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Year: 1868

The New York Herald Of the fourth in
stant contains an interesting letter from its
Mazatlau correspondent, relating some of
the particulars ofa difficulty that has lately
sprung up between Captain Bridge, of II.
B. NJ, war steamer Chauticieer, anl the GUS
tomhouse authorities at Naza.lan. The
immediate cause of difficulty was the arrest
Of Captain Bridge and his Paymaster on
the wharf while going to their ship. They
were taken to the custOmbouse and
searched, and three hundred and sixty,eight
dollars in gold taken from the Paymaster.
Captain Bright alleges that they were
charged with smuggling specie on board
the manofwar to avoid the export
duty. The Mexican officials on the
other hand allege that the Chanticleer was
short time before oil the coast in peril
Gus situation, and fired gun for assistance.
A pilot went to her assistance and released
her from danger. For this service Captain
Bright refused to pay, but proceeded to
Mazatlal. The customhouse officers of that
port we're therefore notified that British
manof.war was engaged in smuggling specie
On board, aud On this information tho ar
rest, search, and seizure were made.
Neither of the stories is very clear or very
much to the point; but the subsequent oc-
currences are related in lucid manner.
Captain Bright went on board his ship and
Immediately notified the authorities of the
town of his intention to lombard the city,
| and also declared the port blockaded.
Several communications passed between
the Captain and General Corona, the mill
tary commandaLt, but the latter declared
he had no jurisdiction over civil affairs. At
the instance of Mr.. Session, the American
consul, the bombardment was postponed.
1t was represented that twothirds of the
property in Mazatlan is owned by foreign.
ers, Englishmen as well as others, and that
the pecuniary interest OF the natives, the
offending parties, was very small, and not
liable to much injury.


The blockade, however, was kept up at
last accounts. American shipping is alone
permitted to pass out and in the
port without obstruction. The notice of
the intention To lombard was still pending,
however. Instructions had been asked for
from the British Admiral on the Pacific
coast. It was believed he would order a
general blockade of all the Mexican ports
on the Pacific coast.


The United States steamer sawanee had
been ordered to Mazatlan TO look after
American interests.


The intimation is given out that the dem
onstration made by the British Captain is
the result Of a premeditated policy, and that
an attempt will be made by Great Britain
to occupy the Pacific coast of Mexico.
Much personal feeling and bitterness is
manifested against the Mexican custom
house authorities by Captain Bright, and
he has shown a strong desire to get some
Of them on board his ship for the purpose
Of Furnishing them.
Year: 1868

appointment Of John Stumpf, Esq,
\ an of the grand jury of this parish,
pesday last, reflects credit on the
mating judgment of the able Judge


FIRST District Court, and affords a
larantee that the pRblie business


before the grand inquest of this
fill be properly and honorably at


.. Mr.. Stumpf has resided in this
but thirty years, and is we'll known
probity as a man of business and


m as a citizen. He is a large tax.
md possesses all the excellent quail
Ihe German character. He was one
lost liberal minded members of the
lion in 1864, and more recently
use Of his influential name to the
can ticket for the City Council in


ward. We thank Judge Howe, and
|ratulate the public on his appoint
Year: 1868

A Copperhead is of himselfan accident a
political illegitimate. Like the mule, he
represents the end OF species. He can not
reproduce himself Being thus "a Copper
head) Is miserable enough, but Copper
head military commander, in radical era,
OF revolutionary abortions, We were led
to the above conclusion by reading the ac-
count of the attempt of General Buchanan,
through his subordinate, to call the roll Of
the Louisiana Legislature.- GaIrestoR Re.
publican.
Year: 1868

IN attention to the advertisement OF
retary of the meeting of the above
4 evening at Carroll Hall. 1t is ex'
hat this meeting will be very inter


Several speakers will address this
Year: 1868

In poEs NOT DECENTLY come out of the
mouth of the Gazette to complain that the
Board Of Public Education have failed to
secure enough school accommodation for
the children. When they applied to the
Democratic Legislature Of 1867 for permits
sion 10 borrow money for that very purpose
the authority was refused, and the reason
why there is not room enough, to-day, to
give places to all the children is simply be-
cause the GdSette's friends vote against it.
The Board of Education, ourselves, and we
believe great majority of the people, are
in favor Of giving instruction, free and COM
mon, 10 all the children of the city. But if
the iands raised by this or that portion of
the community are TO be withdrawn for
side uses, what becomes of the general sys.
tenn? What becomes Of Popular Educa-
tom
Year: 1868

