The Reason M'liy. Ink why I love the ro** fiur. And whence they come, %>4 whoso they w s They come from her. ami not alone-- They hriag her sweetnoae with their own. J V | Or ak me why t leva her *o; I know not. tin* is all 1 know. These roae* M. and bloom, and twine A* she roand thi* fond heart of mine. And thi* is why I lore the flowem t Once they were here, they're mine they're our*! I lore her. and they **on will die. And ittfw you know the reason why. The Rejected Let or. I heard that in thi* land were many poor, Therefore 1 sought them out from door to door. Vethcught I had a gift would comfort give. And make them wish on earth to longer hftv My gift I offered freely everywhere To those who some deep w ant did seem to bear. Ihrt aH in rain : for only ampler store Of gold Uiey wished whereby to heap up ruore. My gift wa* love—which ihev luusteieed* pass lit, Since it exact? Uie largeet uwury. A CURIOUS CASK. Xu that quiet time of the year when • none of the dangerous and treacherous little storms so frequent in Hie Med iter rwnwn—known to sailor* by the uaiuc rf white squalls—disturb the tranquil serenity of its deep blue waters ; when by day the warm and brilliant r*-s of tlie sun make the crest of every little ripple glitter and sparkle, till the sur face of the sea resembles a dewy mead-1 orr at sunrise ; aud when at night the ! moon always rites oieaily aud lirilhautly . y\ie a deep blue expapac of cloudless sky, stud Jed with myriads of stars that shine with softer and purer radiance than they ever do when seen through the foggy, misty stmoephere of our be kwed RugUi J. It was st such s time, and such a night m this, here between Bey rout and Malta, that the noble frigate Aster was cleaving her way through tlie dark waters—so quietly and smoothly that, but for the phosphorescent line vaf light that she left iu her wake, and the ripples of brilliant foam which she . scornfully dphed, with a murmur as of • protest at uieir unwanted disturbance from hex shapely bow, could an obser r verhave been near her, he might have thought that he gazwd ou some beaute ous vbaoa of a ahip, with all her baily mg mala gleaming white in the moon- Msw again *t a dark backgrouud of sky, instead of A solid reality of oak and , canvas, freighted with living men. Captain Richard Montague had left his orders for lie night, and had turned in some hours before. The middle watch had been mustered, and were stretched about the decks, amongst tlie t ropes, and between the guns, seeking suoh repoea as the lair*! p kinks, afl>nled their wearf limbs—lulled to sleep by the almost imperoeptible motion of the ship, and the soft, cool breeze, which was just sufficient to fill the swelling sails. Lieutenant Jones, the officer of the watch, was pacing up and down on the quarter-deck, keeping a # watchful; eve on the sails and the helmsman, his hands buried deep in the pockets of his j loose, easy-fitting monkey-jacket, and whistling softly, to himself, " Home, tiweet Home." For myself, I was list lessly swinging my legs on the capstan, -in a peaceful and contented frame of mind, drinking in the placid beaqty of the star-spangled sky, and letting mv thoughts idly roam away to my far-off £ugii:l> home, in which direction they were probabfv carried by the soft, low whistling of tlie lieutenant. A tinkling noise was suddenly heard l , from k?lw, and Mr. Junes stopped in his walk and his whistling to listen. "The captain's bell sir," said I, jump ing off the capstan. And so it was, as the sentrv informed us in due time, with the additional in formation that I, the midshipman, was wanted in his cabin. So down I went, wondering not a little what ho could possibly want. Sow," Captain Richard Montague. 1 who was in command of her Britannic Majesty's ship Aster, was not a crotch ety or fidgety man; nor had he any of those bullying propensities that, a'W !, too many of our otherwise inestimable captains notoriously evince. He was a kind, courteous, gentlemanly man, firm, and straightforward; very different from the old school of blustering, swearing, rough and ready old sea-dogs that every reader of Marryatt's wonder fnl stories is inclined to associate with the idea of a "navy captain." He was one who maintained strict discipline in his ship, without the exercise of any undue severitv. On shore he was jo vial and affable to all, a keen sports man, and an enthusiastic promoter of > athletic sports, shooting matches, dm matic performance*, and games lor the ' amusement of his men—inciting both officers and men to a wholesome rivalry in tmch diversions, at all of which he . was an adept. He was a man habitually cool and courageous in time of trouble and danger, and won honors and dis tinctions for personal gallantry from a grateful country. But when I went into Lis cabin on this particulsr night, he was not him self. Something appeared to have shaken the equilibriumof his habitually steady intellect, and I knew that it must be an affair of great importance, for his hand shook as he beckoned me to come closer, and he was looking pale and agitated in the extreme. He was in his dressing-gown, sitting by a table on which a light was horn ing, and beside him was placed s glass of strong brandy-and-water. He seemed about to communicate something; lr.it, after some hesitation, appeared to change his mind, and ask ed abruptly if I went the rounds of Hie ship below regularly during my watch, according to his orders. I replied that 1 did. "That's right," he said, apparently a little relieved. And then, after a pause, be asked me, with considerable earnest ness of tone and manner, if I had dons so in that watch. And, as he aeked, he looked eagerly into my eyes as if to make sure that I was not deceiving him. I answered that I had, most strictly and conscientiously. He then asksd me several other ques tions of a similar nature, to all of which I suppose I returned satisfactory ans wers, for he seemed much relieved, and dismissed me with a short laugh, and u pleasant "Good-night. Thank you." Aud before I shut his door I heard him mutter, "Pshaw ! folly !" and laugh again. To say that I was surprised by this extraordinary and unusal conduct on tlio part of " Captain Montague would not express half what I felt. There was much in the agitated manner of BUCII a man to excite apprehension; for I knew him sufficiently well to be sure that lie would not be frightened by a fancy. He was s sensible, well-educated man ; and I had heard him so lifetimes, when the conversation had happened to turn on such subjects, ridiculing in an unassnm ed manner the foolish superstitions of ' the ignorant and timid. I could not think that he was suffering from night mare, brought on by indigestion, for he was always exceedingly temperate. He had not been entertaining that evening, and he was in good health. Besides, I felt sure that he would himself have at tributed such a thing, had it been the case, to its true cause; and the more j thought of it, the more convinced I be came that there must be something of a serious and practical nature to have such a powerful effect on a man pos sessed of such a healthy nervous organ ization. ~ * I was not, however, so much alarmed as curious. There arose in me a deter * fatnatioii to solve the mystery—to dis cover if there was really anything wrong in the ship, and what it was. Conjec ture OB conjecture flitted through my FRKD, KVRTZ. Kditormul Proprietor. VOL. VI. pnzzled brain, all equally wild am! un reasonable. 