The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-09-15


lor, into which you go but once month with
the parson or a Sewing Society. Hang around
YOUR walls pictures which shall tell stories of
mercy, hope, courage, faith and charity. Make
your living room the largest and the most cheer
ful in the house. Let the place be such, that
when your boy has gone to distant lands, or
even when, perhaps he clings to single plank in
the lone waters of the wide Ocean, the thought
Of the still homestead shall come across the DESC
lation, bringing light, hope and love-
A STARTLING STATEMENT AS an Illustration
of the appalling spread Of intemperance, it is
said, at least two of the subscribers to the Inc
briate Asylum, in New York men who stood
high in the professions of law and literature, are
already victims to the destroying cup; while be-
fore the foundation stone of the Asylum was
laid, there were no less than $500 applications
for admission among whom were 400 educated
and accomplished women, in the highest walks
of life
DEATH OF AN ENGLISH VETERAN.-The Eng
fish papers chronicle the death Of General Sir
John Slade, Bart, g. G. b., the Oldest living
member Of the British army save one. Had he
lived but a few months longer he would have
completed 80 years Of military service, his COM
mission as Cornet of the 10th Hussars, bearing
date May 18th, 1880. He became Major Cen
eral in 1909, and commanded brigade in the
Peninsular war, distinguishing himself in many
battles. He was born in 1852, and was in his
98th year.
An ELopEMENT Cairo, ILL.,, correspon-
dent of the St Louis Democrat says: A gen
tlefnan from Vicksburg, who visited st. Louis
in company with his wife lately, with the inten-
tion of making some investments in steamboat
stock, we believe, returned this in search of his
wife and So, 600 which she is supposed to have
| taken with her, and went down on the Gladiator
| The story, as told, was that mutual friend of
the husband and wife called oil the lady hastily
on Saturday last, with a purported message
! from the husband requesting her presence with
the escort of their friend in Tllinoistown
the friend learns the sudden departure of the
husband, and the wife friend proceed in company
to Sandoval There they change cars to the
Illinois Central Railroad for the South, and are
in Cairo Saturday evening Further than Sand
oval the husband had not traced them certainly,
and further than Cairo not at all. Subsequent
to his departure on the Gladiator, it appears
in evidence that a lady and gentleman answer
| ing the description given, took passage for
Paducah on the Thomas Scott, Sunday morning,
registering their names as Mr.. and Mrs Har-
| grave" The husband, we are informed, is
particularly anxious about portion ($2,500)
of the money presumed to be in the lady's hands
which he held in trust for another party.
THE eccentric Englishman who joined Carl
baldi's corps, from pure love of shooting at such
high game as Austrians, always took out his
memorandum book and made a note ont, every
time he brought down one of the enemy The
results of bis season of shooting counted up
twenty five killed certainly aud ten more under
the head of" uncertain" Among other recruits,
! Garibaldi had two Frenchmen, members of the
Paris Jockey Club; five Americans, afew Ger
mans, and one Ch:naman.
/ DEATH FROM FLYBITE "A letter from Cas-
sci, in the Journal de Frankfort, mentions the
sudden death of M Habcht a Protestant
minister of that town, from the puncture of a
/ fly The wound was inflicted near the corner
of his eye tumor formed which was followed
! by erisypelas and speedily caused death 1t is
presumed that the fly had been feeding on some
dead carcass in state of decomposition and
had imbibed poisonous virus, which had entered
the wound.
The Prussians are fitting out an expedition to
Japan. 1t is to be composed of three ships of
war, and is to sail in October. The expedition
is to partake of commercial, scientific and
exploring character. At its head will be placed
a dipomatist, Baron Won Richthofen, with in
struction and full powers to negotiate and con-
clude treaties of commerce and friendship with
China
A horse and trappings are to be presented to
Marshal Nc Mahon, of France, by a number of
his friends and admirers in New York The
gift is to cost at least So 600, and to be accom-
panied over by a committee. The 69th Regi-
Tment is to make similar gift to General Mel
also of the French army, and who is of Irish
descent.
The Cleaveland Herald tells an extraordinary
story of Cleavelard boy who was stolen from
his parents twenty-siX years ago, by Canada
Indians, with whom he has ever since been do
mesticated He has returned on leave of absence
but will go back to the tribe, as he has wife
and two children among them The band is To-
Gated near Behring's Straits, about three hundred
miles from the North Pacific Ocean,
The island of Bermuda is fast becoming a vast
market garden for the city of New York. The
export of potatoes for the last season to that
city shows an increase of nine thousand bushels
The expectation OF onions has reached over eight
hundred thousand pounds while that of toma-
toes amounted to four thousand five hundred and
ninety two boxes. More than sixty vessels were
engaged in bringing the above mentioned pro
duce
A NEW marble palace" which cost upwards
of 5000 600 has haan ouanad IN Nour VorL o. q