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The New York herald., 1868-09-05

The importatlons OF dry goods at this port for the
week ending september compare as follows with
the previous week.
Entered for consumption. .s,3i0.326 $l,726,l3l
Withdrawals. ............. y6i,yoJ yyolS4
Warehoused. ................ 15o,S4 o5O,voJ
German paper published in this city thus esti-
mates the amount OF United States bonds held In
Europe ind by savings banks and insurance and
trust companies on this side OF the Atlantic -
We nave heard OF late frequently the opinion ex-
pressed that United States bonds like gold are made
scarce by artificial means to keep up the price, and
some of the spectators and their organs In this in
tercst endeavor TO give substance To this view. The
following figures will show the error OF such sup
from oici sources, they Will, we think, furnish the
proof tha, under ordinary circumstances the noatng
stock OF government bonds In our market can never
he very arge:-
.Ihe total issue OF government gold
hearing bonds OF all denominations
announced according to the last
monthly statement OF the public debt,
to...................:... g., ,oss, 900 900
deposited as security for circulation
and government deposits. ........... $50 900, 900
Leaves 81, 7os ooo. 900
rhe aayinas banks in the state OF New
YORK AZ the Comptroller in Albany
informs ~. held $5s,225 200; aud until
we can ascertain the exact amount
hold by M the savings banks IN the
limited states we believe to he within
bounds II we estimate IL at.. 2oS,OVoOoo
leaves 81, ,l5o, ,ooO, GOO
Jy insurance aud trust companies mere
IL M least held further amount oi
s2OO.0oO 100 and tho permanent IN
vestinents OF capitalists and az other
classes ol our population VIII Ger. .oo ooo ,.oo
tainly amount to Sj00OOO,0oO, together 'Vo'"oooOo
ye,vs, ...,....... $3.50, ,O0O 900
VI we deduct from this the minimum ,oo ooo oo,
amount held In Europe, say y....'s'.'. ooo'oVoVVV
There remains total of............' sioooooVoV
OF which O large part IL he'd by banks anu the
The New York herald., 1868-09-05
MARINE TRANSFERS.

The following is the ist OF marine transfers at this
port since September H.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-15
IN szEmORzAss.

The Natchez Courier, Of the 2d, con-
tains the Eulogy in remembrance Of the
late William p Mellen, of Natehez, de-
liveted by Col Giles NJ. Hillyer before
the Supreme Council Of the Scottish Ma
sonic Rite during its recent session at
st. Louis. We copy that portion which
refers to the political character of the
deceased:
In political feeling, mp to 1910. Com
panion Mellen was what is termed q
Whig, but steadily cou;eading for State
Rights doctrines. BE was associated
with that band of men-to which another
illustrious Mason belonged-to whom the
Supreme Council is indebted for great
services. l allude to John A. Quitman.
who, as lawyer and jurist, as Chancellor
and Representative, at home and On the
bloody fields of Mexico, won name in
perishable-because it was associated
with all that was patriotic. You, Most
Pulssant, have already, in burning words,
and in those sententious phrases Of light
and beauty which are rarely at the com
N-AN " AAOAS etteA q 5luElb uidu III one
generation, spoken Quitman's truthful
eulogy.
After 1910, companion Mellen acted
politically with the Democratic party,
was appointed Postmaster at Natehez in
1900 by Presideni Buchanan, and re-
tained that position under ex-President
Davis, until Natchez again passed under
the authority of the Union. 1t is but
due to the truth of history to say that
his whole soul was enlisted, and from
principle, in the cause Of the South He
had married Southern woman; a family
of nine children, born in Mississippi, sur
rounded him; his interests, his protee-
tion for person and for property, we're all
connected with the State of his adoption.
Physically unable to enter upon service,
he sent his sons early into the struggle,
to speak, to work, to suffer, and, if neces-
sary, to die. One of them sleeps quietly
upon a battlefield before Richmond
another, a Mason, returned to his home
crippled; and still another came back
with an armless sleeve.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-15
CROSS RACES.