1 had no duo to work on ; but still 1 felt a burning desire to tlml out the meaning of it. 80, briefly tell ing Lieutenant Jones that the captain htd been talking alsmt the rounds, ami that 1 thought 1 hail better go over the vessel again, 1 started off nil my voyage of discovery, with a corporal ami two lanterns, in quest of I knew not w hat. 1 felt a-v if on tho eve of some won derful discovery, as 1 began to go along the decks, peering with my latiteru into the dark sluwle between the guus, through the men's messes, aud into! every dark hole or corner large enough to conceal a rat ; but nothing reward**! tuy search. A large cat jumped out from under tho muaxle of a gun, ami startle.! me once ; but that was all. , Kvervthing was quiet; only the heavy breathing of the watch lielow disturbs] the atilluww of tho night between the decks, IXiwn 1 went into the lower depths of . the ship, thinking to myself thai now I should Vuow what it was. Here or no where must bo concealed —what ? I didn't know, but I thought I must tlml MJiMcUung ; but no, nethiug rewarded mt triil. ! looked everywhere. I turned over tirerythwig, petired mt* tip water tanks, triod tho i*or*-ri>OtU dhot*. crept into dusty recesses that, perhaps, no one had ever thought of trying to get > into before aiuoe the ship was built; but the only result was as might have been expected, to scud a score or two of rats scampering in alarm over the deck, and get myself coveted all over with dust aud whitewash. So at last I hail to give it up, hot and tired with my search, and just as wise as when I started. Lieutenant Jones was clearly in a bad temper when I returned ou deck. "Where have you been all this time? he demanded. " Going the rounds, sir," I replied. Mr. Jones, however, would not be lieve I had taken so long to perform this duty, and made some unpleasant re marks about "skulking." I was hurrying on deck when, just as j I reached the top of the hatchway, I saw what arrested my footsteps, and rooted , me to the spot in amazement. The captain had come np the after ladder, which was close to his cabin door, and WHS advancing quickly for ward —a bright streak of moonlight, from which 1 was shaded by the sails, j throwing a light ss strong aui ost as day j over and around him. His coat was open, as if thrown hurriedly on, his feet were slippered, liisjcap was pushed back on hia head, exposiug to view a face on which the signs of horror were strongly marked, eyes starting forward and bloodshot, lips Apart and quivering, and checks the pallor of which appeared quite ghastly in tho cold blue moon light. He evidently did not observe me— though I could sec him sufficiently well ; to note every detail of his appearance— but, with "hurried footsteps, made straight for the officer of the watch, who was standing on the eud Jof the bridge, with his back turned to him, trying to 1 make out a liitht that had been report- t ed on the weather bow. "Quick, the carpenter !—quick !** 1 heard the captain shout as I came up the ladder, ami his voice was strangely ; agitated. j "What can lie the matter? One would ( thank the ship WUH sinking. Baatiinst j have sprung a bad leak in his cabin," 1 thought " Quick —the carpenter ! Send for him !** he shouted again, catching sight of me. And I sent two men after the two or three who had already gone in search of that officer. Presently the carpenter came up rath er astonished, as may be supposed, by 1 such an unusual and burned summons, and not a little alarmed. "What is the matter, sir?" ho whis pered as he passed me. "I'm sure I don't know," I replied ; I "but make haste. The captain's in a , dreadful way about something or oth er." Tho bell stmck fonr times, signifying • that it was two o'clock. The captain started at the sound, and again called for the carpenter. "Coming, air, ' replied Mr. James, as he sprang on the bridge. * "Bring that case on deck," said the 4 caj-Uui. "What case, sir?" said Mr. James. j "In the foremost locker, the starboard side of your store-room, isa case, mark ed 'Ware-room Officer.' Bring it on deck, quick."' There was no disobeying this peremp tory order—there was no questioning it; i but it was a very odd one to give. What could the captain want to do with n case, the prtyerty of the ward-room offi cers, iu the first place? and, in the sec ond, how came he to find out, in the middle of tlie night, that it was there, i in a place where it certainly had no I right to be? and, then, why was it there ! at all, and not in the proper store-room? j | It is strange, too, most of all, that a ' case of ward-room stores could havuagi ; tat ad the captain i (lithe way it appeared to have done, and have actually brought , him on deck iu the middle of the night, | for no other purpose seemingly than to ' send down for it. Why could he not have waited till the morning, at least, if i he was determined to have it brought up? What could it contain? That was t the puzzling qnestion I could not settle; ' and the carpenter could give me no in- I formation. "I don't know what iris," lie said. •'lt came on board just before W M Bevrout. The captain was ont of the ship at the time, I remember, ami the paymaster asked rnc to stow it away in mj atore-room, as they had filled theirs up. I thought it was only pickles or jam; but we shall soon see what's in it." The case came on deck, and some men accompanied it, with tools for forcing it open. I drew the captain's attention to them, for he was looking the other way. He turned round, and looked nt the box, and said—" Yes, that's it. Now, two men take it up very carefully—don't let it fall, mind!