GORDON'S DEATH.

IfitoMW* Official Report. ftiaßOß". in » roPort P«Wwhed •laJ»s * sayß that the last accurate iSi,^ 11 from Khartoum was dated il ilo**liatlo°. when General Gordon J»«Blber ffn may fall in ten days." 4 been cut off from Khartoum """'""""her 3, when ib waa Provisione'l *^nnth and a half. Ammunition Itl^zLm then. Evon on reduced % **? liDDIV of food in Khartoum fe?oSu ß ted on January 1 The *#taew this. On January G General Jdftbdi»». tho Khartoumers who pre fi*"* ,B ._ Aa free permission to loavo the fen*1 B,f co to the Mahdi. Only £■*> T»i 000 remained in tho town. 14,000 w feU on or about Jan- Otnd»" nil" T i ie garrison was not injured, m 'commandant well treated, so as to PP a the other in Khartoum to desert. eM» i: r8g h , , Tero able then, by tho construe ®e i latteries along tho river bank, to *?°1 close the White Nile to Gordon's it^^e.-Desporato Fighting. _ . i-he 13th January tho rebel works A. Loroschcd the south front, a sortie '""*_£ _v the troops, wliich led to despe «"_l-*__ About 200 of tho garrison V» fjilod and although largo numbers *_ nsbelsVere said *° havo beon sI '»n, "'?!» not appear that any great or por •"i. advantage was obtained by the -!____ earrison, On the return of tho S2 to Khartoum after this sortie, twoP*. Gor don personally addressed thorn, •*!": (hem for the solondid resistance C, hid made up to that time, and urging " till to do their utmost to hold out, *SSUiM«! indeed' that} the E"K- S[ "might arrive any day, and all would t__ be fffl"' W Gordon "Never Slept." The state of the garrison was then dos _._> from want of food, all the donkeys, £ cats, rats, 4c, had been eaten ; a li ration of gum was issued daily to the ,__ and a sort of bread was mado from -led pa'm tree fibres. Gordon held Calcoiincils of the loading inhabitants, H| on one occasion had the town most IJL aß |y searched for provisions ; tho JKtt however, was very poor, only yiold- Cfoirardebs of grain through the whole !nJ_. this was 'issued to tho troops. Ldo'n continually visitod tho posts, and MffMliy oncouragod tho soldiers to stand L. it was said during this period that In navel slept. 0o the 20th of January the nows of the Jefest at Abu Kloa created consternation, JXu the 22nd the nows of tho arrival of Sj English at Metammoh led the Mahdi ttdecid- to make at onco a desperate attack iMD Khartoum, boforo reinforcomonts Li enter the town, ltis probablo that urfday the Mahdi sont letters to Farag pjsha, commanding the black troops, who y been previously in communication with Mm, offering terms for the surrender of tho KUJ and stating that tho English had ; teen'defeated on tho Nile.

I^gg Pasha Proposes to Surrender. On the 2;-) rd General Gordon had a stormy interview with Farag Pasha. An eye-wit is_ states that it was owing to Gordon Bjg passed a fort on tho White Nilo, ibid) was under Farag Pasha's charge, ad found to be inadequately protected. gorfon is said to have struck Farag Pasha M tils occasion. It seems probable to me dit at this interview Farag Pasha proposed tg Gordon to surrender the town, nnd rtjjed the terms the Mahdi had offered, dldaringin his opinion that they should foictspted. Farag Pasha loft the palaco in i great rage, refusing tho repeated tttempts of other officers to effect a recon [jHatkm between him and Gordon. On the following day General Gordon jjjjjl i council of the notables at the palaco. f_equestion of the surrender of tho town lutben discussed, and General Gordon Jidared whatever tho council decided he timid never eurrendor the town.

The Ere of tho Catastrophe On the 25th Gordon was slightly ill, and v it was Sunday ho did not appear in public. Ho had, howover, several inter im with loading mon of tho town, and iiHently knew that tho end was noar. It lubeensaid that Gordon went out in tho wing, and crossod the river to Tuti _s_\ on board tho Ismailia, to settle Mac dispute among tho garrison thero. This statement has not b.en verified by other witnesses, but if ho crossed tho rivor toTuti there is no doubt he returned later to hie palace in Khartoum.

On the night of the 25th many of tho (ffl-hed troop 3 left thoir posts on tho httiJcitions in search of food in tho town. to of the troops were also too weak, from want of nourishment, to go to their posts. This state of things was known in lit town, and caused somo alarm : many _ t_e principal inhabitants armed them »!»_ and their slaves, and went to tho fat-cations in place of tho soldiers. This wnot an unusual occurrence, only on this night more of the inhabitants wont as mtateers than thoy had done on previous Masons

How Khartoum Foil. At about 3 30 a.m. on tho morning of Monday, the 20th, a determined attack was adebythe rebels on tho south front. Tho pt_dr>i_ points of attack wero tho Boori We, a': the extreme east end of tho lino of defence on the Blue Nile; and the Mesa luueh Gate, on the west side, near tho WMte Nile The defence of the former pest hfld out against the attack, but at tho Kesalamieh Gato, tho rebels having filled tfeditch with buudles of straw, brushwood, Ws, 4c., brought up in their arms, peno tated the fortifications, led by their Emir Wide-.-fejumi. The defenders of tho Boori Gate, seeing tho rebels inside the lottifications in their rear, retired, and the tarn ttas then at tbe mercy of the rebels. General Gordon was left entirely un warned ol the attack and entry of the rebels Dottbtles. Farag Pasha was responsible, to Wne extent, for this.

H Farag Pasha Not a Traitor. larag Pasha has boen very generally MCnMd of having either opened tho gates (.Khartoum himself or connived at the entrance of the rebels ; but this has been iMi-ctly denied by Abdullah Bey Ismail, ilo command.d a battalion of irregular . troop- at the fall of the town, as well as by •boni thirty refugee soldiers, who lately escaped, and came in during the last days of the English occupation of Dongola. The accusations of treachery have all beon 'igne, an! are, to my mind, the outcome of •Bare supposition. The Massacre,-Death of Gordon. Hassan Bey Balmasawy, who commanded »Uhe Me-tlamieh Gate, certainly did not Mke a proper defence, and failed to worn General Gordon of tho danger the town was ;»■■ He afterwards appears to have taken a Mtnmission under the Mahdi, and to have Bine to Kordofan with the Emir Abu-Anga. wmy opinion Khartoum fell from sudden •fcanlt, when the garrison were too ox- Musted by privations ;to make proper Waatance. Having entered the town, the "Ma rushed through the streets, shouting lad murdering every one thoy met, thus increasing the panic and destroying any Opposition, It is difficult, from tho confused JCMonts, to make out exactly how General Won was killed. All the evidence tends toprove it happened at or near the palace were his body was subsequently seen by ;.veral witnesses. It appears that there j*aaone company of black troops in the palace ...wwes General Gordon's cavasses ; some ranstanee was made when the rebels ap- JM'Sd, but I think this was after General «owo_ had left the palace Tho only ac- JBjjt, by a person claiming to be an eve "™.»i of the scene of Gordon's death, ifi™ '•■ " On hearing the noise, I got my Spra donkey and went with him to tho J™**** we met Gordon Pasha at tho outer ™°f of the palace, .Muhammod Bey Musta- M with my master, Ibrahim Boy Rushdi, "Wabout twenty cavasses, then went with Jraraon towards tha house of the Austrian v™*ral Hans.], near tho church, whon we yome rebels in an open placo near the y™« gato of the palaco. Gordon Pasha , ijT^sing in front, leading the party. -fllJ fired a volley' and Gordon was W, ** once; nine of the cavasses, M, J" nl Bey Ras"di. and Muhammed Bey ; "S™Pn» wero killed : the rest ran away." jvMne apparently reliable witness states rebels cut off Gordon's head S. k8 pa,ace gate- The massacre lasted and about 4,000 persons nt $_£_ were' killed. The black troops .^Spared, except thoso who resisted r"J6 Boori Gate. Largd. numbers of w«rasMopt e j s]av ._ wn _ c killed and ?S* The Bashi-Bazouks and white ■ Jj*, w' numbering...327, and the Sbaggai W7a .' numbt'ring 2,230, were mostly all '3 I? gold blood after they had sur '_2r and been disarmed. Consul mSB in his own house ; Consul ■■*-. t t.* doot°r. and Gordon's Secretary KP*ta prisoners. ■• ' • - ■■■<» rinnrt* 10 n* m* the Mahdi 86Dt orders % Ami i maßsa(*re, which thon ceased. ***der«- ft ,fell to 'feting the town, and :,t___. BU _h '* habitants out of it. They y„«»»ro_edat tbe gate as they passed,

and were taken over to Oaidnrman where lm 7Z?Vr tho rebel chiefs. The men, after bci„ - lept as prisoners, under a guard for thrWdaye rb°e»^rid allon- edtogettheiriivi-