.
Mr.. Brent, who has crossed canary
birds with many kinds Of iuches. has
not observed, as he informs me. that the
hybrids are ia any way remarkably wild.
Hybrids are often raised between the
common and musk duck, and I have
been assured by three persons who have
kept these crossed birds that they were
not wild; but Mr. Garnett observed that
his female hybrids exhibited migratory
propensities," Of which there Il not a
Testige IN the common or musk duck.
No case Is known Of this latter bird hay-
ing escaped aDd become wild in Europe
or Asia, except, according TO Palles, on
the Caspian Sea; and the common
domestic duck only occasionally become
Wild in districts where large lakes and
fens abound Nevertheless. a large
number Of cases have been recorded Of
hybrids from these two ducks. although
so few are reared in comparison with
purely-bred birds of either species, hav-
ing been shot in completely Wild state.
1t Is improbable that anv Of these hv-
birds could have acquired their wildness
from the musk duck having paired with
truly wild duck; and this Is known not
to be the case in North America hence
We must infer that they have re-aequired,
through reyersiVn, their uiidness. as
as well as renewed powers Of fight.
Thesciatter facts remind US Of the state
meuts, so frequently made By travellers
in all parts Of the world, on the degrsd-
ed state and savage disposition Of crossed
races of men. That many excellent
and kind-hearted mulattos have existed.
no one will dispute and a more mild
and gentle set Of men could hardly be
found than the inhabitants of the island
of Chloe, who consist of Indians COM
mingled with Spaniards in various pro-
portions. On the other hand, MANY
years ago, long before 1 had thought Of
the present subject was struck with
the fact that in South America, men of
complicated descent between negroes,
Indians, and Spaniards, seldom had,
whatever the cause might be, a good
expression. Livingstone-and q more
unimPeachable authority cannot be
quoted-after speaking of half-caste
man on the Zambezi, described By the
Portuguese as rare monster of in
humanity, remarks: at is unacgount-
able Why half-castes, such as he, are so
much more cruel than the Portuguese,
but such Is undoubtly the case. An
inhabitant remarked to Livingstone,
God made white men and God made
black men, but the devil made half
castes." When two races, both in the
scale, are crossed, the progeny seems to
be eminently bad. Thus the noble
hearted Humboldt, who felt none of
that prejudice against the inferior races
now so current In England, speaks in
strong terms Of the bad, and savage dis.
position Of zambos, or half-eastes be-
tween Indians and negroes and this
conclusion has been arrived at by vari-
Gus observers. From these facts we
may perhaps infer that the degraded
state Of so many half-castes is in part
due to reEersion to a primitive and
savage condition, induced by the cross
ing, as well as to the uufavorable eondi-
tions under which they generally exist.
4aimals and Plants under Domesttca-
ton, by c. Dar1cia, H. A.
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that human lips are capable of. A man
must either bs ignorant of what the opera
is, or must have brought to its hearing a
laseiyious nature, to hold such an opinion.
lie granted that many did not enjoy the
opera; he felt sorry for such people, be-
cause they did not know the exquisite
delight of which, from lack of musical
culture, they we're deprived. But such
people should simply say they did not
Ike It. Ii was sorry religion that
would reject the opera on the sour grape
principle. Then, as to the dresses, these
were conventional; but as to the ballet,
be admitted that the women who con-
sented to take part in such spectacIes
were not tt companions for our sons and
daughters. He had no word of endorse
ment for their character. But it might
be remarked that wherever there was a
noble and lofty sentiment uttered on the
stage, it met with the marked approval
of the audience. The music of the opera
would be lost to the world, as it could
not possibly take any other form. It
would, in his opinion, be sensible thing
if congregations would make it a stipu-
lation when they engaged their ministers,
that they should accept season ticket
to the opera, to cultivate their taste in
musical matters.
The abuse of anything is the spirit of
evil brought to it. A Sister of Charity
might go to the bedside of a sick man.
and dress his wounds with the spirit of
an angel, or the passions of a harlot.
" To the pure all things are pure" To
the lascivious eye and adulterous heart,
there is only lasciviousneess and adultery
in the world. When man speaks of
the prevalence of domestic infdeI;ty, and
says that our young women are not pure,
it is only his dark soul that throws its
shadow over modern society. So to the
pure, the opera has pure lessons; it is
only to the depraved already that it min
listers to depravity. Just where use ends,
abuse begins, The liberality of abuse
is no argument for the disuse of any
thing. Yet this was the logic of the
popular churches; we are not to use
cards, or go to the play or the opera, be-
cause these things are abused As well
might we say we ought not to wear clothes,
or live in houses, because these are
abused. The proper way to meet young
man was not to forbid the drama, but to
forbid him to use it to feast his eyes on
vulgarity anywhere. The duty of the
Church, then, plainly is to raise no false
standards in morality for this begets
two evils: it makes religion irrational,
and hardens the conscience of the young
man who must have pleasure even though
it should be against his conscience. It
is the duty of the Church to make
logical definition between moral right
and wrong, not fictitious one. 1t is its
duty, first of all to make men pure in
heart; to teach them never to abuse
privilege, but so to use natural instincts
as to earn the blessing of God and hu-
manity, and so that the memories they
carried with them should be filled even
as picture gallery with the things that
we're of good report, pure, gentle, sweet,
noble, long-sufering, patient and kind.
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married males from 20 to So :

