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tain was ON snore receiving his last orders, when
three distinct detonstons were heard They were the
blowing up Of the Pluto, the ponto0n and the maga
zine ON sh0re. What was the cause u unknown, ~
every one abous the store ana vessels disappsared
in the explosion Seventeen persned on board the
Pluto including the wife and daughter OF the cap
tain and nine worKmen repairing the vessel For
tunatey there were no persons the pontoon or In
the magazine 1t being the breakfast hour The cap-
tain an iron clad lying near says the schooner az
ploded nrst the pontoOn next and the magazIno
last. The captain OF the schooner says that before
he left the haschways were battened down and
covered with tarpauln, and the deck was
washed II It was not for this statement one might
md very probable cause In the omnipresent cga-
rette, for men have Deen seen smoking while en-
gagged in the manufacture OF cartridges, and 1t II
only little time ago that country store resolved
itself into brickDats and mortar by the s0rekeoper
In going to attend customer fingng his cigarette
behind him into An open keg OF powder.
Some damage was done to vessels lying on the
Brazilian arsenal established at Cerrito. powder
natDoat near the magazine vanished; p0nt00n,
hauled ashore half mile away, was driven lnaO
tho river and sunk; bomb nat mlio
away, was overwhelmed by the wave ana
sunk; four lrOn-cads suffered some dam
age, and the buildings shore were injured
The nelghbOring trees we're Overthr0wn for = con-
siderable distance, torn up by beams and splinseIs
hurled into the forest BY the explosion. great
number OF birds were killed, and on the same DAY
large quantity OF dead or stunned dsn were washed
ashore for long way down, and the schoOLers
anchor satd TO have been found ut the other SIDE
OF the island,
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Terrible Gunpowder Explosion on
the River Paraguay.
A Schooner. Pontoon Bridge and Maga-
zine Blown Up and Several
Lives Lost.
THE PARA0uAYAN WAR.

Dashing Raid by Lopez's Foilowors-Giving
tho Braxiiians the SIip-Lopez's Refuge
Safe-C0unt DEa PowerIess-Dese erters'
Stories.
Rio yANEIRO, Feb. /, 1870.
According to tho last from the theatre Of opera.
tions 600 Paraguayans slipped through the Two Bra
lillian divisions and turned up not far from tne
Paraguay, near San Pedro. All we know Of this
bold raid almost to the Brazilian bases Ii that Gen.
eral Camara marched down against the Paraguay
ans and Is said to have defeated them and taken
the commander prisoner. Whether despair or null
rary tacsics suggested the raid we do not know as
nothing but the bare statement given yet received
It Is now known that the Southern division. under
the Comte d'Eu himself has found 1t impractcable
to reach Lopez's supposed refuge at Panadero BY
passing through Igatemy. Besides the din1cuity OF
feeding the troops and horses so far from
tue base and the obstruction OF the only
there Is o stretch OF country TO be passed
through SO unhealthy that the troops VINO
tried to proceed through were almost al seized 6y
fever and laid up, many dying. In consequence the
COmte d Eu had gone 10 the North 70 Try 10 get 70
Panadero from above, and only Q corps OF observa-
tQA was TO De left at Curugtaty.
Deserlers from Lopez say he has only J, 500 men
lefr all suffering greatly from scarcity OF food; but
deserters' tales are not much to oe relied on. How
ever, the commander OF the Brazilian Northern divi-
sion keeps number OF small parties securing tne
country to prevent Lopez collecting cattle lwhere
any few remaIn aud thus starve him into suDmis-
sion or hight from Paraguay. Probably IN time the
plan will become effective and pure munger Will
force his men to leave him; but the Parayuayans
are frugal and devoted ana much time may be re-
Quired Tor this.
General Geiiy obes has gone to Paraguay to
take command or the Argentine troops there,
General vedla having given 1t mp in conse-
quence OF the death OF his son "a b0y) VINO accl,
dentaIly shot himself through the head General
POidOro, commandment OF the theatre OF operations
not immediately under the C0mte deus Immediate
command has obtained leave to return nome 10 MO,
his health having broken down.
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RUSSIA.

