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INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
Fourth Quarter.
ST SIT. HSSST M. OSotT, . D.
OCTOBER 30.
Lesson s.—Nadab and Abihu.
Lsrmct-i 1": I—lo.
(IOLDra TsiT:—" Yt ilmll ls> liolj: fur lam holy."—
LST, 11<.
Central Truth i —The path of reverent
obedience is the way of safety.
The Tabernacle has now been set up,
and Aaron and his sons consecrated as
priest*. The services of the Tabernacle
had also been inaugurated. And, to
crown the whole, the glory of Ood ap
peared to all the people ; and, tire de
scending from heaven, consumed the
sacrifices heaped upon the altar. It
was at, or soon after, this lime that the
painful eventa occurred which are nar
rated in our lesson.
Nadab and Abihu were the two eldest
sons of Aaron. Tnis fact alone would
make them men of note and influence
in Israel. Rut they had also been spe
cially favored of Ood. It had been per
nutted to them to accompany Moses
and their father into the sacred mount,
and there to have a vision of Ood such
as had never before been the lot of man.
Just now, too, they had been solemnly
set apart to the priest's office, and call
ed to assist in daily duties about the
altar. It was these two highly favored
men who now fell into great sin, re
minding us that none are exempt from
moral peril, that the most highly blest
may transgress and perish.
Of the nature of their sin it ia simply
said: "They offered strange fire be lore
the Lord, which he commanded them
not." The office may have had many
aides. Their act may have beeo an as
sumption of duties not belonging to
them ; an unwarranted intrusion into
the moat holy place ; an offering of in
cense at the wrong time, or of other in
cense than that appointed. Rut the
particular point of the offence must
have been the offering of other fire
than that which had been divinely
kindled on the altar. It had been com
manded that that fire should be kept
up, and that none other should be used
for sacred purposes. The officiating
priests were to till their censers from
this. Nadab and Abihu dared to dis
obey this so recent command. How
they come to do it is not told us. Some
have supposed that they were intoxi
cated at the time ; and there is an inti
mation of this in the ninth verse. Or
tbey may have desired to demonstrate
their independence and importance be
fore the people. The one important
fact ia that they trifled with God's sa
cred ordinances and set their wills
above bis command.
The punishment of their offence may
seem severe. And so it was. It was
similar to that which fell upon I'xzah
when he put forth his band to steady
the Ark of God, and upon Ananias and
Stpphira when tbey lied to the Iloiy
Ghost. A lightning flash devoured
them, and they died before the Lord.
The reasons for such severity are in
dicated in the narrative. The great and
central one was that God "might he
sacrificed in them that come nigh him
that is, treated as holy and as having a
right to command. Ur it was that, if
men would not reverence and obey him.
he might at least be glorified before the
people in the punishment of trnngres
aion. No doubt the offence was the
greater for the dignity of the offenders,
and the distinguished favors they had
enjoyed. The more exalted the tinner,
the greater the tin. Particularly offen
sive is the sin of those who serve i n
spiritual things. Then, the offence Was
against a solemnly ordained divine ser
vice. God is jealous of the manner in
which he will be worshipped. He would
have men follow hit way, not their own.
There is a sacred intent and meaning in
bis ordinances. We are not to depise
them, or to seek to improve them.
There i* pride and rebellion in si tempt*
to modify and mend bis command*.
God intended that the punishment of
Nadab and Abihu should ttea perpetual
warning against such pride, and a per.
petual proof that be wilt be served with
fidelity and reverent fear.
The silence of Aaron was a rare ex
bibilion of submission under the inighty
hand of God. To bim God's lienor was
dearer than his own flesh. It is revrr
enee for God's law* which makes do
mestic peace and comfort possible. At
any and all cost the divine authority
must be maintained. Therefore "Aaron
held his peace."
The prohibition of mourning bad re
spect to the priests and not to the
pie. It would have interfered with
their sacred duties; moreover, the
priests, being nearer to God, were spe
cially set to maintain his honor. It was
Incumbent on them to bear testimony
that God's ways were good and just.
"Aaron and bis sons were in danger of
being too much affected with the provi
dence, and therefore they are forbidden
to mourn; the bouse of Israel were in
danger ol being 100 little affected with
if, and therefore tbey are commanded
to lament." s
There must have been some partial
Ur reason for the introduction, in this
connection, of the prohibition against
wine and strong drink. It is not un
likely that strong drink was the occa
sion of the offence of these two men.
