A Denlh anil n Life. Pair young Hannah, Ben, tbn sunburnt fisher, gayly woos lisle mid clever. Fur a willing heart and hand he turn. May-day nklra ire nil aglow, And the Wives are laughing lot Pur her wedding Hannah leave her window and her shoes. May la passing: Mid the apple bought, pigeon coo. Hannah shudders. For the mild snulhwostcr mischief brew. Itntind the rock of Marblchend, Outward bound, a schooner aped. Silent, lonesome, Hannah'a at (he win. low, binding shoes. Palling awnyl Losing the brrath ciflhe shores in Mny. Dropping down from the beautiful hay, Over the sea slope vast ami gray ! And the skipper' eyea with mist are blind, For a vision come nn the rising wind . Of a Kent If fare th.it he leaves behind. And a heart that throbs through the fog bank dim, Thinking of him. Far Into night He watchea the gleam of the lessening light Fixed on the danger uu Island height That hnra the barhnr he lovea from alght. And he wishes, nt dawn, be could tell the tain Of how they weathered the gonthwrst ftVe, To brighten the cheek that had grown o pale With a wnkefni night among spectres grim Terrors for li m. Yo-heve-yo! Hnro'a the hank where the fishermen go. Over the schooner's aide they throw Taekle and bait to thu deeps below. And Skipper Hen in the waterier, When ita ripples curl to the light land breeze. Something that stirs like his npple trees, And two soft eyea (hut beneath tliem iwim, Lifted to Mill. Hear the wind roir, And the ruin through the alit sail tear and pour! "Steady! we'll amid by the Cape Ann shore, Then bark to the Hcverly hells once more!" And e'cb man worked with the will of teu While up in the rigging, now and then, The lightning glared In I lie face of lieu, Turned to the black horizon' rliu, (vow ling on him. Into his brain Burned with the iron of hopeless pain. Into thoughts that grapple and eyes that train. Pierces the memory, cruel nnd vain Never again shall he walk at ease Under the blossoming apple trees That whisper and away to the sunset breeze, While soft eyes float where the sea gulls sklni. (lazing with biin. How they went down Never was known in the still old town. Nobody guessed how the fisherman brown, With the look of despair that was half a frown, Faced his fate in the furious night Fared the mad I lliowa with hunger white, Just wllhln hail of the beacon light That shone on a woman sweet and trim, Waiting for him. Hevcrly bells Ring to the. tide as it ehhs and swells! Ilia was the anguish a moment tells--The passionate sorrow dentil quickly knells. Hut the wearing wash of lifelong woe ta left for the desolate heart to know. Whose thiol with the dull years come and KO. Till hope drifts dead to Its stagnant brim, Thinking of him. - . Poor lone Hannah, Bitting at the window binding shoes, Faded, wrinkled, Bitting, stitching, In a mournful muse, liright-eycd beauty once was she, When the bloom was on the tree; Spring and Winter, Hannah's at (be window, binding shoes. Not a neighbor Passing nod or answer will refuse To her whisper: "la there from the fisher any news!" Oh, her heart's adriit with one On an endless voyage gone I Night and morning, Ilsnnali'i at the window, binding shoes. 'TIs November. Now oo lear her wasted cheek bedews. ' From Newfoundland Not i tall returning will she lose, Whispering hoarsely, "Fishermen, Have you, have you heard of Hour' Old with watching, Hannah-! at the window, binding shoes. .Twenty Winter Bleach and tear the ragged shore she vlewi. Twenty seasons Nover one has brought her any news. Still berdim eyes silently ' Chase tho white sails o'er the sea. . Hopeless, faithful, Hamuli'! at the window, binding shoe. Lucy Larcora, SAVED BY A CALF. "The wliolo eourse of my 11 fo wai changed, and my love' young droam destroyed la less than a mluuto by a calf, and a fortunate thing It wai for mo," arid the wife of a prominent citizen of Lycoming county, reuo., now rliitliig frloudt In thia city. "My father wai the leading business man la a buttling lumber village, and there were three girls of ui, a sister older and one younger than I. Father wai kind and indulgent, but very level headed, and had beeu a widowor for iodm yean. Whoa I wai 18 a good looking young chap fr m somewhere down the Susquehanna came to cleric In futlier'i atoro. I wai a romantic nip, aud fell lu lovo with the good- looking dork, or thought t did, nut ho foil in love with me. That young man, It sec mod to me then, was the bravest, most ambitious youth that evor lived. 