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Mid pey. Mr. Lincoln sent the letter to Gov. me. eeeompenied by one from himseli Nu whet he knew of Mr. Burritt’e ac. Ihements. Aiew deys leter Burritt's let- Iwes reed by Mr. Everett in e speech he- Ie e meehenice' euocietion. end from thet Is the leerned bleehemith became e public hector. In the winter of 1841 he re- Ived invitetione to lecture from all Its oi the country. About sixty oi these lie eeeepted. end his topic wes thet genius i not born with the individuel, end thet ell netintellectnel etteinments ere the reshlt l-will end close epplicetion. About this Is his sympethiee were enlisted in the Iti-slevery movement. end elmost simul. Insouslyhis mind beceme powerfully im- Iesed with the belief thet all war wee sin- I. This ides he eleboreted with greet Ilginellty,iorce end beenty in e lecture which ”delivered et Tremont Temple. Boston. ettreeted wide ettentlon end wee the meeue [HI introduction to men, men 0! eminence ed elso oi extendinghie ieme. 0n returning pWoreester et the close of his second tour es Item. Hr. 'Burritt decided toiorego his indies. end, with the little money he hed fled. to stert e little icnrnel to be celled the Mum calm. devoted to enti-elevcry. Ieee,temperenceendeeli-cultivetion.The cir- Iletion wee not lerge; but.by degrees. it mired e wide circle of sympethetic reedere. Ieonseqnence of his prominence in these Iorts, Mr. Burritt wee invited to visit Inglend, end. leeving his peper in the cue leneeeietent. he eelled for Liverpool in by, 1846, on the eteemer thet cerried out |e news oi the settlement oi the Oregon ntroveny. . Ice severe! yeere eubeequently,Mr. Burritt he eugeged_ in writing for thouprese end 3mm hunnemo.â€"'l'he following [6" he from on Amerloen exohenge ere i the oonelderetion ol huelneee menz; ' lt ee e rule. the oonetent edvertleer ls‘ onewho doee e rofltehle huelneee end it the one who flee ee hie ennouneemente Ikeeguler lutervele upon the publlo. A Reheat etetts e huelneee. pute up hle elgn pd keeps it there oontlnuelly. He Mild he coneldered e ram avte lM ll he would pull down hle In when hueineea wee dull end put it up pin when huelneee llvened up. Still, thet Ithe plen ot eome edvertleere. They mete good ehow for a lew tlmee. hen us out e lee lien tenths people where to nd them ‘ Id whet they eve lot eele, end when trede T We they pull ln thelr elsn end teke e mum better tlmee ewehen them. We our edvertlem. thoee who wleh to [eke nee ol printen' luk to my them. would Id It more profltehle to hove reguler you Imtleemente tnnnlng. ehen 3 them he- III to prevent them gett n3 etele. then lie I: epeelel nnnonneement ln eeperete {ultimate when reed: to do eo." The nen'who le waiting to: eomethlng to In pp. general, nudelt when he etepe on e , whence. some dey be'oro we die. I .Min dreeme we hen the menu wind round our windows. when we iein would eleop, h with one long sobbing. moaning cry. nun in: tone will weren, end will rise rm 0 (rent. wnve volee of mortal vnln : M will touch hnnd and lips touch lips again, I in dnkneu it recedes end din; | to you! 80‘ no: with on. not. Sorted . any 0! um I long chord II bxolon ; I! wad. um light and by light llpl were ton. 13° Oh. mule um you loyed u muted. life. He then opened a email grocery re, but he wee ruined by the financial ‘ Ihot 1837. He went to Boston. hoping obtain employment at hie old trade. Not ling there any employment. he retraced etepe ae far ee Worceater. and made an moment in fitting up atovee and other II at the forge. He now divided hie time Mafically between atudy and work ; in. aix hours daily to manual toil, twelve In to atudy. and six to aleep, and having rained aoeeee to the rare collections of the Marian library.he became a cloeer student mover. Mr.Burritt was then 30 years 0! age, [had become more or lace acquainted with the languagee of Europe and several oi laand Africa. including Hebrew, Syriac, aldaie, Samaritan and Ethiopia, and began think of turning hie acquiremente to come out. He accordingly addreeeed a letter one o! hie townamen, William 8. Lincoln, Kill him it there wae not come German It on to him, the tranelation of which wing, and he 3110 took on ootive put in pone congress st Belgium and Pain. In! to: «uni ml eomnl at Birming- n. England. on tetnmedto the United bl u few you: time. utter en nbunoe of I] twenty-five you". Since his return, . unitt he! devoted hie time toatudy, l in writing to: the pun upon thou telegraph topic: which eggogegl 13h I it no more. for you Ihull not regain It.» [out