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MAILS FOR the PACIFIC.

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will clese at one O'Clock this afternoon.
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containing the latest intelligence nom all parts Of tho
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-20

THE Big FRIGHT IN ENGIAND-The British
empire, at least that portion Of it represented by
the House of Lords, seems to be in a terrible
state of alarm lest their exctable neighbors on
the other side Of the English Channel should
take it into their heads, 30 soon as they have
finished up Austria, to step over and perform
similar operation with perfdious Albion The
debate introduced by Lord Lyndhurst, and par
ticipated in by Peterborough, Brougham and
others-a report Of which we published in yes
terday's HERALD-may be taken as an indication
of the public feeling in England on the subject
of French invasion. But, if that were not suffi.
GENTLY Indicative, the movements that are being
made there to increase the navy, strengthen the
Notifications, and organize volunteer rife corps
are certainly enough to prove that our usually
stolid cousins have worked themselves up into a
remarkable condition of trepidation, and that
London is more frightened to-day than she was ten
or twelve years ago when even Louis Napoleon
was entrusted with constable's baton to keep
back the anticipated invasion Of the Birmingham
chartists. Time was when every true Britisher
believed as gospel truth the words of their "a
vorite song
Brittania needs no buwark
No towers along the steep:
Her march Ia DER the mountain wave
Her home ID on the deep.
But an that is changed now. The growth of
the French steam marine has upset all calcula.
tons in regard to the inviolabiity of the British
soil. Something else than wooden bulwarks is
needed now. There must be, according to Lord
Lyndhurst, a regular army of at least hundred
thousand men maintained In England, and an
equal number in Ireland, to resist invasion. Nor
is it enough to have navy equal to that Of
France-it is necessary for England's security,
according to the same high authority, to have
navy able to cope with the combined navies of
France and Russia. These Powers are as
sumed to be medltating some direful evil to the
British empire. While France has Waterloo to
avenge and the Mediterranean sea to convert
into French lake, Russia has an account to
square with England in the matter of the
Crimean war, and an empire to acquire in India.
descent upon England is therefore regarded
not only as possible, but probable, and already
even the question Is being discussed as to
whether the Irish crown shall be placed on the
head Of Marshal Mel, or Of Mcmahon, Duke Of
Magenta-two Cells now fighting In Italy.
We ympathize with poor John Bull in his
troubles. But we cannot help thinking that he
is altogether too hippish. He has not yet fallen
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The CALIFORNIA BoLTNa DEMacRAcY.-A
portion of The democracy Of California, like
their disappointed brethren of Illinois, Per.nsyl.
vania and New York, have beer making a terri.
BILE uproar against Mr.. Buchanan and bis admi-
nistration. Thus the proceedings OF the late,
Anti-Lecompton or Democratic Boilers ST. IA
Convention OF California, in the violence ST its
Leasing orators against the Official acts a. ID inca.
sures OF Mr.. Buchanan, will lose not .,,np bv a
comparison Titb the denunciations Of even the
iate his.tnan- fcrney Convention Of Pennsylva-
ma, For example, Hon. j, ", McCorklot Peesi.
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! ,;.Socritcal portion of The people Phi4delpaia
;ns;.-4ing on the contrary of all this, and ever
the Ma, or succumolng to the pious ciauor,
az .he reade." will zee by reference to another
page. Either the whole system is wrong, or 1t is
right n it "a right it ought TO be carried out
even to the res,lle OF letters in the Post 0ioe Ii
it is wrong it ought t. be totally abolished, whica
we trust and believe will ne the result Of the pre-
sent agitation Here in New York and Brooklyn
we have established city cars which run at all
hours But owing to the spirit oF bigotry that
prevails In the State outside of the csty liniss,
there are few no facilities for the people TO get
into the country on Sunday, and they are prac-
ScalIy sentenced to incarceration. But while the
rich, the Goldfish aristocracy, the clergy and the
whining saints interfere with the enjoyments Of
the people, they take good care to enjoy their
own Injuries to degree on Sunday beyond any
other day in the seven In the words Of the
ounder of Christianity, "they bind burthens on
mems shoulders, grievous ana heavy to be
borne, but touch them not with one Of their
fingers" Well and forciblJ has Mr.. Jefferson
said, 'There never woold have bet'u an infdei
] tnere na0 not Deen PIlest. I'M "e"uoi"A
fractures they have built on the puret Of all
mora, systems, for the purpose Of deriving from
1t pence and power, revolt ttOse who TANK tor
themselves"
The Sabbatarisns have got the whole preA 8 on
their eide except the HERALD, which they also
tried to secure, but failed. they have the loo-
litical organizations all on their side--Ae
black republican, Tammany Hail. and MozaAt
Hall-or at least they have their acQniescenceSs
though this despotism is far greater and more
perDicious than the Maine liquor law. about
which Tammany Hall made 80 much noise Bat
the Old Wigwam is rotten, and Mozart Hail.
though young, is rotten too. 1t could not be
anything else and be the offspring of Tammauy
Hail. Like calf born rotten, it can never
grow sound. AS for black republicanisu,
it was rotten in it's inception, it has been
rotten since the day of its BIRTH aud it is now
dying of rottenness. The holy Commissioners
of Police and the pious Pillsbury are its
legitimate progeny. An indignant people will
sweep away all these rotten organizations at the
next election, as the ebb tide carries to sea the
dead horses and dead dogs which offend the nos
trils Of our citizens.
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TIE SPons-A SOUTH CAROLINA EDrroR on
THE WRoNa SCENT.-The Edgefeld Is. c. Id
vwtiser appeals to the Southern democracy in
behalf of Mr.. Douglas, as the only man capable
Of carrying that Northern balance Of power
which will be required to elect democratic
President But If Mr.. Douglas, on account Of
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NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1889.