1 loo now tlmt it wn only check nnd brajf. Hut ho wai my Ideal of n lover, and I bellovod it wf Impossible for ma to live without hi in. "Father wasn't long In discovering tho very tondor relation tlmt hnd couifl to exist between mo mid hi self-assertive young clerk, mid ho culloil mo lo It I tit otio diiy nnd tnld mo Unit ho was sory to aco t hut 1 wa inch a silly girl, ami Unit ( must get over It ut once, nnd then Informed my tirnvo nnd steadfast idol t'lint nt tho cud of tho in on 1 1 he could go buck homo. Of course my heiirt wns broken. LITc Inid lost nil I cliiiim. I felt I wns llio victim of a stem nnd unsympathetic parent's cruel will and I u lslioil Hint I were dead. 'Now, although litis lover of mine win clerking In my futlini-'s more for $20 it month nnd Ilia board, hi father win a rich lumberman, mid ho was iho only kiiii. When I wns ut Iho height of li. y misery over the pnioi inil inter ference tlmt hud I'lilll d tho course of my true love, as I iliink 1 wa in Iho liiibit of culling It, my idol and 1 met oiio evening, quite by ihnnce, of course, ut tho house of a neighbor of ours, ami what did tny bruvu knight proposo hut an elopeiiiuiil, ami what did my romantic soul do but prompt mo to atrreo to tho proposition on thu pot. "Thore was a railroad station eight miles distant. Tho last train for any where left tlmt station nt 7 o'clock every evening. All wo luid to do wns to drlvo lo tho etui ion, get the train, go to the county lent, only nn hour's ride, get married, and be huppy ever after. Wo llxod on a certain tiighl ibis wns along toward thu middlo of Ducombci- and got everything ready for tho elopement. It was u good hour-iiiid-ii-hiilf drive to tho itnliou over Hie sort of road wo had to travel on, and so wo were obliged to take nn early start. The winter had been very mild. There was no snow. It was just beginning lo get dark when I stole to whore my valiant lover was waiting for me with a bono and Wagon. I knew Hint IliO chances were all In favor of my lcvel-lieadeil futhor discovering the wholo plot beforo wo could roach the station, mill I was sure, that un won hi Uo on our truck wilh a liorne n good dual faster than tho one we had to dopond on. lint 1 had no fear tl.nt ho would ovorhuii! us. 'l)ifore we had gone onc-qiiui torof tho way night hud set lu fur good, but there vta a moon, ami that helped ui along amazingly. Wo had got williin a milo of thu station nnd hud good reason lo bolievo we wore sufo( whou suddenly thu bono iloppod with a snort of tel ler, reared up, nnd tried to turn In tho roud. A cut wilh the whip straightouod him up, but ho kept on snorting and showing evidonccs of terror. I looked up Ilia roud and ili covorod the causa of all this. An J in ineiisu bear stood ou its Imuticlios nt one sido of tho roud growling mid snarling and showing n disposition to advance upon ni. When my bravo lover saw tho suvugo beast lio roso up in tho wagon, guvo n yell, nnd gasped: "Oh I .loiinlc, let's go buck." "1 forgot nil about tho bear. 1 giod in umiizcmmit nt my gallant knight Uu was ui pulo as u sheet. Tho Unci hung loose lu his bunds. I Bul.ed them, jerkod l hem away from him, took tho whip, ami, ni 1 hvld the horse from turning round, ordered the cowardly youth out of tho wagon Ho crnwlud out of the back end of tho wugon, mid tore down the roud ui fast ui hi lugs could carry him. Thou I whippod the horso with all my might, uud ho ipraug forward and whizud Iho wagon past tho growling bear so closo thut it almost knocked tho ugly boast over. I drovo on to tho itution, had tho horso put out, and went lu tho littlo hotel thore to wuit for father. My love' young d renin was gone us if it hud never been. To" minutes afior I reached tho stntion tho train came and .wont Ten minutes later fathor cumo tearing on horseback up to tho door. I met him. Father," laid I, 'I've been saved by a calf." "Then 1 told him all about tho ad venture on the roud. " 'Saved by a calf l ho exclalinod, You mean aaved by a bear.' " 'Not at all,' I replied. 