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BOSTON SATUEDAY MOENING, JUNE 5 1880 LlTlXE MOUNTAIN. The Dcaoiate of the IWaa Who Wrote the Bcotni atlon of American Independence-Where two Presiden te Sleep. (Va.) Owing to the iaabihty of the Government to acquire a perfect title to the ground under the act of CongresH, specially passed in the Forty- fifth Congress, the erection of the monument whlcli WHS authorized over the grave of Thomas Jefierson, at Monticello, has been delayed, awaiting additional legislation. The State Department baa this week addressed a letter to the proper committee, submitting the defects whrcb the Attorney General has found in the title, and asking for such legislation as will remedy them and permit the United States to proceed with the erection of the monument, ilonticello, by which the estate of Jefferson is known, has been in litigation for a great aiiauv years, and has only been settled few months by a legal to the principal heirs. For a long time It was abandoned, and the mansion reuiaiiied wholly uninhabited, but it will be at la.st a matter of pride to the people of the entire country tliat the private estate has been reclaimed tlirough private efforts, and that the grave, long desecrated, of the author of the Declaration of Independence is to pass under the control of the government he was preeminent in forming and pei petuating.

The proposition to erect a new monument over the grave of Jeffersou prompted a visit to Monticello. The route is one of some six hours over the Virginia Midland railroad irom through Manassas, Culpeper, across the Kapidan, by Orange Court house and that mark the of Charlottesville. At this tseasou of the year it is a most charming journey. May is a lovely'month The rich green foliage of the receding spring-time is softened by the balmy air of the coming summer. The meadows are luxuriant, and the wild flowers bloom in the vaJleys, and the Biaple and elm wave on the lull-tops.

As the train rolls around the edge of the Talley ot the Kivanna, just before you reach Charlottesville, Monticello may be seen on the "little on the left through the opening iu tlie old trees which nearly surrouud it. Monticello (pronounced as if spelled Muu- tichellu) is an Italian name meaning Little Mountain. The ascent, which is about six hundred feet above Cbarlottesviile, is over an excellent road overshadowed with wooden folds, through which now and then you Caleb gliiiipses of the beautiful country beneath that stretches for miles till it meets the picturesque summit ol the "Blue mouiitaius," After crossing the notch between Little Mountain on the left and Moumaiii that rises above it ou the Tight, the road leading to Monticello is steeper. Two-thirds of tlie way up and a few yards to the right of the road iu a thick growth of woods Is located tne grave of Thomas Jeflersoii, The condition of the grave and the monument that marks it are a disgrace to the American name. The location desolate the graveyaid dilapidated, and the decay all but complete, The grave mound has been these many years leveled witli the ground, while the raoniiimeut has boon defaced beyond recognition.

For halta century the would defy "the pestilence that walketh at noonday" to carry on his work of chipped and hewn the edges of the shaft from base to apex, which locates the head of the grave, till it as if it Lad been placed there rough from the quarry. It was originally a coarse granite obelisk, about nine Icet high, on a base three feet square, designed with its inscriptions by Jeflersou himself, and erected soon after his deaih. Icgeiuiiry tablets of the past" were utterly obliterated by the defacement, witb tbe eingle exception of the words iu block letters at the base; map under the feet." There may be more beautiful viawi, but they mutt be rare from an eminence suitable for a dwelling place. Bntve ot tfadlson. The condition of the grave and monument of James Madison is quite in contrast with that of Jefferson.

The country seat ol Madison is Montpelier, in Orange county, about four miles from Orange Station, on the Virginia Mid land Railroad, and about sixty miles from Mon ticello. Some minutes before the graud old mansion is reached, the granite obelisk over grave is visible through the fields half a mile to the right of the bouse. It is located iu a large field, and inclosed with a sub stantlal brick wall, quite one hundred feet square and five feet in height. On tbe east aide there a small plain iron gate, with the words in iron MADISON. 1820.

On tbe rhaft, which is a graceful one, twenty feet high, resting on a pedestal of four pieces there is no other inscription than this, in large plain, sunken on the width of the shaft at its MADISON, BORN MARCH 16, 175L The date of his death, though he died at eighty-five, is not cut iu tbe granite. The grave is in excellent condition and well taken care of by the present owner of Montpelier By tbe side of tbe monifmcnt there Is a smaller obelisk of marble over the grave of Mrs. Madison, whose accomplishments and virtues have come down to ua from the Republicin court which she adorned at Washington in the days of the administrations of President Madison. Montpelier is in pleasant contrast with Blonticcllo. Madison succeeded to it as a child, and it looks to-day more like one of those country seals in England which have been banded down from generation to generation, than the former residence of the of tbe Constitution." Though the scenery is not so grand nor so extensive as at Monticello, Montpelier Is nevertheless a most attractive place.

Tbe bouse is large and plain, though flanked with handsome columned porticos. "The region an old writer, "is one whore nature lias shed, iu great beauty, the softest picturesqueuess of bill and and glade. At band in the rear rises, as if to adorn the prospect with bolder contrasts, the gracefully wavering chain of the Southwest mountains, to fence on one side the vale of Orange and Albermarle, on whose southeastern edge of nodding woods and green fields Montpelier lies embosomed and embowered, while on the other side. In the airy distance, beyond that vale, tower in fantastic lines the blue peaks of the long range, breaking the horizon as if to form another and more fanciful ExNGLISH Bom April 2, O. Died JuJy 4,1836.

The full epitaph whicli Mr, Jefferson wrote, and a rough peu aud ink sketch of a inoiiu- Dient for himself, were found in a private drawer shortly after his death. It was to be an obelisk of granite, eight feet high (it appeared to be a little over nine feel), aud to bear the following inscription: HKHE WAS BURIED lliO-MAS JKFFEttoON, AlUhor I OF THE DECLARATION OF AMEIiiCAN INDEPENDENCE. of the OF VIHGINIA FOK RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE VIRGINIA: The inscription for the base was to be: I Born April 2, O. 1743. Died His Wishes were fully carried out, the blank in the last line having been filled with "July 4, 1826." In an old pocket acoount-book of 1741, among other memoranda in handwriting, was the following selection of a burial Lluce: Choose some nnfreiuented xale in tbe park, where is "no sonud to bn ak tbe stillness but a brook, Inat bubbling winoe nmong the weeds; no mark of hu- anan shape that been there unless the skeleton of ipoor wretch, wbo sought that plaoe out to -f and die Lei It be among the ancient and oaks; some gloomy evorgreeas.

Appropriate one liaii lo the use oi iny owd iainilr. uie other to sorvanis, etc. Let look on small aud distant part of the Blue nouutaius. The grave yard is located on an unfrequented lope of the mountain, "among ancient and venerable oaks," witb a solitary evergreen, but no sound of rutmiiig brook. "Uiat bubbling winds among the breaks the stillness.

A tall pme waving in the breeze, "Singing old songs with new was the only sound. Tbe of which there are thirty besides that of Jelferson, are partly surrounded by an old brick wall about one hundred feet square and eight or ten feet high, with high, rust-eateu iron gates, wide enough to admit a carriage, on the north and west tides. On the south the eutire wall is level with the ground, and on the west a portion fallen. Within the inclosure, as staled, everything is the picture of desolation and decay. With the exception of two or three marble slabs, which mark the graves of some of descendants, buried as late as ten years ago, there Is not one that is not cracked or defaced, overgrown witb the or out of its place.

It is half covered with rank weeds and loose stones and brioks. On the west wall the creepers" are struggling to grow out ol the place before they put on the scarlet tints of the autumn, and within the bloom of a single bush of eglantine only relieves the decay which meet one at every There is no trace whatever of the grave of Mrs. Jefferson, which was about the first interment, and which was located by tbe side of the obelisk of Jefferson. He survived her forty- four years. In 1851 this grave and its of white marble were visible with the simple inscription: "Martha Jf-flersou, born in 17tS O.S.

Intennarried with Jefferson 3, 1772. Torn from him oy death September 6, 1782. This monument of love is On the other side of the obelisk the slab covering the grave of oldest daughter is partially legible. What is missing iu brackets A. Jefferson eldest daughter of Thomas Jeflersou, born September intermarried with Thomas Mann Kairdolpli February 23, 1790.

Died October 10,, 1836. She possessed a strong and cullivaied mild and gentle temper; warm, affectionate and self-sacrificing iu all her duties. This is a slight mark of the love borne by her son, Thomas Jefferson Randolph." Tbe latter, the first grandson of bouaas Jeffersou, Oied but a few yfiars iiifo. (He was President in 1872 of the National Democratic Convention, which met at Baltimore.) Be was present when Jefferson died, and fur- Mr. Kandolpb, biographer, an interesting account of last moments.

From him it is learned that Mr. bad no funeral. It was his wish that his tuter- meut should be private and without parade of any kind, and no notice of the hour of interment nor invitations were issued. body as borne down the mountain side from his residence by a little procession of his family and servanui, but at the grave hi.s friends and neighbors had gathered iu a drenching rain to pay their last tribute of affection. Tne burial service of tbe Episcopal church was read over the remains at tbe grave.

Mr. Jefferson was invited to the city of Washington on the 4tb of day on which he iota in the celebaalion ot the fiftieth anniversary ot American independence, but he declined, on account of ill liealth, tliough anxious, as he to his "ancient neighbors" in that city. in his Jefferson wrote to Madison: care of me when dead, and be assured I shall leave with you my last Although Mr. Ilaudall tells us that this probably koferred to a deieiiso of his political life it is an appeal, now partially heeded, to the American people to save from further de.secratiou this of silence and reconciliation." Moiiticejlo itself, at tbe time of our visit, was possession of a tramp. When we reached the hill top from the graveyard, and walked to ithe front of tbe mansion, an old man In rags Bat balf asleep In the sun on the portico.

He aroused himself at the barking of a half-fed -log, and greeted us gruffly with: "Do you ant to aee old man house, gcntle- lenf" We answered. "Then it will cost ou twenty-five cents apiece. The money w'as a chain across the main door was unlocked, it swung open, and we entered a ipacious ante-hali. The appearance of decay in bis earthly habitation was not so great If we bad been led to believe, but was not the leseoraffen in keeping with that down the nountain slope 'fho home of Thomas Jeffer- ou in possession of a tramp 1 Who could be- Icve this unless he had seen Itf Yet inquiry roved this to be the literal fact. This old man sat himself down there without authority From any one, and levied admittance to MonU- cello, where Vfashingtou, and Madison and l-afayette bad been welcomed 1 The descrlp- of the house Is possibly too well to require one here.

It ou the very apex the mountain, and was formerly surrounded inameutal grounds, and is now half wered in trees. It is a long brick act re, of a balustrated single surmounted by a dome with porticosjn mt and rear. One of Mr. idiosyn- waea fondness for architecture. While was large and the rooms spacious, the was so narrow as to bo uncomfortable ut person, ami quite in contrast to the 8 of that date at Mount Vernon and lier.

