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ME \ •-t~ E I MEEEME C E A (1 E N C "Y, = , 11 - :' the co-t)tine of :t far un.r's (1:;11. , htor in the Hays of the That farmer. Jacob ,Manheim, was a peaceful, and hapi,2.- man, before the Revolution. ince the war he has become (it unken and idle—driven his wife breken-hearted to the grave —and. worse than all jollied a band of Tory refugees, who seottt the land at dead .4f night, burning and lolir cicring a- the\ go , • I To-night, at the hour of two, this Tory band will lie in wait. in a neigh pa-s, t) attack and murder Washington, Nwilo-e starving soldiers are yonder in the hilts of Valley Washin,9;tOn'on his farm journey is wont to pass this farin house.; the cutthroats are there in the next chamber. drinking ancl! feasting, •as tiny wait for twos o'clock at night.' Fh daughter, Maly, had been reared hv her mother to revere this man. Washin!rton,whol, to-night will he attacked and murdered—to revere him next ,1.0.-God. NaY, more; that mother on her death bed joingtl the hands of this daughter in soleinn be trothal• with the hands of a young parlizni leader, lTarry it lhims. who now: shares the crust and the cold of Valley yoiye. Yesi r: erday afternoOn she, went I . ollr Milt's. Over roads (f ice• and snow. to tell Captain Williams the 1 lot of the refogeL.s. ' , 11e,• did not reach Valley Forge until Washinz ton Had - left on On 6 lof his lonely joiirneys ; so this night, at twelve. the partizan i%iptain ovenpy the rocks ahove the neighboring pass. to 'trap the trappers' of tleorge Washington. Ycs, that pale slender.remem bering the Words of hi'r dying moth i?r, had I;roken through her obedience toiler father, afLer a long and bitter struggle. how dark. Lthat struggle in a faithful dau!diterls heart! She had betrayed his plots to his eni mies--stipulating first for the the safety of her traitor father. • And Dow as a f.11!: , ..- i r and child'are sitting there, as shoii'ts of the Tore . rel'un-es echo frnin the - nest chamber the hand of the old clock is on the • hour eleven—hark ! There is s o und of horses hoofs without the farniliou,e— there is! a pause—the door opens—a tall stranger, wrapped in a thick ch 4, :white with snow, enters, advance to the tire, and in brief tv ,r hs solicits (some refreSh thents and an .hour's repose Why does - the • Tory 31anheint start aghast at the sightl of that stranger's blue and gidd uniform— then mumhling something to his daughter about • . g-etting food for the traveler,' rush wildly into the next room where his brother Tories are feasting? ':hr Me drink - ! MITZEMM IN .1:. 1 ui:lr:.•, i~•iL .1.. tt*([l(lLt - t:\ - \rl 1 TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 6. 1876. Tell me, why does that young - girl stand trembling before the tall stranger, veiling her eyes from that calm face, : with its blue eyes and kindly smile ? we may be lieve the legends' of that time, few men, few warriors, who dared the terror of battle with a smile, could stand unabashed before the solemn presence of Washington. For it was Washington, exhaust ed with a long journey—his limbs stiffened and his faee numbed with cold—it was the- great 'Rebel' .of Valley Fcirge, who returning to camp sooner than his usual hour, was forc ed by the storm, to take refuge in the farmer's house, and claim a little food and an hour's repose at his hands. . In a few moments, behold the sol dier, with his cloak thrown off, sit ting at . that oaken table, partaking of the' food, spread out, there by the hands ,of the girl who now ,stands trembling at his shoulder. And look! Her hand is extended as if to grasp him by the arm,--her lips moves as if to warn him or dan ger, but make no sound. Why all this silent agony for the man who sits so calmly there ? One moment ago, as the girl hi preparing the hasty supper, opened yonder closet door, 'adjoining the next room, she heard the low whis pers of her (zither and they Tories she heard the dice box rattle, as they were casting lots wlio should stab George Washington in his sleep ! n d now, the words: 'Beware,. or this night you die !' tremble halt { ,-" formed upon her lipS, when the fatti. er comes hastily from that room and hushes her with a look. '• Show the gentleman to his cham ber, Mary—that ebamoer at the head of the stairs, on the , left. ' On the left, you mind !" Mary takes the light, trembling and pale. She leads the soldier up the oaken stairs. They stand on the landing, in this wing of the farm how, composed of two rooms, di vided by tinek•walls ftom the main body of the mansion. On one side, the right, is the door to Mary's:cham her; on the other, the left, the chamber of the soldier—to him a, chamber of death. I'ur a moment, Mary stands there trembling and (ont'useil. Washing ton ,gazes upon that pale girl with a look of surprise. Look ! •the is about ro warn him of his danger, when, see there ! her fatt►er's r..ngit fare appears above the heal of tile stairs. —Mary,-show the gentlenian into the chamber on the left. And look yt.. gill—it's late—you'd better go int,, ‘:,all' own room and go Lo sleep." NV i:!ie tile Tory watches them fi-o:Ii the lit;:id of the stairs, Wa . si nag ten tiiteis the chamber ou the Aleit., Mary the eh:oil:A.ll%On the right. An hour passes. Still the storm beats on Jim roof—still the . dnow drifts on (lie hills. Before the !tire, in the dint, old,hallß that farm house :I rt! Se vv. li halt-drunken men, Iwith ileititall Tory, Jacob Maillieitn, sit tingsin theiriniiist . ; tim inur4rer;s I,llfq in his h:10. L'or the li;Chad f%lien tipo3l :'rill. Ile is to g? up ..::airs and "stab the sleeps:' man. Even this halt-drunken nl[loe;•er '..s -p:;le at the thole lit hiow the knife trend;les in his hand—lll:l4l)les ag.:inst tile pistol barrel. The jeers of his comrades t'ou'r him to the work - ;—the light- ill one hand,' the knife in the other, he goes lily stairs —lie listens—first at the doorci . f his daughter's chamber on the nght, thenat the door ofthe soldier's clam her liti the left. All is still. 'hen he places the light on the llooti—he enters the chamber on the left-1e is !-,./ me a moment—silence—there 1 is a, faint groan ! lie comes forth a. rushes down tlic stairs and s the.fire, with bloody kn his haild. • Look !" he shrieks, as he tern th:2 red drops over his coml. Ewes, over the hearth, into the Look ! it is his blood—the t \.\ - a-•hington !" I is comrades gathered aroun i d him with %)f joy, already, in Piney, they count the gold which . wi I be paid for this deed, when lo ! that stair door opens, and there, wi.hout a wotmd, without the stain of eVen a drop of blood, stands lieorge Wash ington,asking calmly for his horse. What ! shriekt.4l the Tory ,Man heint, can neither steel nor bullet harm you? Are a living Man ? Is there no wountt about your )teart blOod upon your uniform ?" That apparation drives • him Ile starts forward—he places his hands treinblingly upon the arms of Washington. Still no wound. ,Then he looks at the bloody. knife clutched in his right hand, and Aands there quivering as with l a death ,pasm. While,Washitr.ton looks on in si lentovonder, the thior is /lung ppen, the bold troops frOm Valley Iforge throng the room ; with the ppllitut form and bronzed of Captain Williams: in thein midst. At! this, moment the cloek struck twelve. Then a horrid thought like a thdnder bolt rushes to the head of the 'Tory Xutheim: lie scuba the light--rhshes uli stairs—rushes'into the room of . hiS daughter on the right. home one had just risen! from the bed, but' the chamber was Vacant. Then tow ard that room on Hie left, with steps of leaden heavinetis. Look ! In* the light quivers in his N hand!, He pauses at the door, he listens ! Not a ;Sound —a stillness like the grave. His blood curdles -in his veins ! (lathering cowrie, he puslu the door Open. Ile enters. Towards that, Led th4ote*h whose curtains lie struck so blindly :t moment ago! Again he pauses— not a sound—a stillness inure Iterd ble than the grave. lie flings aside the curtains; There, in the full! light of the lamp, her young form but half covert; , .