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SONG OF STEAM.


1.-THE following fine poem. by Geo. "
Cutter of Covington, Ky, aBlaekwood ha
pronounced " the best lyric of the century =
Harness me down with your iron bands,
Be sure of your curb and rein,
For l scorn the strength of your pun
hands,
As tempest scorns chain;
How I laughed rs l lay concealed from
sight
For many countless hour,
At the childish boasts of human might,
And the pride of human power
When saw an army upon the land, -''-'-~-'
A navy upon the seas,
Creeping along snail-like band, 81 - ,@"-
Or waiting "a hayward breeze,
When saw the sturdy peasant reel
With the toll he family bore,
As he turned him round at the tardy wheel,
Or toiled at the weary oar.
When measured the painting courser's
speed,
The flight of the carrier dove,
AS they bore law king decreed,
Or the lines of impatient love;
I could not think how the world would feel,
As these were outstripped affair.".
When I should be bound to the rushing
Or chained to the flying car! .-
Ha ha! hal They found me at last;
And they invited me forth at length, g
And Irushed to my throne with thunder
And laughed in my iron strength
Oh |! then We saw wondrous change
On the earth and ocean wide, ..
Where now my fiery armies range,
Nor wait for wind or tide.
Hurrah! hurrah the waters DER s.4. g..
The mountain steep decline;
Time-spacc have yielded to my power
The giant, streams OF the queenly west,
And the Orient floods divine.
The ocean pales where'er I sweep,
To hear my strength rejoice,
And monsters of the briny deep
Cover trembling at my voice.
carry the wealth and ore of earth,
The thought of the godlike mind,
The wind lags after my going forth,
The lightning is left behind.
In the darksome depths of the fathomless
NV tiresome arm doth play,
Where the rocks never saw the suns de-
cline,
Or the dawn of the glorious day;
bring earth's glittering jewels up
From the hidden caves below,
And make the fountains granite cup
With crystal gush oeriow.
blows the bellows. forge the steel,
In all the shops of trade; e. --.-. ,rf.
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A gymuast of this city of considerable
note, has challenged Ambrose Butts, of
Ohio, who claims to be strongest man in
this country, to lift with him for 81 900
a side
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DISCOVERY OF Rock CRYSTAL IN ARKAN-
sAs.-The Commissioner of the General
Land Office has received from the register
of the local land Office at Little Rock, Ar
kansas, a beautiful specimen of Rock Crystal
sufficiently transparent for lenses. 1t was
found in Washington comfy, in township 2,
south Of range % west, in which locality it
is said to exist in large quantities. 1t is re-
ported that the crystal is found in following
the range of the mountains running south of
the base line to the Choctaw nation, and in
section 80, township 2, south range 81 west.
Rock crystal has heretofore been imported
from Brazil and Scotland, it not having been
discovered IN this country. The specimen
received by Commissioner Wilson is said to
be equal to any imported "".
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RAPID VEGETABLE GRowTH.-A plant
belonging to the mushroom or fungus fami-
ly, of nearly globular shape popularity
known as the large puff ball, is remarkable
for the extraordinary rapidity of its growth.
In an instance lately Observed it attained a
circumference of about forty inches in four
teen days, beginning as mere speck. When
dried in oven it lost ninety per cent. of its
weight (the watery portion,) and its solid
parts consisted of minute cells, estimated at
over fourteen billions in number, and in
creasing at the rate of $4,000 a second.
Puff-balls, are familiar to many from the
fact that when trodden on they give forth
cloud of what looks like very light dust,
but which is really the seeds of the plant,
each one capable of producing its species.-
These Seeds in the case referred to, were es-
timated at fourteen hundred millions in num-
Der, developed at the rate of 100000 per
second. When burned, this dust has mar
gotic influence similar to that of clorotorm,
and is often used to Simplify bees: and even
for surgical operations.
