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Mcod one Sunday morning Before a large church door; The congtegatiun gtt hered, And caniage4 a scot:e. • From °le.:Mt-stepped' a lady I oft had'seen before. .1 • 'ler land *as on a prayer-book, Ant held a vinaigrette: The s gn of man's redemption Clear onythe hook was set, • Above the 'cross there glistened A golden coronet. For her the obsequtous l headie The inner door Bung wide. • Lightly, ILI up a ball-rootn, Iter footiteps seeinoti•to glide; There might be good thoughts in her For all her evil Bat after her a woman Peeped Wist fu , ly within, On whose *an face was graven Lire's haid. , :zt The trace Of the ~.ad trinity • Of weakners, pain, and Sill. * The few free seats were crowded Where sir , could rest aad pray.. -WWI her Worn garb contrasted Each slkll to fair array. "God's house, holds no poor slnneri,', She sighed and walked away. ()Id Heatlrlidonrs vu; temples Itold iner of every state; The steps of fir Ilenarea Commingle small and great; The dome .st Saha Sophia ConfoundS all human slats; TiO• aiNtes of Islkw•ed Peter Are open all the year: Throughout )ritl:. Christian Europe, The Chrb4lan's - right is clear I'o .14r tiod•l hon,e in freedom, tnan'the other., Sa , ., only that in.F.tutlauil Where this 41-gruee I saw— wlit•re no vw• en,:whes , In Tyranut's l,nt , e awe— Fl.ng'an(l, a li , re all an. , equal lletwith the er, nI Law., Yet there. to i n,.eaell Cathedral Con; rti,ts ft, ample room; N woary beggar resting IV it Liu the, holy gloom; No carnt.,t stildent Beside the fatuous tomb. renivive this et II ' 7 hat' eleN , rates our age— scandal great as ever leonoc LIS I It', ? Who to thig C,l:ri,tiaTl people Restore their herttage ? -11,:rp4r'o 3favazinevfor April celhstrait C. • ALWASHINGTON WINTER PASORAINIA OF LIFE Brlilinat Public a:3 Private Entertainments—The Routine of ()alai aza Social Calls—Diplomatic ' and. Cabin.2t Ginles-7-Receptions, Dinnsra, Bills. Brilliant almoSt beyond parallel has been the gaiety that marked the social season of tha winter of 1876 a season which glided by so rapidly that the Lenten shadows seemed to fall too soon ititon 'the brightness. It is true that lin.r.ty hearts grew weary and many , hearts) ached, but the dance went on and the music played and the lights flashed in .seore:4 of ball-rooms 110 in elegant draw ing rooms upon ilia fairest and brav est of women and men. upon titled liweigners and grk'-:t military leaders and the statesmen of the land, upon shinimerirpr f-oft webs of rare old lace and lurid:diamond lire. We have lookel upon 'TW:lny of the same obi otlieial flee- that have b e en so familiar to the 1,(1 1 ;7 , 1 , .. , of Wa‘•hing ton society (luring the ( ;rant 0 / !inie, faces whose very xi ritiLles and smiles: we know so well ; hut some of them are !funial and they brilrbtened the ~e vnes, and stone of them are world h inlened,". anal not a few of the men and women. have own Was,' amid the social w.hirl and political strife. We have claste2d hands that we have shaken many times and oft during the Ion! , sWeep of :the years in which they Lave held Oflice. Locks that seven years ago Were ditrk are ,now tinged with, gray; great fortunes have been made, and men hate fallen from high places of politic trust. There has boeW little reckless ex travaganee. Florists complain that they have not received unlimited or ders, and eaterers have felt the effect of !mid. times. The non us at the re ceptions given 1)- thit Cabinet minis ters were of great simplicity, while at a fiiw private parties the entertain ments have been Very profuse. We have seen dresses that have been de scribed-until we wondered' that the writer did not crow weary of chang ing the shades of the same old fabrics with her pen. The; former straw col or is now maize, the old pink is rose temlre, and so on through an endleSs assortment of shades. But toilets have been worn that were grand enough for a queen, and jewels that a princess Might have en vied. There have been lulls and re ceptions of great splendor. There have :.been viatimys dausiintp and soirees daa. , anle giVen by our fashion leaders, at which the creme de 1(i creme, have met Week after week. There have been ewdsite lunch. par ties, brilliant "Musicals," 'and a stream of visiting that was appalling in its fury. " WHAT is YoUR DAY ? . . Was the question _.*ith which every society lady was ;pet.. There were the Justice's wives;i Mondays; the 11 and N street, Tuesdays; the Cabinet; Wednesdays ; the Senator's wives. Thursdays; the West End, Fridays Mrs. (Inuit's, Saturdays, and the Sundays were given, we are to sup pose; to the Church and the . Lotd. To' their credit be it said, the fash ionable ladies of Washington turn out en intz:•ee On Sunday at aristo cratic, ritualistic old St. JOhn7s and fash'ionable • Epiphany. l'Co• matter how . tired their feet' have been with dancing or Standino, how weary the brain with the mud whirl 'of society. its queens have hoWed their proud heads beneath theirl nodding plumes on their gold.clasPed prayer-books when 'Sund - ay came its weekly round. Cards have been scattered by the cargo, and visiting lists have reached hopeless lengths. The fair Capital of the nation has l'ken bathed.in almoSt summer, beauty. The air has possess ed the sweet balminess of the South, and the?, tine avenues and broad streets, on either side . with I rligftrit TOWANDA, BRADITRD COUNTY, PA.,' THURSDAY 31011NiNG, MARCI,I 30, 1876. honies'of culture and elegance; have