—and bring it tip here an the badge." His voice was rather husky; hut he seemed to have regnined his compo sure, though his face looked Btill very glide. There was nothing peculiar outward ly about the case in which BO much in terest was centered. Xt was about throe feet long, by afoot and a half wide and deep, made of com mon deal, roughly put together, and with a narrow iron band round each end. The name of some dealer at Bey rout was stamped on it in black lettera, twit so much difaoed as to be almost il legible. Underneath that was printed "Ward-room Officers, H. M. S. After." Outwardly, it was nothing. What could it contain ? " Now," said the captain, when the two men were beside him, " give it a good swing, and launch it overboard. One, two, three, and over !" A dull splash—the mysterious case was gone ! Down, down, through many fathoms of blue water it Bank, and with it car ried a secret of such dread import that it had blanched the cheek and palsied the hand of a man accustomed to the perils of the sea from his youth, and who, in the most critical moments of danger, had never before shown to those around him that the sensation of fear was known to him. Down, down it sank, the waters closed THE CENTRE REPORTER. over it, the mighty sea took It to her self, forever hiding it from tho *ight of turn. The clear bright moon shone on the place ; the bubbles that umrkiwl the )>ot burst slid melted away. Tho re-st less otvaii showed #• tract* of the plmv where tlie uivstorious box was ngulfml; but the rippfc* danced to ami fro in tho moonbeams, ss tliey had danced before, ami tho ship glided sikulJy ami swiftly sway. I was sorely disappointed. I thought, of course, when the case was ordered to bo brought on deck, that it would be opened before the captain's eyes, and 1 should be made acqututed villi the rea son of his unusual excitement. The old carpenter start oil aghast. " Good Lord 1" he eiaculat.d, "what has come over him ? Depend upon it, he's seen a ghost." And he wiped the perspiration from his brow, for he was a superstitious old man. " Ghost ! What's a ghost got to do with a box of pickles?" sneered old Tom Rallies, the boatswain's mate—*' privi leged taldity. " It's mv opinion he's gone stark, staring mad. "Them things iu that "ere box were n't hisn't to cliuck overboard. He'll a ehuckiu' my bag over next," grumbled another mau—a uistsontouted and iusub ordinate character. I jia>\ed away. JFks ci'tirers.tt u>u was not meant for my Cars and I hal no wish to play the eavta-dropi>er. Full an hour did Captain Montague pace up and down the deck with tho officer of the watch ; and for that space of time 1 hr-d to cmb mv impatience to hear the story which I knew he would have to tell ma Captain Mooxayvie hud turned in as usual after giving his orders for the night to the ofiioer tf the first watch, and having nothiug to disturb him, and being in good health, he was soon fast asleep. How lc>ng he slept he did not know ; but auddently he licanl a loud cry of "Fire!" Only,llalf awakened, and not sure whether the voice was iu the ouhiu or outside, he startv.l trp, and in voluutarily said— " Whore?" To which question he distinctly heard a voice in his ctUtin answer— " A case of inflammables in the fore most locker, starboard side of the car penter's stare-room, marked 'Ward room Officers,' has ignited." Just then the t*U struck luiir tunes. He sprang ont of bed, and searched fwr the owner of the voice; but uo one was there. Then he rang his liell, and sum moned the sen toy outside, and ques tioned him as to who had come into his cabin; but the sentry—a reliable man was certain that uolaxly had passed his post. The time, too, was close on eight Cells. So, satisfied that he must have leeu dreaming, and rather ashamed uf having agitated himself about nothing, he dismissed the sentrv, and priceeded to turn in once more; but he could not succeed iu quite dismissing the subject freui Uis m-.ad, ami when he at hud fell asleep again, he wa* visited with this fuarful dream: 'Hie vessel was the victim of that most awful catastrophe that can happen to a ship at sea she waa in flames. lit was oa deck, amidst a sceue of confu sion and horror perfectly indescribable, euveloped in hot and choking smoke, through which the lurid glare of the angry flames cast a dingy red light on the form* of dead and choking men; w lale on all sides the shriek* of anguish and despair, wrung from the scorched and drowning sailors, mingled with the roar of tlie flames and the splashing snd liissirg of the burning fragments of the vessel, a they separated themselves from her hull, aud fell into the deep water. He awoke. Everything was quiet and peaceful. The moon was shining bright ly through the port, and the steady tramp of tho scntrT keeping tinieto Uie ticking of hi* clock wa* ihe only sound to in- beard. Having steadied bit nfrvi-s wiUi a glass of brandy and water, and trying to dismiss the terrible recollection of nis hideous dream from his mind, he again fell asleep; but only to suffer a rejieti tion of the horrible nightmare. This time he sent for me on waking, and excited my enriositv and apprehen sion, a* I have related, by hi* agitated manner; bnt stfll my atenrrohee tf tlie safety of the vessel was insufficient to banish the vision. A third time he imagined himself in the burning ship ; again he was u spec tator of all the horrors of the conflagra tion ; again was he standing amid that fearful scene of confusion and death, with all it* >lr**d reality ipt* nwfird ; again lie saw hundreds of his own men dying fearful deaths around him, with out being able to render the least as sistance, while tho hot flames darted their forked tongues at him ; ami again, as the dense stiff -rating smoke closed around him, did lie find himself the victim of mad despair. Again, too, he woke to find it bat a dream, aud all still and qniet as before. He could bear it no longer ; the vision was too palpahle —too awful. lie thought of the mysterious voice. Could it be nrsupornatural warning ? He did not believe in such things ; but then he dared not risk a repetition of the dream. So he rushed on tleek, and sent for the case, of the existence of which he had no positive certainty until it was brought np, which wonderful oorroliorn tion of what he had just heard con vinced him at once of it* dangerous character, and induced him to order it to IM- thrown immediately overboard. Such was the story thai Mr. Jones re lated to mc. How tuneh of it originated ;in his own brain, I cannot say; but all that I had remarked in tho captain's be havior was singularly oor.oboretive of his tale. I will therefore leave the reader to form liis own conclusions, and ac count for his "curious case," if he can ; only remarking, by the way, thnt it was afterwards ascertained to have been fllh-d with some tin* of a dangerously inflammable oil for burning in the ward-room lamps. An Eagle'* Scream. If you have an eagle's nest in one of your apple trees, don't meddle with it, of you will lurve cause to iwpeut