The ball opened into an octagonal room wiili sliding glass folding doors unisli that looked modern. The second oor wascutup into all kinds of inconceivable lea-roomg to the form of the In I there was one room used for dancing I 1 a drnwlng-room. w'ere dark, narrow tn were partly a fix- pieces of nrniture, and an old carriage, I beloBged to Jefferson but the raarSle brescia hrench mirrors and band- Rota.s winch adorned the bouse wiih the aud paintings have gone long ago view from Monticello is magnificent piiles on the left, till tbe scene Is raelt- '1 into the haze of tlie Blue Ridge to Willis 'ountidn on the right, forty miles distant, there one vast of verduxe stretched out like a A Bird Is Nmart, if not mouy to Tills UflTect from Various Sources. A nest built by English sparrows was removed from behind one of the shutters of a third story window on tbe Penn street front of the Mansion house. The nest was a marvel of successful building.

The outside was composed of sticks, straw, twigs of trees and rough material ingeniously worked together, while the interior was as soft as eider down, having been constructed of feathers, cotton and filaments of silk. The most remarkable feature of this nest, however, is the fact that It was attached to the shutter by strings, wbich were entwined around the nest and fastened in such a manner as to display all the elements of human skill. A sparrow here having a long piece of cotton in its bill made a number of efforts to reacb oue of the highest points on the vine where its nest was, but was thwarted by the wind, which invariably blew the cotton away ana caused it to fall to the ground. Finally several sparrows were observed in a group, evidently in consultatiou, and presently an attack made by tbe birds upon the cotton, and in a few moments it was pulled to pieces aud each sparrow flew away with a portion. Several English sparrows found a lodging-piace ill a rolied-up awning in of "the Gem Bakery on North Fifth street, near VVasbiug- ton.

They entered the awning at the end, and had a most secure place during the winter and spring against cold, wind aud storms. In front of 417 Washington street English sparrows oil all the bark from the dead limb of a tree, tbe bark having been used for nest building. The birds tore It narrow strij's, and while engaged in their operations displayed wonderful patience aud good manago- (Pa.) Times. The other day a number of gentlemen were sitting In the detectives' room in the City Hall, when an English sparrow flew near the window. pieped in and darted away again.

Capt. Holzworth, who saw the little fellow, said that whenever he saw a sparrow it reminded him of a little scene which occurred in his yard one cold day last winter. The sparrows, it seems, ascertained the fact that there was a knot hole in the gable of bis bouse, and took advantage of their knowledge by taking possession of the hole and a portion of his attic, where they passed the winter as snug ss bugs in the rugs. The wife has a warm spot iu her heart for birds. So wben the ground was covered with snow, and the little fellows ran a risk of starving to death, Mrs.

Holzworth would sweep away the snow and spread upon the ground a fine repast of crumbs. The sparrows soon learned to depend upon her, and told their friends what a fine landlady they had. The consequences were hundreds congregated about tbe house and partook of his charity. Close to tbe spot where the birds were usually fed was a pile of bricks, and upon this pile the cher ishcd mouscr used to station herself for tbe purpose of watching for prey. As soon as the birds would gel comfortably settled upon the crumbs the cut would pounce upon them and invariably get a tender sparrow for dinner Finally tbe birds became accustomed to the mode of procedure, aud would be on the watch w'heuever they were feeding.

Tney were so alert that the cat would hardly get ready for a spring before they were up in the air and out of danger. One d.uy they were eating as usual, and the Cat as usual was watching them. Like a bolt of lightning the mouser jumped into their midst, but they were too quick for her. and escaped unhurt. Miss Tabby, not mounted the pile of bricks again and awaited their return.

The sparrows, after flying about for some time, finally settled upon the fence at the foot of the lot, where they held a loug interesting confab. After chattering away for several minutes they cautiously returned to their crumbs and resumed their e.ating, keeping all the while a sharp lookout for the enemy. After the cat had become satisfied that they wore too much interested in iatisfying their appetite to think of her, she made another spring. Tlie birds were up in auinsfant, and instead of flying away as usual, they formed themselves into a bollow square, and char upon the foe. 8orae got upon the back, and scratched and picked with all ilieir might; others flew right into her face, while the balance made it interesting in the rear.

Tbe cat was so surprised first that she stood unable to move. The birds became more and more infuriated, and fought such a savage battle tlnit they drove the foe down the garden path on full gallop and under the barn. Thev returned to iheir feast, and were left to themselves tha balance of tbe winter, the cat herself scarce when ihey jiut iu an (O.) Leader. A few weeks ago a sp.arrow built her nest in one of the trees in the yard around Mayor Forr dwelling, and iu a short time three or four pretty little sparrows were hatched out. Oue evening, while a storm was raging and the wind whistling through every branch of the trees, making it decidedly uncomfortable to be out, the inoUier sparrow, true to the instinct hich prompts everything to care for its young, carried the little sparrows from the nest to the corner of a windowsill, away from the severe weather, and then curried the iiest down, put the little ones in it, and rested safely from the storm all She aud her young wore well cared for.

If this had not been done, the young st-arrows would no doubt have Ireeu drowned. (Pa.) Times. While at the depot at Williamsport a few ago a Derrick atteiiKon was called by the depot master to a nest built inside the large stationary gong at the depot, and which sounded for the departure of trains. The gong is about eighteen inches in diameter, and when struck by its large hammer it has a deafening sound. Notwithstanding tbe racket made by the gong a pair of sparrows have built tbeir nest right over the knocker, and let it ring loud as it may, oue of the sparrows will remain ou the nest and the other has been frequently observed to sit upon the iron of the knocker while it is striking, apparently not in the least disconcerted by the City (Pa.) Derrick.

HVKL.T. THE AMERICAN WAB-SHIP. Bnllt the an Imitation of Buropean Some Snmeatlona for Our Tarrjr Thompson to Co nelder. IFrom Van Magazine It is very improbable that an American man- of-war will ever be built in Imitation of the monstrosities of Europe. They are too costly to cooBtruct and maintain, and beside are too large and of too deep a draught to suit our needs and purposes.

They are not good sea boats; for which reason they are disliked by naval men all over the world. So enormous is their weight that they do not ride well in the water, in stJte of their great beam, and do not sometimes obey satisfactorily the helm. They consume an enormous amount of coal. They are too slow. Keeping In mind the fact that our navy will be always small, the vessels composiug it should be distinguished for speed, in order to derive the utmost service from them in'case of need On the declaration of a war they may be scat tered all over the world, and until we are properly equipped, may be required close at home; therefore they should be able to reach Letter to New York There is a rumor afloat that Lord field is about to show sigus of life in more ways than one.

The leadership of the party he will not abandon, but it is whispered that he Intends to get married again. I know nothing as to the source of the report, but many people profess to believe it. Tbe following paragraph in Vanity Fair, has reference to it: "It is not often that a man after seventy-three years of active in politics as in society to turn his thoughts to matrimony as a serious profession. Yet I am told that the evergreen Earl has almost made up his mind." Lord Beaconsfield is seventy-five, not seventy-three, and I do not see how he can be said to have spent all this time In active life. He began very early, no doubt, but we have never heard that he did anything very uncommon at two, or was foremost in "society" while still in his cradle.

His age is no insuperable barrier to marriage. I know a worthy gentleman, the of a couiitv, who got married at eighty, and was blessed with a son and heir. The rumor as to Lord Beaconsfield, however, must probably be put down as one of the little inventions with which people try to amuse during a rather dull season. For the season is dull, notwithstanding the return of the Liberals to power. People ho used to entertain largely do not entertain at all.

and some of tbe most famous diancr-givers of tbe past have not even taken a bouse this ye.ar in London. As your namesake here complained lately, is now done "on rhe elionn our shores In tbe shortest time. Once here they have to guard an extensive line of sea coast, and should be able to fly to any point suddenly tbraBtoned. On the sea they may have to chase fast merchantmen and faster privateers of the enemy. Performing blockade duty, again, their speed is of greater consequence than any other quality.

If one of them should happen to be pursued by one or several men-o(-war of the enemy, she ought to be able to save herself from fighting against disadvantageous odds. If, iu her turn, she is chasing another vessel, she ought to come up to her as soon as possible, aud with her ram principally decide tbe contest. To render herself formidable as a ran, however, she must be swift; her blow will then be given with more than ordinary effect, and shoultf she miss her opponent the first time, she will sweep past her quickly and as quickly return to the charge, exposing herself a short time only to fire. Her good speed will favor her also in not permitting her opponent lo get out of her 8he will require to be driven witb twin screws, moved by two powerful engines. All ibe room necessary for the proper arrangement of her engines, the number of her boilers, and tbe size ol her coal bunkers, should be taken, even if she remain cramped for space in other particulars.

As her crew all told will reach somewhere between 250 and 300 men, and her guns large and small will number from 12 to 14, her length, to enable her to sustain regularly a good speed with moderate cousumption of coal, must be about 270 or 280 feet. Her speed should be 13 knots per hour, when the ship is uuiuflueiiced by wind or current; aud by forcing her engines aud boilers, and consuming about 30 per centum more coal, between one or two more knots per hour should be got out of her. In (irder that she may sit in the water with stability, and present a steady deck with necessary room below, her greatest width of beam, measured at the water line, should bo some 45 or 46 feet. A greater width would iiilerfore with her having suitable lines for her speed, and a lesser one would not give her enough deck room, as well as buoyancy. An armored vessel carrying heavy artillery, large amounts of coal and ammunition, many boilers an heavy engines, cannot have the fine lines of a race boat, without sacrificing in her considerable buoyancy and stability, although her armor and artillery be reduced so as to become comparatively light.

Her bow and stern may be designed moderately sharp; this feature will not prevent her miiximum width from being carried some considerable distance along her sides before it is materially diminished. Stability and diminution of draught are secured at ilie same lime by means of full sections and a rather flat bottom amidships. She should lie as much as possible under w'ater, which element is the best protection she can have against the shot of an enemy. Therefore her deck, when she has everything aboard, should not rise more than 4 feet above her line of floatation. If cireumstatances permit it she ought to sink herself a foot lower still with water when she prepares herself for action.

