What the Arrh-FRnd said to the Yontig Mau. " Wlien ronr heart ii fillet with sorrow- And Itope therefrom has fled! When rou look toward* the morrow With trembling fear and dread : When life poems bat a buhhlc And yon uptm the bi ink Of madness, drawn your trouble In drink, lad, drink ! *' Wlie bow your head In ouguisli Under woe AY. How we got through the dressing til time, I (loot know. That dreadful Miss Miukin, the milliner, never sent home BIT veil uii nearly teu o'clock ; aud as soon sus 111 iU put my tires?, on we dis covered that the sal J intelligent Miss Mink in hail left all the tacking* in. It was a quarter to eleven before they began to put on my veil, am! everybody knows what a time that takes. And there WAS poor darling Fred down in the church, in a terrible state I WHS certain. He had some over so early. 1 saw hiin drive past to the church when I was only—well, I needn't say how fax ad vanced I was in my toilette. N'ot very far, I know. After a great deal of fus aation, during which I hail asked Pipehar—Pipcher is my maid three times for the powder puff when I meant the pins,and four times for my goloshes when I meant gloves—oh, dear ! what a long sentence ! well, after all this, 1 was reedv at last. Pipcher pulled oat the train of my dress to its uttermost length: and leav ing its extreme end somewhere near xuv bedroom window. I proceeded to walk down-stairs, concluding that I, like Bo peep's sensible sheep, should manage to bring my tail behind me. Down in tho hall was dear papa, pacing to and fro in a perfect fever of excitement, nervousness, and sorrow ; which, dear -.nod man. ho tried to con ceal. but failed miserably. I suppose he was s< rry to be losing his little girl. Suppose ; I knew he was. Was not I sorry—very, Tory sorry—to be leaving him ? He lutd ptit on his gloves twice already, and had taken them off, and was proceeding for the third time to Jo likewise, when he discovered that he had a pair of shabby old driving gloves, instead of the white kids that were slumbering neglected in his chest of draws, between one very high white collar and two very. large pocket-hand kerchiefs. I was by no means in the sprightly mood in which I may now seem to be indulging. On the contrary, I felt particularly sober, quiet and nervous ; with a great lump surging ever upwards iu uiv throat, and no strength at all in my knocking knees. " Well, my dear,' said papa, feebly jocular—" ready at last ?" And I, having nothing more original to remark in response, intimated that I was. And so off we went. The brides maid-* had, of course, gone down to the church loug In-fore. I was a great deal too frightened and flustered to say a word to papa as he walked aloag the garden path, and through the garden gate into the church-yard. There was no need for carriages. And, luckily, the day was mild, though in the win ter ; and bright though mild. I cannot attempt to describe the scene in church, I only saw a great, misty sea of faces and parti-colored raiment, and, in the motet of it all, mt dear old not a bit old. you know, really—standing and looking very white, I fancied, but rerr loving all the same. The organist was playing as we moved up the aisle ; but what, I have not the faintest eonoeption. The only thing that I recollect in connection with the musical portion of the service was that the choir seemed to l>e a Tery unneces sarily loug time in getting through the psalin set forth for the special service. I also haven recollection that I poked out the wrong flui rof the wrong hand to receive the ring, whereat Fred got very red and flustered ; and as, just at this juncture, somebody dropped a pondemas family prayer book, the loose leaves of which fluttered grace fully in various directions, this interest ing portion of the marriage ceremony waa hardly performed with befitting dignity. However, '* all things glad or sail"— fSwinburnian, isn't that ?j—must have an end. Bo an end duly came to the service ; and, leaning on rov darling's arm, my own true husband now for ever ; and conseions that I was looking very frightened, but interesting withal —for are not all brides interesting ?