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good liye, and was gone! 01' course it]
was blowing great guns , it always makes I
a. point of doing that wlieiil travel; though
why tllc clerk of the weather should have a.
spite against inc, Icaii't see ; and everybody
on hiiiilil was sick but myself and the
stewardess. [I I wcro an artist, which
it’s a tliousiind pit s I am not, I would
point the S(.‘(‘,lll‘ the l:-.ilies’cabin presented
that night, and iniinortalizs myself for-
ever. Every sofa, every lounge, evi-ry
chair, evcry berth, and all over the floor, so
that when you walked your carpet was tho
" human face ilivlno,” lily women and
children, inoaniiig, grilztnlilg, gasping, oh,
dear me-itig I and oing something
else, in a wily that would have moved any
heart, not harder tliali the nether mill
stone, to compassion. I crawled in on the
shelf of ii. blink to which fate and the co-
lored stewardess had consigned me, and,
[ring flat on nlv buck, the only way possible
to lie on the vsretrlicd shelf, contemplated
the ivoodcii buttress of thc bunk-above some
ten inches or so before my eyes, and won-
dcred, as Mr. Charles Dickens did in the
canal boat, what iroulil be the feelings of
my friends if it caved in during the night;
and lily niulancholy remains were found as
flat as a pziiiciike. The small sipialls of the
babies, the groans and rctcliings of their
miserable mothers, niinglod with calls for
blankets, cold water, towels, and so on,
united in subliiiiu chorus with the roar of
machinery and tho shrieking of the wind.
As the strainer pitched into one hollow,
and j"l'l((lll ilstlf on top of unotlier, like an
insane oid peiitluluni, one involuntarily
thought at the thrilling words of the poet:
A strong iim-imh-i-‘s blowing Bill;
lluiltl dun’! you roar now‘.
llord hclp ‘ems 1 how I pilies all
l:lll.l:lpIl)' folks ashore 1
Anti amid the gioaiis and wrlthings of the
ullliappy wretclivs aioiind me, ilot being
troubled with dyspepsia or remorse of
ciiiiseiclice, I went sound asleep.
Lute the next afternoon we got to Boston,
and tlicre I spent five weeks, which is about
as long iisl can spend anywliere without
getting tired of it, and during that time I
spent a small fortune in galtcrs, traniping
througli that tringleil ivilderilcss of n city,
for those Yankee iiistitutiuils, horse cars, I
consider beneath coiiteiiipt. Why feet were
ever bestowed on Aliloi'io:tli females 1 can-
not sec, since they inake no use of them
worth speaking ol, hilt step into a car or a
stage it they only waiit to mill on their
next door neigllllor. I lini thankful to say
such ll thing as a horse car is unknown in
New Brunswick, ivlit-re evlirybodyti'udgcs
along nntiiflilly their own proper
pedals, and tho sllooinaliing trude flou-
rishes, and ilot-tors pine sway in
idleness. Accorlliilgly, being or an
inquisitive and 1-lii:i'gctic turn of mimi
naturally, I a point of doing
the modern Abllcllb thoroughly in these
five weeks, clilnbeil iii to the top
Blinker Hill Moiiiiini-iit, and tried to fancy
myself it Yankee and feel patriotic, but
couldn't solncliow; inspected the Navy
Yard; stepped through the Common; cast
I critical glance at Eve in the Public
Gardens, and thou ht how much her a -
peariince would be improved by having in
tritle of clothes on; watched the deer in
the pork; strolled through the Museum
and State Ilouse; visited Mount Auburn,
a place so i-liiii-niing that it is an induce-
ment to die . : Boston for the sake of being
buried there; wont to see Booth play and
llloagher loi-mule; in s art, I inspected
Bostoii from rnil to end. It is 2 very nice
place, with lots of rooin for improvement,
and if its iiiliiiliitaiiis would not talk quite
so much througli their ntis-.il org-ns. and
keep saying "'1 want to kiieiiw” when the
darn’: want to kilow, and it anything could
he done to its crooked, iiiii-low, nasty
streets, I should like it ever so much
better. Edward Everett, or some other
man, says the streets of Boston were form
ed long ago by the cows goiiig to water,
and I must say it looks like it, and the
cows must have been long at that.