She will in all cases only a narrow strip of her hull to fire: and, being of moderate draught, considerable beam, and not great weight, she will be able to ride easily a heavy sea, aud keep her deck quite dry iu bad weather. As she is nevertheless exposed to ship plenty of outlets wall proiecied are required hi her sides to let tbe water escape quickly. Her bulwarks are not to be pierced with any port holes; they are to rise some 4 faet above her deck her cuns will fire over her and be elevated therefor between 8 and 9 feet above the water. Although this height is not generally for loug rauge firing, yet an advantage of this nature may well be sacrificed in this iustance, cousidering that she is a vessel intended to fight at close quarters. Commencing at about a foot below her highest water-line, her sides should run up perfectly straight to tbe top of her bulwarks falling inward from the vertical some 30 deg or 32 deg.

which inclination is to be carried along both boards of the ship to within a proper distance of her ends, when it should begin to diminish gradually until her sides become per fectly vertical at her bow aud stern. Opposite to her engines her armor may be inches thick; over other parts of her bullit may descend to 4, except for some 25 or 30 feet along her bows and stern, where it may be only three inches. It should not pass above her deck except where her guns are loca ted; at which points it may reach to the top of her bulwarks, extend for a few feet on each side of the guns, in order to protect their carriages, and have its thick ness augmented an inch or so. Thus ar ranged the chances for shots which strike her sides below her deck are greatly increased By swinging over her sides her chain cable armor wben she goes into action, she is iu stiU better trim for defending herself by deflecting shots. Some deck-room will have to be sucri flccd to the foregoing disposition of her sides and headroom below also, but these dis adv.antages are not great.

Her armored guns on the other baud, will be put nearer the cen ter of the ship, and she will have more stabil! ty in the water, steadier deck from which to fire. Tbe bulwarks should be thick enough to prevent the buHets of Galling gnns from go ing through them. At some 30 or 35 feet from the ends of the bows, inclined armor defenses 4 feet high should be run obliquely across the deck fiom both bulwarks to meet in its centre. In tbe angular space so formed should be put one, or better, two, heavy guns, the carriagee of which will be protected by armor plating on tbe defi uees in front and on the bulwarks at tbe Tbe same arrangement should be in troduced at the other end of the ship. For avard of the bow guns the bulwarks should rise about six feet above the deck, and be made re movable, so that when the ve-sel goes into ac tion, these guns blow them away and tear up the deck ahead.

At the stern similar bulwarks are needed, but not rising so high by two feet. A battery of 8 or 10 comparatively small guns should be carried along her sides. Around her masts aud on light open work bridges reaching across the deck at an el vatlon otl2, and supported at their centre and ends, should be placed a dozen or more Gat ling guns. Several advantages are connected with put ting her heavy guns at her bo iv aud stern. In whatever position relatively to herselflies the enemy, she can always bring at least half of these guns to bear on him, and when chased also she can utilize them.

When, on the contrary, she assumes the aggressive, being essentially a ram, she will approach close lo her ad versary. aud fight with her bows toward him, in order to ram at the first favorable opportunity, while she is using in the meantime her most effective guns ou bun. Her broadsides are her weak spots; these she should expose as little as possible to a floating enemy; but her bows and stern, if only moderately sharp, will be well shaped for deflecting shots. However, to prevent the possibility of a very heavy shot entering her bows below the deck and passing nearly or entirrly through her hull lengthwise, a couple of bulk a certain distance apart, inclined, covered each from about the water line to under tbe deck with 3 or 4 inches of plating, and located under her bow guns, may prove efficacious. In fighting a fortification, or shore battery, she will her broadsides, and run the risk, perhaps, of havi ig a heavy shot sent into her engine room; but she is none the less able to continue fighting if her guns are not dismounted, and she does not make water at every point.

Her deck should be level from stem to stern, and properly shaped in plan fore aud aft. where it should present width enough for her heavy guns. It should be capable of beiug made tight over all openings, and should be encumbered as little as possible with projections. Her deck lying low, she will not, under any circumstances, be able to carry much sail, iu fact.she is aesigned as a steamer, pure and simple, availing herself slightly only of wind power, hut amply provided with coal space. complisbed, while he is a coarse, unlettered peasant, without even physical as he is short and thick-set, with a broad, stolid countenance.

What will be the end of his dream, I wonder? Will'he go mad or break his heart the day that he finds his beloved either married or betrothed? Or will he die some day of privation or overwork, with a vision of success before his FACTS AJSD GOSSIP. AA AATIU CLAUltB MELAOTTB. is now done "on the are asked iu the afternoon to a tea-fight, and the expense ef a dinner partv is saved. To save money seems to he the main ambition of evcrybouy, high and low. If it were not for the American travellers who are arriving, even tbe hotels would be empty.

Luckily there are many of them here just now that a toler.ibly full stream of money is filtering through Bond street, and even the departure of Mr. Yauder- bilt will not be felt. He started for Paris on Thursday night, having seen nothing in Loudon which delighted him more than the exquisitely beautiful grounds of Mr, James 3IcHenry at Kensiugtou, where tbe hawthorn, tbe laburnum and the rliododeiulroiis are just now all out in flower. A lovelier sight could not be met with within fifty miles of London. Many Mr.

Vanderbilt, have found out that the hospitable doors of Oak Lodge ateever thrown open to American viJtors, so that the beautiful flowers aud plants which gem the garden-walks do not by any means waste their sweetness on the desert air. I was recently told, says the Paris correspondent of ths Philadelphia Telegraph, one of the strangest romances of real life that has ever come to my knowledge. Some four ago a peasant boy who lived ou a farm near the tswn of Clermont-Fearraud saw and fell in love with the beautiful daughter of a gentleman of good fortune and position, he being that time 17 years of age and tbe young lady just 16. This new Claude Melnotte was so madly in love that he went straight to tbe house of the young parents and demanded her hand in marriage. The father treated the preposterous proposition with good natured scorn.

"Come back when you have an income of $40,000 (200,000 was bis answer, "and then we will see about it." The infatuated youth took him at his forthwith set to work. Now, one of the peculiarities of the town of Clermont- Ferrand is a scarcity of water. There is no river near it, so it relies for its water supply on spriBgs and wells. Under these circumstances a spring is a valuable pieoe of property, and commands a relatively high price. So the young peasant lover set off for an adjacent mountain, there to search for bidden My informant said that be had honeycombed the whole side of the mountain with his works, constructing at one point a tunnel over two miles in length.

All this was executed with his own hands. He works from dawn to dark, lives upon potatoes of his own planting, and never spends so much as a sou upon a mug of beer. Everv Sunday he goes to iulhe town, after which he proceeds to the house of his lady love, to ask if she Is married or likely to be. On receiving a response in the negative he plods contentedly homeward, and starts out afresh to Ills toil on the raorrow. This life has continued for four full years.

Up to the present time he discovered three important springs, each of which he has sold for but, though now possessed of wh.at for a man tn his oonditton of life is wealth, he abates none of tbe hardships of his existence. He has one fixed to become the possessor of a fortune sufficient to enable him to claim the hand of the object of his blind passion. Yet no one who knows the parties even imagines that tbe young lady will ever consent to marry him. She is now 20 years of age, and iU pretty, refined and ac- A leading hotel In Dundee, Scotland, is furnished throughout with furniture made in Grand Rapids, Mich. The money spent for tobacco in this country, according to The Retailer, exceeds in amount the expenditure for bread.

An Italian engineer has invented a steam bicycle: the boiler and machinery are directly under the seat of tbe rider. Tbe Island of Elba, first exile home, has been devastated this spring by an army of locusts from Africa. Mr. Waterman of Duluth was so exasperated by a com that he took careful aim with a pistol and shot a bullet through it. The corn is gone, and so is most of the toe.

Tbe mother heartiest enough to deliberately starve her infant to death, while pretending to feed it, lives in Steubenville, Ohio. Her excuse was that she could not be bothered by a child. the opening of every new Parliament in Italy each member receives a new medal commemorative of the occasion, struck specially at tbe royal mint. 'The medal for the XlVth Parliament is now being coined. Lord Kenmare, the new Lord Chamberlain, was desperately nervous at his first levee.

He announced the lieutenant and adjutant of a distinguished line regiment as 'stafi sergetnt, and Sir Baker Russell as Sir Russell Baker. Mr. Gladstone at tbe Academy dinner observed to Lord Derby, who sat next to him, in a tone which was perhaps intended to be, certainly was, overheard, that he did not propose 10 retain the Premiership longer than eighteen months. John Cox slept in a bouse, at Muncie, that had very thin walls. One nieht an unknown enemy fired a bullet through the side of tne building into room, calculating the direction so well that the missile struck the bed on wbich he lay.

A peasant who had during fifty years dressed in female attire and been considered a woman, was recently sent to an hospital in Milan, and was there discovered by the surgeons 111 charge to be a man. The supposed womau had been foriually married to a mau. On the first of May a new telegraphic rule went into lorce in Switzerland. At the request of the seuder, the message must be delivered open at the designated domicile, so that, iu the absence of the person for whom it is intended, immediate attention may be given to the matter. Bernard Goodman fmarried the widow Powers, at Chicago, but soon transferred his love to her daughter Nelly, aged 14.

He asked the girl to elope with and marry him. She refused and immediately told her mother of the afl'air. Mrs. Goodman was ill, and the shock of the news killed her instantly. The Rev.

Webster Hazlewood of Roxbury, told his ife that he was tired of her, and wished she would gel a divorce, so that he could marry a more congenial woman. She did as he requested, he providing the evidence of his own criminality. He is now free, but vras compelled to the ministry. Cardinal Newman assisted recently at vespers at the Oratory in South Kensington, and attracted such an enormous mass of people that tbe police had to keep back numbers seeking admission. Tbe venerable ecclesiastic, recovered from his recent accident, is represented in excellent health and the enjoyment of the highest spirits.

Pulling matches bv steamboats are still a popular diversion in the West. At Chicago a few days ago, the Gardner, fcr years regarded as the most powerful vessel on the lakes, was beaten by tbe Johnson. In these contests the boats are fastened together by a rope running from stem to stern, and then both are started at the same instant. The demand for holy images having lately decreased in Russia, some of the manufacturers changed their business, and resorted to forging KMSsian bank notes, which gave them baucsome profit. But this occuo-ation having been broken up by the police, the forgers have taken up another business, that of digging iu the Siberian mines.

On a recent official inspection of tbe St. Petersburg printing offices, it was discovered that an amazing quantity of type was wanting. One of the printing offices could not account for the disappearance of eight hundred pounds of type and the other for one hundred and thirty-four II IS believed that the type had been carried off by Nihilist printers. Already more than forty Parliamentary election petitions have out of the late general election, ana additional judges will, besides the three already on the rota, be selected to hear these cases. Of the above number of petitions it is anticipated that one or two at least have become void in consequence of the necessary formalities not having been complied with.

According to the United States Consul at Birmingham, the exuorts of hardware thence to this country for the quarter ending March 31 were £117,316, against £11,004 in the same period of last year, an increase of $.530,000. Of metal sheathing, nearly $50.000 worth has been despatched, against last year, and more than $15,600 of anyils aud vises in excess last year. Two pedestrian shows are traveling through the country, circus fashion. One is managed by and usually occupies large public buildings. The other is Haveriy's enterprise, and tbe walking is done in a big tent.

