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Domestic Affairs.

Gold closed yesterday at 1879
General Sickles sails for Spain early next
month.
The Dominion Parliament was yesterday
prorogued.
The Internal Revenue receipts yesterday,
were 100000.
The Washington Methodists are in favor
of lay representation.
The Government has sold one hundred
thousand muskets to the Turks.
An insane man, named Irons, yesterday
shot his wife at Pascoag, Il. l., and fed
-Four rowdies, on Monday night, nearly
beat to death Policeman Welsh, of Albany,
New York.
Five negroes are on the Grand Jury in
the United States Court of the District of
Columbia.
The American Protestant Association has
one hundred and ninety lodges in the United
States. .....
Richard Johns, wealthy Baltimorean,
West, yesterday
The Congressional Committee on Ways
and Means yesterday passed Promontory
Point, going westward.
DR.. Greenleaf Rector of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of Emmanuel, Brooklyn, died
at his residence yesterday.
The Iron Mountain Railroad was yester-
day opened to Fredericktown, one hundred
and five miles from st. Louis.
The Attorney-General of Missouri gives
it as his opinion that the interest on the State
debt should be paid in gold
Harry Hauck, of Lebanon, has been ap-
pointed Deputy State School Superintendent,
in the place of E. r. Coburn, deceased.
There are fourteen candidates to be ex-
amined tomorrow for the two vacancies of
Assistant Examiners in the Patent Office.
The members of the Cuban Junta, ar
rested in New York on Monday We're all adj
mitted to bail yesterday, except Colonel Ryan.
Samuel Sutton, sentenced to be hanged
at Haversack, N. Y, on Friday next, has had
his sentence changed to Imprisonment for
life. u
The Rev. Charles e. CLANCY will be tried
in Chicago, on July 21, before a board of
clergymen, for violation of the discipline of
the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Gresham, editor of a Nashville paper,
was attacked by Attorney-General Tuthill at
Nashville, yesterday. Tuthill tried to shoot
Gresham, and got badly thrashed.
The captain and cook of the schooner
Mary E. Fleming from Matanzas for Balti-
more died of yellow fever at sea- The
schooner is in quarantine at Fortress Monroe.
-Drs. Norris and McNulty and Captain
Conant were arrested in New York last night,
charged with holding officers commissions in
the regiments being raised for the Cubans.
Judge Gilmore decided, yesterday, that
the foreign insurance agents on trial IN the
Criminal Court, for acting without license,
were liable TO and must pay the fine OF $500.
The Supreme Court OF Georgia, sitting
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FEET PER NfrEf,