cone. Take what 1- left. or let PI Inn-lo sleep to Death. Let us 1011M "Mt melody we look 11: van: Mn. in the manner evening glow, | when the pee-ion of the crimson west. Ina like none great heert lhnt cannot rent, in Illh blood the wane" as they new, Mfovzolton tonel may rise end wake oath. 3nd let our henna “lame to I efryold eweetneu. to our lips the name re steel eollly. for the old lovo’e lake. I Hon. Elihu Bunitt. well known to the not thie city ee 3 lecturer. and widely eted ee e philenthroplet, reformer end oglet. dled et hie reeidenoe, New Britein. at midnight on Thnredey. Mr. Burritt born in New Britein on the 8th of abet. 1810. end‘wee the yonngeet of ten en. Hie tether. who wee deecended irom I nnceetry, wee n terrier end ehoemeker, ) poor thet the ednoetionel ndventegee Id by hie children were very limited. l hie {ether died. in 1818, Mr. Bunitt ntlced hlmeelf to n bleekemith end 101- thet oeeupetion for eeverel yeere. Dur- lnt period he won ensured in ednoeting n11, end when he ntteined hie majority he loned the envil for eeverel monthe and to echool. where he devoted himsel! themetlce. hetln end French. 0n re- I: work et New Heven he continued his I. commenced to learn Greek, end tookto trenelete the Iliad. He obteined I. u teecher in en eoedemy. but ill a compelled him to nhendon thet mode .._-‘~- _ In! Imp-fink. und m wh'lofi he do. tho but you! of u can,“ and noble -New Yo”: Telegraph. It my friend. is dumb bonesth your ad It throbu 3nd vibrato- at your will. u upon the verse 0! uguud, and um 4L..-â€" Deni cl nun Bun-rut. 1WD luv VIII“. ul Illuuu uuu qu II M. IIVGI mum on the strand A lulle- III-In. Bit Phillip Ounliflo Onn hu won a fin. planolom I}: the Pain lottery. Mr. Lawrence Oliphent hee leit London to: Egypt on hie wey to the Holy Lend. It ie bel eved thet he hu e prophetic mieelon to prepere tor the re-oeoupatlon oi thet country by the Jewe. The Britieh eoldier oen eeldom be eeoueed. with truth. of not being outrpoken when hie ofiieere’ qneiifloetione are being dieeneeed. In one o! the regimente under order tor the Oepe the men eey. I em told. thet they would tether go to â€"â€"- with the Colonel then to heeven with the Mejor. Hearty. ii proiene. his. ’ In one o! the eevelry regiments roeeed- ing to the Cape. the Major in uld to e bed hotlemen. Thin blindneu or good netute (on the put of the Horse Gnude) in not without pteoedent, for we know 0! In omoer who wu reoenlly Brigade Meier of Oevelty. end who wee niok-nemed “ Pen-hope." The explenelion we: thei at, I field dey perhaps he would tell on end perhepe he wouldn't. Delsiestions of en extreordlnsry ehsreoter hsve been discovered in connection with the St. Petersburg Admirelty. and 3 commission is likely to be instituted by the User to en- quire Into the abuses, notwithstanding the high appointments hold by most oi the oflenders. and the iriendly support they still continue to receive from the Grand Duke of Oonstentlne. Lsdy Victorls Mount-Edgecombe, daughter of the lately appointed Lord Ohsmberlein. is one of the bridesmaids chosen {or Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. Since the en- nonnccment. Lady Victoria hes been besieged with applications lrom “photo- grsphie artists” to sit to them. No less then thirty-seven 0! these letters hevc been received. _ _ General Peel’s death was very unexpected, Although he had been ailing for eometime peet. As late as three deye before his deeth no denger wee apprehended. Hie deughter, Mu. Morler. wee eummoned from Liebon, and. although she travelled dey end night, unfortunately errived too late. Only one brother of the late (eminent eteteemun) Sir goblert Peel now survivesâ€"Mr. Lawrence ee . I am told that 100,000 roubles are ordered to be expended in improving the sanitary arrangements 0! the Imperial Winter Palace, which at present is in such a shocking condi- tion that the Ministers are apprehensive for the Czar‘s safety should the plague appear at St. Petersburg. Scarcely any of the palaces in Russia are better on in this respect, and that at Yalta is the worst of them all. There Is a rumor that Sir Drnmmond Wolff’ n to be ap pointed Ambassador at (Jan- atantinople in place 0! Sir Henry Lay an]. I should not_ bagreatly sagpgtuedry if thh} were EBBâ€"“rained: It Quad-be very awkwud for we Government to have Sit Drummond 490.000.000 pounde laet your. The peril: of the tell heve been notebly reduced of lute your. The number of ecol- deute reported last yeer on American rellroede wee 750. egelnet 891 in 1877, and 1,283 in 1878 ; whlle the number