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Our prices for the panting of Blanks, Handbills, etc. km also increased. . ler the Globe, • AR.IIILIES WORKING. • Nom= Or co. r 5, 49r0 P. V Tho "great Potomac Army has nobly withstood The wiles of the traitors, and written in brood The route it has taken o'er mountains and plain, Through threats and rivers in hot son and rain; And now, like a giant aware or his power, Aims a death•Plovir at socesslon's loft bower Px the slog° of Atlanta and Charleston, too, • What 'abject for IQetory'e pages we clew. • 4:toner/alone to come will rejoice in the name Which their foreallters carved In the record of lame At the Gulf, on the hanks of secession's domain, "Irene the lied river ear bravo comredee, slain, Me calling for vengeatibe: Ahl traitors shall f e el % lull shire - Of this onthe siege at _The robe who surrendered the stronghold—Ft .13einco, Were surely possessed of less valor thitansins. (Mr heroes at sea havehad plenty to de -The poctsto blocked°, and the pirates subdue. Let this tamed Tallahassee haves° of the day When the ' , Yankees" shall meet her in battle array I Z ten sore they have not forgotten so soon ;The victory as gained on thel9th of Juno. ;thus: mama 43vary part efour army so grand, 'En the w= for the Union on ilea and on land, Are working in concert our canoe to maintain— ' To erallii the robelllon end end the campaign. AiZAR PEIZEIEBT)7IO, TA. A STORY OF THE BORDER. 'The rebels are coming again, and this time they will do us more harm, lam afraid.' These words were spo ken by an old man, in a low, troubled voice. lam not afraid, father. I enjoyed looking at their brown faces and dirty uniforms last time they were here. A motley crew they were, but there wore some handsome faces among them! 'Yon will learn to look at life seri ously, Annie. Can my daughter trust those who have been faithless to the best government this world ever knew. I despise these traitors, and tremble when they enter our State. They will teach us yet that we should, for our own honor, have kept them out. God grant, my child, that they may spare us the little we have; it is not long I shall want it.' -, , Trouble comes soon enough, father; don't let us borrowit. You look tired and anxious. Go to sleep and forget these rebels; I don't believe they are coming, and if they do they will pass our store; there is too little in it to waste their time upon. The old man kissed his daughter, but left the room with a sad, troubled face. Annie Brown leaned her head upon her band, and seemed absorbed in thought. They must have been pleasant thoughts, for a smile lit up her fair face and once she laughed right merrily. 'Poor, dear father, I wish he was not so helpless. I'm not afraid, but rather want to see the dirty traitors again' Annie Brown was a fragile looking girl, small and very youthful in ap pearance, with soft brown eyes, and a face whose beauty consisted in its ever changing expression. She sat still for &long time, and gradually the smile faded into sadness, and a weary ex• pression stole over her face. She was an only child. Her father was old and infirm—her mother's time was occu pied in household duties; hers in at tending the little store that formed their whole support. When Annie lay down that night, it was not to sleep ; a vague fear came over her, and she lay thinking of her father's words. Annie had known enough of the trials of poverty to make her cling to the little they bad; and she offered up as in earnest prayer that God would save that to them. She bad sank into an uneasy sleep toward morning, from which she was awakened by strong voices beneath the window. Spring ing lightly out of bed, she gently open ed the shutters, and listened to the speakers. 'Demand five hundred thousand dol lars, and if they can't or won't pay it, the town must he burned, according to the General's orders. Lot ns be quick; it is an ugly job, and the sooner it is over the better.' These were the words which fell on Annie's ear. There was no mistaking them, and in the early dawn she could distinguish that the speakers all wore the uniform of officers. With a heavy heart she dressed herself, then quietly descending to the store below, she tied all the money in the drawers into a small bag and fastened it around her. Then 'noiselessly she went about the louse, filling every vessel she could fled with water, and carried them into the store. The work was just finished when her father entered. 