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southern railroads owe the government
between SIX and seven million of dollars
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PEACHES AND PLUMs.-To REMOVE THE
SKIN FROM PEACIIEs-AN EXCELLENT AND
EXPEDITIONS METHoD.-Make I've as
strong as possible Of wood ashes and soft
water. Fill kettle with the lye, and, when
boiling rapidly, drop in twelve ~or eighteen
peaches, and take out again almost immedi-
ately, and immerse them IN pail of cold
water. Take one in your hand and you will
perceive that the rind will slip off entirely,
leaving a round, beautiful yellow ball, throw
it Immediately into another pail OF pure wa
ter, and so proceed till all are done. This
process will not injure the flavor of the finest
peach, and once tried, the old fashioned
method of pceling with a knife will not be
again adopted. If the lye is not strong
enough, put into the kettle two dipperfuls
of clean wood ashes. This is an excellent
way to rid small onions of their jackets pre-
paratory to picking them. Try it. -
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| How PETER AND PAUL LoOKED.-It is
allowable to mention the general notion of
the forms and features of the two Apostles
which has been handed down in tradition
as represented by early artists: .-
Paul is Set before us as having strongly
marked and prominent features of the Jew,
yet not without some of the finer lines inoli-
cative of Greek thought. His stature is dl-
minutive, and his body disfgured by some
lameness or distortion, which may have
evoked the contemptuous expression 1T his
enemies. His beard was long and thin. His
head was bald. The characteristics of his
face were transparent complexion, which
vsibly betrayed quick changes of his feel
ings; bright grey eye, under thickly over
hung eyebrows, Il cheerful and winning ex-
preston of countenance, which invited the
approach and inspired the confidence OF
strangers. 1t would be natural to infer from
his continual Journeys and manual labor,
that he was possessed of great strength of
constitution But men of delicate health
have often gone through the greatest exer-
tons; and his own words on more than one
occasion show that he suffered much from
the lack of bodily health. Peter is repre-
sentcd as a man of larger and stronger form,
and his character was harsher and more
abrupt. The quick impulses of his soul re-
vealed themselves in the flashes of a dark
eye. The complexion of his face was full
and sallow, and the short hair which is de-
scribed as entirely grey at the time OF his
death, curled black and thick around his
temples and chin when the Apostles stood
together at Antioch, twenty years before the
martydom.
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A NEW RELIeIoN.-A London paper
says singular course of lectures has just
been brought to a close--nothing less than
the formal Inauguration of new religion
The new religion is that OFF ositivism, found
ed few years ago by Auguste Comte and
the lecturer was Mr.. Richard Congreve, long
known as a fervent follower of Comte and
believer in his religion, although he has only
now taken steps to found Church, with
building and regular services.
Among the most constant attenders have
been Mr.. G. Fl. Lewes and his wife. the au-
thoress of Adam Bede," while such names
as Lord Amberley, Lord Houghton, and 9TH
ers can be mentioned as those OF occasional
hearers. Mr.. Congrove has announced that a
church will shortly be built, and regular ser
vices instituted for promoting the new creed
which is to regenerate Humanity.
THE TR1NITY.-He goes about to speak
of the mystery of the Trinity, and does it by
words and names of mans invention, talk
ing of essences and existences, hyposta-
ses and personalities, priority and co-equali-
ties, and unity in pluralities, may amuse
himself and build tabernacle in hiA head,
and talk something he knows not whit, but
the renewed man that feels the power of the
Father, and to whom the Son has became
wisdom, sanctification, and redemption, in
whose heart the love of the spirit of God is
shed abroad, this man, though he under
stands nothing of what is unintelligible, yet
he alone understands truly the Christian Goc-
trine of the Trinity.-Dr. Taylor. -. > t.
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GATHER Up THE RICHES "A friend laid
on our table yesterday, splendid bunch of
Sumac berries which, weS should judge,
would weighs three ounces. This plant or
shrub, or the genus Rhus, produces berries
which are used in tanning, dyeing, and III
some preparations for medicine. Besides
the berries, the powdered leaves, peduncles
and young branches, are also OF use for all
these purposes.
Now in the fields and woods and borders
of low grounds and swamps of Eastern Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, this plant may be
found in unlimited extent and OF fine quality
the very article in demand for many use
full purposes. The plant is now in the ripe.
berry, and may be made available as an ar
ticle of commerce by the mere act of gather
ing. A gentleman present, while we are
writing, says that between Suffolk and
Portsmouth, ship loads may be gathered,
along the road, in the woods, and in the
corners of the fences Any one out of en-
ployment who will devote his time to the
gathering of this article. will make at least
as much day wages as at any other employ
ment. We wish we could impress upon the
unemployed members of the body polite the
expediency of reaching forth their hands to
help themselves. ..-....... .-..