been a-glitter with magnificent eq,- ages,. filled with gaily-attired ladies. During some part of every day has been 'Seen the dainty little coupe',or the .mere'imposing carriage, contain ing the leading lady of the: Cabinet as she paid-her round of calls, ;or Mys. Ffsh is scrupulously polite and prompt in returning the calls that , 'are made upon her. And on the Wednesday following her card recep tion she received about one thousanii 'calls, many cards being swept obi, into, the street., so great was the ov4r flow of the 6asket that was placed to receive them. Up and down'l and li streets- haS• rolled the comfortable carriage' out of which Mrs. Bristow l 's sweet face has peeped, or the pranc ing horseS of the Attorney-General. with Pierrepont leaning 'bulk upon the [satin cushions. Now and then the gay effect of the scene wiis increasedas. a foreign minister's turn out dashed by—Sir Edward - Thor4- ton's, perchance, with its gold-liveried servants, and the tall, delicate, gra cious. English:, lady within, or magnificent equipage of the RusSitAi Minister, with its footman and chaf seur. 'Madame •Chielikine, nee. Prin.. Schahooskoy, has been rarer , seen in Washington society. She, like the Minister, is not young,' and she has not even the newspaper beau-` ty of many Washington ladies ; but grand dinner parties have been given by the Minister, who, it is said, pos(- ses fabulous wealth. Their residence is one of the old houses which for , renerations past have belonged t? WashiWashington ngton aristocrats. Rumor was rife of ngrand ball that was to have been given at the Russian Embassy. but the season has passermunarked by that brilliant 'feature. Ilowevei 4 , it . tnay forina part of the short seal: son that is anticipated latter Lento prayers and Lenten p'enanees shat have given place 1 , 4 spring-time flow ers and spring-time bloom. • ItIST•INGISIIED STRANGERS. the city hal been full of strancrers l , the hOtek have been crowded, and the parlors have presented a gala ila . Nl sheet left. ,The Austrian PrinH Starh'emberg, was the lion, of all thy receptions during the early part of the season, and Sir Hubert Aber. erombie and Sir Hose Price hay ( since divided honors.., Sir hose did not present a handsom6 'appearance dressed in the extreme . Of the" EniJ fish stele,' witlt . an English glas,, screwed into his eye, above a ruddy Enfrlish faci , '. More fascinating inel' are met every day, but Sir Hose wal sought by all our belles. Ile was be siegell with invitations for the Leap, Year German, but was carried off- by a dashing widow. from your city , which caused many a jealous pang among the fair aspirants for the title of My Lady Price. Baron Blanc, the Italian Minister, and Count titta, the Secretary - ofLegation, have come! in for their share of attention, and i l manceuverin! mammas have dined) and wined and fascinated these noblo , gentlemen. Sever have inure numerl .; ~ .us and more elegant dinner. parties I ten given,by jilt: diplomats than 1 durin! , the :lii.,st season ; never oav q they mingUal more in society in! Wash;ngton. The fair face' of OH Austiian Cotintess litwos has graced, many a brilliant scene, and l\ladanni Mantilla's dark, brilliant' Spanish; lwanty has lighted many a tlrawin! room. ' . DIPLI)mATitI Wondrously beautiful was the eve-I, ning reception that was given byi Abalatne Mantilla and the Spanish!: Minister. ' All that was Aloblc!, ! that was Iti!di-bred, all Lieu, was mostl ele:rant in Washington was assemble( in their drawing-rooms.' The scene; was like a tale or enchantment or al pi e ce of description' out of Monte C'risto; and madame stool. wififi th e i light flashing from her jewels' mull the creamy folds of satin sweeping}, around her and her dftrk Andalusian} face brightening as the evenin' , wore! 'Tie Japanese Minister find his' charming litttle wife gave two of the.', most agreeable receptions of the seas son. The invitations were limite4 and the guests were selected with thin utmost care. ,To the last of these rc-6 . ceptions! came -little Fred Shefidan, with Mrs, Colonel Fred Grant on .his arm, while Colonel Grant escorted Mrs. Potter Palmer, the celebrated beauty of the West. Solitaires - worth a fortune adorned, the lady's neck and ears, while her toilet of rel.! d' rail Bros grain and bugle embroider was a chfy'd'oerwre of Parisian skill. Mrs. Palmer's face, though faultless in contour and feature, lacks the an imation that distinguishes her sister, Mrs. Fred Grant, whose banner is winning, with a dash of affectation. A wonderful assistance to Mrs. Pres ident Grant have I,e.en her daughter , iltlaw's conversational powers, that have somewhat relieved the stiffness of the greetings at thief White House receptions. _ - Among the guests at the Japanese Minister's was a (Milian lady of dis tittction,.the wife of the leader of the most powerful political party of that Republic. She was accompanied by the . Obißan Minister, and was a cen tre of attraction on account ofher superb toilet. A pale green' satin formed the ground-work for veb ter..web of the rarest point lace. Dia monds of fabulous value studded the low corsage, blazed On her neck and arms, and band or solitaires bound. her dark hair. The wife of the Jal)- anese Minister wear, exquh , iite toi lets, and evinces a decided preference for the dress of our countify. She will not even consent..to l4ve her portrait painted in Japaneselcostume by the artist Ilealy. A JAPENESE MINISTER. The Minister Yoshida Kijonari