—f oassed down the aisle, through the thronging bright faces, out into the bright winter noon, np the garden path into the old home. Can I describe the kissing*, and crvings, and congratula tions that took place in one roam, or the breakfast bid and the speeches made in another ; Fred's short responses, or the rector's round rhetoris ; or the howling of my darling dog Doddles, when Mug gles, the waiter we had in '.from Bbuk ton-snper-Mare, trod heavily on his tail, in vainly endeavoring to look as though he, the said Maggies, was not testing the quality of papa's wine in tho corner behind the door ? Well, it was all over at last. The final grain of rice—which, by the way, lodged in Fred's left whisker—had been thrown—we didn't go in for slippers, von see; tha last benediction had been bestowed by the energetic besom of William the gardner, who stood at the gate to catch the lastof us; and we were at length together alone, my husband and I. My husband ! Hew strange, and yet how delicious it was! To think he was now mine forever. " Till death us do part." sounded very fond and true. But the words conjured up no terror of the shadow feared of man," Death was too far away a phantom to be feared. And I only heard a loving voice at my side saying— "Darling, darling little woman 1 Mice at last!" and felt perfectly silly with happiness accordingly. There were plenty of villagers at their cottage doors and windows, and many a head bobbed beamingly at us, as we rolled along station wards through the winter sunlight. The station reached —a small sleepy junction on the Exe ter line—we got out of the carriage,pt- { Mired for the trial attendant npon coup es newly wed. We should have be trayed ourselves just the same, even if I bad done as that dear anxious old Fred KIU:D. KUIiTZ, Ivlitormul Proprietor. VOL. VI. wanted mo to do. Hut, really, to go itwnr with old trunks ami shabby ; clothe*. No. I could not. Wlnle Fro,l wont to get the tickets | I s.iw ti the luggage. We were going ito town. What better place for a win ter houevtuoou? And wo lueatit to.ee I a go v nl deal mooning aloiit with eves, . month. Hint eur* open, like typical oouu try eouaiua. Joseph, prviporest of coachman, gave lue an affectionate faro well. 1 don't mean, of course, that he embraced mo; and seeing the train tliat ;t* to l>eer us away rapidly rearing, he fliokod Toiu luy, the old h Tu the right flank, as a gentle reminder for the sake of the family to look smart. With a groat deal of exceedingly and, aa 1 think, tn i necessary noiae, the train came slowly in, groaning a* if in jxaiu. fhe next thing was to secure a ooupo to ourselrea-at least, Fred seemod to think so. After the passing of sundry small coin, ami having run the gauntlet of the inquisitive, surly, amused, and . indifferent op_oug the paancngera wo i succeeded; and found ourselves eom ' fortably ensconced, with all our small traps about us. And when the truiu | moved off, and my darling'. hand came feeling softly for uiy waist, and then stole lovingly around it, I forgot to be scandalized, (why, iudeed, should I have been?) and laid my nose on the shoulder of his shaggy Ulster, and. felt a* delightfully happy and as delioiously frightened as anv silly little bride of a few hours could be. "Swindon ! Swindon! Stop here five inmates." I was far too comfortable to care lo get out. Resides Fred said he would bring me something from the re freshment rooms, lie would insist on my having some sherry to keep the cold out. The five minutes' delay exacted by the contract of the vendor of vile commodities had nearly expired. I had put my lips to the sherry, w hieh Freu finished, to get the sweetness, as the silly fellow said, w hieh my lips had left in the glass. He had restored that article to its proper place and owuer, and was just stepping into the carriage when he suddenly turned, exclaiming— " By Jove! I've left my " The words were lost iu the diu. 1 saw the baize-covered door swing on him as he passed through into the re freshment rooms. I looked eagerly af ter him; for I hated his being out of my sight for a moment. Would he never come? A station bell rang violently. Several guards and porters shouted "any more going on?" The engine shrieked, and moved. I started xp. helpless almost by reason of the rugs so carefully folded round me. 1 poshed past the passen gers in the other coujie in the most un ceremonious manner, put my head out of the window. We were moving swift ly awav now. The last advertisement board had vanished behind ns, and all I saw was my darliug Fred, now faraway in the distance, frantically gesticulating in the midst of a knot of porters, and, I am afraid swearing terribly. My fel low passengers tried to console me, but I turned a deaf and ungrateful euto their consolations, and got back to my corner, nulled to the coupe door, and, burying my head in the blue w mdow curtain, utterly regardless of "my new bonnet, cuml copiously iu my misery. Wnat was I to do? Should I go on to Faddington, and wait Fred's arrival at the hotel we had fixed ujxjn ? I could not. Hew could 1 meet the waiters and chambermaids, a bride without her bridegroom ? Should 1 wait at the I'ad dingtou t< rrninx-- ? Should I get out at the next station, and take the first down-train