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THE atrial OF THE WORLD
BY UtCll4ll.O 74141NCRT(;3 INILNES (LORD
not:GirroN).
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.
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'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 ?
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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