Lcf/fi/ Advertisementn. SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of sundry writs of Fieri Parlaa, l.rrarl Parina, ami V.udltlonl Kx|iona. iuiH.il out of tlie Court of Common Ploaa ol C.ntra nnly.and to ma dlrartrd, th.r# will he expoaml to j,„hl|oalo at the Court llmi*r,in Hellofont., oil Saturday, April 24, A. D., 1880, at'ona o'clock. P. M., the following diistribrd rial oa lale of lha defeudalita, to wit: No. 1. All that certain lot or pioco of around aitnate In Patton townahlp, Ceutr. county, Pa Bonndrd on th ninth hy land of Dartd Taylor, on • 1,,, weat by helra of Andrew llnntar, mi the aaat and I. irth hy land of Win. Tremler—rontalnlu, one .acre 0 r la. No bulldinga. ALSO, All thnt cortain lot of timber land ait* hi Patton townahlp, Centre county, Pa.: Bounded ,n lii' ''- v Yreaaler, on the north liy laud "I Andrew Wt-o, on the aouth hy luuda of helra of tiolre* Hunter, and on the weat hy land ol C nptUe-eontalnlng 20 arrea more or leaa. No bulhl iuaa Reltial. taken In rxrrution and to be (old aa the property of 11. W. Kumherfter. No. 2. The undivided one-half intor -l in all that certain lot or piece of around aitnate hi l iter townahlp. Centre county, Pa : Beiiiniilng al iXhma ; thence hy laml "f John Buyer, north 3ft* 0 ce.t m MO perchea to a apnice; thence hy aauie north MF —it 24 .'ido iMTchee to a atone; thenee hy laud of liaii'nab Ciioney North 4° caat, 113-10 perchea to a .(.me: thence by John Moyer'a land north 66° weat ■ii S-10 peri'llea to a poat: thence north 13l°weat,7 n-ltl ....j. li.a to pine atump; thence aoutli I2i° weat, A 3-10 [ i,l, ...to a corner: thence north 79° weat, 12 2-ld 'ri'li.e t., a road; then,.' hy land of Wm. SlcMlnn aouth 4 1-10 ' eaat. 40 perchea to the place of begin nlnx— rontalnlng I acrea 94 percliea. Tlteieon erei'te-l a ih,eatery frame houae. atorv to,.in, -wide and other out-building*. ALSO, All that certain tract of unseated land aitunte In llarrl- townahlp. Centre county. Pa, 111 the wartantee name ~r Ghoh.' Kox—•iintaiiiing ..tie hun dred and thirty three a, r— nn.re or I.— . Beiae-I, taken in execution and to lie Bold aa the property ol Dunicl DtllVta No. 3. All thnt certain mefftunge, tene tni'nt ami lot of groniui sttt:ts in tb** vlllsgc f Cen tral Citv. Centre county. FA Bounded on the t sxt bv n street, "ri tlm w*utli by Rsilrosd street, n tl wt-st by Isndsaf Jiimes L. Ilsle's esUle. nnd on the north by liiiitl td Knmuuei Sclroyr—rontalning 4 lots In the j l.ui of Central City being esch .60 feet by 2iiofeet. Tlcry n erected a planing mill. 8 i/ed, Uketi In rxecution hiil to 1"- sold h* the property of Willism II Cutu| bell, Msry Campbell executors of Wm. Csm|e It'll, dee'd. . No. 4. All that certain lot or pieco of kind •itusto in Fuller township, Centre county. Pa.: Itegiuiiing ut a line stone; thence by lands of Nicholas liv-ker, north 27 J wmt. DrJft lO lurches to R stone; thence by Mountain south 4C west 1(17 perches to nes; thence ly lauds td Feter Wolf, eolith 27° em*t. yo ft-lo perches lon stone in public road; thence by i nnd north TO Mitß prch— tsi white ok: th. nee north east, 67 perches ton pine stump; thence north 7.x east. 31 p*r hes ti line stone ; thence north Mb west, 6perches to line stone; thence north 7s tfust, 9 5-It) perches to line stone; thence north li° west, 16 perches to line stone ; thence north 7*° east, 4". lurches to the place of beginning—containing DH s rtf 4 ami H4 perches slid allowance. Thereon erected s two-etory log house, snd other out-buildings. Beir.ed, tsken in execution and to bo sold s the pro|ierty of John Zettle. No. 5. Tho undivided one-fourth pnrt ,if all that rcrtaiu tract or piece of gronml attnat. in Itcuiier township, Centre county. Penu's: Beginning :il a |vxt; thence by lsnl of Cliarle* W ittiier 31, west, P j vlO pert best'is post ; tlience Durtb 5U° cast, Hi 3-ld jrt'fhes to s |Mat tlience north .31 ft-lf west, ll H-lff perches to stone neap ; thence by land late of Henry Vail Dyke, south tup west, 102 perches to stones by white oak; thence by laud Ute of Henry Brockerboff, <1- eased, south J3j- e*t, 207 perches b. |"st ; thence •m ath 814° esst, 82 7-10 pert he* to post; tlience by land f T H. Reynobls, north 564° eSst 67 3-10 pen hes lo the pi to e of legitiiiiiig—coiitaiiiing I.VJ a. res and lis• ;eri lies. Thereon erect***! s twestory brick house, bsnk burn and other outbuilding" S iEed, taken in execution aud to lai sold a* the pru|- erty of Frank Mhlleii. No. 6. All that ono-hulf tindividml |>nrt of tlie threw several ni***eusgei, tenements and trio ts .f laud as f'Hows, to wit: t>n.- tract el lust e in Kuih tfiwnsUip, Centre county, Penn'a, surveyed on s war rant to Christopher Teuhore, b>ginning at mi ssii vomer of John lismhright ami Casper SbafTner, Jr.; thence north esst, 320 jwrcbes nre or less to s piue; thence amlh i(/ Mat, 230 perche* mre or !