'Why, Annie, child, what aro you 40ing - V he,asked, vainly trying to poneeal his nlarm ck'JPreparing for the rebels, father,' she OP/mired smilingly, for no matter liy)nat sad and anxious thoughts Annie _.."Brown might have, her father always Si* a smiling face. It was a long timo before Annie would toll what she had learned, but her father's earnest ques • tioning drew it from ber;.and when the old man heard the ominous words hope and strength seemed to leave him. Ills had been a weary life. of 42 CO . 1 00 WILLIAM LEWIS, Editor , and Proprietor. VOL. XX. struggling and disippointment—of little gain and many loises; and now, in the sunset of life, when he had gath ered 6, few comforts into his little home, ho was to lose all. Annie turn ed from her work to comfort her lath er. Gently she led him into the little back room, and tried to infuse some of her own bravo, hopeful spirit into his, but in vain. Old ago cannot look up-, on things with youth's hopeful eyes.— While Annie talked, suddenly red lights glanced in at the windows, and the atmosphere grow thick with smoke She left her father, and hurrying to the door a scene burst upon her that beggars description. The whole town was blazing. As far as the eye could see, it was fire—fire everywhere.— Through the dense smoke slo could distinguish hundreds of figures wildly running to and fro. There were hea vy sobs—voices earnest and pleading; there were wild shrieks, and children's screams of terror, mingled with the tramp of soldiers, and the crackling of the flames. As the bewildered girl stood looking at the fearful scone, three soldiers came and ordered hor to leave the house.— She fixed her dark eyes upon them, and bodged, for her father's sake, that their little home might be saved.— They laughed at her pleading, and at the tears that were coursing down her cheeks. She saw that tears and words were vain, and as they threw in the burning torches, she sprang to her buckets of water, and with a strength and courage that seemed superhuman, she extinguished torch after torch. Tho rude soldiers looked in wonder at the brave girl, and would have left her in the house she had so nobly saved, but for one more brutal than the rest. Drawing a pistol.frotl‘in breast, ho exclaimed with an oath, 'Put out another torch, woman, and your life shall pay for your boldness.; Annie noither saw nor heeded the pistol, though it was pointed at her, and the fierce, angry face of the soldier told that he was in earnest. Another torch was flung upon the floor; another bucket of water extin guished its red glare. There was a bright flash, a loud, quick report. The soldiers paused in their work to see the bravo girl fall. But there she stood, her cheeks flushed, her eyes glaring defiance, and ready to extin guish another torch. 'Pour on the campheno, boys, and let us burn the fiend.' The command was obeyed, and the white flame spread over the store the brave girl had tried to save. 'Leave this place, soldiers," said a voice of authority, and a tall officer entered the door. 'You deserve your home, bravo girl,' and seizing bucket after bucket, be threw the water on the flames that were rapidly gaining headway. Some one to help her, Annie's spirits rose again and together they worked, the officer only pausing to look at the bright eyes and flushed face of the bravo and now beautiful girl. They worked long and steadily, and saved tho little house, but the contents of the store were gone. Annie leaned languidly against the door, and gazed sadly around her. Bonding over the dreary girl, the officer whispered, 'Tell me your name, noble girl; I must go now, but you shall see me 'My name is Annie Brown,' she an swered ; and who must I thank for saving my home ?' 'lt was a rebel, sweet girl, who you shall see again; he has saved your life and honor, too. Farewell•,' Annie could see the tall figure but a moment, for it was lest in the black smoke that covered everything. She turned from the heated, heavy atmos phere, and found her mother and fath er in the little back-roorn, overcome with grief and terror. 