Tho Burlingamc-Chinsse Reception st Court
State Formnlitfss nnd Imperial Honor-The
Emperor Alexander ON President Grant's
Visiting Europs-Would Like ssTo Soc Him
in Rnssia,--The Grand Duke Alexis ON His
Projected Visit 70 Amcrica-Abe Lincoln's
Memory.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb II, 1870.
The formaties Of Mr.. Burlingame's reception yes
terday by the Emperor and the Empress OF Russia
were In exact accordance, with the special cere-
monial, copy OF which sent the HERALD . few
days since.
Attwelve O'Clock noon Mr. Burlingame and the
o'her ENJOYS Of Qook their seats In court
carriage drawn By four horses, which had been sent
Tor them. The secretaries followed in two other
carriages, each drawn by two horses.
Upon arriving a. the grand entrance Of the winter
palace, which faces the rirer Neya, she envoys OF
China were met at the door By court .fo,vier and
two royal herads, In the antechamber by the Chief
Of the Department Of Ceremonies, and In tns Field
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TAE LATE PRIZE FIsHr.
Communication from sam Colly or,


From the New York Clipper, March 12.l
On Ine evening following the battle on Mystic
Island the light weight champicn--Sam Collyer--
vanquished and sadly depressed IN spirits, returned
to the mouse OF his relatives at Williamsburg, L. l.,
where he has remained up to the present tinle He
naturally feels deeply chagrined at the, to him at
least, utterly unlocked for termination OF the en-.
counter an his statement or the Injury he sustained
IN the third round (Which appears In the card be-
lowl may account ID some measure, at all events
for the bewlderment characterizing bis appearance
the wioness Of his delivery thereafter and his gen.
eral faulty style Of fighting II VIII be observed that
he perfectly satished with The arrangements at
the ring sde though the supporters or MS opponent
preponderated out naturally is aggrleved at the at
tempts made by some parties 10 damage MIN IN
JUSTLY -
Msasr.. Bsn.y aaron Owen .ognssan and Billy Donnsiy
through columns for me- also the referee Ny seconds
oa al that IA % could ns and ns 0 Iso o
Aaron has BY ang su1h bold and or .py Sr or me- bess os
gentlemen at any Time WIN he only glad 70
fault to nd Everything about the ring was arranged as
BODY could sec that was sa With joy TO hnf that hsd
such fair chance to win met vita misfortune IN the
a jaw was shattered but anass keep 70 myself and
fingered there all could to repay those who had come 40 far
know It better than doso much that to
be by anybody the other party ought TO feel worse
sealed iss los and soe say iso lbs Ths, Shows lack Of
common sense for whsp sssea wla ;srrqSnaea y Ed
and room full OF people Everybody knows thai Edwards
could be bought fgb at ha. weight and that the
weight Wss is ibs and God and my trainer know The work
do to get TO II looks mean and cowsrdy to make
aala nppsssl ps Al he has soft thing If had wehsd
ounce i2s lbs. Billy would not have sripped aure
am, respectfully, yours, SAM CoLLYEH.
AARON AND EDWARDS
The match between Barney Aaron and Billy Ed
wards Is OF. Barney, however. u vacr anxious for
O bgni with Edwards.
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URUGUAY.
The Public Credit-Projcct TO Establish = Ma
fi0nal Bank.

The Public Credit-Projcct 60 Establish . Ma
tiOnal Bank.
RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 90, I87a
In Montevideo Duncan Stewart Minister Of n.
ance, was working away ON the bank problem how
to maintain gold redeeming issue OF bills. COM
mission had been created, called the Committee OF
Public Credit to take charge OF the service Of tho
public debt and to advise the government. The pre-
sident is Mr.. Thomas Tomkinson. Another decree
formed committee OF nine merchants and capital
lists to aid FIRST, and the government promises 70
submit to both Its projects relative to the public
credit ana the commercial crises. The government
has also formally announced that 1t has no intention
TO found national bank; that on the contrary II
averse to such measure. Fourteen lenders have
been received for the construction OF the English
bank ana the Cape st. Mary lighthouse. Tho I'M
provement Of the port OF MonJeytdeo Ii also pro-
jected, and the government called for tenders In
Europe which were to be sent in there by the LIST 0
January last.
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taking any steps which may be In opposition 70 the
Austrian constitution, or lead to oncr0achments on
the rights OF the Austrian state, ana declares tne
determination OF the Austrian government not to
surer any such encroachments at the same time
expressing its wish to avoid c0n1lctS between the
State and the Church. This note u entirely inde-
pendent OF any agreement which may 90 entered
lnto between the Powers In the event 0i any Yep
interests or those OF peace and civilization with the
view Of q common course OF action IN the matter.
Count Beusg's warning to the vatican WAS. I'M
derstand, purely spontaneous act consequent on
his having received Information that twenty one
canOns had really been submitted I0r adoption.
These canOns condemn certain laws which form part
OF the Austrian constitution and forbid the Catho-
lies In the empire to obey them ana the OOunt con-
sldered II necessary at once 70 express nS WE'VE vn
the subject In order that his silence should not pe
nstrued into consent. learn that the governmcnt
has decided to punish, with the utmost rigor OF tne
law, any priest In Austria VINO may publish the now
canOns II Is remarkable that all the Austr0-hu
rian bishops forty six In number who are now pres.
ent at the Council belong to the opposition with the
single exception OF the Blsa0p Of Brixen.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

