®ft« gmafittt ptrtlfflmw, k’UB EtSHJOJ .BVXKY WKDKB9DJLT BT H ] SMiTH 'ft CO H. Q. SMITH A. J. STEINaLAN TERMS—Two Dollars per annum, payable in all cases In advance. Tub Dat?castes dah.t Iwtelligmtceb Is published every evening, Sunday excepted, at 85 per Annum m advance. DO&2TKB Or CKOTBX PisMltoumtss. Tftc rrlncc’s Surprise. The city of Canard-aux-Bois, which la the capital and chief town of the kingdom of Courcanale, was agog with excitement. Up and down its broad streets rolled stalely carriages with gor geous footmen behind and sleepy coach men in front, oblivious under their white capes of all but their horses’ ears. Oillcers of the court galloped by in bril liant uniforms, raising white gloves in military salute to the group 9 on the side promenades, who lounged expectant.— People even came occasionally to the windows to look out—a thing unprece dented in Courcanale. Before the gates of the Crown Prince the greatest commotion existed; largo vans encumbered the streets, and a stream of people poured in and out through the wide i>orle cochcrc ; while at the upper windows figures passed rapidly lo and fro behind the panes, showing thulwilhiu reigned bustle and commotion. The sentinels at the gate were in gala costume, und at every cor ner tiie ruyal banner bf Courcanale Uoated proudly, for it was the twenty third birth-day of the Crown Prince, which, according to the law of the realm, was that on winch his yiujorlty was to he celebrated. In honor of that illustri ous event liislloyalHighness was about to give a grand ball—such a ball as Cauard-aux-Bois had never dreamed of in its sleepy propriety ; and the crown ing feature of the entertainment was to be a surprise. To this were bidden all the elite of the kingdom, while in the open squares booths were erected and amusements prepared for the populace. Hither thronged the peasantry in picturesque costume, wearing the scarlet libbonu of the royul family in honor of the day. The grand carriages with the portly footmen rolled to the great gate of the palace, with the lords and genLlemcu of the court hastening to lucribe their names according to custom, in iheguest* book of the Prince, while the more fa vored members of the court, iu muKiiUi oent unifonms, approached tiie audience chamber to oiler their homage in per son. Among the stately equipages of the diplomates could have been seen a mod est brougham, whose footmen wore the green and yellow Jiveiiesof Italy. Prom this alighted a young man iu the court dress of a secretary of legation, who was proceeding up the broad staircase of the palace with a preoccupied air, when lie was suddenly urresled by t he voice of a young officer of the king’s household, who was mounting rapidly behind him. “Tlela, Carrazzi!” said the new-corner In a low tone: “ I have something to tell you-—a history o/ this morning. I come from the club on the Place Itoyale, where l heard Kotiigsmarck say that ho knew surely that the little JJe Le broncelle was to marry General Born stein, that her father hud given his con sent, and that the lady had deigned to smile on her warlike suitor, whom I have ulways suspected her of favoring ever since that summer day at Iscui, when you lost your heart to her so com pletely. Beware, my friend! Stic is a willful little witcli, and her toils are hard to escape from.” “ Bah!” said the young Italian, care lessly. “ Vienna has hardened me too thoroughly to make a demoiselle of Courcanale dangerous, however pi quautc l acknowledge the pretty couu- Less to be. Madame do Jlesolo ha 3 ollered to wager me a hunting horn against a jeweled riding whip that I shall lie in love with her before thesea son is over, hut Mademoiselle do Be hroncelle is not Lo my taste. She is too cold a beauty ; her face is like a cameo, and her tongue is too sharp. We have had some lively passages alarms already, and she is too ready wilh-repartee for a young girl. Wo always quarrel.” ll (Jtd hc 7 ucrrl/rnt, s'fidovni(,' > laugh ed the other, with a curious twinkle of his blue eyjes. ,l Por my part, I have been at her foot this twelvemonth in vain, and would remain there another if I had time; hut youth is passing, and an ojjic'h r d' ordonnanvc caunot waste it all at the feet of a court belle. But I am on duty to-day, and we shall not meet until ttie bull this evening.” “ Au 7'cvoir, then, D’lvry : remember lo liml her a vis <i-ri.a for the quadrille, since you cannot dance to-night, and I will take your place by the charming countess.” By this timo the two had reached the top ot' the staircase uml found them selves in a broad, carpeted corridor, hung with large mirrors, ;uul furnished with I uxu lions couches, upon which a few gen tlemen in uniform were loitering. Car razzi joinedthe group and accompanied them to tho audience-chamber/of the Prince, while D’lvry disappeared through another door, and went to take his place among tho members of the household, shrugging his shoulders as ho passed along aud laughing to him self at the confounded conceit of the young dipiomate. D’lvry looked like one to laugh at, rather tlum resent, the follies of tho world. His Urge, clear blue eye was lull of good nature, and the hank, open face won confidence at a glance. His moulh, whose ample size was atoned for by its brilliant white teeth, seemed al ways breaking in to a smile, and the care less toss of his yellow hair showed that ho was indillerent to, rather than un conscious of, his flne'personal advanta ges. His eomplexipn was clear and whTfb, allowing the Danish blood that came to him from his mother, hut his broad aud towenug height, joined with rare muscular development, took from huu any uppearauce of effeminacy that his delicate coloring might have suggested. “ That little Tuscan needs a lesson,” , thought he, as he strode through the long passages; “ami-if I’m not mis taken, the Countess Feodore do Lcbroti celle will have a chance to help him learn it. She is not going yet to give up her liberty for Bornsteiu’s fame; she • eannotbeso.umbitious, so unscrupulous; A man twice her age. with no attrac tions for a young girl !” He pushed open the door before him with impatience, and strode unexpect edly into the presence of a short, thick 3et man, with dose curling black hair, and dark eyes of extraordinary bril liancy. “ You here, general! They spoke of you in the club this morning, but I scarcely expected to meet you so early in the day. How have you left the Schleswig-JTolateiuors? Are wo to have another war in the north this winter?” *• I am glad to see you, D’lvry,” said the General Bernstein, as he grasped the cordially - proffered hand of the man ; “ but I can scarcely answer your questions fairly. My mind is too in tent on homo matters for me to give you any satisfactory information.” “Then it is true,” said the other, flushing. “ Permit me to offer my con gratulations ; you have won a prize for which many of us have been striving. Mademoiselle de Lebroncelle—” “ Has nothing to do with the ques tion,” said Born’steiu, dryly. “limag ined your congratulations had reference to quite a different subject, and one which’ gave some foundation for such expressions; but of course you could not have known. I have been offered by his Majesty, this morning, the port folio of the Minister of War.” “The devil!” ejaculated D’lvry, so heartily that the stern countenance of the general relaxed a little. “ A thou sand pardons, general! I felicitate you most sincerely. Excuse my leaviDgyou abruptly, but tho service—the king— I ha vie the honor to wish you a very good morning;” and the embarrassed officer hastened to hide his confusion by mingling with the group of gentlemen in tlie ante-chamber adjoining the small cabinet in which he had encoun tered Bornstein. The latter looked alter him with an angry flash In his black eye: “So they gossip about my love affairs at the cldb? It is time this matter was brought to a conclusion. This newposition will help me well, and this evening I will try the last issue. What a coward I am! To think that I, who have been a soldier for thirty years, should dread to face a pretty girl! Egregiousfolly!” 11. Feodore de Lebroncelle was handsome and witty. She had been ©d uented, like the other young ladies of Courcanaie, in foreign languages,‘manners and the Al manack dc Gotha. She spoke French like a Parisian, German like a Viennese. and English with a but musical accent. To hear her lisp the gutturals of theCourcanalian tongue you would Vow-that it was a sweeter languagethan the Italian. She could tell you the ex act date of the accession to the throne of (Tl)c jffancastcf SutcUuu’uici: VOLUME 70 every reigning monarch in Europe, from the Emper of Russia to his Serene Highness of Pumpernickel-Swarzein, and the history of ail the royal families, with the collateral branches of the same, and their intermarriages. Her breeding was faultless. The court of Courcanale is renowned for the strict ness of its etiquette, and of all the sub tle laws which govern that august circle she was an accomplished mistress. She sang with'some skill, and played the piano with elegance and correct ness. She was an Intense loyalist, and scorned everything bourgeois with aris tocratic consistency. She had an ardent and aifectloDate nature, a kind and generous heart, and a will impatient of CDDtrol. Heiress to a comfortable fortune, countess in her right, and an orphan whose guardian, was an uncle of whom she was the spoiled darling, she enjoyed an independence unusual to the unmar ried ladies of Continental circles, even in the pure and sensible society of Canard-aux-Bois, where, as yet, the laxity of French morals has failed to penetrate, .She was twenty-four, and had passed through several unsuccessful love affairs —into which she bad been led by her natural lovo of excitement —with a whole heart. She had therefore made up her mind that love matches were delusions, and that her aim in life should bo to make a brilliant alliance, in which she was warmly seconded by her ambitious uncle and his mother, the old Countess de Lebroncelle, whoso age prevented her from chaperoning the gay Feodore in society, but who kept a sharp eye upon her suitors, and had been the meaus of bringing the above-mentioned courtships to untimely terminations, cau-ing her willful little granddaughter to regard her with a wary eye. “1 have said, Oateau, that Grand mamma shall spoil no more matches for me,” Feodore often declared to her In timate friend, Catherine de Marslan.