'The store is gone, dear father, but our house is saved,' she said cheerfully. Tears rolled down the old man's cheeks, as ho drew the little figure to his heart. And Annie felt more than repaid for her labors, when her father proudly smiled upon her through his heart. A week of fearful suffering followed that day of firo. Neighboring towns sent bread to the famishing, and clothes to tbo naked. But thousands were houseless and beggared who had lived in luxury and taste. They lin gered among the ruins, hopeless and helpless, clinging to the blackened walls, and loving them begause they had been homes. Annie Brown's home was a refuge for many whq !clam not where to lay their heads; and the little she had sav ed was freely shared with those who 110 nothing. A week of toil, privation, and suff ering bad passed, but bravely Annie Brown had borne it. Sho had soothed and comforted those around her; and had felt the cravings of hunger that others might not suffer. But oven An nie's courage and bravery was com mencing to fail. She sat upon her lit tle back porch vainly trying to check the tears that would come, and think ing sadly and hopelessly of the future. AU wore asleep within the low house, and she sat wondering what she could do to keep hunger and wretch edness from.thoso she loved so well. A weary prospect lay before her, and a prayer rose to' her lips that God would teach her what to do. The prayer was scarcely offered, when she heard a little, quick step, and looking up, she saw a tall form beside her. She could scarcely distinguish it in the darkness, but as the figure turn ed toward her, the light from the win dow fell upon him, and Annie recogni zed the officer who bad helped her save her house. Ho put his finger to his lips and whispered : am alone, Annie, and have risked everything to see you again. She did not speak, and he sat down beside her. 'Are you glad to see me, Annie The asked. 'You have saved my life; and all that I have I owe to you; but,' she added, 'that is very little, and God only knows what we aro to do. It would have keen kind, soldier, to have taken life too, when all else were gone. We aro beggars and you have made us so.' He did not seem to notice Annie's bitter words, but drew her to him. At first, she resisted, but his strong arm was around her, and there was some- . thing in his manner that soothed the weary girl. He told her of his home— efts beautyous-arvsni i „"4_,N,sc,.”..y ) ho said ho had come to offer it to her. Ho told her of his love ; that she would be to him more than all also; that ho would shelter and comfort her, and she should never know sorrow, or trouble, or weariness. Annie listened to the strange sweet words. Her life had been given to oth ers. She bad borne her burdens alone and unmurmuringly, but life seemed often weary and full of care; The stranger knew this, for he could rend woman's heart, and ho could whisper words that would soothe and win. Hour after hour flow by, and still Annie listened to his glowing descrip tions, and low, loving words. It was past Midnight, and the officer's voice sank lower as he whispered : ' 'Annie, will you go with me, and all I have told you shall be yours.' 'Whore shall I go ?' she asked. 'To the sunny South, and be my lit tle, loving bride.' He drew a glittering ring from his finger and put it upon hers. Ho tur ned, that the light might fall upon the diamond. It fell upon his face. It was a handsome face; but as Annie gazed, there was something there that made her tremble. She knew nothing of that world beyond her home. She had listened and believed the honeyed words that had been whis pered. But there is little affinity be tween purity and vice, and one look had roused Anuie from her dream of love, and brought back the realities of life. Sho drew her hand from his, and taking the ring from her finger, said: cannot go. God bless you, 'sol dior,for what yon've clone;but I cannot go with you.' The calm, decided tone surprised the lover, but ho did not quit his suit. Every art of persuasion was used, but in vain. The mop earnest he grenr, the more decided Annie became, and when he found persuasion was of no avail, he resorted to force. Annie's brave spirit rose as the dan• ger became more imminent. Her hand was upon the door, and in calm, moas. urod tones sho said: 'Soldier, you have been kind : for this I thank you, but I blush that I have listened so long to a traitor—that I have trusted oven .for an hour one who believes . neither in faith or in honor. Go back to your comrades, and remember that weak woman al- one, and in the dead of night dared to say she scorned a traitor.' 'You shall pay for scorn, proud girl; if love is sweet, revenge is sweeter.' • Ho drew a pistol from his breast, and fired. Annie saw his design, and moved quickly, but the shot passed through her arm. The noise roused the house, and they hurried to tho door. Annie was alone. The traitor and coward was gone. She was palo and faint from the loss of blood, but it pro ved only a flesh wound. And as she looks at it now, she tells those who come to her hew she was saved, "that a traitor may bo kind ; but lio nevor can be trusted."' HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1865. -PERSEVERE.