IKsMMft smil || nn,p*| t ■ To alt lb lag* thou abouidet bo hearty and yet Though heart an 4 head maw wcHfta onion lain and steady Than lot the head be sound, and let the heart be strong j ;j f Though a strong head is good, jot. Aearfrtroa*- e* is wrrang. f'rtfawmof will is good, bat when it is good wil!; How then comes riUfnttwu to stand tor sotne thiog tU ? i cuu h °* tot May thaw perrerseij am Thon#h forgeoy b ** <l * R °° d ' betUr -tU mam are but an evil ▼aim. I hear them in the raindrops As they patter on the leaves. Or one by one Jeacendiiig From the eaves. Tkey in the sunshine M rt cheers as after rain ; fcot I look to sse their faces AM in rate. gp They oall aw in tha breeeee 4ißfti tho itrttin Yet know not what they utter What they mean. Bat when at era I linger % the grave of one held dear. These voices fall the tweeter On my ear. i . Are they mines af Forever Sweetly ea&ing ma to come To a reatiagvpltoa eternal. .£18!, I ; /.Y.jESr>"T? '' ■ - J Oh. t JEWJIIIUBM> -1.-..' .■ HORRID MISS LEIGH. Tom LuttrcD, aged twenty-four, was thoroughly good fellow/good-tern P*re4, Jp d-tooking, nod hear to a food property, bat he had one sorrow—he whs engaged to a girl he bad newer seen. Some ten years before a dispute bad arisen about a certain Hillingdon estate, in Leicestershire, to which Mr. Lnttrell —Tom's father—and a eertasn Cars woztb Leigh both laid claim. Litiga tion aeented inevitable, and the legal been good friends all our live#, sad there is no man living for whom I have *#*< frffir SSSm bwdaecis without troubling these infer ael lawyers ? My enele. Hanghton Leigh. had a salt that tasted him toreutv wears and killed him in the end. Now, oaten to me; my daughter Nellie will have all I*vw got at .my death, cv-*ep * BtefMd, which goes to Jeek's boy. Why shouldn't site many your boy Ton? Let the property alone for the seat ten yeais; then Nellie will be eighteen and Tom four-end-twoutv-~ t f thay likeV morey then, well and good ; if wither should decline to carry out the tmxipaieiit, lit the propertv go 'to the " otter. ** Thta In a rough idee of aw plan, " lento, etc.. '• CaJErwoirrH Lme To ***** Mr. LotMi A mwxA Tssm fctnn I ktmnnll mwa an ftlfMd, *na io® IOM4 juwafeiit AO io fMvd man t iewf%emu SooßideftUi Mr.Lrtgb was takewe England for his health ; and for many yean he resided the Ooabuent Bo Alrot" a month before the *'■* fixed i* his leetriea Tom faetneh Mmaatf to ina in the village Settle Mm % hiiaartMjil km <mi#i he M* a |L, i * pre ngßuy on me winer, wmie a grm voice " Oh. my gracsotn, my hat F "Bother the yonag woman," he gmmblad, **l ewmsoii, now, shell ex-j pee* me te foteh if* ( As lw rose lo looked no to the spot 'front which the roios had proceeded, and sow a girl whom beauty surprised him. Bbc stood bareheaded on the tank, gazing with a look of eomie dis may after the f*at„ wwnlinff hat, and Tom had o op^'rfamlyl>'examining at with 'its swy yards dowathahank. Ji!?? J&L w€pEl '*■*-% I J ' * li> "m *" ! W JOWM> w lis 11 2; ? Is 1,-! iTtW!*! . him as I hope it's not ntwdh damaged " said Tbm, at he looked rather mefnßy Qh, A duMS't amlitr m Uw Imt, ? Kt* ktt ffnv k'ftiel i't'fl wits t#> fwwlwgi mm 1 JSiiiwW .mMtlWiei aim Jylrww wk.' •ImitiW g|l innch troeble. lint for woo I moat have '*l woolda't pot it on Jast yet," Tom said. "Lstiilte in the 4/ little sod dry, while yon go on with yon# w®r:*e ' * # ®t mpprn* II flteto when thaw's no one to mnw H lor wf tMß4fld itteWa It.). Mo, bB of n nMmr him tfiSSra,itaffkTtritS; w itmhTuOtv U@ ioufla lwj spT rt'ty l.||L ß | H | Mk asM er<SkM>tli.>ii 11 a m a fVPfI XfOHB Sl.fi JWwwnlaeiyflifcl 1 sw#n®Oiln ®w i iw—lißiOf his Ms m4r, the 1 'last i|,"' she Mid, shall be late for dinner, and Pis John osn't stand f*'t ■** Have yon far to go V asked Tom,! was <2T l^r^man'lm uw; troots If ntMlrr the dhoetkm of his big brown 1'; All the next day he wandered by falnmwiwil with bis iweteu and everyone who ap profttfhftci Itltts The day afro* be was more fotnnate. Sli# m m Hi# i>l4 %ml PEED. KUETZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. VII. " I say, "."said she at last, " isn't thia d read full t improper V "mich?" asked Taw, workingnwsy Mkhomir, 1 " Why,' yon nod me," she replied, tiiigramuiitiicttdly. " We've newer been introduced, and I don't in the least know who you are or auwthing abowt yon. Lady Tnrnbull would have a fit if ahe knew it." "Let me hrtrodnee raweelf " said Toaa, laughing. "My nam# is Lut trell—Tom Lnttrell; or, if yon prefer it, Thomas Cnroon Alwanlaw LnttrelL" If ahe had not been sitting behind him Tom moat have noticed the flush which spread over her faee at this an nouncement. After n pause, ahe said, tbm Lhttrell t' " Tee." said he, looking up. " What do yon know of me?" '"There is a young lady staying at Newkmla who is ft great friend of mine; ahe bae told am shoot yon." " Indeed ! And what's her name." " Nellie Leigh." It was Tom's torn to flush now. "Miss Leigh," he repeated. "Good heavens! you don't mean to any she is in the neighborhood f* " Ton don't seem fond of her," ahe ■aid, quietly. Tom painted viciously. " I hate fast girls," ho said at last " How do you knew she's fast ? Ton never aaw her." ' * "INre heard about her," Tom said,, gloomily. " What have you beard about her f*, demanded bis companion, sharply. " Why, there was Ernest Browne; be i ; met her a lUle while ago. She talked i along the whole time to him, and—and swore, I think he said, and wanted to j ■moke. Then Tiverton told me ahe in f the beat hand atqnotisg Artemns Wa d he ever beard. Bah IT hate a girl that) quotes Artemits Ward" and Tom •witched viciously at the dandelions with his cane. Hit companion watched him with s mischievous smile. " I wish you'd be leas keerlese with that weapon,' aha said, "you'll upset my water, direetly, sad then you'll have to go and get some more." "Now, donT gou begin it," Tom •♦Why not? 11 Uke Artemns." Tom shrugged kls shoulders. " Well," Wa tormentor continue*!, " have otl -r fault to And with not say bride." ' "But abe will be*" " No, Tm bothered if ahe will!" Turn broke out, vei^nu'utly. "What ? will you boy your freedom with Hillingdon and seven thousand n yearT* "Aye, and think it cheap at that priee*' MaJWWri " "If you like—but never mind Miss Leigh. " Towr*vu net tatd me yoor name yet," •aid Tom, after a while. '•My namer die repeated ; "oh, never mind my name. " " But Ido mind yonr name. Won't von tell me ?" "My name's Nellie, too," she said, ! cAif poU te&tt, then T he ■M •• Certainly pot," ahe said eoldly, and rwrnaeMed painting vigorously. He waa getting on 100 laid. Tea wateLed ha silently. " Won't you forgive me ?" he pleaded after n while. " Shall 1?" she said, holding ha sketch at afta's length, to obiave the AfIRKWa " Tea, do," said Tom, it's so Chris tian." " Tbeu I wifl," sod she gave him her hand with a most adorable smile. Tom felt aadiy tempted to kiss it but rn j mit -she. jmoldtiag her wsteb, "I must be oft " And will you allow me to curry yonr thaaga?" ashed Tom. Bat at thia moment ahe mm caprici ous, aa ladies will be sometimes, and