril.
Let us state the real Specification of fact, the
character OF which must neither be distorted or at
tenuated.
france, tranquil, prosperous and glorious under
government of restoration, has abandoned herself
Ior Six years to, perhaps, excessive confidence in
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DIRECTORS TO THE HOUSE OF REFuGE-At meet
ing of the subscribers to the House of Refuge held
at the banking house of Alexander Brown 4 Son,
the following gentlemen were chosen directors to
represent their interests for the year 1861 George
Brown, William Baker, Chas. F. Mayer, Chas. D.
Slinguf Benjamin Deford, B. A. Vickers, John G.
Hammer, D. D., DR.. Joshua l. Cohen, Thomas Viii
son and DR.. John j. Graves.
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ELECTION OF TRUsTEEs.-The Hartford Avenue Sta
ton Methodist Episcopal Church, lately set off
from the North Baltimore Station, held prelimi
ry meeting on Monday evening, and adopted a
charter conformable to the laws of the State. and
the usage and discipline of the church The follow
ing gentlemen were elected trustees: VIM Price
John II. Durand, Levi Perry, F. H. Grupy. John
Bolgiano, VIM. Garritee, VIM. Elliott, Emanuel
Croker and Josiah Edel
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THE RIVER PLATE

The following telegram was received by The Times
Feb. 8. Lisbon, Feb. I, the Avon has arrived with
100000 livres (f7) for England. Civil war had
broken out in the River Plate Revelon had de-
date, Jan. s, the English, French, Brazilian, and
American marines had landed. Advices from Rio
Janero, of the 14th JAM, state that the Cumber
land, Admiral Wallis, had left for Montevideo
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31
The Wizard of the stomach.

The seat of the sense of nausea, is the pit OF
the stomach, and ut the bottom of that pit--like
O sorcerer in his cave-lies the solar plexus, the
great wizard that directs the tidal crisis of the
stomach, its tempests and its calms; its winds
and its volcanic emot:on:; and to this great
wizard the pituio ad miseric0rdium is raised by
those who would secure his good offices; to him
the offerings OF sacrifice are made according to
the varied belief of his votaries; some come sml-
ling on with the conviction that they have made
him their friend by the offering of good break
fast or dinner; some give him stiff souwester,
as the sailors have it-that is, glass OF strong
grog; others try to make him sneeze with q
pinch of cayenne pepper; some would tempt him
into good nature with peppermint; others phys
ic him with camphor or creosote; others again,
send him to sleep by means of audanum or NOR,
pha, suffocate him with ether, or Supply him
with chloroform. Each pilgrim has faith in his
own nostrum, even when il fails; as it Is suIe tc
do nine times in every ten. Then we have 9
more modest class of devotees, who approach
him timidly; they stuff his pit with camphol
bag or cover it mp with warm plaster, be it ot
cumin or frankincense, and thus armed they bold
ly wait his pleasure.
Now, far be it from me to deny that the solar
plexus approves of good meal on the contrary
no genius ever recorded in the Thousand ant
One Nights" loves good things better than he
and to make him in every way comfortable is
step of the first Importance. But we must re
member that he is to be comforted, not oppress
ed he generally likes what he Is accustomed to
and administered will the usual form, and at the
usual periods-a breakfast at breakfast time, 6
dinner at dinner time, and so forth; but he nei
ther approves of being devilled with cayenne
and brandy, nor made stupid with laudanum
chloroform or camphor. If he be athirst, give
him soda water, either alone, or with a LITTLE
sherry or brandy; and if he be chilled clothe hin
warmly if you like, with a camphor pad, o.
orumin, or frankincense plaster; the external
remedies can do no harm, and they often do
good, not merely because they give confidence
to the individual and allay apprehension, but be
cause they bestow warmth and pressure.
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A Terrible Story.