- The Inauguration ofPresidentLincoln IMMENSE PROCESSION ! TIE. INAUGURAL ADDRESS IVASIIINGTON, March 4 Tho procession reached the capitol at about a quarter to 12 o'clock, escor ting the President elect. At a subsequent period the. Weal dent, together with the Justices of the Supreme Court, members and ex-mom hers of Congress, foreign ministers and other persons of distinction, assembled in the Senate Chamber. There the Vice President elect took the oath of office, preceding it by an address. Chief Justice Chase administered the oath of of on the Eastern porti co, when the president delivered his Inaugural Address. There was a very large attendance, and the scene was ono of much interest. The weath er is cleared off bright and beautiful. As the President and others reach ed the platform the band played "Hail to the Chief," and salutes were fired. Tho President was cheered by the immense throng, composed of civilians and military, and after the delivery of his address, was again and again cheered and saluted by cannon and music. INAUGURAL ADDRESS *A4rtINGTO . N,March 4 Fellow Countrymen this sec ond appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occa sion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a state ment somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper ; now, at the expiration of four years, during which public decla rations hare been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the groat contest which still absorbs Ahe'iittentiOn - and - ongrosses—tber-ener= . gies of the nation, little that is now could bo presented. The progress of our armies, upon which all elso chiefly depends, is as well known to tho. 1 1)d - die its myself, and it is, I trust ; reasonably satisfac- tory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no predic- tion in rogard to it is •entered. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts wore anxiously directed to ati — iMpending civil war. All dreaded it—all sought to avoid it. While the inaugural Address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to sa ving the Union without war, insur gent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it; and others without were seeking to dissolve tho Union and di vide the effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the .nation . : enxvive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish ; and the war came. Ono•eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but local ized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and pow erful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, .even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected'fOr the war tho magnitude or duration which it has already attained. Neither antic ipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or oven before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result loss fundamental and as• tounding. Both road the same bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes his aid against the other. It may scorn strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assist ance in wringing their bread front the sweat of other men's faces. But let us judge so that wo . be not judged. The prayers of both could not be an swered; that of neither has boon an swered fully. The Almighty has his own purpos es. "Woe unto the world because of offences; for it must needs bo that of fences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence comoth." If we shall suppose-::,that American slavery is ono of the offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, Ito now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war as the wee due to those by whom the offence came, shgll wo dis cern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God ascribe to him. Fondly do we. hope, fervently do we pray that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away; yet if ■ i•,,,1,., ,_,,,•---r 1 . .5 , . 