positively refused to allow him to do J* uEftirilihew" v l^ captured by Tom, after a abort resis tance. She turned and walked iimjesti cally away as Tom gathered up the im plcmcr t* with a grin, and followed ha. When became opto her ahe want ting on s utile, looking dreamily on the pJStd " Mr. Lnttrell," she said, " I want to ■peek to yen seriously." Tom deposited his burden on the grcusdL ms frimerif CO a log faring ha, and waited solemnly. "I want to know if you're quite de termined not to merry Sitae Leigh?" " 1 am," he replied, looking steadily at ha, and tapping bis teeth with her H. B. pencil. "Hi nee when ? " He hesitated, "fifaice when?" ahe repeated, im te dig little holes with bte ,tick. " Well, within the last few daya," he •aid at bat. If he had been looking at her. he might have seen the smite and blush of pleasure which H np her face aa he spoke. " Yon see," be continued, •• it's my SK 3fig%sX3if l USZ say there's no reaf ham in the young " Bat attfl what t Toll We flever seen bar; how can yon tell yon won't like bee? Tom became more than ever abeorbed lately, quite lately. I think I'M men the only girl T shall ever care toaak to be my wife," and he looked suddenly ap at bsr. u (tee roes confused, sod began te aau salt ha watch earnestly. "f ranst go. really. Ptesee givs me my things. This is the pak boundary, mt'vati't frunhleyou any mow." She sprang over the side aa sh| interposing it between them aa they aaid adieu, i !£. " When shall I aeevou agate r he asked, aa b bald her Sand at partteg. She allowed it te linger in hia aa she anawawd— ... -1 . . " "Ob, soon. I daw sgy: perhapewheo you tenst erpeet B And gealljr re tnroteg the pressure of his hand, ahe " Any manage te Mils Leigh!" aha, asked, moeklnaly. , ■ffSradßte isfgw*- Titan, seettog himeelf on the Stile, be lit a daw and watched her graceful SsJTr." z, Jove I 1 nawtr got her name alter all, ha said. Immediately on arriving at his inn tie commenced a moa-examirutt . n of hia bnstga, by which ha teamed two facts. Flrstiy, that Newlaads waa tbpreitrty of Sir John TarnbtfU; uod, secondly, that there wsml two y®WM ■*'#Jtey* tug there, Miss LcigU and Miaa item • x - ■*■'iitWinir... ttiiMthki leiinsm THE CENTRE REPORTER. i peaco of mind by the annonnccment of hia detemraation te give up Miss Leigh 1 and Hillingdon. " la my father in, Simma?" he asked of the bntier, when that functionary ap i peered te attend bis young mater. I " No, air; Mr. Luttrell went out > with Mr. Leigh inat after lunch." i j " Mr. L. igh, ia he here ? " Tea, air ; Mr. and Mia Leigh sr- II lived this morning from the country." "The deooeI" said Tom; "they ' haunt me whenever I go," and he re ' tired precipitately te his own den. [ | " Bring me something te eat hen, i i Simma ; and don't let miaa Leigh know I that I am in the house." By the time he had finished hia lunch hie mind wa made up. Selecting a hugely erected sheet of stiff note-paper, i so ate give the document an official character, ho at down, squared hia el , bows, and commenced to write. The following epistle wa the result of his effort*: My Dua Mum Lntoa : For the first time I address you, personally, though Hi doubtless must ham been for some a swan of the link which in some i way ooouecta us. The time has now ar rived when our decision mutt be made iu regard te our future— whether we shall go through life together or sepa- ■ | rate at ooee and forever. I will not I conceal from you, my dear Mia* Leigh, that fa roue years 1 have looked on you aa my destined bride, and have . j considered myself fortunate in the proa , pert of an alliance wi th one of whose beauty and goodness I hare heard ao much. It m but quite recently that I ! have discovered that my heart ia no 1 longer mine te dispose of, sod I now feel that te urge yon te fulfill our en gagement would be te insure a life of t Misery for both of us. Lot as, then, ■ separate without a personal interview. , i whfrh would 4y cause uitaeocesaarr , ! embarraameut. As te Hilliogdon, I resign it to you willingly, feeling sure ( that you would makes better mistress than I should a master Trusting, then, eorne day to meet you as the bride of some one more worthy j te possess you than myall, I am, my dear Mia Leigh, yonr sincere friend, THOMAS Cuaaos Lcrnutu-. " That'll do, I think. 1 hope it won't smell of lobsooo, Simma," as that wor- ' thy answered the bell; " take this te Miaa Leigh, with my compliments." Simma wa too well trained te show surprise at anything; he bowed and \ went In ten minute* he returned. •• Mite Leigh's compliment*, air, and would yon npeak te her in the drawing room ? " Oh, bang her!" aaid Tom ; bat ! there wa no escape. The drawing- - room wa darkened to exclude the after noon sun, but Tom disco re red a white ! figure at the fa end, which rose and bowed a be advanced. "I am delighted, Miaa Leigh," he! began, "to have the pleasure , Hullo*. Mia Harding 1 You here T J " Miss who?" said the laughing voice of his Bettlebourne friend, •• I am not Mia Harding." " Then who in the name of goodness j are you ?" he demanded eagaly. She looked down demurely. ".I'm that horrid Mia Leigh, a you j cullnd me the other day." Tom sat down and stared at her; | presently be broke into a great laugh. I "Oh. it's all very wall to langb."| ahe said, in an injured tone. In a moment more he was kneeling by her chair, locking up (bte her eyre. | " ttiM Leigh—Nellie - -" "I told you not to call me Nellie, yesterday," she said tartly. " Tee, but yesterday isn't to-day; J we're engaged now." " Engaged, air ? What, after this V " Ob, hang the letter I You know I j love poe to distraction. Ton are yonr own only rival in my love, and you will! marry me, dear, wool you T "Certainly not. Ton aaid Iwa fast and slangy, and that HilUngdon would be a cheap prion te pay te be rid of me. And then this kilter! Let go my hand —how dare you, sir I Be quiet, Mr. s Lnttrell! Tom, don't !* But Tom wa not to be denied. After this spirited resistance Mist Leigh sur-1 rendered ignoxuinioualy. "Tom." ahe whispered, a ha head lay on hia shoulder, "do yon really | care for me*" 'Kisses and protest*-, Bona.) "And do you really want te marry me V (More kisses and proteatationa.) "Then," and her voice sank lower yrt, "then take down the card, for Fm J let to a single gentleman." What He* Need Wires Fa. It is not to "weep the bouse, and > make the bed, and darn the sock*, and cook the meaU, chiefly, that a man want# a wife. If this ta all he needs, hired help can do it cheaper than a wife. If this is ill, when a young man calls te sea a young ladr, send him bite the pantry to taste the oread and eakea aha mm made. H-ud tern to inspect the needle-work and bed-making, or pat * broom into ha hands, and send hia te witness its use. Hitch things ere im portant, and the wise young man will quietly look after them. But what a true man moat wants of a true wife ia ha companionship, sym pathy, courage, and lore. The way of life ha many dreary place* m it, and a man needs a companion to go with him. A man ia sometimes overtaken with misfortunes • be meet* with fail are and defeat; trials and temptations beast him, and he needs one to stand by and sympathise. He ha some stern battle* to fight with poverty, with ene mies, and with sin, and be needs a woman that, while he puts bis arms around her and feels that he ha some thing to fight for, will help him fight: that will pat ha lips te his cars, and whbma words of omneel, and ber hands te hia heart, and impart new in spiration All through life through a torn* and through annshine, conflict and victory, through adverse and favor ing winds - mas needs a woman's love, Tha heart ywarea fa it. A sister's or a motheT* love will hardly supply tty Med. Yet many seek fa nothing further than success in housework. Justly enough, half of those get nothing more; tha other half, surpaiaed !