— “ She has thwartedjno before, but now I will have my way.” Ou this morning of the bull the two youug were sitting together in the chamber of the countess, a beautiful room whose windows commanded a view of the fine gardens of thechateau, and discussing, as is the manner of maidens in C’ourcanale, their costumes for the oveuing. “ You will be enchanting, Feodore,” said the enthusiastic friend as thd other turned herself round before the mirror, u Those white lilies in your hair are as beautiful as those in the parterre at Iseul, which Grneral Bornstein used t« call tiie ‘ little countesses.’ I)o you re member that day he came, with l)’lvry and 2vl. Carrazzi, to your uncle’s fete? All, what a sunny, delicious day it was, ami that row on the lake in the moon light, how. like a dream it all was! Adolphe d'lvry was the only steady one in thejmrty. Carrazzi was aflame, and the general had no eyes for any one but you.” “ Lieutenant d’lvry U always cool enough,” said Feodore, a little haught ily ; " that easy, merry tone of his vexos me. Life is only play to him—such a carpet knight! But he is brave, say Baron Kloppenburg tells mo he is a perfect lion in battle. As to Carrazat, lie is like tow ; any match can set him in a blaze, and heburnsoutasquickly.” “ General Bornsteiu la not tinder.” “No, but you only need to look ofc his eyes to .know that he can bo fired; and 1 am strongly tempted to try the experiment of laying a fuse to this mine. Do you dare mo to try the ex plosion ?” “ Dcodore, you would not—” "Catherine, but I would. Do you know I liavo made up my mind to ac cept him if he asks me to-night?” "How can you talk so recklessly? Ho is double your age, and hideous, , with a horrid temper.” "The maiden drew the lion’s teeth, you know, child. As to ugliness, that is distingue, and the age is no obstacle: a mail of fifty is often a more ardent lover thau one of live and twenty, and more likely to be faithful. A young man soon tires of his wife, but an old one renews his youth again in loving. Cateau, I would rather be a man’s last love than his first. " YoU might combine the two.” "Impossible, my dear: we have out lived the ageof the Round Table, which was not so much better than our own, after all. I iuteml now to marry to be adored !” " Suppose you reverse the proposition Feodore?” “ Folly, ray dearCatenu! A woman’s affection is pretty sure to respond to a devoted husband, but too much tender ness rather repels a man. You see, I havo atuddied this matter. I am ambi tious aud affectionate. Let my lover give me position aud make me proud of him; in relurn, I will allow him the privilege of loviDg me, and will make him happy by kindness aud faithful ness.” “ But, Feodore, you do not understand yourself. Suppose that you are capable of moio than this—that too late you dis cover that there are depths in your na ture that are unsatisfied by this onesided devotion : suppose you find that you too can adore, and that this emotion is excited by another than your husband? Think, dear Feodore : have you never seen any ono whom you might fancy would inspire you with another feel ing ? ” “ My dear Cateatt,” said the countess, with a slight tluslron her cheek, “ it is childish to argue this question. I have made up my mind. Compare, for an in stant, the position of General Bornstein with that of the othermen whoare pre pared to offer me their haDds, and what they imagine their hearts. He is neither .a fop like Carrazzi, nor a worn-out worldiug like M. J£irchlowe. Count Lieberoif’s mUnuers and accomplish ments far exceed those of the general, but I mistrusttbeseßussians; one lives in continual fear of scratching up the Tartar under the skin.” “ You. have forgotten one in your enumeration of lovers —M. d’lvry.” “ General Bornstein,” said Feodore, coloring more deeply, “ can offer me a brilliaut position and a fine fortune; his career has been distinguished; he is held in high esteem at court—” “Adolphe—” “Why do you talk of M. d’lvry as if he were a lover of mine?” said the coun tess, impatiently. “As if the idle com pliments of a mau of the world were to he reckoned as gold, when they are but the counters of society! Catherine, I am the last person to man is in love with me because lie tells me I am beautiful, or because lie begs three waltzes an evening of me. D’lvry, with his mocking phrases and his eternal good nature, enrages me. Sometimes I fairly hate him.; he is incapable of an emotion.” “Feodore, you are uujust to M. d’lvry,” 6aid Mad’ile de Marslan as she rose to leave her. “It is vain to argue with you on this point, but pray take heed what you do. I know what-a fer vid nature underlies your worldly wis dom. I cannot think that you will sac rifice your heart to your ambition.” “My heart is in my ambition, Cateau,” said the countess, kissing her softly; “there is no sacrifice. When you see me at the ball to-night you will nob imagine me a victim ;” and with a light laugh she waved her hand to her deparfc ing friend ; “ Wise preacher, I need no sermons.” The lamps were lighted in the palace of the Crown Prince, and again the stream of carriages wended its way to ward the entrance gate. Broad carpets, stretched before the open doorway, kept white sandaled feet from contact with the cold pavement. Throngs of servants in gay liveries of scarlet andgold saluted the entering guests with low reverences. The broad staircase fluttered with tarle tan aud gauze, and rustled with moires and velvets. The light click of dress swords was heard as the gentlemen mounted the stair, and now a spurred heel rang upon the flags of the hall as some officer in full uniform alighted from his carriage. A long train of ve hicles stretched from the Prince’s gate to the Place Royale, blocking up the intervening streets, and affording great entertainment to the uninvited popu lace, who, grouped upon steps and curbstones', gazed eagerly into the car riage windows, admiring the brilliant toilettes of the ladies and the scarcely less gorgeous costumes of the gentle men. It was a gala night, and every man wore a court dress—some simple and unadorned, others sparkling with crosses and gay with the ribbons of the orders with which their owners were decorated. Ab Mademoiselle de Lebroncelle shook out the airy clouds of her tulle dress, while she was relieved of her long er mine mantle by an attendant footman, her eye fell upon Carrizzi, who was watching for her in the ante-chamber. “ M. will be in despair, count ers, when he sees this divine vision.— You hare eclipsed yourself to-night. The poor Lieutenant! hbis beside him self at the thought of being unable to dance with you/ since he is de service this evening, and must follow the king about like bis shadow. He has charged me to convey to you his regrets.” “ Has M. d’lvry lost his power of ex pression, as well as his wits, that he is obliged to entrust you with his mes sage? ” said the countess, demurely. “I wonder that .you ever remembered such a trifle, or that you should not forget the ball entirely in the brilliant memories of your glorious past. After the grand entertainments of Vienna, our poor fetes of Canard-aux-Bois must indeed seem trivial and tiresome. Bid the surprise the Princehas promised us stir you from your apathy? Possibly you are in the secret; tell me—l am dying to know what it can be.” “I should be too happy to persuade you to live for me, mademoiselle,” said the secretary, bowing gallantly ; but I can only share your impatience. Prom ise me your charming society for the supper at least, and we will try to solve the mystery. I am prepared to be as tonished to-night.” “ Then I will not aggravate that un usual condition of mind by yielding to your persuasions. I thank you most profoundly, but I have another engage ment. Here comes the English minis ter with his pretty daughter, who will console you charmingly. M. LleberofT, I have no dance disengaged until the third waltz, but 1 will keep that for you.” "And have you nothing for me, not even a quadrille, since I may not hope for your company to help me to bear the surprise?” " Come alter supper and I will save something for you, that I may have the pleasure of witnessing your emotions.” With a low courtesy, Feodore swept by him, on her uncle’s arm, into the ball-room, leaving Carrazzi to follow Count Lieberofl' into the audience chamber of the diplomatic corps, where that illustrious body was already as sembled, the ministers in a row on one side of the room, the ladies facing them on the other. The secretary had scarcely time to take his place behind his chief before a slight commotion at the upper end of the room announced the arrival of the royal family. The king walked slowly down the glitteringlineof diplomates, addressing soiiiu pleasant words to each in his own language, while the queen exchanged greetings with their wives. They were accompanied by the Crown Prince, who received the congratulations of the oc casion with courteous grace. This cere mony over, their majesties, preceded by the grand chamberlain walking back ward, bearing his staff of office, led the way into the ballroom, where the guests were already assembled. Carrazzi, too well accustomed to the sameness of court balls in Canard-aux- Bois, entered the archway carelessly, but