back to Swindon? Should I—-oh! what should I do, with all the luggage looking so terribly new and fresh; and my-elf, in my smart, new things, an unmistakable case of brido ? And by this tinis my gloves were quite spoiled by the tears that were llowing reckless!v and liberally dowu my woe begone cheeks What would Fred do ? If he were to telegraph to the hotel to meet me on my supposed arrival, what would the people af the hotel think ? But perhaps lie would send a message to Dideot to catch me there. This possibility cheered me considerably. So I dried my tears, smoothed my disordered hair, pinched my bonnet into its pristine shape, blew my nose, and sat Ixilt upright iu readi ness for Didcot; for by this time we were visibly slackening speed. I let down the window for two reasons: in hopes that the fresh air would blow awsy the traces of my tears; and in or der "to be perfectly prepared to jump out on the welcome platform, which 1 felt sure would restore my husband to ma Before the train had come to a stand-still, I had beckoned a porter to me, and as he ran along the still moving train, I managed to gsp out, in a voice indistinct through excitement— " Has a telegram come for me ?" The man looked aghast. " Has a telegram come for me ?" I re peated, impatiently. " What name, Miss ?" To be called " Miss," too! Before, however, I could answer him, I heard a loud voice, a few carriages from mine, asking— • "Is there any lady here named Douglas ?" I could scarcely restrain myaelf from bursting out of the carriage. He came nearer, asking as he came. I leaned out, and, as the man stood opposite me, almost snatched what I rightly guessed to be a telegram out of his hands. " Yes!" I answered, "my name is Douglas. Open the door, please, anil take out my things." Little fool that I was! Why did I not carefully read the telegram first ? I only glanced at Hie commencement of the message: " Amcominy by next train." When all my things were taken out of the carriage, (as for the heavy luggage, I forgot that entirely), when the train had begun to move-—in fact, when it was too late—l read the remainder of ; the telegram, which ran thus: " Wait for me at Paddington.'* It was only the presence of numerous passengers and porters on the platform that prevented me, there and then, from bursting into tears. I restrained myself, and the bitterness was the more Hitter. What was to lie done? When did the next train pass through Didcot? In about an hour. Of course it stopped ? " No ; that's the fast train through only stops at Hwindon and Reading," was the consoling answer I received to my inquiries. I could wot leave Didcot for nearly two hours. At this I retired to the waiting-room, and, sitting down in a dark corner, gave way. I couldn't help it. This was my "marriage day. And my darling was not with me. Per haps I should never see him again. Perhaps there would be an accident. Perhaps—perhaps—anil my fears came afresh ; and I sat in my misery, feeling utterly lost and forsaken ; and as differ ent a creature from the happy bride of a few short hours ago as could possibly be conceived. Presently a porter came in to light the gas. it was ouite dark by this time. I asked him to call me when the express was coming. The man eved me as if he suspected I contemplated suicide. I satisfied neither his surmises nor sua-* picions. I would have an eager gaze at the train as it passed ; perhaps I might get a glimpse of my darling. The time went slowly by, and I sat fiercely staring at the fire through my tears. At last the porter called me. " Now, Miss !"— Miss again !—"the express is coining." THE CENTRE REPORTER. > I rushed out. I took up my position where a miserable lamp oast a sickly glare- the best in the station -on the lino a hero the truiu must pas*. Ou it r o.uuo—the two great rod lam{>* ou the ■ engine sit tiling like giant's eyes iu the • ui :lit. I Inuit eugerlv forward, in spite , Of the vv truilivs of the suspicious jx>r tor, who seemed determined to keep an eye on me. Quo by one tlto lighted • carriage* went by. Not there ! Not t there ! Not there ! Quicker than it ; t.ikea to describe tin*, the lut carriage > whizzed by. And there, agiunst the window, I saw my darling's profile. Ho vi. ,s staring straight before him, moodily • |vera*iug the hit rack At least, Una ! we* my impression, from this moment ary glimpse 1 got. Of course he did not see me, Ins poor, loving, foolish little wife, standing on the bleak Didcot plat form, in the darkening night. He could not know her ; with sinking heart i got back to the dingy waiting-room, back to HIT chair and my tears. And tins was my wedding day ! It was ui>oat eight o'clock. I stood ou the Paddiugton platform. The