is fourthlin rank in the whole kingdom of Japan, turd Aiadatne Yoshida is entitled on certain state occasion to appear at the: royal palace in a simi lar costume to that wort i i by the Em press. She possesses, thgethell, with a sweet disposition and winning: man ner, the -refinement and graCe of a high-bred American lady, than which 110 greater compliment could be paid this dusky daughter from kiwi ,Land of the Rising mum. The Japanese Minister is a manor' marked ability. The establisinneni of 'a uniform sys tkm of currency, in lieu of the hete rogeneousLT variety of money that was in use - in the various provinces, is, REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT' QUARTER. among*the many benefits that he has onferred upon pis country. ' Conspicuous among the elegant soirees clamant° of the: season was that given by the ; Minister of 'Hayti and Madame Preston; in their spa cious apartments at the Arlington.. Suits of rooms on two floors were thrown open and exquisitely decorat ed with flowers. The appointments of the supper and the ball room were of the most elegant description, - and the assemblage was noticeably bril liant. Mrs. Secretary Fish wore her costliest laces and jewels. Ladd• . Thornton's toilet of mauve satin and lace was. perfect, and amid all the gay throng noYacly was more beap.- ful, or attired with greater magnifi cence than the wife of the late Secre tary of War. Long will be recalled the fair picture that Mrs. Belknap m:vle in her delicate rose silk, with diamonds flashing on her snow-white neck and in her dark hair. ~No smile was brighter, no grace more elegant. no heart seemed lighter, no life fairer than hers upon which so dark a shadow has fallen. Mr. Preston is of French parentage, and was born in the West Indies. He is a man o culture and popularity. Nladamt Prestnn is of French and linglisl birth. SIR EDWARD+ Tnons.roN's RECEPTION. The crowning _entertainments the Diplomatic - Corps were tho , (riven bt' Sir, Edward and Lail MMTES=ZEIME tion. These were the first receptions that lindbeen given at the magnifi cent residence into which the Minis ter of,Great Britain moved about a year ago.. The guests were, if poSSi ble, of greater distinction,_ and the. toilets more elegant than and• other r'eeeption. MN. Jones, wife of the Nevada Senator, appeared for the first time. during the winter,'. at tile last of these receptions. Her toih•t of white satin, elaborately embroi dered, had a pulled tulle train, and her; ornaments were diamonds 01' gre4 yalite awl purity, Mrs. Mar shall -Jewell, who, rarely goes into soeictv, was one of the most elegant ly attired ladiesln the whole sweep of 'the immense rooms; a court train of pale blue velvet was worn, with ,a petticoat of the same shale o?satin, and the waist• and skirt''were richly embroidered in bright hued flowers and leaves above falls of point lace. Mrs. Attorney General Pierrepoint wore ivory-tinted satin, artistically mih7ied with black velvet. A New York belle wore a beautiful and un ique toilet a black tuelle, looped with ' sprays of silver flowers, and trimmed with silver br:iid and - a frinc - e of coins. The broad staircase of this English mansion was lined with chbiee exotics., and a life sized por- ,rait of the Queen of Englan:l own upon the glitterin!* ,thronir o 'imericans and foruioner,l. who cam o their rovoot s to 1.1-r. lug gracious tali v who for many 'yea ter Britannic has Itonore rich so Prowl a po,ition. Tut: Mi , ral sVA,Ecr ciRCLE. llany have b,!eti the artifice.; r sorte(l to ill order to ()Wain' itivit tion..; to sotne-or the reception-, liven hy the 1 1 .1\"t , inl portuneit att-Aies, and tir:-.t calls have kern paid, drte.r the wcre oft by t!i t'on.rro , slact , wiv..s. A c uri.m-; mixture i-, Washin!rton I v. and in no eiTy ix the fa,ll - soyiety more 4,11 it inviu.tion !win ! , c'stt• n ',l TO a 1wr ,, ,)11 With Whom porelwiwo IlriS Leen (. - X••ll:tipr , l. V.)11 11 tend privote purty h t ht. pnytiiii•-t or I h.: CCI,I in:lts. the of tio. CtfLi;lct wjvc:, tit' ;111 1 1 to 1110-:t :MllOl,/,Yi :Lt the enfant, mon \silo . it. shreil or, character, not. :111 atom of But there aTe stili fety very eh 4 : , : ilit rt-C(ptions given. which the crowd cannot g' N in n e ec s,:. Such. fur instance, wi-ru parties given by the Adinir:ll of the, .:IVV his. l'orter. the 1):t11 ?-ive4 14v Ray, the. Cadwalleilers".l.ll(-4(lay r,venji),r,,,." (Allen& lltimphre% 's series of soirees (I;l,ll , 4:tate, extenklin!f, through a part of Janthiry ,nn+l Ft 1)- ruary ; the ,•• Monday Evenityrs " of the Afiss c s Iti ! r gs , the "Tuesday . . . Evenings" in January at (ien. Ed ward Beales', the elegant party at Lowery mansion, which the most . superb in Washington, Madam Bergrnann's brilliant soirees ( 1 Matlatn 'IL was Miss McAlister, of Phil:l(M, phia.) awl the soirees; darisante!Tiven by Mrs. Coleman. The story is that Miss Coleman was the second love of Duch:um:tit, and was at one time engaged to him, previous to the ac cession to the Presieeney.' After nomination and just followin , his re turn from Europe, excessive fatigue prevented hum from paying his re 'spects to his fiance on the occasion of a grand party she was giving. When he called' on the following morning she refused to see him, and from that time the engagement was broken and it may be that fidelity to this love sent the old gentleman to , ,lfis grave a bachelor. • A AN EVENTFUL MONTH - THE BFMIN- NINO OF TUE HISTORY OE Till I ' The moon that rose full upon , the ;night oft March 4, 1 T.T.G saw the lig lure of destiny, wan with patriotic ;vigils, stride ups from the Cainbridge meadows, mount to the crest of Dor chester heights, and from that holy spot stretch a strong hand of deliv er:vice to the intprisoned town that I sl4t below. 