of your act, a* did u North Bridgswater man, according to the Prcan, which tells the tale as follows: A couple of the birds of freedom, who trusted to the sanctity of the domestiS circle in North Bridge water, have been rearing a family of young eagles in the woods bordering i the town. Oil Monday afternoon, while Mr. and Mrs. Eagle were off on a for aging expedition to u neighboring poul try yard, a marauding biped stole a march on them, and captured " all their pretty chickens at one fell swoop." The old folks got back just as the spoiler was departing, and for a few minutes it was the most even fight that ever was witnessed. Hair, feathers and clothing filled the air in about equal proportions, until about the only thing that covered the young man's back was that pair of eagles, and he ran into Factory village in the uniform of a Georgia major, a shirt and a pair of spurs. The apura he got of the eagles. His face looked like a victim of freckle lotion, or a Chinese alphabet. He was about the most talon t&l man in town. The Democratic State Central Com mitte of Massachusetts, assigned Sept. 3 the time, and Worcester the place for holding the regular State Convention. CENTRE lIALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 187:5. The IVuHivel lMa*ter. Th< Story of in* Cantata. ('apt. Wood, t>f the lmmed steamer Wawasset, make* the following state ment' The fire broke out at twenty-fiveuiin utcH p Li.-, t twelve o'clock, between Thorn's tint and (,'liatterton. I was in the pilot hoU(* at the time. A fireman came in and told me that the boat was uu fire below. ! immediately came out, aud found the flames reached quite to the liurricaue deck, along the walking beam. I then saw it was impossible to get to tho lifeboats, whioh were on after quarter* on oaclf, to lower them, although tbev Were full of passengers. I threw water on the wheel rope*, so a* to keep her steerage all right, and passed buckets of water from l-elow to tho hurricane dock for tho pur|xi*e, tut 1 became satisfied there was uo ho|>t of saving tho vessel, aud til© only chance to save the passenger* wa* to keep her going, alio 10-ading for tho beach. 'The boat reached the beach in about twelve or thirteen minutes after the alarm was gtveu. Iu less than five minute* after the alarm was given the tire was in th* rear of tho pilot house. Tlie engine refused to worx about a half a minute before she struck the shore, and the boat ran a length before she oolite to a de al stop and grounded in less than five feet of water from tlie bow. I remained on the hurricane deck nntil the flame* hail bunted the window curtain in nty room, and tlie saloun window*, Wlow, were shooting forth fiery darts. I then came down ou the furwarvl deck and did what I could to save the passengers. A great many were afraid to jump overoard. I assured them they were safe iu jumping, as the water froui the bow wa# not orer their head*, and upuu this assurance oue or two made a leap, and many oth ers, seeing that tho water was shallow, followed their example anil were saved. It was with difficulty I checked them jumping over in large bodies and drown ing each other during the excitement. I am aati*flcd that uuarlr all livca lot wore lost iu the stern of tho boat, the (lames driving that wav and forciug the passengers to jump or le bunted. Just before I left the boat I heard a lady—Mrs. Taylor, of Alexandria—cry ing" for help from the rear of tho vessel. I saw her hanging to the middle chains, and sent a boat to her rescue aud saved her. 1 ant satisfied the excitement caused undue loss of life, ami that every passenger wo* saved who jumped over board forward. A great many fivea were loat on the lifeboats by bciug overcrowd ed. Before tlie boat stopped one of thorn was crowded with colored passen ger*, and when she was cut loose tho stent bulged out and*wamp*d the craft. About a _doren small children were a!n>ard, and I think live or six were lost. Tim fire caught in tlie hold, but it is impossible to toll just where. The boat was Terr dry. almowt like tinder, and the ffiimue, when they struck the oiled machinery, spread hkea torelt. The cargo w as of a miscellaneous nature, and contained nothing inflammable ex cept two barrels of whisky, which were iu the forward hold ami were among the last tlimg* burned. It was entirely lost. The passenger list and manifest of the vessel were loat, it lteing impos sible for the clerk to reach the office to obtain it. At the time of the accident, but few of the passengers acre asleep and none iu tho state rooms. Sumo were lymg dowu on sofas. A tieod Record. A Pennsylvania luqier furnishes an account of a "model conductor" on the Peiimtylvauia Railroad, but doc* not give him any name. The account, if fact, i# almost too good to be true. A* published, tlie man ha* town engaged with scarcely an intermission for over fifteen years in his responsible business. During that time lie has traveled over 700,000 miles, ha* carried manv millions of passengers—the number lost year was aliout 280,(kit —has turned over to his employers the slim of $5,000,0(10, has never lost a package, aud—what may seem iucrodible- -during all that period has never killed a man! Thc Hanie paper cvunnienta upon this rconrd thus; ,f Tli6 best rules mechanically obeyed arc no seouritr ngainst disaster. A liirgediseretionary i>ower must always be given the men who are placed in charge of a train, and when this is ex ercised intelligently and conscientious ly the acuie of safety is rem-hv-d. When ouoe qoestioned by liis employers aa to his manner of running a train, he re plied that he did it us if it belonged to him. He is never able to forget that hundreds of live* are placed in his hand*, and carelessness or forgetfwlneaa on his part are simply other names for man slaughter or murder." The late ('apt. Mr Bride, of Uu- De troit aud Milwaukee line, was au officer whoso story might be told in the same connection". As captain of a steamer, Capt.Melt.crossed Lake Michigan some twenty-six hundred times, and although crossing Uio track of thousands of ves sels never had a collision, a disaster, or lost u life. He to denominated a "lucky" old sea dog, but those who knew liim, knew that it was not "luck" but care that gave him the record. Ho felt every moment that ho was re sponsiblo for the lives of those under him, and anted accordingly. Ou his death IMHI he had a right to feel that his record had been a good one. An Excited Fire Company. Some years ago a new fire company was organized at Heading, l'enn., and the members one evening thought they would have a little iuuocent fun at the expense of Hopkins, their Captain. They decided to rush around to Hop kins' house jnst after dark, to