Ihe local columns OF the st. Louis
Democrat, of Friday of last week, con-
tains the following exciting, and at the
same time amusing, description of the
ice gorge at ST. Louis;


''The intense cold of the past few
days has caused the ice in the river to
gorge, and yesterday the ferry-boats
~ere stopped and people passed over
on the ice on a walk of planks. No
danger was apprehended from this
causeway, and the people of both SEX
es crossed on it.


AT hslf-past four o'clock in the after
noon the passengers who had just ar
river by the Ohio & Mississippi train,
numbering several hundred, commenc.
ed crossing on the plank road, at the
foot of Washington avenue. There
was line ofpeople--men, women and
extending nearly across the
river. Some of them were packing
valises, some carrying sha"ls and over
coats, and several had babies in their
arms. Just as the prilgrims on the sea
of ice were stretched out in a long
line, a crash was heard, and suddenly
the ice began to move. The widest
CONSERVATION prevailed among the
travellers. Some ran back toward the
Illinois shore, but the immense mass of
ice upon which they were floating had
drifted some distance from the shore,
leaving gap of deep running water,
twenty or thirty feet wide. Others ran
toward the Missouri shore, but this was
also inaccessible from the same cause,
and there the multitude were left on
raft of ice, floating slowly toward the
Gulf of Mexico.


When the breaking of the gorge be-
came known, crowds gathered on the
levee, until there were at one time not
less than ten thousand spectators at the
exciting scene. The police were at once
marshaled and efforts were made to res,
cue the people from their perilous sit
uation. The danger was that the large
body of ice would break to pieces by
coming in contact with the shore ice,
and that the people on it would be
swallowed up and ground to pieces by
the icy boulders. The noise of the
moving ice was heard at considerable
distance-a kissing grinding sound,
mingled with splashes Of broken Jumps
and the cracking OF large cakes as they
came in contact with other bodies.


A small steamboat was lying about
block below the plank road, and the ice
struck her bow, and to this point the
crowd rushed; but as the ice came
against the bow of the boat it was
crushed to pieces, and the distance from
ice to the boat was too great for any
thing but frog OF grasshopper to leap.


At length stage plank was run over
from The boat to the moving ice, and
over this the excited multitude Chamber
ed on board in great haste-3ome be-
ing literally dragged along by their
hands and clothes, while others were
pushed and lifted over by the police
men and the men who stood near.


One fat lady, weighing over two hun
dred pounds, was so much excited on
getting safely from the ice, that she
tainted, and was carried to shore over
the heads of the crows, presenting a
spectacle resembling picture in a re-
cent number of the "Last Sensation"


An anxions traveller, who had lost
sight of his wife in the confusion, and
was watching his chance, with an over
coat in his hand ana promising baby
ia his arms, became terribly agitated
as his portion Of ice driited near the
Year: 1868

A good illustration of the partiality
shown to literary persons of reputation
was given not long since in Boston.
Jam( Russell Lowell, a favorite con-
tributor to the atlantic, and one Of the
brightest of all our magazine writers,
concluded to play a Jest upon the pop
ular monthly. He accordingly wrote a
very clever article, which he called the
"Essence of American Humor," and
read it to number of his friends, who
said it was one of the very best of his
compositions. He employed some one
to copy it, and sign it W. Percy Paine,
and send it to the Atlantic with the re-
quest that, as it was a maiden effort,
the editor would give an opinion in
writing to said Paine. He waited a
fortnight, bu. heard nothing from his
paper, when being in Boston he drop
ped into the office of the Atlantic, and
meeting James S. Field, adroitly turn
ed the conversation upon Humor, and
remarked it was singular SO little was
written npon it.