And it Is noteworthy that the fact of
their intoxication was in God's sight no
extenuation of their guilt. It did not
lesaen the severity of their punishment
—a foot to be especially commended to
modern judges and jurors. The reasons
attached to the prohibition were that a
difference might be put between things
sacred and other things, and that God a
appointed teachers might always be In a
condition to discern and teach tbedi
vine statutes; reasons which now apply
not to ministers only but to every
Christian disciple as a servant and priest
unto God. |1
PRACTICAL SVOOUTIONT.
1. The children of good men do not
always walk in right paths. Kaj|
2. To be a miniiler in holy thing*,
whether i the pulpit or out of it, due*
not exempt from temptation or weak
new; it rather demands the greater
watohfulneM.
3. Sin in high placea ia at onoe more
offensive to God and disastrous in ita
influence over fellow-men.
4. God iletuanda reverence and obedi
ence in our worship ns well aa work. It
19 for him to any when, where and how
we shall appeal' before him. To neglect
Ilia house or to bo reckleaa in it is an of
fense in hit sight.
5. Roth preachers and people may
now oiler strange lire on God's altar; he
plainly doe* this who substitute* phi
losophy for the gospel or seeks by ox
travagancies or eccentricities to com
mend himself rather than utter God's
truth; and so does he who sits in his
pew witli wandering thoughts ami an
undevout heart or does any duly in the
spirit of egotism or self-display.
0. If we will not honor Ood by will
ing service he will glorify himself by
showing in us the perils of disobedi
ence.
7. It i a great sin to bo brought un
der the power of wine or strong drink,
especially in those who minister at the
altar of religion or in other ways appear
to the world as teligious leaders or
teachers. No man can innocently in
dulge in that which so surely tends to
destroy both body and soul. It is cer
tainly right and safe to abstain.
It. It is a privilege and aduty to be at
our' best for any kind of Christain
work and to shun whatever may make
worship otherwise thau intelligent,
earnest, fresh and pure.
THE PENNSYLVANIA LINE.
WAVNE's COMMAND IN TIIK vol* TO UN
CAMPAIGN —TIIE MOVEMENT To Till l'E<
NINBCLA.
I'r m the riilll)phi Tiiuw
On the 'th of April, 1781, Mnjor
General Arthur St. Clair issued an or
der, dated at headquarters in Phila
delphia, for a detachment of the Penn
sylvania line to hold itself in readi
ness to march to and assemble immedi
ately at Yorktown, Pennsylvania, as
York was then called. The total
strength of the detachment was to be
1,139, officers and men. The colonels
selected were Walter Stewart, Richard
llutler and Richard Humptou; the
lieutenant colonels, Thomas Robinson
and Josiah llarmur; the majors, .las.
Hamilton, William Alexander, Evan
Edwards and Thomas L. Moore. The
list of the line officers is a long cata
logue of noted Pennsylvania names.
Wayne's effective command when he
left Yoik was 1,175, officers ami men.
The Pennsylvania line was to be re
duced, January 1, 1781, to six regi
meuts of infautry, one of artillery, one
of cavalry and one of artificers, by re
solution of Congress of October 3,
178U; and it was when this reduction
was about taking place, ami mi at
tempt was made to hold for the war
the soldiers who had enlisted for three
years or the war, that the revolt broke
out. This was quelled by yielding the
legal point and paying up back scores
from January 1, 1777, to August 1,
17H0, whereupon tlie most part re-en
listed. The Fourth and Seventh regi
ments went to Carlisle to he paid off
and recruit, the Ninth and Fifth to
Reading, the Sixth Lebanon, the
Third to Easton Second to
Downingtown. AftejpMT detail came
Colonel Walter Stewart rode into
Philadelphia, with a brilliant troop
of his brother officers, and was mar
ried to the "amiable daughter of lllair
McClenachen," as the newspaper, of
that day have it.