14 was the eve of the nniliversary of the " Boston massa- Oe," and the auspicious moment chosen to accomplish the final hale • peadonee or thO New England eolOn les. Rise, sharply defined from thy tlisters of all all-glorious part, 0 night hat first limited to the eye of pro- Pheey the shadow of the Washin,rton that was to be, and draw anin before these reverent times thy intanorable panorama ! Behold in the town of Boston, a British army at nightfall , given up, with seornfuLitulitlerence l i d the power of the Yankee militia, do passing revels, desecrating the 91d South-church, perhaps, with a plah'or theTrovince louse with ix IMI MARCH, 1776. UNITED STATES Masquerade ; behold, in the harbor, Admiral Shuldham's fleet, riding drowsily at anchor; save ,for. the play of the batteries, replying With thoughtless voice to the Ameri c`;an 'cannon at Cobble Hill, Lechmei- Of Point and Roxbury, Lord lowe's sltimbers would be this night unbrok en, for neither. to soldier nor :citizen ia there conriousness of other dang er than of a'roof or two riddled in the thick of the firing., But look 4ross the heck yonder, where the heave . frost lendS a friendly mist tip ;wail a shadowy something that produces no sound, yet seems pos sessed of motion! ;Draw nearer, and you shll see first slime eight htindred ragged Conti nentals marching to Preoectipy the tWoextremitiesrf Docliester Heights; belfind them, a force of twelve bun dted More ; equally quick with the side or the rifle; last oftfain . or,carts, drawn by oxen and laden with bundles of hay and other light nutterial, such as make a fair cover for . n redoubt. -The sharp temper of the atmosphere rends exhilaration to th men, while the wind which blows frOm the west carries off from the to'Wn all sounds of footsteps, the rnnabling of carts and the goading of tires ploddingkattle. We see the pur pCo of this hurried march when the deflects alone the brow, of the hill and General Thomas orders' hi's: melt to throw up the redoubts. The scene-is only martial in its conse tituinces. Here the sentry walks his rounds to note the first sign of Brit islifjwakefulitess ; there the wails of chandeliers, faseines and . screwed hag rises steadily higher; to and fro t*carts roll, and the barrels which they bring are filled with earth and stotie, to he hurled on any assaulting pally that may dare . the slope ;; an odjficent orchard supplies trees for the construction of a strung itbattis at the foot of the ridge ; toward three o'croek a relief.force arrive to com-1 pletr the fortifications. The whole night is filled with that presence of Wa'hington, and the dawn reveals himito the wondering villa'gers in the surroundin , hamlets and the incred ulous army in the town beneath, the preilestincd deliverer , of 'his people. .The., histories detail the rest ; how thellritish general, in the face of, - tempestuous weather and the mem orieii of Bunker 11ill, finally had not the : heart to attempt the dislodgment of the Americans; how the latter. ste4ily advancing their lines,- and prevented. from 'engaging the enemy in battle by the lack o(ama nitiiin, finally so completely invested the town that the British were forced to lit at a precipitate retreat. Cih the morning 'of the seventeenth they' : lastily embarked, and after a loitering in Nantasket .road to I tf . ke on water and repair theis bat ere transports. set sail for Halifax. behind- : them among other sill/I-ilk's two hondeed and fifty piec es 44' cannom, and seven times as inueft powder as their conquerors Otoo•cther. Could the news of his Inuniliatitin have been flashed, as e:11,1e to the Parliament, the taml4ess awl overweening contidence 0: in its power to hum -I,le the Ann-ricon rebels might have 1 ffl . l-ctitil estoppel. But that was It t. te he, and when. on the twenti e!li. 31 - ashington enti•red Bostila at the licccl u. 1!,, No, 1:11:11ifi approved by Heaven," as the •re4lt ions I.wrislature voted niniAdays rcvLred.by all good 1111 . 11:1‘11 tlrea bed fiy tyrants." the hint had tinaliy hardened his liiarta ,, ailed the colonies, and w of the speed) -al iti;z.:tiion that. was: sure to hi' ac t ~i ngshol by hi- twenty thonsaiol s,,j;irr an:} whrn. the 101- M:tt\ , the tiew En- L flanii. the elotittynt protests of the of NI: 11,i:e4er and the Mar -1&s 'Of woro powerless :o st9y his folly. history has no parallel for thi 4. achievement, so po tent Alul trnallll9' , W:IS its effect upon tltc fOtunes of the colonies; . so in eoznalenstonr?le with cost in life and pi-op(rty, for the death-rill of the whohi canipai: , u is honored with but tweney•naines, •anti scarcely a build- in of any importance in Boston was ilestiftved in: the siege. Released from the surveillance of an armed enemy. the. New England colonies quietly but diligently set about, es tabliShino: on a sure footing their • necessary State and local goVern ment4l. perfecting their coast defense es, aCCumulating the sinews of war, and Oriug the months of immediate peacOhat ensued thoroughly prepar ing thOnselves fur the state of inde pendence-to which all events combin ed toZ:speed them. As for Washing ton, they deemed. no honor too im7 posin4 for his merits, no any conti deneei• too weighty to be impoSed