of peeungere killed or wounded wee thirty per cent. leu then in 1877. Canoe of broken relle ere very rere now. the ehiel new at dlleetor being themle- PM "(“9112 poee the imp notioebility of their 'Berlin Treaty, and the poet at Constantinople would provide for him nicely, being indeed one of the low which it would be worth hie while to Accept. Regarding the quarrel between Boumenia and Russia respecting the fort of Arab-Tahiti. the members oi the International Commission are divided in opinion. The majority eon- sider the fort in question should be oonsidered as Boumanian territory; the minority would rather see it incorporated with Bulgaria. The fort stands about a wometre from Telistria, and is generally regarded as the key at that fortress. During 1853 the Russians attempted again and again to storm it. but were invaria- bly hurled book. We are glad to know that the Austro-Hunguien representative in the Commission has voted tor the eeseion oi the tort to Boumenie. An originel document. reieting to the American we: oi independence. he: been dilcovered in en entiqueted booketore in Beireuth. Germeny. It in the menu-cript diery of one 0! the emcerl oi the Heleien troops who served in the Britieh Army, and embrecel the period from Jennery.1778. to Much. 1779. The author kept e deiiy record, not only 0! evente. but also 01 the new: end rumor: oi the dey. The Agriculture! Department reporte that the quelity oi tobeeoo produced lest you wee generally better end heevier, making the yield per acre rather more then thet o! the previone you. except in Kentucky. where it fell 03 slightly. It eetimetee the total crop of 1878 et 393,000,000 pounds, worth $22,000, ageinet “0.000.000 pouirde leet geer. The nmount oi counterfeit coin in circuit tion in the United States is sold to be 82,000,000 beeidee the greet number of genu- ine piece- mede ireudulent by the removel of port oi the mete]. Wholly epurioue coine ere nimoet olweyellghter than the good ones. but on exception. described by the Scientific American. is e 85 piece mode 0! gold end ell- ver, end teeny mung the conntetieiter 83.40 eech. Varioue ingenione model ere needin eteeling gold inomcoine. :I‘he moot common is " swesting. ” which is done by using the coin es the mode in en eieotxo-ploting both. the gold being shstrsoted iron it sud depos- ited on muther surisoe. As much us two doilm’ wosth oi gold on he tekoh in thst way iron 5 double eagle, without rushing s diflerenoe thst is resdlly detected except by weight. A less soientiflo plea is to file the smooth pests oi the surisoe. sud se-bumish the spots. The most extensive trend is " splitting." 'rhe opentos lows the coin through nostly, gauges out the centre until oniiyis shell is loit, substitutes 3 base metal, en oius the puts sgein, London Truth: “ In politice one mutt not is: down principle: cl nnivetnl epslloetlon, hut tnke into coneidention tecte en circum- etencee. Eventueily the Irish will. 1 cm convinced. hove come tort of Itieh euemhly which will regulate thing- exclueively Irish. It is the put oi e wiu eteteemen tether to reanlete the nieeion oi thie usembl l0 thet it doee not conflict with imperioi tereete thcn to oppoee em pouumm to whet in ineviteble." 80m. pooplo wk hour: Ind ny nothing : onion umo at who. by the nor. mung of an ”throw or the 3mm of a had, no mummy oloqmt. 0‘ Vanity Fair " 99nd Feb. lee-“mt! Journal for the euuonery Trude. We ere olton ukod vhleh le the but eye~ ten 01 etenogrephy, end we ere u onen compelled lo reply, " there In no beet.” Up to lhe pmeut time, there hue never been euylhlng llhe e perleol eyelem published. Meny o! the books und pemphlele published on the eubieol ere lull o! humbus. eeloulewd to deoelve the public by «muting lhe impree- elou um euybody oen leeru in a low momhe Ito report e eexmon. e lecture. or :5 ease in \eourl. Young proton-lone! pereone end eluiente hove ltequently [out much velueble time in experimentlng with the at under this delu‘ elon. end In the end, have discovered thet in thll nutter. I little looming in o dengoroue thing, and thet the ordinory long-hand ie for better tor their purpoeeI. because they on et leut reed their notes. Stenognphy when only partlllly mastered is utterly worthless. A: one 0! its leading expertl hu uld, “ There ore two great diflioultlea to be encounteredâ€"one in to write it and the other in to reed it Alter it is written.” It token, at least. two yearu’ hard work for onybody of ordinary Ibility to learn 1 good eyetem_. ' n.._ _ _--__V It has olten been predicted by atenographlo