Seventy-four COWS, four valuable horses, one
mule, foar calves and two goats were destroy
ed on the 18th, near Cincinnati, by fire in ex-
tensive dairy stables. Two horses, two COWS,
one mule, two goats and two calves, only, es-
caped but they are so badly burned that it will
be humane to kill them. The scene in the sta
BILE in the midst of the conhagration was most
piteously and indescribably narrowing. The
live stock were tied in their stalls. When the
flames first commenced, the poor animals snort
ed and beloved with hideous and frantic force.
As the heat increased their cries and groans and
furious struggles became agonizng. Some
threw themselves headlong on the floor or leap
ed upright at full length with frenzied energy,
and vented their agony in fearful screams.
The horses broke from their halters, and dash.
ed through the consuming blaze in desperate
dismay. The tortured and sutfocating cows
tore away their horns and rushed through the
blazing piles, and encountered each other in de-
structive collision, their flesh brong and crack
ing in the heat with sickening effect upon the
sense of human beings, who gazed horror-strick-
en- upon the scene of suffering without power to
mitigate the sgoDy of the tortured brutes. The
wells and despairing cries of the different classes
Of animals commingled with horrid concert, and
broke through the roar of flames and cracking
timbers upon the still night air, and were borne
away in terrifying echoes to the ears of persons
two miles distant from the dreadful scene.
Two or three horses, and as many cows, plung
ed through the flames and burst in wild alright
through the sides of the consuming structure
and fell headlong whining with misery, upon
the ground outside, sprang again to their feet
and sped with frenzied fury across the fields un
til they dropped lifeless from sheer exhaustion
Some rolled upon the floor ofthe stable, scream
ing with immitigable pain, until sutfocated an(
destroyed by the fierce heat. Their contortions
their awful walls of distress, infinitely more pit
eous and narrowing than those of human being
in the dire extremity of torture, are described
by those who gazed spell bound upon the terri
BILE spectacle, as surprising the power of human
Imagination to conceive. The flesh of the car
casses quivered, and blazed and broiled all nigh
and filled the atmosphere with sickening eff
fuvia.
Some of the COWS stood upright at their stalls
their flesh barbecued Others were withou
heads, Others without limbs; in one instance
four or five carcasses together with their horn
interlocked, forming circle. 1t was ghsstl.
scene to contemplate.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

RAGs.-They bring the wrappinss Of Egyp-
tian mumlnies to this country and transmute the
grave clothes OF Phsroah's subjects to writing
and printing paper, and late number of the
Scientific American adds:
"The importation of rags for the purpose Of
paper making is great deal more extensive
than most persons would imagine. During the
wear 1867 we imported 44,5S2,O lbs, valued
at $1,44s, ,125, and making 60, 461 bales; 35.5Sl
bales were from Italy, and more than one-third
are entirely linen, the rest being a mixture OF
linen and cotton. About 1000 bales were also
imported from the free cities of Hamburg and
Bremen. France prohibits the expectation OF
rags, and so does Rome the few which we get
from Ancona "a Roman province) being by spe-
cial permission, on payment of large fees: Prus-
sia and Germany generally impose SO high an
export duty on rags as to stop the trade entirely.
The exports OF Alexandria and Smyrna are chiefly
collected in Asia Minor by agents having license
from, the government and the domestic demand
mus. be supplied before any can be exported
1t is the same with Trieste, where only the sur
plus is allowed to come away. The Trieste rags
are collected all over Hungary"
This is as practical as using swine heads, feet,
entrails, blood and brstles as they do in Cincin-
natl. Not particle Of the animal is thrown a.
way.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

