The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-26

sent is that from the environs we get quantity
of tea.
Hon. Hannibal HRmlIn ON the Political
Situation.
At the Republican Convention for Penobscot
county, Maine, in Bangor, on the 22d inst, ex-
Vice President Hamlin being called upon, made
a short address, ot which the Bangor Wing gives
the blowing synopsis:-
He thought the present was a time for
action rather than words. The words that are
used, ii any, should be short, sharp, and dect-
sive. There was no hour during the war of the
rebellion when there was greater responsibility
placed upon us than rests upon us to-day. We
are not out OF our trials or our dangers. Un-
fortunately IN some respects, but fortunately in
others, we have national Executive who seems
bent upon thwarting the national will, and pre-
venting a proper and Just reconstruction. Re-
construction should never be completed except
upon the fullest basis of popular justice and
liberty; and it is our bOunden duty 10 see to it
that no settlement shall be made on any other
basis. Neither can we do 1t. Rough hew them
as we may, there Is an overruling Providence
that will shape our ends. Mr.. Hamlin pro-
ceeded to examine the acts of President john
son, and decided that his usurpations and
wrongs have opened the e7es of the blind, and
unstopped the ears OF the deaf, TO see and hear
what is true, right and Just. Mr. Johnson's
acts and policy were necessary TO educate the
public mind no to the right point; aud he was
fully impressed that the people Will have these
things settled on the right and proper basis"
A HIGHLANDER's OArH.-The following is an
account of a scene that lately took place in
one of the kinks at the Lewis, one of the
Hebrides, on a Sabbath morning:-"M Minister
QOqutttT, from the pulpit)-Callum Mhor why
were you not in church last Sabbath Cal
lum-I was in church last Sabbath. Minister
You were not. Callum-I was. Minister
Are you ready to swear you were Callum-
To be sure. (Minister shut up.) Friend,
soto Uoce to Callum on the way out (for Callum
had not been in church the Sabbath before)-
We'll, well, Callum, it was awful of you to
offer your oath to lie.' 'Ah, but says Cal
lum, confdentially, isn't there great differ
ence between offering thing and giving itY' -
LIVELY PLAcE.-The people of Java have
rather lively time of it. According to the
latest official statistics contained in the
Tydschrif DOR NederlandSch Java, the tiger has
in one single year consumed exactly one hun
dred and forty-eight human beings, and in
another year one hundred and thirty-one.
The crocodiles cleared an average of fifty
people year, while serpents accounted for
between twenty-five and forty-three. But
the Dutch seem to accept their fate with
characteristic equanimity. The Governor
General long while ago offered as a prize
for every tiger that was killed the munif-
cent sumRof twenty-five guilders ($l0). His
subjects apparently prefer being eaten by the
tiger.
CHURCH INDEPENDENcE.-The synod of the
diocese of Adelaide, South Australia, has
taken q practical step towards the assertion OF
its independence of the Established Church of
England, and towards its self government as
an Episcopalian church. At special meeting
it formally resolved, ''That it is not desirable
that all Bishops in British colonies should
receive their mission from the See of Canter-
bury, and take the oath of canonical obedi-
ence to the Archbishop" This resolution
was carried by twenty-four to seven. By
another resolution it was decided, by eighteen
to seven, that it was desirable that future
Bishops Of the diocese should be elected by
| the church of the diocese.
WHAT CONES OF CHURCH RATEs.-The Lon
| don Spectator says:-"0ur modern apostles, il
seems, preach their doctrines by the help of
| the law. Their right hand is now the TAILOR
| For refusing to pay the sum of los. I'D,
| levied as a church rate, Mr.. Forster, dis
senter of North Curry, Somersetshire, now
lies prisoner in Taunton Jail. Mr.. Carlyle
| should take heart. The Church, at all events.
will not hear of liberty of conscience. We
cannot burn people for their opinions, but we
can do what is far more profitable in these
money making days-mulct them with heavy
| costs, and then as a last resort imprison
them until they or their friends pay"
STEAM LAUNCHES FOR RIVER SERvIoE.-The
English shipbuilding firm of Laird Brothers
have just built twelve steam launches for
| river service, which are lifted to carry l2-
pOunder brass howitzer in the bow, and are
well adapted for carrying troops and towing
barges and other lighters with cargo in narrow
waters, where larger vessels would be useless.
Their dimensions are - Length, 80 feet
breadth, IL feet; depth, feet 8 inches; ton
mage, Is; draft of water, feet 10 inches and
the engine is a single direct acting one of IS
horse power. One of these boats was tried
short time ago with all her weights on board,
and attained speed of about nine knots.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES. - Excavations
at Lillebonne, France, continue and nearly
every day some new discovery is made. The
collection brought together at Catillon now
comprises great number of objects of arch@o-
logical value. Among them is the fragment
OF circular mirror, an examination of which
shows it to be composed Of glass, foliated with
thin sheet of pure lead Thus it seems that
the Gallic-ROmans practised the plating of
glass, as the Gauls had previously known how
to plate metals.