'If Jerry hadu't beeu a calf aud (he biggeit kind of a calf, tlmt boar wouldn't have been any more than a Hump In my way. I was saved by a calf, I toll you, and I want to go home!' "My gallant lover was ncvor seen around our neighborhood again, and somehow or other, father always seemed to tlilulc more of mo after that than he ever hud before.' TNow York Sun. Tin (nrnirni In Rio De Janeiro. Thorn are two totally distinct sea sons at llio, when the town presents nn altogether dlllernnt appoarnnco the uiiimor, which lasts from October lo April, and the winter, from May to September. In the summer, which Is tho niittimn ami winter lit Kuropo, when tho sun pours down into Iho narrow streets llio is anything but an agreoublo place. Tho heat has driven away tho rich ami leisured classes, tho great merchants, tho diplomatic corps; in f,ic nil of nny position or fancied position Imsteii lo tho suburbs on llio breezy heights overlooking llio city, or to thu littlo country towns In IliO neighborhood, lleh us lV-tiopolil and Thcresopolis, whilst other lake lefugo on Iho island of the buy. Tho town beeome a perfect ca'dron ? but this doe not prevent a great ex cliumuiit over the Carnival, which is un IiipI itnllon to which tho Fliiminon ie, or river folk, are particularly do. voicd. Till relic of the old heathen Siluruitlin I fast disappearing froa' Kuropo; and now tliathnly Is a unite,; kingdom, It is tin longer properly kepi up even in It former lioadqt a: ten. Homo and Venico. At llio, however, CarnivaMlmo t livelier than ever, mid ihoro nro so cieties lor celebrating it in grand lyK Shrovc-Tucsduy is kept in a most characteristic manner, and li diu tingtiiolicd not only by Iho richness of tho costumes ami the originality of li.' vehicles in llio procession, but by tl. a absurdity of the caricatures in wluil may Justly bo termed an open air iv view ot Iho chief oveuts of tho pit; coding year. In thu lima of the empire the miniglors of I loin Pedro defrayed tl; expenses of thu Ciiruivul, nnd thong!i a republic Iiiih now been established tho old customs nro kept up, mid ll, revolution nro p pared no moio than wore I heir predecessors; moreover, like them, they nro tho lint (o laugh at tho ridiculous curiculures of theiiie selves and their action lu theso witty exhibitions, in which full scopo is af fordod to Iho Imaginations of ll.o popular pools of Kio. ritarncr'a Weekly. A Humble lice Chased by a Hummirg lllnl. An observer writes that ho is sal is. lied that thore is Just as much rivuliy between humming bird and bcos In their quest for honey as ihoro Is ba twoon members of tho human r aco In their struggle for the good things of life, and describes n recent quurril that ho saw in a Portland, (Me.) garden, wheio u humming bird with un angry dash expressed its disap proval of the procuce of u big bumh!u bee in tho samo tree. Tho usually pugnacious beo incontinently Hod, but lie did not leave tbn treo. l;e dashed buck and forth among tho bianchos and white blossoms, tie humming bird in clon pursuit. Wheie will you And anothor p.ilt (hat could dndgo and dart equal (o limso? Thoy wero liko flushes ( light, yet tho pursuer followod the Hack of llio puiMiiud, turning when thu boo luriiod. In shoit, tho bird and llio beo controlled Ibo luovomoiils fcf his ores. The cliuso was all over j'ii half tho time thut It lias tukon lo Ibll It, but tho oxciloment of a pack of hounds after n fox was no greater. Tho beo escaped, Hie bird giving up ilio cIiuno and nlighliug on a twig. It couldn't have been chasing tho boo foi food, nnd Ihoro 1 no possible ex pu liation of its unprovoked attack oxce;,l that it wished to havo all iho honey itself. rChlongo Times. Nny Dlnphicj (unpowder. A commission of (iurmitii urtillory experts bus been letting ut tho J no to.-, borg a now explosive, which is Intend ed to replace, ultimately, gunpowder in thu German, army. Tho explosive 1 a brown, fully substance of the con-1 istoucy oi irozon on when exposed lo ordinary tomporaturo. It reiniui tills consistency up to 112 itcgrcoi Fahrcheii. A shock or a spurk doci not sol it off. Whou u sod in guns the explosion is oblulned through conlncl with anotlicr chemical compound. Thecxplosicju iialmost iiuaccompaulod llif XlinL'i. Ami lliA ilalnnalliiH 1 m l..An... I ...... ...w uu.uiiniiuu tm llfUlfll- ildorable. The recoil is very slight, even whou tho hcaviost chargos have boon used. The explosive doe not boat the weapons sufficiently to cause difficulty In Iho way of rapid firing, 1 and cartridges onco used me easily re-1 flllod. For tho present rifle, modol ot 1880, tho now compound is not avail- ' able, but if future toils be ai latlsfao 1 tory ai tho recent ouoi it will be lu- j troduccd generally lu tho artillery branch of the lorvlce. Four inudeli of now army rlflos having many ad vantages ovor the rlHo now in uso, ' have passed niocosifully tho trials of the