An English company has onered 100000 for the
gaming Institution az Saxon In Switzerland.
The wealthlest merchant in Russia, Mr. Gromof
lately died and LETT his neirs the modest fortune Of
22, 100000 r0ubles
shark was recently caught in the channel be-
tween Dover and Havre which measured seven feet
In length and weighed two hundred p0unds
Paris has 5000 chif0nniers rag plckersh 5000 Of
whom are licensed aud 5000 interlOpers. Their
aggregate gains are $780, 900 francs per annum.
The Burgomasser ana council Of the small town
the public streets for fear OF accidents BY fire.
The manufacturers in Holland have petittoned the
government 70 send c0mmercial ana diplomatic
extraordinary mission TO China.
It il reported that the Turkish govern ent has de-.
cided TO solve the Church question In Bulgaria by
declaring Its Independence.
powerful company has been formed in St.
Petersburg for the purpose OF working the coal do
pOsits in the Caucasus.
The new Russian settlement or Krasn0vodsk, on
the Eastern shore or the Caspian sea- has 70 be
abandoned on account OF the want OF fresh water.
at Warsaw, in Poland, several ladies have been
fined twenty five rubles each for not rising from
their seats during the recital OF the prayer for Che
Russian imperial family.
At stralsund two schoolboys quarrelled lately and
fought duel with pistols at fifteen PAGES. One had
bullet through his jacket and the other would have
been killed but for cigarcase that he carried In his
breast.
Toulon was surprised recently by lawyer. VINO In.
formed him that he was heir TO the title OF Duke and
Q fortune OF $780, 900.
Igualada a town In Catalonia. is under q reign OF
terror, caused by band OF forty robbers who muir
der and steal wherever anything can be f0und They
live In the town ana are well known, but no one
dares to arrest them. Many people have left the CITY,
A jewellers assistant was recently robbed In the
streets Of Paris or $50 OC0 worth OF jewery BY man
and woman. The latter threw herself around his
neck and the man feed him BY blow on the head
Most OF the property has been recovered and the
guilty couple arrested.
Recent French medical statistics have demon
srated facts worthy the serious attention OF the
better hall OF mankind. The drst Is that since wo
men have loosened their corsets the annual NOR
tally has decreased 1sH per cent. The second II
that since women have loaded their heads with
hldeous chgnons cerebral fevers have Increased
Tx per cent
The Spanish Journals record fearful CRIME chat
has been committed near Valencia. band OF men
entered country house BY . hole 10 the ROOT: Al
night flme, aud bound and gagged the proprietor.
hts wife and eldest Tue dve other children
were then brought into the presence OF their helpless
parents and the ruans tore their tongues and eyes
out. They then cut the feet OF the father and son
and hung the bodies head d0wnwards BY means o.
ropes fastened to the tendons Of the legs. WITH
their struggling victims still writhing In their agonJ
the wretches cOolly prepared some breakfast aud sa
down to Dartake OF IT. Two men have been arrested
n eu0DiCfOn.
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ROME.

An Austrian Shot In the Vatican.
The Roman correspondent OF the Eastern BUDGET
at Vienna, writing on the 10Th OF February, says:
The news OF Count Beust's note on The Syllabus
which / was enabled TO communicate 10 you by
sensation here. The note is addressed 10 Count
Trauttnansdorfr, the Austrian Ambassador al
Eome. Ii warns ths VATICAN most earnestly sgalnat
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TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.

A BRAZILIAN Vessel with Three Hundred and
sixty Tons of Cmnpowder Flown Up-A
Pontoon and Magazine Also Destroyed
Several Lives Lost.
RIO JANElRo Fob. ], 1870.
d The explosion or gunpowder at the island OF Ger
rito at the mouth OF the Paraguay consisted OF $50
tons OF powder. on the I'd the Brazan schooner
Pluto had just received cargo OF powder she was
to take TO Rio, and alongside the pontoon from
which TIE lowder had been transferred. The oan.
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Eng,and'S March to Democracy Re-
ported from St. Stephens.
Premier Gladstone Introducing the Irish
Land Bill in Parliament.
The United States Mission at the Russian
Court and the Cars Invitation
to the President.
Political Disorganlzation and Military
Pauperism In Madrid.