weary Waiting was id lougth over. 1 should take u cab to our hotel, and find my durliug. When I came to take out my traps, 1 found uiy traveling-hag was mi-sing. 1 must have left it at Didcot. Aud all my keys and moncv were in it ! After endless trouble, t found the guard iu charge of the down-train, which wa* Hist ou the point of startiug. I gave him instructions, aud he promised uie mv bag, if it was to be found, early the next morning. Having given the name of my hotel, and a substantial assistance to his memory, 1 stood absently watching the departing train, while a porter put my things in a cab ; when there, in a first-eta'a carriage, in the act of wrapping himself iu a rug, was Fred, going back in search of his lost little wife ! " Fred ! Fred !" I screamed, regard less of appearances ; and with out stretched hands 1 rushed towards tin.' carriage window. My foot slipped, my head seemed to be whirling round, anil I fell. A surging noise thundered iu my ears, and then a voice said:— "Well, little darling what's the mat ter ?" " Where are we I rasped. " Close to Haddington," laughed Fred. " Feel lietter after your nap, darling ?" So 1 had only been asleep and dream iag I Fraudulent Substitution. A typical case is one recorded in con nection with the celebrated Jean Maris Farina, the inventor of the famous Fan de Cologne. The following character ir.tic story is current. A London dealer j in perfumes, it is said, betook himself | to Cologne, with a view of purchasing i a plentiful stack of the genuine article, j OB arriving he found the old town ; swarming with Jean Marias, each aud ! all of them pretending to bo the genuine descendants of the origiiial inventor, | and of course the sole possessors of the ' irujvortant secret. What should he do ? How was it possible for him to select the right man among so uiauv ? After long {Hindering the matter, lie makes up his mind. He goes to one of the most respectable looking establish ments, iutrvnluces himself to the pro prietor, and qfter a little preliminary chat, enters on business. This portly German assures hiui he has applied to the right man; but these assurances do not altogether allav the suspicions of the Englishman. "The latter, notwith standing, buys to a moderately large amount, rccvivi * an invoice of the goods, aud hands over a check for the sum due. "Now," thinks he, "this plausibln fel low will be frank enough to tell ine the truth, seeing that he has my money," i —and he puts the question to hi in— 1 " Are you really and truly the actual 1 proprietor of this property—the lawful inheritor of the original .lean Maria— or are you not ? You see, we have done our business; you have the cash, and may tell me the truth." The other j hein'd and coughed and stroked his moustache, I*lW a manifest securing reluctance, ac j knowledged that there was—yes, he wits ' obliged to confess that there was* one, only one, person in Cologne who hqd a claim for priority over himself. " You will g.ve me hia address ?" said the Englishman. "Certainly, as von hnvc so liberally dealt with me." fie hand ed ov< r the address. The Englishman badeliiin farewell, and driving off to the place at once, there made large pur chases to ten times the amount at least t ! which he had paid to his informant, i and then returned well pleased to his j hotel, considering that, on the whole, i he had transacted his business satisfae- ' torilv. But while dining at his hotel, ; he fell into conversation with a eonti nental traveler, who knew Cologne well, and all the ins aud outs of tho traffic , there carried on. The Londoner made J a confidant of Iris new acquaintance and : 1 j informed him somewhat boastfully of ! the shrewd transaction of the morning, j • M Oh!" said the other, "it is really a pity to disabuse you; but you have i been a little too fast—both the houses you have dealt with to-day brlony to thr ' same proprietor; he is a very clever ' fellow, I assure yon." 1 Stuck with his Cargo. ' An American ship, the Kingin, wont ' into Singapore with I,7enti settle ments in the New World, stands on the shore of this bay. Here is the grand old cathedral, where the bones of Co lumbus rested for more than two cen turies; the massive walls built by Ovnn do; tlie ruins of the house erected by Diego Columbus, tho admiral's son; and a curious well, constructed by hi* brother BarUJoinc. It is a place which, in it# decay, bring# back the memory of manv a stirring episode in tlie history of Bpanish conquest, and there is ect tainiy no place in the New World of greater interest. In ita fallen state it retain# its unrivaled beauty; but long years of adversity and revolution have impoverished the old city, killing all