Eastern and Western military empires run their
course. While she holds the sceptre of com.
nerce they cannot harm her. Such policy on
nvI ;r.rt will make it impossible for Germany to
involve Europe in general war in defence Of
the estahlshed order Of things, which is already
worn out aud must give place to the creations Of
progress
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The Commerce OF the Metropolis for 1860 -
Heavy Imports Squalls Ahead.
We have given, within the last day or two,
some statistics which demand the especial atten,
tion of our merchants, particularly the importers
And herewith we thiBk we cannot do better than
to reprint our table of the Imports since the be-
ginning of this year, and comparative state
ment for corresponding weeks in 1857 and 1858:
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WOODS HIEsTKKL BUILDING 66l and SIS Broadway
ErHIoPrAN SONGS, DANCES, Ac.-OAaKIxs TIE LxvEs.
PALACE GARDEN AND HALL. Fourteenth street.
CONCERT soIREE DAssAsrE
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The Division or Europe Into an Eastern and
Western EInpirs- The Compact Between
France and Russia.


siea. attempts have been made a. Its IesdOraaloa
CharlemagDe, more than thousand yearsyago
ard Charles the Fifth of Germany at a much
later period, both aimed at such result Their
empires held together during their lifetime hu +
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AsEUM's AMERICAN MUSsUM Brosdway.-Aher.
q and Syening-WYnAS. raE WIZARD.
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WHOLE NUMBER, SO.
1lsefaI allS Curious.
Extraordinary Wager.

Anew years ago wager was laid as
follows: 81 will bet any man one hundred
pounds that he cannot make a million
strokes with pen and ink within month.
They were not to be mere dots or scratch
es, but fair down strokes, such as form
the child's first lesson in writing" A gem
tleman accepted the challenge. The month
allowed was the lunar month, Of only
twenty eight days; so that, for the COM
pletion of the undertaking, an average of
thirty six thousand strokes per diem was
required. This. at sixty per minute or
three thousand six hundred per hour-and
neither the human hand nor the human
intellect can be expected to do more
would call for ten hours labor in every
four and twenty. With proper feeling
of the respect due to the observance of
the Sabbath, he determined to abstain
from his work on Sundays and by this
determination he diminished by four days
the period allowed him at the same tfn1es
by so doing he increased the daily average
of his strokes to upwards Of forty-one
thousand. On the first day he executed
about City Thousand strokes /; on the sec
ond nearly as many. But at length after
many days, the hand became stiff and
weary, the wrist swollen, and it required
the almost constant attendance of some
assiduous relation or friend to besprinkle
progress over the paper, with q lotion
calculated to relieve and invigorate it.
On the twenty-third day, the million
strokes, exceeded by some few thousands,
"to make assurance d0ubly secure" are
accomplished; and the piles of paper
that exhibit them testify that to the cour-
ageous heart, the willing hand. and the
energetic mind, nothing is impossible.
These interesting papers were claimed and
received by the person who paid the wa
ger.
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interesting Diseoveries in Athens.