4: 40 ....,, •, ~ '?: ',,: ....' .rtrz t 4 -=;-:::. . ' v-. , N.,.z... . God wills that it continue until all tho wealth piled up by the' bondman in two hundred and fifty years of unre quited toil shall bo sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must bo said: "Tbe judgments of the Lord are righteous altogether." With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strivo on to finish the work we tiro engaged in—to bind up the nation's wounds—to care for him who shall havo borno the battle, and for his widow and orphans—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lastiag peace among ourselves and with all nations. for tho Globo The Domestio Circle, What pleasant hours may be spent around tho home fireside, and within the domestic circle! When the day, with all its cares and trials, has given place to murky night, how pleasant it is to'see the members of a family as sembled around the fireside enjoying themselves by social and refined con versation, or by the perusal of some interesting and useful book. The in fluence that such a family circle will have upon its sons and daughters will shed a brighter halo of happiness over their after lives, than broad acres and heaps of sordid riches, which so many covet. Oar days on . earth aro but few; why then not enjoy the'many bless ings that an all-wise Creator has seen fit to bestow upon us. What a happy world this would be if each ono would seek to promote another's happiness instead of his own ! We aro by nature selfish, and love ourselves best, but by self:denial we nmaLeprisiuur..4,tris-goifigh 'fiii - dltifearia exert an influence over our friends, particularly over ourhomo cir cle. By kind words and pleasant smiles we may win many friends, and bo the light and joy of our homes. The children whose home-circle was ono of happiness and content, will in after years often recall to mind the happy days they spent together under the roof of their early • home, though long years have intervened and many long and weary miles soparat9 them from the-borne.of their childhood. Ah ! how much mistaken is the man who thinks if ho were rich ho should bo happy. It requires more than a purse laden with gold and silver to make a man happy. If the parents of a family be careless and indifferent about their children, and care not whether they enjoy themselves at home, the children soon will become tired of home and seek enjoyment else were. But, on the other hand, if the parents are careful that their.children should enjoy their home society, they soon will prefer it to any other enjoy. ment. If every family would erect in their home circle the banner of love and good will, many hours might be happily and profitably spent that are wasted in desponding idleness. Why Children Die. Ono reason why children die is be cause they aro not taken care of. From the day of birth they are stuffed with food and choked with physic, sloshed with water, suffocated in hot rooms, steamed in bed clothes. So much for in-door. When permitted to breathe a breath of pure air once a week in summer, and once or twice during the colder months, only the nose is per mitted to peer into daylight. A little later they are sent out with no cloth ing at all on the parts of the body which most need protection. Bare legs, bare arms, bare necks, girtod middle, with an inverted umbrella to collect the air and chill the other parts of the body. A stout strong man goes out in a cold day with gloves and over coat, woolen stockings, and thick, dou ble-sealed boots, with cork between and rubbers over.. The same day a child of three years old, an infant in flesh, blood, bone and constitution, goes out with shoes as thin as paper, cotton socks, legs uncovered to the knees, neck bare; an exposure which would disable the nurse, kill the moth oroutright and make tho father an in ; valid for weeks. And why? To hard en thorn to a mode of dress which they are never expected to practice. To accustom them to exposure which a dozen years later would be considered . dowhright foolery. To rear children thus for the sl:ughtorpou, and then lay it on the Lord, is too bad. We dori'L Leink the Almighty has any hand in it. And to draw comfort from the presumption that He had an agency in the death of the child is profanation. ter A "down•cast" Yankee has in- vented a rat exterminator, consisting of snuff. The animal jerks its head at the third sneeze. , ', t. i- BIM TERNS, $2,00 a year in advance. How Another Toni Was Managed. Tom is a trial. Tom at school gets through the geography by boring a hole through the middle. This is'his royal road to learning, or rather past it. Ho holds the smaller boys up by the heels, and stands them on their heads. He melts up all the inkstands into bullets. He plays truant, gets into trouble, and when ho can, lies his way out. When the teacher tries to correct him ho kicks her and bites her alternately.tt This is Towel school. He lounges the streets, insults passengers, and goes down and stones the; school house windows. This is Tom in vacation. He takes other boys on pleasure excursions, such as stealing pears, poaches, apples and melons. This is Tom on a farm. The other day Tom's father called upon the school committee, looking much like an injured and persecuted man. Mark this : If a boy lies worse than Ananias and Sapphira, especially if it is about school, his mother will believe every word of it. And if his mother believes it, of coarse his father will. So in comes Mr. Skinner, the injured father. 