a general murmur of surprise caused him to raise his eyes, and a scene of wonderful beauty met his view. A large pavillion had been erected in the gardens of the Prince, communicat ing directly with the palace, by means of the lofty windows of the usual ball room, and into this the royal party entered with exclamations of delight. The walls of the frail and temporary edifice were concealed with exquisite draperies of white and rose colored gauze: festoons of the same airy fab ric formed a dome above the heads, of the dancers, and wreathed the pillars that wore entwined with gar lands of roses, ltoses blushed in huge vases in the alcoves, they twined the chandeliers, and hung in wreaths from the bracketed candelabra on the walls. The circling forms repeated the colors of the room iu their white-and pink draperies, under the blaze of thous ands of wax lights gleaming from lus tre and cornice upon th 6 brilliant scene below. “It is something fairy-like,” said D'lvry, as h© joined Carrazzi for a mo ment; “ but wbat a tinder-box ! D’An dala says he sees little devils on the cornices fanning the candles, but that is one of his crazy conceits. However, I wish this strong current of air on the candles could be obviated. Look how they flare; and this falling wax is a nuisance; we are powdered with it.” He shook the white dust from his sleeve impatiently, and turned to his compan ion, who was following the dancers with his eye. “ Mademoiselle do Lebroncelle is su perb thisjevening,” said Carrazzi, as the countess floated past; “that costume and those festoons of lilies suit her dark hair and white cheeks wondrously. Uiantre ! what a glance she has! and what marvelous grace ! There she is talking to Bornstein ; that smile must be hard to resist—that little eager way, too! Bah! she is a witch !” “ Madame de Resole is in a Hair way to win her riding whip I perceive,” said D’lvry, with feigned carelessness, “ You have lost your heart since thig morning.” “Only my head, my dear friend ; but sho is more entrancing than I ever dreamed. She is the very spirit of the lilies. Do you dare me to win one from her? But no; that is too perishable; she shall give me that lace web in her hand. What spider spun it for hsr? What will you lay now that I do not win it as a guerdon ?” “I will not make Mademoiselle de Lebroncelle the subject of a wager,” said D’lvry, coldly; “but gain the handkerchief if you can ; if you fail and I succeed, the lady shall be my wife.” Carrazzi glanced hastily at D’lvry as he heard the earnest tone of his last word: “You take the matter seriously, lieu tenant. You play for high stakes, but I accept the conditions. The handker chief is mine or I dance at your wedding. But there! they are forming the quadrille and Madame de Bervillo is looking lor her partner. Apropos, is it to you that the countess has promised her company at supper?” Carrazzi departed, laughing to him self at his final thrust, which somewhat disconcerted the youngofficer, who was turning away when hisglance met that of Catherine de Marslan resting upon him with such significance that he changed his purpose of interrupting the tete-a-tete with Bornstein, and accosted the young girl with a cordial air: “ Mademoiselle, you have something to say to me: I see it In your eyes.— What can I do for you? I can’t ask you to give me this dance, for I am on duty to-night, but if you are not en gaged, will you join the promenade wl th “ M. d’lvry,” said Cateau, with some embarrassment, as she took his proffered arm, “you know I have always been your friend, so you will pardon me if I tell you that I could not help overhear ing your last words to M. Carrazzi; and perhaps allow me to ask you a plain question : Do you love Mademoiselle de Lebroncelle?” The young man’s clear cheek flushed ; Cateau looked at him with earnest at tention, till at length he turned and met her steady eyes with a frank, manly gaze: “Your question is a little abrupt, mademois«iile,but I know you are trust worthy, and l believe you would not thus ask my confidence without a reason. I do love Mademoiselle do Lebroncelle— I did not know how dearly until to-day, when an accident taught me my own heart. That my love is hopeless I fear, butit is honest and faithful, which alone makes it worthy her acceptance.” “ M. d’lvry,” said Catherine, impres sively, “ I believe Feodore to be in great danger from herself. You know she is willful—you cannot know how lovable she is, in spite of iier headstrong char acter. She is closely beset by General Bornstein, and dazzled by his wealth and honors, and touched by his really ardent admiration; the countess and her uncle favor his suit, and the general will probably press it closely. That she loves him I do not believe. He will never make her happy, nor do I think he will care to do so after the first tri umph of having won her has passed away. He is a passionate, selfish man, unworthy of her high-hearted nature.” “ Mademoiselle, why do you tell me this ?” said D’lvry, with a troubled but eager look. “What can I do?” “ I do not know,” said Catharine, “I may have been unwise to say so much, but I have been impelled to speak to you—to entreat you to—to—” “ To do my best tp avert the catastro phe,” concluded the officer, with an intelligentglance. “ Mademoiselle.you have been both frank aud discreet. Mademoiselle deLebron celle is fortunate LANCASTER PA. WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 31 1869 in her friend. I thank yon from the bottom of my heart. What a man can do I will.” Mad’lle de Marslan was claimed at this moment by her forgotten partner, and D’lvry left her, with a significant pressure of thehand.to join the countess. He crossed the room rapidly,and caught Bomstein’s words of thanks for permis sion to escort her to the supper-table in time to divine the ruse of the countess in declining other invitations. Hlb shrewd, laughing glance showed her that she was detected, and the color rose in her cheek as she interrogated him : “ You and Mademoiselle de Marslan have been plotting conspiracy, I am sure. Have you discovered the Prince’s surprise? and have you made her a con fidant?” "The surprise is still a secret,” an swered D’lvry. " We had a more inter esting subject of discussiou ; shall 1 tell you what it was?” "Mademoiselle,” broke in agay voice, " give me credit for doing you a kind turn, in spite of all your cruelties.” “ Whatmischief have you been brew ing, M. Carrazzi ? I shall not lower my guard rashly, you may be sure. lam no debtor of yours, was not Shylock born in Florence? lam warned by the fate of Antonie.” " You fear that I should claim pay ment. ‘ Nearest your heart—so reads the bond.’ ” "I will run no needless risks; but what have you been doing for me?” “ I have beeu recommending you to BaronKauflenstein, vho has come here to seek a baroness.” "A thousand thanks! You dome too much honor.” " But the baron declines. He says you are too clever for him, and that in a wife he seeks a pillow for his mind.” “ Alas! it was the very thing I have been seeking for myself, ami I thought that I had fouud it in the baron. How unfortunate!” "Be not inconsolable, cqnptess, ” laughed Carrazzi: " there are plenty of us left for that delightful ofilce. Here is M. d’lvry, or—myself !” “You would not accuse the lieuten ant of showing the white feather, sure ly?” " Though I might differ with Kauf fenstein about the best means of feath ering my own nest,” said D’lvry, gayly. " As to you, M. Carrazzi, you are vol atile enough to be feathered : you would be blown away before you could be caught.” "Only try the experiment, mademoi selle. I have exhausted myself too often in my childhood, chasing birds with a handful of salt. I mistrust anything with wings.” "Except the Angels,” broke in the voice of General Bornstein ; “ and they are hard to tether. Mademoiselle, our quadrille is forming : may I claim your promise? Gentlemen, I beg a thousand pardons!” The ball went on: the music was rarely beautiful, the dancers absorbed and happy. Now and theft the older people gave anxious glances at the flar ing candles, or spoke in low tones of possible danger ; but in the cntrainc meat and fascination of the scene all but its charm was for-the most part for gotten. There was a pause in the music, the waltzers changed their whirl into a promenade; all eyes were turned to ward the upper end of the hall-room, whence arose alow, sweet melody. The heavy curtains which drapSch-irToTty archway were slowly swept back by unseen hands, while a concealed chorus chanted a festal hymn. The parting damask revealed a moon lit grotto, whose walls were apparently overgrown with ivy. Tropical plants bowed their stately heads, palms waved their feathery branches; gorgeous blos soms looked out from arches of emerald foliage. The royal banners of Courcan ale, all velvet andgold, weredraped be hind a table of horseshoe form, laden with a sumptuous banquet. In the fore ground, and under the full beam ot the electric light which shed that soft moon light radiance upon the scene, rose a marble fountain, whence [jets of per fumed water sprang and splashed softly back into the sculptured basin. As the voices swelled and deepened in their singing, and then died tenderly away, the King and Queen advanced to take their places at board. When they, with the officers and the ladies of the household, were seated in company with the representatives of foreign nations, the gazers turned away to find the room behind them filled with' smaller tables, upon which was spread a superb collation, around which the dancers were clustering, forming gay groups to enjoy the grand supper of the Prince's surprise. “This then is the fulfillment of the Prince’s promise?” said Feodore as Bornstein led her to a seat. “Truly, his Royal Highness has been bett°r th an his word. How fairy-like! howsupetb! See, general, how