throw up their ladders, pull out their hose, climn on his roof, ami scare him witli the be lief that his dwelling was on tire. Hut that very day Hopkins moved out of the house, and a clergyman moved in, with out the company being aware of the change. So about eight o'clock they dashed out and went through all the movements, getting on the roof and splashing water around and creating a terrific disturbance generally. A rival company, noticing what was going on, also hurried to the scene, and without understanding the joke, attached their liosu to a plug, smashed in the frout windows, and began to empty a two inch stream on the familv of that Pres byterian clergyman. They squirted into all the rooms, split open the win dow shatters with an axe, broke down the front door, run out the furniture, tore off the shingles, and bawled through trumpets until the hired girl had convulsions on the kitchen stairs. The fire company tried to explain, hut the new comers thought an effort was being made to get them ont of the way, and a fight ensued, and presently fire men were sliding off the root, and pelt ing down the chimneys, and bleeding over the entry carpet, and having bois terous encounters with spanners and brass horns on the stairs. And the next morning that divine and his family moved out. They said the place seemed to be too animated and sensational for a(\ liet domestic circle. They wanted a house where there was calmness and peace; where they conld have more security for _their privacy and pianos, and for their" front doors and shingles, and peace of inind and window sashes, Old I'ncle IVte. Th Cat#aartan t H W*v Hat ru 11*11- IM4Xtatl)-SIS l.r Old. rna*engi-rs on u train from New Haven saw an old colored man get utioard at Momarmieek. He was bent and grizxleil, sml his clothes were worn and raggod. He walktwi with a erutob and a cane, and his body described the seguieut of a eirele. Ho did nut enter the car. but rode on the jolting, sway ing platform, holding tightly U> tho hand rail to keep frem falling off Boms of the jaiaseiiger* trembled for the old nian'a aafety, and spoke to tho conduc tor altout it. "Oh, he's all right," wa* the reply ; "he roles that way often. You see Old Pots that's hut name, Pnl Gross--is s headband. Ha lives at Mount Vernon, aud wheu he's out auywhero along tho rotwl and want* to g" home he just gets ou he firnt train. He never has any mouev, and we don't like to put hiui off. ho the worst we can do is not to give him a seat." Old Pete's wife Hose was with htm this time, and they had been to a pio uie on the old camp ground at Rye Neck ; but the old man wss going heme disappointed, for lie hud somehow mis taken the nature of the affair. Old Pete's dialect i* as purely African as his skin, aud his manner is an exagger ation of the most outre pereonstious on the minstrel stage. *' I eiar to goodnere," he said, when asked the cause of his disappointment, *' ef I ain't clean g"Ue discouraged. Dey sod dsr wa* goiu' to be a uicetiu up on tie ole groitu', and I took dat ag gravatiu' Rose wid me, an' weut up fer a goo" ole time. But, !>OKS, when I got dsr, wid de soun' of praise* an' song a'ready on my lips, dsr ws'n't no camp meetin' dar. It wa'n't nothin' but a picnic. l>e gals an' fellers was a cavurtin* tew a fiddle, slid dar wa n't uooamp meetm' talk" A liberal donation of pennies from tlie passenger* soon raised old Pete's spirit*, and he talked away at his high est pi U'h, for the noise of the train almot drowned his voice. "l'se ninety-nine years old," he said, in answer to a query, "an' I clar to goodness, honey, dat l'se libbvd long enuff. Di lef ' side of my old head is clean dead a'ready. Can't fuel no more wul it dou I kin wid dis year hobbling stick." Old Pete conld remember all the stereotyped thing* commonly recounted by eenteuarian* who have any respect for themselves. Ha had seen Wash ington, and hod spoken to Jackson. He told a story about being kidnapped from Sew York by slave hunters, aud auothcr about a terrible whipping that old CoL Albert Gray had once given him. "I>e only lie dat eber I told," he said, " wa* iu the war of Ikl2. I libbed in Ma'ylnad deu, an* de Brit'shers wa* af*er rov ole maitsr'a house. I tole cm dat a Tory lib dar, au' tley go 'long wutout burning it. I clr to goodness, dat ltose 'll Iml de death ob me." Slit* wa* pulling hiui off the stop*, tho train having stopped at Mount \ eruon. "_.l bought dat woman fm Car'lina—paid do cash for *er, more'n sixty years ago an* now she wont mind me more'n as if I didn't own 'cr. Goo' mornin', boss!" A Strange Entombment. A correspondent of a l'uebla (Mexi co i paper writing frum Fort Garland, tells the following story : "LAM Monday two Mexican boys, Jesu* Maria and Juan de 1* (Tuz Litn bustcro. were taking a herd of seven hundred sheep across the sand-hills of the ' Lotno* del Arreno,' alwuit twenty four mi'i-s northerly from Fort Garland. Thes* sand-hills extend out into the San Luis valley about fifteen miles, op pohite th* Mnmx> l's*a. " The herder* undertook to make a "short cut* acto* the hills, instead of going around, as directed by their fa ther. At first everything moved gaily ; the tatva and sh*-p and dog* only sank a few inches in the light, white ssnd, and they thought liow foolish it wss of old fogies to go around twenty mile* when it was only four across ; but be fore they got half across one of those sudden storms arose; up came a gentle breeze; the breeze became a wind, aud the wind au awful hurricane; the sana moved about in blinding clouds, hills changed to hole* and every hole waa n seething cauldron. "The poor boys struggled hard to avert their doom, and Jean* Maria managed, by drawing his scraps- over liis head, and keeping his feet, aul climbing a* the sand piled up around him, to survive tho tornado; but his younger brother, Juan do la Cruz, suc cumbed to the suffocating blast, and as a ship goes down at sea, so sank the bravo boy, (unrounded by his Ideating sheep aud whining dogs; aud when tlie storm ceased, aa suddenly a* it com menced, little Jesus found himself all alone, with quiet mounds of glistening sand all around him, and not a trace of the cruel storm nor of the disaster could la- seen. " Ho hurried home, where ho arrived the next day, aud tolii his tale of terror. The whole plaza turned to search for the lost boy aud to dig out (he missing sheep. Up to tho succeeding nftcruoou they had not recovered over four hun dred sheep, most of them living found about six fret below the surface, and tlie natives from neighlmring plaza had flocked to the scene, aud were busily digging out sheep, saving the W*K>l and feasting on muttou. The old gentle man's loss w/fh their gain, and they could say as they smacked their lips o'er a fine mutton ebon. 