enterprise, and destroying all sense of security. Tlie correspondent"# account of the Vega Real, or Royal Plain, lying be tween the two monntnin ranges which traverse the island from end to ead, reads like the description of some en chanted vallev. The name waa given to it by Columbus, who was enraptured with the glorious view that burst upon him on reaching the summit of the Han to Cerro, or Sacred Hill. In this plain is the principal agricultural wealth of the island; here is grown the grout crop of tobacco which finds a market in Hamburg; here are the rieh cocoa plan tations; and here are the largest and most thriving towns— Cotroy, La Vega, and Santiago. Here, too, is the centre of the raining interest, gold and iron being found in the neighboring moun tains. From the Dominican part of the isl and the correspondent proceeded to the western division, occupied by the negro republic of Hayti. I'liia end of the magnificent island is iu a far worse con dition than the eastern. All the signs of the old French civilization are disap pearing. There are no manufactures, the government is bankrupt, tho roads and bridges are falling into decay, the towns are in ruins, ami the men are fil ing on the industry of the women. Yet the climate and the soil are favorable to the most abnndnnt culture of tropical productions. Tobacco, cotton) sugar cane, ami coffee might be grown in abundance; but the indolent populntioa, easily satisfied, are content to subsist on the spontaneous gifts of the glorious climate. Where the orange, the ban ana, the eocoa-nnt, the plantain, grow of their own accord the natives have lit tle incentive to labor. The island once supported a popula tion estimated at half a million; itcould sustain upward of two millions in com fort and plenty; but civil turmoils, misgovmimcnt, and all the evils arising from a degraded state of religion and education linvo conspired ugninst pro gress and development in every form. The towns aro decaying. The fertile lands lie waste. Huts in every state of dilapidation bespeak the character of the people. Except in the towns, wheeled vehicles are unknown, and produce is carried to market on mules and donkeys. Yet in no country in the world does nature bestow her gifts with n more lavish hand. There every thing flourishes as if it laved to grow. H o the luxuriance of forest growths there, and think what wisely directed enter prise and capital might do in a country where the soil and climate are so propi tious! The new Romans Roy Company have a glorious opportunity. The com pany will have, according to the report of the commissioners, " exclusive juris diction for its officers and tribunals, executive, legislative, and judicial, in the poninsuln of Romans, ami over the waters, islands, and reefs of the boy." It is empowered to impose and collect its own duties, taxes, port charges, etc., for its own use. Traffic with any other portion of the republic is to be secured to the merchants, " without any dis criminating imposts whatever. Under these auspices the island may Again deserve tne name it once bore—-the "Paradise of the New World." The Kentucky Senate has passed s bill prohibiting "the sale of liquor on Sunaay. kanto Domingo. Tran*idautinx FUh. At tho ehio of navigation by ico the water i* drawn from the canals in the vicinity of Rochester, New York, and vast uutnWnt of lUh nceumtilale in the great burins pear that city. Formerly i tin -a- fiili became the spoil of slicit fishermen a* ehose '• net th-iu for the market. A few [years since the ilanal ("oiitnriuiioner*, ueting under the advice iof Horatio Seymour, H. B. Roosevelt, and others, gave the right of finhing in ilu-a< water* exclusively to tho Gotnmis- Molier* of the State. Their superin tendent, Mr. Seth Green, at ouoe ar ranged to secure these fish by mean* of nets drawn beneath tho ice. The fish i thus taken were plaexi in largo wooden ears or tank*, which were kept beneath 'lie ice, and proaenred tho fish in perfH*t oouditiou. Circular* statiug the varie ties of fib ami tho description of water to which they were suited were dis tributed, nuil citizen# of the Slate were invited to come to Rochester, bringing barrel* or milk-cans, to convey such fish as might be desirable for the waters of their immediate iieighliorhood. The fish are delivered to theui at Rochester without cost. The follow ing varieties are deemed most favorable for stocking the general waters of the Likes and stream* of New York and the Middle States : I. Wall eyed pike ; 2, Oswego bass; 3. White fish; 4. Yellow perch; ft. Rock liaa*; ti. Black baa*. Ine ruck bass must not be confounded with the fi*h of that name taken in the Delaware and further South. Waters suitable to