Being, zis I said bemre, about tired of
B0 ' i h int: earnestly
on
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""‘0ited W :l ltl-l.:c iiml vi-xp i ll.‘ circle
ol friends to p:iti-or-47,9, New York. I con-
st-nled after due ilelilieimii ii tie honor that
""“"‘ WM‘ "0 august presence, and came
oil. Altisl how little did I di.ll.ii of the
mlstry that rash step was to cost me-
how little I
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- Innocent, unconscious, and happy I
retired to rest that first night.
niiirning I awoke (I generally do awake in
the morning) to Find to lily horror that my
own inotl -r would not have known lie
precious Child. In the dead of night, wlizzii
a .re 1., hushed and noiseless, except
in ti . oom over lnine.who
snorin , was attuckcil by a horde ol’
bloodthirsty nlusquitot-s,and stung beyuiid
all power of rccogiiitiiiii.
oarrii-,l off bodily by the abominable little
a
3'5
beasts Isa mercy I can never be sufiiciently ,
grateful for, bilt if John C. I-Ieeiian had
been trying his noble art of self defciicc
on me for half a day, he could not hive
rendered me more aliobject of pity an
horror than those merciless, little winged
demons in one ni ht. All new, with
scalding tears splashing in gills on tho
pnpur while Iwrite, Iwon just ask if
this is the sort of troatinentuiii-ficiiiling
strangers have to expect when they visit
New Y rk. I came to this city a lone-lorn,
unprotected Iei1iale,iiiedilat.iiip; no l)‘zll‘llI to
the place or people, and the very night of
my arrival I am lit upon by the ljcndish
little monsters, for which I can find no
adjectives in the English language strong
enough, and bitten until I am it sight to
see, not to hear of. ‘he ugonles I havo
suffered, and the amount of scratching I
‘ the
of you went to
suppose such would be your treatinent?
No, our mosquitoes would scorn to sting
in the month of November; they cnntine
themselves decently to the rural districts,
and die, as all reasonable iniisquitocs should,
at the first cold snap. have always been
told, and have hitherto believed, that an
allwise Providence created everything, even
the most despicable, not excluding rats.
abulitionists, black boctles, and Mr. Presi-
dent. Lincoln, for some wise, tliougli iii-
scrutable rtasoli, blit that New York inns-
quimcs were ever made for any good end,
nothing will ever convince me. ave
seen nothing of the wonders of the Empire
City as yet, excepting, pi-rhaps, the Rl-rcorin
otlice and Mr. Lester Wallack, and l have
no heart, no courage, no wish to see any
thing, after the wayl have been treated.
The tnusqnitocs are not done yet, the infa-
mous little fiends keep at one all the IIIIIC4
sleeping or waking, sitting up or lying
down it is all the same. Buzz goes sonic-
thing over my liead,I jump back with a
wild shriek. Alasl only too lite, t ie hir-
inentor has lit, stung, and is ling oil in
triuiupli, only to repeat the pcrforniiincc in
five minutes ngaiii. I think I'll go lioiiio-I
ilon‘L feel well‘lifc is bei.-oiuing in misery
ti me, an my mind turns darkly
thoughts of suicide, and a better land,
where all tears are dried and niiisquitoos
bite no more. Should news of my un-
timely end reach you, my friends, drop a
silent tear to my inemory-,a,nil reuieinbcr
these deinoniac insects have linstcncd my
late. But my feelings are ovorconiilig iile.
Fitl'8Well all-should I survive you "
iicar from me Bgklllwsliuiiill you not you
will know my fate, and soinctinics in your
prayers rein.-liilver the
Ullfu‘.lll=ldl.0 though resigned
Aosics E.
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OUR l)UBIlQIll". (‘UltRESl’()XllI-INUFI.
CIwu'cItStit!1',izli-v I.'m'mrmCaNml’irBishr:;n'Ai
New Irtwlileilre --< tlhurrk at Gitlmiu e
.(1CGfd0"-‘z3"wAv'9lD‘.MtlRS‘YA'SILIlLIVl‘V Sulzimix.
DUBUQIM, Noveiullor Ifl, ltitiil.
To the Editor of the Reoard .-
Deaa Six-Some time since I pi-oniiseil
to furnish you with some st=itistit:s of
Oatholic progress in Iowa. lrcgmt my
negligence in procuring data. I li-ariieil
however, a few interestllig facts frolll a
sermon preached at the Cathedral by the
Bishop on Sunday before last.