Strong. minded women are not women of words,
but they are women of deeds; not of resolutions,
but of action. History does not teach us that
they ever consumed much time in conventions
and public meetings, and resolutions about their
rights but they have rather been prompt to
assert their right, and to defend them, too or to
take the consequences of defeat or destruction.
When Beri St. Omer was on journey from the
town of which he was Governor to the Duke de
Montmorenci, he was seized by the Spanish sol
diers, who were on their way to besiege the
place he had left, and they rejoiced that, having
the Governor in their possession, the gates of
the place would readily be opened to them
But Constance de Cecile, the Governors. wife,
at once summoned the garrison, ent put hef.
self at their head, pike-in hand. She inspired
the weakest with courage, and the besiegers
were repulsed wheresoever they presented them
selves. Shame at their great loss rendered them
desperate. They sent o message to this great
woman, telling her thar if she did not yield the
city they wonld hang the Governor, her husband.
She replied with tears in her eyes, but with
firm voice, 81 have riches ip abundance, and
have offered them, and do still offer them all,
for this reason, but | will not ignominiously pur-
chase life which he would reproach me with,
and at price which he would be ashamed to
acknowledge. No, will not dishonor him by
treason to my king and my country" The be-
siegers then made second assault without sue
cess; they hung the unfortunate Governor for
spite, and retired. Henry the Fourth was so
touched with this brave lady's spirit and patri.
otsm that he invested her with the title and
dignity of Governor of the town which at 30
great sacrifice she had defended.
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POETRY.
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Questions and Answers.


Questions and Answers.
BY MONTGOMERY.
Flowers! wherefore do We blooms
We strew thy pathway to the tomb.
Stars wherefore do We rise?
To light thy spirit to the skies.
Fair moon why dost thou wanes
That may wax again.
o Sun! what makes thy beams so brghtP
The word that said, "Let there be light"
Planetsl what guides you in your course?
Unseen, unfelt, unfailing force.
Nature whence sprang thy glorious frame?
My maker called me, and l came.
o, Light! thy subtle essence who may know?
Ask not; for all things but myself show.
What is yon arch which everywhere see?
The sign of Omnipresent Deity.
Where rests the horizons all-embracing zoneS
Where earth, Gods footstool, touches Heaven
his throne.
Ye clouds what bring ye in your train9
Gods embassies-storm, lightning, hail or rain
Winds! whence and whittier do ye blow
Thou must be born again to know.
Bow in the cloud what token dost thou bears
THAT Justice still cries "strike," and Nero!
"spare"
Dews of the morning! wherefore were We given?
TO shine on earth then rise to Heaven.
Rise, glitter, break yet bubble tell me why?
To show the course of all beneath the sky.
Stay, Meteor! stay thy falling fire.
No thus shall all the host of Heaven expire.
Ocean what law thy chainless waves confined?
That which in reasons limits holds thy mind.
Timel whittier dost thou fee?
i travel to eternity.
Eternity what art thou?-say.
Time past time present, time to come--to-day.
Ye dead! where can your dwelling be?
The house for all the living; come and see.
o, lifel what is thy breath?
"A vapor lost in death.
o Death how ends thy strife?
in everlasting life.
O Grave where is thy victory?
Ask Him who rose again for me.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

On the subject of "Bites and Stings," the
Journal of Health has an item which may be i'm
portant for some:
GAS many of our readers are preparing to
travel or going in the country, for the Summer
it NAV be useful to remind them that an ounce
vial of spirits of hartshorn should be considered
one of the indispeusables, as in case of being bit
ten or stung by any poisonous animal or insect,
the immediate free application of the alkali as a
wash TO the part bitten, gives instant, perfect
and permanent relief, the bite of mad dog, we
believe, not excepted so will strong ashes and
water"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

A APRoBLEM.-Whoever originated the follow.
ing deserves to have his name handed down tC
posterity If a despatch from England to a.
merica gains on the sun so as to reach here g
hours by the clock before it left England, al
what time would it arrive at the point of depar
ture, were a cable carried entirely around the
world3 Would it not arrive the day before il
left, less only the time lost in making the cir.
cuit2 If so, then, with a continuous telegraph
line around the world, why not send despatch
around aud around until it reached back to Ad.
am, and let him know what his children are
about these "latter days"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