Rie black baa* should not be left untucked any more than land which ia in jicrfect condition for cropping, and it is a matter of doubt which will yield the lietter return. Seth Green, an authority ou fish-culture, and a person of intimate knowledge of the habits of all description* of fish, gives numerous illustrations of the wonderful ' increase of black bass ami kindred fish, lie instauooaa small lake in Westchester j county, in which twenty-four baaa were place,l by him. Tin* lake was not sfihrd during four years, at the end of which time a toil weight of fine black bass were taken with hook and line during a single season, ami this dram did not diminish the supply during the succeed ing summer. Each year gives an in creased yield, affording excellent sport ami a nutritious article of food. The favorite mode of atockiug a lake or stream is for a number of persona residing in the vicinity to make a con tribution with which "to defray the cx jM-uses of one of their nnmixrr, who, proceeding to Rochester with proper vessel* for trau*i>rting the fish, will receive such seed-fish from Mr. Ketli Green as in his judgment arc best suited to tlie location which it is proposed to stock. Twentv dollar* ia, as a general thing, an am]>!c fund to cover all ex pense of travel and transjvortation of the fish. The oeed-fiah mav be obtained until the month of Marrh, or until the ice at the distributing station become* too weak to la-ar tin- men engaged in secur ing the stock. Iu dcjtoaiting the fish it is advissble to place them, if in a lake, at a distance from the outlet, or in the highest still water of a stream. The black baaa deposits its spawn in Mar, the Ixxl being watched by the fe mnlo ami kept free from intruders. From three to ait dava, dejiemling on 1 the teiu)M'rnture of tiie water, are re quired to hatch the ova, after which the female brood* her young, and keejis at a distance such fi- h as may desire to lunch on her fry. At the eml of twelve months these fry will each weigh m quarter of a pound ; at the close of the second year upward of a pound. The third spring they cast their spawn, and the lake or stream may be thrown open for fix lung with hook or hue, hut never to the net, unless you desire to exter minate the steck, which will otherwise yield a never-failing supply of desirable food. During the year 1872 Mr. Green de livered no lew* than seventy thousand fish for seed purposes. An Engll-h Pletnrc. Some striking revelations, which, happily, compare favorably with the eonditioo of some New York tenement houses in the Fourth Ward, reach us from a country village in Dorsetshire, England. A laborer of that place wss summoned for a nuiftmee, owing to the filthy condition and obscene habits of himself and family. The cottage which he occupied consisted of two small rooms, each about nine feet square. | Both had no fire-places, and but one small window; in the lower room the side furniture was n small table, in the upper an indescribably filthy blanket ami chaff mattress, which was shared by the defendant snd his grown-up son and daughter. It may be conjectured what was the morality of people living under such conditions, and a few ques tions from the testimony will sufficient ly illustrate the iguorancc of the girl:— j 'the Chairman (to the prisoner's daugh ter, a wretched girl in rags): How old are von ? Prisoner: I don't know. The Chairman (to the prisoner): How old is she? l*risoner: I don't know; she's called Maria; but she's never been to school. Mr. Bell: I Itclieve she is about 18 years of age. The Rev. Carr J. Olyn (to the girl): Would von like to lead a Wttcr life if we get you a place? Oirl: No. The Chairman: Cannot von pet a lodging somewhere else? (lirl: No. Prisoner; Yes, yon can; I'll get yon lodgings snd pay for them. The cause of the wretched ease, however, was uoi their poverty, since the father and son were earning gi>od wages. Such n case of crime and de pravity is a disgrace to England. A Fable. A veleano having discharged a few million tons of stones upon a small villag l , asked thf mayor if he thought that a tolerably good supply for build ing pur]>oses. " I think," replied that functionary, " if you give us another dash of granite, and just a pinch of old red sandstone, we could manage with what yon have alreadv done for ns. We would, how ever, be grateful for the loan of your ernter to bake bricks." Oh I certainly ; parties serve at their residences," Yhen, after the man had gone, the mountain added, with min gled lava and contempt, " The most insatiable people I ever contracted to supply. Tiiey shall not have another pebble I" He banked Lis fires, and in six weeks was ns cold as a neglected pudding. Then might you have seen the heaving of the surfacc-lKHihlers as the people began stirring, forty -fathoms beneath. When you have got enough of any thing, make it manifest by asking for some more. You won't get it. Orn Eyes.