ITho Standi and Gordon, M_M_°_. KitclJ, cner do»bts whether tho rpni n to a85 6aly l angrywhon he heard of tenr. P d ,GoK don 3 d?> ath* He mQy have pre tt ito^ 6, 80' But there i 9«. »«le doubt, had he expressed the wish, Gordon would not have been killed. The presence ot Gordon as a prisoner would have been a f?Z &&_* t0 ¥ft a9 the black tr °ops , from Kordoian and Khartoum all loved and venerated Gordon, and many other infiuen tial men knew him to be a wonderfully good man. Moreover, if Gordon was doad, he calculated tho English would retire and leave him in peace. Tho Death of Farag Pasha. The Mahdi had ptomisod his followers as much gold and silver ns thoy could carry when Khartoum fell, and immense disap pointment was expressed at the failuro to lind tho Govornmont Treasury. Threo days after the fall of the town Farag Pasha was brought up to show whoro the Go vernment money was hid. As he was naturally unablo to do thia, owing to thero not being any, ho was killed in the market place at Omdurman. Many othors wero put to torture to dis closo where thoir wealth was hid with varying results. Tho Whtto Prisoners. On tho third day after tho fall of Khar toum many of tho prisoners saw Sir Charles V\ ilson s steamors offTuti Island, with tho H-ngliah on beard. -~TJ!a.,n umber oi white prisoners in the flladhi s camp is variously estimated. When the place fell thoro wero said to be 42 Greeks, 5 Grook women, 1 Jewess, 6 Euro pean nuns, and 2 priests. Thirty-four Greeks wero murdered. Tho survivors are all at liberty, but in extreme povorty. A letter from the Madhi was receivod relative to tho white prisoners, who he de clared preferred to remain with him. The document bore ninetysix signatures of Europeans; but some of them are un doubtedly spurious, a. that of Father Luigi Bonoiri, who has since escaped from El Obeid, never having been at Khartoum. A large number of the Bagara Arabs loft tho Mahdi shortly afterthofall of Khartoum much disgusted at thoir failure to obtain a large amount of loot. On the Mahdi attempting to bring thorn back by force, thoy joinod tho party in Kordofan, who aro now fighting against the Mahdi's cause. The memorable siege of Khartoum lasted 317 days, and it is not too much to say that such a noble resistance was duo to tho in domitable resolution and resource of one Englishman.

Never was a garrison so nearly rescuod, nevor was a commander so" sincerely lamented.—" Pall Mall Gazette."

An Eloquent Address.

Honry Ward Beecher's Tribute to Grant.

Boston, October 22.—An immonso crowd assembled in Tremont Tomplo to night to hear Henry Ward Beecher's oulogy on General Grant. Tho speaker began with a brief synopsis of tho life of Grant, alluding to his lack of suooess in early business pursuits and his connection with the war with Mexico, He roferred to tho need of the North, at tho opening of tho war of the Rebellion, for a man of iron mould who had but two words in his vocabulary, " victory " or " annihilation," and added : " Throe

;reat names were rising to sight-Sherman,

Thomas, Sheridan—and larger than either was Grant. With his advont tho armies, with some repulses, went steadily forward from conquering to conquer. Aside from all his military qualities, he liad ono absorb ing spirit, the Union must be saved ; tho rebolion must bo beaten; tho Confederate armies must bo th'oslted to chaff, a.s on a summer threshing lloor. Ho had no political ambition ; no imaginary reputation to preserve or gain. A great genius for grand strategy ; a comprei-ionsion of com plex and vast armies ; caution, prudence, and silonco while preparing ; an endloss patietico, an indomitable w ill, anil a real downright fighting quality*. Thus, nt length, Grant was really born. Ho hud lain in the nest long as an unfertilo egg. Tho brooding of war hat-hod tho ogg, and an eagle came forth." The speaker thon referred in detail to the condition of the armies, tho motives ruling the commanders und soldiers of both sides, tho many fierce battles in which thousands wero killed and many more thousands .woundod, and _ddod : " Into this sulphur ous storm of war Grant entered almost un known. It was with difficulty that ho could obtain a command. Onco set forward, Dooelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickaniauga,

tho Wildorness, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Appomattox, those wore his footsteps. In four year, ho had risen, without political favour, from tho bottom to the vory highest command, not second to any living com mander in the world."

Reviewing his military carcor as a whole, Mr Beecher said : "Fo never lo3t his couragoor equanimity. With amillion men for whoso movements ho was responsible, ho yet carried a trauquil mind, neither dis tressed by disasters nor elated by success. Gentle of heart, familiar with all, never boasting, always modest, his work was done and the defeat of tho Confederate armies was final. This dreadful man of blood was as tender towards his lato adversaries as a woman towards hor son. Ho imposed no

humiliating conditions, spared tho feelings of his antagonists, sent home the disbanded Southern men with food and with horses for working thoir crops. And when a re vengeful spirit in the Exocutivo chair showed itself and threatened the chief Southern Gonerals, Grant, with holy indig nation, interposed himself and compelled his suporior to relinquish his rash pur poso." The speaker dwelt at some further length upon Grant's military career, refuting in passing tho changes which attributed his success to luck, and criticisms upon what some called tho waste of life of his own soldiors and the butchery of his enemies, and in concluding his remarks upon Grant's military life, said : " All summer, all the autumn, all the winter, all tho spring, and in early summer again, ho hammered Leo with blow on blow until at Appomattox tho great, but not tho greatest, Southern General wont to the ground. Having brought tho long and disastrous war to a close, in his own heart Grant would have chosen to have rested upon his laurels and lived a retired military life. It y/A-i not to bo permittod. He was called to the Presidency by universal acclaim, and it foil upon him to conduct tho cam paign of reconstruction, evon moro burden somo than war."

After dwelling upon the various acts of General Grant's national adminstration and his reconstruction policy, tho epeakor summed up his administrative career as follows: "On the whole, if ono considers tho intrinsic difficulty of tho questious belonging to his administration, the stormy conition of politics and parties during his eight years, it must bo admitted that the country owes to his unselfish dis position, to his general wisdom, to his ensullled integrity, if not the meed of tho wisest, yet the reputation of one who, pre eminent in war, was eminent in adminstra tion, more perhaps by tho wisdom of a noblo nature than by tho intelligence which is bred only by experience. Yet imperious counsellors and corrupt parasites dimmod tho light of his political administration." Mr Beecher then dwelt upon the retired life of General Grant, referring to his business reverses and tho equanimity which characterised him subsequently, and after speaking briefly of his fatal sickness, concluded as follows: "A man ho was without vices, with absolute hatred of lies and an ineradicable love of ti uth ; of perfect loyalty to friendship, neither envious of others nor selfish himself. With zeal for tho public good unfeigned, he baa left to memory only such weaknesses as connect him to humanity and such virtues as will rank him among heroes. The tidings of his death, long expected, gavo a shock to the whole world. Governments rulers, omi nent statesmen and scholars fro.v all civilised nations gave sincere tokens of sympathy. For tho hour sympathy rolled as a wave over all our land. It closed tho last furrow of war, it extinguished the last prejudice, effaced it, tho last vestigo of hatred, and cursed be the hand that brings them back. Johnston and Buckner on one side of his bier, Sherman and Sheridan on the other, he has come to his tomb a silent symbol that liberty had conquered slavery, patriotism rebellion, and pOace war. He rests in peace No drum or cannon shall disturb his rest, Sleep, horo, until another trumpet shall shake the heavens and earth I Then come forth to glory in im mortality !"

A Sixpenny Dogs House in Mel bourne.

A corhkspo.vdent of tho Melbourne " Age " thus describes his experiences of a common lodging-house in that oity : -Having made certain official inquiries, I determined to visit the Lodging House in street, which I had ascertained to bo fairly