"Some idea may be formed of the relative cost
of transportation over grades by glance at this
table,"
Whilst the Baltimore and Ohio road has seve-
raj miles of 116 feet grade, this road has none
coming eastward between COvington and the
Ohio, over 2915 feet to the mile, and only 10
miles of that grade. For 200 miles from the
Ohio to the western base of the Allegheny there
is no grade over 20 feet to the mile. Sixty per
cent of the whole line is straight; on the curved
portion the minimum radius is 1000 feet, and of
this minimum there are only 2E miles, scarcely
one per cent. of the whole distance.
The James River and Kanawha Canal, COM
mencing at Richmond, is finished and in opera
ton to Buchanan, AZ miles below Covington,
and on this section a considerable amount of
work has been done. The present road follows
the waters of James river IA miles. There is,
therefore, required only the completion of 33
miles of canal TO perfect line of transportation
from the Ohio river to Norfolk, via Richmond,
for such tonnage as requires the lowest rates of
charge.
From Richmond to the base of the Blue Ridge
the country is well adapted to the growth of
tobacco and all cereals, and contains good deal
of valuable pine and oak timber. The counties
of Albemarle, Orange, aud Nelson, lying at the
eastern base of the Blue Ridge, are admirably
adapted in soil and climate for the grape and
fruits of all kinds besides the staple crops above
mentioned.
When the road crosses the Blue Ridge it enters
nthe Shenandoah Valley, and is the outlet for
Several of the finest counties of that valley whose
staple productions are wheat rye, corn, oats, hay
beef cattle, hogs, and stock of all kinds. These
are the fruits of the soil, but the mountains
which bound this valley contain inexhaustible
quantities of limestone, manganese and iron ore,
with an abundant supply of water-power. Pass
ing beyond this iron district the road enters the
region of mineral springs before referred TO, In
numbers, variety, aud quality unsurpassed by
any in the world for their established curative
properties. This district is nterspersed with
rich valleys, and is susceptible of being made
valuable for sheep raising
Passing Covington, on the jackson river, and
, crossing the Allegheny mountains the road
enters another fine agricultural and grazing
district, and on 10 the waters which flow into
the Ohio, it traces the valleys of the Greenbrier
and New rivers for many miles, and of the Great
Kanawha until its western terminus is gained on
the Ohio. The New river country Is remarkable
for the great growth and variety of its timber.
The valley of the Great Kanawha is remark
able for fertility and mineral wealth Its soil
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has cultivated corn for eighty years without in
termission and without the aid OF manure, and
still yields abundartly. Below the surface is an
inexhaustible supply of salt water, from which
are now made one and half million bushels OF
salt per annum, while the adjacent hills on either
side are filed with camel, splint, and bitumi-
nous coal in great abundance and of the finest
quality. The coal deposits lie horizontally and
in veins varying from three feet to fifteen feet in
thickness. The splint coal is free from sulphur,
and is most valuable for smelling purposes. The
relative position of coal and iron on this road is
such that coal may be carried east to the iron or
the ore may be carried west to the coal, with
facility
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at Atlanta, yesterday declared that un Ter the
constitution Of that State, the Legislatu 'e had
no authority to fix the social status OF the
citizens.
John Bowen was arrested yester lay at
Milford, Pa He was charged with acing
the distractions on the Erie Railroad track
which caused the Cavis Rock disaster. B owen
confessed his oDnilt
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III b. Craig Ironsides Malissa; Sarah Maloy; San ia
New York = -
Jane Elliott, With coal, for Philadelphia
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MARINE TELEGRAPH.
For additional Marine NetOs see First p

For additional Marine Ne,Os see First Page
ALMANAC FOR PHILADELPHIA-THIS DAY.
SUN RISES. .42a MOON RISES. .........
Sun SETS. "a HIGH WATER. 139
PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE
JOIN o. JAMES,
@. b. DURBoRow, COMMITTEE OF THE MONTH.
THOMAS l.. GILLESPIE, J .H 1851.
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csy~ OLD OAKS CEMETERY ooMPA

OF PHILADELPHIA
OFFICE, No. SIS WALNUT STREET
This Company prepared to dispose of Lots, clear
of all incumbrance, on REASONABLE TERMS. The ad
vantages offered by this Cemetery well known to be
equal superior to those possessed by other Gene
terry
We invite all who desire to purchase Burial Lots to call
ut the Office where plans be and all particulars
will be given.
To societies desiring large tracts oAnd liberal reduo
ton will be made
ALFRED O. HARMER, President.
MARTIN LANDENBERGER, Treasurer.
MICHAEL NIsBEr. Secretary IL 6m
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-26
to say. but youth never succeed

more to say, but you'll never Su5cecu J
mark me, never! no, never"
One young man went to the gaming
table, the other to his home TO converse
with muses.. James PeerGort struggled
for fame and honor, ennobled himself
and others. Fred IIayton sought to en-
joy himself in wandering from one sa-
loon to another and risking his all at the
gaming table. A friendly hand clasped
his and q familiar voice whispered,
:" You can never be happy while thus
engaged. Now mark me "never, no,
neverf' "No, never"-how many have
given up; how many have whispered
farewell to their holiest object in life
after hearing those words. Few have
the courage to arise above them. Few
the strength to press onward though
foes assail. To some it seems as spur
and the flashing eye and thoughtful
brow indicates, ~ will succeed in spite
of their prophesies."
Young child you can never learn to
walk, don't try. Young man, you can
never become distinguished, don't exert
yourself. The race belongs not to tho
swift, but the strong; and he who list
ems to "no, never" must have no hopes
of succeeding. Speak it man, in envy
Speak it woman without an object
take away ambitions but leave us hearts
in sympathy with toiling ones.
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-26
The value OF Brains.