The HERALD special correspondents In Europe
supply the following Interesting and highly valuable
reports OF the progress or events IN England RUSSIA
and Spain TO the latest mai Gate from the Ola
World.
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SOUTH AMERICA.
False Promises About the Return
of the Brazilian Army.
LopEz's OPERATIONS IN THE FIELD.

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The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-06
/, Puzzled Du.ehman,

A Wisconsin secular paper con-
tains the following good story; One
who does not believe in immersion for
baDiism. was holding 9 protraoted
meeting. aud one night preached on
the subject of baptism, In the course
of his remarks he said. some believe
il necessary to go down into the water.
and come 10 out OF il to be baptized.
But this he claimed to be fsllacy, for
the proposition Into OF the scrip
tures, should he rendered d'aerently.
for it does not mean into all times.
" Moses" he zaid, we are told, went
uD into the mountain, and the Saviour
was taken into a high mountain, etc.
Now We do not suppose that either
vent into q mountain. but unto 1t.
50 With going down into the water It
means simply going down close by or
near to.Ahe water, and being baptized
in the ordinary way by spFiuklipg or
pouring"
in due season and style closed his dis
course, when an invitation was given
for kBg one so disposea TO arise and
express his thoughts. Quite mum.
Der of the brethrsR eEOse and SAID
thcy were glad they had been present
on this oeGasion that they were yell
pleased with the sound sermon they
had lust heard, aud felt their souls
greatly blessed. Finally. coFpGlent
Gentleman of TeBtonic extraction, q
Stranger to all, arose aud broke a 81
Iepoe that was almost painfai, as fol-
"Mister Breacher. 1 ish 50 glad 1
wash here to night, for l has had ex-
pIained to my mint some diogs dat [
never could pellet before. Oh, | so
glad dat into does not mean into at
all, but shust close By OF near to, for
now can belief manish dIngs vot l
could not pellet pefore. We reat,
Mr.. preacher, dat Taniel was cast In
10 de ten OF lions and come out alite.
Now, never could pellet dat, for de
wilt beasts would shust eat him right
of; bat now i Is ferry clear to my
mint. He vas shust close py, or near
to. and It'd not get into de ten at all.
Oh, L ish so glat / yash here tonight
Again We read dat de Hebrew
children vas cast into de irish fur
mace, and DAT air awlish looking like
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-06

a peeg story, too, for they would have
been purnt up; put it ish all plain to
my mint now, for they we're shust cast
near by, or close TO the firish furnace.
Oh / vas so glad vas here to.nightl
And den, Mister Breaeher, itish said
dat Jonah vas cast into the sea and
taken into the whalesh pelly. Now l
never eoot pelieve that. 1t alWaysh
seemed to me to be a peeg feesh story,
but it ish all plain to my mint now.
He wash not into the Whalesh pelly at
all, but sbust shumpt on to his pack
and rode ashore. o, | wash 80 glat |
wash here to night!
And now, Mister Breacher, if you
viii shust explain two more passages
of Scriptures l shall be, .. so happy
dat | wash here tonight One Of
them is we're it saish de wicked shall
pc cast into a lake that purns with
FIRE and pTimsthone always. o! Mis-
ter Breacher, shall / pc cast into that
lake if am wicked, or shust close py,
or near to, or shust near enought to
be comfortable? o! | hopes you tell
me | shall pc cast only shust py a
good way off, and l will pc so glad l
vas here To- night The other bassage
is that vieh saish, blessed are they
who do these commandments, that
they may have rights to the dree of
life, and enter in through the gates
of the city and not shust close py or
near TO, shust near enough to see vat
/ have lost, and / shall pc so glad l
vas here to- night"
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Mich cows especially should be
we'll watched at this season of the
year. Nothing must be taken for
granted, either as to the feed or the
condition of the coWs-the farmer
must know about both. IF the
natural pastures fail, il will pay we'll
to supply green-cured corn blades,
good clover, roWen and wheat bran /;
in addition to which pumpkins and
roots, especially sugar beets and car
rots, should be fed, and in such iber-
al quantities thai the flow of milk
shall not diminish. Every good
farmer knows land if he don't, his
wife or daughters do.) that milk at
this season is very rich; that it makeg,
If rightly handled, the best quality OF
butter, and that fall-made butter
brings the highest price Of any made
during the whole season, and meets
with constant never varying demand;
hence, we say again, that caTelessness
or neglect In feeding mich COWS now
will result in great loss.
NEW METHOD OF GRATING.
The London Gardeners Chronicle
says: "A French gardener had adopt
ed new method of grating and bud
ding pear trees. The wild stalks, he
says, succeed best when budded, as
their branches then continue to grow
as if no operation had been performed;
while in the case Of grating, the
stalk being cut down to the ground,
wastes vitality, which the graft is not
able to supply for a long time, so that
during the first year, the progress is
very slow. In order to remedy thiss he
leaves two shoots on each side of the
stalk, which he splits half way down,
and then shaving away the sides of
the lower end of the scion. he inserts
the latter In the cleft and binds up in
the usual way.
IF the operation is performed In
the opening spring you pinch of the
shoots in order to prevent the stem
from growing too fast, and cut back
at the end of the year ); if the grating
is performed in the Autumn, the
cutting is executed at the end of the
winter. The graft having then taken
we'll it has force enough TO excite the
action of the spongioles, so that much
trouble and loss OF time are saved.
He has like plan for budding.
It is we'll known that this operation
cannot be adopted after the rise of the
sap has ceased he therefors cuts his
bud with small portion of the wood
attached TO it, so that the lower part
IF the eye is, Of course, not only unin-
jured, but supported by the ligneous
matter; the budding piece is then in
serted either in slis in the top of the
stalk, or into an opening made in the
middle of the stalk with q knife, and
into which the bud, or rather the
small piece of wood attached to it,
is inserted. The operation may be
regarded, in fact, as grating with a
single eye. The grand advantage is,
that the operation succeeds as we'll in
October or November, as in August
or September.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-06