Dr. Stark, the registrar general of
Scotland, infers, frem these figures, that
" batehelorhood is more destructive to
life than the most unwholesome trades,
or than residence in an unwholesome
house or district, where there never has
been the most distant attempt at sanitary
improvement of any kind" We do not
question the opinion that matrimony
may in thousand ways exercise a health
ful influence On the human race, by en-
nobling its habits and enforcing sobriety,
etc., but we think DR.. Stark exceeds the
legitimate conclusion consequent on the
premises. 1t must be remembered that
married men are generally of more ro-
bust and healthy constitution than bach
lors, who frequently are deferred by ILL.,
health from undertaking the support of
families. This important element in the
calculation has been forgotten by DR..
Stark and rsasoners of his class.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-15
The Oldest House in America

By far the most interesting as well as
the most abused of Medford antiquities
is the old brick house built by Governor
Matthew Cradock in 1854, the Oldest
house probably in the United States.
The early dwellings Of the jamestown
and Plymouth settlers have long since
disappeared; but this building with its
solid walls, eighteen inches thick, has
stood here on the quiet bank of the
Mystic for more than two centuries.
Cradock was wealthy London mer-
chant before he emigrated, and the house
was a costly one for those times. 1t is
two low stories in hight with a curb
roef, aud low, almost square windows
In the upper part of the walls near the
caves are two or three "ovals" OF aper-
lures, twenty inches in hight by sixteen
in width, around which the bricks were
laid in the manner of an arch. Some of
these are now filed up with brick, or
with a pane of glass, and whether they
were intended for loop-holes in case of
war or for ornament is not known In
side there used to be fre-proof closets
and other elaborate apartments of
frontier dwelling, but l presume many
remodelings have destroyed the original
plan Of the interior. It has long been
treated as if it were only mean house,
fit for poor tenants to live in. Several
years ago, Brooks, in his history Of
Medford, pointed out the Importance of
its preservation as historical relic, but
nothing has ever been done about it,
and here, within five miles of the mod
ern Athens, this, the Oldest house in
New England, and probably in America,
stands unthought Of and uncared for,
except as its owner calculates the price
Of rent.-Bostoa Letter.
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lS4O.
For the Sunday Appeal
MARGARETTR.
by MRS. J.E nRANpKz.

The dawn is elesving the Eastern sky;
The golden splen6ors are flashing high.
Our Southern forests. in de Wy sheen.
Show deeper uats inid ths gloWlng green
Amber and crimson and russet brown.
M!nSnng their Deaafy for Autumns crown.
Twsning, IN NEST fantastic shape,
The crimson berry and dewy grspe.
IT'S morn when life is buoyant aud nee.
Ana the bounding pulse leaps mesrily.
When the eye IS bright and the echeek Is red.
Ana no sigh regrets o'eT the summer dead.
For, though her bsauties were 1iea snd rare,
she lived Ia ianguid. suitry air,
Bu; AulUmn's hresth s buoysnt and free,
Ana the bounding pulse leaps BeTdly,
Yet even oasuch October dawn
IA now IL ats mp the dew-gemmed lawn,
Lies sun in dismal shadow set
SbTouding our peerless NSrgarstte.
As the hrst glsd rays through the window bent,
me "a slaen's Sou 10 Paradise went,
Glad upsprinzing 10 region best,
let We, by depth Of woes, Poss=st
A. angel in beauty-an angel in heart
she made in oar household the brightest part
With a chastened splendor her dark eyes
smile3-
wOmanhOOd taking the place of the Child,
And her crimson lip wav ripe and rare,
And The rose on her cheek was passing fair,
And the tones OF her vciss were tender ,nd
sweet
With The richest melody r-plete.
When she sang twas the note Of the gentle
Badness mingled with pleading love.
With far-or look il her lustrous eyes
As Il seeking tnat love above the skies
But the highest beauty Of Msrgsrstts,
Lac pictures Of gold In silver set,
Was the grace aud truth and purity
That invested her lie with ssacsity.
Nothing OF malice. OF envy, or strife,
Ever shaded the maisen's life.
Most Ike Al angel she ever seemed,
And thus by loving hearts was deemed.
But cen in the buoyant October morn,
OR aogal from olI clasp was torn.
And. tse7efore. this morn is sad fo- me,
Bsoau-e hi!e- with hsuating memory
Aud the gorgeous leaflets soomily wave,
Bscs Use they rustic above her grave.
And the buoysut winds, as they rock the leaf,
Mock my eyer-p-ese1t grisf
Ny house IS silent, and her lute
Lteth al dust lsden s1d mute.
Where once she sang like suramer.bird,
No young 20 &c is ever heard
Sitting lonely beside ny door,
I watch tie lights Of thai lar OF shore
Thst shining shore where I shall yet
Greet the ansel AarsSrettel
OCToBKR 8 1855.
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The Woman and the Crow.