The races last six days each, at twelve hours a dav. best figures thus far in such a contest are 440 for Hughes, the lepper." The first prize is usually Alicia Jordan, the actress, who diodttn clnnati lately, was famous in the variety theatres for her impersonations of male characters, chiefly fops. While she wore the treus- crs on the stage her husband, Jobn F.Sheridan, wore pelicoats, for be aeted the society belle in conjunction with her performances. The PROGRESS IN JAPAN. A Talk Hlldekasa Knwaset Cklef Secretary ot the Belns Cast Thonsht Taking Pos- of the Orient and Other Aotable Chanses About.

the Philadelphia A small yellow-faced man with black bsad-like eves, intensely black bair, black, arched and high, intelligent forehood, stood before the register at Ihe Coni inental Hotel the other evening, lys name was T. Klda, a Japanese, one of a party of three cemmiaaioned by the Japanese Government to attend tbe great exhibition at Mclbonrne. Australia, in October next. They left Japan iirthe latter part of April, taking a long time ahead to travel and gee the world before taming up in Ans- tralia. Going direct to 8an Francisco they tpent about a week there in study and obaervation, after which they went Chicago, where they spent three daya.

From there they came direct to Philadelphia, spending a day here seeing mannfactories and leading places of interest under the pilotage of Edward Sbippen. They went to the Baldwin Locomotive Woiks, the Falla of Schuylkill Carpet Mills, James.Sellers iron works, the Oou- tennial Building and several other places, occupying tbe whole day from 9 in tbe morning till 6 in the evening. The next morning they left pair had been travelling this season with Henry J. "Fun on the Company, She was ill, bnt was carrrted to the stage, where she fainted during her fuu- nie scene, aud died soon after. Coquelin, who has just followed Sarah Bernhardt in her secession from the Theatre is a born actor of comic drama.

In it exaggeration is jiermlssible, and he indulges in some exaggeration, tempered, however, by the stage 'art of'maiiv of practice. He commands at will the merriment of the world. The mouth, the nose, the quaint eves, the lithe action of tbe body, and the skill with which all these are controlled and displayed, make Coquelin a figure to be remembered by those who have once seen him. The London Times says that the Russian Nihilists carry about their persons the types with which they do their printing. If it is necessary to publish a proclamation or other document, the compositors meet in secret and in the quickest possible wav put in type tha manuscript, and then print it from a hand press.

When the nece-sary number of eopies is ready, the is taken to pieces aud put in the pockets of the conspirators, who immediately return to their homes. Hannibal Roe had read that bears would not eat dead men. Therefore, when he found himself caught in a Montana canon by a big sbe bear be lay as still as death on bis face. But sbe bit him borriby, and be had about made up Lis mind that she was not to be imposed upon, wben she heard one of her cubs cry, at a little distance, and trotted off, doubtless intending to return at her leisure. Roe was so badly wounded that his recovery doubtful, but ha managed to escape by dragging himself through a creek and hiding on the other side.

A writer in Journal sa.vs bieatl par excellence, according to tlie majority of medical men, is aerated bre.ad.” A for the making of this was t-iken. out about fifteen years ago, but since then has not enjoyed, says the writer, nearly the popularity and cousumption that it really deserves. It has msny decided advantages, a great one being that the dough demands no handling from perspiring and, too often, unclean bakers. Dr. of the Middlesex Hospital, insist- strongly on its value those cases of dyspepsia which 90 often affect the brain-workers of the great metropolis." It keeps better, too, than other bread.

TUB TBIALS OF AM ABISTOCBATIC FOKTE88. the London Standard May At the Court, Red Lion square yesterday, before the common jury, an action by the Hon. Pauline Emily Cranstoun to recover damages against Mr. Arthur H. Moxon of 22 Henrietta street.

Covent Garden, for non-publication of a book of poems, came for bearing. She is tha only child of the late Lord Cransftonn, who died in 1869 without heirs, and whose title is extinct. The defendant did not make appearance. The statement of claims showed that in Novembjr, 1878, an eemeut was made by Mr. Moxon to publish a book of poems written by the lady, and to account to her in due course for the proceeds of the same.

She was to pay in advance the expenses of printing, and he was to receive a commission of 10 per cent, on the sales. The first edition was to consist of 300 copies, of which 200 were printed and, with the exception of forty sent to the press, were sold, the result being a balance due and admitted by tbe defendant to plaintiff of £11. The remaining 100 were, however, never published, aud though frequent applications had been made for them, they-had been without avail, It was understood they were held by the printer as security. As Miss Cranstoun had paid defendant £.37 in advance, and wben the book was favorably reviewed could not obtain any more copies, she felt much aggrieved. The question resolved Itself in one of damages.

It was computed that the net value of the books, after deducting commission, was £18 in addition to which it had to be considered whether the reputation of a young author was not. seriously affected by such a matter. Mr. Blanchard, of court road literary agent, desposed that he introduced the plaintiff to Mr. Moxon in November, 1878, when he undertook the publication of the work.

Witness paid him a check tor £32 for tbe expense of printing, binding and publishing 300 copies. In the copies, as printed, there was a defect by tbe omission of a word at the end of one of the poems. This, Mr. Moxon promised to have corrected In the third 100, wbich were to be ready in a few days. In consequence of that witness paid about £5 for advertisements, but was never able to get the books, although he had applied frequently for them.

He understood from the printer that he still had them. Lady Cranstoun, in examination by Mr. Atkinson, deposed that 4be plaintiff, her daughter, seriously ill, and not able to attend the court. Witness was always present at tbe interviews between plaintiff and defendant and knew that about £37 had been paid to the latter. Her ladyship produced some letters from Mr.

Moxon, admitting his liability, in one of which, dated November 12, he asked for time to arrange matters, as he was iu a temporary difficulty through his chief creditor not having keptfaitb with him, at the same time stating he had placed his affaire in the hands of his solicitor. Mr. John Templeman, a publisher, proved endeavoring to purchase a copv in April last, and not being able to get one. The Under- Sheriff having briefly addressed the- jury, and pointed out that the liability of tbe defendant was admitted by tbejury returned a verdict for the lady with £40 damages. for Washington, where they will remain for several days, after which they visit New York and and finally returning to New York, sail for Europe on the 3d of June, expecting to occupy tbe interval from June tlllUctober in traveling and atudy and observation the various cotuuries of the Old World.

Tne chief of the commission Is HilUetaasu Kuwase, Chief Secretary of the Japanese Treasury and a director of tbe Bureau of Commerce. JAFANESE DEVLOPMENT. Speaking of Japaa as it was and as it is. Chief Seen tary Kuwnse said that no country in. the world has been more or more jealous of the encroacbmonta of foreign customs and manners than Japan, flistorians have alwaye set tbe Japanese apart as a peoplejposseased of one striking peculiarity, distingnibhea above many an averseness to have anvtbing to do with foreign ooiiDtries under any or all circumstances.

For cent- nrles all attempts of Brltiab and other ships lo ao- proach tbe coast of Japan for surveys or any other purpose was opposed by the Japanese aiuhoritios; did a British vessel come in sight and begin to make soundings, instantly would a fleet of small Japanese boats put out from the stiorc, headed by a high ofiBcial from the governor of the particular province they were approaohmg, and warn them that they roust proceed no further. If the commander of tbe vessel insisted be would Instantlv be adnionisbed of the provisions of tbe Jauan- ese law, which fairly bristled with prohibitions against any Communications with for- cigu cations excepting the Chinese and Dutch. It has only been within tbe last twenty years that Japan has broken down her ancient exclusive policy and opened her ports lo foreign nations. This came about gradually. Fifteen years before the breaking out of Ihe American civil war sbe still beld to her old prejudices against foreigners and vigorously en- torci them.

A tew instances may serve lo show now deep rooted this spirit was. In 1845 an American whale ship, crniiing among the Northern ishtnds of Japan, fell in with a sinking junk and rescued fifteen or twenty Japanese from drowning and took them into the bay of Yeddo, when, upon anchoring, the ship was immediately siinounded by nearly four huudred armed boats which took her in tow. took all her arms from her and lowing her in front oia neighboring town, kept her guarded there for four days. Orders came from Ihe Governor al Yeddo presently to this effect: I am intprmedby tbemouttisof somesbip-wrcckad persons of our country that they have been brought home by your ship and that they have been well treated. But according to our laws tbey must not be brought home except by the Chinese or the Dutch, Nevertheless, in the present case we shall make an exception, because the return of tht-se men by you must be attributed to your ignorance of these laws.

In future Japanese subjects will not be received in like circum Stan CCS, and will have (o be treated rigorously when letnmed. You are hereby advised of this and that yon must make it known to As in consequence of your long voyage provisions hnd wood and water are wamiug on board your ship we have regard to your request, and whatever you want will be given to yon. As soon as possible after the reception of this order the ship must depart and return directly to her own country. JAPANESE EXCLUSIVENESS, An attempt was made in 1848 by the American Government to luduce Japan to open her ports to foreign trade. Commodore Biddle, with a consider able American fleet, arrived at Japan in July of that year, and anchored in the bay of Yeddo.

The attempt was a failure. After considerable trouble in establisbing communication and getting a sort of hearing with the Japanese authorities, the following answer ivas returned without signature and under the title of "Exulanatory According to the Japanese laws the Japanese may not trade except with the Dutch and Ctiinese. It will not be allowed that America make a troatv with Japan or trade with her, as the same is not allowed with any other nation. Concerning etranga lands all things are fixed at Nagasaki, but not here in the bay; therefore, you must denart as quick as possible and not come any more to Japan. This has been the habit of our nation from time Immemorial.

In all cases of a similar kind that have occurred we have positively refused to trade. Foreigners have come to us from various quarters, but they nave always been received in tne same way. Iu taking this course with regard to only pursue our accustomed policy. We can make ua distinct ion between diflerout foreign nations. We treat them all alike, and yoa as Americans must receive Ihe same answer with the rest.

It will be ot no use to renew the attempi, aa all applications of the kind, however numerous tbey tnay be, will be steadily rejected. We are aware that our customs are in this respect differint from those of some other bat every nation has a right to manage its affairs in its own way. The trade carried on with the Dutch at Nagasaki is not to be regarded as furnishing a nrecedent for trade with other nations. The place is one of few inbabitaiits and very little business, and the whole affair is of no importance. In conclusion we have to say that the Emperor positively refuses the permission you desire.

