SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS

Meteor, schooner, 43 tons, from the East Coast.

Strathnarer, fchomer, 58 tons, McKay, from Lyttelton. Colonist, schooner, 21 ton?, Jones, from East Coast. Hero, cutter, XT' quhart, from Tairua. William and Julia, schooner, 30 tons, Byan, from Fijis.

EXPORTS.

Per schooner Cleopatra, for Livuka, Fijis : —60 cases ger.evn, (under bond), 20 door 3, 10 packages French casement 3, 4 packages ■window sa-hes, 30 bogs potatoes, Cruickahank, Smart, and Co. ; 2315 pieces t'mber, Mercury Bay Saw Mil! Company ; 24 bags potatoes, 4 ca»es porter, 6 do. jnions, 500 palings, 100 sheep, ItVerson. —Master, agent. Per s.-hooner Sea Gull, for Nandy Bay, Fiji." : 17 mats sngir, 1 bale sacks, 1 bale cottons, 3 trunks boots, 1 bale cottons, 4 bales •woolparks, '3 bales cottons (under bond), Owen and Graham. Ex Hero, from Sydney : 10 cases axes, 2 bales cottons, 7 cases sundries, L. D. Nathan and Co. Ex Constance, from Sydney : 20 cases kerosine, J. Roberton and Co. ; 30 keg 3 beef, L. T>. Nathan and Co. Free goods : 350 packages ironmongery, T. and S. Morrin ; 1 package hops, 100 sackd oats, 9,000 shingles, 40,701 feet timber, 10 horses, 80 bags flour, 10 bags oatmeal, 10 cases biscuit, 2 cases drapery, 1 bale drapery, 3 cases salmon, 6 cases saves, 5 cases nails, 10 sacks bran.—J. S. Macfarlane, agent.

The schooner Sea Ghill cleared at the Cus toms this morning for the Fiji Islands, with a large cargo of general merchandise for the Auckland and Fiji Cotton Company. She will probably sail to-night. Passengers—Messrs. G-. Lamb, J. Gask, and H. Higginson. The schooner Colonist arrived in harbour this morning from the East Coast, with a cargo of 500 bushels of maize, 21 pigs, 22 casks of port, and 6 kc-s of lard. She passed the schooners Meteor, Fortune, and Saucy Lass, bound to this port, off the East Cape. The fine schooner Aruora has been laid on the berth for Fijis, to sail on the 25th inst. The s.s. Auckland may be expected here from Sydney and Melbourne about Sunday next. -

Ti-e Sfhooner Strathnaver left Lyttelton on Saturday the 6th instant, nnd experienced Btr >ng \.W. winds to the East Cape ; thence light westerly winds. Passed the schoon r Saucy Lnss, bound tip, off the Ea3t ape. The Srathnaver brings a cargo of 3000 bushels of oats for Messrs. Beli-her and Eaton; and 1 ton cheese, for Q\ W. Binney. Th& cutter Hero brings a cargo of 10,000 ft timber, for the Sash and Door Company, and 10 tons firewood.

The schooner William and Julia, Captain Eyan, arrived in harbour this morning from the Fiji.*, in ballast. The fine schooner Cleopatra cleared at the Customs, this morning, for the Fijis, and will probably sail this evening. Passengers. —Mr. and Mrs. H. Wright and four children, Mr. T. Turner, Mr. T. Turner, Mr. J. Edgerley, Messrs M. Davies? S. Levy, C. Chute, M. Walsh, H. Garnet, W. S. Caffvn.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stab Office,

Friday afternoon. Mr. S. Jones submitted at auction, to-day, a consignment of wines, spirits, ales, and stout. There was a good attendance, but the bidding, we are sorry to say, was far from spirited ; this no doubfe exists through the depression whi"ii is generally felt at the pre sent time. A fow lines of the above were quitted at fair prices. Messrs. S. Ouehrana an! Son held an ex tensive sale of lioiU' hold fwruitiuv, &c, at their mart to-dar. The artiolrs in question were, eeriainly, some of the neatest and of the most cbasto workmanship that has ever been brought to the hammer for so?i c time past, and, we need scarcely say, fetched fair prices. We congratulate the auctionpers on having held the most successful sale of furniture that has taken place this season.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND SHARE MARKET.