(l, bathed in her own blood-- there lay his daughter, Mary. ! Ali, do not loot upon the faCe . of the tjither as he starts silently back, frozen to stone; hut in this 'pause of horror listen to th l f.., mystery of this deed ! After her father had gone down_ stairs, an hour a,,,(70, Mary stole from, ,the chamber on tlte - right. Her soul shaken by a thouSnd fears, she open ed the door on tho left, and beheld Washington sitting by a table on REGARDLESS OFI DENUNCIATION FROM •ANY QUARTER. which were spread a chart and a Bible. Then, thdugh her existence was wound kip.in the act, she asked a toile of calm politeness, to take the , chainber ;on the opposite Side. Mary entered the, chamber which he left. Can you imagine the agony of that girl's soul, as lying upon the bed in tended for, the death couch of Wash ington, she silently awaited the knife, although the knife might be clenched in a father's hand. !And now th;:t father frozen to stone, 5t.,0.1 there, holding the light in one lid. :1 n.l still clutching the red Th...re lay his child, the blood, liom that wound in • her --I:e'r eyes covered with a glassy .IE6: ~lary !" shrieked the "guilty lath -I—for robber and Tory 'as liCwas, hel was 'still a fattier: "Mary !" he called to her, but that word. was all lieeould say. Suddenly, she seemed to awake from this stupor. She sat up in the bed :with her glassy eyes. The strong hand of kath was upon her. As"ahe sat there, erect and ghastly, the room was thronged with soldiers. Her loer rushed forward, and called her by name. No answer. Called again —spoke to her in the familiar tones of Olden times—still no answer. She knew himnot. yes, it was true—the strong hand of:death was upon her, f' Has he escaped ?"' she said, in that husky voice. " Yes !". shrieked the father. "Live, Mary, only live, and to-morrow 1 will join the camp at Valley Forge." Then that girl—that hero woman —dying . as she was, not so much from the wound in her arm, as from deep agony width has broken - the last cord of life, spread forth her • arms, as though she beheld a form floUting there above her bed, beck-On ing her away. She spread forth her arms as if to enclose that angel form. . Mother!" she whispered—while there grouped the soldiers—there with speechless agony on his brow stood the lover—there, hiding his thee with one hand, while the other grasps the light, crouches the father— that light flashing over the dark bed, with the white form in the center— . Mother, thank God ! for With my lifk I have saved him"— Look, even as starting up on that blciody couch, she speaks. the half forimed words,. her arms stiffen, her e:yzi wile open, set in death, glare in her father's Bice! :fiat half-fortne:l wofd, still (11111-- I cra;g on the White :lips ot• the hero wpmau—that wordBt tem' in a husky whisper, choked by the death rattle— thztt worflwas '..\\%tsillNGTON !" 11= THE STORY OP A RAIN DROP .1 told the readers of the REroaTE:a a few weeks since of a pleasant ac flu aintanee which I f M ornmd One orn in,i with the rain drop that were drii)ping from the niaci's!' at my c,i s t window. It nii!rlit have been my faln.y, but they seemod - to tell me an. inti•rosting tale of their travels thtlY airvinl river and lake, and I th:,ll, , ht, m‘ sell' wiser for the ntets they tau hit me. But they enseil talking as they d rOppe. i one I,y one rrom t heir' pearch I on ,the bush, nifil I hardly thought of meeting them a:rain. Other business had --erased their memory • from my mind...when recently, upon a snowy morning, 1 met my friends again at tinl4l in a new and showy dress. As I Nyas returning from a call at a neighbor's house, I was greeted by a shower of snow crystals flat - et ing in the air and (lancing before the wind. '1 Can there be anything more beau- WO ?" I said to myself. I looked upfin the earth and the fields which had lain dark , and bare since the thaw of the week before; : now being, eO - by a robe whiterand more beau tiful than the muslin'curtains which . the tasty housekeeper' hangs at her chamber window. I looked upon the shrubs and trees with every limb pendant under its load of frost crys tals, and I thought I had never seen anything so beautiful since the or chard blossoms of last May. Like th(i weeping willow, there was a sad dezi,s suggested by the drooping branches, but how lovely and fasci nat:ingin their sadness. I looked.up to 'he clouds above, and saw count ies. 1 fluttering flakes slowly falling, yet 'buoyed on the air, turning sum iners4s, dancing in circles, and with mapy courtesies flitting their way to their perch on the tree or fence. As I lyoked up, the saucy travelers of the air lit on my cheeks and eye : brlws, tickled my nerves for an in stai tiand then, feeling a moisture on my face, I raised my hand to wipe it off! when fifty flakes made a leap from their airy throne and perched upon my coat-sleeve. -They seeme.