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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

All these abuses, wrongs and criines, the
product Of sixteen years OF the sscendancy
OF the republican party, create a necessity
for reform, confessed Dy republicans them
selves, but their reioImers are voted down
In convention and displaced from the
cabinet; the partv'- mass of honest voters
t. powerless 10 resist the eighty thousand
oficeholders, its leader. and guides.
Reform can only be had by peaceful,
civic revolution. We demand a change of
administration, change of party, that we
may have change of measures and OF men.
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Madison SQUARE, New York
, 1876-04-07
AM American volcano.

Mount Hyamna, on the southwest side
of Cooks Inlet, Alaska, is an active vol
cano. On the west side of the inlet the
mountains rise hbruptly out of the water,
leaving only small piece of sandy beach
here and there. A correspondent says:
The natives tell of terrible eruption in
1854 and point to huge blocks Of lava
and long lomonite on the eastern shore as
having bsen thrown across on that occa-
casion, The natives do not like to visit
this region, holding it in superstitious
awe, and undertook the trip alone.
After the sloop had crossed the inlet the
prospect was uninviting enough. The
whele coast seemed one continuous line
of unbroken breakers, the white foam
leaping up high on the almost perpen-
dicular black walls of basalt and lava.
After fatiguing ascent along the lava
bed reached the snow-line and shaped
nv course around the mountain, just
beyond the snow. The view from here
was unobstructed, except toward the
east. by the mountain itself. To the
north and south stretched the long chain
Of snowy peaks, the whole length Of the
peninsuiar, but in the west the horizon
was bounded by nothing but the meeting
of the sky and broad Pacific. While /
was feasting my eyes a slight shock
made itself felt.
After a night passed in that dreary re-
pion, the volcano pioneer describes his
last sensation: While l was dressing,
large herds of deer were scattered all
through the ravine and climbing along
the sides, feeding upon the grass and
nutritious mosses-tame and came up to
my barricade, cycling it, and snufing at
it wonderingly.
An hours walk brought me to the foot
of the cave that forms the crater. On
the western extremity small current of
LIQUID lava was slowly descending and
losing itself among the huge boulders Of
the eastern slope Of the mountain. The
Opposite side of the mound was cold,
though somewhat slippery, and with
some difficulty scrambled up to the
top, to the very rim of the crater. The
wind was in my favor, blowing the
smoke and ashes away, and giving me an
opportunity to see as much Of the inside
OF this safety valve of the lower regions
as it is possible to see. There seemed to
be two separate abysses in the crater, only
one ION the western end) showing any
life at that time.
, 1876-04-07
The Pressed Gentian.

The time Of gifts has come again,
And ON my northern window pane,
Outlined against the days brief light
Christmas token hangs in sight
The wayside travellers as they pass,
Mark the gray disk Of cloudcd glass;
Aud the dull blankness seems, perchance,
Folly to their wise ignorance.
They cannot from their outlook see
The perfect grace it hath for me-
For there the flower, whose fringes through
The frosty breath Of autumn blew,
Turns from without its face Of bloom
To the warm tropic of my room,
As fair as when beside its brook
The hue Of bending skies it took.
So from the trodden ways Of earth,
Seem some sweet souls who veil their worth
And offer to the careless glance
The clouding gray Of circumstance.
They blossom best where hearth fires burn;
To loving eyes alone they turn
The flowers of inward grace, that hide
Their beauty from the world outside.
But deeper meanings come to me,
My half-immortal flower, from thee!
Man judges from partial view,
None ever yet his brother knew;
The eternal eye that sees the whole,
May better read the darkened soul,
And find, to outward sense denied,
The flower upon its inmost side!
John @. Whttier
, 1876-04-07