According to our information, prepared
Sumac, ground in mill and ready for use,
sells for 50 rs per pound. OF course the
raw material will bring propovtionate
price. We cannot, with any patience, think
of this large crop going to waste among US,
when we have so many unemployed hands
to whom it ought to be pleasure and will
be profit to gather it.-NoJolk Day Book.
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Hal ha! hal They found me at last;
And they invited me forth at length, e
And 1 rushed to my throne with thunder
blast, az &C Il6- no.
And laughed in my iron strength
Oh I. then We saw wondrous change
On the earth and ocean wide,
Where now my fiery armies range,
Nor wait for wind or tide .-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-02-07

a%In the United States we pay twelve cents
each for the Presidents salary.
~ lizard over a foot long was taken on
or Detroit water-pipe.
ga feature Of the times is the steady with >
drawai OF money from the savings banks by
the working classes.
England gives her Minister to Paris
$4,000 year.
0"Pitching cents" is punishable in Ports.
mouth, Va, sH
sIDried Artichoks is the latest substitute
for tobacco. -r. 81
nSA oolored man was fined one dollar and
coats in New London for s-groaning like a pos
sum- in meeting sd ..-
~Prcyidence has q washerwoman who
lately Inherited s2O,0OO from an English reIa-
tion.
~A dear little girl of twelve summers i'm
New York died for love Of an actor
~Kentucky has AGO students in it's Uniyer-
sify. -s.-. B.. .. "-a
ga victim Of remorse, melancholy and
jealousy. and married, in Jefferson Vile
jumped ont OF three-story window 70 getrid
~At Ttcheville, On France RECENTLY INV
two sheep out OF q flock Of one hundred aud
twenty nine. Were poisoned BY eating some
white clover. q. f1oL iHl1l --f'- ~
~The Catholic Mirror says fhst the present
number OF Sisters Of Charity In this country 10
nine hundred and nfiy-one, being a net in
crease Of thirty during the past year.
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LOST DAUGHTERS IN ENGLAND.-A few
weeks ago a young girl OF fifteen was brought
before the Thames police court, London,
charged with INSTRUMENTATION in a workhouse,
where she had been several weeks in the
"casual' ward. The report of the case
published in the daily papers, attracted at
tention, and when she was Rext brought up a
host of persons in all parts of the kingdom.
whose daughters, all about the same age as
the prisoner, were missing, had written to the
magistrate, to the chaplain, and TO the ter
OF St Georges Workhouse, and each was in
hope the prisoner was the s'lost daughter"
There We're two ladies frsm Liverpool in court
who had each lost daughter fifteen years of
age. The magistrate. at the close of ths ex
animation, remarked that the publication of
that days proceedings would be a Sufficient
answer to the numerous persons who had
written him respecting lost children.
A London journal says: "A source of ire
mediable sorrow on an extensive scale is thus
revealed. The publication Of a single case
brings 10 light the fact that there are, at this
moment, numerous persons-"a host" OF
nothers-in this country mourning tue loss of
daughters OF the age of fifteen, who haye been
Kidnapped or enticed from home. /" - -
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THE MARYLAND LEeIsLArURR.-Leayew was
obtained In the Senate yesterday, by Mr. Kim
mel to report a new bill providing for the elec.
ton Of mayor and city council in Baltimore
The following bills were passed: To aid in
the completion of the Dorchester and Della
ware railroad; appropriating s6,0O0 TO erect a
monument TO the late Chief Justice Tanay: TO
protect fish and wild fowl in Hartford county:
and bill supplementary 10 the act incorpera
ting the chesapeake Bay and Potomac River
T1dewater Cahal Company. Ii changes the
name TO the Chesapeake and Potomac Canal
Company, with a capital Of 81, ,OOO,OOO
Among the bills reported in the House of
Delegates yesterday was one from the Judi
ciary Committee TO authorize certain conscien :
uous persons TO pursue their lawful avocatious $
on Sunday within their own premises and
another 10 amend the Baltimore police law. A
large number of other bills were introdu &c q i.
after which the bill to call a convention To
frame new constitution was called up and
passed by atwo-thirds vote-yeas "a, nays Is
This bill had previously passed, but not by q
two-thirds vote.