Mr. WEBSTER SINGING ZIP CooN.-The New
York Tribune says great friend of the late Mr.
Webster has said that he never thought the
statesman and orator so admirable as when, un,
der summer sunset, party of them rowed
home to Marshfeld from fishing and chowdel
excursion, and Mr.. Webster, jolest among the
jolly, with his great hearty voice, made the
shores resound to the singing of "Zp Coon."-
With what Titanic comicalty that negro SONG
came from his lips, and how they roared with
laughter, the performer, perhaps, enjoying it the
most OF them all.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

AN OLD GoosE.-A correspondent of the Gin
cinnat Gazette, writing from Hunterdon county
New Jersey, says:
There is a goose in my neighborhood that
has seen the frosts of e3 winters, owned by one
Mr.. Schomp. This goose, famous for its great
age, has been kept in the Schomp family ever
since the revolutionary war. When the news
came to the people of RediDgton township,
Hunderton county, that the war was ended, and
that they were free people, they collected to
have general drinking jollifcation. There be-
ing some cause for general rush into the yard,
where there were four geese, three of these
were killed, and the one that escaped is that
which now speak of. Two years ago she laid
four eggs, which she hatched. The young fam
lily are living and doing well. l was informed
by Mr.. Schomp, who has owned the goose foc
the last so years, of these facts"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

"Manners are of more Importance than laws.
Upon them in great measure the laws depend.
The law touches US but here and there, now and
then manners are what vex or sootbe, corrupt
or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us
by constant, steady, uniform, insensible opera
ton, like that of the air we breathe in. They
give to our lives their whole form and COLOR
According to their quality, they aid morals,
they supply them, or they totally destroy them. u
Burke
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

RAPTURoUs-A London letterwriter says
there is in that city "a young lady from Balti-
more, who is the most beautiful woman in the
British do,ninions. She is the dream of the po-
ct, the bean-deal of the painter, the uneQualled,
heavenly mould OF the inspired sculptor. Her
eyes reflect both heaven and earth and are more
brilliant than either" The fellow must be in
"luv."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

MocKINe BlRps-If natural history records q
more remarkable case of parental affection than
the following, should like to see it. A friend
owns plantation fifteen miles off; on recent
visit he caught two young mocking birds, which
were secured in cage and placed on his wagon.
The old birds followed the wagon the whole dis
tance of fifteen miles, and when the cage was
taken from the wagon, they procured food and
fed the young.-C0r. augusta (Ga.) Dispatch.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

A gentleman in New Orleans was agreeably
surprised, the other day, to find plump turkey
served up for his dinner, and inquired of his ser.
want how it was obtained. Why, sa,' replsa
Blackee, dat ar turky is been roostin' on our
fence tree mites; so dis mornin' seize him for
de rent OBJ de fence
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

The Tartars pull man by the ear when they
want him to drink, and keep pulling until he O.
pens his mouth, when they pour down the Ii.
ouor. We know some folks whose ears would
not require much pulling.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