••** 10 a pine corner of Henry rinkerton ; tlo nce ly tlie M.d Henry Plnkerton survey south, fttf 3 west. .320 parches, mora or less, to sdogwcsl crner of Robert Bp*-er; thence by tho uid Hols-rt Bpeer survey north west, 23 jen he*, more or less, to the plso* of be ginning, containing 4.W acres and 163 p"p h*-. ALBO| One other tract aitunte in Ruh town •lop. Centre county, Fenu'a, survey**! -n s warrsnt to R'/l.-rt Bpeer Beginning st s post corner of J*hn I lon Wight sod George II fnsgle; tlience by John ll.iiiibrtght survv'y north fto° east, 320 |*er-hes. more or less, to an ash corner of the above iieecritwMl tract ; the lev by tlje said above descrilied tract south dt/ 1 east. 236 |*er hes, uiore or lea*, to s dogw immJ corner ot the 11. Flnksrton survey; thencs south 60° west, 32ft more or Ices, to s pst cornsr of tract in tlie iiame of Feter Miller; thence by the said Friar Miller survey north west, Sio perches, no-re or l-ss. t. the place of beginning—containing 4*l sires and 16 1 js-rrhew, more or less. AUK), Tho othor tract aituhtc partly in Rtinh township. Centre count), snd |>rtlv iu Morris town ship, Cleat field rounty, FenaV deacrile| s< *trding to a plan r survey tiiereof. nude in .\prll. 1703, on war. rant dated the 24th dsy of December, 17ieJ, |eing No. I. on said plan ami warrant***! m tb** name of Cas|*er Hhsffner. Jr. Beginning st s post s corner of tract in the name of Christian Mu*ser; thence south 4" east, 2.3) perrhes to s |ot; them** hy tra t in the hams of Christian Tenliore, south .Vf 3 west, .320 p*-n h pa to a j-Kt; thence hy tract in the natoe u f J**lui ll.tnibrighY. north west, 230 perches to a post; tlience by tract in nsme of Cliristlftti Mnsser, north 6o eat. .32n pen-lies to the place of beginning—con taining hid acres and 1.V3 peri lies, more or less. Heize.F. t.ik*-n iu e*e ut lon and p le soil as the prop erty of J*hn Trucks and Joseph K Fsrki-r. No. 7. All that certain lot or piooh of ground situate in the borough f IMlefonte and |*artly InHpilng township. Centre Bounty, Penn'a: KoufHi*ntabling i of an acre, more or last. Thereon erected a tw< story frame house, stable and oilier' ct-buildinge Be(red. tsken in exsr ntion and to Is- sold as the property of John C'ampliell. No. 8. All that certain lot or piwc of ground situate Iu the village of Centre Hall, potter township, Centre county, Fenn'a. bounded as follows: Beginning at stone corner of lands of Joseph Bitner. rie*a*d ; thence north 71° wm(, along turnpike 4 ft-lo per. hes t# st"ic. at alley ; thence sbng said alley ti'-rtli 164° west, 10 9-10 |>ri.hes to ptiliil, thence by Othsr lands of Joseph Bitner, ilaesxH, south 74° cast, 4 2-10 psrelies t* *t*ie : thence hy same sonth 11 xst. 13 1-10 perrhes to plsc tf beginning con taining 61 perches, more *r less Therwui erected a • wtfott'.ry frame h*nse, stable ami other out-bulldings- Rei/r*|, tsken In riNtiiaS and to lie sold as the pftp ertyof John II Miller No, o.—All that CArtlin lot or pioce of fr"iind sltuato in Mpring township. Centre county, >nn's: B< titided on the north ly Margaret Tolaii, on the south hy Molomon Barlet, on the west ly Wil liam Humes, on the east by land of ftolomon Bsrlet--- roauising | acre, more or less. Themm erected a •rc|ies mure or less to h sugar tree a < oritur ; thence by a tract of lam! in th warrantee** name of John Haiiibrlglit, south WF west, 32D |IS relies more or less to a pine tree corner ; thence by a tract >f bind in the war'lattice natiie of ftehastiau draff, north 4t° east, 230 iierches, more or less, to the place of beginning—containing 431 acres ami 163 per ches, more or less. ALSO, All tho right, title nnd intoroat of do femlants lii all that certain tract or phs e of Inml sit uate tiAitly in Itusb township, aforesaid, atel partly In Morris township, Olearflsld county, Fa.; TVuindctl on the north ly lamls late of the estate of Henry f*o ralne, ib'cease'l, on the east by lamls of Hoay ami Ky ler, on the south by lamls in warrantee name of An drew* Graff, on the west by lamls late of llrenner ami Coni|NMiy—containing acres ami 137 perches sur veyed April I, 1703, oti warrant In name of Christian Mussei Thereon erected two frame houses, an old saw mill mid other outbulldliigx. AI.HO, All tho right, titlo mid interest of do fandant* In nil Hint rart.iln trn. t of liuid altunla In Morris township, Clearfield county, Feun'a: lb-gin niiig at a stone heap formerly a'white oak corner; thence by landa Ute ot Lever ami Lornine south 22b| perches to a |nst. east 1.'4 |iarcließ to a |s.st , them e by lands surveyed to Robert Rnim y north 220 ft ln perches to a white pine, along lands surveyed t< Stephen Kingstou 164 perches to tlie place of Imgin nlug—containing 2HB acres and 37 perches and allow ame, and was aurveyed in pursuance of a warrant dated March 13, A. D, IH. 17, issued to Leonard Kyler. A LMO, All thn ripht, titl nnd intoropt of de fendants in Uml situate in Morris township, Claurtleld