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@A choked herse in New Haven was re-
heyed by inserting street hose in his month
and the water turned on. tt %.
ga Cincinnati pedagogue tried TO make the
iosas OF q youth snoot oy logging him SO that
he couldn't speak for "a hours. = -'
young man In New York was fined
IS for stepping on lady's dress
OA Minnesota paper says that furs have
never been 90 plenty in that State and on its
nortnern IRON Ter as the present year.
1t has been objected that IL women voted,
husbands and wives might vote against each
other. We think that the wives may be trustsd
TO prevent that. -''' :, :
~Mr. Kent of hatcher. was astouished the
other day BY receiving ball Of lading for ten
boxes Of Tom eats. IL should have been To-
mato catsup, .-S .f.s .t-.E ~
~Norfolk il peaceful and happy with just
seven hundred dogs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-02-07

SCARCITY OF EMPLOYMENT ABRoAD-The
cable brings news OF serious riots among the
workingmen In France. In one instance
military aid was necessary 10 dusperse the
rioters. and several deaths were the result
This shows the unusual scarcity of employ
meht which exists IN that country. ltis the
same all over Europe. In England the dis
Tess among the labOrIng classes is very great
and there is no immediate prospect OF relief
Our own workingmen NAV ind some consola-
ton Ia the tact that their own con dItion, bad
as ~ may De Just now, Is infinitely better than
tnat OF lhelr brother workers across the water
Better times seem always near in this pro-
gressiye country, but abroad things stand sttu
long time. and sometimes even 90 back ward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-02-07

DEATH OF MRS GKSRRAL SIoKLES-rieu-
erai Sickies was called 70 New ork on Tues
day night by the intelligence Of the serious m =
ness OF Mrs Slckles, asd yesterday morning
news was received Of her death. Mrs SickIes
was the daughter OF Professor Bagioli. of Ne W
YORK, and rs remembered one Of the most
brilliant and fashionable women ever seen in
washington. She was elegantly edu Gated an d
gifted with the most fascinating manners Shs.
was married TO General Sickles very young,
and her first appearance, at the height of her
youthful beauty, during General Pierce's ad :
ministration, Will long be recollected. Since
the terrible tragedy with which her name was
unhappily connected she has steadily excluded
herself from all the circles in which she was al
one time welcome ana Leading participant
Inc canse OF her death was believed 10 be the
heart disease
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-02-07

IN SEARCH OF LABoRERs s-rhree gentle
man are IN this city from Louisiana, in search
OF laborers for their plantations. They want
800 able-bodied freedmen, and have made ar
rargements with the governments 20 transport
them from Fortress Monroe to the plantations,
and have also given sts5.OOO bonds for the faith
tul performance OF their obligations. - be ap-
proved by Gen. Armstrong and Gen. Howard
We trust they may be successful in thinalng
out the over-crowded population Of the Pc
ninsula.- Norfolk journal
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DANCING.
DANCING.
DR0FS. J. W. b H. p. KREIS'
BANCING ACADEMY, a
Pennsylvania avenue. bet. 6th and 7th sta
Opposite Metropolitan Hotel IN

~ASSA'oAAo a'onuos Uet ctn ana Itn etS,, ILA
Opposite Metropolitan Hotel. IN
New Glasses forming every evening. Those de.
string to enter our classes should avail tbem
selves of this opportunity, 'A0
fIeparations will be made in this quarter for
Circulars can be had at J. II. Ellis and w q
ne,zerott Go. . Music Stores.
Inc Hall can be ted for Soirees, 40,
Days and Hours Of Tki,ion:
Tor Ladies', Misses and Masters, Tuesday and
oaSturasy Sy aiterh0ens, from to ocloek.
Sentlemen . Glasses, Tuesday and Friday eve
nipgs from to lO clock.
TOT inrther information, apply during the hoHrs
elIuit1on or address q note to the Academy
quarter commencing with the first lesson. Jas
NJ ARINI's FASHIONABLE DANCING
l'1 ACADEMY, AT a
MAkISlS ASSEMBLY Rooms,
Il, between 9th and l0th streets, w
=, dhs academy 10 now open fer the recep- y
Days and hours Of tuition for young ladie.
misses and masters Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays, from 8 to 6p m
Gtntlsmen s classes from to 10, same evenings
n Private instruction given to suit the con-
Nohiohce OF the pupil se15
MI ASQUERADE AND FANCY DRESS BALLS
W AND PARTIES.