Ry the middle of May the quotas
from the different regiments reached
York and were put under strict disci
pline and daily drill. Mutiny and dis
obedience were summarily quelled by
General Wayne. He had twenty-one
soldiers brought In-fore a court-mar
tial, of whom seven were condemned
to death. A captain's platoon was
promptly detailed and they were shot
on the little rise of ground beyond
York, ami the whole detachment
wheeled by companies around the
place of execution to view the Imm lies
as they fell.
ox THE M.tnrif.
The command left York at 9 A. M ,
May 2<*>, and Wayne's last despatch
before leaving, referring to the execu
tion, was: "Harmony and discipline
again pervades this line." The second
day they reached Littlestown, Adams
county, ntid on the 28th they marched
through Taneytown, Mil., halting on
the hanks of Pipe creek; then byway
oi'Middlebury and Woodsborough to
the Monoeacy, encamping on the
southwest bank to enable the soldiers
to obey Wayne's order "not to come to
the parade dirty, with a long beard or
breeches knees open," for if they did
they went huugry the next day. Here
General Wayne reviewed his battal
ions. On the 31st they marched
through Frederick and struck the Po
tomac at Xoland's ferry, still a well
known point. Here a sergeant and
three privates of the First Pennsylva
nia were drowned in crossing. June 1
they arrived five miles beyond the
river, where the road from Point of
Rocks comes into that from Noland's
ferry. Names are more enduring south
of the Mason and Dixon line, and
those connected with the Army of the
Potomac can easily follow Wayne's
general course, even after he joined
Lafayette and commenced to rigsag
nbout Orange Court House. June 3
tbey halted at Chapel Spring, and
then marched through Leesburg to
Goose creek. The next march was
along the east side of Bull Run
mountains to Red House, or Coxe's
Mill, as McCleliau calls It in his di
ary; June 6 at Elk Run chapel, Fau
auier county. On the Bth tbey crowed
te Rappahannock, apparently at
Kelly's ford, and on thellth the Rapi
dan at Raccoon ford,six miles beyond
which, at Orange church, they made
the coveted junction with Lufayctte
on the 10th. On the 14th they pussed
through Isiuisa county —"damn poor
county and water scarce," says the
emphutic Peltmun; "saw a great many
negroes, the greater part being naked."
Passing through llauover county they
marched through and ten miles beyond
Richmond ou llio 22<1. Not insensible
to earthly pleasure Captain Davis and
Feltman returned to town "to play
billiards and drink wine,"
ENOAIIKMENTH ON THE WAY.
On tha 20lh of June Col. Richard
Butler, in commund of n small ad
vance light corps, came up with Bim
eoe, who was covering the rear of
Cornwallis' army, marching down the
Chickahominy, and, as Butler says,
gave him a handsome shake,with little
loss to his own force. This is what our
soldiers in their pension applications
call the fight at ".Spencer's Ordinary,"
within six miles of Williamsburg. On
the bth of July occurred the battle of
"Green Spring," so called by our sol
diers, but the Green spring was some
what iu the rear of the battleground,
which was nearer Jamestown. Corn
wallis had encani|R'd near James'
island preparatory to crossing the
James river to Portsmouth, but had
only passed over his advance under
Simcoc when Lafayette's troops made
their appearance. Wayne had the
right of our line and with his Pennsyl
vania troops was opposed to the Sev
enty-sixth, Eightieth, part of the For
ty-third, the Legion cavalry and some
light companies. Ensign Denny
i graphically notes the scene. As they
were going into action Captain Samuel
Montgomery says to him: "Now, El.,
for the honor of old Carlisle do not
disgrace yourself." Coruwallis,aston
ished at Wayne's hardihood, deployed
; the whole army to the right and left,
advancing the above-mentioned troojw
to meet Wayne. The hero of Stony
Point was iu lull uniform, his horse
prancing in front of the Pennsylvania
infantry, his face glowing with pleas
ure. He seemed to Ensign Denny,who
j -t<><"l near him, to oe amused with the
' loss of his plume, which was cut oil
j with a hall U|miu the first fire.