exquisite is the con trast between the cool, silvery gleam of the grotto yonder and the warm, golden glow of this wax-lighted ball room! It is the meeting of the moon’s rays and the sun’s beams.” “There must always be sunshine where you are, countess,” said Born stein, bending over her-—“a warmth and light that a man might be glad to carry with him iu darkest days.” “ I fear he might find the light an ig nis faluus, and be led into a morass,” said Feodore, smiling. “Not so, mademoiselle; you would be no false will-o’-the-wisp, but the very sun of a man’s existence, could you but be persuaded to shine on him alone.” “ The sun shines on the evil and on Lhe good, general; why would you limit its benevolence ?” “Because, countess, where you are concerned philanthropy is impossible. I would share the'sunshine of your smile with no other.” A faint color rose in the girl’s cheek as her eyes sank beneath the burning glance which searched her countenance. She waited breathlessly for the next words. Suddenly a strange, low whirr was heard ; an ominous crackling sound struck her ear. A whiff of singeing fabrics overtopped the faint, heavy per fume of the roses. There was the noise of chairs pushed hurriedly away. “ Godin heaven ! it is the fire !” cried a stifled voice. A swift blaze spread over the side of the room ; there was the crash of over thrown tables, the trampling of hurried feet; wild, white faces swept by. What lurid light encompassed them?” Feodore, by a swift impulse, sprang to her feet. She was standing in the centre of the multitude. In an instant she felt behind her that terrible pres sure of a moving crowd that, once felt, never be forgotten. She was swept away from her place in a moment. She saw Bornstein imprisoned by the arms of three terried ladies, who seized upon himin their frightanddismay. Another instant,and the surging crowd separated her utterly from him, and she found herself pushed aside. A cool breath be hind her caused her to turn to gain re lief from the scorching air that fanned her cheek. She was near the archway that led into the banquet room, from which the court had fled. She sprang back into the shadow of the fountain. Behind her the ivy glistened fresh and green in the moonlike glimmer; the water trickled in the snow-white basin: the perfume of the roses struck her sense heavy and oppressive, forever after as sociated with that terrible scene. Be fore her she saw the star-lit sky, the waving tops of the trees in the park ; the fresh air was blowing the curtains inward. There were safety, lire, free dom full in sight. But between her and that deliverance what a gulf! The flames crept up the pillars, ran swift as lightning along the gauze festoons, and shriveled the roses as their cruel tongues devoured the silken chains on which they hung. Up, up, along the to the folds that hung from the edge ot the ceiling—up the dome of rosy gauze to the very centre. The arch was crim son and gold in their embrace. But the chandelier! Is that a chaiD, or a cord by which it hangs? Heaven ! it is a silken rope! Yes; the fire has found it out; it is gnawing with Us silent teeth. Crash! the lustre with its thousands of blazing candles, its myriad pendants of glittering glass, has fallen! The floor is in a flame! And see, the creeping light is winding in along theivy stems; their young green strength’ resists, but they areburniDg slowly. Behind Feodore the velvet flags are scorching, smouldering slowly too; but how the circle narrows! Still plashed the water in the fountain, the pale electric light shone down upon thegirl’s white lilies and her whiter face. Mechanically she calculated how long it would take for that creeping flame to reach her flowing drapery. She pulled the dress closer around her. There was still a little passage where the floor was no 9 on fire. What a narrow bridge it seemed! Should she dare its passage ? Oh for some stroDg arm to guide ber through its perils ! But life is worth the risk. For one Instant the countess leaned breathless against the marble behind her; the nest a tall figure came leaping toward her through flame and smoke, over chairs and fallen tables— straight to her side, swift, resolute and , strong. A hand of Iron clasped her wrist. " Feodore, come!” It was D’lvry’s voice. No more, but all her fear had gone. They were in the crowd—the rushing, panting crowd, silent from very extreme terror. The doors into the park were wide and high. Thank God, they open outward ! They pressed for ward: behind them came the fast darl ing flames—walls and ceiling were one sheet of fire. It was a race for life.— One spark upon those gauze dresses floating so wildly, and a hundred would be burned alive. Feodore slipped and went down. An instant and she would have been trampled under foot; there is no cruelty like that of panic. But D’lvry’s strong arm was around her, his powerful shoulders pressed back the crowd. One more step, one glance that took in all that dreadful scene—the white, scared faces, the blazing cavern behind—and she was in the free air, her head on D’lvry's shoulder, her hand in his. " Thank God, you are saved!” said D’lvry, solemnly. "And by you!” cried the countess. "Feodore, 1 claim the debt!” said the young man, passionately. "It is my life I ask of you. May you never suffer what I suffered when that lustre fell and I saw you, pale and alone beyond it, through the flame. Then I knew— O God I with what knowledge!—how I loved you.” lie stretched his arms towards her: a stream of blood streaked her white (tress. "Adolphe,|you are wounded!” shriek ed the young girl. "Was not that other peril enough? Have we escaped the jaws of one death only to—” "Hush, darliug! This is but a scratch. One of the pendants of the chandelier struck my wrist as I sprang toward you. It is but a flesh wound: I can stop this blood with a bandage.” The couutess wound her handker chief tightly above the ugly gash, to stop the gushing stream ; then, with a sudden impulse, stooped and kissed the strong white hand. “ You have rescued me not from death alone, but from death in life, Adolphe. This night has taught me my own heart.” Meantime, the terrified crowd rushed through theopen doors into thegardens, mothers shrieking wildly for their chil dren, brothers for theirsisters, husbands and wives calling for each other in voices of agony. The flames lit up the bosquets and alleys with troubled gleams, and threw strange and terrible lights upon the friezes of the palace, and gave a sem blance of weird life to the statues that frowned down from their quiet niches in the walls upon the disorder below. The engines that hurried to the spot played upon the wooden frame of the pavilion in vain, liafter after rafter fell, the slight walls crumbled; the fairy structure lay a blackened, smoking ruin under the star-lit sky. But the palace was safe. Its walls were grimed and scorched and blackened, but the solid stone and iron had resisted the encroach ing flame. Of all that shrieking crowd, as if by a miracle, no life was lost. To-morrow heard the tales of a thou sand hairbreadth escapes. The hismry of the fire, from the first falling candle, that kindled the gauze festoon on which it fell, tothelastemberofthecrumbling ruin that it made, was told and retold a hundred times. The "Prince’s Sur prise” is yet talked of impressively by the well-bred gossips of Canard-Aux- Bois, and still fresh is kept the memory of that morrow, when lords and ladies walked the streets and paused on the corners to exchange greetings with sympathizing friends. They will tell you to-day how • the king and queen walked arm-in-arm down the great avenue to the scene of the disas ter, and commented to the officers of the court upon their wonderful deliver ance. "It was like the last scene in Lc Proyhcu said Her Majesty. "I was not at all terrified.” Carrazzi, hastening down the Place Boyale, met D’lvry radiant with his arm iu a sling. "And the haudkerchief?” said the latter as they paused under the statue in the centre of the square. “ Parbleu ! it was no time for seeking ladies’ favors,” said the Italian, “as your wound proves you.” “There is a balm for it iu Gilead,” said D’lvry. “Do you recognize this coronet under the bloody lace? The HDth of June is my wedding day.” “ And Bornstein ?” “Ah, have you not heard? The gen eral has declined the portfolio and ac cepted the command of the Indian forces. He sails for the East on Mon day.” The Greatness of Women, The real influence of a true woman is stronger to-day than ever, only our standard of true womanhood is higher. We ask more at her hands because we realize more fully her magnificent capa bilities. On the Stage her greatness has long been recognized, but in the world of Art and Music and Fiction, aud the still nobler social influences which she wields, her laurels are greener and of fresher growth. For the first time, tco, her intellect is grappling with subjects hitherto denied her. Intojthe myste ries of Nature she is taking her first steps; Science, is showing her strange wonders; Philosophy is teaching her the occult forces and hiddenlawsofthe world of thought. The dull monotony of domestic duty rises into the dignity of intelligent labor as she sees its deep meaning and far-reaching power. For the old helplessness comes the restful consciousness of acknowledged strength; and the stifling calm of a life without high aims is exchanged for the quick impulses and healthful activities of ambitious effort. —From “Women,” in LvppincotV s Magazine for April. ftnbtttilute for 1 bo Tentire of Ofliee Law. Tho following substitute for tho bill to re peal tho tenure of-office law was reported from tho Judiciary Committee and came up for discussion. It strikes out all after the enacting clause and inserts the follow ing: “That the first and second sections of an act entitled. An act regulating