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