Wayne boldly advanced his infan
try under a heavy fire of grajieshot
1 until within sixty paces of the enemy,
and, as Tarleton says, gallantly main
< tained the action for some time, when,
! observing the main British army fil
ing off to the right and left to surround
him, he gave the order to retreat. His
manieuvre, to use the words of an offi-
I eer describing it, "though it may have
the ap|iearaiico of temerity to those
j unacquainted with the circumManres,
< yet was founded on the truest military
principles, and was one of those neces
sary though dariug measures which
j seldom fail of producing the desired
effect, that is, iu confusing the enemy
and opening the way to retreat in sight
iof a superior enemy." His lorn was
upward of ouc hundred killed and
! wounded, among the latter twelve offi
; cers. The more seriously wounded,
Captain Stake, Lieutenant White and
Captain Montgomery, went home. Dr.
Ezekiel Downey, of the Sixth, was
unfortunately drowned on the Ist of
July at York river.
ACItOSS THE JAMES.
Prior to the action of Jamestown,
Wayne was kept oil the left of laifay
ette s army. 'I he latter, fearing a <le
sign of Cornwallis to return south
ward, ordered the Pennsylvania line
over the James river to the extreme
right. On July 15, Wayne crossed
the James at Westover, the seat of
Colonel Bird, whose wife was a Miss
Willing, ot Philadelphia. The colonel
had died a few years previous and was
buried in the garden, says the circum
stantial Feltman in his journal. "Im
provements superb ; saw nothing like
them before," says Denny. They en
camped the second day at Chesterfield
Court House, three miles west of the
road between Richmond and Peters
burg. Then crossing Swift creek they
reached the Apfiomattox a'. Goodes
bridge. Goodes bridge fell down the
day they were there—July 25 —kill-
ing nobody, though there were soldiers
under it obeying Anthony's injunction
to lie clean. But Goode must have
put it up again, as it appears upon
the military maps of the recent un
pleasantness down about there.
MOVEMENTS AROt'NI) RICHMOND.
They remained at Uoode'a bridge
until the 30th. Meanwhile Wayne
enforced discipline by hanging a sol
dier of the First Pennsylvania for
marauding. Crossing the Appomattox
they marched by the right to Namoy
iue creek, whence they marched to the
right about north and reerossed the
James at Westham Iron Works, two
or three miles above Richmond, Aug.
2. Here Feltman gives a description
of the curious works of Mr. Ballen
tine: "He made a canal about one
mile alongside of the James river
forty feet wide, in the centre of which
is a curious fish basket. At the end
of the danal was au elegant grist mill
witb four pair of stones, close by a
boring mill where they bored caiiuon.
Close by was the mansion house, four
very large chimneys built of the best
brick 1 ever saw. Each chimney has
two air furnaces and a number of oth
er works too tedious to mention. All
thaw works were built at the expense
of the State and all burned by that
d rascal Arnold."
August 8 they marched at 1 A. M.,
passed through Richmond at daylight
and encamped on their old ground two
inile# below. Thoy next moved to
Bottom* bridge on the Chickabotuiuy.
On the 13tn Marquis' troops ernes
the Pumunky (bow this sounds like
modern annuls?) und on the 17th
Wayne goes over on the left und en
camp* on George Philips' farm near
Hanover meeting house, four miles
from liuuover town and twelve miles
from Bottoms btidge. If Keltman
hud our present scientific armv maps
before him he could not have hit dis
tances better in his journal. He gives
the distance of every march. Wayne
hud with him the ablest surveyor in
Pennsylvania, Benjamin Lodge, Jr.,
who resided ninny years alter the war
in Westmoreland county, in Pennsyl
vania. Wayne was ulso nil able en
gineer himself.
They were a mile und u half from
Newcastle, where the watermelons were
plenty, country full of the.u and the
largest they ever saw, and there were
plenty id' snaps and collerds raised by
the negroes. [What they were George
Handy Smith will lie able to tell 11s
ufter he gets home.] Fell ma 11 care
fully records his failings, Saturday,
August 111: "A few of us bucks re
mained in town (Newcastle) all night
at the' Ornery,' he antes it (the ordi
nary, Virginia name for tavern), got
very merry." The next day General
Wayne reviewed them and after pa
rade marched them to church, where
"Dr. Jones preached us a sermon."
Chaplain Jones, who was the grand
father of Senator Horatio Gates Jones,
officiated in three wars—that of the
revolution, Wayne's campaign againt
the ludiatis and the war of 1812.
l oder his ministrations we may leave
the Pennsylvania line and take up
their further adventures iu another
article. Joiin HT.Atit Linn.
A STRANRE EXPERIENCE.