small arm inspectors. The In vontor of all tour I Mr. Weiss of the Ojru dynainile faotory. Chicago liorald. i KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS. TUB INDICTMKNT3 (JUASIIKD. DRMKATsna wii.t. nor surma roa wnsi atftn thr Mtsnvit.t.s sa&k. Mkadvii.i.r. In the Court of (uartef Session! here Judite Henderson filed opin ions quashing all the Indictments, nine in number, against the Dclamaters for em bezzelment. TheCoo'i? action Is severely criticised by the depositors of the wrecked bsnk. JA rso tMtoivmr ovpsibs and was PSOWVRD. HtifiTiNonoN (Jlen lewev aged 0 yenn.of Paradise Farnace, while running from Im aginary gypsies, fell In ilig Trough creek and was drowned. TMK Mt.MU.T 0!l. I A AOAIK. ORrKMsniiRn. The other night a 13 year old daughter of John Urllhth. living near I.igonler, lost her life while attempting to kindle a tire by the aid of kerosene. The can exploded, her clothes took lire aud she burned to death. Mns. ,1.vk Uii.rr and Mrs.T.Meilonoueh, of Ml. Pleasant, Wesimorehtnd coiintv were Si'nteneetl to !ay a line of ."oii and uinlorgo Imprisonment for three nionlhs for illegal liquor selling. J. Nugget was fined .i00 and six months to jail for the same offense. Am epidemic similar to the distemper is afflicting the cattle in the vicinity of Kspey. ville, Meruir ciuniy. A larjje nam her of animals have died and about SO am serious ly sick with the mysterious disease. At Pottstown. John Jones has been bun coed out of t2,rm by three strangers. Thev represented themselves as book aeents and sons of bankers la Norristown. The victim is TO years of nge. ATilomestesd the 33-lnrh mill has broken the record. Friday a finish b nm 1H.'i feet long was rolled; 110 feet waj tho highest record before. F.i.MKH IIi.air was run down bv a Penn aylvania t'nmpanv car at a New Castle street crossing. Iliair lived near Htoneboro. Ho died In a few hours. Till! comntrollerof the enrrnne ,ilhn. rlzed the First Nniional batik of Verona. Allegheny county to commence business on .'), two nnd with the following otllcr: It. II. Flwood, President; Ueorge 8. Marcum, cashier. Tiioi.s Itotmy, attorney for the Itela mater creditors, declared he will ask for new indictments from the tin-sent I rawford county grand jury. The creditors are ang ry at the new turn of affairs. Hit valuable cows belonging to Manager Taylor, of the Uob'soma Iron Company Heading, were killed by order of the Staiis veterinary surgeon. They were afflicted with pleuro-pneumonia. Thomas XIcIntvbk, aged of 14, of Whit ney, carelessly handling a revolver and the weapon discharged, the ball taking ettectin his side, producing a probably fatal wound. llv a majority of OHS, the voters of Hunt ingdon decided to bond the indebtedness of the town by an aeditional for street improvements. The entire town will bo macadami.ed. Mi'-hari. Dn.i.io.H, a Philadelphia A Krle railroad watchman, shot and fatally wounded Patrick McHwiggan at Krle, Mb Swiggan attacked the watchman because he had interfered with a man who was taking eompany coal and was beating him when the watchman shot his assailant twice, ones) lu tne head and once in the breast. KNNSVI.VAMA STATE I.Kilier.. The following table shows the standing of the atate base bull league: w I, ret I w i. pet Knston... 7 1 .87o Ifarrisb'g 4 4 .son Jobnsto'n fl 2 .Hh Scratiton. 4 0 .400 Allento'n 5 8 .023 Danville.. I .125 Altooua.. (J 4 .tXHIYork 0 .000 Pennsylvania Legislature. Hbtkntv-Ssiond Dav. In the Senate to. night these house bills passed finally: To establish boards of arbitration to settle ques tions of wages and other matters of variance between capital and labor; to provide for more effectual protection of the public, and relative to appointment of special deputies, marshals or policemen by sheriffs and mayo s. in the house nearly 100 bills passed first reading. Nothing further of importance done in either branch of the Legislature, and both houses adjourned earlier than us ual. Bkvbxty-Tiiiho Dav. In the senate to. day these House bill were passed dually Toeuable borough councils to establish boards of health, to authorize the election of a chief burgess for three years in the several boroughs, who shall not be eligible for the next succeeding term of otllcc; lo es tablish a medical council and three Shite, boards of medical examiners and to provide for the examination and licensing of prac titioners of medicine and surgery, and to further regulate the practice of medicine and