enthmluu thot. in this use of progress. atom sad the electric tolegnph. the present style of writing will soon be nbandoned and thort~hond univetully adoptedâ€"an ides that nobody but u fanatic would entextain tor a moment. It is an amusing {not that the very systems which are chimed to be the perfection of writing, so ts: lrom being fitted for general use. are extremely poor materiel own for ordinsry note taking. And singularly enough, the most ccrncst enthusiasts instenogrsphy. ue_ usual]! the most incompetent writers. Sttango'blundou m ”lifetimes undo even by expert atenographera when may anempt to repon mechanically. and allow their minds to rumble from the context. Stenogrephy can never be generally need. for the simple reason that an to word: it in n more skeleton map. and requires too much precision in the formation of in ohueotere. Thus for ell the efforts to make it u legible as ordinary writing have‘teilegl. Expert short-hand writing, however. depends more upon the method 01 writing it. and the attention end judgment of the writer, then npon the system. Beeidee the etenogrephio inventions that have been published. there are probably hun- dred: 0! other: that hove never been recorded in books. For instance, the lending reporter of the House of Bepreeentetivee at Washing- ton, writes a etyle that nobody can reed but himself ; and the name in true of men, pro- minent experts: In stenography it is generally conceded that Americans take the lead. The Congressional reporters at Waahington are the best that write the English language. Some of them have held their positions for over twenty years. Many exciting scenes in Congress have been photographed. as it were. by those men. It is interesting to watch one 0! them at work, with his arm extended. and only his fingers resting on the paper, he actually writes irom the shoulder Cool in the heat of debate. he aeems hardly ever to look at the paper before him. His eye wanders about the vast auditorium closely watching every man's movements. while he enatchee the words as last as they flew item the speaker's lips, occasionally stopping to pick up an unanswered interruption, and always catching up again with ease. Constantly travelling with the current of debate, he cares nothing tor atoms or rapids. for he ‘ knows that he can saiely guide his little vessel ‘throngh them all and lose nothing. But let it not be imagined for a moment that anybody who learns short-hand can do this. Expert stencgraphers have always been. and probably always will be. eatremely _ra_re. . Perchenoe in the intere. greet ontore may be developed whose words will be prized by the public end the prone, but no that time arrives some Edison will donbtleu introduce I new kind of Pho- nognphy, by means of which. we mey lend to meetings ior speechee. juntae we now send to the pomofliee for our null nutter. Somo ltwyen cm very pnetloul views of one: in whiph tpgy no. replay]. _1n 3 co:- The verbstim reports of great trials siem to hove created it sort of stenogrsphlc lever among the young men of this country, who have caught the impression that they have only to pass through the tangled jungle of stenogrsphy to reach the road to fortune. In this they ere mistaken. The novelty of the thing hes worn sway, end to a certein extent it is becoming old-feshloned. On the press there is little or no demsnd tor It. Journalism 0! the present day hes gone be- yond the old field: where steuogrsphy was s mlne lrom which msterlels for the newspeper column isdug out. Thst mlneis workeq ‘ no longer: Constently _ trestecl to epicy peregrephe, rich etoriee end choice erticlee oi every description Ierved up with the ireeheet news. people hove become epicure: in their daily tending. end would now be lure to peel by unnoticed the old {uhioned eolid column: 0! dry epeechee. Beeidee. et the preeent time, we really here no greet oretore whore Ipeechee. it reported, would compete for e moment in the etruggle for epece with the lively erticlee of our deily pepere. Modern eloquence is thrown eeide to mete room (or more interest- ing or more velueble metter. «in town in Missouri Squire Gâ€" was defending e abuse of molptseilee. A colored men wss suing to: dsmsges, his wife heving died shortly situ- sn opentlon for the remove! oi ounces. When it «one gquiingâ€"Js yup: to eroeI-enlnlne the plelntlfl. he noted: “ Mr. Wilson, how old wee your wife when she died 2" "About forty-five, elr." " Been In feeble health o long time. hed ehe not. Mr. Wilson. Ind cost you n areal duller medicine and help 2” "Yea. eir." “ You have married egeln. hove you not 7" "Yet, elx. " “How old In your present wlle 7" “ gbont thlrty-flge. elm." “DOA u-unmy nvo. m. “ Is she «outang healthy, Mr. Willon ?” "You, nix." “ Then. Mr. Wilson, will 6?