>ejood mea sure, have gotten more than they sought. Their wire* surpria* them by bringing • nobler idea of marriage, and disclosing a treasury of courage, sym pathy and love.— Bmrhrr. A Mark f HemsgU, , In America, when • gentleman kiaaea the band of a lady, the not ia construed by ha into one of marked devotion. American ladies who go abroad sre somewhat startled, therefore, te find that kissing the hand ia a national eas tern in Awetria. A gentleman, la meet ing a lady with whom he is acquainted, especially If she be young and hand some, kisses her hand. Oo parting with ha he egein hiene kef hand. It is vetv common teeee a gentleman hia a lady's ham! oo the street on meeting or part ing with her. If you give a beggar wo man on the street a lew eoppera, ahe either kisses your hand or aays, " 1 kirn your hand.'* Ohsmbcramids, beggari, and even little children, all observe thia custom. The words, " ki* your hand appear to be the same in Oerman u in English, of at leal sounds the satar. The gentleman biases the hands of msr rid woman as wall a the single, and it i taken as aa ordinary wQntriiou end a token of respect . | . WA CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., l'A., THURSDAY. JANUARY 8, 1874. ' The Virginias Prisoners. 1 j "■ i ll*tall* *T Th*lr H!•**•--Th. PriuMH I.*e ta Ball* V* that Th*r wr*r* aw Tb*U War a XUacatlaa T**!r Jay an Hoardtwa th* Jahlata. The prisoners captured on the Vir ! giuiua have been delivered to the U. S. I steamer Juniata, and tak_n to New York. A correspondent ays: I It appears that the Spanish author!- | tie* to the tat moment kept the poor wretch MI in ignorance of their prospec tive release, and with base inhumanity ' led them to suppose that they were to jbe executed. Priests were with them j taking their confessions and dying dec i larationH, and imploring them to look to Ood for pardon. They were taken ! eat of prison in despair, but, on their ' way to the slaughter-pen, a they sup : posed, their eyes fell upon the Juniata I firing the flag of the United Btatea. , When they realised the truth a scene i occurred which beggars description, j The enthusiasm knew no bounds. They I were speedily transferred to the deck of ' the Jnnisla, "and gave vent to the most j extravagant but touching demouatra ; tion* of joy, embracing each other, some cryiiUL some kissing, and others audi- I Uly offering thanks to the Almighty for ; their deliverance from the horrors of their dungeon and the prospect of an • ignominious death. On the night be fore the surrender the officers and crew ! of the Juniata were stationed at quar ters, her guns being turned on the city. The Bponiah volunteer* having been ' excited to an open riot by the rumor j i that the surrender wa to take place, a large number of volunteer* went in a , i body to the Governor'# palace and begged permission to attempt the cap ture of the Juuiata, saying that they could do it with knives alone. The ! Governor refused to grant permission, j ' Officer* believe that the application wa j made in earnest. On the arrival of the Pint* at Hanti- . : ago, orders came to the ship from Com mander Brain# for the paymaster to ; ; issue all blanket* and pea-jackets in his department to the prisoners, who were hardly fit to be seen in their rags. This ; i wa speedily done, but a there wa rtill j great destitution, order* came for evory ■ man to give their own biaaketa and ; wearing apparel in the good cause, I promise being made that all would be i replaced on the arrival of tho ship at j Key Weak The officers and men cheer j fully complied with this order, only ' preferring that it should be issued a a i 1 request. In which case they would bare ' ! obeyed with just a much alacrity, j 1 Every heart wa touched by the pIU- • i able oouditaaa of the prisoner*. The ! poor fellows report that they were bar- I baroasly treated. They ay that when ) 1 the officers from the Tornado boarded { i the Virginia#, one of them, in hauling ! down the flag of Die United Htatee, tore it into ribbons, and trampled on it. as- , I setting with aa oath. " This is what I ' ! have wanted. " I The situation in Santiago de Cuba ia ; j reported very serious. A large majori- j , ty uf the population i in sympathy with the Cuban cause, but the Yolun- j leers control everything with a high , j band. It is believed that the surrender! would not have been made at last bat ' | for the firm stand taken by Commander , Brain and the prevailing impression j , that he would proceed to extreme moss urea if there wu any trifling or poat- I nonement. Only a week ago tweoty j five citixens of Santiago were arrested, j { and after a mock trial had been gone | through with, without any evidence be- ■ tug adduced against them, they were j told to go home. On the way they were cruelly waylaid and killed, oalyona es- j i oapiag; ha wa riddled with ballet* i and dangerously wounded. Americans , are continually in fear lor their lives, I and bitterly complain that nothing ha* j ! been done to redrea their wrong*. It | ia not safe for an American officer to go j , ashore alone in Santiago. All along the river line Spaniard* are erecting new batteries. The surrender took place at Morro . ' Castle, six miles below Santiago. A re ; ceipt wa given for the prisoner* It t i wa reported in Hsntisgo that when it t t wa found that the Virginia* had been j towed out of the harbor of Havana, a , targe number of naval officers of high ] ' grade tendered their resignations to the J Home Government by telegraph. Where He Has Hour. ( A gentleman who i entitled te! t credence, furnished the following pa- I . ticnlsr* of Oeuet's escape to a reporter i ;at the New Tgrk Time*- He said that, after escaping from Depety HherifT Hhields, Genet, te accordance with a preconcerted plan, hastened to a close carriage in waiting oca by, and wa driven to the bouse of a ftiend in tho ! lower part of the city, where he remain- t ed concealed until Tuesday afternoon, i Then, skillfully disguised, he te- , kefl in another ekiee carriage to the j foot of Oanal street, and hurried on i board the atramship Ontario, lwftnd to St. Thomas, Aoapulro, and A spin- j wall. A passage had been previously I engaged for bim under on assamstl j name, and be Wa received by th* ofll- j