Working as an ordinary hand in
Philadelphia shipyard, until within
few wears, was q man named John l..
Knowlton. His popularity was that,
while others of his class were at the ale
houses, or indulging in jollitieation,
he was incessantly engaged in studying
upon mechanical combinations. Ono
of his companions secured poodle dog
and spent six months in teaching the
quadruped to execute a jig upon his
hind legs. Knowlton spent the same
period in discovering some method by
which he could saw out ship timber in a
beveled form.
The first man taught his dog to dance
-Knowlton, in the same time, discov-
cred a mechanical combination that en-
abled him to do in two hours the work
that would occupy a dozen men, by slow
and laborious process, an entire day
That saw is now in use in all the ship
yards in the country. 1t cuts beam 10
curved shape MS quickly as an ordin-
ary sawmill saw rips up a straight
plank.
Knowlton continued his experiments.
He took 10 part in parades or target
shootngs, and in short time after
wards he secured patent for machine
that turns any material whatever into a
perfectly spherical form. He sold a
portion of his patent for sum that is
equivalent to II fortune. The machine
was used cleaning off cannon balls for
the government.
When the ball comes from the mould
the surface is incrusted, and the ordi-
nary process of smoothing it was slow
and wearisome. The machine, almost
in an instant, and with mathematical
accuracy, peels it TO the surface of the
metal, at the same time smoothing out
any deviations from the perfect spher-
iodal form.
Tho same unnssuming man has in
vented boring machine, that was tested
in tic presence of number of scientific
gentlemen. 1t bored at the rate O
twenty-five inches an hour, through Z
block of granite, with pressure of but
three hundred pounds upon the drill
A gentlemen present offered him ter
thousand dollars upon the spot, for &
part interest III the invention, in Europe
and the offer WIS then accepted.
The moral of all this is that peopl
who keep on studying are sure q
achieve something. Mr.. Knowltor
doesn't consider himself by any mean
brilliant, but it once inspired with al
idea, he pursues it until he forced it int
tangible shape. If everybody woul'
follow copy, the world would b. les
filled with idlers, and the streets wit
grumblers and miscontents.- -lScieHtJf
american.
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-26

BrluSet nefpe't Hcf' uslAtfesS fns.s'Ar 70
house; Mac, seemingly Inspired by the
state of his cassiineres and buff, jumps
mp, seizes the barrel, and giving it one
surging toss oter the fence, he hurled
The infatuated thing of hoops and slaves
i:to the street. 1t rolled and ricocheted,
to the terror of pair OF horses attached
TO farmers wagon, they possibly be-
| lieving that the Inauguration day OF all
creation had arrived, broke loose and
dashed down the street, running over
the same old barrel, by means of which
the wagon was overturned, the varied
contents of the agon-sundry jugs,
bundles, parcels, eggs and little boy
were split all over the street and side
walk within forty rods compass The
barrel went whirling down the first
open cellar.way, which happened to be
the ataAer of tin-smith; he was en-
gagged with soldering-iron and molten
pewter over a charcoal furnace, and the
noise and confusion of q dingy, lumber
some body, like that of the Internal bar
rel coming at him not only alarmed the
timer, but striking the workbench and
upsetting the fire and molten pewter,
scalded the poor artisan and his appren'
tice, and set the shop on fire.
80, lor, gorry ~ roars the boss as he
jumps around. "Scalded to death p
Firer' bawls The apprentice, travel
ing suddenly up the stairs to the street.
"Fire Murdcri Waterl!r
Fire--fire!'' roars tie boss, pitching
up STAIRS, followed by cloud of smoke,
his own greasy apron burnt to cinder
"Run down and pitt out the fire y
cries the man who kept "two boss gro
cery' up stairs. Put ii outP'
And down in the cellar rushes the gro
Ger in the dark and smoke; he steps
upon the barrel, and over he goes
screeching horribly for help. Down
rush two hurley firemen one seizes the
burning barrel, and the other the scorch
ed grocer.
The barrel was hurled up into the
street. like hot shot, knocking down
some two or three OF the mob congrega'
ted on the sidewalk, and spreading al
alarm that the cellar had exploded ant
kegs of powder were flying upwards.
"Firel fire!l fire III > arose the vel
and cry. The engines came, the belli
rang, the mob thickened, and never wa
there more miscellaneous roar of bus.
voices and rushing of hither and thith
er, than on this special occasion.
The horses had ran about q mile
knocking down people and doing con
siderable damage to themselves. Th'
e contents of the wagon Were about don,
> for.
, BY dint of very efficient service on tn
part of the firemen, the celler was fille'
with water, and the conflagration sus
pended.
An old, sharp-sighted, vinegarish, fe
Il male neighbor of unfortunate Maguflin
Q saw him throw the barrel. She in
= formed on Mac, and he was prosecuted
n II cost him nearly a thousand dollars, il
time and money, and he heartily ah
o horred the sight of an empty barre
o from that day to this.
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-26
NO. 8
They Won't Trouble You Long.