During the last week Of October inter
esting archaeological discoveries were
made in course Of the excavations that
are now proceeding on the Acropolis,
Among the things brought to light is an
image Of Minerva in a mutilated state,
without head, hands or feet, having on
the breast head of Medusa, and wearing
garment extending to the feet.
PedeStals with inscriptions have been
found. On one Of them stands the statue
of the comic poet, Philemon, son of Da-
mon on another a statue erected by the
Athenians in honor Of Julius Cesar and
upon the other two are inserted the names
of the gate-keepers Of the Acrorolis. A
pillar bears a votive offering of Nicaretes
Of the Attic Demus Peleces. There is
also pedestal FIVE feet in height, Oh which
the people of Gythium erected a statue
to ClaudiHs Atticus, (Herodes. styling
him the benefactor of the nation, and
founder and savior Of the city.
Pieces of slabs, with parts of public
DEGREES, &c, inscribed upon them, have
also been discovered.
A few days previously the workmen
had brought to light wide stairway of
ten steps. leading into the Parthenon on
the West side, and an inscription men
tioning an unknown structure in the
Acropolis, called the ChGlJOtkeke-a re-
ceptacle for brazeu vessels or instruments;
also a part of Quadrieme, in low relief.
in which the rowers are very spiritedly
represented. From the figure of man
lying on the deck, wearing the tiara and
trowserS, it is supposed that this is Per-
sian quadrieme, taken probably at Sala
mis-, or in some other naval battle
Translated from an Athens paper for the
Providence Journal, Dec. 16.
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BE KIND.

Bekinl to thy Father-for when thou young,
Who loved thee so fondy as hel
lie esH.h the first accents that fell from thy tongue
And joined in thy innocent giee.
De knd TO thy father-foF now he is old,
His locks intermingled vita gray;
lis footsteps feeble, once fearless and bold
Thy father is passing away.
Be kind 10 thy Mother-foT 10! OIL her brow
May irlces of sorrow be seen;
Oh well may st thou cherish and comfort her now,
FOs loving and kind has she been.
Remember thy mother-for thee she will'pray,
As long as God giveth her breath;
With accents Of Kindness, then, cheer her lone way
Een to the dark Valley of Death.
Be kinl to thy Brother-his heart win have dearth,
1.-THE smiles of thy JOY be Withdrawn;
The foEers Of feeling will fade at their birth,
II the dew Of affection be gone.
Be kinl to your brother, whoever you are;
The love Of hro;her shall be
An ornament pufer and richer by far
Than pearls from the depths of the sea.
De kind to thy sster-not many may know
The depth of true sisterly love;
The wealth Of the ocean lies fathoms below
The surface that sparkles above.
Thy kindness shall brin; to thee many sweet hours,
Aud blessings thy pathway to crown;
Affection shall weave thee garland of flowers,
More pleasant than wealth or rsaown.
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CHAPTER IT.

In order to show the position Of Mrs.
Kinloch and her son. in our story, it will
be necessary to make the reader acquain-
ted with some previous occurrences.
Six years before this date, Mrs. Kinloch
was the widow Branniag Her husbands
small estate had melted like snow bank
in the liquidation Of his debts. She had
only one child, Hugh. to support but
in country town there is generally little
that woman can doto earn a livelihood;
and she might often have suffered from
want, IL the neighbors had not relieved
her. If she left her house for any errand.
fIocks were but seldom used in Innisfeld. J
She would often on her return find a leg
Of mutton. basket oeap?les or potatoes,
or sack Of -four, conveyed there by some
unknown hands. In winter nights she
would hear thevoices of Ralph Hardwiek,
the village blacksmith. and his boys, as
they drew sled loads of wood, ready cut
and split. to keep up her kitchen FIRE.
Other friends plowed and planted her
garden, and performed numberless kind
Offices. But, though aided in this way
bv charity, Mrs. Branning never lost her
self-respeet, nor her standing in the neigh
borhood. 71F si litf ~
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Slit Gak.
THE KINL0CH ESTATE,
AND HOW IT WAS SETTLED,
CHAPTER I.