surgery. These senate bills passed finally: To give additional protection to women and children In mercantile Indus tries and manufacturing establishments; to require pawnbrokers lo make dally reports of the number and character of articles re ceived by them to the proper police depart ments; to more clearly detine the value of oliciesof insurance issued by life Insurance companies doing business in this State. The senate passed the Karr free-text book bill on third reading, and it now goes to the governor. The bill provides that the books now in the hands ol the pupils shall not be discarded for new books.which will prevent extravagance. The measure embodies the Philadelphia system, which haa been In practice for seventy-fire years, and which is commended by educators throughout the country, The measure is to be follow ed with an appropriation of Vi0,0u0, which will be in addition to the $10,000,000 to the public schools the next ten years. The bill la unquestionably one of the most import ant that lias passed this legislature. The senate bill to exempt from the pay ment of merchantiie licenses all dealers in merchandise whose annual sales are leas than t3,u00 was defeated. These house bills passed finally: To pro hibit persons, by sole, gift or otherwise, from furnishing cigarettes containing tobacco or cigarette pupers to minors and providing penalties. To secure to mechanics journey men and laborers the right to tile liens against real estate for Hie amount of wages due for work or labor don in and about the construction, alteration or repairing thereof. For the first time In many a session, a revenue bill has been defeated in the House The Nilea bill came up this morning on special order for third reading and final passage, and was laid out by a very d- clsive vote of 120 to 60. Two road hills passed the house finally to-day. Neablt's measure car ries an appropriation ofil.0o0.000, and pro vides for a county supervisor; towmdiip raad taxes to be paid in cash and Htate ap propriation to he distributed according to the number of miles of road in the county It impose a full tax of tl on every inhabi tant and repeals all local laws. The bill passed, yeas lot), nays 51. The Loach road bill skinned through by a bare constitution al majority. It enables the taxpayers of townships and road districts to contract for making roads at their own expense and pay ing salaries of townahin or road district of licers, thereby preventing the levy and col lection of road tax therein. Tb Marshall bill repealing tbeaotof 1883 to prevent con solidation ol pips lins companies was de feated. The legislatur haa fixed on' Thursday noon, June 1, a th day lor final adjourn meat. ' BrvsNTY-PoesTtt Dav. In the Sena'. lh bill wa passed tinnllv authorising water companies to relocate roads destroyed nnd to acquire land to preserve water supply from ronlnminatjoii. These alto passe I finally: Kor establishment of atate naval mlhtl: for preservation of county records; to authorize county commissioners to procure, bind ami preserve wneklv newspapers published In their counties; for punishment aud proven, lion of cruelty to animals; to require publio records to be kept lu Kngllth lamtimge; to authorial notaries public lo administer oaths in divorce proceeding.; to emnower courts of quarter sessions to 111 place of holding general elections. Senator Markley of Montgomery, Is de termined that the management ot the State houpltHls shall be examined, and to day he Introduced in the Senate a resolution havl -g this object In View. The governor veto of his resolution to Investigate the Warren In sane hospital has evidently not discourage! him, for he la confident that tne resolution will go through tne legislature and reteive the sanction of the governor. h'air's compulsory education bill was pass ed finally by the senate to-dav and Is now ready lor the governor's consideration. After some routine business the Senate ad journed. In the house these bills passed finally: To provide for insurance of the public build ings: to Hinhi.rir.e retention of the two ma-t-er roll clerks in adjiitiint ger.erai's depart ment, making an appropriation of lUM.TOO to the We tern penitentiary. At the night session of the house a large number of appropriation bills passed second reading. I he ilovernorlms s'gned these hills: To prohibit members ef boards of control of school districts in cities of the second class from bo ding any office of emolument