Stevens's Repobt.

Business during the week has been unusually dull, Sales have been effected in the following : —Shotover, 7s 6d and 7s 91 ; Long Drive, £15 15s ; Eureka, 4a ; Alburnia, 30s.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the week ending August 20,1870: — Saturday, August 20.— E. P. Porter and

T. Ritchie,

THE MAILS.

For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. and to-

morrow, ut 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Wangarei, &c, per p.s. Samuon, to-morrow

at 3.30 p.m. For Russell and Kawatawa, per s.s. Q-o-Ahead, on Monday, 22nd inst., at 1.30 p.m. ; and per p.s. Samson, on Tuesday, the 23rd inst., at 4.30 p.m. 3. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster.

The Evening Star. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1870.

It is, no doubt, very agreeable to bo able to show oneself in old scenes an i to old friends as a lire legislator from the land of Te Kooti; and the small anbition would be pardonable if no injury is likely to arise from its indul gence. But ire think at least the cons -nt of a member's constituents should be obtained as preliminary to airing such honors in a distant land. Mr. Fara ill, one of the members for the Northern Division, hag now been for some time in England, nor do his friends know at what time it will be agreeable to him to return and take his seat in the legislative halls. The practice is aa exceedingly repre*

hensible one, and we would strongly urge the

constituents of the honorable member to take some prompt steps to mark iheir displeasure. Of course remonstrance would not reach their truant representative to any practical benefit so far as this session is concerned, and dissolu tion of parliament, irrespective of absence for a session, will remove this gentleman from his seat. Bub in the interests of representative institutions, and to check a practice which might result in great injury to a constituency^ ■we trust his constituents will in some form protest against what must be regarded as con temptuous treatment.

To all disciples of Isaac Walton, and to all subject to the more utilitarian impulses of a physical desire for a good dish of fish, it will be of considerable interest to learn that, under the unflagging care of Mr. Erie, the trout ova in the Acclimatisation Grounds are rapidly develop ng into the forms of their parents. The delicacy necessary in dealing with these undeveloped fishes and their liability to dis appoint all the efforts made to bring them to maturity make it a matter of no ordinary gratification to learn that uncertainty has passed, and that the day is approaching when by our own streams we shall see " the fly " and " the fool" pleasantly whiling away the time as in Old England.

The .:.s. Duke of Edinburgh will leave for the Thames at half-past 3 o'clock this after noon.

The schooner Strathnarer arrived from Lyt telton this morning, but brings no later

papei's.

At a meeting of the Committee of the Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday evening, the Secretary submitted a very beautiful map of the Thames goldfield, which had just been presented to the reading-room by Mr. Wayte, the publisher. The map is bordered by some sixty well-executed views of the prin cipal buildings, public and pr.vate, in Auck land and at the Thames ; and besides giving very accurately the positions of the vai-ious claims on our goldfield, and being of great interest and advantage as a work of reference! will be a very ornamental addition to the reading-room. A cordial vote of thanks was passed by the Committee to Mr. Wayte for the gift.

The well-filled houses attending the Glass blowers' exhibition, will, we have no doubt be augmented by the extra treat to-night when beautiful prizes will be awarded for conundrums, the best and the worst being the victors. There will be a daylight performanc e by the Glassblowers to-morrow, commencing at 2.30 p.m., and we would strongly recom mend, parents who do not. wish the ir children to go out at night to not miss the opportunity of letting; them see one of the most pleasing and instructive entertainments that could possibly be desired.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Howard fate a benefit to-night, when all the available talent at present in Auckland will appear. An excel lent bill is announced, and we hope to see a good attendance at the Prince of Wales Theatre to-night.

It is gratifying to learn that not only have the City Board conceded the request of the management of the Mechanics' Institute, and suppressed tho proposed urinal in Chancery street, which was regarded by the committee as objectionable, but hare generously offered to erect a wide and commodious flight of steps leading from that street up to the door of the Jq stitute. This improvement will not only be advantageous to the Institute, but a very great convenience to the public generally.