cere without question. The Ontario j •ailed at a late hour oft Tuesday, and remained in the lower bay until Wed- j nesdsy evening, when ahe proceeded on ber way. The reporter's informant 1 did not know Genet s intention*, but 1 wa of the opinion that be proposes, • after reaching Urar.il, to toko the first opportunity offering to go to Belgian, t where his wife and familr will joiifhim. j and where they will reside permanently, j The fugitive is well famished with _ funds, and with all the conveniences for a pleasant voyage. He ia desrii>ed a feeling quite contented, under the 1 circumstance*, with the prospect of j perpetual banishment. Before leaving f he adjured hia friend* to relieve Deputy Sheriff Shields of any stigma which might attach to him of having been bribed to permit bia (Genet's) escape, j He aid that there bad never been any intention of bribing Hhtekta. knowing that it would have been aselea to at tempt it Had strategy foiled, force would have been resorted to, but this, too, wa fortunately found to be un necessary. A well known citizen of Hartem ao far corroborates this story a to over that abowt 1-JW) o'clock on Monday morning he saw two mo (on* ■ about Genet'siisigbt ami shape) enter , a otoes carriage at One Hundred and. Twenty- fourth street and Third even tie, ( and that the earn ige wa immediately whirled down the a fen de at a fnrioua rote. Life In Daahwtj. Between four and six o'clock of every Sunday afternoon thrte are nearly three hundred voung men tn Daitbury '•put ting out for her house. * They are dis tinguished mainly for an air of easy nonchalance, a if thgy bad no particu lar object in view ; and also for an illy disguised interest in their boot# as evinced attheceossings. Through Main street lb .iy move carelessly, bat once on the rid'< thoroughfares, where few peo ple are met, their gait instinctively r| ttek'jw*. If lightning should strike down the backs of mum* who wear tobi to their casta the amount of pea ii'.U, towengos, and burnt alin.md# Vhil wouhl W brought to view v .mid antnully puraiyxe an ordinary jdi isti dsn. . 'j imt Hi * * Mftftyin# foOhiuft hhomui In MOIIIIII SMNUM yjif i ftftthtr# fluMt ih;. lwt pert sat Kreats of *" Year. f JASI'AJRT. ') 1. Fifth Avenue Theatre destroyed Iby fire.—Death of Dr. Henry Peet, of 1 the New York Deaf and Dumb Insti tute. ' 3. Accident at Moravia, on Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad ; twenty-two persons killed. 4. Stokes found guilty of the murder of James Fisk, Jr. 8. Wreck of a brig ami loa of life 1 on coast of Isle of Wight.—Firet trial I of Tweed commenced, j & Twenty paaaenoent injured by *e eident-ou Nashville Kail road. 9. Ex-Emperor Napoleon 111. died. ! 18. Earthquake at Boroda, by whioh many persons lost their live*. 15. Explosion of boiler ia Belgium, killing eleven ptrtoai lli/Rav. JoshuaLeavitt, D.D., author and editor, died. 21. Mr*. Harrison Gray Otis, of Bos ton, died. 'I 23. Emigrant ship Northfiehl sunk, ' i and over 800 lives loai. 31. Firet trial of Wm. M. Tweetl con cluded with disagreement of jury. KrtfcrAßT. ' 1. Death of Commodore Maury. 2. Terrible gale on English and Irish oonst; veaaela wrecked and lives lost. 3. Wreck of steamer Clan Alpine; thirteen Uvea loot—Earthquake on Isle of Samoa. A One hundred persons frozen to death fta England. 8. Death of Very Rev. Wm. Starrs, Vicar General of the Catholic Church. > 9. Ex Governor John Geary, of Penn- j i sylvaata, died. | 13, Ex-Mayor Martin Kalbfloiacb, of Brooklyn, died. 13. Burning of ateamcr Henry A. i Jones, in Oalveetoo Bay ; twenty-one J Uvea tost. > 17, Flood on the Monowgahela; lose t 1 of Ufa. ' * 18. Railroad accident at Poughkeep ale ; several killed. - Explosion tn coal ! i mine iu Staffordshire, England ; thirty- : ! five miners killed. j 90. Jumel trial concluded, • the' plana ant Bowen dseide.il not Mm Jn met's son. t 3A Death of llev. Dr. Guthrie, D.D, , 38. Bamm l Brewer, New England ; editor, died. 27. rire in Hanover street. Boston ; several firemen and others killed. Msacii. j A Wreck of Alaska mad steamer j George ii. Wright; twenty-three pcr j sous drowned. 6. Great snow storm in Minnesota ; [ people frown to death. I 10. Death of John Tony, M. D., LL. j " !., distlnguiahed botanist and chemist. ! 1 U- Charte# Temple Dix, son of Gv --j ernor Dix, died in Para*. 12. Death of Henry A. Bellows, Chief I Justice of New Hampshire. 13. Right Rev. Charlee P. Mcllvaine, , Bishop of Ohio, did. 18. Bieton steamer Grace Irving 1 sank ; right Uvea lost. 17. Greet fire at Imwranoebnigi My. k 31- Erin Depot, Jersey City, burued; j loss 5170,00a , f 27. Death of Madam# De Boiqy_ at t I Rome. 28. Death of ex Henator James Dixon, j of Conncrtieiit. 3L Charlee M. Barra*. dramatic an -1 thor, died, Aoridout and loos of Hf# t lan Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad. , iraiu 1. Wreek of White Star steamship S Atlantic,'at Mogher's Island, while put- ' I ting into Halifax for a fresh supply of i coal; 535 persons drowned ; all the wo-1 j ui#a on Uuud the vessel, and oil the children bat one, being included smoug j ' the lost. Before the accident the ship , j had been iu souudinga eight bonrs, bnt the lead waa net ooee used, nor were any of the precaution* taken which ate' I need when apptoaobing tend. 3. Collision on Ht. Louis bontbern , Railroad ; train smashed np and pas- j : scugers killed or injured. A Explosion of fire-damp in aa Eng- '< j Urii coal mine ; loss of life. A Wall of newhnildingat Rochester, | N. Y., on which a crowd waa atendiug. i looking at a freahrt in the ( tonease . ! riTcr, gives way, and 30 persons drown- j ed. Ahlerman Peter Gilaey, New York | capHaCrit, died. 10. A manufactory in Home, Italy, destroyed by lightning; five person* 1 killed and several wounded. , 12 Death of Haint Mare Gtrerdiu. 1 ' the French historical writer. Maneaere j | of General Canby and others | 14. Extensive cotton mills at Cbico ; pee, Massachusetts, destroyed by fire : j sis thousand bales of cet ton burned, and I eight hundred persons thrown ( ont of | employment. 10. Severe thunder storm in ; I j people killed by lightning. 2r. Commodore John H. Aaliok. . United Htatee Navy, died. KAT. A Fall of an iron bridge at Dixon, j 111., by which three hundred pereous. who were standing upon the bridge wit j nesaing the administration of tho rite ; of baptism, were precipitated into the I water. Hcventy-flve were drowned, and [thirty-two more or lees injured. Tb# ! entire number of live* lost woe conjee- ■ tnred to be between ninety and one | hundred. j & Palace of Mikado of Japan, at I Yedde, hurued.—Death of United State* j Mi IT star James L. Orr, in Russia. 7. Twenty-one Person* killed aud ! forty injured by railroad accfrlent near | Pest?), Hungary. -Chief JnZHce Hal- | j mou P. Chase died. > A Death of Hon. Gakes Ames, of Maaaachuat tts. John Htuart Mill, phi j losophicat author, died, i 10. Intelligence reached New York ' j of the arrival at Bay Roberta, New foundland, of the steamer Tigress, bar- , ing on board uinrteen survivor* f Gap tain Hall's Arctic expedition. IX Bfrira of fire damp explosions in Dnuiimoud Colliery, NovaHootia,cansed ly ttae of gunpowder in blasting, Th>' mine was art on fire, and the single ' shaft through wbtch egress wa# pro vided, was rendered uselses. Number t lof lives loot, flfty-aiMv 20. Boiler oxidosion and toss of life at Hruaaula, Belgium. 