un der or being employed by said boards; to empower councils to Increase the maximum license of transient retail merchants In cities, boroughs nnd towns; to prohibit the payment of the expenses of taking out naturalization papers by member and officers of rolitical organizations and by candidates; to prevent deception and frand by owner or agents who may have control of any stallion kept for service. The senate bill to prevent and punish the loan, gift, sale or distribution or Indecent writing or pictures, nnd lo authorize their seizure, was reported lavorahly. The bill to eatablish nn industrial school for soldiers' orphans passeed second reading In the bouse. It carries an appropriation of f'JlO.uno. Mr. Hoyer'a bill to tax Inherilnnees other than collateral, which it is estimated would swell the revenues of th State "",ooo a year, was passed finally. Mr. Wei thai liter's bill, permitting distill, ers to soil liquor in original i nckages of not hMi than tw. nty gallons without license, was defeated by a vote of 75 to 72 this morn ing, but the vote was reconsidered after noon and the hill passed, receiving only the necessary 102 votes. The house concurred in the senate amend ments to the medical examiners' bill and it has gone to the governor, the house then adjourned. iov. Paulson sent two vetoes to the house to night. One of these wns on the hill au thorising the sheriff of Philadelphia to ad vertise sales In three daily papers The other veto was of the bill for the publication of the history of the birds and mammal of Pennsylvania in the qua terly report of the state board of agriculture. fKVFNTV-Fifth Dav. The Senate ad journed until Monday evening to-. lay after a iwo-hours' session, because of the small ness of the number of bills on tun calendar. inese house bills passed finally: To en dorsee and authorize the formation of co operative banking associations where the profits derived from the business after pay ing all legitimate expenses shall accrue to the depositors and borrowers of the associa tion III proportion to the deposits or loans; lo repeal the act approved April 1. 11.it, entitled. An act supplementary to an uct re lating to roads, highway and bridge-; to regulate and estabii-h the fe.sto be charged by justices of the peace, aldermen, magi trnies and constables. The I.osch Arbitration bill passed the Senate finally today, but one vote being cast against it. It provides that in rase of such disputes either or both parties thereto may apply to the Court of Common Plea tor the appointment of a boarp of arbitra tion. If the Court considers the matter of sufficient importance to warrant such ac tion, it may issue nn order to both parties to cho so three arbitrators each, the Court lo appoint three more, or, If one side re fuse to choo5o representatives, the Court shall appoint six. Tho board thus con stunted shall have power to semi lor (Ar sons, books and papers, and wilful failure to appear and testily is made n misdemean or, punishable by fine ami imprisonment, Tbn rinding of the board shall be Hied with the Court, while the law makes nrhitmtion compulsory, neither party thereto is hound to accept, die decision, Ihe only object of the law being to lay before the public the foe's in the dispute, lu the hops that public opinion thus informed In the case will bring about nu nmioable settlement. In the house the amendment or the sen ata t tho Karr compulsory education hill, prescribing the manner in which it shall be proved that a child attends private school was concurred in. A communication re ceived from the governor announcing his approval of these bills: Making It a misde meanor lor any person to represent an un authorized or Hctiiwous insurance com pany In this state; to autliorizethe. superin tendent of public instruction logrant teach ers permanent certificates to graduates of recognized literary and scientific colloges;to provide for Die election, qualification and compensation of auditors in independent school district to protect life and limb of those employe i in the contraction of new buildings; to authorize corporations organ izsd for profit to pension employes; repeal ing that part of the bill dividing cities into three classes which authorize council to draw by lot yearly certain municipal bonds; loanable borough council to eitabiisb board of health. The governor' objection totbe bill pro Tiding lor th publication of a history of Pennsylvania birds and mammals in