Anything from the pen of the late Charles Dickens will now present an interest to readers. The following is a copy of an autograph letter which is in the possession of Mr. Joseph Brown, organist of St. Matthew's,and which we publish through the courtesy of that gen tleman. Mr. Brown was, at the time, libra rian to the boys' library at Eton College, and Rev. Mr. C'ookesley, one of the masters, had applied to Mr. Dickens for an autograph page of " Barnaby Ku ige," for preservation in the boys' library. After considerable delay the MB. was at length received, with the letter alluded to, which was given by Mr. Cool<ea ley to Mr. Brown. "We are sure this gentle man will have pleasure in showing the auto graph to any one interested in seeing the hand-writing of the most popular writer of the age:—"Broadstairs, Kent, Twenty-fifth Sep tember, 1851.—My dear Mr. Cookesley,— Here is the scrap of MS. at last. If it were half the weight on the Post-office that it is off my mind, nothing less than a van could deliver it to you. —lam, most truly yours, Chabz.es Dickens. —The Rer. W. Gh Cookesley."

It is sincerely to be hoped that the move ment now being initiated for the establish ment of a paper mill in Auckland, by means of a Joint Stock Company, will not meet with an untimely end. Auckland has fame for undeveloped proj cts, and for contributing largely to the flooring of some place that is said to be paved with good intentions, and lif the propjsal for the establishment of a manufactory of paper could only be looked at in the light of sentiment, and, as done for " the good of the country " we should have our doubts as to its ever being developed into action. But there are so many reasons *or regarding such an effort as one 1 kely to result in dividends that we are warranted in look ng on Messrs. Stevens and Bolger's scheme in a hopeful light. The enormous consump tion of paper in New Zealand, the provision to our hand of the yery finest material for its manufacture, and the present high

and advancing price of paper, together with the failing of uil ordinary sources of supply of the raw material, all point to a paper manu factory as specially called for in New Zealand. We trust that the prospectus of the company will be so arranged that the multitude of our citizens nay be enabled, if so disposed, to join in helping on what will not only prove a commercial success but a great public boon.

The adjourned meeting of the committee of the Otahuhu Road Accident Relief Fund was held on Wednes^ ay evening, in St. David's School, Mr. G. P. Pierce in the chair. The addit onal subscriptions paid in were :—Mr. Walker, £11 14s 6d; Mr. Pierce, £8 l~s ; Mr. Moon, £4 17 6d ; Mr. Jas. Wilson, £ L ; Mr. Reid, 103 ; Mr. Galbraith, £1 19s 6d ; Mr. Lever, 16s ; Mr. Edwardes, 12s 6d ; Mr. Lup ton, ss; total, £30 13s ; which sums after de ducting £4 5s pail on behalf of Mrs. McGann, was handed over to the treasurer. The commit tee adopted various resolutions tending to for ward and complete the work it has taken in hand. A resolution, giying £5 for the relief of Mr. James Storey, was agreed to. The meeting was adjourned unlil Thursday, Sep tember 1.

We are requested by Messrs. Samuel Coch rane and Son to direct attention to the valu able freehold and other property, at Grahams - town and Tararu, which they will offer for unreserved sale on Monday next. —[~Advt.]

The s.s. Hero, for Sydney, was the bearer of. 3159 ounces of gold, valued at £13,150, shipped by the Bank of New Zealand. The regular monthly meeting of Lodge St. Andrew will be held on Monday evening next.

POLICE COURT.—Friday.

(Before D. B. Thornton and W. Graham, £sqs., Justices.)

DKHNKENNESS.

"VV. Swanson, J. Black, and J. Smith were each fined 5s and costs, or to be imprisoned 24 hours, with hard labour.

LUNACY,

A female lunatic was, on the insdical evi dence of Dr. Baynton and Dr. Stockweil, sent to the Lunatic Asylum.

DESERTER FROM ROSAHIO.