the ten ure of certain civil officers, passed March* 18G7, bo and the same are hereby repealed, and in lieu of said sections tho following are hereby enacted: That any person holding any civil office, to which he has been or may be hereafter appointed by and with the advice and con sent of the Senate, and who shall become duly qualified to act therein, shall be en titled to hold such office during the term for which he shall have been appointed, unless sooner removed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by tbe ap pointment, with the like advice and con sent, of a successor in his place, except as herein otherwise provided. Sec.'2. That during any recess of the Senate the President is hereby empowered, in his discretion, to suspend any civil of ficer appointed by and with tbe advice and consent of the Senate, except judges of the United States courts, until the end of the next session of the Senate, and to designate some suitable person subject to be removed, in bis dis cretion, by tbe designation of anoth er, to perform the*duties of such suspended officer in the mean time, and such person so designated shall take the oath and give the bonds required by law to be taken and given by the suspended officer, and shall duriDg the time he performsShis duties be to the salary and emoluments of such office, part of which shall belong to the officer suspended; and it shall be the duty of the President, within thirty days after the commencement of each session of the Senate, except for any office which, in his opinioD, ought not to be Ailed, to nominate persons to fill all vacancies in offices which existed at the meeting of the Senate, wheth er temporarily filled or not, and also in the place of all officers suspended, and if the Senate during such session shall refuse by vote to assent to his suspension, then, and not otherwise, such officer, at the end of the session, shall be entitled to resume the pos session of the office from which he was sus pended, and afterwards to discharge its duties and receive Itsemolumenta as though no such suspension had taken place.” Sixty-six vessels, containing 1,700,000 sacks of wheat, are now on their way from San Francisco to British ports. The Cali fornia wheat and £our afloat for China and other countries aggregate 2,300,000 sacks. The value of the wheat Is $4,000,000. The Family of Andrew Johnson, lotercatlng Personal Particulars. lUozraapondence of the Evening Post. 1 Washington, March, 1869. ' The family of Mr. Andrew Johnson 1 was the least ostentations of any that 1 has yet inhabited the White House, and its members preserved at the capi tal the simple manners of their former state. The retirement and quiet of their life was so great that many are curious to know of them, and a few words of description may be interesting to your readers. During her occupancy of the Execu tive Mansion Mrs. Johnson has lived almost as secluded as a nun. This has been in part owiug to a bronchial diffi culty and a consumptive tendency,with which she was first afllicted at the be ginning of the rebellion. This physical trouble was.subsequentiy aggravated by the loss of her eldest aud favorite sou, who was thrown from his horse and in stantly killed, at the beginning of the war, whilst on his round of duty, as surgeon of the First Regiment Tennes see Infantry. Very few Aoiericaif wo men have suffered more than Mrs. Johnson in behalf of the Union. She has known what it was to fill with her own hands the basket of bread and meat that was to be stealthily convey ed to a hiding place in the mountains, to keep from starvation her daughter’s husband. It was a chastened spirit she brought to the White House,and though her presence was seldom denied to per sonal friends, withtheglitterandpomp of state she had nothing to do. Mrs. Andrew Johnson, whose maiden name was Eliza McCardel, was born in ISII, and will be fifty-eight years of age on her next birthday. Sne is two years younger than her husband, and not older, as the newspapers are in the habit of telliDg the story. JShe was married iu Greenville, Tennessee, when she was in the eighteenth year of her age. Her young husband at the time was not twenty. The honeymoon was spent in teaching the future President the rudiments of education. Mrs. Johnson says " she taught him the letters, but he was an apt scholar, and acquired ail the rest himself..” With the exception of a few months la the early part of Mrs. Johnson's married life, her home has been in Greenville, Tennessee. It .was here that her five children were born—three eons and two daughters— of whom Mrs. Patterson is the eldest. This daughter's name is Martha, and she was married to Judge Patterson in December, 1555. Soon after their mar riage, Mr. Patterson—who was practis ing law at the time —was appointed Judge of the First Judicial District of , East Tennetsee. During most of the time of President Johnson’s adinistra tion he has occupied aseat in the Senate. Mrs. Johnson’s Becond daughter (Mary) married Mr. Stover in April, 1852. Col. Stover was one of the most gallant of those officers who laid down their lives in the defence of the Union. Though he had not the soldier’s honor to perish Jon the battlefield, his slow, painful death was in his country’s cause. Col. Stover was oue of the leaders who headed the Union , men of East Tennessee. Ho was one of the first to enroll himself among the number who, as an organization, were known as the "Bridge-burners.” His patriotic course attracted the attention of the rebels at once, and without a moment’s preparation he was driven to the moun tains of East Tennessee. During the inclement months of November, De cember and January, 1861, he was a hunted fugitive, hidingin the holes and caverns of the rocks. It was during this awful Winter that Mrs. Johnson rilled the basket with meat and bread, when her daughter, the sorrowful wife, was so smitten with anguish that she had , not the strength to perform the task. ■ Every man who tapped at the door of the lonely farm house was supposed to be coming to bring the news that the 1 son and husband was hanging to a : forest tree. 1 Borne of their neighbors had been alllicted iu this way, and this dread was the penalty paid for Unionism in East Tennessee. During this fearful period, in which Col. Stover sufTereJ from cold aud starvation, the seeds of consumption were planted in his constitution. At last, through the efforts of some old personal friends who were strong rebels, he was allowed to go home; but he 1 brought with him a sharp, rasping cough. Soon after he was allowed to pass through the rebel lines, in company with his family and Mrs. Johnson. He proceeded at once to Kentucky, where he raised a regiment which was after wards known as the Fourth Tennessee Infantry. No braver regiment served during the war, and but very few did the country more effective service ; but before this gallant band had time to distinguish itself in any great battle its brave, energetic Colonel had passed away, at the early age of thlrty»five. At the beginning of the rebellion Colonel Stover was living the independ ent life of a farmer in affluent circum stances. His large farm was well stocked with cattle, and his barns were filled. His house soon became known as a kind of resting and breathing place for the lieeing Union fugitives. After the departure of the family the buildings were destroyed. At his deathjhis widow was left with three small children and a scanty subsistence. Mrs. Stover has never asked Congress to indemnify her for any losses. Visitors at the White House during the past two or three years may retain the memory of a dignified, statueeque blonde, with a few very fine points, which a fashionable butterfly once said would make any woman a belie if she only knew how to make the most of them. Mrs. Stover never became a star in fashionable circles, aud now that she has left the gay capital, perhaps for a lifetime she is remembered by those who knew her best as the charming compan ion of the domestic fireside,a true daugh ter and judicious mother. The eldest son of Mrs. Johnson was killed. Not long after his receiving his diploma as physician he was appointed a surgeon in the First Tennessee Infan try. One bright Bpring morniug he started on his rounds of professional duty. In the exuberance of health, youth and spirits be spraug upon the horse of a brother officer. He had gone but a short distance when the high mettled creature reared upon its hind feet suddenly, the young man was thrown backwards, and, falling upon the frozen earth, was instantly killed. The concussion fractured his skull.