(ll to think that I would enjoy their conipany, and so, clinging to my, slerve, they beau!' to show me the gay and litany-shaped patterns which th4y wore upon that frosty morning. Seeing that they w( re making them seles familiar as if they were old ao qunintances, I said: l lt seems to. me I have met you 'beforee somewhere, tint my memory is ioor and I cannot now recall the pl. ce where I saw you." . " ' Yes " . they all answered in-a cho rus. "Do you not remember your vi.it one morning at the east window by the lilac bush ?" l i gnite well," I answered ; " but yo du not pretend to say I saw you thre r , , .. ' Exactly.;. We came to you in the miSt of the morninp glistening and trimulous upon the lilac branches, and we have been through ma:ly ad veilture4 since." i . But ''how came you to be here, fallimr c^ from the clouds and fluttering i • • in ithe' air ? I thought you hid your selives in the earth and that I should nerer- see you again." . •. f lit this point one of my visitors— thy largest and most singular-looking who `had taken his seat upon the frilge,.of my gloove—took the lead in the'conversation. The rest sat 1 • an I ligened. k;'' j J '• Trne," said the snipw-flake, ' we upon the stones ati I Stubble, and iae of us were soak . d up by the I and are . at this mo tient trickling lough the veins of the: earth, but south wind (:aught' up the rest of' Pain, antis le in ISO • vies' fire. EMI SO tit th us, and we have ever since made ouf -. home inAhe air." • • "But thought you were heavier than air; How does it happen that you have, been floating about like a brdoon . ~ `& Yes, at the size of rain drops wei are heavier than air, but we assume other fantastic shapes, in which we take wings and float aloft as easy as. , 'a bird." . •" Do ekplgin," I said. "I am in a fair wayi to learn , something this morning:,v " Wel4i! continued the snow-1111m, "I cannot tell you the philosophx, of our existnce, for you could not un derstandit." This riimark of my friend rather hutabled ,Imy pride, for I flattered mYself - that I was about to discover some protound secret that other men did not know. But I said nothing of this, and'Only beckoned to the snow flake to gO on. " Ther l is moisture all the time in the atmosphere," he continued, "caught (sip from the steaming earth in the hotdays of summer, and car ried away by the drying winds of spring an 4 autumn. Water is being evaporated from the moist 'earth, from riveP, lake and ocean, from ice bergs and; glaciers, inl till climates, seasons aid temperatures. The 'air seems to Fick up moisture as a towel absorbs the water from a basin, and we float Oer seas and continents, in mists find' fog, in white fleecy bankS and dark Storm clouds, and 'even id the cleareSt atmosphere we are float ing like bubbles,' only Our number is infinitely '.great, while our size is in conceivably small." " Wonofful !" I said. "To fall in rain and rise in vapor, floating to and fro acrosOhe continents, one hour unseen auil the next gathered into black, den'se clouds that darken the skies! , 18"5bat strange creatures you are, and *hat contrary laws seem to govern your motives! But after go ing so hi h, how do you ever get down again?" .";lust 48 a sponge full of water begins toUdrip ' so when the air is saturatelor filled with moisture and colditind warm currents mingle, a portion-$f the moisture is pressed out. A Old wintil striking a warm and satur4ed layer of air is like a hand squegzing the linen as it Comes ivater=soalied and dripping from the wash-tulo..,Vfhis morning you noticed the wind 4pringil , up from a new quarter, blew cold upon the m,,istene: b,'air overhanging this town ship, and as we lay in great numbers reposing (in Our airy Couch We were rolled ouli of bed, and have been tumbling ilown the skies till a mu in:-1t ago iik-e lit upou your arm." .