Fields replied, ave get good deal
of manuscript on HumoE, but it is SO
poor we can't use it. threw the other
day into the waste basket long screed,
christened the Essence of American
Humor,' which should have been styl-
ed the Essence of Nonsense,' for a
more ridiculous farrago of stuff l have
never SEEM"


Lowell much to the surprise of the
editor, burst into a roar of laughter,
and informed Fields of the authorship
of the article. The editor turned more
colors than ale shown in a prism, and
swore it was one of LowelPs jokes.


"1ndeed it is" he responded, "and the
best one ever played. l never thought
very highly of my scribbling, but by
Jove, l didn't believe it was the most
ridiculous farrago of stuff you have ever
SEEM"


Field has been bored to death since
by the Cambridge set, and, by way Of
self-defence, declares he never read the
thing, but he didn't believe any man
who signed his first name with the in
itial and the second full, could write
for the atlantic. This is about as in
genious an excuse as he could make for
his partiality, but the story gives just
idea of how magazines are edited and
contributions regarded,
Year: 1868

"Praise your wife," These words
were before the eyes of his mind, and
he could not look away from them.
But he was not ready for this yet. He
still felt moody and unforgiying. The
expression of his wife's face he inter-
preted to mean Immature, for which he
had no patience. His eyes fell upon
the newspaper that was lying spread
before him, and he read the sentence:


"a kind, cheerful word spoken in
gloomy house is the little rift in the
cloud and lets the sunshine through"


Lee struggled with himself for a
while longer.


His own ill-nature had to be con-
quered first, his moody, accusing spirit
had to be subdued.
He thought of many things to say,
and yet he feared to say them, lest his
wife should meet his address with a
rebuff. At last leaning toward her,
and taking hold upon the shirt bosom
at which she was at work, he said in
voice that was carefully modulated
with kindness:


"You are doing the work beautiful,
Mary"


Mrs. Lee made no reply. But her
husband did not fail TO notice that she
lost, almost instantly the rigid erectness
with which she had been sitting, nor
that the motion of her needle had ceas-
ed. u


"My shirts are better made and
whittier than those of any other man in
the work shop" said Lee, encouraged
to go on.


care they?" Mrs. Lees voice was
low, and bad iu it slight huskiness.
She did not turn her face, but her hus
band saw that she leaned little to-
ward him. He had broken the ice of
reserve, and all was now easy. His
hand was among the clouds, and a
feeble ray was already struggling
through the rift it had made.


ayes, Mary" he answered softly,
'and I've heard it more than once what
good wife Andrew Lee must have"


"Did you9" was all she said.


"Yes, darling" was his warm spok-
en- answer; and he stopped down and
kissed her. "How strange that you
should ask me such question:


"If you would only tell me so, now
and then, Andrew, it would do me
good" Mrs. Lee arose, and, leaning
her face against the manly breast of
her husband, stood aud wept.


What a strong light broke in ,on the
mind of Andrew Lee! He had never
given his wife even the small reward of
praise for the loving interest she had
manifested daily, until doubt of his
love had entered her soul and made the
light around her thick darkness. No
wonder that her face grew clouded, or
that what he considered moodiness and
ilI-nature took possession of her spirit.


"You are good and true, Mary, my
own dear wife. am proud of you, and
my first desire is for your happiness.
Oh, if coald always see your face in
sunshine, my home would be the dear
est place on earth"


Chow precious to me are your words
of love and praise, Andrew" said Mrs.
Lee, smiling up through her tears into
his face. with them in nv ears, nv
heart can never lie in shadow"


How easy had been the work for An.
drew Lee! He had swept his hand
across the cloudy horizon, and now the
bright sunshine was cleaning down
and flooding that home with JOY and
beauty.
Year: 1868

boat. Seeing officer Gordon on the
other side of the gap, he called out,
"Here, catch this baby" and tossing
the infant through the air, distance
of twenty or thirty feet, turned to look
for his better half. Gordon, being an
expert base ballist, caught the baby in
his hands, and the young one reward
ed him by smile of thankfulness. He
waited ten or fifteen minutes for the
father to come for the little responsible
ity, and began to think he would have
to adopt it as a juvenile Metropolitan,
when the father, having found his wife,
came and reclaimed the little one.


The ice continued to move, and the
stage plank was kept in position until
the ice was pretty well cleared of its
passengers.