Gr. Weston, so often remanded on the chai'ge of being a deserter from the Rosario, and now five weeks in custody, was, on the request of Mr. Broham, discharged. LARCENY. R. Mayne was charged with having, on the 18:h instant, broken into the house oi D. Troan, at Retuuera, and stolen money to the value of £-8. Mr. Rees for the prosecution ; Mr. Bennet for the defence. On tlie request of Mr. Bennet, the case was remanded till Tuesday, bnil being allowed —prisoner's own bond fur £100, aucl two sureties of £50 ench.

K. Gro&r, on remand, was charged wilh having, on the night of Saturday, lhe 29r,h Jiinuaty, st Jen from W. Essie, at the Kuraka, a silver watch and money to the value oi

W. Essie deposed : I am an engineer re siding at Kiraka, Thames District. On the night of the 29th January I saw prisoner at the Scotia Hotel, Grahainstown. We had so ne dri k together, also at the Junction Hotel. He came with me to the foot of the tramway, and I told him he was far enough. After leaving him, I observed some on< coming after me. I went to mj whare, and fa9tened the door with a wooden button inside. It could be opened easily irom the outside by inserting a knife. 1 wound up my watch, and hung it on a nail. 1 counted my money, eleven one-pound notes, a half-sovereign, ana some silver. It was in my trousers, under my head. Next morning 1 missed my watch and money. The door was open, and the trousers at the side of my bed. I saw him during that day coming out of Clarke's public house at Q-rahamstown. 1 accused deceased of taking my watch and money, and said that if he would give me the watch and part of tlie. money back I would say nothing about it. He said he knew nothing about it, and left me at the foot of the tramway. He was spending money freely that day. He told me on Saturday that he had no money. The watch produced was that stolen from me.

To prisoner : I did not give my money to the landlord of the Scotia, nor did I go to the •Karaka hotel.

Henry Hopkins deposed : I am a wood turner and gemral dealer. On a Sunday in January, I had a fruit shop in Grabainstown. Prisoner came to my shop that day, and offered me for sale the watch prodrced. I would not buy it, but John Stephens, who was selling for me, bought it for a pound. Stevens and I camo to Auckland, and went to Shap pare's. Stevens left the watch to be cleaned and repaired. A few days sifter I got the watch from Stevens, and paid a pound. Stevens is now "doing" a sentence in gaol, i exchanged the watch with the cook of the Enterprise.

Soloinan Sbappere deposed : I am a watch maker ia Auckland. In February the last witness and another came to me and left the watch produced to have tepaired. in the hinges and works, and last witness received it again.

The prisoner was committed for trial,

ASSAULT,

W. Bacon wa3 charged by Catherine Bacon (his wife), with having, on the 18th instant, struclJ her, knocked her down, and pulled her hair.

C. Bacon deposed : I went straight from this Court on the 18th, home, and into my bedroom. A quarter of-an hour after I hearJ prisoner below swearing, and saying, " I'll settle her," and he rushe iup stairs. I, judg ing that he was coming to beat me, ran to the bedroom door to lock it, and before I could do so, he was at the door. He seized me by the hair, threw me down, knelt upon me, and, holding my hair, he beat me with his right hand. I screamed murder, but nobodt came. He called to his daughters to bring a stick to' ga; me. We had ih-m hadrit--" grand struggle,' and I ran to ihe wi.iduw and saw two police men. He had made me bleed from mouth and eirs, and this morning I threw half-a pint of blood up. 'lo prisoner : I was not in the diving room threatening the lives of your daughters. I did not strike you with a stick in the dining room.

C. Bacon was charged by W. Bacon with assauliing him, on the 18ih instant, by striking him on the shoulder with a tick.

VV. Bacon deposed: On returning from Court on the 18th, Mrs. Bacon was in the dining-room threatening the lives of my daughters and brandishing a leg of a chair, Siio struck me across the shoulder and bolted

upstairs; I followed to take the stick, and it accidentally " drawed " across her mouth. She fell, and her mouth bled. It was quite acci dental. The witness's conduct was here so insufferably insolent to the Bench, by laughing and point ing to the defendant and making joke of the whole affair, that the Bench felt compelled to commit him for a week for contempt of

Court. , The charge and counter-charge were botn dismissed.