'All is not lost that's out of sight. " Diamonds The Ai'cefr gives the following strange intelligence: "Among tho diamonds brought by the Bhah nie said to be some of a kind totally unknown in Europe. They have all tho properties of other sorts, tho same transparency, brilliancy ami hardness, but they are reported to possess the property of emitting a perfume in an atmosphere at an elevated temperature, in an apart incut where many persons ara assembled; or, butter still, in that of a ballroom in the midstof the animation of the dance. These gems are found in n remote part of Persia, tho soil of which is composed of ferruginous and carboniferous strata. The scent they exhale resembles thnt of amber, a little incense and n special odor peculiar to the forest* of that dis trict." Post-Office Matters, In a circular from the Secretary of tho United Htatea Treasury to ofllocre and clerks of the Treasury Department and others, relative to the furnishing and use of official postage-stamps, Ac., occurs the following clanse; The 15 cent official postage-stamp should lie UHcd In payment of the re quisite fee on all registered mail mat ter. This clause cannot apply to the United Btath Treasurer's office, for the reason that about a month ago, on a question submitted by General Hpinnor, the Post office Department dcoided the law abol ishing the franking privilege, did not abolish the provision that all letters to and from the Treasurer, containing fractional currency, conld be registered free of charge. How the Colonel Lost His Coffee-Pot, Ih.n Piatt tells the following story of an Euglish Colonel whom lie met du ring tlie war ; This Englishman had been fighting all sort* at it I don't know wuat 111 do with out that coffee-pot." "Aw, Captain, I !>eg pswdon ; that niankev of an Adjutant sent me here to order yon out. The General ssys you're doing no good here; better get out, you know. "Why didn't you give me the order ? I've lost tao men and three boraes while yuu have talked about a coffee pot" " Never mind, Captain, beg pswdon ; IU help yon. We'll soon get out of range of "the beggar*. But an old cam- IHUgner cannot lose his coffee-pot, you mow." Further discourse wa* interruptod by a sltell that, t-xphtding, blew up a caisson, and tumbled all that waa left of the coaoeru down the declevity in the rear. Colonel M. extricated nim self from a dying horse, and, walking away, grumbled : •' M details of every ■pring hat that enters, aud learns them all by heart, and does mental sums over the cost of the ribbon, and makes up her mind to have flowers in her* like those worn by the woman in the corner, and lane like that gaudy-looking crea ture in the middle. And when she walk* dawu the street* aud studies all the hat* that come along, aud when a woman posses her with one ou, she twists her neek around to see how it looks liehiml, and is disguetod to see that the woman is also dislocating her nook to ace how the trim* her hat. Wheti she arrives iu front of a millinery store she lingers until she has aualyied all th spring hats is the window, and she determines to trim hew nineteen different ways, and decides not. to have flower* like the woman who sat in tho corner. Then she shoots into the store aud asks to "seehale," with the air of a person who has a whole female seminary to rig out with eighty dollar head gesr. Sue examines every hat in the establishment, overhauls ten bush els of flowers, gets about twenty dollars' worth of work out of the saleswoman, and than says she will " look further." Thou she goes home with her mitid fixed on thirty-eight c* nine different styles in wliiah she want* to trim her, hat. After a while she begins to think sbe ought to hare a feather in it, and eke passes two or three sleepless nights trying to decide whether to put one on or not. At last she decides she wilL Then she lies awake for two more night* endeavoring to determine whether it shall be red or blue, kibe fixes on bine. She bays the trimming, and *ewa it on is aevejity successive position*, her mind filled with deepest anxiety sa to whether the feather should go on the right side, the left aide, or on top. Bhe puts it on the right side ; but jtist then Mr*. Brown paeaee the front window with a feather on the left side of hers, and so ah*- changes ih The next morn ing Mrs. Fersuson calls, and her feather is on the right aide, aud then another change is made. At church the next dav Mrs. Hmith has feathen on both aiJes, aud Mr*. Johnson has one on top. Then mure sleepless night* and painful uncertainty. At last ah< take* the hat to a milliner, pays $lO to hare it trim med. When it comes back she pro nounces it " hateful," and pick* it all to pieces, and broods over it, and feels life to be a burden for a week or two longer, until suddenly she hit* just the right thing aud becomes once more happy, and puts the hat on and goes out to make other women miserable be cause their hat* are not trimmed ex actly hkc hers. Asa wife, woman is a blessing : a* a mother, she a an in etimsbk> boon ; as an organiser of Mpriug hat*, she is simply an object of compassion. Au Indian's Brave. Tlie Toledo (Ohiol Wodr of Saturday de*cribea some Indian remains reenntly found In that neighborhood aa follows ; "At a point a little t>luw Mauliattan, on tha 1 sinks of the Manures, the water has gradually washed away the road bed to such an extent as to make it necessary to remove the fence and make a new road. While engaged u> this work yesterday, the workmen un osrthed a human skeleton, STidenUv th* remains of a famous chief of" the Manmce or Ottawa tube of Indian*. The skull wa of an unusually large si**, and in the lower jaw was a row of double teeth, in abetter state of preacrvaUon than many now doing daily duty. A loek of tlie great ehi*f s hair was also found, long, blank, aud thick. When laid in hi* lonely grave, the chief was enshrouded in the skins of wild animal*, which are now nearlr gnawed away by the tooth of time. Upon his breast were a number of once glittering .spangles ; the leg* were also liberally be*pnngicd, and around his nook liao Itecii su*peatled a mammoth brooch. The warrior's wrist* had been eneireled with a pair of silver wristlets, as Imighf and froth when found, apparently, as when the red men first left him for the " happy hunting grounds," perhaps fifty years ago. The aoeoutrenxent* of war were also there —a tomahawk and kuifo of stone, and arrow-heads of flint. These ornaments, spangles, Ac., would probably fill a pint measure, and alto gether go to show that the .loud warrior had been a famous man of hi* ago and race. Stimulated by the hop* of flaJ ing more relics, Mr. licrtxlr