At a certain crossroads in the State
Of Alabama stood small grocery, or
whisky shop previous TO the rebel
lion, where 'bust-head and "chainlight-
ing were dealt out to the thirsty IN
washed. at FIVE cents a drink or twenty
cents a quart. The presiding genius of
this delectable institution was one Bill
Skies, who, among various other pets,
had a domestioated crow, as black as the
ace of spades. This crow had learned,
among other things, orepeat quite plain
ly the words, Damn youP which he of
course heard frequently used in the
grocery. During the prevalence Of a
knockdown and drag out fight one day,
the crow was frightened from home and
flew off into the woods never to return.
About three miles from the grocery
was a settlement meeting house-an old,
tumble-dOwn affair, only used on certain
occasions when "cireuit-rider" happen
ed that way. Into this building went
the crow, taxing peaeeable possession;
and two days thereafter the church was
thrown open for preaching, and large
crowd assembled, among whom was a
very old lady who was compelled to use
erutches in walking, who took her seat
in the front pew, and was soon deeply
absorbed in the eloquence Of the preach
er. The reverend gentleman had hardly
got under full headway, and commenced
laundering his anathemas at all grades
of sinners, when a hoarse, croaking
voice from above uttered the ominous
words
damn you?"
The preacher and congregation looked
aghast at such profanity, and each peer
ed into his neighbor's face in vain to
detect some sign of guilt Quiet was at
length restored, however, and the SER
mon proceeded but ere ten minutes
elapsed the ominous Damn you - again
electrified the audience, and Just as the
preacher cast his eyes upward in search
for the delinquent, the crow few down
from his perch, and, lighting on the
Bible, calmly surveyed the terrified
crowd, and gave another dOleful croak:
Damn you p
The effect was electrical Giving one
startled and terrified glance at the in
truder, the preacher sprang from win.
dow, carrying sash, glass, and all nth
him, and set off at a break-neek pace
through the woods, closely followed by
his horror-stricken congregation, who
had piled out of the building pell-mell
after him. In the general scramble the
old lady with the erutches had been
knocked down in the church, where she
lay, unable to rise and on observing
her the crow, who was after something
to eat, few down beside her, and, cock
ing up his eye at her very knowingly,
cracked out:
damn you p
The old lady eyed him savagely for
few moments, and then burst forth in
tone of reckless defiance:
"Yes and damn you too 1 had moth
ing to do with getting up this Methodist
meeting-and you know it.
The poor old soul had mistaken the
crow for the devil, and concluded to
if possible, the wrath of his
Satanic majesty by denying all eomph-
city in that affair. The world IS full of
just such people.
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From the N. o. Picayune.l
WOMAE,s WORK.

Dsrning little si1czings
For rbstesa little feet:
Washing little faces
TO keep them fresh and sweet;
Hearing Bible lessons,
TEACHING catechi-m,
Praying for salvation
FROM her5ey asG echiFun,
Woman's work.
Sewing on the bottoms,
Overseeing rations,
Soothing tn kind word
Others lame enfations;
Guiding clnm-y Budgets,
Coaxing sfiiten H0oKs,
EnJertsiBing co.1psny,
And reading re -ent bsolcs,
Woman's work.
Burying out of sight
Hsr own unheal1nE smarts;
Letting In the sunshine
On Otner cloud d hearts;
Bioding up the wounced,
Healing OF che sick,
B-uV-ly marching on rard
Through dangers dark and thick,
Woman'S workI
Leading little children
And Blessing nsnho0d's yssrs;
Showing TO the siHful
How Gods forgiveness eheers;
Scattering sweet ros es
Along anoth~r's path:
6mi ing by tha wayside,
Content with what she hath,
Woman's werki
Letting fall her own tears
Where o4'iy fod can see;
Wipiug { Il anoi hers
With tender SYM mpathy;
Learning by experience,
Teaching by exam pie;
Yesrning fof tbe gateway,
Goldea, peaFly, am pie,
Womsn's work!
At last cemeth silence
A day of deep repose;
Her locks smoothly braided,
Upon her breast a rose;
Las es resting gently
Upon the marble cheek;
A look OF bles ed peGce
Upon the fureht ad meek.
The bands softly folded,
The kindly pulses still;
TIE cold lips know no smile,
The noble heart no thrill;
Her pillow need no sm oOthing,
She craveth for no care
Loves tender-st entrsaty
Wakes 10 responses there,
A grave in the valley,
Tears, bitter sHbs regret;
Another lesson taught,
That life may not forget;
A face forever hidden,
A race forever run;
Dust to dust" the preacher saith,
And woman'S WORK is done.
XARIFFA.
NEW ORLEANS, September, 1865.
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JUDAIs5i AND CHRISTIANITY.
As y sc; ibed by Benj. DtsTaeIf,
now Premier Of England