The undersigned would most respectfully in
FORM the ladies and gentlemen Of WashinRton
city, and the District generally, that he fs at sil
times prepared to furnish parties with MasQuer-
ace ana ancy Costume, either on loan made to
fancy sstsblishmsnt of Christian Rappert, Es1
happy to awsit orders. CHA RtEs BERG,
late Costumer at Fords and Growers
Jas Slim Thesters. Washin gton, D. q.
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q EUROPEAN NEWS.
The Opening Of ParIiament-R.f .ferm-Tu

LONDON, Feb. S.-The q ueen opened Par
Lament to-day In person. The c-r-mouy in-
meneed at two clock IN the afternoon. Tue
Queen arrived from Windsor at ~ % 'clcgk. and
i-ft buckingham Palace ~ one O'Clock. TRere
was n Hne military display, but the planes. of
the soldiers were dragged and their uniforms
sro,l~d by the rain. Tue crowds OF people
covered by umbrellas manifested no enthnsi-
ssm, snd gave no cheers a. the q ueen droye
mp 10 Westminster Hall and alight-d Neither
were there any cheers for tna Prin &C Of Wales.
The scene in the House of Lords was mag
nifcent The Queen was superby robed. Sue
assembled the throne and read her SPEECH in a
clear, firm voice. Her subsequent return 70
Buckingham Palace WAS even more dismal
the u usen as she passed. and the people chaied
the pslce and the soldiers: but there was no
cheering. The police behaved with great mod
erstiop, or trouole would have ensued. tn =
crowd was ripe for mischief. Greai preparA-
uoHs are aking for the reform demonstration
on the 18th instant. The bitterness OF the pop-
uiar feeling Is undisguissd, ana placards are
SHOWN on the streets saying men without votes
are serfs. Even personal regard for the q ueen
Us eclipsed by the reform furore. The q Reen
mas now reselysd 70 appear more an public.
series OF royal receptions are announced te-
day.
LONDON, Feb. 5-Evening The latest des-
patches from the East recsi we'd tonight iudi-
cate that fresh com pli cations arising in that
quarter. L he people sf SsrvIa are Wing %
arms against the Ottoman rule, while AZ Con-
stantinople the party an favor OF peace - in
creasing In mum bers aud Influence. More
over, IL is reported that the NIceroy Of Eeypt
has sent agents 10 ascertain whether the lead
ing Powers Of Europe would favor his com
pleie independence Of the sovereignty OF IN
Sublime Porte.
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EMIGRATION OF FREHDMKN.-The Macon
(GaD Journal notices an extensive move men {
OF free blacks from Georgia to the Mississippi
Valley, remarking that ave must accustom
ourselves 10 regard This emigration as a fixed
and irrepressihle fact and forecast of the lday
when Georgia will boast an almost xclusi ysly
white population" 80 .F9T-Is -
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ATEsT PARIS FASHIONS OF HAIR
Il DRESSING.
ERFNCE H1T6oD8FS

fhfNfh HAHN DhESSEh,
324 y street. between Ista and 18th sts
Mr.. AIliot, from Paris. Hair Dresser, Of the
celebrated Rachel, With whom he arrived ga this
country. has nov been established for tne last
eight years In Washington aud Newport, en-
CylnG the patronage OF tire corps dfpountiqHs. and
Of the kfghest society. He has the honor TO an
ID at he has this I'm the latest
fashions sf hair dressing, and also pomades, and
everything that belongs 70 the dressing OF hair
at very reaSoHaL le prices. 10 6m'
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WHIPPING SCHOOL CHILDRRN.-Thonas A -
Colt, school teacher OF lrvington. N j. was
Iled IN Newark on Monday for manslaughter
IN whipping a scholar so severely on the t2th of
November last that he died on the 2lst OF the
month. The trial was concluded on Tuesday,
me Jury bringing In verdict OF guilty OF as
sault aud battery H....
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CAPITAL OF WEST VIRGINIA by vote OF
West Virginia Legislature, Il has been decided
tnat Morgantown, In Monongalia county, Is to
be the new capital OF State. Heretofore the
seat of government has been at Wheeling in
the extreme northwest corner OF West yirsinia
Morgantown is situated on the Mon ong gaheIa
vel Il