• But WIC are you not rain-drops as when I:•;iaw you before.r2 Fr,r the I:rr,.i:rim.l " liecan4e we ehangeour elolbe often. \ ne%er look tWiee alike, as, I told yoti-when I was Ininging as a drop froni the lilac bush. We are frozen intO crystals at 3:2 do , rrees ; - We are eopverted into steam at 31'2,1 and we 4.re vap;Jrized at all temperat4t.. Even while I ha% e !wen talkii?g to you, a portion of iri suhstanee''ihns Leen e•lrried off in visible vapor into the air. Thi.4 morn :11" ;the teillk•rature just above the freezing p:i i nut, and the little shrunk en forns 9i 'hist We assumol in the I I It Is ha ye Iwen h arilened and erv;- talizA hit7,O flakes of a thousand pat terns." I,t! " But you form very regular angles. Are thert,i uniform laws governing your formath This i one of the moist singular facts of Opr 'existehee. ye always unite in of 30°, fiO ° or HU°, and fornOby our viriou i S modes of tufion several hundred distinct varie ti6s. 'One4rtie navigator (Seoresly) has obsetved six hundred different forms of 00W crystals. Sometimes we fall iidhin plates, sometimes we hate a )4pherieal nucleus studded with needle-illniped points; at other times wejake the forms of prisms .or pyramids'; Our largest flakes or crys tals are formed at low temperatures, and as wi harden we expand and be come light and bulky, so that " the room ive]occupy is thirty times great er than Water." Again City curiosity was thoroughly awakened by the interesting facts the snow-flak* had communicated,.and spoke out with much earnestness: . " My fiiend, I must know mbre of ycia Yqu. seethed , to till a humble' station 10en I saw. y r ou before, but you haN*since made a most remark able journey. You arc a - little thing, but skip about upon the changing, winds in"; : a most capricious way, and seem to: he governed be unvarying hues. V,Ott are so beantiful that you put to shfune the finest works of , hu man art; You are a little creature. but You teach me great lessons. low can I Boil you out'."' My visitor replied "No Man can find me nut to perfection. Like all the worfls of our all-wise Creator, we conceal more than we reveal, and elude thi, scrutiny of the wisest in trying tei discern the' secrets of our existence. But you mly learasome thing of,iis firma books, and more by keeping:your - eyes Open and observ ingour Yirietl'forms and phenoMena." At this mOment•l had arrived at my door; and Said: "With: your permission, my snow flake friends., I will take you into my study aull look at you through the mierose*r "With all pleasure," they chimed in a chorus of • C onsentin g vo i ces , Ilasteiting through the hall to my study table I held - my sleeve under the glass, and beheld the most exact angles iind fantastic. forms had ever seen. There were needles and daggersOill sorts of icy jewelry, stars unit prkins of every conceivable va ,ricty. iii)d I could say, as the children3Sai'd who took a peep the other (1# through the kaleidscope, •01 0 see here! What splendid shapeS!'t But at this moment my little girl came ,houndin ,, b in, pushing open th'e folding doorsbetween my study mid the sitting room, and the warm Orrents of air rushing "upon *ay- fair friends they dissolved. Their pltinforOis took wing, and in a ino -inent my snow elystals were changed to mere : points of mist. ' "SSE •jitoops to conquer," was written before the days,of pin -back skirts. • . ‘-. .. . . ' • i.J.:', . . . , :....1 . . _ . • 1 "••••• I (11 711 7 1° Ir . . ~... J. H. East tilithfield, March 30. A KINDRED TIE. She Was a lanuiwoman. She limp ed, and she carried a cane, and it, was natural to Infer that she was lame. As she entered the Twenty second - street , depot to wait for the train, she Wail closely followed by a lame man. He. had a stiff knee and e he also carried a cane. Two lame persons are no great sight in this great city. Lame men and wo men, limp their lame way up and down Manhattaffe Island, and few persons ever remark them. The lame :woman took 'a beat, and after a little she „was joined by the lame man. He wore. a bright snide, and as he dropped down he cheerfuly remarked : " Quite a coineldence." She made no rely. She .was ugly' looking, but she looked him Over and made, up her mind' that she. would go and hang- herselOif she looked as homely as he did 4 _ "I am lame and you are, lame." continued I,he '• • " Who are yon! : , talking to, sir?" she demanded,, giving him a Con-, temptuous look. i - " Madam,therOnust be a' kindred' tie . between us," lie softly replied, "I' am lame in the left leg—and . you are lamein the left le." "Are you addressing me ?", she ex claimed, flushing very red. 't• say, madam y' I say' there must be a kindred tie bOtween us." " Theretis no such thing, sir, and I don% want youiri to speak to me again, sir 1" she said.