The Grand Duchess Maria, whose
death in st. Petersburg was recently an
nounced by cable, was a remarkable
woman in many respects. From her
youth she showed wonderful intelligence
and an uncomfortable temper, which
only the despotic nature of her father
proved capable of mastering. She was
the eldest daughter of the Gar Nicholas,
who is said to have been passionately
fond of her; yet the violence of her ma
ture seems to have caused him more than
once to whip her with his own hand.
She was the terror and despair of all her
governesses and teachers, yet when she
became of age she showed more eruditiOn
than any of her preceptors, and was the
most liberal woman in granting pensions
to all Of them. She was tooindolent to be-
come good musician or painter herself,
but she was one of the best connoisseurs
of music and painting in her country.
Her physical development was unusu-
ally precocious. At fifteen years of age
she looked already a woman; and when
at twenty she was going to be wed to the
Duke of Leuchtenberg, who enjoyed the
reputation of being the handsomest man
in Europe, those who assembled at the
wedding ceremony were SO struck by the
stately appearance of the young Duchess
that in few months her name became
far and wide throughout Europe the
synonym for womanly majesty. She
outshOne her own mother in the palace,
not to speak of her sisters; and when
she showed herself during her travels
through the capitals of Europe, she to-
tally eclipsed Queen Victoria, so much
admired at that time, and who, though
they were both of the same age, looked
by the side of the Grand Duchess Maria
like a mere school girl. Upon the death
of her first husband she contracted a
morganatic marriage with one of her
fathers guardsmen, who was also cels-
brated for his herculean build and re-
markable manly beauty. The Gar was
very angry on learning of this marriage,
expelled the Countfrom his service, and or
dered his daughter to take trip abroad.
By and by, however, and as the lady did
not show any disposition to give in, the
father reconciled himself with her and
acknowledged the marriage, though he
never consented to make the ackno oWl-
edgement a public one.
, 1876-04-07

A TREASURE IN TREE.-The Nor
ristown, Pennsylvania Herald says:
About a month ago Jacob Klinck, a
farmer near Fox Chase, was saving down
large chestnut tree when the teeth of
the saw came in contact with some me-
talic substance. Fearing the presence Of
something explosive, he directed the work.
men to saw on the other side of the tree.
They did so. After the tree had been
felled q gold watch, two gold pencil
cases and gold chain were found en-
bedded in the wood, eighteen inches
from the surface. They were wrapped in
q soiled sock. The tree was sawn of
very close to the ground and they had
evidently been hidden at the junction Of
two roots and the wood had grown over
and inclosed them. The watch was old
fashioned, having case which could be
detached, and was inscribed with the
date of 1740. One of the pencil cases
was provided with pen. The other had
only pencil and was minus the seal.
The chain was long and was intended to
pass around thes neck Of the wearer.
There was also gold watch key, which,
however, did not fit the watch. The
tree had attained a great age, being
about six feet in diameter. An old man
sion once stood near by and it is sup
posed that the articles in question were
buried during the war Of the Revolution.
The watch was uninjured except that the
hands were rusted of. The finder has
had it repaired aud will exhibit it to any
who are curious to sec such relic. He
lives about a mile above the Fox Chase,
on the county line.
, 1876-04-07
How the Emperor Charles Rewarded
Anthony Fugger, the Financier.

In the sixteenth century Charles v.
made a considerable loan of Antony
Fugger, at Augsburg, says the New York
World, before entering upon his not very
successful campaign against the Alger-
ines. When the mighty Emperor passed
through Augsburg Sfter the unsatis-
factory issue Of that campaign in 1541,
Antony Fugger received and eetertaineSs
him superbly in his mansion there. The
vast saloon is still shown in the pictur-
esque and famous old inn of the Drei
AOhren, into which the splendid financier
ushered his imperial guest. In the huge
fireplace q pile of faggots of costly
Eastern sandal-wood had been built up on
two enormous andirUns of massive silver,
and the banker kneeling on one knee be-
fore Caesar, asked the imperial pleasure
as to lighting up the pile. The day was
chilly, the hail was immense, and Cesar
graciously admitted that blaze would
be agreeable to him. Upon this Fugger
drew from the mysterious recesses Of the
multifarious garments then worn by
people of importance a roll of papers,
being neither more nor less than the i'm
perial bonds for the African loan before
mentioned, thrust one end of the roll into
the fame of wax candle, lighted the
sandal-wood and tossed the bonds into
the cracking blaze. The courtiers stood
aghast with admiration at such unheard-
Of magni6cence, feebly parodied in our
own times by the elder Baron Rothschild,
when he lighted a thousand-fr franc note
and held it near the floor to help parsi-
monious French duke pick up louis
which had rolled under the whist-table.
The Emperor Charles, who combined in
himself rich vein of Spanish humor
with his strong Flemish good sense, re-
warded the lavish inancier on the spot
by making him a Count of the Holy
Roman Empire, but added, with twinkle
of his cool gray eyes, the decree that the
Fuggers should bear forever in their
escutcheon a handsome pair of "asses'
ears.n
, 1876-04-07
The Marching of European Infantry.