county. IV: Ib-uinuing at a fallen hemlock; them e south 2g west, 216 penhes to awhile pine; thence north H7i° west, 31H Mo perches to a maple trw; thence north '24° east, ltkl ft-lo |ar lies to a pu-t ; thence south H4° west, 0t .J-lo perches to a |sst. iisrtli 2' cast, ♦W 3-10 perches to a hemlock ; thence south K3° east, 247 5-10 perches to the place of leginiiiiiK—containing 412 acres ami H4 perches, more or less. Being jwirt of a larger tract surveyed In the name of John Houston. AI.HO, All tho right, titlo and interest of de fendants in all that certain tract of land situate in Morris township, Clearfield county, FennV. Begin ning at a spruce corner; the nee by Daniel Milk pur chase north HH° west Idi perches to a pine; thence ly John Taylor and John Houston surveys 226 perches t<> a pine, south I|° west course, called in the original survey routh ; thence east 70 pen lies to a post; thence north 14° east 1(15 |ierchea to a MKIH ••; til erne south ewst M perches; thence north ll°e-ist | Jart of the alsive dex ribe*! tracts of land will be dd at the same time and place by Win. T. Kirk, F.sj.. trustee for certain creditors of Wagoner A Bro. Terms made known on day of sale. No. 13, All that certain lot or plcco of ground situate iu Fotl*r township. Centre county. I Vim a: beginning at a stone; thence hy lands nf I John Mover south 2-".\° w.-st i:ui U-10 |errbes to a tu.iple; thence by laud of John ({oyer south 27 7xl 4-H to a jm.sl; thence by laud of Frank Wright i moth fil. east. 3H 4-l porches to a p*t; tlience ty land of Dau'l Fleilu-r north 2*i° west. :j| i|o p-r lo - ; to stone; thence l>y laml of same north 411'" east, 401-10 i perches b stone ; thence by land of I rish Slack north I • rff- oust. ft-' 6-lu perches to stone: thence by land of ; -vine and Joseph ghlrk north le* west, l*l perrht* ! ! I.'A corner; thence hy land of Itanhd Fbi-her south ' •wo west. 38 peichc* | stone; tlo nce ly land of Mhc I south 74i 0 west, .17 *klo perches to stone: tlieme bv j ! land of Mrs. Isliler and Jacob Moycr soutb Ai° east. ; lift 7-10 |*.n lies to the place of l-eg'tuning— containing , j 134 acres ami W> perches, more or !es. 1 hereon er*t | ed a twiestory frame house, bank larii ami other out buildings Heifted, taken in execution and to te- s
.*i, | perches to stones: then. ,- north R,2° . ant. 264 |e-P he* to a • hestnut oak . thence south Mt ,-a*t. 121 perches \ t.. chestnut lb n . 2"ft he* to the pluienf beginriiiig—coiitsiniiig 2Bt* acres and allowam • Th* one of the two undivhh-d filth part le-ing the •arm* i that Thomas It irnid- and Rclisrcs, hi* wife, by deed le-aring even date herewith, grante*! and eonvsvel t ! th* said lie-'rge W. Thomas; tlie other one undivided 1 ruth U'ilig the satnv which the said tierge W.Thmas | holds In his iiwo right under the Ust will an>l teta- I inent of iHr. John Purdue, deceased. Tie r'sm err* ( I a twestory- frame lime. hank barn and other out- buildirißs, excpting and reserving front the afore- | wld mortgsgel premKw all that tertain messuage, i i tenement and piece of land situate in Hetnier town- | i "kip. Centre county, Penn'a: ftcginnliig al btw-k t>erche to stone; thence south 274° 'wt, ft perches to | old pine; thence south 64| west, 2l perches to place jof leginning—rontsming 47 sere- nfl .| |wrche . re- •! j |ea- of Reltec< a T Hnrnsble snd Ths. Burnslde t tie*,. W Tic'ma*, dated May 11, 1*76. Mis.. I lane*, us : Book * 4 E." page zv*. Bei#e|. taken in execution and to Is* sold as tiie property of (iei.rge H . Th .ru tm. No. 15. All thnt certain M<*A#UBIFP, lignate*l as lot No. 107 in the general plan of said hor>agti: Bounded on the north by lot late of Roland Cnrtin, deceased, on j the ewt by Decatur alley, on the south by Catharine Montgomery, and on the wet by Allegh-u> street— I Containing Jof wn acre less Tliereon erected I a dnuhle two story sb.ne dwelling house, stable and j other outbuilding*. Bei*e|. tak'-n In cxocaiion rnd to be sold as the pnuerly of Dinah M. Adams. d*C' iM"I No. 18. All that rortain lot or pi<>co of j ground situate in Potter township.Csntre county. IV j Bounded on the north ly lamU of Mm. Mitchell, j on the east by public road, on the south hy James McCllntk ami <4erge Hiugri' k.sml on the west by j other lands of George f>ur*t~containing 102 acres more or less. Thereon eret.