“ phone It». to “1’11, jury how you on maged In this one ' Mr. Wilcox: bod "Manhunt “ton thin View of tho mum. Ind 00 nuke no now. The good ond true non tho m In Ind undo when good thin by his man nod broug M to n at for the «mom.â€" Baum 0 Manama for An“. A Que-flo- ol ”uncles, 'l‘wo 'l‘huuu-d Word. I [Ill-mo Hem over 03c Cabin Winâ€"A Whole New-paper Tatar-plied In Ill-ll .â€" "our. ANOTHER I I‘ABI‘LING INVENTION (From the Boston Post. March ii.) We are enabled to lay before the renlers oi the Post this morning a piece oi exclusive intelligence which will be iound of intense and universal interest. It reaches us by the last mail from London. and indicates that the Old and New Worlds are about to hail the approaching dawn of cheap telegraphy on land and under see between and throughout all the countries of the civilised globe. but more particularly across the Atlantic Ocean between EurOpe and America. We learn that the American Cable Company oi New York. 3 through its general agent. who is now in I London. has just closed. signed and sealed one of the most important contracts that was ever connected with the subject of telegraph- ing. and by which the new company has ‘secured the exclusive right to the use of a new invention. or process. tor sending mes- sages by cables and otherwise. One party to the contract guarantees to send ten messages 0! twenty words each per minute through the conducting wire between Paris or London and New York. This is the minimum speed stated in the contract; but it is said that at the maximum speed what could be sent in thirty minutes would be equal to the number 0! words contained in one number of the London Times or the New York Herald. And it is also asserted that by this process an entire number of either of the above named journals could be despatched through the cable irom New York to London or Paris. or from London to New York. and be repro- duced at these points in [ac simile. on a stereotyped block or plate. complete and ready to be printed from. in thirty minutes. and at a trifling expense. This would make an average rate of about two thousand words psr_gninu_te. What has enabled this Wonderful procese or invention to be brought to perfection and put to practical use is the new system and inventions now controlled by the American Cable Company, these latter instruments serving as the basis of the new discovery. The above named company has. we are in- formed, an exclusive right to the use on all 0! its proposed cables oi both at these most wonderiul inventions. but the general agent owns and controls all the other rights of both inventions in all countries and tor all purposes. It is now believed that with the combined use of these two inventions the new cable company will be able to reduce the tarifi for cable messages between New York and the five difierent countries which are to be connected directly by its cables to item three to five cents per word and pay dividends ot irom eight to twenty per cent. on its total capital. We take great and nndisguised satisfaction in the tact that an American company is to be the hrst to enjoy the distinction and receive the benefits of the introduction to the world at these two inventions, concerning which more lull infor- mation is yetto be received. They willbe in- strumental in bringing about marvellous ad- vancements in the distribution oi news and private communications by telegraphic methods throughout the world. The great importance at this discovery may, perhaps. be better appreciated from the additional statement that at the moment of signing the document of transfer to‘ the American com- pany through its general agent the inventor was offered, for his process so_large a sum es £400,000 by the Anglo' Company through parties interested in the lat- ter. Inasmuch as it could not hove been used by the Anglo Oompsny for lack of the proper electric instrumente, the benefit 01 it would of course have been lost to the world. We understmd thet n company is to be iormed in London. with lerge capitol. to bring ever end opente all other rights of the invention outside 0! thote held by the American Oebie Oompnny. It is evident that ooeen telegraphy is yet in its in- fancy. and Americens will have reesou to leel proud oi seeing the promised revolution in the business set on loot by e compnny that been their country’s nome. A Uclenllfle Discovery of Interest to Bur-ere. New You, Msrch 12.