— Mrs. Johnson has grieved for this son as did Jacob for his beloved Joseph; and not only the mother, but the whole family have mourned with unusual poignancy his untimely death. Robert Johnson, the eldest living son, entered the army as a volunteer while still a young boy; and was given a posi tion among older men, on account of his father. It was at this time that he formed the fearful habit of intemperance. As soon as Mrs. Johnson was settled at the White House, she Bent for this son, hop ing that his responsible position as pri vate secretary to the President and the personal influence of his sisters and her self, could reclaim him; but alas! she found his new position, in its surround ings, a still heavier death-weight to her hopes. Clever, genial “Bob,” the young man who had the ear of the President at any time, was everybody's friend. A crowd followed him wherever he went. The choicest viands of Willard’s and Welcker's were set before him, and miniature rivers were made to float with wine. Robert Johnson is now in an asylum, hoping and trying to overcome this vice. During the few months of his sojourn in Washington he provoked no enmity, and left many true personal friends. Andrew Johnson, Jr., the youngest child, who makes the fourth and last of Mrs. Johnson's cniidren. is a boy of fif teen, attending the college for young boys in Georgetown, D. C. He is a slender finely-formed youth, character ized by the same modest deportment usual to the family. His face bears a striking resemblance to Mrs. Patter son’s, but at present be is only noticea ble on account of bis family relations, and because be is tbe last child of bis mother. Mrs. Johnson is unusually feeble at this time; but, weather permitting, she will soon leave with Mre. Patterson for her distant home in Tennessee. Tho Richmond Whig rejoices that Charles ton, Kanawha county, has been selected as the capital of West*Virginia, and thinks thatareuniou ofthetwoStates, with Staun ton as the seat of government, or evdn Charleston, would be hailed with satisfac tion by the beat portion of the people of both States. Ibe Rape or Three Tonne Glrli by a Hegro near Chamberabarg—PorLlca* lar« of the Horrible Affairs. On Friday morning, the 19th inst., oor usually quiet community was greatly exci ted by the announcement that on tne pre vious day, a negro had committed rape on three ladies of the highest respectability. We will endeavor to give the facts of each case as they were known to us, on reliable authority, without mentioning names. It appears that on Thursday morning last, between 11 and 12 o’clock, the negro first made his appearance at a house about a mile from the Waynesboro road and two and a half miles South of Chamberaburg. There was no one about the premises ex cept a young girl, not quite thirteen years of age; The father of this child was from home attending to his business and the mother was assisting a neighbor to move. When the negro was seen approaching the house the child locked the door in order to keep him out. He endeavored to burst the door open but failed, and iinally threatened to burn the building if he was not ndmlt- I ted. lie was then permitted to enter and 1 when iu, demanded all the money of the house. The torrid -d child says she gnve him a "levy” and somo other change, in all amounting to ninety cents. Having ob tained the money be loully violated her person, resistance on her part being in vain, on account of the superior strength of tbo infuriated brute. His purpose accom plished, he told her that if she ever informed on him he would follow her and have his re venge by killing her. On leaving the house he was traced towards Stoufferstown, tak ing sufficient time by the way, however, to steal a hammer from a farmer which he af terwards sold for a quarter, stating he had purchased it Irom agenqfeman inChambers burg a short time before, for one" dollar. He is afterwards heard ofat a farm house where he was furnished a good supper. He had gone but a short distance from this last place, when he met a young lady re turning from a moving, and almost In sight of the house where she lives, knocked her on the head and succeeded in raping her person. Scarcely twenty minutes elapsed until he overtook another young lady crossing a lield to her home, when ho assaulted her with all the ferocity of a iiend. She l'onght him as best she could and would have mus tered him but he drew a razor nud threat ened her life. In the struggle sho was very much injured, but was torced to yield.— Theso horrible crimes were committed be tween 11:30 A. M., and 4*30 P. M., of the same day, nud all occurred in a distance of about three miles from the scene of the‘fiist diabolical deed. As soon as the facts wore made knowu search was made for the black scoundrel, but the night approaching, ef forts to find him were not successful. Wo might say here that he was tracked to the pike leading from Chambersburg to Greer.- village, from there across the creek, down towards Eyster’s Paper Mill, and thence to a *Bmall grocery on a lane leading from Front street to the mill, where a few days previous he had pawned n razor. He re deemed the razor, and in reply to a ques tion why his bands were bloody Baid that ho had cut them with a knife. The truth of the matter doubtless is, that it was the blood of his last victim. He afterwards said in Woifstown that he had killed a dog that had attacked him. On Friday night, between seven and oigbt o’clock, the fire-bell tapped and a rush was made for the jail. In about teu minutes no less thau eight hundred, per haps a thousand people were gathered abont the building. The crowd seemed wild with excitement and anxious to obtain posses sion of the prisoner. Put Sheriff Fletcher refused to deliver him up ami expressed his determination to protect him. Several of our citizens mado speeches urging tho crowd to desist from tho undertaking but the SherifTstill fearing an uitack called upon Captain George W.Skitmer of “the Housum Zouaves ”to come to his assistance. Capt. Skinner brought up some of his men with their muskets in obedience to the Sheriff's requisition, and ufter the Chief Burgess had interposed his authority also, tho crowd left aud went to their homes. On Saturday and Sunday nights, similar attempts were ap prehended, and the Sheriff in consequence had the jail guarded. 1 Ou Sunday last the child first nttucked was taken to the Jail, and among other prisoners pointed out Adams ns the one who had violated her person. There is not the least doubt tho prisoner is the guilty criminal aud wo hope that tho remainder of ids natural life may be spent within the boundaries of the penitentiury. The prisoner is as black as the nco of spades, about 3 feet 4 inches high, of rather a stout build and possesses a most wicked countenance. He is a son of “ Titus Adams,” and bas been “down the road” at least once. There ure none who have more vindictive leeliegs against him than his own race, and if placed in their bands his punishment would be swift and certain. The three victims of this fiend are under the care of skillful physicians, and are in a fair way to recover from the injuries in dicted on their persons. Too Mttcn Married. Tho Montpelier (Vt.l Journal copies the following from u private letter, dated not a thousaud jniles from. White River Junc tion : “They have got up the funniest snarl across the river that you over heard of. At a party last week ’s, after exhausting tbe ordinary games, and wanting some thing new, mock marriages were proposed. Accordingly names were drawn by lots, and four couples stood up to be married. The ceremony was performed, and they were duly pronounced “man and wife, by the |laws of the State and before these witnesses.” Afterward, they ascertained the man officiating was a justice of tbe peace, and the parties were Ze galhj married They are in the great est alarm about it that ever was.— One of them, Prof. , of T Semi nary, expects a lady up from below in about a fortnight to marry him, and nearly every one involved is expecting to bo mar ried right away—one other gentleman to a lady below—aud they feel like death. They have searched all the law books, and con sulted authorities far and near, and every thing on.y proves the knot still tighter. Tire Justice has been fined $3O for each couple. He says he is from another coun ty, and cannot do business here, and sup posed the marriages not to be legal. It is certainly a funny scrape, and made still funnier by tbe fact that all tho parties be long to tbe “ upper ten.” The beat opin ion is that they are legally married, and cau only be divorced by the Legislature. Philadelphia and New Tom, During ISOS, the number of buildings commenced in New York city reached 2112, of which 1874 were completed during the year. These buildings were classified as follows: first class dwellings, $79; second class dwellings, for two or tbrSe families, 353; tenement houses, 304; making 1626 dwelling bouses ; first class stores, 80; sec ond class stores, 14 ; storage houses, 31; fac tories and workshops, 129; stables, 90; school houses, 8; churches, 15; public buildings, IS; miscellaneous, 101. In nil these different classes there was a diminu tion from 1867, except in the first class, which was 309 in excess. In Philadelphia, the number of permits for the erection of buildings issued during 1868 amounted to 4430, or over twice as many as in New York. These buildings were classified as follows: Four-story dwellings, 71 ; three story, 2304 ; two-story, IGG4, making 4109 dwelling houses, or over two and a half times as many as in New York ; the other buildings, 327 in number, were classified as follows: Churches, 13; chapels, 3 ; school houses, 10 ; store-houses, 21; factories, 34 ; foundries, 0; stores, 111; shops, 110; market-houses, 2; engine houses, 3 ; sugar-houses, 2 ; savings banks, 2; mills, 3 ; Masonic Temple, 1. Although the classification of the two cities is some what different, yet enough is shown to prove that the increase of Philadelphia far exceeds that of New York .