He said that at the comrnenctlirlont of
his Episcopate in 1858 there were in the
diocese of Dubuque about 50 chur hes,
Priests, and about 60,000 Catholics; now
there are over 80 churches, S5 Priesi s, and
nearly 100,000 Catholics. Tllaee are reli
able During the I3ishop’s recent
tour through his diocese be confirmed in
the Fiith 2,000 children and some adults.
The elegant new thrc: -.iiii-y brick resi-
dance of the Bishop will be ready for occu-
pmy next week. Its due 15!) and linish
V‘ ‘H loll: remain to attest the good iistri, AR
wi-llas the skill ofthc 8I"(‘lliIUi" ‘Hill l‘tlI (lE]',
Mr. John Keenan. It is an 6rn1lJdCllIi0 the
city. It is said the Sisters will occupy
the Bishop’: old residence as :1 seuiiiiary
for ymlnlz Indies. Their present quarters
That I was not‘
ivii:Tlioi’oi.ii7AN RECORD.
ntipinated being devourerll will be iuizeri. Thus the work of progress
alive by the (2fIHnlbalS of this uiiiiitiilral goes on
’l‘he flnngi'e<;aIion:tlists of this city did
U The‘ not. as I am liiforiiied, stand to their agree-
ment with the German Gatllolics for the
sale of then line (‘lIlll'Cli on Tenth street.
'i'lioy EKFUPII by their agi-iini, to sell it to
the (lcriuzllls for $15,000; but a great deal
of leeliin: was ill iliifesti-il by their congre-
gation, they made it r
by suliseripiioil, mill
exteilsloii in their iiiilebiciliicss.
Iilmtllllllie this Gcriiicilils [tllI‘CliaSt‘.tl aw lots
(‘Z53 feet front) near the rcsiiloiiru of Judge
Wilson, whore they will soon commence
the ei'o(‘liiin of a fine church. There are
Geriniii Catholics sufficient in Dutiuque to
(ill three churches of orilillary capacity.
Dliburpic builders are not confined to
their own city. Mr. Mlillally is executing
a contract with Rev. Walter Powers, of
Galena, in liliishiiig the title church that .
I regret to state that while one ol the
plastcrcrs named Arinstrong was em
oil on this job he accideiitall fell from tllc
coiling ainun; the pews, some fort feet,
and was serioiisly, if not fatally, injured.
He has a family di-pending on his labor for
suppol t. Our good old Pastor (at the Outlie-
(ll'l'l.l). Ii‘-ttrlit-i lliilmiy. has ilot yet recovered
from the conscqlivlices of the accident he
met with about the let of August last.
think I noticed in a previous cominuiiica-
tivn that he fell through a platforni,nnd
broke lils log near the tllll(i0. He has suf-
fercd intensely with it over since. It
nlends slowly. Every one regrets his ab-
sence front the pulpit. Ills seriilons were
interesting, and singularly original.
tev. atlisre Fliivin and Lowry otiicinte
at the Catheilral, and Rev. Francis Walsh,
forlilerly of Lansing, is stationed at St.
I’-.ttrick’s. Duhul us.
The Sunday Schools are in a highly pros-
perous condition, the average attenilalicc
at the Cathedral school being about 500.
The Bishop subscribed for 200 copies of
the “ (‘natholic Youtll's Paper,” published at
Cllicago,as ii present to the Sunday School.
VVo are to have a Olirishuas festival, a.
“ Christmas tree,” and motley has already
been r ed for that purpose; alsoa library
eonlainiiig over 2.30 volumes for youth has
been iirdereil-all for the Ci-atliedralSchonl.