representative of its class. Attired in a

threadbare suit of tweed, at which the most enterprising of Stephen-street old clothes men would have turned up his Israelitish i-ose in scorn, and wearing a battered old felt which bore the marks of many a camp ing out expedition, I presented myself at the door of tho on a Saturday night, shortly beforo twelve o'clock. Thero was no boll, but a single vigorous application of the knocker summoned the proprietor in a high state of virtuous indignation at being disturbed over a game of euchre. "Why the don't yor opon the —- door and como in," demanded he, "'stead of Btandin' there like a fool." I oxplained as mildly as I could that I was_ a strangor in eoarch of lodgings, nnd having deposited a sixpcnco in the out stretched palm oE this truculent Cerberus, I was graciously permitted to enter. " I always gets paid in advance," he explained half apologetically, as ho pockoted the coin. " 'Cause if I don't get paid in ad vance," he continued oracularly, " I don't got paid at all." Tacitly acknowledging the commendable prudence of the land lord, I was then ushored into a long, low room, where, dimly vis'blo through the dense fumos of tobacco, some twenty men wore seated. Had I entered—in the garb of a gentleman, of course—the smoking room of the most exclusive club in london, my presence would not have been more contemptuously ignored than by those gutter snipes of Melbourne. With every desire to preserve my incognito, I had flattered myself that the indefinable some thing which distinguished respectability in any garb would havo onsured recognition ; and it must bo confessed that it slightly wounded my self-esteem to find myself calmly accepted as a simple unit in tho sum of tho groat unwashed. After all tho pains I had takon to " get myself up " after tho most approved models of the " vags." who aro periodically " sent up " by Mr Call, for various terms of imprisonment, not ex ceeding twolvo months, I was ashamed to find mysolf so completely transmogrified. Seating myself in tho most roraoto corner of tho room, I proceedod to tako a doliborate survey of its occupants. In tho course of a tolerably extensive cxporionce the scene which presented itsolf beforo my wonder ing gaze was unique. Dishonoured old ago, bloar-oycd and palsied, shattered] prime with tho indeliblo brand of all evil passions written on its brow, and—saddest of all stunted youth with tho germs of crimo only too apparent in its vicious features, wero blonded in a picturo which might havo found a placo in Dante's Inferno. The control group was the euehro party, of which tho landlord formed tho most pro tninont figure, Tho stakes were coppers, with a quart of boor depending on tho rub, and all the grasping avarice of tho gambler was as apparent on tho countenances of tho players as if tho fate of a kingdom had do pomlcd on tho odd trick. The game was eagerly watched by the lodgers sitting around, and it was ludicrous to note how, witlt truo " courtior's" tact, they iden tified themselves with tho fortunes of tho landlord, who, by the way, bad nmarvollous knack of turning up tho bower. Seated a littlo way apart from the card party was a knot of amateur politicians, who wero en gaged in a hot discussion on the merits of tho Licensing Bill, Having heard thearguments of iho teototallors and liconsod victuallers on tho question repeated ad nauseam, I was anxious to hear an independent opinion, but I was doomed to disappointment. Tho debaters wero unanimous in holding that a sanguinary man should have freo accoss to a public-bouse on Sunday, but thoir views on the other provisions of tho bill woro vaguo and crude. Thoy woro inclined on tho whole to grant liboral compensation to tho dispossessed publicans. I havo always noticed that mon who have no money of their own are exceedingly liboral in dis posing of other people's ; but local option was beyond their rum-beclouded in tellects. Theto was just ono remark of a diminutive Hibernian tailor on tho sub ject of legislation in general, howevor, which will bear repeating: — "Fwliat. the uso in talkin", bhoys ? Wo pay tho numbers o' Parliamint to pass law.., but tho divil a law thoy piss that will benefit you and mo a tranoon. Shuro if wo had tho spirit of (an uninontionablo insect) it's not horo we'd bo sittin' hungry and thirsty, but livin' on tho fat of tho land. Bad luck to my sowl, but it's the samo wheriver you go ; there's wan law for th" rich and anothor for tho wurrikin man. If —" But, horo tho remainder of tha bellicose littlo tailor's diatribe was lost in a burst of triumphant blasphomy from tho card party. Meed I say that tho landlord's side had won ?

■fust as I was considering tho advisa bility of forfeiting my G i and oxchanging tho fictid atmosphere of this don of horrors for tho comparatively pure air of — street, I was nccostol by my nearest noighbour, who asked in a soft, almost fominino voico what luck I had had during tho day. Turning round, I found that the voico pro ceeded from tho lips of a lad who might hive sat for a portrait of Oliver Twist. Certainly not more than 18 years of age, with pinched features and attenuated frame, I recognised in him the product of long generations of disease and crime. If it bo true that erory human being has his prototypo iv tho bruto creation, surely this boy might havo said, " My alter ego is a ferret." Ho repeated hia question twico while I was still pondoring ovor tho social problom of what could be done with such creatures as this, who were born in im morality and cradled in vice. Recovering myself, I nnked him what he meant. " Oh, choose fakin'," said the young vagabond. " I didn't cotno down by tho last shower of rain. D'ye think I'm not fly to your littlo game? A workin' man ain't got hands liko yourn'n." I was still in tho dark, but tho boy speedily onlightoned me by taking mo into his confidence. "Oh, you noedn't bo sheered," ho said, ro assuringly. "I'm on the samo lay. But times is bad horo just now. I've been out all the bl.omin' day, and I only pinched a donna (classical slang for lady) for this"—exhibiting a soalskin purse, probably worth about a pound. I expressed my sympathy for the failure of tho fates to reward honestendoavour, whon, apparently regretting his frankness, ho suddenly asked mo whether I was a " Mel bourno man ?" " For," he added, " 1 know most of tho Melbourno covies, and blow mo if I ovor scon you afore" With ready mendacity I hastened to assure him that I had just landed from a Sydnoy boat which had arrivod that day, and this explanation boing satisfactory, he continued his con versation in moro cordial terniß than ever. Young as ho wus he had already served five terms of imprisonment dating from his release from the Industrial School. In dee-, as he informed mo with somo dogroe of pride, ho had just beon discharged from Pontridgo after "doing a twolvo months' stretch" for assault and robbery. He was gurterous too in his way, was tlii* young gaol bird, and offered io share with mo what fow shillings ho had. Strango as it may appear, ho was hulf ashamed to be found lodging in such a place, and ho was careful to impress upon mo that he and his •'moll" occupied a house in strcot, Fitzroy, where I would bo mado heartily welcome Then ho insisted on Bhouting, and over a jugful of villainous beer ho seriously propesod that wo should join partnership. Ho explained that hi 3 mate had gone up country, and ho wanted a " cove as would act squaro" to assist him in carrying out certain little jobs he had on hand to a successful termination. Regard ing tno from tho standpoint of nn expert, he thought I would just suit him. It hod come to this then ! Taken aa a professional vagrant on ray first entrance to ?hc room, I was now acceptod on unimpeachablo author ity as presenting all the outward semblance of a thiof. It was now aftor two o'clock, and promising to consider my friend's flattering offer, I proposed an adjournment to bed, ns I had concluded by this time to go through with my self-imposed contract. The remainder of tho lodgers had already retired to court tho sleep which, Shakspearo tells us, "lie 3 with the vile," and I had now an opportunity of briefly inspecting the room in all its sordid nakedness. A rough table, two rudo benches, and a dilapidated rooking chair, in which, doubtless, tho land lord took his afternoon siesta, constituted all the furniture Thecarpetless door was covered with the accumulated dirt of a thousand muddy boots ; tlio coverless table was grimy with the prints of a thousand unclean hands ; and the green-damp stained walls and ceiling, from which 'the plaster had fallen in great patches, seemed as though th?y had been struck with some putrid leprosy. A loathsome exhalation seemed to arise and envelope me, and I thought of Dickens's horribly realistic des cription of Scroofe's end iv " Bleak House."

■ Following the landlord along what ap peared to me to be an almost interminable passage, we at last reached the foot of a

remarkably crazy looking flight of stairs which it took all my resolution to mount. There was no balustrade, and as each step creaked undor my weight, it. was with some solf congratulation I found myself on the landing. Then there was another passage and another stair, and yet one more passage, bofore the landlord stopped at a doorless room, which, he said, contained the only tenantless bed in tho houso. Sticking a stump of candle in a bottle which stood on the mantelshelf, he bade me a curt good night and departed. My kleptomaniacal friend, I may say, had disappeared. I looked around my bed-chamber, and found that it was shared by twelve recumbent forms who were enjoying the dreamless slumber which probably only visitß thoso miserable wretches to whom a bed of any kind is an unaccustomed luxury. There was absolutely no ventilation,thogapa in the skylight being carefully stopped by old rags, and tho open doorway serving rather to let foul air in than out. The fetid breaths of the sleepers, the sickening odour of unclean human flesh, and the peculiar aroma of tho cimcx mado the air literally thick with noxious vapours. I turnod down tho indescribably filthy counterpane, and there, crawling, swarming, wriggling, woro count less myraids of , but only tho pen of a Zola could revel in such dotails. I was more than satisfied with what I had seen, and I would not have braved tho horrors of a whole night in that dreadful place for the fee simple of the entire street. Just ono moro surprise awaited me before I quittod the room. Ovor the mantelpiece, to my unspeakablo astonishment, i saw a placard announcing that tho room contained a certain number of cubic feet, and was licensed to contain a proportionate number of beds; so it ap peared after all that I had been expending agood doal of entirely superfluous indigna" tion. Tho houso was licensed by the civic authorities, and it was liko my presumption to find any fault with its internal arrango monte. 1 managed to got downstairs just as tho landlord was closing the door, and as I omorged into the silent sticot I felt that, if adverse fate compelled mo to make my choico, I would sooner brave tho most tempestuous weather benoath the opon canopy of hoavon than seek sholter in a sixpenny lodging house.

The Bulgarian Massacres.

