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A New Internal Machine.

Gen. Allen has received from st.
Louis an Internal machine, which,
from its ingenious construction and
destructible power, is calculated to DO
much damage. To the outward eye
the machine is simply common hand
yalise, such one as may be found in
the possession of any traveller who
carries no more than single change
of clothing in his wanderings. Open
ing the valise, in one side common
eight day-clock, without hands, is ex-
posed to view. 1t is curiously embed
ded in rims stuffed with tow so as to
smother the sound of the working of
/ the delicate machinery. Around the
rim, tow, saturated with strong com
bustible fluids, is closely packed. The
second half of the valise contains
nothing but this same combustible
material. A tube of powder, con-
Meeting = vessel of fluid, is firmly at
tached to one of the rims. A trigger,
igniting match, is connected with
the tube. The clock is wound up, and
set to run down and explode the com
buatibles at any distinguished hour
between one and twelve. The valise
is closed, and the timepiece occupies
the center of the contents inside. At
the designated moment a string at
tached to trigger is pulled by the re-
bound Of n spring, the match ignites
an explosion ensues, and sheet of fame
is scattered for yards around. The
combustibles burn with great fury and
power, and nothing but an application
Of sand can smother the flames.
The machine in possession of Gen
Allen was placed in the Government
building at st. Louis by some scoun-
drel expecting to ensure its destruc-
ton. Fortunately the explosion at
tracted squad of soldiers, who, with
great difficulty, succeeded in extin-
gushing the flames before much dam
age had been done. The invention is
the most dangerous that has yet been
brought to light. There is no doubt
that the disastrous fires that recently oc-
Cured in our city were caused through
this destructive agency. It's outward
appearance is such to excite no suspi-
cion, and may safely be carried by any
traveller The simple setting of it in
a building, with machinery in running
order, may cause an explosion and
terrible conhagration in the most un-
suspected quarters, and at the most
quiet hour of night There is scarce
ly any sure way to guard against acct
dents by this internal continuance
Louisville Journal.
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Monsieur Duhamels Portrait.

Louis Nerac, a gay Partisan, about
thirty-hye years old, was seated one
April morning near noon, outside the
cafe de Paris, smoking his after break
fast cigar and rejecting sadly and
dreamlly upon the vagabond sort of
life he was compelled to lead. Here
and there, in his glossy black beard
and hair, line of silver grey was to be
seen, and rheumatic twinges began to
y trouble him from time to time in fact,
he was fast slipping beyond the prime
OF life, fastened on, too, by the career
which his position of wealthy Paris
Ian bachelor, necessarily compelled
3 him to pursue.
Il l must get married. he mentally
exclaimed and his thoughts constant
4 ~ reverted to the differant marriagea-
BILE ladies of his acquaintance.
An April sun exercises as curious an
Z influence on the human brain, as the
hrst kisses of spring upon the circula-
4 'ioh oil sap in tree-trunks and flower
stems but as chilling frosts accom-
panying the warm sunshine. so did a
rawwlnd, despite the suns bright rays,
emil Nerac to his bones. and cause him
to sneeze.
God bless you, sweetly murmured
lady who was passing rapidly by
financing at the utterer of this excla.
nation he noticed that she was taste
iuily and elegantly attired. AS she
stepped over gutter and lifted he,
uesS' displaying beautifully turned
AnAie' he followed after her in the di
fecuon Of the Madeleine.
lnere is an ankle that / would vii
nnsly marry tho't Nerac but doe,
y Oeiong to a young girl, widow, OF
nus some brute of a husband partia
'sh' TO it? Parbleu! / will follow
Her 10 the Place de Concorde if neces
'aiy TO ascertain. But, bah / hav,
not seen her face, and she may be ug
y as bag .
suddenly turning to speak to beau
''iul little Italian greyhound, which
was bounding frantically about her
'ne disclosed a countenance full O
charms
one is adorable said Nerac I vii
'0iow to the Barriere de rEtoile, even
turning again. she 80 excited hi
"uiniraton, that he added:
4 ies' even to the bridge of Neuily
"n'cn to an inhabitant of the Boule
a'o ae dand, was equivalent to say
ing to the end of the world
fortunately for Nerac, the lady di,
4 T ro' lead him SO far in his pursuit.
iurhlng into the Rue de La Vile. sb
, r to her greyhoung, Toilette, her
One''e, and entered spacious MAJ
s'on In that street,
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SOmnambulism.