| a two story fisme hcaisa, Isuk lawn and other outbuildings A LAO, All that crtain DiMiuai;*, toncmont and tract of land situate In the biwahtp of Gregg, fan. tre county, IV Beginning at a corner; tJbenoa by land of the heirs of Imvid Mitch dl, deceased, north 34° west, 40 Ho perrba* tu a hickory ; UISUCM anith ftftl rt west. 112 perches to jwat; thence south hy lands of Georgs Durst. Jr.. Mi east, Iftl 0-|ll perches to •tons, thence by land of George I'tirst, Jr., south west,37 parr-lies to stone; thence hy same -•uth 35° east. 2ft paprhes to stone ; thence north ft*° es*t, X\ R-10 MliVkHf "sk: thence south JIT east. 16 JblO perches to maple ; thenrg north 78° asst. 1 x |-| Gregg and Margaret, hi* wife, by their deed dated the 31st day of January, A. D.. 184tt and recorded In CVn trs county, in K)eel lio k w g." page 44b. granted and cunftyrd to tle said George Iur*t There,,n erecte.l a two-etory Stone bouse, lank Isvm and other outbuild -IUO, All that cprU.n tract nr piono of land -itimta lii Pottar Inwn-hlp, Ccntr. pfMintr P..; HIIIH1- a landa of Dr. Wllain -rwi oUan, .01 Ih. antilh by lan>D of John HhblrrHnii an ai rM and 141 pwrhca and altoaanr. of alx p.r cut. AUK), All tho right, titlo nnd intoreat of do fondant In Vnd to all that retain Iraet of anaa.tl land -Itnala in llaln*. to-n-hlp, C.ntra roanty. Pa , lam nihil aa follow*, to wll: Bcalanlaa at *loiMa; thanr. along landa fortnarly imnad hy Ramiial Martin aouth 431" -aal, 100 ptrrbn lo rhaatnut oak | thanr. •rrtlth lie waat TH parrha. to atonm hy fall.n whlla oak; thanr. along land, of John Brady north Tk° nut, IKO parrh-w to aton.*; thanr. alonE land of hlra of ftlmon Gratt north 13° waat 'XVO parrhaa to pitrbplna; th.nra hy moantaln aouth 'V *wl, 3lk rwri-hiw to rhMtnnt; thanr. mnth Bi]° waat. 102 6-10 parrhna to atonm; thanra hy landa of Andraw gorninan'* hHra aonlh 22° awat, 26 6-10 parrhna to itonaa; thanra hy land- of Ramal Martin north 71- aat, IB#, (wrchm to th. plar. of baftntillif —run lain- Ing 327 arra* and 12 parrhaa and allowanra. ALSO, All th* right, title end internet of dfo> fan laot In and to all that cartaln lot or nlae. of Im prorad land, altttal. In Malna. townahlp, C.ntr. eoanty. Prnn'a, twnodad aa follow*, to wit : Bufnnlna at a punt; thanr. by Innd. of John Martin north 174° weat, 139 3-10 parehm to a poat; thanr. hy landa of P. Hnaforman north 72° mat, 7* p.rah— to port and •lour, at Ihllrti tnoi tin nr. hy th. a.tar aouth 44° •'•Hi, lfiO porches to ll rtipfttmit oak ; thiUiro by land of John Usistwolto ami T. (I. Krlmrt aouth 76" wt, 16) pan lies to tin* place of beginning—ctiriluiuilig HO acre* aud 5-1 (mrcliw ami allowmire. Thereon or w tod n twoHitory frame bullae, stable and other outbuild ings. ALSO t All llio right, titlo ami interrst of do ffiidant In and to all that certain lot or piece of tinlm nrovad in nd nil nut i* in lliilum township, Centre county. Ftnit'a, Ifittmh-d h follow*, to wit : llll iti|( at a yellow pine; thence along land formerly owned ly "tin Harper north 17" west, KHperches to a Hon*; thence hy other landa of Simon Hole north 7(/* east, (17 ft lo pficln* to a atone; tliencc hy land f John Oelawelte and Henry Hliolter aoutli I7' 3 east, M) perch es to a atone; thence eolith l9°i*t,H2 perche* to a atone ; thence hy landa of 8. llanpt eouth 70° woat. fM7-l0 peri hea to the plii< e of iM-giiming—containing 37 oc re a and 72 perchea. A LMO. All tho right, title and interest of de fendant In and to all that certain lot or piece of im proved land aitnate In llainea township, Centrecomity, Fenii'a, iMiutidetl aa follows, to wit. Beginning at a spruce: thence along land of Andrew Koruman'a helra aoutli 7"i° wont, Ift4 pert hea to a small hickory ; thence atonic land of Jomi Dutwih-r and otlieia miiiili ]pf east, 231 porcliea to stone* ; thence along the mountain north l71 ' coat, 163 perchea to a pitch pine ; thence along lands of J. . Meyer and others, 1lJ° weal, 224 p r. hea to the place of beginning—containing 2Ui acres and 117 perclies and allowitnn*. Thereon erect ed frame house, stable and other out-buildings. ALSO, All the rit^ht, titlo and Interest of de fendant in and to all that certain tract of unseated land aitnate in Ifalnea township. Centre county, IV Hounded on the south bv land of George Fowler, on the east by lands of J. t) Meyer, and others, on tin north by I mds of J. (J, Meyer and t'ompan y— contain iug 229 acres, 2H perclics and allowance. ALSO, All tho Ti(bt, title* and interest of de fendant in and to all that certain tract of unseated laud situate in Haines towiililp,( entre county, l*a., bourid iil as follows, to-wit: Hounded on the smith by Brady's surveys, on the east by Margaret Irvlti, on tii north by Simon GtaU, llosteiinau and Holworth, and on the west by Samuel llanpt, James M. Hunter and George Kow ler—ioiitaliiing 142 acre*,—— perches and allowance. ALSO, All the till** and interest of do f* mlant In and to all that certain tract of Uml partly improved situate In Ifuiiies township, Centre countv, IV. bounded aa follow * : lb-ginning at a sprues on side of road; thence by laud of Daniel Wolf, south Y.r east 42 3-10 perches to white pine; theme by the same trai tof D Wo||, north. 771 nasi, 310-10 per ches ton |aat ; thence by lands of D. 8 Boyer A Co., south 17" mist, ngft-lu p.-relies to a atone ; tln-nce by land of 1) 8. Boyer \ Co . north "1c east, r7 ft 10 per dies to atones ; thence bv land* of I). 