The ro-oponing of tho Eastern Question has revived tho rocolloction of tho horrible atrocities which wore roported to havo boon perpotrated in Bulgario in the spring of IS7O. It was in tho neighbourhood of I'hilippopolis, the sceno of tho recent bloodless revolt, that the worst of these massacres occurred. The " Daily Nows " began to publish statements about them in Juno of IS7O. Soon after moro dotuiled accounts woro furnished by a special cor respondent despatched to the spot, the late Mr J. A. MacGahan. Mr MacGahan's descriptions -wore called in quostion at tho timo; but the disclosures of Mr Eugene Schuyler, thon Secretary of tho American Legation at Constantinople, and tho sub sequent investigations of Mr Walter Baring, who was deputed by tho English Government to report on this subject, showed that Mr MacGahan had but slightly, if at all, exaggerated tho dreadful business. It may bo interesting in viow of tho revolution in Eastern Koumelia, which geographically forms part of Bulgaria, to givo tho story as Mr MacGahan told it. The summary printed below is quoted from Mr T. P. O'Connor's " Life of Lord Boacons field."

Tho " Daily Nows " was chief, if not first, among tho public journals in publishing accounts of tlio atrocitios in Bulgaria. In formed by Mr Poars, their correspondent in Constantinople, of what was going ou, the proprietors of that papor despatched a spocial commissioner te investigate the facts on the spot. The gentleman selected was tho lato Mr J, A. MacGahan. Never was thero a happier choico for a journalistic tusk.

And what was tho story Mr MacGahan had to toll ? Ho had to tell that sixty or seventy villages had been burned ; that something liko 15,000 people had beon slaughtered ; that a largo number of those dead woro women and children ; that tho bodies of men wore flung to dogs ; "that tho women, and even the littlo children of both sexes, woro subjected to the vilest outrages ; and that all thoso outrages wore committed without anything liko real provocation on the part of tho Bulgarians. In tho comso of hia inquiries MrMacGahan visited several of tlio villages in Bulgaria: ho visitod Kaddovn, Otluk Kui or I'amgurishti, I'orustitza, Avrat-Alan, Klissura and Batak.

And now let mo give a brief summary of what ho 10. rued at each of thoso places. At Raddovo he found that of 1(30 houses, not ono bad been left standing. As tho inhabi tants had all tied before tho arrival of tlio Turks, only twonty-two men had been killed, whilo all tlio women and children bad escaped. And at Raddovo, accordingly, tlio people had only to put up with tlio trilling inconvonionco of trying to live without their houses, their furniture, or their means of existence At Avrut-Alan hefound that the people of tho town, having suronderod in timo, woro spared ; whilo 200 br 300 who woro flying through tho fields wore killed ; and all tho women in tho place, with scarcely an exception, wore violated by soldiers who wero still reeking with tho blood of n massacre closo by, of which I shall havo to speak immediately. At Kli_ sura, not ono of 700 houses wero left standing. Tho people woro thus condemned to starvation, and besides this, tbough MacGahan does not note tho fact, 250 people wero killod. Wo have now gone through threo villages : in two of thoso all tho liousob had boon dostroyed, and somo hundreds of tho inhabitants killed : iv tho third, tho houses woro not burned, but woro plundorod ; and while the men in tho town were spared, about 250 in tho fields woro killod, and all tho women wore violated. Those are horrors sufficient to excite indig nation enough, but thoy appear as moro trifling incidents in comparison with tho diabolical outrages which took placo in othor villages. At Otluk-Kui a rising oc curred on tho 2nd of May ; ten days after wards, I-iafiii Pußha, with rogulars, Bashi- Bnzouks, and two or throopioces of artillery, orrivod before the placo. Tho insurrection immediately collapsed, ono body of tho insurgonts—who woro 250 in all—having flod, and the other takon a wrong direction. Thero was, therefore, nothing for Hafi- Posha to do but to enter the town and tako possession. Instead of doing that, ho bom barded the placo without asking it to sur render—a fate wliich was tho moro terrible becauso tho ordinary population had been increased by 5,000 or 6,000 refugees from neighbouring villages. Till mid night of tho 12th tho bombardment continued. "Than the loudmouthed dogs of war ceased their clamour; thoy had dono their work ; it was now tho turn of tho sabre." Turing the night and tho following morning tho soldiors entered the town : it was pillaged and thon fired ; neither ago nor sex was spared, and 3,009 people - men, women, and children-woro killed. Scarcely a woman in tho placo ap peared to havo o:capod outrage. " Mothers woro outraged in the prosonco of their daughters ; young girls in Iho prosonco of their mothers, of their sisters und brothers." A girl of ten years was violated, another of twolvo ; and of a dozen of girls from twelvo te fifteen years old, two wore outraged and killed, and tho remainder outraged. A young girl of sixteen was outraged by three or four Bashi-Bazouks in tho presence of hor futlior, who was aged and blind, and then was killed by tho samo bullet as l-lio was endeavouring to savo the old man's lifn.

Perustitza consisted of 3*>o houses, and had 2,000 or 2,500 inhabitants. According to the account which tho people themselves gavo to Mr MacGahan, thoy applied several timos for the protection of regular troops to Aziz Pasha, without avail. Achmot-Aga meantime offered them the protection of Bashi-Bazouks ; but having somo natural distrust of such shepherds, thoy refused assistance, and in consequence of some circumstances that were in dispute, killed the two bearers of this message. The villagers now prepared for defence, making one of their churches thoir citadel. On Tuesday morning, May 11, tho Bashi- Bazouks appeared. Some of the people wont out, gavo up thoir arms, and wero killed. Some fled to the fields.and, whon evortyvertakon by the Bashi-Bazouks, wero killed. Tho remainder stuck to the church. Ou Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the Bashi Bazouks employed themselves in pillaging and burning the surrounding villages, occasionally firing a shot at tho church in which the villayr■■•< had taken refugo. Meantime the peop:« remained in the church, so closoly packed that it was impossiblo to lie down, terrified by the occasional shots and by tho glare of the burning villages arotnd. On the Thursday aftornoon Aziz Pasha arrived with his regu lars, and, according to MacGahan, before he had summoned the people to surrender began the bombardment of the church. Tho villagers wore so panic-stricken that tbey fled to another church where they were less protected than before. Pashq

bombarded this as he had bombarded the other church. The people had, meanwhile, sent messengers to him, asking for peace ; some of these were killed before they reached Aziz Pasha, others were killed on their way back. On the Friday night, when this bombardment i_ the second church was taking placo, at least two men killed their wives and children and then themselves. On Saturday, at last, tho people went out, and were spared. About 1,000 or 1,600 had been killed. But all these horrors, great as they are, sink into insignificance beside those of Batak. While Mr MacGahan was at Pestera, a number of people crowded round the place where he was staying, whom at first he supposed to belong to tho town itself ; they turned out, however, to bo fugitives from Batak, Thoy came to toll the strangers the story of the tragedy enacted in their homo. The fugitivos whom he met at Pestera followed him and his companions in a procession to Batak. As they ap proached the doomed village, thoy began to find signs of tho great disaster; they met mills that woro silent, and they saw hill sides covered with over ripo corn, rotting for want of hands to reap it. But such signs of ravago were soon forgotten in the sight that next met their oyos. Ova slope overlooking the town they observod a num ber of dogs, which ran away angry at their approach ; and on going near, found these . animals had beon feasting on a largo heap of dead. That heap, MacGahan after wards found out, consisted of 20l) young girls, who had beon kept prisoners for somo days, outraged, and finally beheaded ' i " From my saddle," he writes, " I counted about a hundred skulls, nut including thoso that were hidden beneath the others in the ghastly heap, nor those that wero scattered far and wide through the fields." From this spot they looked down on the town. " Not a roof," not a " whole wall " was left stand ing ; and thero came up to I heir oars " a low plaintive wail, like tho ' keening' of the Irish over their dead." Thoy descended into tho town; they saw in tho houses women wailing over their lost husbands, brothers, children, 'boating thoir heads and wringing their hands' "This was the explanation of the curious sound we had hoard when upon tho hill. As wo advanced thore were more and more ; some sitting on tho heaps of stonon that covered tho floors of their houses ; othors walking up and down beforo thoir r.oors, wringing their hands and repeating tho same des pairing wail As wo pro ceeded, most of thorn foil into lino behind us, and thoy finally formed a procossion of four or five hnndrod pooplo, mostly womon and children, v ho followed us about where ovor wo wont with their mournful cries. Such a sound as thoir united voices sent up to heavon I hope never to hear again." As thoy passed on, they saw the corpjo of a young girl not moro than fifteen. " Thero was a largo gash in tho skull, to which a mass of rich brown hair nearly a yard long still clung, trailing in the dust." Noxt thoy saw "tho skolotons of two children lying side by side," " with frightful sabro cuts in their littlo skulls;" aa they ap proached tho middle of the town, "bones, skolotons, and skulls becatno more numer ous." "There was not a house beneath tho ruins of which wo did not perceive human remains, and the Btroot besides was strewn with them. Bofore many of the doorways women wore walking up and down wailing thoir funeral chant. One of thorn dragged Ma.Gahan to sco tho corpso of a young girl."