30, /Won auffored from a second I ooullagiaUon. Loss, 81,291,000; ln inrsoce, 87(3,0001, 31. Colliery explosion And mines* kilted at Wigau, England. )tmx 1. Death of Hon. Joseph Howe, at Halifax. - * ! A Murder of Maasfiekl Tracy Wal worth, th* author, by hia eon, in New York City.—Depth of Urbano Bateau, the Italian statesman. ' fi. Wlflism Prince af Pfns hia, disfT 9. Alexandres Palace, London, de stroyed by fire. It contained a fin* ootlcrttou of pictures and "tatuary, Loss, three million dollar*. • 10. Ton miners killed by fire damp in Honrv Clgy Ckißicry. Pa. -New tyrk Court of Apt*-*!# deoidhd to giant E. H. Htokes a third trial for the murder of James Ftak, Jr. • IA Rev. Isaac Ferris. D. D., t>f Wil veroity of Haw York, died. , v IA Death of Horaoa F, (Jlatk 19. Jbha A. Kennedy, ex-Supsrm tendentof Police, died.—Death of Sam uel Wilberforor, D. D., ia England. 21. Death of Lewi* Tappan, the vet •ran abolitionist. 2A Thornton Leigh Hunt, English novelist, died. 28. Death of Hon. Abraham Zabiis kie, of New Jersey. 27. Hiram Powers, nculptor, died. 30. Eiplosian of nitro-glyoerine in Hoohsc tunnel; five persona killed. mt. 1. Hon. Joseph G. Wilaon, of Ohio, j died. ' 4. Severe storm in Ohio, Indiana, j and Wisconsin, damaging crop# and oilier property. —Taenty persons drowned by capsizing of a pleasure boat on Gteen Lake, Wiaoonain. 5. Steamer City of Washington wreck ed on Gull Rock, Nova Sootia. Pas sengers and crew all saved. 8. New* received that eighteen Nor wegians, beiouging to Arctic Naviga tion Company's service, who were left iu Spitsbergen, were found dead by a i party whioh went to their relief. IA Amos Pillabury, of Albany, died. 25. Fire-damp explosion in a Belgium coal fliine. Loss of life. 28. Grent conflagration broke out in Norfolk, Va, threatening destruction of the entire city. Fire burned two i days. AL'QCST. 2. Great fire in Portland. Oregon. Loss 91,500,001). 3. Robert Chew,of Washington, died. 1. Death of Anna Livingston. 5. Standard Oil Works at Hunter's j Point burned. A Death of Profeaeor John F. Btod • dard, of Newark. t & Steamer Wawassat burned on I Potomac. Between forty aud fifty per- j •one jumped overboard, and were drowned. i 9. Maino Steamship Company* build ! ingtL at P*Tthmd, and three steamboat* at wharf burned. Loos SBOO,OOO. i 10. Professor William W. Clarke, of l Rochester, died. U. Death uf Jtickard Halter Stores, | I D, D. 12. George N. Sanders died.—Forty 1 persons killed in Wyoming Valley. Pa., 1 ' by lightning striking a building. *l7. Death of Hon. William M. Mere- f ! iith. i 18. Gardiner Storing, D. D., died, j i 19. Great firw an Quebec. Losa, j 8400.000. 2Q. A dispatch from Bombay an- J nonnce* thirty-five hundred houses swept away bv flood in Prorioee of' Agra, India. Loss of life. 24. Rev. John Todd, o! Maaaaehu settx, died.—Destructive gale, wrecking i many vessels on coaat of British North j America. 26. John W. Johnson, M. D., of Connecticut, died. 29. Terrible boiler explosion at ; Hillorred, Sweden. Loea of lite. i 30. Jacob N. Cardosa, editor of j ; Southern PaUiot, died. -rrrrur.r r: L " Beau" Hickman died at Wash- I i ing ton, A Death of Hob. Charles laham Reed, ' of Masaacbanrtta. fi. William Hadxon died at Hartford, j i —Great Are in Havana, Ouba. Losa, 88,909.000, , w 10. John A. Wore, of Portland, Me., ( i li ,H i I 12. Ve**cl sank in the Mersey, Lag- I land. All on board drowned. 17. Fire in Chicago. Ixwe, 9300,000. i I —Partfii' Mail steamer Coats Rmm { , ashore at Point Diabte. California, j Pa**eefer* saved, j 17. Beginning of JM ie. 18. Haspension of Jay Cooke A t^o. 19. Fi*k A Hatch suspended.-Ter- I ! riflß storm, losa of life nd projierty in j Florida and Teaneesee. 30. Union Trust Company suspended. | i —Clostag of Btook Exchange.—Death j of l)r. Thomas Miller.—Loss of ship j Indues lotultd with Coo!i; four nun- I dred and eighteen drowned. 22. Dr. George W. Embree, of New York, died. 38. So*pn*inii of Henry daw*.% Co. j 24. Death of Captain Hsmuel George, j Chief of Onondaga Nation.—Suspen- j | an "i of Howes A Macy. 26. Dr. Dixi Crosby, of New Hsmp ' shfre. died. Railway collision and lore [ I of lite, near Cariiah-, Rnglaini I 27. lrittl o£ i>. Wilaon, be painter. 28. Death* of Colonel Charles J. Bid- , dlo, editor philadalphi* -toe, Right Itov. George M. Rondel!, Bishop of' Colorado, New Mexico, ana Wyoming, . and of Rev. John H. Pollard, of Brook ' hrn. ! 39. Admiral John A. Wiualow died, j- :w, I tooth of Hon. John B. Baldwib,, of Visginio. ocTonxn. , 3. Rev. E. D. Kenoey, ol Ctvnnecti cut, died,—Mcctiug York of the , Evmißaboal Ulioaoe. 4. Large fire in Brandon, > L fi Itortruetive eyeione in Gulf of Mexico. Great damage to property and too* ol life on Water and land. 7, Commodore Jameson, United, , State* Navy, died. A Death of Rev. n*nry Wood, D. D., 1 of Philadelphia. j 11. Jame* Bogle, artist, of Brooklyn, 9 • t 17. Maaoelde F. H. llorgea, Portn i gtteoe Obn*aL committed suicide in i Boston-of Marquis of Abc.'f j corn, coniainiug many works of art, ; bnrnel. ' 23. Mi If. Davenport, nrtor. died. 26, Death of J. C. Heensft. —tflty Hall, Hartford, Ok, bumed. 29. Htr Henrv Holland died. 31. Th* Virginia*, a ship of American j origin and accredited bv the American flag, captured on the high seaa, nrar ! Jamaica, by tlie Hpanish steamer Ti)t- Itodai m >v an pan. \ I 1. Vianus Eximrition closed, U. Lewi* Ggytord Clark, editor, died. , Collision on English Midland Railroad; i twenty perrons silled or injured. A Death of L*nr* Keene, set res#. X Hteanirt Rstavisn burned on fk Ontario ; fourteen live* lost.—Death of iW. J. Hardae, author of Military i Tactic*. 7. Tweed # second trial oommnaeed. , 9. Han. Htephon R. Mallory, ol Flor I ids, die-!. 11. Boiler explosion at Harlem, N. Y.; seven persona killed and e pht wounded. ltoath of Atnl *1 Ksdet, fssioa* Arabian Ghiefteia. 17. Captain Matthew O. Parry, son of Commodore I'errr. died. 19. Death of John P. Hale, of New IlampahlrA —Verdict of guilty to Tweed trial. Escape f Hharkey from the Tomb*. -Death of Mi*. P. T. Baruum. a Hndden closing of oauola.--Tweed fiPUtrtllOUtl. 22. Lo*s of th* Villa du Havre, and 226 lives lost. 27. Ei-Renator Yatea died. Huieide of Colonel Morrow. Opening of Hoo anc Tunnel. 29. Tweed taken to Penitentiary. I'K('RUUEU. i I. Meeting of Congress. 2. Reformed Protestant Chinch ur- S AID rod. Preaideal'a Mssage. Evi cnoe in Tiohborue ease cloned. 3 Opening of Daly'a Fifth Avenue Theatre. A Great gale ia the Weak—Tribute of New York Bos to late Judge Beck ham. >. 7, Death of Htahop Armitage, Judga Terms: &*2.00 a Year, in Advance. Underwood, and Senator Blake, of Can ada. 9. Great fog in London, continued three days.—Death of Chariea Mac- A1 lister, Philadelphia. 