SnAG LEN l..
Mildred, my daughter, l am faint.
Hun and get me glass of cordial from
the buffet"
The girl looked at her father as he sat
IN his bamboo chair on the piazza, his
pipe Just let fall on the floor, and his face
covered with deadly pallor. She ran
Tor the cordial. and poured it ont with a
trembling hand. 49,
"Shan't go for the doctor, father 90
she asked.
No. my lear. the spasm will pass of
presently" But his face grew more ashy
pale, and his jaw dropped.
Dear father" said the frightened girl.
what shall | do for you? Oh. dear. if
mother were only at home, or Hugh, to
run for the doctor p
Mildred. my daughter" he gasped
With difficulty, "the blacksmith-send
ISt Ralph Hardwiek-quickI In the
sOOny cabinet, middle drawer, you will
9ad-0h! oh God bless you, my
uanshter God bless''-
=, LIE angels, only, heard the conclusion
:! t9e sentence for the speaker, Walter
HIaaech' was dead. summoned to the in
,siOie world without warning and with
n'rdly struggle.
nut Mildred thought he had tainted,
tul; raising the window, called loudly
Lucy Ransom, the only female domes-
nc then in the house. ~
Lucy, frightened out Of her wits at the
Az Saacen call, came rushing to the piazza,
sa a',fon In hand, and stood riveted to the
w II. ~aere she first saw the features on
, saeG the awful shadow of death had
ap Rnb his hands, Lucy l'' said Mildred
ng,saltsp p 10 'n' 'A'
Al lucy attempted to obey all three orders
VsSe' aud therefore did nothing.
!, 1.ildred held the unresisting hand. at
e,D,s she said. "But the pulse
ssa Gsary' no." said Lucy. "yOu wOn'I
why. ~, you don't mean,, 'sH
lei 81. JsS, Mildred. he IS dead 7" And sh,
With II La aer fiat-iron, and covered her face
d nsr apron. p la
tenn M, mildred kept chatting her father,
hopes san. and hands-calling piteously, il
lss I.S get an answer from the motion,
let Fps Then she sank down at hi.
gief %uu elasped his knees in an agony o
A.sty s,a stopped at the door, and
"i "ep came up the walk. sf7s
hansom," said Mrs. Kinloch
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The DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH TO TEE
Sun INcREAsING.-The German journals
have given some tables which prove that
the distance between the earth and sun is
increasing annually, and argue from it
that the increasing humidity Of our SUM-
mers and the loss Of fertility by the earth,
are to be attributed solely to this circum-
stance.
In the course of six thousand years
from the present time, they assume that
the distance viii be so great that only an
eighth part of the warmth we now enjoy
from the sun will be communicated to the
earth, and it will then be covered with
eternal ice in the same manner as we now
see the plains OF the north. where the ell
ephant formerly lived. and have neither
Spring nor Autumn.
No credit has heretofore been given to
traditions of the ancient Egyptians and
Chinese, according to which these people
formerly said the suns disc was almost
four times as large as we now see il, for
they estimated the apparent diameter Of
the sun as double of what it is seen in
our day. II, however, we pay attention
to the continued elimination Of the appar-
ent diameter of the sun according to the
best observation of several centuries, We
must suppose the ancients were not mis-
taken in the estimates they have trans
mitted TO us. g.
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Recent medical research has thrown
some curious light upon the action Of
cheese in promoting digestion. When
the curd Of milk is exposed to the air in
moist state for few days at moder-
ate temperature, it begins gradually to
decay. to emit disagreeable odor, and
to ferment. When in this state. it pos
sesscs the property, in certain eircumstan-
ces, of inducing species of chemical
change and fermentation in other moist
substances with which it is brought IN
contact it acts as does sour leaVen when
mixed with sweet dough- Now. old and
partially decayed cheese acts in the same
way when introduced into the stomach.
It causes chemical changes gradually to
commence among the particles Of food
which has previously been eaten, and thus
facilitates the dissolution which necessari-
ly precedes digestion.
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The Philadelphis Ledger grows aios
queut over the plentiful promise Of back
wheat cakes, and gives a Recommendation
as follows Buckvhest cakes J One
Buckwheat cake "di5ereth from another
in glory" yet not one in th0dsaBd is
made right. Yet Of all things ii Is the
easiest to cook, If the meal is made right
ly. Toevery three bushels Of b1ckwhsat,
add one of good heavy oats grind them
together as If there was only buckwhsat ;
TINS will you have cakes always light
and always brown; to say nothing OF the
greater digestibility. and the tightening
Of spirits, which are equally certain. he
who feeds on buckwheat may DO grun1
and lethargic. while he of the oatmeal
will have exhilaration Of brain and con-
tentment Of spirit.
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GBpits 4ottrp.
THE FROST SPIRIT.
pY JOHN c. WHITTIER.