In comparing the principal armies OF
Europe, says the Journal Of Sciences, we
find the German with a stride of thirty
one and half inches and cadence OF
112 per minute; the Austrian with one OF
twenty nine inches, and a cadence OF 1l5
to 100; the Italian with one of twenty
nine inches, and cadence of 1870; and
the English with pace of thirty inches,
and cadence of 116 per minute. Hence
the German infantry would gain forty
eight inches in every minute on the Brit
ish, or at the rate of 240 feet per hour.
In like manner the Austrian and Italian
gain sixty-five inches every minute, or at
the rate of 345 feet per hour, on our
troops, and 105 feet per hour on German
infantry. Taking an eight hours march
as a fair sample of what may be expected
from trained soldiers on active service, it
therefore reveals that British infantry
regiments would at the termination be
1920 feet, or more than the third of a
mile, behind Germans, and 2,760 feet, or
more than half mile in rear of Austrians
and Italians. The gain or loss of dis
tance being, however, of less importance
than the fatigue caused by its accom-
plishment, it is to this point that we
should direct the attention of the military
authorities. According to our own ex-
perience, gained during marches in India,
aggregating several thousand miles, a
short, jerky pace is infinitely more firing
than long, measured stride. In the
first regiment in which the writer had the
honor to serve, stepping out" was the
order of the day, and the men made
nothing of rattling off their twelve or
fifteen miles. But in his second corps a
cramped, dancing sort of gait had come
into vogue, to the great distress of every
individual, officer or private, who pos
sessed the ordinary length of leg. OF
course this is the main factor to be con-
sidered when dealing with the question,
the same length of pace being clearly
impossible for regiment of ducks and a
battalion of storks. But it having been
just proved that French soldiers, who are
notoriously short-legged, can step twenty
nine inches at cadence Of 115 to the
minute, there seem valid grounds for be-
lieving that something better than pace
of thirty inches and a cadence 116 might
be expected Of the comparatively long
limbed British koldier.
, 1876-04-07
The Record of Deaths on the Stage.

The actual deaths upon the stage, with
out moments warning, are of course
very sad to contemplate and impressive
to those who witness them. Rather more
than century ago, at the Norwich Thea
tire, Peterson, the actor, was performing
the part of the Duke in Shakespeare s
Measure for Measure" He had to ad-
dress Claudio in the words:
"Reason thus with life.
IT, do lose thee, do lose a thing
That none but fools would keep"
When he suddenly dropped into the arms
of Moody, who was acting Claudio, and
expired. These words, having so i'm
pressive a meaning at such time, were
afterward engraved on his tombstone.
John Palmer, an eminent tragedian,
toward the close of the last century, was
engaged on what proved to be the last
evening he was destined to live in act
ing the character of the "Stranger," in
Kotzebue's drama of the same name. He
had recently heard of the death of a
favorite son-news which unnerved and
agitated him. In the fourth act of the
play "Baron Steinfort" obtains an inter-
view with the stranger" recognizes him
as an old acquaintance and asks the cause
of his seclusion. The stranger replies
that be has left his children at town
hard by, and exclaims: 80 Godl o
Godl there is another and better
worldp Palmer, directly he had uttered
these words, fell down dead at the
feet of the actor who was performing the
part of "Baron Steinfort." Two more
instances of these unrehearsed, unforeseen
tragic stage effects; About sixty years
ago an actor named Cummins, in drama
in which he was performing, had to de-
liver speech ending with the words:
"Be witness for ma, ye celestial hosts,
Suck mercy and such pardon as my soul
Accords to thee, and begs OF Heaven to
show thee, n
May such befall me at my latest hour"
Scarcely had the words fallen from his
lips when he fell down dead upon the
stage. Only a year two ago NJ. Victor,
at a provincial theatre in France, fell
down on the stage while performing
comic character, and expired almost in
stantly.-Chdm6ers' Journal.
, 1876-04-07

GENERAL SHERMAN, in his recently
published ''Memoirs," gives a chapter on
the military service Of the war, from
which we extract the following regard
ing the amount of food needed by a SOL
dier while engaged in active service; ITO
be strong, healthy, and capable of the
largest measure of physical effort, the
soldier needs about three pounds gross of
food per day, and the horseor mule about
twenty pounds. An ordinary army
wagon, drawn by six mules, may be
counted on to carry three thousand pounds
net, equal to the food Of a full regiment
for one day, but by driving along beef
cattle commissary may safely count the
contents of one wagon as sufficient for
two days food for regiment of thou
sand men; and as a corps should have
food on hand for twenty days ready for
detachment, it should have three hundred
such wagons as a provision-train; and for
forage, ammunition, clothing, and other
necessary stores, it was found necessary
to have three hundred more wagons, or
six hundred wagons in all for corps
d'drmee." Tempelhoff, the historian of
Frederick's wars, gives certain facts in
dorsing this statement of our American
general. He states that one hundred
thousand men consume daily one hundred
and fifty thousand pounds Of flour, equal
to two hundred thousand pounds Of
bread; add this to one hundred thousand
pounds Of meat or vegetables, and the
report agrees with the observations of
General Sherman.
, 1876-04-07
A Duel at Oswego.