ihe quarterly ret ort of the Mate board of agri culture and relating to the publication of herifTs sale in tb Philadelphia papar were sustained. These bills passed finally: To repeal seventh section of an act to enlarge jurisdic tion of Justice of the peace in Kne county; to repeal bounty for destruction of foxe in rayette county; to repeal act of 184(3, which relate to roaos and duties of road commis sioners In Krie county; to repeal bounty for the killing of foxes and mink in Greene county; to provide for the creation and regulation of municipal liens and the pro ceedings for the collection thereof. To pre vent the telling and hawkisg of merchan dise, wares and other goods in citiea, bor ough and townships within the State with out a license; to authorize the erection and maintenance of eel weir and mh baskts for a limited period each year for four years; to extend th provision of the me chanlca' lien law ao a to include servant f:irls, washerwomen, elerks and others in t operation; to repeal the act increasing the pay of th auditor and commissioner of Crawford cocnty and the fee of th di rectors of th poor ol that couuty.th boats then adjourned. SsvtNTY-SixTii Day. Senate was not in session. In th House Mr. Talbot, chairman of Ihe committee on elections, introduced a bill to allow each of the o n'esuini and contestees in the four election contests be fore tb bouse 11,000. Senator Meredith' bill to authorize street railway companies lo change their route, and to valid any uch change berstofor made, was reported favorably, as were aenat bill to protect trad union labels a4 to provide for th incorporation of boulevard compan'e". Among the senate bills pss-ed second read ing were these: To repeal th prohibitory law in Verona borough; to authorize th construction of turnpike, plank and other Mad on any publia roads, simets, lane, alleys, or highway and lands aud iiclos ure. After torn routine biuimsu tc house adjourucd. SOLDIERS' COLUMN IN NEW MBXICO. Sibley Invade the Territory, bat is Boon Driven out of It. COL. LORim Commanding De partment of New Mexico, also Colo nel of the mounted rifle regiment, sta tioned at Kort tin Ion, turned over the Department to Col. Sililev, be being th next in rank, iii tho Spring of 1M1. de serteif! and made his way into Texas - to join the South. y J)) In a few days Sib- to" Col. tanby. he --5. .'SI hley) following I.oring. The writer H'Z .belonged to th ay-fi afsVsahovc regiment; af- v-.terwurd to 3rd U. a. jiwa-.. Cav. - - - Af,cf aihlpy had arrived safely III Texas we heard that lu was getting up a force to Invade the Tern lory, which turned nut to be the fact. He started Willi about !. or 2,000 men to march up the Ilia Grande, which was a wild-goose chase for them. I'at.by for'ified hlmse f at Kort Craig, thinking that ihs enemy would attacked him in the fort. Hut when they arrived, nfter a long Journey (thia was in February, 1S02) they under took to pass I 'nn by and proceed to" Santa Fe. Caubv was compelled to come out and at tack mm outside the tort, by whicn the I'mon forcea were defeated with the loss of their battery -f guns and nearly all the ar tillerymen kilied. Cm. Kit t arson had a regiment of Mexi cans supporting the battery, and they ran In confusion ami let the guns go to the enemy. Canny w rom elled to take to his fort, leaving the d-ad and wounded to those bloodthirsty rebels, whorobb-d them of their clothing and even cut off tho linger of Lieut. Mcllea In oruer to get his rings! The next day the enemy started on their woy lor Santa Fe, leaving Canby behind. My company was at Fort Cnion; also a few squads of infantry and one battery of two guns. We were ordered to Santa Fe to re move the (iuiirtermiister's store to Fort I'nion. Alter remaining there a few days, ami finding the enemy wns now advancing close on us, we were compelled to evacuate Santa Fe. A comrade by the name of lames Fitzgerald and mvself were sent to Denver, Col., with a dispatch to meet the first Colorado regiment. We were lo cross the mountain di-ect lo Denver. On the sfcotnl day of our Journey we encountered now ro deep that we were compelled to change our course. After traveling three days we learned that the troops were on another route from tho one we were order ed to take. On the fourth day we overtook them near Fort Union and delivered our message to Col. Slough. Then we returned to our company at La Vegas, on the road from Fort I'nion to Santa Fe. T liiit tore con