" I could only turn round," ho says, "and walk out sick at hoart, lcavingheralone with hor skeloton." A fow stops further, ho saw another woman "rockingherself to and fro, and uttering moans heartrending boyond anything I could have imagined." "Hor head was buriod in her hands, whilo her

fingers wero unconsciously twisting and tearing her hair as sho gazed into hor lap, where lay threo littlo skulls with tlio hair still clinging to tht-m." They next camo to

:he schoolhouso and the church. In tho school "lay the bones and ashos of two

hundred women burnt alive within thosofour walls" "Just beside tho schoolhouse is n broad shallow pit. Here wero burned a

mndred bodies' two weeks after tho mas acre." They entered tho churchyard. Tho

wliolo of tho little churchyard was heaped up with dead bodies to tho dopth of several feet. "Wo woro told that thoro were three thousand people lying here in this littlo churchyard alone, und wo could woll bcliovo it." And of thoso threo thousand, many, if not, most, wore women and children." Next they looked into tlio church, " What we sow there was too frightful for moru than a hasty glance." -An immense number of bodies had been partly burnt thoro, and tlio charred and blackened remains,that seomed to fill it half way up to tho low dark arches and make them lower and darker still, wero lying in a state of putrefaction too frightful to look upon. I had novor im agined anyhhing so horrible Wo all turned away sick and faint, and staggered out of tho fearful post house glad te get into tlio street again." Evory whoro throughouttbo town thoy sawsiinilar seonos. "Skeletons of men with tho clothing and flesh still hanging to and rotten togothcr ; skulls of womon, with tho hair dragging in the dußt, bones of children and infants everywhere" Hero thoy wero shown a

houso whore twenty pcoplo had boon burned alivo ; another whoro twolvo girls had beon

slaughtered, "as thoir bones amply testi fied.'' What showed most plainly the com pleteness of tho massacre was tho dosola tiou of entire families. An old woman told Mr MacGahan that sho had threo sons,

who wore all married, and had twelvo children : of all thoso nineteon pcoplo, but this poor old woman remained. Out of another family of tbirty-nino, only eight wore left; out of ono twonty-fivo but sevon ; of twenty, put eight." And, finally, Mac Galian, estimating tho entire lota of life, says that of " tho eight or nino thousand pooplo who mado up tho population of tho placo, there aro only twolvo or fifteen

indred left!" Such was the story told by Mr MacGahan,

A War Correspondent's Ad venture.

Mr Buklki-H, tho well-known war corres pondent, in tho courso tf a recent inter view, related tho following incident in his carcor: -"I am a nativo of Glasgow, whoro I was born in 1843. At the ago of thirteon I began to study politics, and I went to reside on tho continent, where I visitod every country oxcopt Russia. In 1861, tired by a love of advonturo, I determined to go to America to join and- fight for tho Confederate army, becauso I felt thoy wero struggling for thoir liberty; and I held—rightly or wrongly—that a people has always a right to govern itself, no matter what its character or disposition may be. Tho Blavory question was really quito a secondary matter. No one was fighting for tho continuance of slavery-its death-knoll bad already been sounded by Iho declara tion of war. Out of the four yoars I was on tho Confederate sido I served three and a half on active service I was employed ou special sorvice— scouting, w.th command. The remaining six months I passed in pri son. In 1864 I was shot und captured in a skirmish, and, boing charged with torpedo laying, I was sentenced to be hanged then and there. Now I really was not connected with tho party wliich had been laying tor podoos at all, though, in point of fact, it might woll havo beon so. I certainly

thought it was all over with me, but I had luckily made a capture tho week bofore, and bo ' Rang away, boys,' I said. ' You are well aware that I took thirty of your inon last week. • You know what

sort of man Mackenzie is; hang me and he'll string up every man jack of them as soon ns ho hear- of my death. So now it's all right, and hang away.' This reminder saved me. They thought mo impudent, so thoy bucked and gagged mo and imprisoned me in Fort Delaware, ' Bucking ' is a peculiarly pain ful way of binding one up, and thoy gagged mo with a piece of stick, and left me liko that for forty-eight hours : so you'll easily beliovo that I couldn't eat or r-mile with pleasure or comfoit, so as to enj ,y thorn, for a month afterwards. After a terriblo three weeks I succeeded in making my escapo by swimming across tho bay. I was five hours in the water, with a cross current, ancl I dared not hail the passing ships for fear of being recaptured nnd sent back to Fort, Delaware Whon I got to tho other sido I had to hide in the woodis for eight or ten days, living on what I could find, until T could get somo clothing, for I had nothing on but a shirt. At last I succeeded in making good my escape, first to Now York, and thence to Canada."

Australasia and Germany.

Weitinc from Berlin under date 9th Sep tember lust, tiie special correspondent of tho Sydney " Town and Country Journal" (Mr Henniker Heaton) gives some interest ing particulars of Australians in Germany, and Australasian affairs in relation to the German Empire. We make the following extracts :—

The International Telegraph Conference. Long before this reaches you tho people of Australasia will have learned the result of the International Telegraph Conference, at which the colonies might bo said to have had a voice among the nations of the world for the first time. It must not be supposed that tho colonial representatives wero of little importance. As a matter of fact, there were a dozen states represented, with populations smaller than Tasmania ; and before the conference had made much progress the importance of Australasia was fully recognised. At the banquets Mr C. Todd, for South Australia, and Mr lE. C Cracknoll, for New South Wales, made excellent sbeeches; while Mr Hennikor Heaton, who represented Tasmania, con tributed articles to tho leading German newspapers, giving statistics and showing tho progress and resources of the whole of tho colonies, with which he is intimately acquainted. As to the work dono, it should be men tioned that the whole conference was under the direction of Dr. Yon Stephen, Secretary of State and Posfcmaster-Geueralof Germany. Dr. Yon Stephen i?,next to Bismarck,one of the ablest men in the German Empire, and a trusted counsellor of tho King, It may appear out of place to give an idea of Dr. Yon Stephen by comparing him with an Australian statesman; but, nevertheless, ho reminds mo strongly of Sir John Robertson, your ex-Premier. The same uninipa-=-ioned kindly look in repose, tho sntr.o gonial or warm greeting for politi cal friends and onemies, the same respect for opinions, a remarkable similarity in his chivalry or gallantry toward all ladies, whether lowly or in high position ; and when at work in the political arena the statesmo n aro oxactly aliko. For days in committeo the members of the con ference strugglod under difficulties and | objections by all nations to theGovman pro posal for a reduction of tariff and a uniform rate throughout Europe. Dr. Yon Stephen, who had left the work to vory capablo lieutenants, at length came hurriedly into tho chambor, and with a dash and a bril liancy and a force of character quite astonishing, took up tho questions and carried his points, fairly swooping away op position and knocking tho opponents " into a cocked hat." Tho scone was a most ex citing one. Taking point after point, ho turned to the representative ot nation after nation saying, " Well,what have you tosay to this ? Whom have you to support you in this amendment ? Well, I shall put it to tho vote - Oui, yon," &c, and ho having cleared the atmosphere, the main modified Gorman proposals, making a reduction of 40 por cont in the charges, were carried by an ovorwholming majority, and tho non-con tents went away grumbling at being com pelled to vote. Franco shrugged his shoulders, and said he did not like to quarrel with Germany, whilo Groat Britain, repre sented by a Mr Patey, who knew little of tho French language, mi^ht have got better teims for Groat Britain if he had been only quick enough. It should have been mentioned that Mr Murray Smith repre sonted Victoria, but unfortunately hia duties compolled his presence in London except for one week, when he took an active part in the proceedings. Australia And Germany. A fow years ago when I visited Berlin for tho first timo I was surprised to find so littlo knownof Australasia, Amongotherplacesl visited wus tho immense National Library of Berlin, containingiioarlyamillion volumes. I asked tho chief librarian what works he had j on Australasia. He searched hi 3 catalogues, I anil produced a few botanical works by Yon Muollerand "Mudie-Felonry of New South Wales." Tho former ia of interest to n fow botanists, and the latter is of course re garded as a scandalous work. Ido not care to own Now South Walos with " Mudics's Felonry " as tho representative work, and I mado some effort to havo more reliable works supplied.