During the winter of 1817-18 or 1878
10 duel was fought, says the Palladium,
in Oswego. The parties to it were
Mcdonald, Scotchman, and Campbell,
a sailor, and also Scotchman. Campbell
thought he was good-looking man, and
had pretty-looking wife, who was the
cause of the quarrel. Campbell knew
she was pretty and took in high dudgeon
some civilities shown her by Mcdonald.
A challenge was given and accepted, and
seconds chosen, but who declined to act
as such, and consequently they fought
alone. The spot selected for the occasion
was on the ice on the river near the east
side, and nearly in front where the marine
elevator now stands. They fought with
rifles, at ten rods distance, and were in
plain view from the opposite side of the
river, where there had gathered quite a
crowd of people to see what they would
do. But few supposed they would really
fight, and still fewer were disposed to
prevent them if they wished to do so.
The arrangement for hOstilities were as
follows: The cOmbatants, standing back
to back in the centre of the spot agreed
on, each was to march to line previously
marked of, and to face about, and when
each was faced both we're to fire. They
accordingly fred, Campbell first and
Mcdonald Immediately thereafter,
Campbell received flesh wound in the
groin. DIR. Benjamin Coe dressed the
wound, and he recovered sufficiently to
enable him to visit his anxious friends in
Canada. Mcdonald, too, left for foreign
parts after hiding himself short time.
, 1876-04-07
The First Reliable Intelligence Of the
Fall Of the Boston Elm,

Yesterday travel-stained tramp, with
business look in his bloodshot ewes,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer, presented
himself at the bar of Second street sa-
loon, addressing the proprietor, said:
Cocktail, Seignoir."
Inc beverage was prepared, and fra
grant with nutmeg, placed before the
customer. He quatfed it of, smacked his
lips, and showing his glass towards the
barkeeper, remarked:
"Fine-excellent; best since / left
Boston. Gimme Mother"
Another was mixed, drank and praised
at some length.
"Yes," said the barman, as he rinsed
the glass beneath the counter, I'VE try
to sell respectable cocktail in Aurora.
And what makes it pleasant" he contin-
ued, noticing that the customer made no
movement towards his pocket-book-
"what makes it pleasant is that we
charge only fifteen cents for such as you
have sampled"
"0nly fifteen cents-thirty cents for
the twor exclaimed the tramp, as be
backed up to the stove, and moved the
tail of his Ulster to one side, "why,
'Aoe PoiH gum W "hoe SoASuAoeO W
pay you"
"Only thirty cents, please" said the
barkeeper, as be waited at the till.
"ToO little, too little" persisted the
tramp. "When a man sells me goods
of superior quality, even so shall he be
rewarded. Now, I've just arrived from
Boston-historic Boston, l call it, but
don't interrupt me. I'm just from Bos-
ton-six days out-and probably bring
you the first reliable intelligence Of the
fall of our famous elm tree, which bowed
before the storm king on the 18th inst.
l was there; saw the PROSTATE monarch;
wept like a child at its mothers grave,
and came away"
Thirty cents for the drinks" observed
the barkeeper.
''This tree, :" continued the tramp, with
touch of reverence in his tone, "saw
the rise and progress Of our Republic;
it was aged-might say bald-headed.
when the nation was born; when the
Mayfower landed with our forefAthers
her bow liEe was made fast to its trunk;
beneath its spreading branches General
Washington delivered his farewell ad-
dress to the army; many time and oft
has Aaron Burr sat in its grateful shade
and made love to Joan of Arc. These
things gave it renown. Why, my dear
sir, had it been the identical tree from
which Eve plucked the forbidden fruit.
'There, there, " put in the barkeeper;
"gimme aquarter and call it square"
M l.fa-ta--.s--- -
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lL5-nlore than paid. LIKE
l like your appearance; and when take
fancy to man he always finds friend
in me. l have that about me which is Of
more value than rubies or fine gold. As
a citizen of Boston, and to show my ap-
probation of your cocktails, allow me to
place in your possession priceless relic,
piece of our historic tree. Thanks by
mail. ]. Snodgrass, 700 Dey street,
Boston. Adieu."
Then laying on the counter an apple
tree twig the size of lead pencil, he
was of like one who had been sent for.
The barkeeper made dash to intercept
his flight to the street. but the effort was
lamentable failure.