within'. him, and in the darker hours, Whiclaitter even the great command er cMild not escape, the faith of Now •-•En , rland remained to him in violate. Tailing to the proceedings of the Congkss for the month, we find them tpervaded by increasing ;senti ment iof open and concerted resis tanee;to the rule of the mother coun try; ,the leaven of such souls as, the Adanics, 'Wyche, Henry and=; had bi . *un to work thC inevitable in spiration of the whole Assembly. In the fit,it days of March the colonies, to insitre their more efficient defyse, were OnstitutO two military depart inents the Potomac formincr the di vision'-'line, and six additional briga dier ge.nerals wese commission e d. It - wa:i7a matter of tnuch greater ditli culty.tO supply the means for meet ing thiY expenses of the defense, and after the is,ue of tour millions in bills, in•:ahOtion ,to six millions already a Uoat,ithereistill remained a grevious deficie:iwy in the budget. Two coin inittveti„ one of which ineluded such notal4 financiers as Inane and -11obert Mtirlis, were sueces,iively . to raise the necessary', stop plks. succesAvely failed tO au complWi their pin pose, and, losing hope, .4 commissioner one Silas Deane,: who seems to have been wanting in thoe qualities most es sential to his mission, was dispatch ed to Oranee With authority to neoo 'n thite an- the equipments of twenty fire men, a hundred - field !plecesiind anumition in proportion, his in ructions from the committee 1 p Iv rcp v. 4 1 I + • • assignmOs the reason of the selec tion of that country for the first tap . plicatienjbr assistance the fact that in the event of a total separtion from Or* Britain, France would be the poWet Whose friendship it , would be littesttb obtain an cultivate. At the - :Same time Congress bad de cided to Send commissioners to Can ada to-foster'a state of feeling simi lar to that pervading the colonies anti espeelally to. encourage the for mationl of'n local'government. John Adams;tuentionS the:comrnission letter to his wife, about this date; and dviellS particularly on . the im portant results anticipated from the good offices of the Rev. Carroll, the brother, of Charles Carroll; of Car rollton, *I., who was, to remove from the `minds: of the Canadian, Catholics.'the fear of an anathema against Sinericaul'rebels ;. and; cur iously enough, after apeaking in the highest? terms of the patriotism of the Carrolls, warns Mrs. Abigal to bear in mind the' prejudices of the Puritans, and . 'not to breathe it in New Englnd., , Pne clause in the official inWuctions issued by the Congress ito, the commissioners is sig»ificant,';as, amounting almost tO, an actuarldeclaration of indepen dence, and ,it waSinot Adopted with out a vigofOus debate. It was this: " You.are n declare . that it is our inelination4hat the people of Canada may set uplstich a. form of govern ment as will be mpst likely 'in their judgment tO produce their ha ppinesS, , '' But the commission proved a fail ure. , • The news that Parliament. had prohibited trade or every kind with the colonic and declared their'ships and earcmek liable to eonfisication. . reaelied the' Congress in the early part of tlicrnouth, and on the, six ' • • • ' teenth - that :body', sitting in commit tee of the NO) ole, deliberated upon - a rerhedy.. I4anklin was for extreme measure:, and urged n declaration of sear!, while the most conservative del egates thought it wiser to take no action whalever. The discussion took a wid„il range - and la s sted twO days, but (*the eighteenth, against the votes orl'ennSylvania and 'Mary land, resolutions were adopted, au thorizing privateers to cruise against the corium* of. Great: Britain, .es.- elusive of Ireland and the West In- . dies. A stilt sharper flebate sprang up on the ttenty-secolid on. the pre amble, to Which Wythe moved an ainendmentdefinitely accusing the king himselras thii cause of their op pression, in :;that he 'had " rejected their petitions With scorn and con tempt." It l Was Kitt a Step from this declaration- to th:it which formally served the allegiance of the colonies forever, andlits iiiiportzince was at ouch recogr4ed. Lie seconded the amenilment,Thut the oppsition was so strong that. itent over for the day. On the twenty-third, however, it_ was triumphantryi carried, to be Mellowed the next month by what historians tell us - vas the first real act, of inde pendonee,tits; abolition of the Brit- bill custom house and the opening our ports to the commerce of the ivlorld. impOrtitnt was the month. In it King George abandoned finally the thought of reconeiliatiOn. Washing ton won his great victory, the Con- . !• , r---4 first . : Y?.lefinitcly asserted the printiple of `colonial liberty, . aiid Iran (• he,ratT to consider the wis dom of anAinci lean alliance. The child .iilun!T to the • name of mother, bat lie li;;H13112 - s bad been , :napped forer.L Ph;((clP, 7 ph.,a r. Stinson. the rit(T c4rrespwlent of the New. .York re l ate -: a ..t o r ) by an cir~incrr cm the .ehiurirtj'alli'iy railroad, Irliat, time loeoinoti yi; el hulled tiie inotintf'zins On the mu - It Oct eresque line of ailway in Atperica:' 'At White Jlaven we had dinner, anfl engines , and engineers were eifitn!ireff. I found myseV here on One Of the Iffiest locomOtives ever built for any road, and in the com pany of one of the brightest of engine drivers. The ride thenceforward was one to remember through a life time. great flopd had swept through the valley here, not,many years ago. The