- Nil1'i III tiiS fA'Ht' cOuf "W i'i'NtH
the following remarkable case, taken
from the French Encyclopedia
Perhaps the most interesting case
on record, is that of young clergy
man, the narrative of which is from
the immediate communication Of the
Archbishop of Bordeaux. The young
ecclesiastic, when the prelate was al
the same college, used to rise every
night and write out either sermons OF
pieces of music To study his condi-
ton, the bishop betook himself several
nights, consecutiyely, to the chamber
of the young man, where he made the
following observations -
This young clergyman used to rise,
take paper, and begin to write. Be
fore writing music, he would take a
stick and rule the lines. He wrote the
notes with the corresponding words,
both with the utmost accuracy or
when, by chance, he had written the
words to wide, he altered them. After
completing sermon, he would read il
aloud, from beginning to end. If any
passage displeased him, he erased it,
and wrote the amended passage cor
rectly over the other On one occasion,
in order to ascertain whether he used
his eyes, the bishop interposed piece
of paistboard between his face and the
writing. The sleeper took not the
least notice, but went on writing as
before. The limitations of his per
ceptions to what he was thinking
about were very curious. A piece OF
aniseseed cake, that he had sought
for, he ate approvingly; but when Oh
another occasion, a piece Of the same
cake was put in his mouth, he spate il
out. 1t is to be observed that he al
ways knew when his pen had ink in it
and if they adroitly changed his pa
per when he was writing, he knew it
if the sheet substituted was Of q diff
ferent size from the former, and in tha
case he seemed embarrassed But, i
the fresh sheet of paper, which was
substituted for that written on was ex-
actly the same size with it, he appeared
not to be aware of the change; and
he would continue to read off his com
position from the blank sheet of pa.
as fuently as when the manuscript
lay before him; nay, more, he would
continue his corrections, and intro
duce an amended passage, writing i
upon the precise place in the BLANK
sheet corresponding with chat which
it would have occupied on the already
written page.
''Such are the feats of somnambu.
ism The ecclesiastic, indeed, seems
at first to have seen through sheet OF
pasteboard ; but the concluding fact il
his case shows that he really used his
perception only to identify the size and
place of the sheet of paper. His writ
ing upon it was the mechanical tran
script of an act of mental penmanship
The corrections fell into the right pla-
ces on the paper owing to the fidelity
with which he retained the mental pic
ture, his attention being exclusively
concentrated on that one operation"
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KNOW A BEAUTIFUL WO-
MAN.
BY Mns. FnAscIs D. oAoE.