'My min has been turned out of school, sir.' 'For what ?' 'Nothing in'tho world but missing a word.' 'lndeed ! How did you ascertain that?' 'He says so, and all the other chil dren say so' 'All the other children' wore two or three smaller ones, who had to be Tom'S echoes under penalty of stand ing inverted, 'Now, Skinner, I know a little of Tom's antecedent probabilities. I was in the school two or three days ago, and ho didn't spell butone word right, and that ono he guessed at. He won't study, and he seldom answers a ques tion rightly, except by accident.' 'Why, sir, he says he's got through most of his books.' 'Yeti, sir, ho gets through his books as a worm gets through an apple, or a rat gets through a meal-chest. Ho digs through with his jack knifo.' 'Well, I ain't unreasonable. I'm wil ling Tom should be punished, but his mother don't want him turnod out of school. We want him to have a good education. The teacher can whip him if necessary.' 'You seem to think, sir, it is a great privilege to whip your boy. It strikes me that that is asking a great deal of a young lady, and that such little jobs as those you ought to do yourself. Pa rents aro bound to send their Children• to the school-room in such n i conditiou . that they will neither kicic Lite; and if they neglect this duty they ought to forfeit their prij,,ileges.' Mr. Skinner went home with new views. But for Tom's sake I did not let the matter rest there. I gave a prescription which I thought suited exactly to Tom's c*,' and which I have never known to fail; and as it works with boys of the Tom Skinner stripe as charmingly as Rarey's does with wild horses, 1 give it for the ben- efit of all parents and school commit. tees, thus: 'Tale Tom out of sghopl for one week; aon't leave him any leisure wherein to torment the, 'cat or stone the neighbors' hens; take him out into the field, make him work at your side from morning till ovenihg, so that he will be sure to sleep at nights; never strike him or whip him; work him six days in succession, at the end of which time you may reas onably expect all the bad spirits have worked out of him at the rate of one per day. Then let him go back to the school, and if the evil possession comes again, repeat the exorcism till it is ef fectual and complete.,' , Tom is now under this regimen. It works beautifully, and I am per suaded wo shall have new and bettor edition both of Tom at school and on a farm.— Teacher's Journal. RE A TOOK OF THE TRADE.—It is well known to the purchasers of dry goods that cotton cloth made within the past two or three years is much inferior in quality to that manufactured before the war, and consequently th i eve, ig a great demand for "old cotton." one of the tricks of the trade is to take low-priced cotton, wetting it to talc° out the sizing, and drag it e,bout, the store, so as to give it the' appearance of age. This "doctored" cotton is theq placed in the window, labeled as gen uine old cotton slightly damaged, and for sale at reduced . price. No better advertisement than this can be found, and the consequence i 6 that the "slight ly damaged" article sells rapidly, while that which remains in the state in which it comes from the manufac turer, offered at the same price, i.e un touched. • The 'purchasers go away believing • they hav'o made bargains,, and the shrewd shopkeeper' se work and prepares anotho - 1 5 — for display.—Pitts , . , h: life,ivde• A pian-vi o goes Ilatw speculatious kt4d.liacttor'lclqk 'pat, go; brokers ahead. t THE 0-1.403. a JOB PRINTING' OFFICE. TRH"GLOBE JOB OTiTIO.E" it the most complete of any country; and Poe! emcee the moat ample factlitlea for promptly.execalln, the best style, oecryverfoty,ofgeb Yrlufleg, 01.1 . 450 lIAND BILLS, PEOGRAAIMBS,-, PLANU-.• • STERSi WARDS;.