Lehigh, ',Swollen with its many tributary streams, and reinforced :by thy giving Way of cl;nm after with their fast accumulation of lum ber and debriS, soon became its isisti hle; and from White Hiiven to 'Easton the waters, rising thirty feet, ravaged hnth banks. Men, women and chit- dren were crußhed and drowned with out other wariiing*than the roar of 3_ wave that rose at the rate of4hirty feet in nine minutes. The vision ref this tl6od in the midst of the storm . and da'rknessoud the echoes of des pairing cries, were easily conjured up as the locolnotive bounded along, jangling its bell under the-cliffs. In a little while the road quitted the val ley for the, mnuntain ' and we began the ascent thrOugh- the heart of the Pennsylvania 'wilderness, to a height . which overlooks one of the historical and typical Scenes on, the continent. The grad 6 Was steep ; the engineer opened the valiO, regulated the engine respects; smoked, and. asked me to step inter and sit-on his side Of the locomotive. ele. - ar sailing for: a few miles now," said lie, "Me shall not meet'anything It's tug up hill." " What irra(te . ?" • " Froni - 10(iJ. to 148 • feet . ' to the mile." • "That's the*ason then, that yqt have these heavy engines?“. y es. ” " Is this grade thought by railroad men to be very steep-?" said the myrineer, " pretty steep-4-yes. You know that iii old times, ip England, grades of from thirty to` forty feet to the mile were thought 'to 7be .heavy. Grades, Seventyof to eighty feet were thought to be impractieable. I can remember reading all about it. They didn't understand then What a grip a heavy iron wheel .ha got on-an . iron and how :much a:: good ldeomotive eould pull if Y'ou only gave her fuel and time. They found it out after wards. .1 hear they have got in. England and France, grades 132 to 196 feet to the mile, and even the Baltimore and—Ohio railroad has TILL STORY OF THE RAIL MI MI S 2 rook Annum In-AcOance. HME pt 41. grades 'Of 140 feet..i The„grades on the Pacifie railrOads, and on that Rockyl.3 l lountain railroad froM Den ver City to the mineS;•arevOrkie than any This grade don't seem very bad. does . it? And besides, just look at : the vieWi" • Away to the, south stretched the bleak Pennsylvania- Wilderness; Unin habited; save by a.fcw.woodimen, the panther, the deer, and .the bear, The solitude seemed like that Of a desert, and the straining, as4ending locomo tiVe-like a gigantic wheezy Pioneer. 4 -i There's a right-ilwn rozOrice, or tragedy; or whatever ` yOtt may call it,", said the engineer, "attached to thiS hill; And I, wasl the least of a herb in lit. As, there' was 4wornan in it thOugh . I mustltell yOu Yin a married man." right. • go apead With the story." 4 10nel night About . . r out ykitri ago. and j use t about this month," Oe'eugi neer continued, "'I was eonking Own this, hill With (considering the;-season) r irett:f heavy ;train: At iiyilkes Barre, over in ,'.the N-tilley.4,—w3iich you'll soon set>—a yMng 140. had got!'aboard of my e She Want ed a night ride, and was put on by the;Shrtintendetit w:ip a per feet•lady, and Jiert mother was in one of the cars, bad:. the hOne. , ,t truth (ai 1 have Oen , told m:y Wife,) I never qawLa more beautiful Or ga me igirl. She was verY . 4mall sized, dressed N•lkat,iny wire ettlls Coniplete taste, and li6r' figure w4s.'so toud, an& her hands Aso small; and .~ tier drays so_frankAnd l artle's . s'i that I almost SYislied she'; wastnydatigiter. ller:faed it though, , was [-what :I can't • [ give.you an idea of - 'l'; Was the !nest I,Cantield face I ever saw. It 1ta1,•," , • : .. proceeded the: engineer, warMintr. all, the' intelligence (f a woinlinis: :- [ •I' and the simp terf V io t' a Child's': * - iAl'atl she was r i so spri - I ghtly 'awl lovetalile alto,ieflu;tr, and:asked (-) many qiies tion4,that;although I had neVer! • had •- a,woutan on my engind but onee ire;i invited her: oYdri' here omy . seaq and explained to her all about. hew a loi2omotive . is run. I Fillowecl her - .ho to mangath4 • the, 10 - ell Which admits more or ldss steam int.o the cylinders; how" the reverse linter , .1 is worked; how thelests of watet.are • made., I showed her how t . O bli:or [ the Whistle and ring till bell, iliV i i ek pt-liheA liow the brake~ ,Wer(_l_.)l:oWtl. tiliWft,), arid how warnit* were. given on! the approach to erisim. - N. She[ t 01:, it all in, and," saidt the en:42 - ineer, strefehin'7 his arra incro"ss theibcfiler, • and ligutehing my slttevil, "• it Wai the bestlessi'?n I ever ',gay.. 1:14-,11 up, arotind . yonder about two,miNs from here:, just :as I was hahling ;the verse lever, we sfrautki a. sthne or ' [ - 1 something on tile track,' at al ioht hirre o'qlodk at niglit. 1 wils a liar,iling clef•n at "the itime..l(the: girl i-,o'3'sit ., v ~ , , tin where on are. on ] my- Ni h: Ion) - . and quicker than lignting, the Ipt ve tleW buck and struck me in the I eye an knocked me—Well, 11l be (1.- 7 41 if, i;now where. Any-way it dildn't intilie much difference coy a mipuk or tWo for I was just:stunned. ,A'f. we p 1. [w k • F :, on tli le down : tirade, with" rri, 1 need.of fuel, the tireinan was back. in thiba s trage dar, - an(,l when_l ermft t. , ..:- this yonnir airl was liol[llii - dr oh to no; heal and finning Me with: her.to',., - of i -a hat. Ittwasn't tWti seconds bdtore ' I doew what was toliray.l The eng;:le op:, .whoh train had started [ awn the hill atithe rate of sixty mile 4 an ' . , 1 I l iq r. I tried 10 spi•ing hp and re :telt [ 'the 19yer. :kly ri';‘-lit arm and rs 2 girf 1 leg Were both ntiMb ; ..