n. canes, he eomes--the RFOst Spirit comes!
Yea nay tr1es his footsteps nov,
n, IN. naked woods and blasted fields,
Asd the brown hills witbered brow.
n, IA, smitien the leaves Of the grey old trees,
Where the pleasant dream cane forth,
A,J the winds that follow wherever he goes,
Have shaken them down 10 the earth.
Re comes, he cOmes-the Frost Spirit comes!
FrOn the frozen Labrador;
Ft,u the lev bridge Of the Northern seas,
Where the white bear wanders Ger;
Where the fsherman's sail is stiff with ice,
And the luckIess from below,
I. the sunless cold afthe atmosphere,
IstO marble statues grow!
he CONES, be comes-tbe Frost Spirit comes!
And the quiet lakes shall feel
The torpid touch Of his glazing breath.
And the ring Of the skaters heel;
AL the streams which danced on the broken rocks,
On sang to the leaning grass,
Shall boW again to their Winter chain,
And in mOurnful silence pass.
ne comes, he eomes--ihe Frost Spirit somesi
Let US meet him as we may,
AMI turn. with light of the parIor crate,
His evil power away
AL gather closer the circle r1und,
When the freight dances high, sa
Ind laugh at the shrek OF the bafiied fend,
As his sounding wings 60 by!
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Forney, in late Press, has the follow
ing very able, independent and fearless
article l. .rs
Occasionally we see, in an Admins
tration psper, sentences like these 'fThe
anti Lecompton Democrats will be for
given If they return to the party ; but
such men as Forney never can be pardon
ed" AS we may be supposed to know
the aforesaid Forney. having been int
nately connected with him for the last
forty one years, and hoping to live and
die with him, we take the liberty of an
swering such impertinences thus The
principles of the Democratic party are
everything to us. They are first and vi
tai. We will cling to them as the ship
wrecked mariner clings to his plank when
night is closing around him. Bnt when
the organization of that party is usurped
by set Of official hirelings, and turned
into an Endorsement of repulsive doctrines.
we reject the organization. and trample
upon it. As to whether these officials
pardon us for this OF not. concerns Us
nothing. We feel that we should not
pardon ourselves il we did not boldly
maintain this. our position. Gentlemen
of the Administration. you will need the
Press a long while before it will you"
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TO Ds coSnNUEp.

Dir. Bright. of Indiana. has offered a
resolution in the Senate. calling for in
formation as to when The new Senate
Chamber will be ready. The Cincinnati
Gazette thinks his present seat is doubt
less very uncomfortable since the late
news from indianapolis, and hence his
solicitude. -1.f--
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The following verse contains every let
ter in the English alphabet except .'s- "
It is question whether any other in
English rhyme may be produced { m
print) without the letter "e." which is 9
letter mora used than any other :: asos.
tH SAjsyial swain nas rask hiI trzin, n -
And tax his faneys might
1i'''o To quiz IN vain, for rs most plain
s-risss That what ~ shgbs.s Vsfs
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Prentice says the unity of the Demo
cratic party is pleasingly illustrated BY
the fact that, while the President recon-
mends specific duties. his Secretary Of
the Treasury devotes his report to an ar
gument against them. y
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MARRIAGE OF KISDRED.--A bill has
passed the House Of Representatives OF
Georgia. by vote of Sc to 50, prohibit
ing the intern arriage of first cousins, I'M
der a severe penalty, and cutting of the
Inheritance Of issue. The preamble to
the bin asserts that many deforrnations
of mind and body are of congenial origin
from the practice of near kindred inter-
marrying with each other. sa-r rF