He earnestly advises you to depart immediately aud to con suit your ovi'u safety in not appearing again our coast. RELATIONS WITH UNCLE 8AM. After the receipt of this communication Com roodore Biddle departed. It was not until ii, B54 that Japan consented to make a trea-y with the United This was through the instrumentality of Commodore Berry, who sent by President Fillmore with a strong squad rontoJiipau lor that purpose, rnc treaty, which was only consented to and brought about bv the unawed persistence and deteriniuation of Com modore Perry, was the result of more than deliberation and negotiation, tlie Commo dore visiting Japan iu 1853, and pushing up tbe bay of Yeddo lurther than any foreign fleet had ever gone the protests and warn mgs of ibp officials, who came out boats to meet them and wave them within a miles ot Yokohama. The letter the Pi esidiiit of the United States to the Emper of Japan was here delivered to a high official whom Commodore Perry insisted must com.

aboard to receive it, after which there was a long delay before it was even known whether tha Em teror would answer or not. At leiigrh encour agement came that be would consider the matter and forward nu answer through the Cbinege or Dutch. This the Commodore treated asan iusut: and gave the representative to under stand that the answer must be forwarded through him as the special ambassador of the Amenoan Government, as there would be some delay before the answer could be prepared, the Commodore gave notice to the Japanese offlcids that be wonld return for it in the following April or Mav. "With all the asked the official to whom this de was commnuicnted. and probably witb replied the Commodore.

The fleet then left aud Commodore Perry spent the remainder of the year on the coast of China. Iu Febrnary, 1864, he reappeared in the bay of 5'eddo with three steam frigjtes, tour sloops-of war aud two storeehips. He sailed up tbe bav un til wi.htn a tew miles of the city of Yeddo. The importuned him to back and iiiithcr away, but this he stoutly declined to do, Finally they agreeii to let him land at Yokohama then a village of only about ten thousand inhsbi tants. It was here the treaty was made.

America wanted particidarly two ports on the southern part of Japan where American merchant vessels carrying on tiade between China and this coun try could put in tor supplies when neoessarv; and also, where American citizens, whether ship wrecked sailors or others, could have the full protection of the laws ami live or sojourn with the same freedom as was enjoyed by the natives. This request was granted, the treat': being drawn up between Commodore Perry and the immediate representatives in Yoko hama. The two ports opened to American com nierce were Simoda and Hakodade, where Amen can ships would ihereafter be free to resort for supplies and for trading purposes. His object be- 11 accomplished, Commodore Perry, atier giving an entertainment to a ifimber of high Japanese officials off board his ship, relnrned home. JAPAN AS IT IS.

visit was the beginning ot a new era for Japan. Jbroni lhat dtitc a change eo take placo lu the sentiiiieniBHad customs of the people as well as in tbe system of their politics, iiutil at tho pre Bent time thev have been compJetely rcvolution and from a once exclusive and negative people they cannot make enough of their opportunities for tn- tercourse witb foreign nations. Tho treaty with America of 1854 was revised 1866, and full com mcrcial relations established between the two coun tries, and again it was revised in 1872-3. The Cen tenuial Exbibition did a great deal for the trade be tween the American macuinerv, locomotives and numerous other articles of this manufacture, goes to Japan yearly. At the present time they have about two hundred miles of railroad and two thousana miles of lelograpn.

New roads are in course of construction.most ly and tiie supervision of American engineers and contractors. 1 he chief railroad is between the cities ot Hioga and Oiaka, a distance of about fifty live The former city has about two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants and the latter halt a million. Besides this immense strides have bren made in learuing. English and frrnch universities have been established in Yeddo and other important cities, comprising every branch of studv to be found in the most famous English or American universities. The one thing, however, which the Japanese will not dabble in at present is religion.

The intelligent classes have outgrown the belief that there are tour million of gotts in ineir emnire, all of whom it is necessary to worship, and this snpersiitlon almost entirely disappeared, except in remote places among the ignorant peasants. Many of tne Japanese are free thinkers. hood. Tall, erect with robust form, disease seems a airanger to frame. Comstoek is one of the most oiderly and well-bebSTed cowvicts in the ietutniion.

He has not so mneb as been reprimanded for a misdemeanor. He is indnatrious, and has not been abssnt a day from his labor. While he shows no psi ticalar rtreugth of mind, be indicates no mental weakness. He holds aloof from tbe other prisoners, and a conaequeuoe is respected by them. Wb one convict requests to pass a note or soma other object to another while walking along tbe sat lories in pursuit of bis tasks, be passes on, unmind- fut of remarks.

No eooviet ever complains of him, as be is no tale-bearer, and attends strictly to bis own bnriness. Comstock lives in hope. He has faith to believe that friends will some time interest themselves in bim and endeavor to secure bis par don. Twice applications for panion bavo been made to ttaeOovemor, but both timee a brother has opDosed them. Major William B.

Boyta, tha ptin- oiple keeper, believes that Comstock, ii now releasad. wonld make a good citizen. He bas lost bis taste for liquor, and maintaina tbat be knew nothing of bn deed. THB OP ALBAMT. Awclcnt Bearers of a Famoaa Title Queen Tletorla la About to Confer on Prince Leopold.

(From the London News, May It is said tbat tbe Queen Is about to create Prince Leopold Duke ot Albany. If so, his Royal Highness will bear a title tamoos tn British history, though oftener illustrated by tbe misforioaes, and even the crimel, of its possessors, than by tbeir virtues. A word is due in the first Instance to the mythical Duke of Albany created by Shakespeare In tbe consort of Goneril is portrayed a type of well meaning weakness, and tbe moral poiuted is that the best intentions witnoui strength of purpose are not only of no avail, but must, iu ibe nature btngs, abet the perpetration of frightful wrongs. LeaPs son in-law repents in tears, but too late for atonement. To pass to tbe blstorio bearers of tbi name.

Robert IL, tne first Soottwh King of th Uouseof Stoart.had two Earl of Garrick. and Robert. Earl of Fife. The former sue ceeded to the throne on his fatbePs death in 1393, wben he changed his name, assuming tbe style of Robert HI. Like his legendary prMccessor, bo.

too, meant well, but was weak; and his brother seems te have teen the real ruler of the ooantry. In 1338 the King raised Robert to tha dignity of Duke of Albany, or Albainn, the eld name for tbe district of tbe Highlands. This was the first dukedom conferred by a King of Scotland, with tbe exception of that of Rothesay, bestowed by tne same Robert III. on bis own eldest son. Albany was twice to Margaretll Countess of Mcnieitb in her own right, through whom he acquireil that fair earldom; second, lo Muriella, daughter of Sir William Keith, Marischa (or Marsbai) of Scotland.

By this naion he had several children, of whom Murdoch, the eldest ultimatelv succeeded him in the familv honors. Albany, however, aimed at tbe show as well as tne reality of iiower. Between him and the throne there stood bis elder brother and two nephews Duke ot Rothesay before mentioned and James, Duke of Ross. Having succeeded in securing tbe person of Kotbesar, he imprisoned that ill- fated Prince in Futklaud Castle, aud was suspected of having starved bim to -alh. Certain it is that Rothesay died soon after (1401.) It is fair to add that Albany was examined in tbe followiug year before a great council of tbe held at U'eiy- rood touching this matter.

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53 Central wharf. to JAPANESE FREE THOUGHT, are Iri'eat continued Kuwase, and the most eugroeeihg subject that claims our attention now is politics. Yon might say It was a craze with the Japatu se people. Evcrybady of intelJigence talks and on poltitcs; do too much ot said the polite shaking heart. of twelve aud fourteen years old will talk poliLtcs.

It began to get so that the Emperor, who ts hand-to band with tbe people in ir aterial development, was obliged to issue ao edict Droblbiltng public In some You say your religious belief changed In tbe last fifteen or twenty years, and tbat from beliiving in the existence of numerous gods in Japan, you laugh at that belief now. What belief have you submitted iii its the Japaneso, reflectively, any belief. The most progressive among us reason that we have not time to indulge in religious Roeculation. What we must de, we believe, is to provide for toe present; make our government better and work to catch ur with oih(-r nations. We find tbat other countries are so far ahead of and know so much more than we do.

tbat it wonld be out of place to waste ti ue in arguing about religion. We want to better tbe couditlon of our country first, then will be time to settle the uuesiiou of oiir religion after One of the most surprising lilustratioas of progress ill -lapan, tie says, is found id tbe growth of the newspaper press of the country. When Perry made his treaty with Japan, in 1854, there was not a newspaper ot any kind in tne whole empire. present lime there are, inclndiug periodicals, uo less than two bnndrqft and sixly-eight published in the Japanese ianguage. Besmes these there is the Tokio limes, edited by an American, and five other papers French and throe in Yo- kobajiia.

The empire of Japan contains thirty-five millions of people. Its largest city is bas a population of one million; next IB Osaka, with a population of balf a million; next Kiota, with a population of a quarter of a million. After these come Nazova, population 200.000; Hiroshima, population Miyagi, Kana- gaa, Yokohama, 80,000: Hioga, 40,000, and Nigasaki, 40,000. These comprise the chief towns of importance in the empire. TWBfiUrY-TIYO YBARM A PR190MER.

And Yet for Pardon and A Model Convict In Auburn. the New York Twenty-two years ago the Iron gate of Auburn prison closed with a clang, upon William Comstock. Maddened by whiskey, be had slain his father and mother in Brookfield, N. Y. Inas much as tho doable murder was committsd while the mau was wild with delirium tremens, he was permiued to plead sruilty ro manslaughter in the first degree, which he did, and he was sentenood by Judge Hiram Cray to imprisoDment for the term bis natural life.

Comstock was 37 years of age During all these twenty-two years be has not been outside tbe prison walls, and now at the age of 69 is as ignorant ot tbe ways ol the world as tho mewling infant iu lU mother's arms. Wben he entered tho Institution be had no occnpation, and up to twelve years ago was employed in what is known the state shop at all kinds of work. Since then he has been in tbe tailor shop. Gomatock is In many respects a remarkable man. When sent to prison he was a physical wreck from the effects of drink.

Now be appveutif perfeal specimea of aaa- triendly power. Ihe vessel carrying the heir ap paient was captured by the English, on what pre text It is hard to imagine: for though England and Scotland were at war, a truce had been concluded some time and the Scotch had in no wise infringed its provisions. Henry how ver, though he tieatcd James kindly, refused to surren 1er him, jiOseilly as much out of good nature as policy. For Robert 'ill. died tue same year, 1406, brokeu-heart ed, it was thought, at this last calamity, and Albany became Regent.

Now, to deliver up tbe boy-King to hia keeping might have been to sign the death warrant. Albany governed the country till 1419, when he died, nearly eighty years of age and full of honors. Among the most notable incidents of his tratioD was an inyasior. of Englaud in 1417, known as "The Foul aud foul it must have been lo earn such an etuthet in those days of slight political scruples. The King of England (Henry was then away in France, reduciug that kingdom to subjection, and had taken the captive King along with him.

This Prince was not leased till 1424. whi-n the Government of Henry VI. married him to Lady Jane Beaiilort, oaughter of the Karl of Somerset ana cousin of the vonng King (with whom James was sivriously in love), and sent him back to govern his domimous as best he might. He began by executing Murdoch, Duke of Albany, who bad assumed tho Regency on Duke death also two of brothers; and the dukedom was forfeited. 8o ends the first line of the Stuarts, Dukes of Albany.