I From (be (VtvUud Hon.
Htrangc as it may seem even to
members of the Order of Knights of
Pythias elsewhere, a bulge in Bay
City, Michigan, has had the experi
ence of inducing a female into the
mysteries of two degrees of the Order,
and partially through that of third
degree In-fore her sex was discovered.
It has placed the bulge in a saii dilem
ma, and none of the memliers are able
j to predict what will lie the outcome
thereof. They have been very reti
cent regarding the particular* of the
I case, hut a reporter who belongs to
the Order has, through diligent in
quiry among the memliers thereof,
been able to glean the following facts
iu the case.
About two year* ago a voutig man
of prepossessing ap|K-araiice, tall and
handsome, with a smooth face, dark
hair and bluish-grey eyes, who gave
his name a* Frank Chamber* and his
place of nativity a* Cleveland, applied
at a large clothing store on Centre
street, Bay City, for a situation n a
clerk, and his appearauoe made such
a favorable impression on the younger
of the three brothers who kept the
store that, being in want of a clerk,
he engaged the newcomer, and did nbt
even ask for references. To this the
other h rot Hers demurred, but the new
clerk took hold in sueli a bandy man
nar, bad such winning ways, and
proved such an excellent salesman
that no more was thought or spoken of
references.
From the start, leing apparently
about the same age, the younger mem
ber of the firm and the new clerk lie
came ou very amicable term*, and
were inseparable eoni|Mtiions, with the
exception that the new clerk took a
room and board at a private house,
and would not listen to the proposal,
often made, to occupy a room aud
board with him.
Mutters ran along smoothly iu this
way for nearly two years, when the
young merchant, after repeated solici
tations, prevailed upon the clerk to
join the order of Knight# of Pythian.
Thereupon his application was pre
sented to the lodge, approved, and the
candidate elected. hen, however,
at the next meeting, the clerk was re
quested to lie in readiness for initia
tion, he did not put in an nppearancc,
and gave as an excuse that he felt
timid about the matter; but at the
next meeting thereafter he was prompt
ly on hand, and inducted into the
mysteries of the Page's or firat de
gree of the order. At the next meet
ing the newly-made Page was reluct
ant to take the Esquire's, or second
degree, hut was after a lime prevailed
upon to do ao, and that night became
an Esquire. When the lime arrived
to take the third degree the candidate
hesitated still more than before, hut
not one of the brethren suspected the
true cause thereof —they attributed it
to his usual timidity, and after several
of tlicni had talked with the young
clerk, whom they all hail come to ad
mire and reapect. he. ontered the lodge
room, witnessed the first degree confer
ed upon a new candidate, and bad
nearly passed through the thin! de
-sree before the sex was discovered,
ust exactly how this came about the
unwritten work of the order will not
permit the writer to disclose; but the
members were (truck with consterna
tion, and then and there all further
proceeding* were suspended. The
young ladv had fainted upon finding
out that her aex was discovered, and
upon regaining consciousness was
thrown into hysterics, and no coherent
story could be wrung from her, either
by the gentle pleadings of her em
ployer or the threats of members;
and her hysteria increasing, she was
conveyed to her boarding bouse iu a
close carriage, and a doctor called to
attend the ease.
1 he above incidents occurred aliout
five weeks ago, ami are now made
public for the first time. The young
lady hud a trunk full of female wear
ing apparel, and in a day or two, after
the doctor bud quieted her nerves,
she donned her natural garments, sent
for her employer's friend, and to him
she made a clean breast of who she
was and where her parents resided,
but he refused to disclose any of the
facta about her. She still remains in
Bay City, and rumor is busy with the
report that the younger member of
the firm for whom she worked will
marry her, und thus make a stronger
liar to secrecy ou the part of the
young lady. Rumor also has it thut
the young lady met the young man on
a certain occasion, fell in love at first
sight, hut not being uhle to make his
acquaintance, took that method to
do so.
CHEMISTRY IN CRIME.
Fr *JTJ the C.Tjrqitrf f(§ C., Bulletin.
The recent death in our State peni
tentiary of W. W. Ward, the former
sheriff of Williamsburg, recalls the
circumstances that led to the discovery
of his crime, which are the most ex
traordinary in our criminal annals.