• CIRCULARS; BALL TIOKNTS; LABELS, AO:,•&0:,•tar NO. 81 GALL AND MAIER ancutzße ol.watik; AT LEWIS' BOOK, STATIONETtirk4SIPAI6STerIdi Commerce of Jernsaltmi, Jerusalem, obseries the. Aritish, Consul, in his: annual repail tlfeo Foreign office, it 31116 least"eominerk44 or industrial city I knoW. Britielir trade is represented by, one Enlist() tradesman, who keeps a store for Dilgt• lish upholstery ; (drapery ,and faney goods. The population,-- of , the,eity computed at 15,000, rattier - More than half of them Sew& the rest - Moslems, and Christian& The chief native , iho t dnetry is the manufacture:of seep aria! "Jerusalem ware," this latter 'consist( ing of chaplets,iirucifixes, leads; eros ses, and - the like; made for the Moat: part at Bethlehein, and sold to the pit grime, who annually fleck to thelioly. city to the number of About 6,000(:-- The population of the entire Sizncljnic i :. or province, is estimated at 200,000, of whom 160,000 area iitehammeclans.--. Owing to the absence of good. • roads,. and the insecurity arising from _the; predatory tribes of Bedouins-inhabit-ing the outskirts of the district, but who could easily be kept in Check, vast . and fertile plains lie waste or are but t partially and poorly cultivated; flicto l 'i ries are not to be met with, and no, mines are worked, though it is, believ ed that sulphur, bitumen and rock salt. abound- on the shores of the Dead sea... The principal, if not the only-imp, rts, from England, are cotton •goods,,andi some colonials; but the former. have. much Aiminished since the cotton erk- Ms; it is calculated that 800 bales of those goods, of the valui3of„tl6,ooo an nually find their way here. The, ports are olive oil and grain. Very little' done in cotton cultufe, what is raised being of inferior quality, and consumed on the spot; but•it belleved i that in many parts of the countay large extent might be successfully: tivated, with good seed and proper in f .:, struction and implements gi,v,en to the • peasantry.. ,The vegetable produce barely sufficient' for local requirements Jaffa is the port through which 'Jeru salem deals .with foreign. couP,M4BI7-g, The trade of Jaffa experieneetta con- , siderable increase in 1863. The quan tity of cotton exported rose from 50,—. 000 pounds in 1862 to nearly ten times • the7anactunt in 1863, with, a prospepti of this being trebled or:quadrupled 1864, This was owing to the interest exorcised. The merchants who opey. rated, in ; cotton, rend.g, top ft„t 'of 143ciut twenty five per cent. .There are, *Ef t , ular lines of French, Austrian, .aniV. Russian steamers, all doing well, and very often large quantities of goods have to be left behind for want of room.- but only one English steamer visited Jiaffe in 1863. The exports.exp. ceedod £200,000; of the imports no. are kept. The • Consul re ports a telegraphic. line ip course. of formation by. the Government between, Beyrout and Jaffa ? tltence o„be qkrziadi; of 'ta Alexandria,. AN INTERESTING ITEIC-0110 Who must have been a confirmed subject of ennui has made the follolsoirig novel, calculation, Vela)]. is said to hpto cupiedi thrtk of his ' Number' of books, 39 ; chapters; 929 , 4 verses, 23,214; words, 592,439; letters,', 2,7231094 • - rho- tnitt(th)- book is Vroverbs. The widths chapter. is Zob xxxxx., rite middle verse would beat Cbro., nieles xx, 17, 'if thero wore a Terse; more, and verse 16 if there were verse less. • • The word 044 gems , &kW times; The word Job:wail occurs 8,855, times. The shortest verse is Ist Chroniclel r, 15. The 2ist.4eree e the Will ohipter of Ezra contains alt the letters of the alphabet. The I, % th gs" chapter of 8d Kin aticli the 37th cheyt9r'ogifiiiiah are alike.. Number of books, 21; chapters, 260 verses 7,959; smot, 181,253;, letters, 833,580. Tho n i14 4 .j9 6 4, 1 4 1#441 , 4/. 11 . The muicao obspke; 4,lKemsalial# if there were s'ohetpt t trless, sud•AIT if there were a ehaphyr,Triorg.: ‘• The middle verse is Acts xyzr,l7. The shortest verse is John xr, 35. pT AND NEW TESTAMENT. Number of books, 60; chapters, 1, 7 186.; verses, 31,172; words, 753,962 etters, 3,566,680. The middle chapter and least in the Biblo is Psalm oxvrr. Middle verse is Psalin Air Give libore,lly. It is it› , way of taking the ei2: ; „„,' more freely nft.taw• of giving,__D as,a-w-- ittby'spitSins; but str ttang. Your prayers are otter qr giving. You - ean't.: ssiotail arrow that will pierce the skies if your right hand is eroplOyed in grasping your purse. !Give without grumbling. Alas 1 how littlo of such giving tbos, is in the world t • - • (X BILL IIEADEI, OLD TESTAMENT ti 4 . TESTAMENT.