The VAULTS OF ST. SEPULoHRE, IN LONDON
Remarkable Preservation ofG C0rpse.-A cor
respondent of the New York Evangelist, now
in London, gives the following curious narrative
of his visit to the vaults of the Church OF st.
Sepulchre, in that city,
A strange sight was recently disclosed to me
in st. Sepulchre, one of the Oldest, if not the
very oldest, church edfice in this city. 1t stands
opposite Old Bailey, the hoary old prison, and
not far from st. Pauls cathedral. This church
was partially destroyed by the great fire in Lon
don, but early rebuilt. 1t is an immense ediice,
with very wealthy parish, yet only two or
three hundred persons are in attendance at their
place of worship. Beneath the church are Be-
ries of great burial vaults, where interments
have been made for many hundred years. The
sexton told me it was estimated there were 1000
coffins now entire under the building and from
an examination, have no doubt of its truth.
The atmosphere of the vaults seems to have
remarkable effect in preserving the cofins, if
not the bodies from decay. Descending through
an iron door flom the church the other day, we
entered very large apartment, but dimly light.
ed, where piles of mouldy, black looking coffins
were piled upon each other. These cofins,
with all their elegant and costly trimmings, had
not yet been decomposed. Climbing up over
heap of them, the sexton opened large wooden
box, and out of it took an entire female figure,
in remarkable state of preservation The
limbs were unbroken, and the body perfect, ex.
cept the flesh shrunken, yet it was still soft and
flexible to the touch.
The sexton stated that the officers of the
church had recently been ezsming the vaults,
and as burals there had long since ceased, they
designed to close the entrance. Before DONG
SO, they had been taking a careful survey OF the
premises, and under mass of rubbish IN one
} corner. they found stone enclosure, sort oi
Isarcophagus, out of which this female figure was
taken. 1t is believed to be over three centuries
old, and evidently, from its position, and the
stone enclosure, it was q female ofrank. IL was
strange sight in this snbterranean charnel
house, with blackened coffins piled up to the
nigh ceiling all round, to see this entire human
figure raised up bodily from its resting place, and
standing erect upon coffin before you The
fact of its existence % probably known to but
few persons. and before this reaches you the en-
trance to it will be closed to all further lnspec
ton.
Why happened to have the privilege OF see
ing this strange sight extended to me, was rather
curious in itself The sexton's wife, seeing me
look in at the door of this quaint old church
made some remark which led to the disclosure
that was an American. She then inquired II
knew O relative of hers in New York. Upon
giving me his name, and showing me bis ga
guerreotype, discovered it to be an ola ac
auaintanoe, secretary of public institution N
Broadway. Of course, they were delighted, ane
were unusually civil to me.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

Or CoURsE.-A gentleman sat down to write
a deed, and began with "know all women by
these presents" "You are wrong" said a by
starder, ''it ought to be know all men," 'Very
WELL" answered the other, "if all women know
it, all men will of course"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

CAN A MAN BE His OwN GRANDFATHER e
The query answered in tie affirmative "lhere
was a widow and her daughter-in- law, ana
man and his son The widow married tne sou,
and the daughter the old man; the wldow WaS
therefore mother to her husbands father, conse-
quently grandmother to her own nus'snu.I ane.a
They had son to whom she was great eraud-
mother. Now as the son OF granonlolner er
must be either grandfather or great uncle,
tbis how was therefore his own grandfather.
n B-This was actually the case with a boy
Of school at Norwich.-Notes and Queries.
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The gold on Fraser river was first discovered
by an American, named Chas. Adams, who fell
martyr to the discovery, having been shot by
his partner, Chas. Mcdonald, in a controversy
about the gold.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

"IIere's Webster on BRIDGE" said Mrs. Part.
ington, as she handed Ike the Dictionary
Study it contentively, and you will gain great
deal of Inflammation"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-08-31

A BIoTHERLY DoG.-Two dogs, near New
York. were in the practice of going out together
to hunt squirrels on mountain. One of them,
in pursuit of some game, got his head fast be.
tween two rocks, from which he could not ex.
tricate himself. lie remained in this situation
eight days, during which time his associate fed
him daily. Watch-for this was his name-was
observed to whine, and show great uneaslness.
He would seize every bone and bit OF meas be
could find, and hasten up the mountain, reserv-
ing for himself only the crumbs which were sha-
ken from the table cloth. He also went often
to the master of his friend, and by signs endeav-
ored to induce him to follow him. At length
the master began to notice the conduct of the
dog, and one day said to him, watch, do you
know where poor Alonzo isa" The dog, ap-
pearing to understand him, sprang up to him
with so much force as almost to throw him
down, and by other signs induced him to follow
him, and conducted him to his imprisoned COM
panion. The poor dog was found to have sut-
fered greatly. In addition to his being nearly
starved, in his efforts to extricate himself he had
worn the skin from his neck and shoulders
Fragments of the bones which Watch had
brought him Law around 49,
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Honor and riches are the two wheels upon
which the world is moved; yet endloss discon-
ent rolls with them.