James succeeded James I. in 1437, created hin second SOD, Alexander, Duke ot Alban ir in 1455. This duke married firstly the Lady Catherine Sin clair, oaughier of William, Earf of Orkney and Caithness, but tbe marriage was dissolved by Act ol Parliament on the ground of propinquity, and the SOD, Alexander, Bishop ot Moray, declarod illegitimate. Tne Duke then afterwards espoused Anna, third dangbier of Bertrand, Count de la lour by whom ho bad John, who was afterwards Duke. Duke Alexander was thrown info prison by his brother James III.

(that family traditions might be kept np), but contrived to escape to France. Snbseqnently ho aocxnpanied Edward IV. of England in tliat invasion ot Scotland, and terminated a life of doubtful utility by eetling himself killed in a. tournament in France (U83). The Duke of was the unwitting cause of the Scottish that Orleans who in the same year bec.ame King under the style of Louis and soretgnedas to earn the aopellaiion of Father of Uis People.

John, second Duke of Albany, of Ihe new line, became-Regent ot Scotland in 1515, durfbg the minority ot James Ue made some unsuccessful attempts lo invade England, and was relieved by his royal cousin of the government in 15-28-the latter being then tout 16 years old, Albany died, sine prole, in 1536, when tbe Dnkedom again became extincff Tbe next Duke of Albany was Charles, second son of -Tames whom his father on succeeding to thekrowns of England and Ireland, also made of York I the one country and Marquis of Ormonde in the other. His elder brother, Heiirv, in 1613, but he was not given the title of Prince of Wales till 1616. In his turn he created bis second mn, James, Duke of York in England and Duke of Albany lu Scotland. Tbe last of the Stuart kings was also the lact Duke of Albany the peerage of Scotland. They were but six in all; three died violent (two on the scaffold); a fourth died in exile.

But ao evil genius seemed to haunl that houso from the be ginning. James I. was murdered. James II. killed while besieging the castle of a rebel feudatory, James 111.

slain In battle witb own son, IV. fell at Flodden, James V. died id the flower of his age of pretty much tbe same complaint his anct ster, Robert and after dim came Mary. By the Act of Union the sovereign ot Great Britain was debarred from adding to the nnmber of the peers of and tbe Prince ot Wales, who is bom Duke ot Rotbesav, is the only member of the loyal family who a separaie peerage in that country, with the privilege of voting at tbe election of representative nec-rs. On the 1st of April, 1760, Prince Edward Augustus, next brother to the Prince of Wales, was created by their grand fat her, George Dnkeof York and Albany in Great Britain and Earl of Ulster in I re la d.

Uuke was a sailor and attained to the rank of rear i.dmiral, but look no part in the glorious eveots of the war wbioh was being waged at the time of uuvcDi to maubooil. It had already become the 'ashion to disconiage princes from asserting them- lves; thengh a subsequent Duke of Yort was to command an English ny In the nahap- pily, to receive more than oue drubbing in that capacity. This was Fredmek, second son of George III. liis node, Edward Augustus, died unmirried in 1767, when his titiea became extinct. Bessdes being Duke ot York and Albany and Earl of Ulster (creation ot 1784) Prince Frederick was Bishop of Osnaburg, having been eltafeil to lhat office in the seventh month ot his age.

He died in 1827, without issue; and ihe titles then extinguished have not since been revived. The yi ung Prelender, Charles Edward, bore the title of Count of Albanv. In 1712 he married the inccss Louisa of siolberg but mere was no offspring of that ill-starred union. Charles iu 1788, and the same year his widow became the wife of Allien. A natural daughter of the young Pretender, whom her father called Duchess of Albany, (lied in 1789.

The Dukes of have naturally left tbeir mark on the geography of the KnglMh colonies. Albany, the c.apital of the State of New York, was so named in 1664 in honor of James. It foundsd by the Du ten in 16:23 and called WiHiamstadt previous to its capture by the Englise. New Amsterdam was also takeu in 1661 and rechristencd New York, equally in honor of the Lord High Admiral. Strange, indeed, is the connection of names In hisiory.

TIIK AIVT. Mallory Lines. THE ONLY DIRECT LINES OF STEAMSHIPS FROM New York to Texas and Florida Meamer CITY OF NAY AYTOYIO, Will sail lor iialvesion touching at Key Wed. from Pier ai, E. on SATURDAY.

June 5, at 3 P. M. Nteamcr CITV OF DALLAN, Will sail for Jacksonville and Pernanclina, (toochini at Port Ko.ial. 8. from Pier 20, on FRIDAY, Jnne4, at 3 P.

Only Llue ot to Yassan, Steamer CITY OF ACSTIY, Win sail tor and from Pier -JO, E. on TH II BSD AY. June 3. at 3 P. M.

Thrcngb bills of lading given and tickets Issaed ts all points in Florida, the South and Southwest For freight, passage, or general informatlOD, apply to C. C. GRSGG, for Freight, 205 Washington Street. J. N.

MAGNA. New England .4 gent, 219 Washington Street. 0. fl. MALLORT 4 General Agents, Pier 20.

East Rivet. New York cltv- Boston ana Philadelphia Steamship SEMI-WEEKLY From Fort Werfnesrtay and A steamer Hwavs on the berth ana reaav to receive freignt. Steamer RU.MAN from Long Whan. Boston, tor Phiiadeinbla. on Saturaay, June tt 3 P.

M. Steamer NOKMan trom Philadelnbia. for Boston, on Saturday, June 5, at IU A. Freight roi Savannah and Wilmington per West per rail, torwarued free of effected at office. Passage $8.

Round trip $15, meals and room tu- cmoed. For freigut or passege appiy to K. B. SAMP80N No. TU Long Wharf, Boston.

nttf FOREIGN PORTS. CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPAIY, LIMITED. STEAMSHIPS SAILING DIRIOT FROM B08T0Y TO LIYEBPOOL. at Qneeastovrii, Cork HarbaT at Law Bates. HECLA June 2IOLTMPU3 June June 5 Jnue 19 SAMARIA June 12 June Passengers embark at Cnnard wharf.

East Bostoa. YBtr YOHK TO LIYBBFOOL. June 9 OABIK PASSAGE. $90 aad to aocoaata- datton. Drafts on Great Britain and Ireland.

OfBce, 90 State street, Bostoa myltf P. H. BIT YBBYBT. WAXtBEN db COPS STEAMSHIPS iBiended to san. rom Bostoaoa foOowa FOR LIVBKPOOLl CANOPUS lOIKRAZlLIAN June 99 FOK LOYOOY 90 WAJBBEY Aveiau.

IM Peat Office STEIMERS FOR LONDON lotendingto sail as follows: 99 I HOOPER 94. For apply to J. UENRT SEARS A Agenta, 92 State Dtteet. fejtf WfiSON LINE OF STEAMERS FOB HimL, ENQLAJiD, Witli lilscirty to call at Sotatlaamptan or Deptford. The Steamship VIRAGO ts intended to sail about the 29th Inst.

For freight to GEORGE PRESTON. Agent, state Street. LEYUNO LINE STEAMSHIPS, BOSTON AND UVEBPOOL, JT bo UKMIAN 19 bavarian 5 ILLYRIAN June For Freight apply to HYCOLY, tf ti4 Mtate Mtreet. ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. BOSTON amt GLASGOfF.

to sail J-ane 9 l.LC'ER.NK..........................................Intendedto sail June 19 For freight or passage apply to THAYER A LINCOLN. Sute Street. nostr $75 AYCHUK LIYK. For 2d Cabin. to Glasgow or Liverpool anc return: 1st Cabin, same tnp, to London A reiura, Steerage at lowest rates.

For passage and catdn apoiy to 0 L. BARTLETT A CO. Agents, 115 State Boston. VVHITE STAR U. S.

and Royal Mail Steamers to Liverpool via town. Cabin, and $HiO; $145 and Sieerage, $2S. to Queenstown, liverpool, Bristol, Bel- and cardlfi: Baggage checked through to White Star Dock. N. Y.

Them; Steamera carry neUher nor For cabin plans, and full iufonnatlon to C. BARTLETT A Agents, my29ti U5 State Street, cor. Broad Street, Boston. FOR HALIFAX, PORT HAWKESBURY, PICTOU. AND CHARLOTTETOWN.

P. E. I. The CARROLL and WORCESTER will leave iVnarf for above norlJ, aiternatelj', EVERY SATURDAY at 1 urough tkkets sold to Truro. New Glasgow, Windsor, Kentvtlle.

Nova Scotia and Sydney. C. B. No freight received afte-10 A. M.

on day of must send with receipts tbe value of for nianifeat. For freight or passage, with state-rooms secured, apply to W. H. RING, Wharf, or U.G. PEARSON, 219 Washington St.

F. NICKERSON A apL'U MAINE Tin Mining Co. mm AT BANeOR. inaine. CAPITAL STOCK, $500,000 in 100,000 Unassessable, of 5 Each.

Tretisury Stock, 35,000 MIINE TIN MININE COMPANY. Col. PRESIDENT I. 8. B4.YB8, treasurer 90HY 8.

JBYYBMM, Brnmmot. SECRETARY H. £. DIRETTURS: Cel. I.

8. an 8. Watervtlle, C. HAW LI Bausor, JOHY 8. JTBY.YEMS.

Bmnwor. Dr. A. C. HA3SL1Y, 8.

S. 31AUBLF, IVatdohero. FOR PKILAOELPHiA. CLYDE'S SEMI-WEEKLY LINE Ihe Fast Freight Route between Waaliiuirtua, la (Jeuraetovru, Alexandria C.t on the Chesa' auil onio R. Pennsylvania and Phiiadelphia and P.eading R.

and points Soutb. Ship daily by Ola Colonv R. R. Rates and all information furnished by D. D.

C. MINK. Agent, 196 Si, WM. P. CLYDE A Gen.

Managers, Philadelphia. no24if FOR NEW YORK. Tbe Metropolitan Line of Steamers Sail for New Yoik direct every MON DAY and SATURDAY at 5 P. Central wharf. Landing place tn New York.

Pier 11, North River. No re handling 01 gtHids byTnis line. mane with transportation lines to all points South and and Throueh Hates and Through BiUs of Lading given. For further particulars apply to H. M.

WHITNEY, Agent, 54 Central wharf. PIEDMONT AIR LiNE. The Quickest and Beat Konte to the Mouth and Southwest. Through rates and of ladqig are given to the principal poiots in Vir- alsia, Nortn and South Carolina. Georgia.

Alabama. Mississippi and Louisiana. Freight received at Boston and Providence K. R. Depot daily.

ALuO A. PE.ARCE, N. Eng. Washington Boston. E.