—A yonng lady wha let her lids drop on being spoken to tender ly by a yonng gentleman is nnxious to recover them, and offjrs a handsome reward for their restoration. A nauti cal gentleman of her acquaintance as snrea her that they could not have been properly lashed on or they would not Lave been lost. The Cortes' Committee on the aboli tion of slavery in Porto Rico has declar ed in favor oi granting owners an aver age indemnity of €250 per slave. A Singular Marriage Case. Iu the Court of Common Ileaa of Philadelphia Judge Ludlow rendered iu the case of the t'lty vs. Williamson, fur de sertion. Ttria ease present* u number of questions, all of tlieii) inter, sting, 1 and meet with the stcrnret and most uncompromising j judicial condemnation. The Court or ders the defendant to give security for the maintenance of hi* wife. Religious (rimi of England. The liondim Xonconfirrttu*t but now completed its religious eeusn*. and published UI'IM showing the religious accommodation fuinih*d in eighty four towns of England and Wnlea, ex cluding the metropolis. The population of the eighty-four towns is S,fll9Ui The number" of places of worship is 4.843 ; the number of sitting* is 2,644,- 848, and tlie proportion of sittings to population is 44 per rest Adopting Uie old rule that only 58 per cent of the eulire popnUtiou require religious accommodation, by reason of tlie mice*- sary absence of children, invalids, and others, it would appear tlist there is s deficiency in these eighty-four towns of oulv 14 per cent. In the e>iini* of 1861, which his been token as the basis of the comparison now instituted, no separate returns were made for seven of these towns, and consequently a comparisiiu can now only ls< made in the case of seventy-seven of them. This comparison shows that in the last twenty-one years there has leeu an in crease of 1,527 plmees of worship, and of 829,337 sittings. Hie population of the towns haa increased at tlie rate of 34 per rent., while the religions accom modation haa augmented at tlio rate of 49 per cent. The comparison as be tween the Established Church and the unestablishcd churches foots up as fol lows: Established Church, 1,508 placer of worship, 1,040,672 sittings ; urn-stab halted churches. 3,335 places of wor ship, 1,603,8."! sittings; m favor of un estahlished churches, 1,327 places of worship, 563,179 sittings. Thus it ap jx-ars that in these eighty-four towns, with sn aggregate population of nearly 6,000,000, the Establishment provides two-fifths of the means one of the religious festivals of the Teu -1 tonic trilies before their contention. In after times two other night* of annual assemble were added—those of the fount* of Bt. John aud St. Bartholomew. It i probable that, as Cbrtsriauity gain ed ground, and been established as tiis the religion of the state, the old reli gious festival*, to wbii b the lower and mere ignorant pari of the people, and particularly tlie weaker sex (more sun cepuhle of superstitious feelings j, were still attached, ware celebrated in solita ry places and iu private, aud those who frequented them were branded as witch es and sorcerers, who met together to hold communication with demons, for as such the earlier Christians Itokcd upon all the heathen gods. This give* us an easy explanation of tlie manner in . which the heathen worship became transformed into the w itch craft of the middle agt-s. At an early period it waa common) v believed that the witches pale through the air to place of reudezroua on reeds and stick*, or on brooms, which latter . were the articles readiest at hand to women of Uris classic society. The chief place of meeting of the great an nua! witch festivals m Germany appears to have been, from an early period, the Bracken Mountain, the highest part of the wild Hartz chain: but there were several other places of resort. The persons believed to liar* been initiated at tbeiraMaembiies were looked 1 upon vntli dread; for they were sup posed to be capable of injuring people in various way*, both in their persons ami their possessions, and their malice was especially directed against little 1 children. One of the earliest trials for witch craft, unconnected with other offences on the Continent, is that of a woman in the bishopric of Novsra, on the north ern border* of Italy, aboat the middle of the fourteenth century: and it illus trates the general belief which also pre vailed in Germany at tliat period. I (appear*, from the slight account which remains of