10. Judgment in>B*saine trioL 12. Baraine sentenced. Death of Judge Johnston, Nova Sootia. —Bolti- more Theatre Comique burned. —Secre- - tary Richardson proposes increased , taxation. 18. Death of Judge Nelson, sged j | eighty-one. i IA Professor Agsseiz, died, aged I sixty-six. 15. Death of Queen Dowager of Pros- j J sis.—Mr. Henry Selfe Page Winter botham, memV>er of Parliament for Btrend and Under Beorrtary of the Home Department. 16. Colonel Dent, father-in-law of Pres. Grant, died at the White House.— A high wind made great havoc at Shef field, England.—Virginins surrendered to United States.—Jury obtained in the Genet ease.—" Tea Party in Boston.— Pennsylvania adopt* a new constitution. 17. Great fog in New York.—Corner stone of Pooghkeepaie Bridge laid.— Pacific Division or Northern Pacific opened, 115 miles. 18. Funeral of Judge Nelson and Profeaeor Agaaaiz. —Survivors of Yir giniua delivered to Captain Brain#. 19. tfenet found guilty. 2L A special dispatch to tho 7)u% TeUyraph, states that the Emperor William had a slight attack of &popi#xy. j 22. Eseap# of Harry Oepet. Third ! trial of ex-Mayor Hall begins.—Death j of Chart#* Lenox Remond. i 23. Death of Mrs. Alexander Agassiz. —News of Dutch eucocflses in Acheen. j —Death of Henri Rochefort reported. 24. Death of John S. Hopkins, of I Baltimore. Acquittal of ex-M*jor ' Hall. Resumption of Fisk, Hatch A ! 00. 26. Bazaiue goes into •' seclusion " at I Saint* Marguerite.—Death of Francois j Hugo. , 27. Caleb Cashing appointed Mtn- I . ister to Snain. 28. The Juniata arrives with the ! prisoners of the Virginins.—Funeral of > rranooi* Hugo and Radical demonstra tion ia Paris. I 29. Arrival of the Oaaipee, of New • York, without the Virginias. 30. Health of the Emperor of Ger many improved, and the project of I making the Crovru Prince, Regent, 1 abandoned. Hardships of tie warm to Khiva. I A body of Rossian troops under com mand of Colonel Markosoff endured ex ] traordinary hardships while on the ; march to "Khiva from Krosnovodak, a j port on th# Caspian Bea. The follow ! ing aoooant of thia march ia taken from the French periodical " La Nature j " After unparalleled difficulties, Col onel Morkosoff came to some good | we'll*. But still there remained six ! days' march over th# desert before be 1 could reach the wells of Orta Kin, j whence he could esrily moke his way ;to Khiva. The Russian# took np the ! i line of march for Orta Kin on the 16th lof April, after having token every; measure dictated by prudence: not ' only did each soldier take a small sup j nly of water, but also the camels be longing to tbh expedition were loaded with a great number of casks. The I ratios of the men wo* fixed at four bot , tie* per diem, and that of the horses at j six quart*. But the atmosphere was ao ' diy and the evaporation ao active dur- I ing this portion of the march, that the { water in the caaks decreased at a fearful j rate. On the 18th the casks, which at the start had contained somewhat over thirteen gallon* each, held only about | i>( gallons. The heat of the sun waa j ' executive, the temperature exceeding 55 i dag. Reanmnr (or 155 dog. Fahr.) ae carding to the official report; how ranch I higher it roeeoaanot be ascertained, for ] the thermometers were graded only to . 35 dcg. Reaumur, and bnrst after that point wa* reached. On th# third day, April 19, this fear ful temperature reappearing. Colonel ! Markaaoff saw it woula be rasdnes* to' | persist in marching on to Khiva, so he | determined to retrace his footstep*. | .Measures were also taken to have water at hand for the men at all time*. But ' the entire command would donbtlees have perished, were it not tha* the : scout* discovered *>m# w#lK The I ! march to Khiva was definitely relin-. quished, and the troop# retained to kroenovodak." j A Russian offioor writes a* follows to .the " Invalid* Roese : "Today we experienced the effects of that burning, * I hußoosting wind, to which M. Vambery i gives the name of Mtttnd, and which ia i . so muoh to be dreaded by the traveler ; on the steppe*. It raises enormous, miutae* of lucandeeccut sand, changes entirely the aspect of the sand-hill*. . and buries whole cars Tans. After 1 creasing the Amon Daris and a portion of tli# oasis of Khiva—a distance of sixty vurets (forty mitee)—this wind i# now blowing hero in the city of Khiva. In the glare of the sun the neat ia in supportable to-day with the temperature at Tls dog. Reaumur GIO (leg. Fahr.); one can scarcely breath# except in the house* with high ceiling* and with the shutter* closed. The native* nay that it will bo still hotter later in the season." The Women of Ashaalee. The aortal position of the women in j A*hant#e. aa with all warlike tribes, is ' very interior to that of tho man. At l beat hc ia regarded as little better than flti instrument to gratify hi* p*a •lon*. If a man have many wivee, to on# of them is given a sort of pre-emi nence in ill# household ; but, though (bia nriaes her position with th# women, it doee not U sees the degradation in which she stands to the man. Of court# human nature i often too strong for any such social h*u, and I have seen men utterly unable to art without first consulting" their wivee ; yet snoh men would he forever ilimrreeed in the eve* of their fellows if they admitted that they had iu any transaction of life Ix-cn Influenced ly a woman. Among*! the higher #l***#* of Aslvontec, when the man feed*, his wive* minister to bim. Each produces her quota of food, and first of all ak* thereof herself, in on)or i Imt he may know that it is not poisoned. At *unh times *W the child ren swarm about their father and re ceive from hia hand* their portion of food ; but Of paternal fondling there roams to W nothing. Amongst the lower ci***C4, however, the intercourse of men with women and children la leas formal. Nature here finds * twaynn checkcd by eouvantfonal restraints, which are as potent with th* aristocracy of Africa as with that of Europe, —Cbm hiH Mai/arim, , The Lost sad the Havcd. Duly tw* Iwate could he lowareddrom Uie ill fa'ed Vijle du Havre, and these, Willi the three that w#re sent by th* captain of the Loch Earn, saved Oniaf to (tort c*Wn paarenfew ... .38 Out ol I# MeoMt oaUu aaaaeug*r I Outol 37 Uiirt d*Wu yawwgroi 9. Out of (t •toaayv .., A.. . 7 Oni of I oiDeer* (nelartug ha captain itg| jjffi ivitel itmiftti uttdfiit, i) Out vl 147 #rw and ar*n........ .. te Dalai. 818 a***d,..u... ... 