H. ROCKWELL. Aeeni. Providence, R. I.

FOR YFtV THE CKO.KtVELL 8. 8. LI.YF. Steamship LOUllil AN A. Capt.

E. V. tger. Will leave Pier No. 9.

North River. New York. SATURDAY. June 5. at 3 P.

'M. Through and lading givea to New Orleans and principal on River; also to Belize, Honduras aud Bay Cabin passage, $40: Steerage. $20. For freignt or passage appiy toCRAKK ft SEAMaN Pier9 Nortn River. New York.

OI to 9. Y. IMABYA. 919 WashlnKton street, Boston. u4tr STEAMBOATS.

An Insect That Has Been Stranitely rated. Mark "A Tramp Now and then, while we retted, wo watonert the luborioiis ant al work. I futmd nothing new in aim, certainly nothing to change my opinion of him. It seems to me ti.at in the matter of intellect the ant must bo a strangely overrated bird. During many summers now 1 have watched him, when I ought to have been in better business, and I have not yet come across a living ant that seemed to have any on-sense ttian a dead one.

1 refer to the ordinary ant, of course. I have had no experience of those wonderiul Sw and African wbioh vote, keep drilled armies, hold slaves and dispute about religion. Those particular may be all that the naturalists paint them, but 1 am tbat the average ant is a I admit his industry, of course; he 18 the hardest working creature in ihe any body is his leather headediiesB is the point I make against him. Ho eocs out foraging, be-makes a capture, and the.i what does be do? (io home? No; he anywhere ut home. He know where homo ht me may be oniy three feet awav; no matter, he find it.

He makes his capture as, as I have said; it is generally something which can be of no sort of to himself or any body else; it is usually sevon times bigger tban it onghl to be; ho hunts out tho awkwardesc place to take nold of it, and toward home, but in the opposite direction; not calmly and wisely, but with a frantic haste which IS wasteful of bis strength; he fetches up against a pebble, and, instead of going arouuU it he climbs over it backvvards dragging his booty after him, down the other side, jumps no iu a kicks the dust off his clothes, tiis nauds, grabs his property vicionsiv, thU way, and then that, shoves it ahead of him, liirus tail and Ings It after him another moment, gets madder, then pro9( nilv hoists it into the air and goes tearing away in aa entirely new direction; comes to a weed; It never occurs to him to go around it. No, he must It, dragging his worthless property to tho top, which is as bright a thing to do as it would be for me to carry a sack of flour from Heidelberg to Pans by wav of Simusburg steeple; when he gets up there be finds tbat tbat is not the place; takes a cursory glance at the scenery, and either eUnibs down again or tumbles down, and starts off once more, as usual, in an opposite direction. At tbe end of halt an hour be fetches up within six inches of tha place he started from, and lays his burden down. Meantime he has been ali over the ground for two yards aroiin and climbed all the ds and pebbles he came across. Now he wipes the sweat from bis brow, strokes his limbs, and then marches aimlessly off in as violent a hurry rs ever.

He traverses a good deal of ztg zag country, and by and by on his same booty again. He does not remember to have ever it before; be looks around to see which is not tbe way home, liTabs his bundle and starts. Ue goes through the same adventures he had before, finallr stops rest and a friend comc-s along. Evidently the friend remarks that a last grasshopper leg tsa very noble acquisition, and enquires where be got It. Evidently tbe pioiirletor does not rmnember exactly where he did get.

it but thinks he got it around here Evidently the friend contracts 0 help bim freight it Then, witb a jndgment peculiarly antic (nun uot intentional), tbey take bold of opposite ends of that leg and begin to tug with all tbeir might In opposite Presently inov take a rest and confer together. T.ney decide that soaae- tbing is wrong, tbey make out waat. 'men they go at it again jnet as before. resnlt. Mutual recrimination follow.

Evidently each accuses ihe other of being an obsuctionist. They warm np, and the dispute euds in a fight. Tbey lock themselves logetner chew each othePs jaws for a white; then they roll and tumble on the ground til) one Joses a born or a leg, and to haul off for repairs. Tbey make up aadgo to work agaiu in the same old insane way, but the crippled ant la at a disadvantage; tug aa he may the other one drags off the booty and bim st tbe end of it. Instead of giving up, he hangs on and gets his shins bruised agaiuat every obstniciion that comes in the wavf By and by, when that grasshoppePs leg bas beco dragged ail over the same old ground once more, flnsliy dumped at about the spot where it originally lay.

The two perspiring ants inspect it thought iiiUv and decide that drical grasshopper legs are a poor sort ef property after all, and than each starts off in a different direction to see if he floil an old nail or something else that is heavy enougn to afford entertainment, and at tbe same time valuless enough to make an ant want to own it. MHIFBUILDIYH lY CAY ADA. BOSTON AND 8AN60H. Fox llocklaud, Ht. Desert.

Camden. Belfast, Nearaport. Buckaport. IVinterport, Hampden aud Bangror. Till further notice, the steamers CAMBRIDGE andKAfAHDlN will levve Wharf successively EV'KRY D.vY, ICKSDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, at 5 P.

as above- These sieamerg connect at IhKitland on Wedne-davs and Sstiirdays wtih the steamer Lewishm for Mt. Desert, and on and with the steamer Mt. Desert for Bar U.irbor Bullivan. and on and 'fhursdays wjtn steamer for Bluenill, and upon the arrival of each hoat at Belfast it connects witn May Uueen and Planet for and Bluenill. Frelaht received at YVharf daily till 4.30 P.

M. There will be uncertainty in resard to immediate inent If not delivered at the wharf as early as that hour. YY. B. UASELTINK, Agent, ostoh May 14, 1880.

mvl5tf For Rockland, Mt. Desert, Millbridge and Maehias. Fi B. Uf. 8TEAHBOAT CO.

LIYE. Steamer LEWISTON. Deerlng. master, Portland EVERV TUKSD.AY FRIDAY EVENING at II.IY, or on aimal of Pullman tr.un from Boston for Rockland. Mt.

Desert and Machiasoort. and lamlings. Returns SIDN DAYS and THURSDAYS. Connects at Rockland Saturday mornings with Sanford S. 8.

Co. for Baugur an.l river laiidmss. and Stateroomsof J. W. RlCH.ARDSO.\.

Agent, 214 and GEO. L. DAY, Gen. Ticket Aiumt. Portland.

E. CUSHING, General Manager, Portland. Jc.NE 1.1880 de24tf INTERNATIONAL STEAMSHIP GO. To Laatpoit, St. Y.

Halifax, Y. 8 CITV OF FOKTL.kYD and YF1V 4 0UK will leave aiter- nately every aud mj trom Commercial wharf, Boston, at 8.00 A. and Fort land at 6 P. M. for Eastnort and St.

John. by mormmt and noon trains of Eastern and Boston and Maine Raiiroud? can connect at Portland. Passengers torwarasd b.v connecting lines to Calais, Maine. St. Andrews.

Snediac, Newcastle and Bathurst. N. Digby. Annapolis. KentvUie.

WlDdfMir, tlallfax, lYuro. Plcton and New N.S.. Charlottetown and Siimtnerslde, P. E. i.

Frelgiii received on Wednesdays and Saturdays oniv. not later than 5 P. w. n. KILBY.

Agent, PORTLAND LKWJ.MTOY A YD ALL P01YT8 EAST. One of the elegant Steamers of this line -will leave India wnarf dally at 7 conaectmzat Portland PurUand A Maine Central, and Knox Jk Lincoln Kall- CYITED 8TATES AYD BUAZIL MAIL 8TBAMSIIIP LIYE FOB ST. THOMAS. FARA. PERNAMBUCO.

BAHIA AND BIO DS JANKIRO. AT ST. THO.MA3 WITH STKAMERS FOR PORTO RICO, JA.MAICA. AND SPANISH MAIN. ThjMugb ratea and bills of grlTen to and Klo Clramle do 8al.

The new nrst-ewss iron steamsniB COLDR.vDO. Capt. Bolger. will sail for the above ports SATlTRO.iY. JuneS.

at 1 P. St. No freight received for this STzxacit after ight received at all times at Brooklyn.butonly on permit from New York office. Shippers desiring insurance can eitect saaie under our openpol'cy at lowest rates. Through tlcketsissiied to all points reached by Ihe Royal Mail Steam Packet Intercolonial Steamers.

and to Montevideo and Buenos Ayres. Freight must be paid in advance. For freight engagements, or passage, having elegant accommodations, apply to O. H. MALLORY ft General AgenU.

Office. Pier 20. K. near Pulton Ferry. J.

N. MAGNA. New England Passenger Agent, apfltf 219 Washfngtou Street. corporation notices PORTUM, SACO AND PORTSMOUTH RAILROAD CO. AYYl AL MKKTIYU.

rwHIE Stockholders of the Portland. Saco and Portpmniift A. Railroad are hereby notified tbat lUeir aa- nual meeting for tne choice of a Board of Directors for eubuli year, and for the transaction of such other business as may be lega ly presented, will be held on the FIRST MDND.vY, tne seventh day of June. at eleven ill the forenoon, at the UompaDy's hall, near the statieii is Kitterv. order of the Directors.

CHARLES E. BARRETT. (lerk of the Portlai.d, Saco aud Portsmoutu Railroad Co. osiok May 17. YANHCA KfYU VO.

be annual MEKTINti of the of the Nashua will be held at theT tuunting Room, in Nashua, N.H.. on YVKDNESD.w, the 9ih day of June next, at 10 A for tne choice of and the transaction of any that may legally come before tbe roeetl- g. Per order of Directors. W. P.

HUSSEY, ASHCA. X. 31, l88o. iny3I9t THE JAR KftOY CO.MPAYY. he annual SIEETIXG of the of the Jackion Company will be held at their Counting Room, in Nash N.

on WKDN fcSDA Y. the 9th day of June next, at 11 for the choice of Officers, and the transaction of any other that may legally before the meeting. Per order of ihe Directors, EDWARD TEMPLE. N' asrca N. 11., May 31.1880.

AMONKF.AG AYl C'O. A DIVIDEND declared, pavable June 15, 1880 toslotkholdeis of record May vl. Stockholders residing in New wiil he paid at the couating- rwim of tbe Company in Manchester, wrt! be paid at the office in Boston. CHANN ING CLAPP. Tre.asurer.

JcsE 1, Itfc-O. jei 17t LAHIIF.YCE he annual of the tn the Lawrence Mauuhictiirlng Oompanv will be held at the office of the Treasurer, No. 60 State street.Bo®ton, on TUESDAY. Junes, at P. M.

ic35t HENRY C. RICHARDS, Clerk. MERltlMACK tt UIIIY ividend no. lOC of Uve per cent, win be payable on FRIDAY. June 11, to stockholders of record day.