At the spring term, l*7'd. of the Court
of Common Plea* for Williamsburg
county, J. H. Livingston brought suit
against Ward to recover the sum of
$5,0U0, money loaned on Ward's
sealed note. His Honor Judge T. J.
Mackey presided, and by consent of
| counsel heard the case without a jury.
The plaintiff proved the execution of
j the note and then closed bis ease,
j Ward's counsel produced the receipt
of Livingston dated two days previous
to the trial for the whole amount due,
1 principal and interest, aud a witness
testified that he had seen the pnymntit
made in $l<H) bills and fourfc'i'K) bills
to Livingston himself on the day
named in the receipt. The plaintiff
took the witiits* stand and on examin
ing the receipt admitU-d that it bore
his true and genuine signature, but be
solemnly protested that he bad not re
j ceived one dollar from Ward and had
not entered Ward's house in his life
for any purpose He declared that he
and his wife would be made homeless
: by a false receipt which he could not
; explain, but which he never knowing
jly signed. ON cross-examination Liv
ingston, who is an old man, admitted
that his memory was very infirm and
that he had on previous occasions re
ceived $2OO from another debtor of
which he afterwards denied receiving,
but which he recalled to memory when
shown bis receipt.
The plaiuliff and counsel at this
stage of the proceedings were in utter
despair, for their case was apparently
lost. Judge Mackey, however, whose
subtle brain and practiced eye nothing
can escape, and who follows crime
through all its windings, directed that
! the receipt should be handed to him.
He then ordered the sheriff to proceed
to the nearest drug store and purchase
a drachm of muriatic acid and a small
piece of sponge. On the return of the
! officer with the articles name*) the
! judge said to the plaintiff, "Mr. Liv
ingston, did you ever write a letter to
the defendant Want demanding the
payment of your mouey?" The plain
tiff answered, "Yes, sir; I wrote hitu
many letters, hut never received an
answer from him." Judge Mackey
then observed to counsel, "I jicrceive
ou the face of this receipt there are
several peculiar brown spots, and the
original surface of sizing of the paper
ha* been removed except in that por
tion <4* the paper where the signature
was written. The body of the receipt
is in the handwriting of the defendant.
111 ray opinion the defendant has takeu
a letter of the plaintiff's and removed
the writing with muriatic acid, and
then wrote the receipt above the sig
nature. I will now apply ibis acid to
the writing on the tiack of the com
plaint in this case, and it will be seen
that the writing will instantly disap
pear and the |per will at once ex
hibit several brown spits identical
with those on this receipt " The acid
was applied to the paper, and as the
writing disappeared tlx* brown blots
were woo upon the surface and the
crime of the defendant was clearly re
vealed! Ward at this juncture looked
as horror-stricken as Lady Macbeth,
when, gazing upon her fair but mur
derous hand, she exclaimed as she
vainly rublied it, "Out damned spot!"
The judge immediately rendered
his decision in favor of the plaintiff,
stating that it was the duty of the so
licitor to have Ward prosecuted at
once for audacioua forgery. On the
next morning Judge Mackey left for
Georgetown, forty miles distant, to j
hold court. While there he received
a letter from a friend warning him not
to return to Williamsburg, as he had
promised to do in a few days for the
purpose of hearing an argument at
chambers, as Warn hail sworn solemn
ly to shoot him down at sight. The
judge's record, however, shows that be
is not one to swerve from the line of
duty because of an armed enemy in
hia'path. He returned to Williams*
burg after an absence of five days,
and meeting Ward upm the street he
demanded whether he hail threatened
to take his life. Ward answered that,
he had, but that he had abandoned
his purpose, At the next term of
court Ward was indicted and placed
on trial for forgery. When the verdict
was rendered Ward ruee and discharg
ed his pistol twice at Livingston* the
prosecuting witne**. He *a instantly
disarmed and sentenced to seven yearn
at hard labor in the penitentiary.
Ward wan a man of wealth and of
good standing in his community. He
died in the penitentiary, illustrating
by his career the truth of the Script
ure, "The way of the transgressor is
hard."
OLDEN TIM EH.
In 1637 there were hut thirty
ploughs in Massachusetts, and the use
of these agricultural implements was
not familiar to all the planters. From
the annals of Saleio it apjiear* that in
the year it was agreed by the town to
grant l' k i#ardson Hutchinson twenty
acres of land in addition to his share,
on condition tnat he "set up plowing."