TThe following extract Is a converse
ton supposed to have taken place in a
garden at Bethany, near Jerusalem, be-
tween a young English noblemaD, well
versed in the Protestant religion, and a
maiden, glorying in her direct descent
from the great Sheikh Abraham. 1t is
from Disraeli's celebrated novel 4" Tan
cred, which abounds in arguments high
" favorable to the Jews, and can be
read with profit by every Israelite, as
the ideas containedt herein are ennObling
to the mind and it is gratifying to find
one. in the authors high position, pay
ing such truthful tributes to our ances-
tors and the founders Of our inspired
religion. I. 4. ID.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-15

"You Franks love Bethany p
Naturally, place to US most dear
and interesting"
Pray, are you Of those Franks who
worship a Jevess, or Of those who revile
her, break her images and blaspheme
her pictures z
q yenerate, though do not adore.
the mother Of God, said Tancred, with
emotion.
"Ah the mother of Jesus p said his
companion. He is your God. He
lived much in this village. He was a
great man, but he was Jew; and you
worship him" --
'And you 10 not worship him p said
Tancred, looking up at he. with an en-
quiring glance and with a reddening
cheek.
"It sometimes seems to me that I
ought" said the lady, "for ! am of his
race, and you should sympathize with
your race.
"You are then, Hebrew
Il am Of the same blood as Mary
whom you venerate, but viii not adore.
"You just now observed" said Tan
cred, after a momentary pause, that it
sometimes almost seems TO you that you
ought to acknowledge my Lord and
Master. He made many converts at
Bethany, and found here some Of his
genIest disciples I wish you had read
the history Of his life.
Il have read it, The English bishop
here, has given me the book. 1t is a
good one. written, I believe, entirely by
Jews. | find in it many things with
which l agree and, if there be some
from which | dissent, it may be that l
do not comprehend them"
ssYou are already half Christian T.
said Tancred with animation.
But the Christianity | draw from
your book does not agree with the
Christianity which you practice, said
the lady, "and | fear, therefore, it may
be heretical.'
HThe Christian church would be your
guide"
(Which p inquired the lady; "there
are so many in Jerusalem. There is the
good bishop who presented me with this
volume, and who is himself a Hebrew
he is a church there is the latin church,
which was founded by Hebrew there
is the Armenian church, which belongs
10 an Eastern nation, who, like the He
brews, have lost their country and are
scattered In every cline there is the
Abvssiuian church, who hold US in great
honor, and practice many Of our rites
and ceremonies; and there are the
Greek. the Maronite, and the Coptic
churches, who do not favor Us, but who
do not treat us as grossly as they treat
-. ah other. In this perplexity, it may
Ise to remain within the pale Of a
- older than all Of them, the
oLarob n ,-bich Jesus was born, and
- bo novor quitted, for he was born
VIZ In Il T,ed > lew and died Jew as
became a prince Of th,e house OF DAVID,
which you do, and l mus ackho%ieoge
him to have been. Your sacIeo gen
eslogies prove the fact; ana Il you
could not establish it, the whole teOric
of your faith falls to The ground.
"If i had no commence IN "NJ
church" said Tancred, with emotion,
Il would fall down before God and be-
seech Him to enlighten me; and in this
land he added in tone of excite
ment. 81 cannot believe that the appeal
to the Merey-seat would be made in
vain.
nBut human wit ought to be exhaust
ed. before we presume to invoke divine
interposition," said the lady.
81 observe that Jesus was IS fond Of