8. Boyer A Co., north 17^'west 132 |o*r* hs to the place of m-glnnlng —containing 4o acres mors or less. Seised, taken in esecntioii and to la- sold as the property of iJuuitd 8. Boyer No. 18. All that certain lot or piooo ground situated on the south side of Nlctarin* street ami southeast side r#f Fourth street 111 the town of Hnow Shoe, Ceiitreconnty, l*a , being lot No. ftkv In the plot of saol town—containing In front or breadth on said NMarine street fill and in length or depth sonth, westward 2"0 feet to a twenty foot street Hounded northwest by the said Fourth street, north east by the aaid NMarine street, (southeast by lot No. ftgM In the sail plot, and south*'--! Iy tlie said twenty f.Ht street. Thereon ere. ted a two-story Irarue Imuse, stable and oil er outbuildings. iWiel. taken hi execution and to Is* sold as the prop* rty of Baltic k TKKMH CASH.—NO DEED will IKH< knowl edged until the pun base money is pal I in full. JOHN SPANOLKK, Sheriff. Sheriff's Ofßce, Bellefonte, Fa. 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Mrategl, DatßaTic, l-aaaonAL and MA Notaa. Thara la no papar In tha World that cen tal Man murh nawa mattar ararp waak aa tha Wnu ll Haa*L. which la aaat, poaUga paid, for Ona Dol lar. Yon aa anhacrtha at aap Urn*. THS > ( ONI NEW YORK V In a Waaklp Form. DOI.I.AR HERALD J ( A TEAR. NEW YORK HERALD, 1-4 HrwMfvmy siul Ann Htrcct, Ksw York. Shi Centre Amoral BELLEPONTE, PA. Tbe Largest, Cheapest and Beat Paper fUKi.Ir.UKIJ IN CKNTRK COUNTY. FAI L JONKH'H FLAG. 18 TIL K KI.AII OF TIIE lIONIIOMMK RICHARD NT■ 1.1. EXTANT AND WHO OWNS I I ? Fnilll l>'U'lo|| T.|fgru{ill, Mhk Ii 11. Those were lively days when I'uul Jon ex and hi* flying squadron of four ships were hanging oil' the mouth of the Humher in the autumn of 177'.', and when, after one of the most terrific duel ever fought between a brace of ships at sea, the lion horn me Richard, commanded by Captain Jones, forced her much heavier English antagonist, the Serapis, to haul down her llag. Everything connected with Paul Jones has, indeed, such a spell of romance thrown uround it by American enthu siasts that it is hard to explain why umong ourselves he is little more than a name. That he is still regarded in thife country as a pirate may he inferred from the fact that not many years ago a race-horse called Paul Jones won the Chester Cup, and that he bore this name because he was the son of Buccaneer. At the commencement of one of his novels Sir Walter Scott alludes to the unseemly scare which took posses sion of Eden burgh and of Leith, its port, when, in 1778, Paul Jones and his little squadron, carrying altogether less than a thousand men, threatened I.eitli from the sea, with the avowed intention of levying from the little town a contri bution of .€200,000. At the moment there were not fewer than 20,000 sol diers, some of them being regulars and the rest militia and volunteers, in Edin burgh alone; but the terror excited in the breasts of our fathers by Paul Jones proves beyond question that bis fame as man of unusually intrepid courage, of singular coolness in ilanger and of ready resources had spread far anil wide, which makes it strange that more should not now he known as to the chi j f incidents of his history than is ordinarily current in England, even among what are called well-informed men. John Paul—for this was his real name first saw the light at Arbigtand, in Kirkcudbrightshire, upon the edge o( the Solway Firth, in the year 1747. His father was a respectable gurdner, who was said in England to have once been in the employ of the Earl of Selkirk—an allegation which is indig nantly denied by the American biogra pliers of i'uul Jones. Be litis as it may, the boy showed from the first a passion ate partiality for a sailor's life. He was therefore bound apprentice by his father to a merchant engaged in the American trade, and made his first voyage to Virginia when a lad of twelve. He was delighted with the country, and at once became an American rather than an Englishman in feeling. He made many other voyages, but his heart was in Virginia, and thither he returned in 1773. Great events were on the eve of happening, and, sympa thizing eagerly with the American reb els, John Paul, who had by this time added Jones to bis name, placed his services as a sailor of ex|*wienoe at the dis|>osilion of the colonists in 177- r i. He wa twenty-eight years old, full of bodily vigor and mental energy, and with the advantage of having before he went to sen received a Scotch education which was far better than that picked up by moat of the naval officers who had joined the American rebellion. On Decernl>er 22, 1775, lie was appointed first lieutenant of the Alfred, lying ofr Philadelphia, and it was on board this little vessel that Paul Jones hoisted with his own hands the flag of inde pendent America for the first lime that it was ever displayed. This flag con sisted at first of