the trial, that the I ve il ithen held by the Church was. that women of this' class could by their touch or look fascinate men, or chil dren, ar beast*, so as to produce sick ness or death; and tlicy believed fur ther, that they had devoted their own souls to the denicn, to whom also they bad done personal homage, after baring trampled under foot the figure of the cross For these offenses they were judged by the most learned theolo gians to be worthy of being burnt at tkc stake Hie ( cots bone to the Dogs. The New Orleans Titttr* tells the fol lowing at the expense of one of tlte leading reaidenU of that cite, wlio wan known aa a nnscr, and at the time of his death, a few Tears ago, was found to l>o worth a round million more than had j lieen reputed : A certain beverage, dispensed at fire 1 cents a glaaa, and which had been a few years in vogue in our city, had loug ex cited the curiosity of our friend, until at last it overcame that prudence which j we called above by another name. One balmy morning be was seen at the cor ner of ('amp street and Natchez alley, where the late R. F. Nichols in those days kept his ixqmlar establishment, ap]>arently in au uneasy state of mind, ami was presently observed to pass softly in. This was the first and ouly time such a circumstance evei happened, and it was not strange that a few jx-des triaus should find themselves uncon sciously standing together outside, watching. It need not be supposed the old spendthrift faced tliat way, or in curred auy danger of discovering that he wa* detected, or raised his eyes high enough to encounter any stray smile that might have been playing on the face of the little fellow who waited on him that idle morning. Indeed, aooner than we write it, the tiling, for better or worse, was done, and the victim . ro.ichcd a conscious state in time to re ceive various queer salutations and . greetings passing ut. The next day a friend passing his bachelor's room, and who had no knowledge of the previous incident, heard him speaking very , earnestly, aa if in a quarrel, and. ac companying his words, plying a rawhide with vigor and effect. The flogging abated, and breathless, and apparently in pain, the operator, in slow snd bro ken sentences, soliloquised: "Will vou do it again, yon extravagant, prodigal rascal? Fin- cent* gone to the dogs. What would yonr credit be good for, if it should become known ? Would luiy body trust you ? Wouldn't you die a beggar, as you ought ?" And, presently, calling himself by his Christian name, r its abridgement, he responded, con ceding the wrong, ami delivering him sol/ iu a solemn way of a "sacred oath" never to repent the offense—" no; uever, never. He sentenced himself also to confinement at home that dny, but the next reappeared to receive various queer congratulations which perplexed him. Rrsn.-rs or a Railroad Aootdrvt.— In tin* yesr 1857 a terrible railroad acci dent occurred at a junction on the Michigan Central Railroad, near Chi cago, forty persona being killed. The Ufinois Legislature, then in session, took the matter up, and passed a law requiring, as in this State, the stopping of all trains at that and similar places. A sharp Chieagoan, seeing a ehauoc for speculation, concluded it would be a good thing to invest there, and he did so, paying S3O per acre for one entire section, and $7 per aero for half of an adjoining section. The land, to-day, is worth from $2,000 to $5,000 per acre, and Cornell, for so the place is called, has grown to le ODe of the most valuable of the suburban villages of Chicago. The improvements proposed for the coming year embrace a block of brick stores, over a hundred dwellings, and one or two factories. And all of this from a railroad accident. Dr. Aimerui Grow, of St. Louis, be lieves that shaving the hair macadami zes tho road iu the" smoothest style to Heaven. He is so zealous in his belief that his friends have had him arrested to prevent him from disfiguring them. Aocording to the Doctor's theory, tl • gen time ain States Prisons a r? the only ones to W saved. A Comical lair Hiory. A gentleman living near M*di Memphis and Little I itook road, left lus house to go lo Ike I village, lie had not prooeaW mora than two hundred yards, mounted on a lineal descendant of Balaam's MM, arben be encountered a big, paw black bear. The bear waa astonished, and, without taking time to think, hur ried tip a aal/ berk hickory, and "rat ed himself very comfortably on a limb, thirty or forty feet from the pound. The farmer waa completely puzzled- If he rode to the kouae to gel bia gun the hear would surely escape. He, thero fore, tied Ike mule—a king-eared, rack j mciioiy mule, forty or fifty year* of age—to Ike body