renewed the search, and soou unearthed a stone hatchet, more arrow-heads, and a cop per bncket, in a good state of preserva tion, except the iron handle, which had nearly corroded away. This neighlor honri was once evidently a favorite plao* of assembly and sepulture, as many Indian relics have at times la-en found, aud just seres* the river is an old In diau burying-gronnd, which no doubt ltolds many interesting mementoes of that primitive race," A Hwrceeas Household. The former Duchess of Sutherland— alio who wan oti an oil nice term* witli Mr*, lleeober Stowe™was a woman who k>vel Fplendor, and kept an army of servants, who wort* draped in the moat gorgeous livery. Before she died, a* we are informed bv the Ixmdon corres pondent of the Tritnme. a great part of her retainer* were dismissed and pon*ioned off. But the pension* were given on condition that the holders of them should return to their old posts on great occasions, and this tliev do. Without tliern the household would be counted numerous ; with thejn it pre sents sneh sn arrsr as few private man- in the aurld, or none, oAn equal, and a* they are perfectly drilled and know the ways of the house, there is no confusion, nor any indication that this double retinue is not the ordinary equip meut of the house. The effect iB prince ly, and Stafford House is a princely res idence, with its broad balls, ita great staircase, its noble rooms, its priceless treasures of art, and all the rest. A Boys' Engine of Mischief. The boys of Lynchburg, Va., have been puzzling and annoying the police and all good citizens by loud explosions, attended with some injuries to property in different portion* of the city. At last the police have succeeded in getting INisseaaion of one of the infernal ma chines, which isthus described; A heavy beer or ale bottle is filled with gunpow der. It is then wrapped tightly with strips of cotton doth ; over this twine is tightly coiled, and then a quantity of paper is wrapped aronnd it, and an other oomplete covering of stout hemp twine ia put around very compactly. Iu the neck of the bottle a fuse ia fixed, and the machine is attached to a lamp post, awning-poßt, or some such sup port, the fuse lighted, and the fireman makes a hasty retreat. The bottle ex plodes with a report almost equal to a cannon, and the fragments of glass are strewn in every direction. Windows are jarred and broken, and families alarmed, while the danger from the fragments of i Hying gloss con be comprehended. no. m. That MyatorfOM flgfiM* Tti. tt.rr.ta f Itt. CIIMM ImittWlMl ' tfc. ttMl.lt Ummm A V*!•. The examination oI the ohaig** Lj conspiracy iigiiiuiti the mwlers ol the ; iriT.u-rioiu Chinese tribunal htm Ihi < Inferred ,*say* a H*n Prwieiseo ap*rJ and in the meantime tl polios arm waking every effort to Mrurtt evidence for their eouvietion. Tlie **fe taken from the council room still remains at the police headquarters. The Celestial# eIM to open it tor uu in#|.>ection of its content*. The curiosity to know what it contains ia intenae, many Up having thmi the tolaa of the ttpaftteb in qntttitaou woukl pele before, the start hug revelations which an inspection of th< records of thia (supposed to be ie toe safe) would bring to light On the other band, there are those who ww gsrd the Chiueae aa too running to . place on record any of the more serious judgment* of thia oOtnefL Their mod* of procedure with a i doomed offender ia dark and seared. A hired saasssin la chosen among Wmr lower classes, the victim tt pointod oqt, I and the aaeaaatn ia offered a oertwaanm of money, generally supposed to be fI.OOO, to put■ hhu out oftbswuy. Tba man who ia 4bna oeademned ia not p- i priaed of his sentence, bat the hints! aaaeaain dona hia ate p. and watch ea M opportunity. * At a tie when he toatel suspects it the quick dagger pierert#kw tram behind, or too favorite wwapon of tha Chiueae, the reurdeeaus kato n't ulaovoa hi. bcain, and he faUaavmim, to thia " fearful power." tti* body ia other nut up into pi*** >d burned, dr secretly buried, or placed in * amsk mid authored in the bay. Hia bonea do not return to the Flowery Kingdom. How they account to the bemreOovurumcai 1 for this non-noannliaaas with one ef their strictest rules ia unknown, but Chinese ingenuity is equal to that amali requirement in the line of falsehood.* Two or three yean aince a Chinaman,,, was found drowned in the river near Sacramento, a few days after he left this city. It waa well known thai he van under the ban with Una society—in fact, that to bad defied their power. The evideuaa that he had been family i dealt with waa oonelaaive. He bad a brother maiding in thfa city who spoke English well. He did not auto a move toward dissevering Ms brother's aaaae sin, but meekly bowed to the supreme I power of thia terrible society. _ Polar Research* The Stockholm Mkm/dedut toe 17th of July eontaina some official aeeounta from the commandar of the North Pole expedition. They wintered in TO" 53 north latitude arul 16° Wrest longitude, where thev put together a house, them - ! tention Wing for the shins to proofed farther north in the middle of Heptem j ber to make depots of stores at intervals , •doag the route proposed to be taken by i the sledging parties that would follow H at a later period. This dtwign. however, i wa* frustrated *ly the early severity of i the winter. On the 4th of October too scientific members of toy expedition i look up thqi* abode ia toe house. On the 20th of the same month the ann die> ' appeared below the homed, it having] < la-en already hidden from their view on • the 13th by high mountain*. Still day-1 l light continued to aome itout till tha latter port of November, when it may be said it waa totally dark at mid-day. Oc casionally up to wis date the temper.-. • • tore fell to SgdegreeaCelrins, but it waa ' not painful either when moving about I or while sleeping hi a tetrt oo the tee. iNo open water waa naUt at all. The health of ah waa satisfactory, until the rattens were reduced in order to aaaist , starting ahipa' crowa who walked won tho ioe on hearing of the expedition. Srurw reunited from thia jwirteinn. 