I had almost forgotten to notice the new
Mass coinposerl by Mr. Charles Lasoellus,
organist of the Cntliedral. It will soon be
brought out hy him. No one at all acquaint-
cd with music doubts his ability to pro-
llll<‘C a first class coiiiposilioii. I wi l
more to say aboiit it liereziftor. He has
the :)tlV2lllIi);',B of e. well-trained choir in in-
troducing it. The Bishop, whose music-ll
car is acute and his taste said to be good,
has frcqui.-iilly cuiiipliliicllted the choir
from the pulpit. One thing I am free to
say, he is little disposed to flattery.
uving said so much about church mat-
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ly called the “City lliitol," is being trails-
fiirnieil into stores lllltl iilliiies, and over all
a music or lecture hall arrangsil very iinicli
after the style of McVu:kcr’s Theatre,
Chicago. Since the hnriliilg of that beau-
tiful gem, the people's Theatre, we have
ad no music or lecturo hull except the
“Old Julicii TllL‘I).tl'I‘," which is it stigilia
on Dubuque. If Mr. John Mullaiiy, the
architect, be allowed to have his designs
carried into effect, we ivill not be asliained
of our Public II.lll. GIOVANNI.
rliii Alneriullnl‘ waieome to their New King.
in ISAAC r.. iii;zi-, .is.
After Tdiinyson.
Abrilllilm lillitiiln, Wu bow ili.- knre,
Rclitllillcllfl King;
Yankees, and Yorkers, mid Qiiiiims NI‘? we,
rile i-l iimil heirs (if the man once am,
But All of us slaves iii our Worslilp of thee,
iiepiibllciiii King.
Welcome him glnomily, rm lllltl dcet 2
him riileillly, crowtlless street!
Welcome in... Illell, ii) plisoiis mile uia ,
' (.l>ii.sCl‘i)ll:l, i'l)i3lill‘sS or Sud ;
tvli.-litter the cypress where
Aiiiei-let's King: is shame to er s 2
sliiime to the siaiesiiieii liilrled and gone,
shiimt-in the meiivry D iisiiiu,;tuu--
Mourn, hapless litllfl, thv dishonor and wrong !
Mock not her sorrow, 0 bards
All that is linked with Americ s fume
Can feel no joy iii her children’: lhisutie,
Republican King!
Ruler of us by no set of our ow
Tl'eECl1t3r‘0IlH ill" on ll tyrant‘:
0 jlir lo Iheu ill iii; royal piiice,
Tyriiiil kiiii; of ll timiii -;
For Yankees, and Yorkers, and Quakers are we,
The rilxlitful heirs of the ancient free,
But all of us slaves in our worship of the
9i
Republican King.
---IV. 17. Daily New.
n.
throne,
763
Southern Items.
wnv RIEAFIKEGARD tosr ‘minus isi.ii:<n.
The lliolinioiid ciirri-spoiiileiit of the
London Times [.'lV(:x the iollowilip, stats-
mcnt of the mill)‘-L‘5 which prom iiti-d Beau
regard ti-uni .ilit-inptiiii; Ilir l‘i'l‘iIlIllH'64lf
Morris lslrinil :-’
“ ii former lt‘iIl>I' I lili iilfiiiiieil that emi
siili-i-zilili-, (.llnP!]IllUllll'ilt‘lil llttll liven "ii
lligli qiimiim llt'l'I' in rcefaril tn Il1FlUl-ialry
(lvllerul Bviilireg‘ .l, more than LWU monllisl
ago, of Morris Island. It is nothing less
than Jllstice that I aliiiulil now .-late the dc
fence lulrilnoed in extenuation of the General
y his inaiiy friends. It is asuerterl tliat
General ii.-aiiregaiii Wiiultl have i-iht-pt the
enemy-off slam. Island the tiny after llinrllng
there if lit‘. llilti enithing ikc ii siiniuieut,
force to sttenipv. it. But at the I.[lltI’1lFl‘il he
li."l(l only ml-n lilliitlri-tl mm on Morris Island,
.‘l’t:>:>n hundr-oil nn Jniries lFl!U'ld and in (‘nor
leston, and FIX huilnreil lini. fifty on Sllllivairei
slsnrl.
His force had, as is now gs-nwriilly known,
been greatly depleted with ii view to reinforc-
lug Genera Johnson-in little purpose as it
F.lll)SPqllPI]i2ly proved. It is by Gt'l'lL'l'lIl Bouil-
reglird rezarrletl as A signal ml-my lhat the
Federals landed on Morris inriteail of James
Island, il)Rt4I'l'lllt!l'l as his force was at i. e time
too small to willisilind Ilii>iii on the lnLter,und
inasmuch as (to quote his own words). “Mor-
PIE ISIRIJLI is not the key to Cliarleslon."