One lady, who, in the confusion, had
drifted down for three or four blocks,
was left, and seemed unable to help her
self A gallant lrishman in the crowd
exclaimed, "Be Jabers, it'll niver do to
let a femsil go down in that way, at all,
at ALL" and throwing off his coat, he
ran to the lady, seized her in his arms,
and ran with her to the edge of the ice,
and tossed her over to the crowd on the
shore. His act was loudly applauded
by the multitude, and the police patted
him on the back, and called him a
'good boy"


There were three dogs on the ice, and
two of them reached the shore by
leaping the chasm, but the third fell a
little short, tumbled into the water, and
mass of ice striking him in the back,
he went down with yelp.


A thousand amusing incidents occur
red during the stampede on the ice and
among the crowd on shore. 1t was a
lucky escape for the travellers, all of
whom, no doubt, will vote for the i'm
mediate completion of the great bridge
across the Mississippi,
Year: 1868







Some time since we published very beau
tifully conceived poem, copied from the At-
ldntic Monthly, under the above caption, sug-
gested by the strewing of flowers on the
graves Of Union and Confederate soldiers at
one of the Southern Cemeteries. One of our
"Boysin Blue" sent the following spirited
poem to the Soldiers Friend in reply, which
will doubtedless find a warm response in
every loyal heart: .-..-..-.,-
You may sing of the Blue and the GRAY,
And mingle their hues in your rhyme,
But the blue that we wore in the fray,
Is covered with glory sublime.


So no more let US hear of the Gray,


The symbol of treason and shame
We pierced it with bullets--awayl


Or well pierce it with bullets again.
Then up with the Blue and down with the
Gray,
a nd hurrah for the Blue that won US the day.
Of the rebels who sleep in the Gray,
Our silence is fitting alone,
But we cannot afford them bay,
A sorrow, tear or moan.


Let oblivion seal up their graves


or treason, disgrace and defeat;
Had they triumphed, the Blue had been
a'A slaves,


And the Union been lost in retreat
Then up with the Blue and down with the
Gray,
And hurrah for the Blue that won us the day
Of the rebels whom mercy still spares
To boast of the traitorous fray,
No boy in the Blue thinks or cares,
For the struggle is ended to-day.
Let them come as Mey promised to come,


Under Union and Liberty too;
And we'll hail them with fife and with


drum,


And forget that they fred on the Blue,
Then up with the Blue, and down with the
Gray,
And burrah for the Blue that won us the
dayl
As they carried your flag through the fray,
Ye Mortimer, ye promised the Blue
That ye'd never disgrace with the Gray
The color so gallant and true.
Will ye trace on the leaves of your souls


The Blue and the Gray in one line,
And mingle their hues on the scrolls


Which glorify Victory's shrine.
And cheer for the false, and hiss at the true,
And up with the Gray, and down with the
Blue?
Let the traitors all go if you may,
(Your heroes would punish the Head,)
But never confound with the Gray
The Blue, whether living or dead.
OH remember the price that was paid


The blood of the brave and the true
And you never can suffer to fade


The laurels that cover the Blue.
The up with the Blue, aud down with the
Gray,
And hurrah for the Blue that won us the
day!


JAMES N. DALzDLL,


Late 10th Ohio Vols.
Year: 1868

1t is stated that German glass-mak-
er has lately made a remarkable dis
eovery. He has invented q telescope,
or magnifying glass, by means of which
the most intricate nerves and vessels
inside of the body may been seen from
the outside. In fact, the whole arrange
ment and action of the interior or
gans may, by means of this glass, be
distinguished.


The discovery will probably be OF
immense benefit to mankind, as by
means of it the physician will be able
to determine, with unvaryiug accuracy,
the nature Of any particular disease,
and the proper manner for treating the
same.


The name of the inventor, who will
probably realize fortune from his dis
covery, is Gottlieb Juntz. He is very
poor, but well-read and highly intelli-
gent man. He has an aged mother,
and an invalid wife, six children and a
blind sister, all dependent upon him for
support. His mother was well acqusin-
ted with the poet Goethe, and it was
probably her many anecdotes of this
illustrious person which first inspired
her son with desire to do something
to win the respect and esteem of his
fellow men.