thirteen alternate red and blue stripes ii|>on a white ground, and not until many months later were the stars adder! to the stripes. The Alfred. In company with the Ilornst sloop and the Wasp schooner, both from Maryland, put to see in February, 177t, and after many a bruh with English vessels, in none of which was the Alfred worsted, Paul Jones relumed to the land of his adoption nnd was put in command of the I'snger. How it came to pass that in the Ranger he swooped down upon lord Selkirk's beautiful country seat U|x>n the coast of Galloway, and, finding its owner awsy from home, carried ofr the plate, which he subsequently returned with a very chivalrous letter to the Countess of Selkirk, is well known to Scotchmen. But the action by which his fame WHS indestructibly established was fought on a French vessel—the Bonhomme Richard—and it is in connection with this action that attention has been called anew to a strange and eventful history. Mr, Walter Stafford North cote, son and private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has just written to a coteroporary to say that there now exists a flag—being none other than the first star-spangled ban ner ever sent to sea by the United States—which was preserved from cap ture by Lieutenant James Bayard Staf ford in the action between the Serapis and the Bonhomme Richard off Scar borough in 1779. We fear, aa we shall Eresently show, that Mr. Northcote will ave some difficulty in establishing the authenticity of the flag in question, but there can be no doubt that if authentio it would he a most valuable and inter esting relic. No sharper action was ever fought at sea than that in which the Serapis, carrying forty-one guns of heavier calibre, tried oonclusions with the Bonhomme Richard with forty guns, of which only six were eighteen pound ers rad the rest little better than field artillery. The action commenced at 7 in the evening of September 23, 1779, and raged with the greatest intensity by moonlight for three and a half hours, the two vessels being locked together for more than half the time—a device to which Paul Jonea had reoourse in order to negative the superior manoeu vring power of his adversary. Both vessels were frequently in flames, as might be expected when the musales of their guns were actually touching. Mr. Northcote says that Lieutenant James Stafford, on board the Bonhomme Rich ard, preserved her fisg from being cap tured by the English vessel. Now for two reasons this can hardly have-hap pened, In the firat place, the Honhotn ine Richard was never hoarded by the Serapis, and secondly, there is among the list of the officers who fought on board the American ship no such name as that of Lieutenant James Bavard Stafford. By referring to Colonel Sher burne's "Life of Paul Jones," the second edition of which was published at New York in lMjl, Mr. Northcote will find the names of the Bonhomme Richard's crew, both officers and men, and in the archives of the Navy Department at Washington there is a full catalogue of the "naval heroes of the Revolution." Search will he made in vain for the name of Lieutenant .Stafford in many j records which are easily accessible ; and j there are, moreover, inaccuracies in the story as related briefly by Mr. Northcote I which can hardly be supported in view j of the facts given in the exhaustive re j ports of the action from the pens of j Captain Jones and of Captain Pearson, j who commanded tlio Serapis, Such j was the sense of the stubborn courage shown by the latter that the British i Admiralty created him a knight, much to the amusement of Paul Jones, who j exclaimed, "Next time I meet him I'll | make him a lord." But the tradition j that an old "Star Spangled Banriei" j preserved reverentially iri the United States was once carried by the Bon- I homiue Richard is, we fear, shadowy j and incapable of being substantiated. I "'What is truth ?' asked jesting Pilate, | and would not stay for an answer j and few who have hud any expesience ■ in human affairs will be fouud to deny that, like the reputed flag of the Bon i bom me Richard, facts as represented by historians are singularly at variance | with facts as they really happened. M. I Prosper Merirnee used to say that he I cared for nothing in history except its | anecdotes, which he felt to be truer I than the inferences drawn from them j by historians. To a similar kind and j degree of incredulity life, with its un -1 masking revelations, is apt to reduce all who can endure what Cowper calls "the unsupjjortahle fatigue of thought." CHINESE COUNTRY JOI RNFYINGS. A MISSIONARY'S ENCOUNTERS WITH THE COMMONER I'EOFI.E —A HKIDAI, KEA-T A MONO THE RICE riE.I.IJS AND OK- A NOR GROVES, ETC. ' Cuiri|NitKl#fice of tbf HpriO|fleld lifpuMlran. Foo< now, CHINA, Dec., 4, 1979. "Would you like to goto the country vrith us again?" asked Dr. B. as be carne in one November afternoon. The