87 -rortloal, 384. It ia a terriw* record fo* ag* ocean ditMtar. NO. 1. The Execution of Major Andre. The following iketch of the execution of Major Andrew the British army, who was hanged by the nec k in obedi ence to the award of a court martial held in Westchester County, New York, ' about 1780, waa written by an " eye ' witness," a man who looked on and aaw : the terrible drama consummated. Andre waa a subject of Oreat Britain, an officer commissioned by George W, j and an aid-<le-camp to Sir Henry Clin ; ton. Aa snob, he was cammiteioned a spy by Clinton, to negotiate with Major 1 General Benedict Arnold for the sur render of Weet Point, then the strong hold of the American army. He waa detected, tried and executed. Two things elicited in behalf of Major Andre unusual sympathy. First, his youth, for he was only twenty-nine years of age when he was nnng ; and seoond, his extraordinary, manly, personal beauty. Prior to his being arrested and tried aa a spy, be bad mingled in the more aristocratic circles of colonial society, and had, prior to the breaking out of the Revolution, been the pet and idol of ear American belles. The as sociations he had formed rendered him one of the most popular young English men in all the Colonies. ' " I was that time," says the narrator, "an artificer in Colonel Jedntbun Baldwin's regiment, a part of which was stationed within a short distance of the spet where Andre suffered. One of onr men CI believe his name was Arm strong) being one of the oldest, and best workmen at his trade in the regi ment, waa selected to make his coffin, which he performed, and painted black, agreeably to the customs in those times. At this time Andre was confined in what was called a Dutch Church, a small stone building with only one door, and guarded by six Bentinela. When the hour appointed for his execution ar rived, which, I believe, was 2 o'clock p. i x., a guard of three hundred men were paraded at the place of his confinement. A kind of procession was formed, by placing a guard in single file on each side of the road. In front were a large number of American officers of high rank, on horseback. "These were followed by a wagon containing Andre's coffin ; then a large number of officers on foot, with Andre in their midst. The procession moved slowly up a moderately rising hill, I should think about a fourth or a mile to the west. On the top was a field \ without any inclosure. Iu this was s very high gallows, made by setting up : two poles, or crochets, and laying a pole on the top. The wagon that con tained the coffin was drawn directly un der the gallows. In a short time Andre stepped into the hind end of the wagon ; then on his coffin ; took off his hat, and Hid it down; then placed his hands upon his hips and watted very upright ly back and forth, as far as the length ' of his coffin would permit, at the same time casting his eyes upon tho pole over his head, and the whole scenery by which he was surrounded. He was i dressed in what I should call a com * pie to Britisn uniform ; his coat arms of the brightest scarlet, faced or trimmed with the most beautiful green. His ' underclothes or vest and breeches were | bright buff. He had a long and beau tiful head of hair, which, agreeably to the fashion, was wound with s black ribbon, and hung down his back. All j eyes were upon him, and it is not be lieved, that any officer of the British army, placed in his situation, would i have appeared better than this unfortu j oate man. u Not many minutes after he took hit stand upon "the coffin the executioner stepped into the wagon with a halter in ; his hand, which he attempted to put I over the bead and around the neck of Andre; but by a sudden movement of j his hand, this waa prevented. Andre took off his handkerchief from his neck, nn- j pinned his shirt collar, and deliberately took the end of the halter, put it over i his head, and placed the knot directly ! under his right ear, and drew it very snugly to his neck. He then took from i his coat pocket a handkerchief, and tied ! it over his eyes. This done, the officer that commanded (his name I have for- j gotten) spoke in rather a loud voice, and said that his arms must be tied. ! j Andre at once pulled the handkerchief i he had just tied over his eyes, and drew from his pocket a second one, and gave 1 it to the executioner, and theu replaced ' his handkerchief His arms were tied just above the elbows, and behind the I back. The rope was then made fast to the pole overhead. The wagon was j very suddenly drawn from under the ' gallows, which, with the length of the rope, gave him a most tremendous ! swrmg back and forth ; but in a few ! minutes he hung entirely still. I " During the whole transaction he appeared little daunted ; but hia couu i teuatioe waa rather pale. lie remained j hanging, I should think, fwa twenty ;to thirty miuntes; and during that time, the chambers of death were never ' stiller than the multitude by which he was surrounded. Orders were given to ' cut the rope and take him down with out letting him fall. This was done, and { his body carefully laid on the ground. "Shortly after the guard was with drawn. and spectators were permitted to conic forward and view the corpse ; but the crowd was so great that it waa some time before I could get an oppor tunity. When I was able to do this, | his v oat, vest, and breeches were taken ] off, and his body laid in a coffin, COT -1 efbd by seme underclothes. The top of I the coffin waa not put on. I viewed the corpse mote carefully than I had ever done that of any other human being before. His head waa very much ou one side, iu consequence of to* manuer in which the halter drew upon hia neck. Hie face appeared to be greatly swol len and very black, much resembling a high degree of mortification. It was indeed a shocking sight to tahold. There were at this time, standing at the foot of tho coffin, two young men of uuwuunon short stature—l should think not mare than four feet high. Their dross was the moat gaudy that I aver beheld. One of tliom had the clotliea just taken from Andre hanging on bis arm. I took particular pains to learn who they ware, and waa informed that tbeywere his servants, seat up from Nsw York to take his clothes ; but for what other busiueaa I wold not loam." The I'M of Grain. According to Mr. Alexander Delmar, the utmost capacity of a population to consume grain ill the form of food it sight to ton buahels par capita per an num. The grain products of tha com mercial world, however, aiuouuto to eighteen bushels per head, giving an excess of supply which necessarily makes agriculture unprofitable. In 1848 Indian corn was worth sixty-seven cents gold per bushel; now it is worth only sixty-seven cents currency. "II this," saya Mr. Delmar, "does not demonstrate over-supply, political economy is a valueless soieucc, and ob servation in matters relating to bread - stuffs must go for uothing." A QrmmoN.