Children grow up nothing on earth
grows so fast as children. 1t was but
yesterday, and that lad was playing
with tops, a buoyant boy. Heis man,
and gone now. There IS no more child
hood for him or for us. Life has claim
ed him. When beginning is made it
is like ravelling a stocking, stitch by
stitch gives way till all rs gone. The
house has nots child in it--there is no
more noise in the hall-boys rushing
pell mell it is very orderly now. There
are no more skates, sleds, balls or strinxs
left scattered about. Things are neat
enough now. There is no delay for
sleepy folkss there is no longer any
task, before you lie down, of looking
after anybody and tucking up the bed
clothes. There are no disputes to set
tie, nobody to get Off to school, no COM
plaint no opportunities for impossible
things, no rps to mend, no fingers to
tie up, no faces to be washol, or collars
TO be arranged. There was never such
peace in the house 1t would sound
like music to have some feet to clatter
down the front stairs Oh for some
childrens noise! What used to all us
that we were hushing their loud laugh,
checking their noisy frolic, and reprov-
ing their slamming and banging the
doors?
We wish our neighbors would only
lend us an nrchin or two to make lit-
tie noise in these promises. A homo
without children 1t is like a lantern
and no candle; a garden and no flow
ers; brook and no water gurgling and
j9shing through its channel.
We want to be tried, 70 be vexod, to
be run over to hear children at work
with all its varieties. During the secu-
lar days this is enough marked. But it
is the Sabbath that puts our homes to
the proof. That is the Christian family
day. The intervals OF public worship
are spaces of peace. The family seems
made up that day. The children are at
home, and you can lay your hands upon
their heads. They seom to recognize
the greater and lesser love-to God and
to friends. The house is peaceful, but
not still. There is low and melodious
thrill of children in it. But the Sabbath
comes too still now. There is q silence
4f.l. y -
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-26
written for the i" Clayton Herald.''l
MO, NEvERl
BY VIOLA.

WHEY have striven for fame and
l honor; they have toiled and suf
fered, but to very little purpose. They
tried to mount, but some one seized and
held thcm back. 'sIt is no use, you
can not do it, your efforts are ineffectu.
al; you do not possess tho talent''-
"But I have a little talent, and will
improve that" has been the answer.
Its no use you will never succeed.
"no, never," try something else."-
"Why give up so soon? you cannot
tell what am capable of doing in such
short time; and, oh, Pm so happy
when engaged in brain labor"
"At present, its all nonsense, you are
in love or have turned fool, don't
know which,"
"Don't speak in that way to mo,
made up my mind oaly short time
ago to gain my object or die in the at
tempt, and Will you seek to turn me
from il ~
Yes, James. its no use, como with
me and be the jolly boy you used to be.
This sitting up night after night pour
ing over musty old books, and writing
until the day dawns, will ruin you.-.
Your productions are not appreciated
and you'll b5 a great deal happier with
your old friends. We miss you so
much in our clubs, and are longing for
one of your old stofies. No person can
tell stories like James Peerfort and5,nll
must prove it this very right. lspripcfA
am on my way 10 our club.ann1 ~,
mnst join me-" He drew - vonDr
mans arm within his own and aiscour-
aging him by unkind and unjust re-
marks, sought TO lead him astray.
q No, Fred, cannot go. shall not
go. Nothing shall deter me in my re.
solved purpose. You can wound me by
unkind remarks, and say my produc-
tions are unworthy notice, aud if you
have spoken truly, I'll strive till 1 make
them worthy. My heart is in my work,
and living my thoughts are based upon
its fulfllment, If l die my work shall
be partially performed, for my future
revelations lie in my mind and God
shall judge them"
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-26