Today I find that an agreeable change has taken place. Tho school children of Gorman) havo a better knowledge of the geography, tho history, and tho resources of Australia than tho schoolchildren of Sydney. To prove my assertion, I send you half a doien books about Australia full of informa tion, and adorned and mado attractive with oxcellent illustrations of Australian life, portraits of aborigines and their woapona, pictures of plants, photographs of Sydnoy, Melbourne, and Adelaide, pictures showing squatters' princely residences near Mel bourno (to show udvonced civilisation), and late historical and statistical informa tion. I shall bo glad if you will forward the books on for tho inspection of tho Minister of Public Instruction in Now South Wales. This afternoon I took Mr Todd, of South Australia, to ono of tho booksellers' shops to purchase one of these oxcollent books, and tho first thing ho saw in it was a description of the construction of tho overland telegraph lino —that national work across Australia—and a com plimentary reference te himself, of coureo in tlio Gorman language In the shop windows I saw excellent maps of Australia, and innumerable well constructed maps of Now Guinea, and tho wdiole of the islands of the Pacific aud Oceania generally, show ing German and othor possessions. In many of tho shop windows I was, of course, glad to observe pictures of gold medals informing us that they had boon awarded to Berlin at the Sydney and Melbourno Exhibitions; and the well-known auto graphs of Sir P. Jonnitigs, Sir W. J. Clarke, Sir J. J. Casey, &c, proved this.

A Magnanimous German Offer. I have already briefly informed you by telegraph of a ridiculous position Britain placed herself in, whon northern New Guinea was seized by Germary. It may bo rocollocted that Lord Derby had given his assurance to Australians that Germany

ha-.i no intention to seizo New Guinea. He certainly felt humililiated, and justly fearod the wrath of tho Australasian people. In this dilemma ho despatched a con fidential messengar to Bismarck, and suggested to tho German Chancellor that an arrangement was desirable, and would Germany havo the goodness to tako in exchange somo other island, say Heligoland, an island lying off Hamburg at tho mouth of tho Elbe ; but which, though considered of strategetical importanco, was only amilo in length, nnd less then a mile in breadth. If not, what would Germany ask in exchange ? Bismarck took a day to consider, and said ho would take New Zea land in exchange Tho unoffi ial ropresen totive of Britain had the simplicity to convey this offer to Derby, and tho negotia tions ceased. It was explained to me by a politician who gave mo the particulars that offering Heligoland for their Australasian possession was considered liko offering some thing worth two guineas in exchange for a farthing—for at this sum Germany valuod Heligoland. Tho accomplished politician just referred to hoped to see Germany make a second Java of New Guinea, New Ireland, and New Bii'ain. Extent and Wealth of Berlin. Berlin has a population of ovor ono million of inhabitants. There aro in it many magnificent buildings, palaces, museums, and picture galleries. • The streets aro wide, and the shops aro very fine, as can bo testified by throe Australian ladies, one of whom was born in Tasmania, one in Now South Walos, and ono in South Australia. These ladies spent many days inspecting tho Berlin wool shops, the beautiful bronzo and leather work and carved furniture. Tho inspection of the palaces of the Emperor, tho Crown Princo, and of other noble people, occupied many hours. Tho Btreeta and parks of Bo'-lin aro among tho finest in Europe Tho principal street is called Untor den Linden. All Germany is proud of this street. It is a miio in length, and the principal palaces and museums aro situated in it. It is about 200 ft wido. The centre of 50ft has a doublo row of richly foliaged trees, wdth a wide road in tho centre for pedestrians only. On the right-hand side is an asphalt road way for carriages ;on tho left side a road for horsemen, and beyond this ou the ex- I trerae left a rough stono road for heavily laden vehicles. Babelsburg and tho Itoyal Family. On tho occasion of the great oxcursion by water in gaily decorated steamers on the Havel, and by carriages, we surveyed some of the prettiest spots in all Germany. The weather was perfect, the water was calm, and the foliage on tho banks of the lakes rich beyond description. It was an earthly paradise Above the trees there rose the romantic towers of the Castlo of Babelsburg, a royal residence of the Emperor, with grounds laid out with exquisite taste. The music rose and fell over tho wator as the evening approached, and we wore then afforded delightful views of tbe surrounding country from the summit of Pfingstberg, a number of great colonnades erected by

some prince on an elevated spot with the object of being finished or constructed into • castle. In the park grounds of one of the palaces wo met three pleasant, healthy chil dren, a boy and two girls, in charge of two nurses. These children bowed and nodded quite pleasantly to our carriaeo companion Mrs Yon Stephan. They were the great grandchildren of Queen Victoria, and of the Emperor and Empress of Germany! Shortly before this we met in full uniform their father Prince William, the son of the Crown Prince and grandson of the Queen of Britain. Australians at the Review. j On September 2 the members or dele | gates of the International Telegraph Con ference had tho honour of having invitations and special positions accorded to them at tho review in honour of the victory of the Germans at Sedan, fifteen years before. The invitation was sent by the Emperor through Dr. Yon Stephan. The day was beautifully fine. The Australians present wore Mr E. C. Cracknell, Mr Charles Todd and Miss Todd, Mr and Mrs Henniker Heaton, and Mr and Mrs Murray Smith. The Emperor for the first timo camo in a carriage ; to his great regret his "physician would not allow him to ride. Ho will be 89 years of ago next March, but is still in wonderful health. His carriage was drawn by four horses, and that of the Empress Augusta by six horses. Among other celebrities we saw were the Crown Prince of Germany, the Crown Prince's son (Prince William), also Prince Michael of Russia, and Yon Moltke, the celebrated German General. I understand that tho heir apparent, or fourth in the kingly line of Germany, was also present with his mamma, but we did not see him there. The review, as may be anticipated, was a bril liant affair. Twenty-five thousand troops— the flower of German army—all picked men—marched past their Imperial master twice, and their movements were like mechanism. Tho 5,000 horsemen presented a specially magnificent appearance, and it was impossible to prevent a thrill of pride in the most peaceful mind as these warriors, many of whom had served in the dread ful wars of 1855-G and 1870, nnd whose breasts were literally covered with medals, dashed past at a quiok march, and received the gracious recognition of their warlike master. There was one thing worthy of note, which greatly pleased tho Australians. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets on the way to the review, and on the borders of the three thousand acres field where it was held. The crowd was most orderly, far moro orderly than any London or Sydney crowd; and, all praiso to the excellent people, the boys and little children generally wore by common consent placed in front of the grown-up people, and thereby had a groat treat.

A GHASTLY DISCOVERY.

A Chineso Corpse Factory.

A coebispondest at San Francisco, tele graphing to the "New York Herald" on the 16th inst., Bays:-"The discovery yesterday afternoon of the horrible practices of tho Chinese in preparing the bones of their dead fellow-countrymen for shipment to China, which have been carried on undor tho very nose of the city authorities, has created deep and intense excitement. The knowledge that such a mass of putre faction wn3 lying exposed in the very heart of the city, while at the same time tho drainage and sewers of the city are known to bo in a filthy condition, has created a fooling of fear for the health of the com munity. After all the boxes containing the remains of the dead Chinamen had been re moTed to the morgue, the coroner was interviewed in regard to the matter. He stated that when bo arrived at the collar in which tho bodies were stored, and in which putrefied remains which had still to be boiled were lying, ho set to work to break opon the boxes, 'ihero were some sixty bodies in all. Eech box contained a

tin case, in which, carefully wrapped in oilcloths, wero a number of human bones. Tho smaller bones and long strips of skin were wrapped up in separate parcels and placed within the larger ones. On the outside of each box was a label bearing Chineso characters giving tbe name of the dead person within, so that tho re mains could be identified by relatives in China. After having opened several of the boxes tho coroner concluded to seize the wliolo lot and remove them to the morgue. Express waggons were called for tho pur poso, Whilo the cases were being placed on tho waggons somo of them rolled off and fell to tho pavement, breaking open and exposing the contents. The crowd which

had assembled, upon learning the cause of the excitement, jumped on tho bones, and in their indignation trod them under foot. The police quickly interposed, and the loading continued with out further interruption. Tho remains were removed to the morgue. Most of the boxos containing remains were, on examina tion, found to havo come from cities in the interior of the State. The remains were shipped from thero to San Francisco in common tea boxos. TIIO6O that come from

the interior are boiled and prepared before shipment so that no odour is perceptible on tho route Only those removed from San Francisco cemeteries have flesh still on them when brought for preparation to the cellar. It was the intention to have Bhipped all

those on the steamer City of Pekin, which sails on. Saturday next. It is rumoured that the Chinese companies will bring an action against tho coroner for the removal of the boxes and remains."

A Long Five Minutes.

In a Dark Cellar with a Mad Dog.