The Court then rose.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Fbiday,

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.] Undefended Cases.

Judgment foe Plaintiff.—iuckland Consolidated G.M.C. v. Robert Tassell, £18 15s; Golds boro t. Thos. Castles, £7 103; R. Wylde Brown v. C. H. Otway, £2 2s 4d; Trustees of Lockw ood t. Lepine ; G. V. Drycien v. Isaac Currie, £8; Wm Rose v.R.Borlhwick, £1 4s ; Wm. Broad v. Andrew Gould, £3 15-1; A. Philip y. H. Berne, £3 2s ; Carey, Gilles and Co. v. Knight and Kenward, £18 3s 7d; Frank Laccovi v. John Inkskip, £8 14« 6d; W. J. Vance and Co. v- Geo Clode, £16 15s 6d ; Porter and Co. v. Great Repub lic Gold Mining Company, £9 9s 6d ; I)orn well v. James, £14.

Cases Adjottened.

Marquis of Hastings Gold Mining Company v. Ruddanklan, 10s, calls ; Porter and Co. t. O'Brien, £3 10-< ; North Island Q-old Mining Company v. Pornwell, £5, calls ; same t. Hewin, £5, calls.

Defended Cases, noeth island gold mining company V. CHiS. BURTON".

Claim, £5 for calls. Mr. Sheehan for the plaintiff, and Mr. Wynn for the defendant. The defence was, that "the whole thing was a swindle," and that the defendant was, therefore, entitled to get out of paying the calls if he could.

A nonsuit was recorded, on the ground that the defendant had not received proper notice of the making of the call.

LEWIS BROTHEItS V. "MI73T AND CO. Claim £20, damages. Mr. Wynn stated there wa3 an application to be made to the judge of the Supreme Court in reference to this very case, which might settle the mat ter. He therefore asked for an adjournment until next Friday. The adjournment waj agreed to. This was all the business before-the Conrt.

A NORTH CAROLINA VENDETTA.

O>"E of the most sanguinary deeds grow ing out of jealousy, and one of tlie liiuhest exhibitions of female courage ever record ed, occurred a few days since near the

>'.Ast Tennessee line on the edtje of North Carolina, I ordering on Blount County, [he accouDt seems miraculous and ext.a rauant. The parties represented are sale to be creditable and respectable..

It appears tliat the wife of James Divenport became jealous of a young gi! mraed liate Jackson, represented as beiajj quite handsome and lovable. Quarrels and contentions were fierce and frequent between the two Jadies aforesaid.

On the day of the fatal collision, it ap pears that Miss Kate Jackson, in com pany with her married sister, Mrs. JJe Armand, passpd the residence of the Davenport family. As soon as the sisters were discovered on the road, the Daven ports, six ia number, comprising the mother, three daughters, two of them sjrown, and two sons, the eldest about eighteen years old, rallied in force, and set out in vigorous pursuit of the defenceless sisters. The trail was continued until the sisters had nearly reached the Tennessee line. Here the Davenport brothers by a military movement, slrateKetically flanked them, and presented a front armed with sticks and scones. This caused Kate and her sister, first to halt, and then to attempt to retrace her steps. Hut upon attempt ing to retreat, they were confronted by Mrs. Davenport and her throe daughters similarly armed, who demanded Mrs. Ue vrrnand to get out of the way as they intended to kill Kate.

Instead of obeying the militia order, Mrs. DeArrnand made preparations to defend her sister. Young Davenport, the elder son, seeing this opposition to his order, at once let go a stone at her, which took effect on her head, breaking her skull and prostrating her lifeless to the ground.

The herioc Kate was thus, at the outset of the engagement, left to defend herself. >he rallied and maintained her line by indiscriminately hurling upon the attack ing) party such flinty misslies as came opportune to her. One of these shots took immediate effect upou the eldest Davenport boy, slitting one side of his face open, and placing him hors de cojnbat turning her attention then tothe maternal head of the .Davenport family, she directed a stone against her head that inflicted a severe wound, and laid her sprawling on the field. This accomplished, the brave girl slowly fell back to a position -where she could supply herself with necessary ammunition.