sisted or one company of cavalry and about 10 companies of infantry, numbering about l.oon. lly this time the enemy were In Santa Fe, and about lo move on to fort Tnion. Canby and his force were fur buck in the rear. Col. Slough, 1st Colo. Cav.. and Co. K. of 3d U. 8. Cav.. were sent forward to feel the ad vance of the enemy. We lound them in Apache Canyon, about 15 miles from Santa Fe. This was in the afternoon. The Colo rado cavalry were in the advance, and they aw something like a brass cannon ahead and charged for it. They were fired into from the mountain-side as they passed down the road; some weie wounded. . At this time my company deployeo.ts fight on foot, and came down upon 'h S baud and took the whole hatch prisoners about () of them. Atthistimo the charg ing pafy were returning without accom plishingaiiythlng. The Lieutenant, when he returned ami found those rebels raptur ed, was so delighted that he took up one of the rebel guns, raised it with both hands by the barrel and brought It down wilh force to the ground, when it want off and killed him. He wa the on y man killed at t.'ut time. lly thia time the sun was going down. The prisoners wete then sent hack to th rear. We saw two men emerge Irotu the hushes a gooil distance ol) with a white flag. We met them and they said: "Yon have got the better of us this time, but we will show you something to-morrow." 1 was sent ba.?k to Headquarters with a ilis- futcb to make arrangements about a truce, f I remember right ihe battle was fought atOlorietta th" next day i the 27lh of March. 18ti2). About 10 o'clock ot the above data we met the whole rebel force. Mv com pany was in Ihe advance. We were a little late in reselling the ridge just abovePigeon' Hand), and the rebels got the best of us thore. We were compelled to fight and fall back the whole day. We were greatly out numbered. Col. Slough having sent 400 of our men around a large mountain to get In the rear of the enemy. We longed to see them come back to our assistance. It turn ed out all right after all. We got a good position about 4 o'clock in afternoon, when the enemy charged us time and again and wore r'pulse l every time. Finally they had to withdraw, leaving the ground kivered with their dead. I am positive they lost 10 to our one in this battle This ended the fighting for thia day, There w;u a truce for 24 hours to bury tho dead. They took advantage of thia true and started for Texas, they did not even wait to give their dead a decent burial, but piled them away in any (hap. I think th wolve got the most of them. Canby and hi fore had not arrived, and It wa a day or two before we learned of tb retreat, when we received order to Ital ian on and Join Canby, which took tome time. However, on the night of the 14th of April we found onrielve in camp with Canby force at a place called Peraho.soine distance down th Kio tirande, and at day break w found th enemy was encamped Just across the river from where we were. Hoots and saddle were sonndad and in a few minute everything was in readiness to charge the enemy, who in the meantime threw a few round shot at us. At thia time the wind raised aud blew a regular hurri cane, drifting sand in such a way that we were compelled to lie down and wait for it to fall. This wa on th 15th of April. Th next morning w found the anemy had gotten the atari of usagsin.and we were obliged to mage a forced maron in order to overtake him, which we did aom timain th afternoon. Our force were on one side and the enemy on the other aide of the Kio Grande. They were followed in thi wav for aeveral day, when they disappeared, and we never got light of them again. Thi put n end to the invasion of Nw Mexico by the rebel. In conclusion. I will say for my company and myself that w were surprised and de lighted to see such a fine lot of oillcen and man a war the 1st Colo. I am alto sure th rebels wer surprised but not delighted. Ha it not been for their timely arrival wiJ could not have held the place. Johs IfiA Bbiniy, in National Tribune. 1 Blolllan Karthauakes Continue. Earthquake continue to occur almoil iaily in Sicily. Saturday Palermo, Trapani and the Island o'f Uatica. off th Sicilian coast were shaken violently. Many buildings wer Injured and ar likely to fall mould th shocks be repeated. Heaven Is only a step from the penitent sinner, but million of tullen Croui the bypocrlto. 1 l-'U , f) Bl; f a
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