—'The Oat- liyh! Journal puts the very timely question, " Why tnsv not a mtnteothw* corns all the way te hew York, and thus save the greater part of the coat of oil at the seaboard ? In the oil regions there are already 675 miles of pipes for the conveyance of ail to stopping points on the Alleghany Count de Cknmbord. I ■ gjgjj The mostpromineotman in France, perhaps in Europe, just now, agys John S. 0. Abbott, is the Count de Cham bard. There is another person, it is said, who claims to be the legitimate Count. Under theio circumstances the following historic facto will probably be read with interest: Louis XYIIL had no son. The crown consequently would pass, at his deetb, ,to his brother Charles. He had two sons. The eldest, Duke d'Angouleme, married the only daughter of Louis XVL, the unfortunate princess who suffered so dreadfully in ner captivity in the temple. They had no children. The seoond son, the Duke de Bern, married the Princess Caroline, of Na ples. The first two children died in infancy. Their third child was a daughter, after wards Duchess of Parma. As females 1 could not reign in France, tha Bourbon 1 line would become extinct unless the Duchess de Bern should give birth to ! s son. All the Legitimists of France were exceedingly anxious for this event. ! In February, 1826, as the Duke de Bern waa leaving the theatre, in oom pany with the Duchess, an assassin plunged a poniard to the hfH in bis side. In the darkness the assassin fled, but was speedily arrested. The Duke felt only a violent blow. Bringing his hand to hia side, he found the dagger sticking there. "I am assassinated I" he cried out. Bo sudden bad the action ' keen that the carriage, in which lie had placed the Duchess, was just beginning to move. The Duchess heard the dying err of her husband. With a shriek she called upon tha driver to atop. Leap iof from the carriage, she caught the Duke in her arma. He had just drawn ont the dagger, and the blood was gushing from the wound. " I am dead !" said die Duke, "Bend for a priest. Come, dearest, let me die in your anas." He was taken to an adjoining room and medical attendance soon arrived. Some one expressed to the Duchess the hope that the wound might not prove mortal "No," said the dying Duke, "I am not deceived. The dagger has entered to the hill Caroline, are you there ?" " Yea, ray love," she replied; " and I will not leave you." The Bishop of Chartrea, confessor of Charles X., arrived, mod had a few mo menta of private conversation with the dying man. The Duke then called for his infant daughter. She was soon brought in asleep. He plsoed his hand upon her head and said; " Poor child ! may you be less unfortunate than the rest of your family." One of the physicians, M. Bon j on, endeavored to restore circulation by sacking the wound. " What are you doing?'" exclaimed the Duke. "For God's sake stop; perhaps the dagger was poisoned." The chief physician, Dupuytren, as s last resource, en deavored to enlarge the wound, that the blood might flow externally. The Duke, hia hand already clammy with the damp of death, cla~ped convulsive ly the hand of the Duchess aa he bore the painful operation. " Spare me farther pain." said be. Then, tenderly caressing his wife, he added, " Caroline, take csre of yourself for the sake of the infant you bear in your bosom." Hia father, then Count ' d'Artois, subsequently Charles X., and his elder brother, the Duke d'Angou j leme, soon arrived, with other members of the royal family. In faint and dying accents the Prince inquired : " Who is the man who killed me ? I wish I could see him to inquire into his motives. Perhaps ft is some one whom I have nnoonsciou&ly in jured. Would that I might live long enough to ask the king to pardon him. • Promise me, my father, promise me, my brother, to ask of the king the life of *)"* man." Increasing difficulty of respiration warned the Prince that hia last hour was at hand. A few words, in whis pered tones, were interchanged between the Duke and the Duchess. Boon after, two illegitimate children, who were born to him in London, when the fam ' ilv were all in exile, were brought in. 1 He had ever recognised these children, and they had been tenderly cared for by both him and his amiable spouse; As the children knelt sobbing by the side of their dying father, whom they sincerely loved, he embraced them af fectionately, and, turning to the Duch ess. said : "I know you sufficiently, Caroline, to know that you will take care of these orphans aftcr'l am gone." The Duchess, with true nobility of action, took her own child from the arms of its nurse, and, drawing those innocent bat uufortunate little ones to her lap, tenderly caressed them, and said: " Kiss yonr sister, my dears." The dying man was evidently con soled by this generous deed. He then fervently exclaimed : " O my God, par don me my sins ! Pardon me my sins, and pardon him who has taken my life." Soon alter this the King, Louis XYIIL, arrived. "My uncle," said i the dying man, " give me your hand, that I may kin it for the last time. I entreat you, in the nam# of my death, to spare the life of the man who has killed me. ' " You are not so ill as TOO suppose," said the King. "We win speak of this again.** "Ah 1" sadly exclaimed the dying Stince, " you ao not say ym. Thepar v a of that man would have softened my last moment." He had hardly uttered these words ere he sank away and died. Louvel, the assassin, a brutal wretch, suffered upon the scaffold the penalty of his crime. On the 20th of September, 1820, oeven months after the death of her husband, , the Duchess de Bern was delivered of a son, the present Count dc Chambord. The rovalist* welcomed the birth of this child with every demonstration of joy. Not long after this, Charles X. succeeded to the throne. All the Le gitimists of France and of Europe rec ognised the young Count de Chambord, who was then called the Duke of Bor- I deaux. as the lawful heir to the throne. The Duke d'Augonleme waived his rights in fsvor of his nephew. \Yhen the King and Court fled,before the revolution of 1830, the Duchess and her child, who waa then about ten years of age, were in the large party of royal fugitives which the royal guard were , conducting to the coast. At midnight, amidst a scene of great consternation at Rambouillet, the King abdicated the throne in favor of his grandson, the Duke of Bordeaux.whom he proclaimed as king, with the title of Henry V. It was too late for compromise. More than forty years have sine# passed away. During that time the Count do Chambord has been an exile, while France has paraed through the changes of a monarchy, a provisional govern ment, a republic, an empire, and an other provisional govern rait The wheel of fortune, thus ever taming,may again place the Count de Chambord upon toe throne of his ancestors, XaraJL. Have no respect for any man who has to feel the public pulse to toaru his pri vate duty. j A man may be great by chance, but nerer wis© and good without taking pains for it -- Society, while offering enjoyment t| the highest character, imposes a corre sponding obligation. Flowering plants have betm discov ered in 82 degrees north latitude, the regions of eternal winter. We receive an unknown person ac centing to hia dress, we tale leave of him according to hia merit If there ie n peak in whieh men have done ill, let them have hope, for there is a future in whieh they m# do well Extraordinary affliction* are not al ways the punishment of entraordiuary si us, but sometimes the trial of extra ordinary grace* A peculiar way of dmehaaging prS - era exists in the Dayton, Oh*>, ofllgo® Each compositor has a nail to ban> I oust on, and when the foreman con cludes to dispense with the Wvjoes of
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