proposal was gladly accepted, and pack ing a supply of bedding and other nec essary articles in two Chinese baskets, just enough for a coolie load, for we have no baggage wagons here, we pre pared for an early start that we might < take advantage of the morning tide. As we passed out through the gate the sun was just lighting tip with glery the top I of old Kushan, our mountain sentinel, and soon down through the mists of the valley extended long, rosy lines of light. At first thestreels seemed almost desert ed, but as we neared the fish-market we found it difficult to make our way through the narrow street and the mass of burnar. beings, crowding, scolding, screaming, bargaining, over the baskets of fish ranged an botii sides. Before 7 o'clock we stowed away in a little sampan, and wind and tide and oars all helped to hasten us on our way. j Soon afternoon we reached the village of I-oimpwor, where we were to make our headquarters. We found the peo ple in the midst of their rice harvest, ' and more than usually busy. Instead of the fresh green which was just sprout ing all over the flooded land when we saw them seven months ago, was now the rqjened grain, the sheaves, in the distance, closely resembling wheat. Here snd there in the fields stood the native threshing machines, very simple affairs | —large square boxes, which a man could turn over bis head and move from to place to place at convenience. Around and above three aides of each box was fastened a sort of curtain to protect tbe grain from waste, and over the edge of the fourth a man beat vio lently a sheaf of grain letting the ker nels fall into a box. This is alow work to be sure, but perse verence conquers where invention fails. Along the paths which intersect these fields we met men carrying, suspended from each end of a [Kile, a heavy basket of the threshed grain, which after being fanned, is poured in almost any level place upon large atripaof matting, where men and women wade back and forth through it, spreading it evenly with their feet that it may lie dried by the hot sun. How much the Chinese do ! pend upon their rioe western nations . can hardlv realize; it is more to them than bread to us. In its different stages, it is known by four different name*; While growing in the field* they call it leu; after it ia threshed, chioh; the hull t>eing removed it changes to miand boiling convert* it into We croesed the rice plains one even ing anil climbed the rocky hill side to gather maiden'a-bair fern* and breathe the fresh, invigorating air. On the op posite side of the plain, behind the misty mountains, the sun whs sinking in a cloudlessssky. Close beside us a merry brook was tumbling over the atones, and very sweet and homelike was the gen tle musio of iu voice, so of humanity by which we are so often surrounded that silence and solitude are rare luxu ries. Almost everywhere, as we went among the people, we were cordially re ceived. tt e sat with them in their dark, untidy houses, or on the broad, flat stones outside where they were car ing for tho grain, and between their cur ious queetions found opportunity to weave in the grand truths of redemp tion through his blood, who came to bear the burdens of the heavy-laden and give the weary rest. We entered a house one day at tbe invitation of its occupant. Quite near the door stood a bedstead, and between it and the wall she led us through a narrow passage to another room. In this passage way lay stretched at bis ease a Urge black pig. He seemed an noyed at the unusual commotion,and a little inolined to dispute our right to thua disturb his slumbers, but before he had decided what course to pursue, we crowded past him and went on our way. One can become accustomed to almost anything. As vfc approached n house a I'ttlnout side the village one morning, we caught sight of a bridal chair, u sedan covered with bright red cloth and heavily orna mented. In the yard befoie the house were perhaps a hundred neople, most of them sealed at little tables and partak ing of the wedding feast. We declined ! their invitation to eat with them, and j went our way, as the bride had not ftr- I rived, the chair being prepared to send j to her home some miles distant, whence she was to be brought on the following j duy. in the afternoon wo saw the bride | groom preceded by a boy beating a gong, on bis way to sacrifice to the "mother goddess" and thank her for preserving him from childhood to his wedding day. We called at the house again after the bride's arrival and found large numbers of guests still there. The festivities continue several days, and the ceremo ny of marriage embraces various forms, worshiping the parents, the tablets of ' deceased ancestors, heaven and earth, j c. In the darkest corner of the room, at the foot of the bed, stood the bride !.dressed in gay colors of bright red cloth, with beautiful flowers and ornaments