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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
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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.