for the Government or protection fol
It's citizens away from home, are the
guns of the navy and that scarce q
mail comes but brings intelligence OF
some call upon the naval vessels, 10
the distant seas, for protection. and
especially at the present time. BE
says everywhere On the shores of civ
lllZed. Europe, the security Of Ameri-
can rights and citizenship, demands
the presence of our flag. while in all
the CIVILIZED East our commerce is
constantly stalled by outbreaks which
defy the power of even friendly gov
ernments.
The Secretary. alludiDg to the i'm
portant American interest on the
Asiatic station, says that the constant
necessity for an increase of our force
there, which We are unable to afford
oppresses the Department with
that feeling Of uncertainty and
alarm which all this time per-
vsdes all the European set
Elements in China, extends 10 our
own commercial aRd religious repre-
sentatiVes, and the bulk of our Asiatie
heet is now cruising in that portion of
that station, for the protection of any.
interests that may be threatened, and
the display, as far as may be neces-
sary, of that armed force which makes
the strongest appeal to Asiatie re-
speet. The Secretary alludes to the
occupation Of our men. of-WaF during
the past year, the part they have taken
10 the Inter Oceanic Canal, the sur
veys, &c, and shows how inadequate
our squadrons are to perform the du-
ties expected of them, aud compares
their weakness with tie strength Of
English and French squadrons.
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wrath rose, but. in accordance with
the principles Of her sect, she re
strained its utterance, and left bis
presence. =" 1t was hard" she con-
fessed, ito keep the old Adam down"
but it appeared the doing so was a
rebuka keenly felt. Indeed, no
We felt this on one occasion
when, at a table encircled by eour-
teous gentlemen, an underbred man
made an Inquiry, which all present,
but the interlocutor, felt to be in
delicate and presuming. The person
addressed made no reply; the query
was repeated, and one Of the guests
asked if it was heard. Il never an
sWer impertinent questions" said the
insulted gentleman. quietly. The ag-
gressor quailed as no Teproaches
could have made him. How ef-
fectige, in certain cases, is what
has been aptly called "the eonspir-
acy of silencep 1t is the most
eloquent form of remonstrance and
contempt. CalunlRy is thus deprived
Of its sting; Injustice is lived down.
Even win Is weakened by over ex-
preston. Il have always found,
says Ruskin, ''that the less We speak
of our intentions the more chance
there is our realizing them" If any
living writer of the English tongue
owes bis influence and fame to an
eloquent and audacious huency,
whereby the reader is carried away
on a glowing sea of words.
it is John Ruskin; and yet
note his recent protest and confess
sion: Il have what, in many respects,
1 boldly call the misfortune to set my
words somewhat prettily together
not without foolish vanity In the poor
knack l had of doing so, until I vas
heavily punished for this pride By
finding that many people thought of
the words only, and not of their mean
ing" And elsewhere in the same
treatise he remarks: "No true painter
ever speaks or ever has spoken much
of his art; the greatest speak nothing.
The moment 3 man can really do his
work, he becomes speechlsss about
it. All words become idle to him. "
From the Atlantic Monthly for De
ceD1ber