By MRS fkANtlS u. NAtfs
know a beautiful woman,
But she's not of sweet sixteen :"
Full sixty winters have come and gone,
The "Now" and ''Thon" between.
Yet every year hath added
A something so fair and true,
That 10 me she's the sweetest woman
think that ever knew.
Her eve may be DINNER growing,
II hath lost the glance Of youth,
But up from the inner fountains
It is flashing love and truth;
Her cheeks have not all the freshness
OF the rosebud's glowing red;
The purity of the lily,
Full-blown, has come in its stead.
And her voice is low and soothing
Az the hum Of summer bees,
Or twilight rustling 'mong the corn,
Or the song Of autumn trees.
she moves with grace SO gentle
Among the garden bowers,
A brighter radiance than their own
Seems falling on her flowers.
An over her face Of beauty
There are lines Of days gone by
or holy loves and earnest hopes
That have wrought there patiently;
They are loylier far than dimpies,
For know that each was given
To mark the years Of dutiful life
That have fitted her for heaven.
never think Of that woman
But my heart throbs high with love,
And ask Can she be more beauteous
In the blissfnl realms above
can scarcely in my dreaming
See her face more fair and bright,
She seems tome now, with her radiant brow
spirit Of love and light,
The poet may sing his praises
Of the glow Of sweet sixteen
But there's hoiier beauty
OF siziy-hve, l ween;
For the girlsh face that's moulded
BY true and loving heart,
WIN brighten as the heart throbs on,
Rechiseling every part
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]
GRATED with several splendid paintings
conspicuous among them portrait
whose frame was draped with Grape
the counterfeit presentiment of the
defunct Duhamel. Madame Duhamel
politely asked him to be seated, and
waited for him to explain the object Of
his visit.
Madame, said Nerac, after long
silence, you do not seem to recognize
meY
No, sir she quietly replied.
Not at all 2,
Not in the least.
Were you not promenading the
Boulevard short time since :?
Yes, sir, was.
And yet you do not recognize me
Il do not
DO you remember saying, Goo
bless you?'
Perhaps | did, she replied smiling
ly, but have no recollection of it.
Well, Madame, you did utter tina
expression, and you made that pioui
and charitable wish in my behalf
Madame Duhamel gazing at her Wis
itor in astonishment, exclaimed,
Admitting, Monsieur, that l did
what does it prove 2
What does it prove?' reiterate,
Nerac.
Certainly replied the widow go,
were suffering undoubtedly from Sc
we're cold l passed by you yol
sneezed / made use of the common
place, polite ejaculation, customary il
such cases, of God bless you'll! Wha
could be more natural !?
Then, Madame, l am to understand
that you cast this expression at me a
you would throw sou into beggar'
hat.
Precisely, she haughtily replied.
All, Madame, what a cruel decep
ton
Deception, sir replied the younI
widow 4 do not understand You
explain
4 thought dared to believe
hoped-indeed, | still hope STAN
mered Nerac.
Madame Duhamel Immediately ros
and said You must excuse me, Sill
from listening to you longer.
But, pleaded Louis, will you nc
permit me to call from time to time t
see you and inquire after your health
My health fortunately is good, an
l receive only my friends.
Let me-, exclaimed Nerae gallant
", become one of them; to secur
such happiness, l would brave thou
sand dangers.
Madam Duhamel made no repl,
but ringing the bell for her servan
said to her as she entered the room
Marietta, show this person to tn
door
During the next three weeks, Lou
called in the Rue de la Vile doze
times at least, leaving his card eac
= time. The day he left his twelfth care
! he muttered a great oath through hi
' heavy moustache, as he turned frol
the door
q 4 begin, said he, to be desperatel
enamored by the pretty widow, VII
still refuses to receive me; and MARI
her / will, or revenge myself on h
h only love, that whelp, Toilette
:, Il have it. Victory shall be min
4 and not hair of Toilette will / ha'
to injure.
u Stepping into a store near by,
. obtained a large lump of sugar, whi'
s he attached to long cord, and ha
tened to the Garden of the Tuillerie
i, where the young widow was accu
y toned to walking every afternoo
= Seating himself behind one of the lar
trees on the Terasse DIES Fenillians,
awaited her arrival. She, accomp
MED by her inseparable Toilette, so'
lie arrived, and sat down on the accr
e, toned bench. Louis, by strage
4 use of his sugar decoy, drew Toilet
away from her mistress to gatewi
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OMALL HUME TAULIs' IIUKs195 Hfo
more often darkened by the, continual
recurrence of small faults than by the
actual presence Of any decided vice.
These evils are apparently of very sim
liar magnitude, yet it as easier to Crap
pie with the other. the Eastern trav-
eler may combine his forces and hunt
down the tiger that prowls upon his
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SAD CArAsrRoPHE AT FusERaI.--At
Port Anegany, Pennsylvania. q few
days ago. a funeral procession was
passing over bridge to bury q child
of Mr.. George Moore, when the bridge
gave way, and precipitating the mourn
ers into the water, another child be-
longing to Mr.. Moore was drowned,
together with three of his brothers
children, and one or two other lives
were lost
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No. 20.