The joint obtained, and being still beseiged, she a^ain discharged aahot, and another of the Davenport brothers wilted, ihen. the Davenport girls rallied and made a d<-s iterate charge upon her with clubs and stones, inflicting serious wounds, but not succeeding in getting her down, Just at this crisis Kate, h.ird pressed as she was, and having no time to stoop to ga'her-rycks to doieud herself, extricated from a pocket a f>majlpc-n-!jnife,mi>asurinu about six- inches in tire biade, ami commenced indiscriminate and very wild ai.d general cutting and slabbing at the combined Davenport girls surrouuding her. Jho result of this fearful fie. zy on the part of Kate was seriously detrimental to the wpll-being ot' tbe Davenport fmales. Two of them re ceived serious slashes from the weapon she wielded, one of them dropping on the field from loss of blood let flooding frcm the knife, and the other so seriously din*

abled as to be a fit subject for hospital practice. The unexpected result contributed materially to the withdrawal of the re mainimg Davenport besieging party, who quietly removed their disabled from the field, leaving the heroic Kate master of the situation.

The casualties sustained in this engage ment only amount to the death of Mrs. De Armand, with the probability that the elder Miss Davenport will also die, and the crippling for life of four others of the Davenport iamily. Kate Jackson was less injured than any one engaged in the fight, and was able to carry her dead sister home after the battle closed.

PEDESTRIANISM.

The success of Weston in walking one hundred miles in less than twenty-two hours naturally calls attention to previous achievements of the same character. Of these we find a very interesting account in a work on pedestrianism, published in Aberdeen in 1813. It seems thatEoberfc Bartley, of Norfolk, who was born in 1719, used frequently to walk from Thet ford to London, in one day, returning the next; the distance eightj'-one miles. Reid, of Hampshire, in 1791, made 50 miles in little more than 8 hours. In 1762, John llogue, made 100 miles in 23 hours and 15 minutes. In 1787, Foster Powell walked from Canterbury to London Bridge and back in 23 hours and 50 minutes, the distance being 109 miles, in 18U6, Joseph '■ dge, of Macclesfield, walked 172 miles in 49 hours 20 minutes. In 1788, John Boty walked 700 miles in J 4 days, and Dowler, of Towcaster walked 500 miles in 7 successive days. In 1811, Oliver walked 100 miles in 23 hours 50 minutes, and Miller did the same distance in 23 hours 25 minutes. In 1812, Jonathan Waring, of Lancashire, walke 1 136 ruil< 3s in 34 hours, and G-ian viile, of Shropshire, walked 142 miles on the Bath road in 29 hours and 45 minutes, la-1812 Lieutenant Groutes walked 72 miles in 11 hours 56 minutes.

The greatest pedestrian of all, how ever, was Cnptaia Robert Barclay, a Hpsi-endant ot the celebrated Quaker Ba day of try. la 1801, while in training to walk upon a wager, he made, in the park of Lord raulken here. 110 miles in 19 hours 27 minutes. In 1806 he walked 100 miles in 19 hours.

rer the worst road in the kingdom, and just at the breaking out of a severe storm. Kxrlusive of stoppages, the distance vras performed in 17 Lours 30 minutes. In this walk he was attended by William Cross, his servant, who m>uio the distance in the same time as the master ; and sub sequently Cross walked ]00 miles in 19 hours 17 minutes, on the Abprdeen road.

In 1807 Barclay walked 78 miles in 14 hours, over the hilly roads of Aberdeen shire. In the course of this year he ran 19 mi'es in 2 hours and 8 minutes, making the fir.-t 9 mil^s in 50 minutes, thouuli the road was hilly and bad. In 1809, when ho was 28 j ears old, Barclay ac complished the great exploit of walking 1000 miles in 1000 hours. In the course of this feat, bis weight, which was 186 pounds at starting, fell off 32 pounds, five days afterwards he joined the expedi tion to Walcheren, where he served as an aide-de-camp to the Marquis of Huntly. The expedition was unfortunate, but Bar clay returned in safety. After this he lived the life of a country gentleman at dry; and the only public exploit in which he was engaged was the training of Tom Urib for his great match against Moli neux.