1038. A sumptuary act of the
Geueral Assembly prohibited short
sleeves, and required the garment* to
be lengthened so as to cover the arms
to the wrist, and required reformation
in immoderate great breeches, knots of
ribbon, broad shoulder hands and tay
lee, silk rae#, double cuffs and ruff's.
10119. For preventing miscarriage
of letters, it is ordered that notice be
given that Kit-hard Fairbanks, his
house in Boston, i the place ap|xiiiit
ed for nil letters which are brought
from beyond the seas, or are to he sent
thither, are to lie brought unto him,
and he is allowed for every such letter
Id ; and must answer all miscarriage*
through his own neglect iu his kind,
provided that no man shall he obliged
to bring his letter thither unless he
pleases.
1047. The Court ordered, that if
any young man attempt to address a
young woman without the consent of
her parents, or, in case of their absence,
of the County Court, he shall be fined
ill for the tirst offence, £lO for the
second, and lie imprisoned for the
third.
1049. Matthew Stanley was tried
for drawing iu the affections of John
Tarbox's daughter without the con
sent of her jiareuts, convicted and
fined £l5, fees 2s. 6d. Three married
women were fined ss. each for scolding.
1653. Jones Fairbanks was tried
for wearing great boot*, hut was ac
quitted.
Prevention of lljdrophobla.
Science has never yet found any
cure for that terrible disease hydro
phobia when once the virus has been
ah-orlied into the system of the person
attacked. Only too frequently, also,
the old physicians were baffled in their
treatment of that dreadful and conta
gious malady, smallpox, until the na
ture of the disease was modified by
inoculation or vacciuation. If hydro
phobia cannot he cured may it not lie
preveutcd? This is the problem that
the celebrated M. I*alcur, with other
scientific French experimentalists,
have undertaken to solve, well know
ing that the man who can discover a
remedy against hydrophobia will he
haihd as a benefactor to his sjweies.
It would seem as if Prof. Galtier, of
the veterinary school at Lyons,
France, has taken a large stride in the
right direction, even if he has not al
ready made the important discovery.
His experiments thus far have been
wholly on sheep. But if the surceases
he re[Krt* arc confirmed by other ex
|ierimentalists a prevention to hydro
phobia has been found; for the remedy
a< applied to man would prove quite
a effectual in his case as in that of
sheep. Professor Galtier has found
that if the virus of rabies lie injected
into the veins of a sheep the auimal
does not subsequently exhibit any
symptoms of hydrophobia. Twenty
sheep were experimented upon. Ten
of these had the viras of rabies inject
ed into the veins and were thou inocu
lated with the same poison through
the cellular tissue, a* if thev had boeu
so hitteu hv a mad dog. The other
ten had none of the virus injected into
the veins, but were simply iuoculated
through the cellular tissue. All the
latter died of hydrophobia, while the
first ten which had the vims injected
into the vieus before tliey were in
oculated through the cellular tissue
continue alive and well, not ha\ ing
shown any adverse symptoms. Thus
far, then, the experiment is complete.
Professor Galtier having satisfied him
self that the injection of the virus of
rabies into the veins of a sheep will
protect it against hydrophobia, even
if bitten subsequently by a mad ani
mal, now proposes to extend his experi
ments to dogs. The result will be
looked for with grcul interest.
An 014 ( siii's History.
Mr.William McCtinlock, proprietor
of the Dowuiugton marble works,
Chester county, this State, is in posses
sion of a $5 gold piece dated 1807
that has connected with it quite au in
teresting history. He received it this
week from Mrs. Mary Aun Taylor, in
whose possession it ' has been since
1847, wheu it was bequeathed to her
by her father, Gasper Peterman, who
died in that year. Mr. Petennan had
owned it siuce 1812. It came into
his possession as bis first earning* after
his arrival in this country. He said
while he lived "it should never be
spent unless it bad to go for bread."
For sixty-nine years it has never been
in circulation. Mrs. Taylor had in
tended to present it to her nephew,
fttmuel Casper Jouea, who died last
year, on his becoming of age, tut thus
being denied Iter she invested it u
part pay for a cradle iuclosure for his
grave. '