â€"The Graphic to dey seys thet some scientific tests which heve been in progress for severel months by one of the most distinguished professors of sgri- culture! chemistry in the country have devel- oped e rether steriling ieot. The sprouting quelities oi lest yeer's crop of No. 2 spring wheet heve been seriously demeged owing to the excessive host which preveiled just beiore hervest, in verlous portions oi the west. notehly in Minnesote, in consequenceo! which lerge quentities of wheat produced ere ut- terly ruined by blight. This iect is of incelculeble importance to farmers out west. No. 2 spring wheet is e grede used for sowing ‘ purposes; end it is ieered thet unless ier- mers ere promptly informed of this timely discovery es to the deterioretion ol lest yeer's product, end melre smple ellowenoe for it in their errengements for sowing this spring. the next crop will not equsl 60 per cent. oi the usuel product. It is eteted thet the dem- ege to the sprouting cepsclty oi the kernel is not such es to effect its velue for milling purposes outwerdly end to all eppserences the kernel is plum end unimpelred : but it is the structure! nterlor growth which is effected. The discovery of these iects. il promptly promulgeted, msy evert disestrous consequences, such es would surely iollow e generel use oi demeged wheet (or sow- ing. A Ohleego deepetoh of Io-doy oonfinnl the New York deepotch. end any. that. ll no donbl the. leahyoer’e No. 2 when, while oll right for milllng pnrpoees, ll mom unfit for need. the Inmmer’l exoeuive hoot ulna kllled m germlnetlng power. Fetmera ere peylnz pgleee {or hem} “Gd when largely in ,AA Â¥-A__ râ€"- -'w I mum of regulu make: ram. Secretory Eur“. who‘ll olwoyl saying} nut things, eepeoiolly et dinner. remarked. A few night: ago. In reply to eomebody who hIPMed tohove been tending one 0! the regnletlon joke. obout the Beoretory’o endleu sentence. ond gnoelnlly to “edit: “0h. manual 1 do!“ object to t note 0! thlng at ell. People who expect to lnjnre me by eemn “melon tomy long ununue target mm o only pereone tally opposed to lon ‘unleneu In em. oonntty no the otimln deem who demo; ” 71â€".- 'IU wâ€"v w." v.-._-___ A Guam phylum: an that mm hon tho ton of liq aid in lood which 1: cooked. 110 341qu {ugh gnu Ind oymn to: adieu. In gout und indigestion. No. 23 SPRING WHEAT. Irv-vow ' The following paragraph appears in a re- cent English exchange. and speaks for itself :‘ After a short search the bodies of Lieuten- ant Melville and Coghill have been found 800- yuris on the southern side of the Buffalo River. together with the colors of the 24th Regiment. which they had succeeded in sav- ing previous to their death. Commenting on this. the London Tel 'graple says: There is yet another item of good news in the present despatch which wiiicause univer- sal satisfaction. The colors of the gallant Twenty-fourth have been recovered. and that, too, under circumstances which. though still imperfectly recounted. appear to cast new lustre upon the devotion oi the men oi all ranks who died so nobly at Isanduia. The bodies of two emcere who were with the ill- fated detachment. Lieutenants Melville and Coghill, have been discovered near the Buiialo River. and in their hands. or upon their persons. were found the regimental standards, safe and' soundâ€"nay. more glorious than ever. it may be justly declared. being stained with such faithful blood. Connecting with previous reports the detailed accounts rec specting the calamitous aflair on the 22nd oi January which begin to arrive. we may now better understand its causes. and do fuller justice to the splendid misfortune which the brave Twenty-fourth then sustained. The central camp was pitched. it seems. at Isanduia. beside a small river. at the foot of a hill. and surrounded by wooded heights. A large reconnoitring party had been sent out from it on the 21st. which did not return. and, being anxious for its safety. Lord Chelmsford and Colonel Glyn moved forth in search. at the head oi two- thirds oi the force. There remained in camp five companies at the Twenty-fourth. with two guns. iifty volunteers on foot or mounted, while during the morning of the 22nd Colonel Durnford also came in with the Natal Native Contingent and a rocket battery. In the afternoon Zulns appeared in clusters on the hills. tiring into the camp. and. skirmishera being sent towards them. the main body of the guard was gradually drawn farther and