—Philadelphia Ledger. Serious Kailway Accident. Chicago, March 23 —This morning about 9 o’clock, two coaches and sleeping cars were thrown from the track on the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad, two miles west of Washington, Illinois. There were aboard a large number of passengers, in cluding Gov. Beymourof New York, thirty five or forty of whom were more or less injured—though but few severely. Mr. Scott, of Pennsylvania, was badly injured in the back; Mr. Guthrie, of Columbus, Obio, slight injuries In the head and back ; James Woolly, of Lawrence, Mass., cut in the temple; Edward Kelly, of Lawrence, ■right arm broken; iMary Scbnebley, of Woodbury, N. J., hurt in tbe knee; D. C. Coppick, head cut; Emanuel Taylor, of Ohio, severely cutin the head ; Wm. Hurst of Westfield, N. J., cut in the bead ; L. h! Mayer, of Chicago, cut in the bead. Gov. Seymour was in the sleeping car, and re ceived only a few scratches. Louisiana Sugar Crop. A private letter from Louisiana says: “ The winter here has been extremely mild tor open, as you say, or soft as might be said,) everywhere, it appears from all ac counts.. With ns it has been very wet. We have seen very little ice, but have been deluged with rain, which first impeded our cane-grinding, and now prevents our cane planting. Our planters have had a hard time with jtheir suga: a making this winter, but the yield has been more than commonly satisfactory. I did not expect a orop of more than 80,000 hogsheads. Never was the caoe known to yield so much. The culture this year will be very much augmented, and preparations are beingmadetoplantalarge crop. All the planters that maae sugar last year are increasing theirculture, and places that have been abandoned since the war are now being worked. Should the weather prove favorable, I look for a crop of 250,000 to 300,000 hogsheads, and at prices that are likely to rule next winter—ln view of the revolution in Cuba—they will be worth double the number to ns. NUMBER 13 State Items* Music is now one of the regular brunches of study in the Erie public schools. Railroad men in different parts of the State are forming benetlcial associations. Easton is looking up. She now bus a local express company. , Middletown has substribed $27,000 tow ards establishing a car and manufacturing oompany at that pluce. Both parties in Titusville, Crawford co., baye united on a ‘'People’s ticket” for mu nicipal offices. Danielsville, Northampton county, is casting about her to devise means to get a daily mail from Bethlehem. The Butler Herald advocates the election of State Treasurer by the peopio instead- of the Legislature. William Howarlh, a carpenter, fell from a building near Scrautou, on the 22d insl., and was killed. James Edwards, of Huntingdon county wasiu Pittsburg recently, when the conti deuce meu lleeoed him of $-!'>. Holmesburg, Bucks county, boasts of the oldest grist-mill in the .State—it huviug been built iu 1679, or one hundred and ninety years ugo. On Friday, the 11th inst., Samuel Stow art. of Brookville, was drowned at Broken rock dam on the Redbank, having been washed off a raft. Westmoreland county lays claims to hnv ine the oldest murrted couple intheMlate —Pat Murphy and wife, aged respectively 110 and 80 years. The old “Alleu Rilles,” of Allentown, one of the iirst companies to respond to President Lmcolu’s call for troops iu 1861, is to be revived. The Philadelphia and Erie Railroad cal culate that this year they will carry twice the amount of freight transported over their road during any previous yoar. Patrick Kelly und Mike Walsh had a bit of a fight on Shanty Hill, Serunton, last Sunday evening, in which Patrick received a very severe stub in the ireek. A shoemaker named Putriok Wlmlon, living in Diamond Alley, Pittsburg, has been missing since Fjidav morning last, and suspicions of foul play are entertained A disputo took plime at a cockfight in Girardville, Schuylkill county, the other day, in which firearms were freely used and three men seriously injured. Water has been let into the Delaware canal, at Easton, und the old boats which have been lying aground during ihe winter months are again ulluat and rcudy for busi ness. On the 16th instunt a young lady, Miss Oruuthanel, residing with her brother at Lino Lexington, Montgomery county, was so shockingly burned by the explosion of a lamp as to cause her almost instant deutb. A lud named Winfield Scott was killed* and another boy dangerously injured, in South Pittsburg, on Monday last, by a coal car falling upon them near the rolling mill of Painter A Sons. A lad aged 14 years, son of Charles Hen ry, residingnearShultzville, Berkscounty, fell from a mow in his father’s burn on Thursday last, received such injurious to cause his death the same ovoning. An irishman aud a German got iuto a fight in Honesdalo on the 12th Inst., both armed with sticks, which resulted in the latter receiving a blow upon the bead seri ously ondungerißg his life. The Bush House, at the depot at. Bolle fonte, one of tho finest hotel structures in the country, is expected to open about the first of May, under the management of Messrs. Bush it llowoll. . Mnuch Chunk, Carbon county, has deter mined to erect a now jail, Proposals are now being received. Duo of tho county papers says that “It is an improvement that has long been noeded.” A female seminary is one of the latest projects on foot lor East Maueh Chunk, Carbon county. A stock company has been formed with a capital of $cO,OCO. A bill for its incorporation will shortly come before the legislature. Mrs. Kemble has beou sued for causing the doors of tho hall to bo lucked on the occasion of one of her readings in Reading, Pa. The law in Pennsylvania imposes u fiuo of $lOO for that offence. Reading fares but ill in Reading. The residence of Wm. Dean, a few miles from Huntingdon, was burned on Inst Wednesday morning, and one of his daughters, aged about 17 years, perished in the flames. An older Buughter was severely burned. A frightful scene is related by tho Clarion Democrat which took place near that place a few days ago. A dog first started a fox. the fox then started tho dog und chased it home whero it has remained ever since re fusing to leave the door. The Clarion Democrat says the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment conferring the right of suffrage upon negroes will add just two to the present vote of Clarion county. It is thought that this increased vote will be about equally divided between the two par ties. The Democrats of Waynesburg gained a handsome victory at the Boring election on the 12th inst. The only contest made by the Radicals was for Justice of the Peace, in which they were defeated by a majority of 28—being a democratic gain of 18 over the November election. On tho 12th inst., as a little boy aged about 11 years, grandson of C. Hawinan, of Licking Creek twp., Fulton county, was felling a small tree standing close to a fence, his head was caught between tho fence aud the falling tree, killing him almost In stantly. A few days ago a little girl of William Swoop, of Licking Creek twp., Fulton county, aged 11 or 12 years, was attacked by a vicious ram, which butted her upon the bead with such violence as to cause concussion of the brain, seriously endan gering tho life of the child.; The Pittsburg Commercial hopes that It will live to see the day when dirty coal will be sold by honest weight, and wnen every manufacturing establishment will bo com pelled to use smoke-consumers, and evory landlord who has tenement houses to pro vide coal and ash bins for his tenants. A gentleman In Upper Merion, Mont« gotnory co., found a piece of limestone, aud noticing some curious murks upon it, had it placed in the hands of one of our stone cutters to be polished, and now appears on both sides representations of a landscape, including hills, valleys and trees. It does not look like the fern fossils we sometimes see in cabinets of science, being more prom inent and distinct, and is really beautiiul. Holmesburg claims to have within her limits the oldest mill in the Btate. It is nearly a century older than the Moravian mill lately destroyed by fire at Bethlehem. The Holmesburg mill was built m 1079, KDd the Bethlehem mill in 1751,making the the former 72 years older ibau the latter. Tbe Holmesburg mill was used for a tune lor the purpose for which it was erected, and afterwards occupied by the British troops as a garrison, while they held pos session of this city. Biueu the evaluation of the city by the British it lias constantly been used for milling purposes. Its mass ive walls attest the value that our fathers placed upon their labors, for the plaster used by them In its erection is as hard as thestoneof which it is built. Though it has stood the storms of centuries, U shows very little signs of decay. To Holmesburg belongs the honor of having the oldest grist m'll in Pennsylvania. Among tho ruins of the old Moravian mill, lately destroyed by lire at Bothlehom, were found some specimens of coins that might prove of rare interest to tho nuinis inatogist and the curiosty-seeker. One of them is aone-ceut piece of the Bluto of New Jersey, in the early days of the republic. On one side it bears the inscription “Nova Caesarea,” In cireulur form, and below are the figures of a horse-head and a plough, and the date “ 1788.” On the obverse is a shield surrounded with the words, “E Pluribus Unurn.” Two others are half-peuny pieces, one Irish, the other English, bearing the sacred image of his most excellent majesty, “George the Third, King.” Another one is u United States one-cent piece, bearing dato “ 1816,” and which have become “ like angels’ visits, few and far between.” The remaining coin has become so spoiled by old ago tbut it is impossible to distinguish its date or nation ality. How the coirs found a lodging place in the old mill is a question. Marriage—Betrothed to Three Brothers. The Americus (Georgia) Courier relate* the particulars of a case in that county in which the briiie was betrothed to three brothers, and married to two of them, which is rather remarkable: On the Oth of August, 1800, a young man came to Americus and procured u license to marry an estimable yonng lady, residing several miles from this city, went home, and was married in the afternoon of that day. He was attacked by a cougestive chill, wbich terminated in his death the following Saturday, the stricken bride fol lowed his remains to their last resting place, clothed in the same suit in which her heart had been made glad by becoming his bride. On the following August (1807.) the second brother of the same family came to Anieri cus for thesame pur pose which bad brought the deceased one - ear previous. On his way home, rejoicing; <n happy anticipation of making the wor:nv widow of his lost brother his own brio-*, he was caught in a heavy rain, and arrived at home with his clothing thorougblv saturated, from which be was taken wi: . a congestive chill the same evening n: ; . died the evening pre vious to the iti-I-nage, which was to have taken place • following Sabbath. Again, instead of llt ulng to the merry ringing of the raarri bells, the death knell waß heard ami a funeral procession took the place of the marriage feast. Some time daring last month the third brother of the deceased procured a license and was hap* plly married to the twice-bereaved lady. BATE OF ADVERTISING. Business advebtxbexkbts, $l2 a.year per a' oare often lines; $B per year flmreflcfrftd* ltional square. . . tTAT-V-BTAT* AnygrmamQ. lOcents a Una fr f thaflrstrsml6oent*foraaeb aobseqaefil is* aertlon. ’ QgitgßiT. Aimanarsa 7 cents a line for th-s first. %nd i cent* for each subsequent inser tion. Special Notices Inserted in Local Column 15 cents per line* Special Notices preceding marriages ami deaths, 10 cents per line for first Insertion i and 5 cents for every subsequent insertion; Legal and oth kb Notices— Executors’ .otlc*n _, ■— 150 Administrators 1 inrUnr. , «.