*li v. f a co: in:i , l ! , , c- , . en: my . I t ongue was :3) paralyze;, liy : fte biOw .. .I ha d reedived tliikt' I J could harilly spt• t ik. I i1i.0.-4 so derr l ... ; rate that) ( more .to juttraet ;the 1 ,•2 : :ti's'atto dion flitor any king el m ei.l. I Ir_rahtl,d-h'er hat with my left 'ud and thrtki it outside or*. locoph'i. tive,rord - t.latii umeagell" to lt, - ,:e";on 1 her ear Niwn close', to m- lips, tsn[l 1 . , 1 " Traill'r; gollg t. - 0 - v fa.A. Well be it hdll if you don't turn lite 'evert: - " she understoo:i me iq On instliut : and ,it wa l ; time. The i eno - ine, vas rocking, swaying,, giiintling, and skur tying down the track like ii: beast with [great[ l) mats. 'Every second I expeeted l ilt, would leap the rails[;. it eertninlylwas deseendina l at the fate of sei;enty'l l miles an ',hour. But tlhat littleithing sprang Op here, elntehed the lk:er, 'I motioned whlrli way she should shOve or push it, got my n , i),l, and reversed the wheels 'like a. nitre man. Then she ':Whistled dOwn -brakes=therc 'was ',no Ueed• or Oat, for the boys had put: on`ei'ery: . brake already. Inside of a mile and a half she stopped the train ; arid then Ole knelt down all trembling aid crying —and now 'what clo yoi think 'she said t ?", : I , CM I Can't guesS.". r "Sail she; • Mr. feel 34 if shonhi' f faint. Havn'ti7nu g,Ot sOme camphor, or a littte whisky ?' And as sure as you lied she did faint ri`ght away= thertHright dOwn in frnnt of that gre-Imx=right :on top Of me. The fireman .and 'conductor came; in and took her back to tier mother; :end the ,fireman had' to.. run the train .down. to White Haven." Soon after the,engineer had this little story the traia . arrii'ett at the Surnihit of the inOuntain. NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSONS. APIIII, 9, i1z176 :Acts i1:1-11.—Goi.DEN:TE.Nr: SU, Mau,. tit 41 1.X.5.) , .0N 11.. This chapter begin~ the ApostOic Church History, We h l ave rsceonni of the reorganization of the ci nrch ofqod ,under its.Spiritud form ;it. John, 4 1- 24. Por this reorganization (Fhrist taxiie provisiOn by selecting, instructing - ainl trai itig a band of men who should, qui d influence of his Spirit perfect thi'; , upon the foundation.of his. clique an i perstM and mis4,)n. -;;„ e hatie already in the i•our'se r of, tliese lesons studied the narrative , of the chit ing oftrie Apostles; we are now to see these ehosen men end used for their work by.the , descent - of the Ihdy 1. the Time. The proMise of iho rather nas fultilred on 'the Say of Pe ate cost, i. e. lifty, davS, 'after :t e. 41.4 ie ll of Christ. Suit occurred, Ftecor i titng' to the generallyacceptedmode Of computatiim.l 11. 43. It is .supposed by many Oat it'toOk :place on Sundi and from the time of the occurrence pis festiv4l of Pentecost, we know that it was about the 1 t t D ' ) ' • middle ortMay 41 , ' ,l - 4' •l' . - , ,•, • .1 ' ''4 i .. 2.: The'Plice. .It WiLs lin "Jerusalem;, 1 ch. 14.: itiS4oll to kernember that all : i the lesions for the prei4 t quarter; except ~ 1 . the first, 1iav0.; . ,,e! do with events occurring • i within the lady city, Yerulialem. ,PilaM Was - still governor of Judedl ~ i - 3 The ineettirrbf th e Di sc i p l es . v.. 1. -' i 'I " And when the '7 day d ' f .y•- - ` i "entecost was :i fully come - ; " ler, in thi fidilliing of the dty of Pentet; i. e.,'`ln ‘ 'the course ofl , - _.' 1 the day', The, lff our 'r is -"not men , , tioned here, but we teat : a-from v. 15 that l, the descent of tie Spiriteek place before i f the third • hour, or nine A l in the morning. } It was, - therefem an ea ly , .iaeetitig—Per-. haps a sunrise - -j• raver ' e tug. The day on which they 1 suet ita , one of the three yearly festivals 'preseri ' d'• }u the Mosaic . I law, when all miles we . required to pre- sent themselves 'Fat Jeru alem. Like the others---the feat of the ll PaSsever. and of Tabernacles—this . feastt Pentecost . (or' fifti , !c/c) had athree-fold . o4ation-natu als ral, historical and • typica . .Naturally, it was associated ',with the .Cetni•letiol.ot the harvest or 010i - cereal i ;gatherinir,. 'and hence was sometimes miled- I rthe feast of . , harvest" (Ei. 2:06y; hi torically, itswai- MIME associated with :the givin '• Of 'he law `from • Mt. Sinai; typically, it 'Opted forward to' the new promulgation d 'Grpd'ti law, or the reorganizatiOn of 0/ inure'', which occurred upon this very ' Y..' . - "'they wer e i.q/ with o e.aceord in one , place." ..4// evidently in ,anti the' body 0 , ,.._f•- , i i believers: in Jerusalem; ; not pecessaril eVery I indiviclual,hbut Ali, greater part; such a general attendance :as 'wOuld be re- garded as repre4entative l ,otl.the whole. Probably the titiiii.ber wiii, 'nearly• identi cal With that of 1:15. it inlluded both men • and women: note only appsties but also unofficial believers. , .:''o louii,t the moth er of Jesus was! ,resent. 1 She would not . no be passed by in 'the glorlou ascension) gift of her son'. l • They kaine together ".....itli One aecore iY. e., Perfect .har, molly of desire:4;o exile' taiion and by . tt .; ;4 I previous ,al.. , Ttlf_smnt. no, "one .plaee - 7 i i ,-. 1, len • " - was certainly , it. prii.4e !house; pef- ha; s the :upper reoni• metioned in 1:1:3, or that! in Which the Lorl 8 - supper was iwitituied. 1 '!- • 1 . • ; 4. The Gift ;of the-X . 