in her hair. I'oor little girl! she looked j hardly more than fifteen years of age. but such a sad and frightened face, ; made our hearts ache for her, alooe > among strangers, all unconscious of j what her future might bting. <)h, these cruel heathen marriage cus toms of China ! Betrothed often in early childhood, or paid for, a few years later, according to her personal beauty ' or the smallness of her feet, perhaps | never seeing her husband till the mur raige day, oh, what anxious foreboding* i must fill the mind of a Chinese girl! The j mother in law often rules the household ! with a rod of iron, and the husband | may, if dissatisfied witli his wife, sellher, • or if able to up]>ort two, force her to yield her place to a stranger. And | only so far as the Gospel remolds the hearts of this people will these heathen customs give way. God grant that the day, so slowly dawning, may soon break in midday brightness upon these our brothers and sisters, the millions of China. Rousted to Death by the Sun, From lh Wil li Tel'-graj'li. . Dr. Schweinfurth, in a lecture which he recently delivered at the Berlin Geo graphical Society on the subject of bis latest explorations in Central Africa, gave his hearers a thrilling account of the mode in which capital punishment is inflicted upon criminals by the Al- Quadjis, a small tributary offshoot of the great and powerful Djour people. | The malefactor condemned to die is j bound to a post firmly driven into the ground in some open place where no trees afford a shade, and is there slow ly roasted to death—not by any artiflc ial means involving u waste of fuel, but I bv the natural heat of the sun's rays as they reach our earth in its equatorial regions. To protract his sufferings and to avert his too speedy end by sun stroke, the ingenious Al Quadjis cover their erring compatriot's heud with fresh green leaves, which effectually shield his brain from Phiebus' darts. Xo such protection is, however, accorded to his body, which gradually dries up, shrinks together and ultimately be comes carbonized. One chance of sal vation is open to the roasting man, while as yet he is not completely "done to death." If a cloud pass between the sun and his place of torment he is at once cast loose from his post and be comes the object of popular reverence, as a mighty magician in whose behalf the supernatural powers have deigned directly to intervene. But clouds sel dom interfere with the administration of justice on the day chosen for public executions by the Al Quadji authorities; at least that appears to be Dr. Schwein ; birth's experience of African weather a* far as it bears upon the judicial roasting | of malefactors. Law Decisions. j In Pennsylvania a deed is, in con- I templation of law, recorded when it is | left for record at the Recorder's office, j and is valid notice from that time. Lunatics are liable for necessaries, and where a lunatic obtains the prop j eriy of one, who in good faith, deals with him in ignorance of his condition, I he will not be permitted to keep both the property and the price. An architect who makes plans and specifications for a building, but who does nothing more, is not within the provisions of the mechanic's lien ,law and is not entitled to a lien against the building for his labor. The payment of usurious interest af ter the maturity of a debt ia not a valid | consideration for an agreement. The aatisfaction of a mortgage on the record may be shown to have been en tered by mistake, and in that event is not conclusive as between the parties to the transaction. MIM JENNIE HORN was just going to "run across the way," and ao stepped out bareheaded and with apron on. But instead of going across the way Miss Horn slipped round to the Morav ian Church, which she entered by the back door. Her lover, Mr. Collier, and Rev. Mr. Clewell were there before her. The knot was soon tied. Mrs. Jennie flew back home, and with a blush chas ing iu shadow among her dimples, bak ed the bread far dinner. This was in the town of Übricksville, 0., where on the afternoon of the same day, Ilenrv Horn, the bride's brother, chased both bridegroom and preacher down the main street with a shot gun. Mr. and Mrs. Collier left that afternoou on a bridal trip, Mrs. C. still being bare headed. RECENTLY one of the children of the Princess Royal of England, now the wife of the heir of the German Emperor, had been ailing, and with maternal solicitude the Princess personally sup plied the little invalid with many of its requirements. This innovation on Ger man court etiquette produced utter dismay, and was brought to the notice of the Empress, in answer to whose ex postulation the Prinoeea replied: "if my mother, the Queen of England and Empress ok India, can oarry milk in to one of her children, who like It eo much more because given by her, I think I may do so without forgetting my poei -1 lion." _