From these facts it will be seen that brilliant as was Western's success, he has stiil a great deal to accomplish before his name can be found at the very head of the noble catalogue of walkists.

BIRCHING YOUNG LADIES.

Under the heading of "Birch Tortures" an account was given in the Sunday Post, a f.^w weeks since, of the style of corporal punishment in vague in many Kngl sh schools. A story is told of a spirited girl who, iv on) of these schools broke some of i he regulations, the penalty of which was a whipping. She re belled, and refused to submit to the castra tion. Her parents were written to for pr rsission to restrain lipi\ She being an officer's daughter word was sent that discipline must be enforced ; she must resign herself to the punishment. She would not yield, and, there fore was forcibly tied down, exposed, and flagellated. As a further penalty for mutiny, she was compelled to spend her vacation at school. She was sixtetn years of age, and the insult and indignity offered to her woman hood rankled. With her young cousin, a mid shipman, she concocted a plan for revenge. Seizing the opportunity when the household were abroad and the matron alone, obedient to a signal, the midshipman was on hand, and assisted to g:tg and strap the matron down. Then he disappeared, and the young lady, ao propnating the same instrument with which she had been tortured, (leather thongs) with all her strength laid them upon the bare per son of her instructor, whom she then left to regain liberty as she could, while she so ght the pro ection of an uncle. Hur relative, who was rich and powerful, while appearing to censure, really espoused her cause, nogociated with her parents, and, finding her imbittered ugiiinst them and unwilling to return homo, finally adopted her.

A LADY'S OPINION" OF SLEEPING CARS.

And here, while the du»ky hands of our evci-attentivn " Amendment" prepares our couch for the night watches, let me say one word about the sleeping cars. I know they ac elegant in every detail—that everything is done to insure the comfort of travellers, so that, they may sleep as comfortably and rest as sef.urelyas o'er they might in " Home, Sweet Homo :" but how about the dressing con veniences ? A. woman's toilet to bn satisfac torily performed, demands some other position than prone upon the face. Likewise it is somewhat more agreeable to perform portions of one's toilet unobserved by the multitude. Men either are not burdened with modesty,

or they have minds that soar so far a'rove the feminine, that they give no thought to the embarrassment attendant upon the method aud munner of disporting one's self in those close quarters. A woman ea efully extinguishes herself behind curtains, shyly unloosens a lace, envelops herself decorously in a large water proof, not daring to lay aside her chignon for fear of ;i surprise, and so stows herself uncomfortable and depressed. The stranger who occupies the berth above her leisurely divests himself of outer garments, pulls off boots, lootens suspenders, and bounds into bed with graceful ea--e, rather enjoyinj the situation ! I think if there could be a ladies' car for sleeping aud toilet, exclusive of gentle men, it wotil ibe a great advance in wayfaring civilization. I thought so this morning, especially when I awoke from uneasy slumboiM to find the foot-board fallen, and a group of se-ene-browed men ganng smilinglj upon raj slumbering beauty. Let us have separate car.-, good people, and w>) can ask nothing mo c of yon in the way of luxury and restful casj.—C/t ioago Journal.

A MOTHER'S VENGANCE.

A STRANGE scene occurred towards the closeof the Stowe mur lei- case at Janesville, "Wiscon sin. The arguments of counsel, in tho awe were prolonged until 3 o'clock p.m. to-day. Judge Ljon then delivered his charge to the jury, instructing them that according tp the law and the evidence they must either find the defendant guilty of murder or of manslaughter in the third degree. The jury then retired for deliberation. Mrs. Roberts, the aged mother of the murdered man, who had been a quiet and at tentive listener to the argument, arose and said that she desired to make a few remarks to the jury. The Judge requested her t> sit down, hut she was persistent, and the sheriff was com .polled to interfere. She took her seat for a moment, and the officer stepped away, when she as;ain sprang to her feet, exclaiming, " He killed 5 my sin, and I will kill him," rushed upon the oii iran Stowe, and grasping him by the throat and head, caused the blood to flow from the wounds she iuflicted. The sheriff and his assistants interfered, and Bh» wai forced from the court rooi:, still declaring that she would yet accomplish her purpose. It produced quite a sensation among the audience for a brief period, but the effieers soon restored order.