Last week (says a write*.' in " St James's Gazette") I received orders to go to the Britannia public house in Soho and poison a large retriever belonging to the landlord. My master bad seen the dog during his rounds, and found it in a dangerously rabid state. I filled a small bottle with hydro cyanic acid, and, taking a syringe, went off at once to see about it. Arriving at the house, I stated my business, and was banded over to the pot-boy to be conducted tho dog, which I could hear howling every fow seconds. There being no yard to the house,they had chained the dog down in the cellar to a staple in the wall. " 'E's a wery bad case, sir," said my guide, "an'l'll be glad when it's all over, for although he was a groat pet with us all, an' that fond of the kids you never see' it's awful to sco 'im not know any of ns, but when we goes near 'im to have 'im come a-flying at us. Think 'ell suffer much? There 'egoes I 'ear 'im. All day long 'c 'owls like that." I assured him it would soon bo ovor with out much pain, and descending some steps wo passed through a room in the basement that was dimly lit by a small and grimy window. Cases of wines and spirits were ranged against tbe walls and we could hear the tramp of the thickly-shod customers in tho bar or taproom just above our heads. Opening a door we passed into another room. Thia was lighted only by tho small window in the room we bad just left as it shone through the now open door. " He'sinthere," said the pot-boy,pointing to another door in tho wall opposite. Thinking there was a window in the room, I pushed the dpor open, and im mediately heard tho tattle of a chain and the hoarse half howl, half growl of the poor beast, whose eyes I could see against the far wall gleaming through, the dark. Window thero was none. " Why on earth didn't you bring a light ?" I asked, angrily ; " you don't sup pose I can poison him in the dark?" "Thought I 'ad a match," said tho boy, fumbling in his pockets, " There's a gas jet just inside the door." I had no matches, so I sent him up stairs to got some, and, waiting his return, eat down on an empty keg near the door. Tho dog seemed uneasy, and, fancying tho light through the doorway annoyed and distressed him, I pushed it to \yith my hand. The boy was some time gone (I found afterwards he had been to ask his mistress if she would like to have a last look at the old dog), aud I sat there think ing over the job., The air of the cellar was close, tmd the smell of the wet sawdust on the floor was mostunpleasant. Clank wont the dog's chain against the wall or tho floor, as he moved uneasily about, wondering, I dare say, what was my errand there. Then tho movement ceased for a timo, or partly absorbed in my thoughts I failed to notice it. The next minute I -tarted, feeling something rub against my leg- Looking down I saw two glaring eyes just at my knee. Tho dog was loose, the staple have ing worked its way out of the damp and yielding mortar. For a second or two I nearly lost con sciousness. My heart seemed to stand-till; but by an effort I' kept from go^ng off into a faint. T shall never forg.t the uejet few minutes as long as I live. I was alone in tho dirk, with this rabid beast rubbing about my legs-first one and then the other, as if he were trying to find out who I was.

Then he rested his nose on my knees and looked straight up into my face. I sat like a statue, knowing that at the slightest movement he would probably seize me, and knowing (who better?) that such a bite in his advanced state of disease was almost certain death, and a horrible death too. Nerving myself, I sat perfectly still, cal culating as well as I could my chances of escape. Presently the dog put first one paw, then the other, on my knee, and standing on his hind legs, gently rubbed his head against my breast, then over my arms, and then commenced to explore my face. I shut my eyes, and felt his nose pass several times across my face, covering it with saliva. Yet I dared not move. I expected every instant he would Beize me ; the very beating of my heart might disturb and annoy him ; and I felt that, come what j might, I must fling him off and make a' dash for the door. I

Suddenly he censed rubbing against me and appeared to be listening. He could hear the steps of the pot-boy descending the ladder. 1 also could hear it, and knew not weather to call to him or keep silent. The dog now dropped down to my knees again, still listening ; and as the light of a candle streamed through the crevices of the badly fitting door he crept into tho far corner of the cellar, evidently dreading being put upon the chain again. Then I made a dash at the door, swung it open, and banging it to behind mo, sank, more dead than alive, on a case near the wall. Seeing my state, the man brought me quickly a nip ot brandy, and I pulled my self together. All this time the dog was growling furiously on the othor side of the door and tearing at it in his mad endeavour to get at us. Steadying myself as well as I could, I placed the light on a pile of cases, and filling my syringe with acid, opened the door about two inches. As I expected, the infuriated beast rushed at the opening ; and as he did so I discharged the contents of the syringe into his open mouth. In a few seconds all was over, When I went up stairs I found my trousers, vest, coat, hands and face covered with saliva from his mouth. I felt sick and faint, and looked—so the people said—white as a ghost; in fact, I could hardly stand.

Invading a Sanctuary.

The Castle barracks at Enniskillen at ono time enjoyed the privilege, shared by some other localities, of being a sanctuary within the bounds of which no one could be arrested for debt. Ido not know whether this still is the caso, but it probably arose from the site having been formerly occupied by a royal castle, as the namo would imply. At all events, the freedom from arrest for debt was not only frequently a eonsiderabla con venience to impecunious officers, but was also at times of service to several of the gentlemen of tho neighbourhood, who, living " nbt wisely but too well," had outrun the constable, and for a time became the guests of those who had enjoyed the hos pitality dispensed at their various bouses with so freo a hand. I remember a very ; ludicrous scene that was brought about by j an occurrence of the kind.

One very hot day in the height of summer a party, consisting of half a dozen or so of us, were refreshing our heated " corpuses," after a longish parade and drill, in the room of a brother officer, and pipes, cigars, and various cooling drinks were the order of the day. The room was on the first floor in the corner of the barracks, and on going out of the door of the bouse in which it was situated, the barrack gate was at some distance to the left, while close to the right ran the deep and rapid weetern branch of the river that flows on both sides of tho island upon which the town stands. A postern gate in a high and strong palisade gave access to the water,' from which gate a flight of several stone steps, running down to the left and along the wall, enabled us to get to the boats lying there ; but, save a small|platfcrm at tbe top of tbe steps, there was nothing between tho open gate and the river. The gate was not locked during the day, as we constantly used it.

While we were chatting de rebus omnibus et quibnsdam aliis, a hurried step was heard on the stair, the door was flung open, and Mr Dane, a gentleman of the neighbour hood, rushing in, flung himself into a chair, exclaiming, "Safe at last! But, by Jove ! I had a squeak for it I"

Beforo he had time to explain, however, after^him daßhed aJbailifF, who, though con siderably blown, at one> put his hand on Mr Dane's shoulder, and bade him con sider himself his prisoner. The bailiff must either have been a stranger or very young at his trade not to have known he was acting illegally j but at this juncture tho officer to whom the quarters belonged interposed, and sternly ordered him to leave the room, under pain of being re moved by force if he did not.

This the bailiff, with much insolent lan guage, refused to do unless Mr Dane came with him, interspering his refusals with uncomplimentary remarks upon officers and soldiers in general, and tbe present com pany in particular. Upon this, the officer went to the open window, and seeing one of the Bcr van ts of the barrack-yard, desired him to come upstairs, and bring three or four others with him ; and in less than a min ute several stout fellows entered the room.

Pointing to the bailiff: "Put this man out of the barracks at onco 1' was the next order.

■' Yt.B, your honour," replied the leader of the party, a gigantic Irishman; and in a second the bailiff found himself in hands from which there was no escape ; and as he would not be quiet, but continued to struggle£and resist, he was turned face downwards, and so carried by his arms and legs down the stairs.

Anticipating some fun, from acquaintance with the character of the giant leader of the party, we all went to the windows, and presently the procession appeared coming out of the door, the bailiff still objurgating and struggling as well as he could, which was not much. Just outside the door they came to a halt.

" Sure, Bill," said the big man, nodding his head towards the poatorn gate, " didn't the captain tell us to put him out of the barracks at onest, and isn't this the shortest way out?"

" Right you are ; and I'm sure I don't want to be carrying this baste all across tho yard, such a broiling day as this." " Oh, gentlemen, gentlemen i" screamed the bailiff, who only then realised their meaning ; ''for mercy's Bake don't put me in the water I I'll get my death of cold ! Let me go —oh, do let me go !"

"Can ye swim?" was the question, put in a stern tone, by the giant. " Oh, yes, sir 1" shrieked the catchpole, whose fears lod him to anticipate nothing short of murder ; " I can swim well 1"

" Thank your stars for that," was the re joinder " You'd have been drowned if you couldn't I Now you'll only be washed, and you want it badly. Together now, boys I One—two—three "

And away flew the bailiff like a spread eagle, and with a loud shriek disappeared beneath, the water. The men jumped into a boat, ready to save him if it had been necessary, but it was not. The'victim rose to the surface, blowing like a grampus, and struck for the shore below the barracks with all the ease of a practised swimmer, and, landing thoro, went his way a sadder and a wiser bailiff than he was a few mimute3 before.

Nothing waß ever heard of it. He was so completely in the wrong that his employers would not have supported hin\ in any com plaint.