■■■■, ZAO Assignees’ notices,... 2.60 ’ Auditors’ notices,..— 2.00 Other “Notices,”ten lines, or less, 7 three times, .. 1.50 KCRh Items. The Austrian Emperor speak a eleven languages tlueutly. The March frosts have injured tho to bacco crop in Kentucky, A St. Louis paper praises an actress for her “lady like habits,“ “A basement for rent up stirira” is an nounced in Chicago. Sevonty-two cotton and wollou mill-, uro being erected in Georgia. Items about land buyers from th North fill all the Southern papers. Over 40,000 men paraded In the New York Sl. Patrick’s day procession. Tho Poles threaten to give up smokiug rather thau use Russian tobacco. One Vienna music dealer has a stock of old Cremona violins worth over SHHUXX). Queen Victoria Ims spent neurly $2,000, 000 in commemorating the Prince Consort. Victor Hugo has the largest Ik-uJ among living French authors. The Chicago street railways will hereaf ter run only one horse. ‘ Chinese jewelry la said to be fashionable in Now York. Land near San Antonio, Texas, has been sold for twelve cents an acre. Providence, R. 1., has raised tho price of retail grocers’ licenses to $5OO each. A laborer in Washington count}*, Mis souri, picked up au old shoe, and lound iu it SSOO in gold coin. Miss Florence Nightingale contributes a paper on Pauperism to the current num ber of Fraser. A large number of dry goods and other clerks are out of employment in New Or leans. Admiral Trohoust, of Franco, just pro moled to the rank, begun his career us u cuLm boy. Cincinnati is to be presented by one of her ettiz-ms with a beautiful fouutuln cost ing S6O,UOt). A man named Hirsh, hanged hitns“l( in ihe Jewish Synagogue, at Baltimore, yes terday. One thousand English sparrows have ar rived in Philadelphia, anil will be let loose in the public squares ot the city. Tho recent consolidation of the In laid ry forces ol the United Stales leaves but two regiments of colored troops in* the service k The Princess Metternich, at a reeent re ception, offered her guests cigars, atnl hd oil’ iu the smoking herself. But one descendant of Kant, the great German philosopher, is n<uv living, and lie is a pauper in Culm, Prussia. England expended £2,221,002 more than her income last year. The Abyssinian war cost her nearly ten million pounds. The Senate qf Rhode Island yeslenlav postponed the consideration of (In* suffrage uuiemlment uutil May. Heavy rains have followed tin* recent snow storms in Nova Scotia, causing great destruction of property in some localities. A .San Francisco despatch reports that large discoveries of gold have been made in Alaska. Two women were killed by the ruilioad cars ut Groton Junction, Mass., yeslenlav, while crossing the track in a sleigh. Seventy five dollars were recently paid fora dinner for four persons at Del mon ion’s, New York, the wine charges being exirn._ The arrival of Rev. Paul Begley is an nounced in England, on bis remission to procure tho release of the Fenian prisoners. Tho number of depositors in the savings banks of San Francisco is 29,MW with au average sum to earh depositor of $7-18. On the Chicago and Northwestern rail way recently a train ran niiiuty-one nines in ninety minutes. N A North Polo expedition, under the charge of Dr. Isaac I. Hays, is about to bo organized, under the auspices ol the Amer ican Geographical and .Statistical Society. Copper ore of great Holiness is being found in Rowan county, N. have beou brought to Raleigh which con tain lbrty-five per cent, of pure metal. Sugar planting has been very successful In Louisiana this season, ami tho crop is estimated at from 25U,not) to :;no,ouu hogs heads. Kossuth inukes a precarious living as copyist of legal documents in Turin. lit* refuses all pecuniary assistance at the hands of his friends. Tho Post-ollico Department is advised that a gup of but 82 miles remains to he filled, to unite the Central and Union Pa cific Railroads. Advices from Oregon stato that smoke Is issuiug from Mounts Hood, Jefferson and Three Sisters, uud earthquakes are appre hended. The Presbyterians of Staunton, Vu., are about to make arrangements to build a large church. Rev. Mr. linker, their pas tor, has signified his wilhngnnss to head the list with a contribution ol £l,ooo. Mr. James Harper, oftho publishing firm of Harper it Brothers,wits seriously injured by being thrown from his carriage in New York last evening. Ills condition is criti cal. At Boston, on Wednesday Dight, a young man named Pino shot and mortally wound ed a young woman named Howard, to whom he had been paying his addresses, and then killed himself. Gov. Palmer, of Illinois, has ordered an election in the Eighth Congressional Dis trict of that State, for a successor to Mr. Washburne. The election will tako placo on June hth. Mr. Boggs, who was General Grant’s St. St. Louis partner in the real estate business ten years ugo, died in that city on Monday. He whs to havo been made Surveyor oftho Port by General Grant. A tract of land in Logan and adjacent counties, In West Virginia, containing 00,- 000 acres, has been sold for 20 cents per acre. The land is of the llnest quality, heavily wooded, and somo of it a pluiu. No wondor the British Government Is tired of the colonies, when it costs $13,000,- UOO u year to support the military three in them, of which the colonial Governments puy buck a little more than one-tenth. It is reported from Romo that the English Roman Catholics in that city are going to hold special service for the purpose of in voking the intercession of St. George to bring about the conversion of England. In Cincinnati, on Tuesday afternoon, three men entered the house o! Mr. Schlen ker, gagged his wife, who was übuie, ami stole $2,300. One of the robbers was arrest - ed, but the money has not been recovered. A Georgia negro was unable to tell for whom be hud voted at the Legislative i-kc lion, but identified the ticket by a eertam device at its head, which he deirribed as “ a picture ob a Radical flag vnd a crow or Buzzard dat sit on the top ub um wid a bunch of broom grass in de puw." A movement is on foot to call an Irish National Convention of delegations Imm the Irish religious and benevolent societies iu the United Slates, the object being to form a central bureau in New York, with auxiliary societies in ull the States, forth" purpose offurnishnig aid and information to Irishmen in regard to the price of land, labor, etc., and to render any oilier assiM anc« necessary to sccuro beriollls to Irish emigrants. Governor Palmer, of Illinois, has signed the bill giving authority to railroads ot the State, by resolution oftho directors or ex ecutive committou, to divide the board of directors in three classes, numbered conse cutively, the terms of the flrst class to ex pire on the day of the annual election of said company next ensuing; the second, one year thereafter, and the third ohms two years thereafter. At euch annual election after such classification, the stockholders < f such company shall elect for the term of three years a number of directors <<pml to the number in the class whose terms expire on the day of election. An Outrayou* Innnlt tu (litr Colored Holdlem ° From the Boston Courier. We are informed by the daily press that “thodhdians of the nlaina will not tako scalps from the heads of negro soldiers killed in battle.” Is not this a flagrant violation of the spir it of the civil rights bill, of the new amend ments to the Constitution, and of the re construction policy of Congress? This is the crowing insult to our colored citizens. Shall the red skins be allowed thus to make distinctions on account of ruco or color ? When the colored troops fight brayely, mav those untaxed Indians scorn their scalps, us being no trophy worth the taking off? This contemptuous treatment of tho black man by th*» red man is not to bo borne. Senator Summer must attend to this. He must prepare resolutions. He must fulminate speeches against tho noble red man of tho forest, who, when on the war path, dares to show a savage disre spect to wool ! He has abolished tho w r ord ‘'white” In the District of Columbia, let him abolish the word “black” on the plains. Let him cause it to be enacted that wheu the untaxed red-skin says— “Ugh. big Indian no scalp nigger!” somebody shall shoot him on the spot. It is not because of the difficulty of tak ing off the colered man’s scalp. No such thing. Indians scalp very short haired’ white soldiers. It is their contempt for the negro as an iferior race. They must be taught better. Here is missionary work to do. And a new stipulation should be madciin all Indian treaties, that no distinction of race or color shall be made with the scalp ing knife. . The insult is to catting.
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