Av iii,ii PIIOVEER iHkli‘lFID.
“ Cheating luck never llll'ivcs," is Al
school-boy proverb that Mr. Linciilli has
illiistrutod in his uttcinpl to gain an uilvali-
(age as to the pri:-loilers ciipturcd by the
two belligercnts. In order to deprive lis
of the beiiclit of the prisoner.-l ('PiDi.ll!‘elI by
us anti prirolcil in Pennsylvania, he asto-
lislied as :1 rule. of which he afterwards
notified us, that prism-.crs captured must
be reduced to actual posse ‘in, and of-
fered for exchange either at Vicksburg or
City Point, and that no more paroles would
be binding unless contluictcll forihy opposing
coininundiilg generals.
This rule, however. came too late: to
cover the case in Penrisylvailin, which
called it forth, and to which Liileoln seeks
to apply it; but it caiiicjust in time to
release from their paroles six thousand
Confeiierate privates eiiptiirerl at Port
Hudson, iind discliai-gcil on their parole
by General Baiiks. l.iiicclil, iii the attempt
to ain an ailvliiilagc by a sudden expe-
diclit, has failed in his design, and has
relczised the paroles of [lI‘l‘ill1ll7l'f an inany
as ten tliousaiid Confeilcrate soldiers. lle
tried to Cll(“dl. luck, and In k chc:iii-il him.
I Iolist,-lloltl lhl:l1'l((.‘l.>.
ran following no tho “‘l’IOll5'1ll‘ coiniiibedon
for born tide sales Ufgtltltl .lrliolv,s in good ml-r
slurs Ann PIAH.
Th!‘ bean mrirkethan ii.-.- qiii.-time prlI‘l‘A are un-
clnnged. (‘an [>l'tI!3fl‘q .-i w.- qua -
Be-vi -n. [tuutl hi pin...-, hush
Boring inwllliui. good to prime,
prlres
. loam ‘Ill
biisli '2 fsfitfp ‘I70
Bvlns, imirmw. Knoll to rims, bulth it may i 00
B8lAD!,kI(ll‘lI'yv lzonli L1) prltnu. V bush 2 Lia 3 no
naanii, IIiixi'Il,[iiiid hipmm-, is ll!l’I.. 9 am 2 7n
Pens, Canada, $ llllrhn I (10% 1 U5
lam-rm.
The demand for t‘l’I(ilt"O mi. tlrkins has ivnpvuvlld,
mm
T -in:iiL.I on
good fooling xv qt
i0tI‘c. , , .
l to goiiii,
State, halt‘-tliklli luliit, gooil to rliolcc. .
Stale, half-m'kln ti. my to (owl
.. I&1lh0I’l,O0llIIIl n ii ui4IlGt‘ .
l ism nlimiy. pulls, choir.-
Ohio, nud rim-i wi-in-ni. illmd to u
iv.-mm, ovlunlnll to (and.
circula-
Tiie nitrite: is quite dull. l-iii iiniilm rernriln iii-iii ll.
lut nipmteii rate-. ‘
nimlmii ciiiiiy has in liutaniod
9!Rl.El!4‘iiInl’lt‘l;C ce qLIilllllt‘>4lIrt‘s(‘liY('l‘. niiioiliim
mi We qiioi.-:
still luclory-iiinili‘, prime to fancy....l.'> ms:
ti e,gi..uiinpllmr-. . .14 nit
' . is H
oat. .
i'lnct,.pli-, good in Oh i
[GEL
iimipia have cantlllilt-II lL'bv.:ind prim iiiwialiie
Liim-.i have a iltlr tlililiaud. W. quota:
(01. . 9
Wmtrlll, by expr -3-, a do
Western. ordinary‘ frelghlu
(lnnuh, al . .. ..
Egg uni.i,n bush. good.
2..
$4IoL..
i-imm.
ArrLI5.v-Receipt! rim continued huvy.xi1MVly by
ml. The market is rather quiet but holders in-
mi, and sales have heen made at bi-NM!’ rates.
We quote:
Mixed we.lem.'i9 bbl.
Comma b i
. , 2
n ll‘ Il'lI‘.I’eh)K’II du-
III) o
9
W .3 2 ulu.ne
Applgj, 50...: to cliolce.
Pewlios, peeled. new 9
rliu-nu. new. 19