4y, 'Spirit; v. , . !2-4. i 'l - I(iile thin; nsseniblcif 4ul engaged in pii•yrr,' " suddenly Uteri came a sound from heaven." It came s' dinty, so that it could • not be Oferred t ,any' natural - I cause. 1. Without : ; any pihnidnition the startling sound ! Broke itpt)zi !their ear's. This answer to their praye4 reminds us of •,' Rt. 6.1:134. The isound canie; from' hear- . eu; i. el, - it issued heaven, and they !recogniii'd .itas:l the result of Divine i!a'gency , ;alone. 'IO tilled all the lioc4e--4a roarine blast thit must havc; shaken i the house. (4:31) aild !tilled them for the nunnent with alarm. All was still."l There xi - m.l no 5t,11411. w, wii:d, no rain,-.) thunder; suildelq, 'Nvitliou 41 monient:s warning, came the blast ;I S of a Powerful tempestut his Willil like tiip, •tra l • of a fear ful tornado-•••-and!then perlc , Ps as !sudden l.V Ceased There; , :uild be he niiracmlous uf sue; This aUilible szgu was ini; lowed j.)2,- a -Tlc,rappearecl unto thiim cl4e4 dieriT.,aeo tongues MMZE=TICEMI . . . presented itself 41' t in aliiiditud then slid (ynly partcd in eVery : .direetfoi4 so that a Portion o` it rested mi eachne ; l ot the dis- Ciples; present.Thesedist:ibited frag / imnts weCe called tongue .froin., their i shape and m notiom! and as s tithols of the miraculous gift that was to follow them. The phrase emplilyed leaves iti doubtful wlo it was nOcrial fire or not. Fol lowing the analogY of the pi evidus verse, we would say Mit: Thesvnh O l of tire was doubtless sehicted tct iCpT:sent the barnitti energy of the .Sph.it i l : 1 •• And ;they 'A:et:niail tilled Irith the Holy Ghpst," ' This slit l iWs that tgie gift of the_ . , Spirit v.:_irs' not c' - ullined to the apostles; . I,i t t WilS shared iVi all, won!ep as well ajs - , .. ini.n. (_',nripitre 3.ti; 16—IS with Joel t 2; t2S— J , .. tt - ,2. • •‘:.\ii l l be;, , cinjto speall4 with other t.m . : : -.;nes -1 ("tiewjipngues — *irk 1 ...;; j 11) t . i. c.. the gift of tOnT,4 - -,P4a4itili•arted Or _ the first time. but iv,ls tine 4onci:.:FA for a period jin 'the ellurch.- 4 tth . si6ak i:lg 'ws i:Clt, Silt . -t:I.Cd, j ill Yol-' , ' ',',S the Spirit ga., - .. them j -t,li utter. ' lit -41.-• utter. holy sprtitirul j of holy.:things • tht.ll .. ;.•it tile in-- spil.trion: of the 161 y Spirit. 1 It is doubt: tut v i - la•titer they U n derstoodj thc 7 ' purport of what they spakc; bat it iL !certain that the .Itiwislilicr.rei-sjtnalerstod iti perfectly i in their own langli:1;e:.1. Alto &says: "We. gather that this A:vent w-4 1 a. stuldon in- J sp:ratiom w itere•r.yithe wholcHjits l embly of belit-•.ersluttered aS . 'mouth-iiiecis of the Spirit tiff itrai-eS of qa ip; VapOLIS Lill . - _ gl:ligeS. liithertp, 'and possibjy at; the time itself,. untitio.Fa t.i them. IThere is. no . trace of the gift isr'utg.bestc_4 - ed: for pa/ 7 .. . , . rth f Ure: in peel,lll ing.•' 7, _ The P.ffect 'of this Gift ; vs. 5-11. `I There N{i.s' at that 'time hi j.,!jeritsalemj a; large untidier of JeWs (including,Jrci:idents. j and vi j skirs). wlui represented dvery na tion undt.r - heal-cu.! . They Were i many of ' them devout meti;j i. e.. believiTs in the Oid l'estJ i tment prophecies, .- l and i looking for the consolation of. Israel. 'Perhaps the .- 11 j . general expectationjof the battling of the Messiah had drawn ntan4of thein td Jeru- . saltrin at ithiS juncture. -TheY Were wit- , atesses of , the mostt;eompetetit and trust -1 ; 1 1 ; • worthY - eliaracter.l l .!They Wero iqelligent,. - cautions and consletvatiVe. Arts , kencht- • sion thevJ :lould arrive at, i[spPciallv if • 'I ' y j r - opposed t their traditional vrvt,s, would have the itrongest prestimption•jo truth • ia its fitvcr'i 1 j - ' l 1 . , i 1 • - The voices of the praisidg ilisitiii es - be- . came audible outside. of the house in which they :sat. This is the nfe j aning of the clause, " No* *lien thisn - as ;raised abroad." The ''Otisequenee rival. the as sembling If a laTge crowd of .le,wl outside, It is probabh that the disciples passed out Of thy i building and addrei;scd the crowd frui l in the ',street or )111e pnLlic scittaig„ effect, ' of the tgngues upon the touititude waS amazement, and even fear. At such a tithe naturall,74ref.excla . mations and ejaculations would - iun :from mouth to mouth. 5,6 we have p'yeseived for us the substare of What Wa r 'S said on this occasion, •" Behold, - are tot all these which speak Galilelips?'"fln prob ably are not these . mett "of province, speaking one dialOtl - or lan gtiage' ?11oW then could they hltvki learned all these vlii ors tongoes?" the] fact , of the divery of language is hey'rinl lde; the only trotiblo is to account for it. And the wiestion'S of the eroWdl leave it as unaccountay: !thus these{ devout Jews testified to the divine.orikiii of fitie wonderful g,rift. 134 t4otice that the sight . did not convert these )inen. "No miracle cast Alt) this. , The Hely, pint along can convitrzt. men, Of sin, of ness and Of judgment to cotut. put the way was Prt , pared for the — me - re rapid ex-: tension of the'vospel through' trielimpres sions of this day.. • . . . - A LADY, Called upon her milliner the other day.'. to get the eliaracter ofl,her ser viint. The respectable appearance of the latter was beyoini questioning, i` But, is she honest ;"' askt'll the lady. i"I am nut so evil a aboill, that," rt , plied- the milliner, " luive 41'u:a her to Yon with my bill a dc4.en times, and she has never et riven me the mum ." ' • .1 • . • U til II Ii o doubt as to amoise. fl6'iately
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