1 Important reunite are evpeetol (torn the ohs-iwatioM taken, especially of the Northern light* aa analysed by tha I spectrum. Aa regards the deep sea dredging, it oould be continued nearly the whole time, and the specimens brought to the surface showed that ani mal life was in no war interfered with by severe cold and darkneaa eontinning fcr many raontha, and that eaa-weeda also flounshed. Tbe aun waa sot visi ble from the 20th of October to the 21st of Febxuarr following, bui the tnoon showed itself uninterruptedly nlgbtaad day during every alternate fortnight, for ten dava of which it never disap peared below tbe horiuou. Tbe dis patch waa dated tho 23d of February this year, and oudrd with the, expres sion of a hope of being able to proceed farther north aa soon as circumsteooea should permit. One of the three ships forming the expedition had lately come into bar Iter in Norway. ' Selling Tainted Seal, M. Louis Lngare, of ttie (Wp'rr .Vii 'Ucpnt, Psns. haa jpat published so •-.ssay showing bow persons W!K acU) tainted meat used to tie puniMied. He write* that in June, 185f, Jaqnes Tour nebru, nicknamed the Shearer, seiaud some suspected meat on tha stall of Pierre Rardel. A report was instantly drawn up and transmitted to the syndic of the buicbom. Macho! Saint-You. An inquiry wa* ordered, and it was found that tile accused was aa old offender. A second report was addressed to the Provost of Paris, comparing tbe culprit to a poisoner, and demanding in the name of a corporation outraged by the infamy of one of it# members the deg radation and then the death of Pierre llanlel. The Unit magistrate of the po lice approved the conclusions of the re port, and the delinquent was condemn ed to peas three honrs in the pillory, and then to perish by the hands of the public executioner. On the day of the exeoution one hundred and twenty-sevon batcher# in the city of Paris repaired to the market and drew I themselves up round the pillory. At ( the end of three hours the tipstaff an nounced to the people that tho prisoner waa about tobeexeewted. All the butch ers, with hat# off. bowed their heads, and justice waa done. A Curious Legend. In certain localities of the Nordthere exists an old belief that when two mar riages take place at tbe same tints, too bride who leaves tlte ohuroh before fh other will have a boy for her first child. Two weddings wore oetobrated simulto uaouslg a few days back at Archies, in, that department The ceremony over, the two couples with their friends has- 1 tened to rtoch the door, and arrived tnere jnst at the same time. The situ ation became embarrassing, for the two parties had stopped and exchanged looks of defiance. Fortunately, the mayor was a man of resources, for be stepped forward, and, giving an arm to each of the young wires, took them out togeth er, to toe great relief of the friends on both aides. • > ' ri^ Look Betouk Too "Lxav. —My young friends, do net make liaflte to wed. Un happy marriage is the qnintesaeaoe of unhappy bondage. It wounds daily eUB fondest and sweetest impuUes, it trifles with and buries our holiest and dearest affi>ctioii, and writes over the tomb thereof, "No hope." It embitters the victim with the thought that lost lore 1 ever to his or her life a glory of great love; dosed forever to him or her, the portals of a happy home—that fotintitoa of freshnoss and delight, at which the soul most needs drink to gather strength for the heat and burden of the outside battle. rust* The moon meat to &k^ : iaiawgiih, at Mechanics viUe, is fajT hppgBhuig " Peeling Indiana S : is a Wcktorn phraaa wWHteiagWfJk* draw* iug of ration* bydiabiUMt aganta for bogus fad! .:;!! a^^'J of lowa and ILunm*§tM* I>aiay Bnum kiltodf Brnae, near *Wcky. Both men ware tdlWi<*tfwiiar floato. ' 3ifsn>omee Kumnaaia' l ' gy '- s ' pi Ufate hiW-lteuh a.MI dkM* p*- w-afiadtuflm atinpaw^Mich.. trielfto cjm#t hia tnijtt fbrbsfte tow aatuoil ba#tT* to A JittJa wilt st Mason, Mich , baa liredl S Hit it Wrown, f to rew lligtin for ft" A man tf Cdloreda bite • hundred wrairie dogs Eaat, te teoUon, U i toought, " anbuaJlor uSa jwK 1 "Dentlats sayfett dtteW iMki itetof the gum* • prevalant rnm*M . The'ttmfra ditre/KAffn^that "a At the diamond mtnc* rff fbw'WUkea tawtW ■' I""- t*>u-.pwgbn x --.L.iwi ooaaizredi bi * toek two men were kilW and twoifljred. wo- %re # ||tluf d, you BIOW. A BrachjVa.T woipan has money ieK arttete. buai jjyto .. I ragtag* twMtiUtet -• - -Hrn editor af thinka fishing, aa a general dunt pay .. We stoqd 4. kP day in to% Were laat waek." he aa|f. " ontil we gytnoaiie. A judge at Montgomery, Ma., re mtaW inuwrwjdud rmf young oreU.r mto--'JUoid. < #. my dear air 1 Don't any You .*• out of tlte j®r -die* this court t" *" ■ *t "Man aa# eaMlMetodetor uays tha rx-Eapw* Eugjum ou fvert li&cn ; tSHTatftif w with tf.em all. ®i Ika wfnmn ia a gm,iu ulte etflkaa out*fff W lO ' T:!i trudes- iJLirit ia *, rii ■ 11 wkA iw kU (QUI vMHTI wuipi i-- - oiaMwi teamtenaatoinkill Cialmri. Jin..' MfCtta Oi- SSffiS5S iata yore wito'a gpn ototellb 7®° will tee Tourwlf looking exgwdingty amalL " Thy took ifflkenaely. It*pb2ilr man," sa d M| *' I m-tay" tongue ctattwra, m-gNngr mind don't atadter.". 1 | mud Iwinah The total km from, the^gortland erpool and tilolw. s*l.ooo. ■Hfinmee. a H*rn.f H*rn.f rfktusj. of WewTort.e,Moaah ; 000; Pheauix, of Portland,- Jfc. MinjkteWy'. • disaster equal to that which has just befallen the Oregon am Z° nam*. Aa A.. Sba-oatasdSy is suffi inp moch other vahwbla paapenj been in ilt'lfS*#, "Di- I mftrt RoSrtine,* bin ntotegtexi eay tng*. of which we olip- tto following: . is iruvi MJgg? m J' rtg.^TkS SSs amaitr -My rK?M£° thiri How could bnng- There reemu aiimmal num ; bar of peruana droamnd y^jhubathing 1 pie trwKt thcmaalran.toog #M|duigly to 'Sf^V^'^TO ito Its power, but if ydnto Wtefia treach l crone and umnereif|tlJteaf B ¥r i At Oasmgo Fails, **4&mfar. threw bays were pbviug mkjgowe, two | oHRm became anftty wftr tot- other I and attompited to hugghma* b® mode proceeded td%hmte to b#w an ue with whieb to behead the mctom. An alarm was given at once, and The neigh bor reached the totfce in ttmo so aave the boy'# Kfe. : - uq telaaw A oorrespondeut f Htm territorial Enterprise of Virginia City. Neyada, ex pooei ail affgrflt&ted iHßtftuoc of t form of blackmailing wWeh ia pptamoo in the £astaa wall as the WesWA late superintendent of the Eureka vOiisolida tad Mining Company, was osUSltatious lj presented by his employees with a magnificent gold wateh, tha money to buy An'Wateh having, bean tjom them by threats #i diflmweal Five t minora to oon mauuer to ad furnished a sent. AJpawttepwin Indi ana lately refoued to imi his ticket until lid waa with a aeat. The train Uuig croaHedlbe oon duoUir could not u ip s VjSKph lß re quest, andout the passecirerWPtlie car, uirowing Ills brlggage afUWHBji. The latter entered a suit agn !■*' iknoompa- PT, and waa wwaatled'ff-2,dfitoitomges by the jury which toted Anetete to The fcßowlng curtoaw #tohnen of Japanese Engbah uaaayaOMtedb by the auperintendank ill atoi PWtoi* 90 "V 1 * tedt? StaHUy Z^ltt^n make btrild in euxutoapbalfWp't There : fore I to ginUMtok. if be role of oomptinjt itofljprjßvernment about tha make *° great haupy to you if raCmske the buila it, necanse there is now the iron line and oars." 1