only Where he is now you see, must
have been covered with snow then, or
he couldn't have kept his footing"
Having said this much he replaced
the quid in his mouth and said no more.
There was no earthly use of waiting
longer, and yet the captain seemed 10th
to give the order to fill and bear away.
elf the poor fellow had a sparkle of
life in him he would have moved before
this, for it's six or seven hours since we
first saw him. But if he did move, ii
would only be to slide down over the
precipice, for no living thing could keep
footing on such slope as that. And
il there are any more of them we should
have seen them before this time, al
though we could never get them off, if
VIC did,"
Then pausing suddenly in his walk
on the quarterback, he gave an order
to get gun ready forward, and present.
came to the answer:
"All ready with gun, sir"
"Fire p
In few seconds the echo of the loud
report resounded from the icy wall, for
another instant all was still, and then
came noise like the rafting of loud
thunder, proceeding from the center OF
the berg.
The danger of our proximity to this
vast object now became more and more
apparent, and all sail Was made to get
a good of1ing. But we had barely pro-
ceeded a quarter of mile when the
same noise was heard again, only loud
er, more prolonged, and accompanied
by rending, crushing sound, the in
tensity and nature of which is perfectly
indiscrihable, The vast island was
parting in the middle, down the course
of the sea, upheaving what had been its
base, in which were inbedded huge
masses of rock, covered with long sea-
weed. The other part still remained
erect, but was swaying to and fro, as il
it almost must capsize. The convul'
sion caused less foam and turmoil than
might have been supposed, hut raised 4
waive of such tremendous magnitude
that, when it reached our ship, she
seemed about TO be overwhelmed by {
, rolling mountain of wator higher thar
our mastheads. The good ship ros'
, upon its crest, and, before again sinking
into the hollow, we saw the man upor
the iceberg, still in the same position
glide swiftly down the slippery incline
shoot over the edge of the precipice, anC
; plunge into the raging surf.
. A sensation of inexpressible relief wal
experienced by all. 1t had seemed 81
dreadful to sail away and leave hin
there, unburied and alone now, at any
, rate, we had seen the last of him.
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-26
TURDAy MORNING, JUNE 26, 1869.

swell, never mind, go bling it out
and get me the hammer and some nails
in the wood-house."
Away goes Bridget, muttering all
manner of Milesian anathemas against
the fated barrel, and which, after while
she brings forth with the hammer and
nails.
"There, sir, bad luck to 'em there's
the divil $ own it is,p and down she
dumps the barrel, over it goes, annihila-
ting two flower-pots, and exterminatinp
a bulb brought from Mexico by the
military brother of Magufiin, and valued
beyond jewels by Mrs. NJ.
80, the devilp' cries Mac. :" What IN
the blazes are you at. you internal bog
trotterl Don't you see2"
Whirra, whirra ~ groans Bridget,
"now--look now, what are yees at p
stand up, stand up!' but the barrel
wouldn't stand.
"o-o-op' roars Mac, "let it alone
Sec what you've done now-upset ano-
ther pot, and broke that whole vine OF
at the rooti Clear yourself or I'll brain
youl
Magufin in his wrath levelIed the
hammer at Bridget, who took to her heels
just as Mrs. Mac. made her appearance,
and began a wall over her murdered
flowers. 1t was too bad, and worse to
contemplate, so Mac gave Mrs. Mac the
hammer and nails, while he seized the
ill-starred or misunderstanding barrel,
and planting the headless end down in
to the grass-plot beneath the arbor, be.
gan to ascend.
Erred, Fred!" cries Mrs. Mac, "don't,
don't the nasty barrel will fall over.',
"IIold your tongue, and the barrel, 1
say--I'll risk it,"
But, alas for his confidence no sooner
had he placed one foot furiously upon
the head, and was about to throw up the
other, than in went the treacherous plat
form, down went the right foot and leg,
over went the barrel, and Mrs, Mac,
with a scream, also
Poor Maguflin was slightly killed
his leg lacerated, and his pants torn, by
the aid of two treacherous nails, while
Mrs. Mac was more or less stunned and
wounded into insensihility. Bridget
raii to the rescue, Mrs. Mac screamed,
M1Grayed a,nd sworc equal to the grand