A Bat Cave.—A curious story of a "be,, cave " in South-Western Taxas appears in the Boston Some Journal. The cave, which is of unknown extent, is entered by a mouth thirty or forty feet wide, by twelve or fifteen high. The interior was perfectly alive with uncounted millions of leather winged bats. Hanging to the walls and ceilings were, everywhere, knots of those creatures, like bees that had settled, while the air seemed alive and vocal with the incessant hum of myriads iv. ceaseless and apparently objectless flight, jn the evening, we are told, the bats come forth to seek food, when the stream of animal life com pletely fills the mouth of the cave, and appears in the distance not unlike the long line of black smoke from the chimney p4 a sea steamer. At the first blush a, bats'cave like this does'not seem a desirable thing for a man to havo on his estate, But the Texan proprietor is of a different opinion. Tho floor of the interior was found to be twenty feet deep in a deposit smelling so strongly of ammonia, that forthwith a sample was despatched to the nearest analyst, who pronounced it to compare favourably with the guano of Peru. Thc'known parts oi the cave are estimated to contain $0,000. tens, and the, proprietor has r«c?i\;ed'the con gratulations of his friends on his great find,

BEijtKWCJ-CORS.-'.'.Whenn board a. eminent physicians and otyemists announced the dis covery that' by combining some well-known valuable remedies a most wonderful medicine was produooi, which would euro such a wide range of diseases that most all othei remedies could be dispensed with, many were sceptical, but proof ot its merits by aotual trial has dispelled all doubt, and to-day the disoov erers of that great medicine. Hop Bitters. a» honoured and blessed by all «A beneuutor»*

ORIGINAL POETRY.

WAVELETS OF SILVER.

See our boat sails along O'er tho ocean co blue, With her oanvas as strong As a heart fond ami true ; As we speed gaily on inour track you may see The wavoletß of silver wo leave on tho Bea— Sweet wavelets of Bilver we leave on the sea.

So may we sail ovor O'er the billows ot strife. With hearts brave and utrong For the battle of life; And the waves beating round us in anger or glee Shsll break like the wavelets we leave on the sea- Sweet wavelets of sliver we leave on the sea.

We may fret If tho sun Should bo hidden at time), Wo may mourn if tho bells Ring out sorrowful chimes. But to hearts that aro loviDg, and uoblo, ana free Tho Kathor shall tomp?r the wavei of the sea- Sweet wavelets of silver wo leave on the sea.

So sail, then, my brothers. O'er the ocean ot love, With a faith for mankind, And reliance above : It may blow a fierce galo; but to hearts ever free The Bunbeamsshall silver tho wavos of tho eea— Sweet wavelets of Silver woleavo on tho sea. W. U. Wills.

DAS FRAULEIN YON SCHNIESCH.

I'm sitting alone in the shadows, My thoughts aud my frame far apart, I sigh, for alas! I've a sad dose Of je ne sat's quai at tho he art. Should you ask mo, dear reader, what that is. It's French—there! don'tbothormo -wheesht And I'll toll you the cause of it gratis— Cest la schone jungfraulein yon Schniesch!

Das madchen will often with mirth quake To see me perplexed In my wits j Her glance strikes my heart like an earthquake, Hor himmel-blau eyes aro like blitz. My heart leapa with joy when I meet her Like a hound that ia f reod from the leash; Lovo ne'er made a fair tyrant sweeter Than dassohonc jungfraulein yon Schniesch,

At nlaying piano, she's charming; You list her _s listening to Liszt. Her languages, too. sre alarming ; She'd leave Burritt quite in a mist. Her dancing--don't mako me feel "nervlsh j" Alas 1 for that Highland schottlacho, When I pranced with delight liko a dervish Mit das schanc jungfraulein yon Schniesch,

Oh. once I was lustig und heiter. And feared neither maiden nor man; I thought Cupid's cobwebs were Blighter. So said I, let him catch if he can, No fair ono my hoart shall onau,our. Thought I, without dread or suspic ion, of snares from the sweet subtle glamour Of das echone jungfraulein yon Schnitsch.

Ach, fraulein I tho light of your being The night of my own deeper mako_; And love, like a oaged captive freeing Himself, my poor heart-prison breaks. I die—but I yield the ghost gaily. And swear, without pang or contrit ion, my spook will haunt nightly and daily Das schone jungfraulein yon Schniesch ! DUGALD MACFADYBN,

"IT IS FINISHED!"

" It is finished I" Man of Sorrows 1 Still we hear that awful cry, As upon the cross extended Thou in Whom all virtues blended For Thine enemies dld'st die.

"It is finished I" how it thrills them !

Friends and foes who gazed on Thee, Stand amazed, as earth and heaven Answer baok that death-cry, given Forth in nature's agony.

"It is finished I Nature tromblos

As the sentence dies away. And the gloom the eceno enshrouding Terrifies the rebels crowding Round the cross this awful day.

"It is finished!" All the tellings And revliings now are o'or, And the cry of love and pity O'er (he doomed and guilty oity Shall be heard, O Christ, no mor.

Hunger, thirst, and fierce temptation, Pleroed hands, tad tortured brow: These were Thino, but those deriding And the friends In Thee confiding Own that Christ Is Victor now.

"It is finished!" Man's redemption. King Eternal! now is seal"d By Thy death, and eeal'd for over. Through the rolling ages never Was such wondrous love revcal'd.

Man of Sorrows 1 God's Anointed Millions yet shall own Thy sway When the hearts that now defy The And the lips that now deny Theo, Are for ever passed away. I

XT . _ ~ _ .__. E. S, H-SBARH. Nowton, September, 1885,

THAT LETTER.

I have it now, that dainty letter, Faintly breathing of sweet porfums— All that Is left, I can ne'er forgot her, Though she be wrapt In the cold, dark tomb. Worm therein aro the words, and tender: Warm were the lips that a message sent Years roll baok, and your record render Of her, my darling, who oamo and went. Promises fervent of heart's devoi lon, Hopes that have faded long age. Live unchanging came o'er the ccean In the old letter I cherish bo. Sweetest of all is tho beautiful ending: ■' Watch the cloudlets, and then, oh love. Think that from thorn I would fain bo bonding, Lookiug ever on you from above." Tears havo fallen upon Its whiteness, Heartaches bitter havo risen anew, Strangely contrasting with its gay brightness. And sttll wo are to each other true. And I cannot see at morn or even * A cloudlet fair, but I think ot hor, That she may be bending down from heaven. Looking on me for ever there. . , , _ INDA. Auckland.

THE FLOWER-WREATHED CROSS.

With eyes from which tho light had long departed, I sat in sorrow, lono and broken hearted, Too sorrowful to deem it life's correction, Or look beyond for good in full perfection ; Too lonely o'en to value meum ot grace, Or seek by prayer to find my Father's face.

In silent, pensive mood I sat alone, The kindly firelight flickered into gloom. And aa the darknssß bid the foimßl knew, Another lovelier form before mo grew— A bright and beauteous presence, thin as air. Yet full of potent Influence, waited there.

And as I looked in wonder, mixed with dread, A voloe, of gentle sweetness, sof tl; said: "My child, why pensive mourn thy low oetate T God loveth those who oa His wisdom wait. See now revealed thy life in beauty drawn, And lot the croas of love precede the crown."

Then twined with wreath of puree i lilies white. A shining crystal cross rose on my sight; Minßled with crimßon rosea, rich in form, I saw the shining point ot many a thorn; As round the o-y=tal cross together grew. Sweet beauteous flowers of mary a varied hue. The thornß were deftly woven In between Till just the glitter of each point was seen.

As thus I gazed, in pensive, hallowed mood. A form of heavenly graco before me stood. And llke^he echo of an angel's lyre, Spoke flowing words, that filled me -with desire My cross to take,sinco it so fa 1 ot grace Might servo a brighter Influence to embrace.

''Take now this cross, and let its beaming form. Its floral wreath, entwined with piercing thorn, Teach thee, sad spirit, now a lesson kind: There is no sorrow but its joy shall find. No deed ot life can tail to And its place In faultless recor.i, writ in fnture space.

No thorny way by mortal footsteps trod. But leads the ripened splrl t home *.o God; No flower-strewn path without Its hidden woe: No perfect life for mortals here below. So God. in loving wisdom, blends t_e flcwors Amid life _ thorniest ways, and hope restores;

And thus Infl_ite love together blends The good and ovll, to promoto His ends. And lot His ohildron feel the thorns of grief. That they may learn to render sweet relief To other's woes, and thus with flowers entwine The cross of|life, and learn this truth sublime : No good exitta. but Ho its merl's crowns No life oa eaith without itj flowers and thorns. J-Nny When.

GIRLS, AS YOU 00 ALONG.

Come, all you fair young housewives and listen nn.o mo (I mean those lucky ones wto are from servant bondage free), And so_a advice 111 givo you in a simple little song, With the simple iiUlo chorus of Girls, as yon go along

<Jh, its you go along, Wave everything where it should bo, girls, as you go along.

You take a fancy for a cake, late in the after noon, And flour, butter, sugar, eggs, and milk and bowl ana spoon. And other necessary aids, tho kitchen taWe throng' Don't let them stay, clear them away, girls, as you go along. Oh, as j ou go along. Put each one bacx in its right place, girls, as you go along.

And then you'll and how easily a great d.a*. can be coae, WHcout being tired to death, at the sotting ot the sun; And thoogh. sometimes, in spite of care, things * teesn to turn out wrong, • ■■■ Xwi 1 always pay to smooth the way, girls. a& you go along. '.**""• ■* Ob.asyou go along. I*_en nevor leave your work behind, girl-, a_ you en along. Maboaiu. Rytinge, In " Good H luae keeping."

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1885

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