farther away until. on the sudden. a large horde of Zulus started up between the camp and its defenders. and the fatal error committed became plain to all. The few men left among the waggons were overwhelmed. and. while the detached body strove desperately to regain their stores and ammunition, holding firmly together and mowing the enemy down with their fire. they were cut 01! and surrounded. to die un- couquered amid heaps of Zulus. after dis- charging their last cartridges. Among them perished, it now appears. fighting manfnlly. many of our Native allies. who swell the total of casualties very considerably beyond that first named. It was in the last moments oi this strenuous attempt to retrieve a blunder that Captain Stewart Smith so heroically spiked the guns which could be no longer defended. and at the same time the two ofiicers. Lientenants Melville and Coghill. were charged, no doubt. to ride through the savage ranks if they could. and so carry away the colors. Young. who escaped on horseback to Borke's Driit. saw Coghill desperately hacking his way. but reported him as slain in the attempt. Yet it now seems that the noble fellow and his companion burst through the throng. mortally wounded but carrying the standards safe. and we gather that they were iound lying dead side by side near the frontier line with the pre- cious trophies round their bodies. Such an incident crowns this sad story at valor with its last and greatest glory. for we must refuse to consider the preservation 0! a British ‘ regiment's colors a mere piece of military sentiment. There are those, it is true. who say that they should not he carried into action. that they are no longer useful to rally or to lead our new formation ; that they draw tire to no purpose. and that they take away the coiomergeants from active duty. But we must have the chivalry of battle preserved if only in'order to redeem its honors, and the colors which had not been carried upon the field could not iairly claim the blazonry of victory. Even the red Indian wears his scalping tuft to give the enemy a chance to take it if he can. and regiments must risk their standards that they may defend them. Few. very iew. happily. are the flags which an enemy can boast of having captured from British troops in action. and it was therefore felt as a national catastrophe that barbarians at Isanduia should have carried off that sacred silk. embroidered with so many vic- torious memorials. This shame has, how- ever. been spared to the Twenty-fourth by the perfect devotion of Melville and Coghill. and the mourniul recital of that day in January is rendered heroic for all time by their self-sacrifice and by the fearless death oi their comrades. A New Order. The other day. alter a atrapping young man had eold a load of corn and potatoea on the market and had taken hie team to a hotel barn _to "leed." it became known to the men around the barn that he wae very deairone of joining eome eecret eociety in town. When questioned he admitted that each war the care, and the boye at once offered to initiate him into a new Order. called “ The Cavaliers oi Ooveo." He wee told that it wae twice a- eecret al Freemaeonry. much nicer than Odd-Fellowship. and the coat was oni two dollare. In caee he had the toothec e he could draw five dollere per week from the reliel land, and he was entitled to receive ten doilare for every headache, and twenty-five dollara tor a eore throat. The young men thought he had struck I big thing, and utter eating a henrty dinner he won token into n Itororoom shove the burn to be initiated. The boyl poured cold voter down hilbook. put flouron his hair, swore him to kill hil mother. ii commended. and rushed him ntound [or en hour without 3 single com. ploint from his lipl. When they hed finished he enquiged: I ;‘:;N5§1’1h one of the Unnllou of Ooveo. um “ You no." they onswerod. “ Nothing more to loom. to than 7 ” " Nothing.” “Well. thou, I‘m coming to lick the whole crowd I" continued tho oondldoto. ond he wont It it. and balm he got through ho had hit two dollul initiation too but. dud three more to boot, dad he knocked everybody down two or thm tinge! spigog. 13. didn't vvvv -- vâ€"'_ um gm“, dlltmbod in mind u 110 than out ouho ban. 0:: the oonmry. hit but m mum! our. ho had 3 lmh fincoom clan in hi: how. und ho mildly add to on. 0! Oh; but} be”; V. was. â€"â€"â€" WV .â€" - " 8-,. boy. I! you but ‘0! any null." «hing tor l Oovoo .bont my um. tell '01:: I'll be in on tho {all 0! the moon to uh. the Boyd Shrub damn.” TIIE ZULU DISASTER.