path but he can scarsely escape the
mosquitoes thatinfest the air he breathes
or the feas that swarm in the sand he
treads. The drunkard has been known
to renounce his darling vice, the slave
to dress and extravaganza, her beselt-
ing sin; but the waspish temper, the
irritating tone, the rude dogmatic man
ners and the hundred nameless negli-
genccs that spoil the beauty of associ-
alton, have rarely done other than pro-
coed till the action Of disgust and
gradual alienation has turned all the
currents of affection from their course,
leaving nothing but n barren track
over which the mere skeleton of the
companionship stalks alone.
---------. --------
DoS'r Warn POETRY Ironpus, who
writes for the Observer, under the
trees, gives young rhymcrs a fragment
Of advice thus
If You cannot help it, if it sings in
y"nr head and will be heard, why then
there is no other way but to put it up
on puper and send it to the printer.
But try to help it if you can. There
are only two or three poets alive at any
one time. A great poet makes and
marks an age and poor poets, or
those who think they are poets and are
not, are plenty MS blackberrios. Every
hamlet has its poetaster. oh how
much valuable white paper is spoiled
by people who think they can write po-
etry and cannot. Rhymes are not po-
etry. Verse is not poetry. You may
make correct verse with faultless
rhymes, and there is not CLEAN of
poetry in it. Poetry requires a pecu-
liar faculty. the imagination and you
may have genius, sense, learning and
the power of expression, so as to write
prose to rival Burke or johnson, and
after all may make yourself ridiculous
by trying your hand at poetry. Write
prose.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENT square Of II
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cents; for each subsequent Insertion % cents.
The number Of insertions must be marked on
al ndyertiaements or they will be continued
~ntil ordered ont Transient advertisements to
h. paid for in advance.
AZ liberal discount will be made on the
.bnye rates to those advertising by the year.
rrau Nor1cEs will be inserted at l2l cents per
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THE TRANSCRIPT.
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TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

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Represented in the Army.

A recent order from the Provost Marshal
General, by which any person, OF either sex.
who is exempt from military duty, has the
opportunity to be represented in the field by
substitute, whose name will be accompanied
upon the army rolls and throughout the
official record, by that of the man or woman
whom he represents in the army, will be
found below.
We see it stated that Hon. ?. Baxter has
accepted Of this opportunity, and by letter
authorized the enrolling board of his district
put in as substitute for him reliable fight
ing man. The following is the circular refer
red to:
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ST. InuNSEIRY- Inly : 1874

~ "Nii-''A'N nj Jul -, lCbf.
{. NJ. SToHE: Dear Sir: see bv your
last issue that my letter of the 10Th ul;. pub
lished in The CALIFORNIAN week before last
was nothing less than welcome, at least, to
somebody III our community, and although
sincerely regret this &C. urrence, must say
that | still! more deerly regret that in max
ing public certain facts which | thought
could not conscientiously keep secret any
longer, my only and real intention while TAX
ing such a course failed to be unprecedented
by all. The love of justice and the conscience
Of duty which should at all events dis
charge prompted ne, Nh Editor, to write
he lines which your readers have seen, and
if accidentally GisplcaSed some one when
endeivorirg to viHdicate a right and holy
Cause, it may be ewing to the fact that to
acknowledge our wrongs even by our silence.
requires some virtue. or ~ leas, little Of
that manly courage, such qualities indeed IS
bat yely few POSSESS. Ga the occasion Of
;he contents of my letter vour core spondent
starts out on a campaiga against the catholic
church % when he u, douji ctgims to kRg1,
tie history perfectly raY, because he may
have read it in books or new papers written
and supported by lis mos. bitter enemies.
could without much PAIN show him that
his task is rather an arduous one ard ore j.
which host of men Of no ordinary smart.
ness and learning have one after another
been foiled, but for the sake OF not irespas.-
Ing too much on your readers time, | shall
coniine myself to inform cur friend that in
no catholic house of education in Europe or
on this continent, and to which protestant as
well as catholic children are equally admitted,
protestant pupil is ever asked to participate
in any devotional exercise against lis own
will or IFS parents, As to The largest
liberation which the writer of the letter
says catholics must BE- elGte Ito and rhich
they nor enjoy IN THIS country" firmly as
sert that no one can either breach or main
tain such false proposition but he who
does hot befriend catholicity and whose tes-
timony then may with much reason be con.
tested.
Now to come 20 the case Of the child
whose improper treatment at school was the
reason of my writing to you few days ago
Mr.. Editor. would readily admit that "ti.e
facts in this particular case were radically
nisapprehended," if your correspondent car
say first that the girl was not told bv The
teacher that her lessons would not be heard
any longer unless she would read IN the BIZ
bic; secondly that when the child went back
to school one Or two days after she was a.
lowed to stay with tie rest Of the children
of the school without first being asked and
compelled TO read in catholic prayer-book ;
and thirdly that there is a law in the state of
Vermont which authorizes teacher to oblipe
or even ask child either black or white,
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Resignation of Secretary Chase.

Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Secretary OF the
Treasury sent lis resignation to the President
last week, vao accepted it. Various reasons
are given by the Washington letter writers
WHY Mr.. Chase res; ned, but probably tney
are mere coniectures. One says that L vas on
accopnt of disae, eemen n as to who should be
anno;u,ed to fill Mr.. C.sco's place as assistant
treasurer at New York, who resigned some
ten DAYS ago, but has since thought better of
il and has Withdrawn his resignation. Utn-
ers say that NJ. Chase wanted congress to
pass bill raising much larger revenue by
taxation; and still another reason advanced
is that MIR. Chase has become so worn down
by constant application to the arduous duties
incident to the POSITION that his friends do not
deem it prudent for him to longer hold the
portfolio. Which, if either of these reasons
is correct is not known.
The name of Gov. Todd, of Ohio was sent
in BY the President as Mr. Chase's successor,
but he declined to accept the position. Hon.
William Pit; Fessenden, native of New
Hampshire, but who has represented Maine
in the Senate for several years past, was then
nominated and confirmed to fill the place
made vacant by Mr.. Chase's resignation. MIR.
Fessenden has been chairman of the Com
mittee on FINANCE, and is better posted as
to financial matters than any other man in
the country, Mr.. Chase excepted. He as
sumed the portfolio on Monday last; Mr.
Chase escorting him to the Treasury office.
There are rumors already afoat that MIR.
Fess enden intends to make great changes in
financial matters. At his recommendation
the Senate has already repealed the gold
bill He will probably deviate somewhat
from the policy pursued by Mr.. Chase, but
in the main will doubtless follow in mis- foot
steps.
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The Alabama Again.

Again we have j; reported that the pratt
cal craft Alabama has been sunk. The re-
port appears plausible as the U. 5. Ounooat
Kearsase has been on the lookout for the
Alabama for some time. The following de-
tails of the fight between the kearsage and
Alabama are furnished by the British Yacht
Deerhound, which witnessed the contest:
On SUNDAY the 18th ult., at 1890 A. ".
the Alabama was seen coming out Cher
bourg harbor towards the kearsage, miles
from the land. At ll:lj The Alabama COM
menced firing with her starboard battery
The kearsage replied also with her starboard
battery showing that the vessels were rank
head and stern at the distance of about two
miles. A very sharp engagement ensued, IN
which round shot and shell were freely used
by both sides.
They were both under steam, manpuverins
in circle, gradually nearing each other TIL
within half mile. At noon the Alabama
was observed to slacken her fire. and make
sail She is barque-rigged, and headed fol
the land, much disabled. The pirates took
to their boats, and the Deerhound ran down
and picked up Capt. Semmes and 40 of HI:
crew. The Kearsage appeared to be alsc
disabled, but her boats picked up the rest o.
the pirates crew. The Deerhound started al
once and landed her pirate cOuntryman al
Cowes.
The Alabama sank half an hour afterwards
Her loss as reported by the pirates, was one
officer and Six men killed, and sixteen wound
ed. No one was killed on the kearsage anc
only three seaman slightly wounded.