The glass he has made will probably
place him among the first rank of inven-
tors, and win for him the esteem of
whole nations.


By means of this invention he has
nearly cured his wife. Six months ago
a well known doctor said she could not
live, and pronounced her disease to be
affection of the heart.


Juntz has, however, proven to him
with the aid of the wonderful micro
scope, that he was intirely mistaken !;
the stomach alone being the part affect
ed.
Year: 1868

"ohl madam, suppose they will not let
me 60"


do not fear, my child have already
gotten Mrs. Mitcheps consent, and mean
to take you with me; nor shall you be
slapped again while I remain; but wish
you to be very good, and serve them for
that time faithfully, and particularly wish
you to teach the babe to walk that they may
get along with as little trouble as possible
after you are gone. He ought to have
walked six or eight months ago.


"0h, madam, will pray to God every
morning and night to make me a goo
child to your


Mrs. Linton pressed another kiss upon
the quaint little mouth, and clasping the
child's hand turned their steps toward the
house.


roREoLUDED NEXT WEEK.
Year: 1868

cotton gin in Louisiana; for the growth of
general knowledge as the offspring of the
State. When this end is accomplished
then we will see doubters, ignorant doctors,
and brainless aristocrats in the background,
and the masses, rich and poor, emulating
each other in the great work of progress.
Then, and not until then, will the bulwark
of Individual, social, and political liberty
become firm and enduring, hH
Year: 1868

A gentleman went from hsme in Rocking
ham county, North Carolina, few days
ago leaving little negro boy in charge. A
negro man came near the premises and
asked the little boy who was In the house.
Being informed that no one was at home,
he insisted on going, In. Objection was
whipped him. The little fellow then ran to
the house, getting there before the man,
picked up gun and shot him dead.
When the owner of the premises came
home he reported what he had done.
Year: 1868

se s Z
=. D the bewildering beauty of these win
ter morns! How the eye is dazzled with
the cleaning glory of world powdered
with diamond-dustl Every object, even
the most homely, is transformed into .
thing, of radiant beauty, The unsullied
purity Of the snow-coyered silent earth
the foliage blooming with beauty that 0
breath may dissolve, Every shrub i:
sheathed in silver sheen--each tiny spray
fringed with fairy frost-fowers all its own
dainty lace-like leaves of the most ex-
quisitely delicate forms. The air is filled
with the falling FROST flakes glittering il
the sunshine like tiny sparks of Light
the purple rim of the distant horizon-th,
beaming blue above. What pen can pic
ture It'll II What tongue can tell of itll


Heaven, how beautiful thou must be- ,.Y9g


If earth is naught compared with thee l..
Year: 1868

This is the question uppermost in the
mind of every man, of either party. who
takes an interest in politics. We be-
lieve the Democrats will carry Pennsyl-
vania. We knoo if they do they are
certain to elect SEYMOUR and BLAIR in
November.


The Radicals are making the greatest
fight in the State election in Pennsyl-
vania that they ever made. They well
understand the Importance of saving
that election, and they also understand
that the chances are better for them to
win in October than November. They
are sending in money in fabulous sums,
and there seems to be no doubt but they
are "colonizing" heavily from other
States--in fact, few cases of the kind
have been already proven upon them.


The Democrats are not idle. They
have not the money to use, and cannot
WELD that weapon against their antag-
onists, but they are pursuing the still
hunt all over the State. If we fail, 1t
will not be because majority of the
people of that State are Radicalin SEN
timent, but because the money of the
Radicals got cut their vote in the inte-
rior districts, while some of the Demo
cratic voters staid at their work earn
ing the wherewith to support their
families and pay the enormous taxes
which the Radicals have heaped upon
the labor of the country.


We believe we will carry Pennsylva'
MIA, to-day, for the State ticket; we
will certainly make some gains In the
Congressional delegation. But whether
we carry the State ticket or not, if we
do net lose it by more than 5000 or 10, ,00o
majority, it may be regarded pretty
safe for SEYMOUR and BLAIR. Our local
tickets are not as strong in Pennsylva-
ria as is our National ticket.