The conduct of the aged mother on this occasion may be well excused, bereft as she had been of a son on whom she and a feeble husband had for many years depended for consolation and support. She .bettered he had been murdered in cold blood by the old man Stowe, without just cause or provocation, while delirious from a drunken debauch—she \vell knew the uncertainty of ihe law, and that criminal after criminal throughout the land was escaping on a plea of insanity, or other frivolous pretext, and she became frenzied, and determined to take the law into her own hands, and meet out justice to him whom she believed had committed a great crime againit G-od and humanity. — Day's Doings.

WIT AND HUMOUR.

CHABLES. Tell me, Laura, \?hy that sadness ? Tell me why that look ot' care ? Why has fled that look ot' gkdness, That thy face was wont to wear ? IAUBA. Charles, 'tis useless to dissemble; Well my face may wear a frown, For I've lost ray largest hairpin, And my chignon's coming down !

A Most Contagious Disease.— " Rumor" tism.

A Bath-rooii Incident.—A burly ruffian iv Chicago recently escaped from, the hands of a policeman into a house, and into a bath-room where a lady was performing her ablutions, The lady uttered a shriek and fainted, and th« fellow turned to go as the policeman made his appearance.

A gentleman of good family, in England, very eccentric, but wealthy and good looking, was quite a pet with tlie ladies of the neigh* bourhood where he resided, which was in tha vicinity of one of th« fashionable wakring places on the English coast .His wealth and position made him a desirable match, and finally he so far yielded to the persistent assaults of the enemy, as to enter into a matrimonial contract, one of the conditions «f i whi-h was, that on his wedding day he should | be dragged to church in a bath chair by Ms bride, attired in her bridal array; This singular provision was actually carried out,'to the immense gratification of crowds of loungers on the public street.

" The Servants."—Coot: " Yes, Susan.,: I'm a AVritin' to Mary Harm Miggs. She've applied to me for the Chamfer of mj last Missis, which she's Thinkin' of takin' the Bitiwation " Susan : " Will you giro her one ?" Cook : " Well, I've said thia. (Reads.) 1 Mrs. Perksits presents her compliiiiinks to Miss Migg.V and begs to Inform her that I consider Mrs. Brown a respek'able young Person, and one as knows her Dooties; but she can't consheusly Kecommeud her Temper, which 1 had to Part with her on that Account.' It's alias best to be Candied, yon know, Susan! 1

In Ec Capricorn.—An Irish gentleman residing on Russian Hill, San Francisco, owned a valuable nanny goat which suddenly' and mysteriously disappeared. He accused ft neighbour of stealing or malting away with the animal, and a lively row ensued. Thonext Sunday the goat returned home, looking Bl» the last run of shad, nearly starved to deatki and followed by the saxtou of the Larkiu street Presbyterian Church. Poor naop^i was barely able to climb the hill and get hompf I The euraged sextou explained that a ▼*j|&jj before on shutting up the church, ho 1)F«^ unintentionally locked the goat in, and havu%' remained there a week, she hai sacrilegiously devoured the bibles aud hymn books, and tora up the cushions aud behnvid otherwise in W irreligious and iconoclastic manner. Id fftCfc there Wits strong circuiusttmtinl evidence thw I the uneonsecratcd creature had occupied tbe Dominic's pulpit; for all of which the sexii» demanded damages of the owner. " laithMi its never a cine that I'll pay," said I'atricti " tln-t crayture bus been raided a good Catholic, and if she has a mind to turn Protestant and go to the devil, it's a bad look to her that it «r and I can't helu it at all "

" Adam and live" has been produoed upon the boards at Munich. Thg costumes of IW leading artistes are uot given.

THE EVENING STAR, AUGUST 19,1870.