CHARLES H. DALTON.Trea«., 87 Milk Street, Room 31. Boston, May 31.1880. jel I 2 LOWFILL MAYrFACTUKl.Y« CO. A DIVIDEND of thlrtv dnUara will be paya le at the office of the treasurer, 28 Slate atreet, Boklou.

on TUESDAY, June to Stockholders of record May 26.14*1). GEO. C. RICHARDSON. my27 12t Treasurer pro tem.

REAL ESTATE. DELINQUENT STOCK SALE. OxncE or thb Natio.val Mi.vivo Cokpa.vt. No. 19 Congress Boston.

May 28 1 8 Is herehv given, that all stock of the Natiouai MinlngCoinpaay. on which the assessment due. and payable March 23. 80 bas not been paid, has been farfelted. and wil.

be sold at public auction, on S.A lUKU.V July 3. at 12 M. at the office of the Company in Bcs- loti, at No. 19 Congres-s R.x>m II; unless said sisessnient and cost thereon shall be paid that time. By order of the board of D.

L. DEMMON, je37hM4w Treasurer, PROSPECTUS. Company to operate for Tin wherever foand In the State of Maine, and especially the town of Wtna- low Where a Jeposh of Tin was discovered ten years or saava ago. Recently, new exploraOons have revealed a better pecl than known before. The deposit haa been tested aiMI proved for a distance of several hundred feet.

Rich of the ore have been extracted, and bars of Tin melted from them. The history of the deposit is fav orable to tha enterprise, as are also all the of the experts who have examined it since its discovery. Prof. Forrest Shepherd of Connect icnt. who ts one of the most thoroughly experienced experts iu Tin la this country, and wno has devoted mnch time and money in the search for Tin io the United states In his report of April 22, "In a course of caref ol surface exploration from Tavistock Devonshire, all the way through CornwaU to Sad.

ta ao place could I find indications more promisiug for successful Tin mining ttnin here at Wtnstow." Here we have the rich Tin ore at the surface to begla with, in a series of veins, multiply ing the chances for sJI- With the yudicious expenditnre of an adequate amonat ofcapiial, IS there not here, therefore, an excellent opportunity fcr inaugurating a most impcrunt national this opportunity be lost?" The Professor may well allude to it as as a national industry, since the conntry imported more than lO.OOotons of lla Last year, and did not produce a single pound. The point In his report as regards tne manufacture of Tta also well the Katahdin Iron Works of Maine can fnmisn the desired charcoal iron tn great parity. The necessity of this manufacture becomes more imperativa every year. Since the of the establishments in tuia country for the canning of meats, vegetables, the importation of has increased enormously. The quantity Imported into this conntry from Swansea for tbe three ending 31.1880, over 47,000 tona.

If our commercial relations witn England should suddealy cease, where should we look for a supply of Tin to meet even the ordinary demand of this country. The deposit at inslow exhibits near tne surface, several veins from one inch to several inches in thickness, carrying more or less Tin. The ore of Tin is the per oxide or cassiter- ite, yielding feom to 76 per cent, ot metal, and enclosed in layers of calcareous slate, resting npon a broad and well defined dyke of trap stone. It Is associated with quartz, fluor spar.carb. of llmeandmargarite, running parallel with tUa The minersllzed belt thirty feet in width, and ia estimated to be forty or more: in the brook in front of the shallow pit.

five or more appear within a space of eight feet. No deposit in tne United Slates has thus far yielded so many rich of Ttu stone at the present time, and it is stated by experts, that all the minute and numerous velnsof the surface may be expected to unite at no great depth. Slabs of the slates have been taken out containlug bundreas of crystals of tm vairlng from the size of a pea to the end of the thumb. Tin mines are not easily and the ore is rarely abundant or remunerative at the surface. The quantity gradually increases with the depth.

In Cornwall and Saxony the veins are nsually congeries of thin streaks and rarely exceed six incnes iu In the mine of Trewladins-ball, the Tin ore in veins from half an inch to eight inches in width, but so irregular and interrupted it is difficult te determine direction or tnciination. The Tin floor of the famous Bottaiack mine is only eighteen inches wide, even at a vast depth. The quantity of Tin ore required for mining is much smaller than is generally supposed. According to the published reports of toe English Engineers, and Darllngion, tne average quantity of Tin ore found in the productive mines of Europe, rarely exceed twenty ponpda of ore to the ton 3l vein rock; and In fact, the average of the ote in the Cornwall mines, was in 1855, only seventeen and a third pounds to the ton of vein stuff. The great Tin mine of Altenbnrg, jieided at one time, four-tlfths of that District In 8axony.

afforded but one ton of Tinto iwohun- and forty of rock. It is be ieved by geologists, that the deposit at Winslow is a remarkable one, and of yatne.and that it is worthy of a large expenditure of money In testing its vaine. It is hoped that further will reveal what has been long sought for in the United successful Tin mine. Tha Oompanv owns the mineral right to a large tract of territory With sufficient land for mining and other pnrposes: also, tha right to purchase adjoining properties tf required. With tha lew of development, tbe Directors propose to offer to tha public a limited amount of Treasury Stock.

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WmiON, Supt, Office 7 WfcufTBostoa. mjTTtt BKPORT OF PKOF. To he OrriCEBS or thi aihi i Miat.vc A notable fact, not only of individual, but also of national importance, is the opening of five or stx mewific veins of rich Tin ore in the townsbiu ol Winslow. Kennenec countv, fttate of Maine, on tbe Eastern Railroad from Boston to Bsngor, also on the navigable waters of Kennebec River, sixteen miles north of Augusta, the State capital, amid a fruitfnl farming country, capable ol furnishlDg at small cost the needful for a well organized mining company. ftJter nncorermg the firoi vein, sometime stnce, by urgent request I was called to make a geological report of the same.

I sccordlnglv visited the locaUty, and was deeply interested to find a true definite vein of one or more In composed of quartz, rose colored mica or lepidolite, purple spar, carbonate of Iron, tourmaline. with oecastonal of calc spar together with arsenicai In the of these the rich dark Tin ore was found Imbedded, and surely I could not have wished for more favorable tndlca- tkms. The formation enclosing this vein was found coia- posed of grauwacte. and to some extent calcareous slates, or what Is called Killasic aud at once carried me back to Polgootb, heal St. also, to Drake Kit Bill.

Ualllneton and Beer Al.sUm on tho Tamat. from wbich not very rich stores of lin. but many thousand sterling of have been extracted The Herland mine is another remarkable instaace of tho kind lu a similar furmatton. In addition to the above favorable indlrations. a stroiui.

Elvan wall or dyke of apparently gray trap, accompanies the above vein and its ion giving great promise of strength, depth and coutinuance. has been found by similar Elvau or leaders in the rich mining of Cornwall. Thus (saysSlr H. T. de la Beche in geological re- on Cornwall and Devon, page 288) in the Herland mine near where traverse the Granwacke.

alicer ores to the vaiue of 8,000 sterling were raised. in Oalcoutb Tin mine, traversed by an Elvan, silver ores to the amount of about sterling were obtained, -ftlso, says Came Geological Society of Cornwall, vol. p. 22) at Wheat Dntchy, near Calllngton. at a ten fathom level, a course of silver ore occurred, accompanied by native silver, hich for three length yielded 200 pec fathom.

The writer obtained very rich specimens ot silver ore at the same place, associated with Tin ore in tha same vein. The silver ores thus found in veins traversing wacke or formation, similar to the oue siiieration. consistieg of native silver, sulphide of silver, arsenical silver, and black oxide of stiver. For a season ores were ignorantly thrown away as waste at the Herland miue. as worthless.

At the Tin mine at St. Just, which worked Ytnder the ocean for this important metal, at one of the the writer fouad good specimens of gold ore thrown away wtth the slaty rubbish. Now let the enterprising and adveatnring capitalist calculate his chances for a good return tn Tin, by comparing with CornwaU. Here In Winslow we have Tin ore at tbe snrface, in quality equal to the best in Cornwall, and in a series of veins roost favorably situated, while Cornwall lu some mines it is found necessary, oras a matter of economy, to have a shop one thousand feet under ground, BO as to sharpen the tools used flve hundred taet below. For Instance, as at the United mmes In tbe victnity of Kedworth.

ITie Dalcoutb Tin mine Is worked at a greater depth, and tbe Tresavean still deeper. A miner going down on tbe ladders to task In such depths, and returning again to the surface, occupies two and a half in most ex. hausttng labor. The timber for these deep ts brought from Norway or Canada, and It is very troublesome to taka it down into tbe deep levels. A growth of 120 is requisite to give timber sufficient strength for mining purposes while the State of Maine is proverbial for Its vast supply of cheap timber.

Shall the United States longer depend on foreign natioac for their Tinl Shall they reap foreign fields when they have an abundant harvest at arm's length? In what part of the world Will they find a supply ol this valuable metal at greater advantage than on the banka of the beautifnt Kennebec? In no portion of the globe could lin plate or sheet Tin be better manufactured tban iu the United States, since In tha manufacture charcoal iron must he used. In a conrse of careful snrface exploration from Tavistock in Devonshire, all the way thtonghCornwall to Land's Bod in DO place could I flno indications more promlshig for successful Tin mining, than here at Winslow. Here we have the rich Tin ore at the surface to begui witit, in a series of veins, mnltipiying the chences fur sncceas. With the judicious expenditure of an adequate amooatof capital, ts there not here, therefore, an excellent opiiortuaity for inaugurating a most important National Indnatry? Shall this opportunity be lost? BespecTfolly submitted By your obedient servant, FORREST SHSPUERO, Economic Geologist, etc. P.

S. Were such favorable of Tin dlsooverad in Cornwall, they would not He ondlsinrbed twenty4our hours; but ia the language ef miners would be considered eminently worthy of atrial. Nobwich, Apnl si, a. 1330, REPORT OF PROF. HITCHCOCK.

GsaTLnta The resofls of my examination oi the erty of the Maine Tin Mining in the town of Winslow, near WatervlUe, are herewith inoniitted. The rock a mica schist or kiiias, a-ssociated witn so.aewnat calcareous and adjacent to a hard qnartzite band, called an elvan by miners. Thirty feet width of vertical sheets of kJllas, show twelve granitic from half of one inch to three inches wWtb, crossed occasionally, by These veins are full of crystals ot Tin ore itei- with the associated minerals fluor-spar, mispkhel leiiiaolite, etc. mode of occurrence recalls to u.ind the Tin and of Cornwall and Germany, The mineral, geological and physical of tho mine at Wlns-'ow are loenilcal with common to of Europe. If Winslow was Cornwail.

Ibis property would be -explored at once, we are authorized to recommend the development of Tin floors in Maine. The ore seems to he sufficiently abundant to remaaerote qnne extensive for mining I would recommeod searching tne gravel aleng the stream fur stream Tin, and to examine the aaaoctated assay from time to ttme for Tin. Bespectfaily c. HKcacoGC. BajiOTMs.

N. Majr W. MW..