• " I am lame anckYou are lame," he went on. " ItheMnatism got into my knee' joint anel spoiled one of the best legs in Newl). - ork State... Was it rheumatism in the case of your leg, madam ? " . - You drunkenloaferN•how dare you talk that wayto me ?" shega4i ed: " fr k 1-can furnish ;; the best . kind of reference to'nfy character." he'replied, " and I suppose you could. But dosn't it strike 'you as a curious co incidence, that are both lame in our left legs, - bot 4; in New YOrk at once, both waiting to go home, both so ugly looking that we can't get. married." 44 . You—youi" she choked. "I am tifty yeatii anthdye my hair," he cooly cobtinued, "'and you are about the same;., ge, and 1 observe that you (lye your, hair; iFouldu't go. a rod to see a,'"eireus procession, and 1 judge you ; ;wouldn't. 1 love onions, and 1 sliould.say you did ! 1, love"— I'll have you arrested !'''she yell, ed. I'll have you jailed Ma thinutel i '. Giway g' way she shrieked, clutching her cane, Nevertheless, I am convinced that there is a kiiidred tie, madam. Two persons lame in tlie left leg, must"— She whacked hini vigorously With the cane, anti rushed to another seat, while a gont4j . man came over to •the 191110 man and tuld him he would get into trouble if - lie didn't look out. " 1:M throughiluietly replied the man. -111 :never kindred tie to ai.ty living female whorls so stuck up tflat slit wont ii ten to philosophy. She ;can take 110, old leg and go home!" Anil he sat down to read an alum nae fur THE QUEEN'S (:' : IIOWN.—One gem at least in the crown which Was.bikne before her Majeston Tuesday is of great antiquity and of high 'historic interest. , The large sapphire, the partial drilling Of .mlich suggestS that, it may have formerly figured .in the Ulric:Lit of sonic eastern ;sultan, was purchased, it 4s true, by, George IV. : ; but in the frOnt of the diadem, and in the! centre Of a Maltese dross of diamoridS,lis the famous ruby given to Edward the Black Prince by Pe dro, King of Castile, after the battle of Najeva, A. D 131;1. This ruby was worn by Ileiiry V. int his helmet at lAgrincourt. The gem is pierced right through. Otherwise, albeit each nartieular dimond,: ruby, emer .altl and pearl in the dazzling galaxy may have its on, pedigree,. and le ,rend noI authentic record ..of the crOwnjewels hasheen preserved, and QueenWictoria'scrown, structurally speaking, is a very modern affair. in deed. The famOus tory crown of Sir Robert' Vyner, which' the crazy woman mutilatectin 1815; had served: at the coronation of William but as it weighed more than seven pounds troy, it Was decided that the ponderous gewgaw should be broken up and that a new and permanent crown imperial should be fashioned. The new crown iii constructed out of the fragments of half.a dozen bygone insignia of regality which were brok en up in 1835. and which included the diadem worn byNary of Modena, by Queen Caroline and Queen Charlotte as Queens. Consort and that assumed by Mary 'II. and Anne as Queens Reg nant. -Thus th 6; British crown may, as.a comparatively new thing,, made up of very ancient materials, be hold to present a sulliOently striking like ness to the British Constitution, which has. itself, been broken info very small piece. , , 'which . - has been patched and mended, enlarged and renovated over and over again.—Lie erpool Feb. 12. , A MINIpTER, whose name it iS not, necessary now tjn give, diatt a son who wns quite aTrogue, and withal, F, otnet hin r of :Owiig. ' One day the boy had been guilty of some misde meanor, for which the father called him to m!eount, :;%vhen the following dialogue took phlee: " John, you hiiye done Wrong, and I must punish you." Very well, sir, just as you say." " Then take ott your coat." " Certainly, sir." . "Now take ()tryout] vest.." " Just as you iflease, sir." Now, by soil, it is nirduty to flog you." " Yes, sir. Btit, father, would it not be best, first;:' to engage in pray er?" • • ThiS was too much for the minis ter, the' wagger of the son complete ly overcame hin), so withinit either prayer or floggiiT he dismissed "the boy while he thined away to hide his risible& ME $2 per Annum In,Advance. NUMPER 42. WASHINGTON'S REutriiONS. , Washington wasloudly accused, in his time,:, of departilig .frorri. simple republican ideas in splendor of his dress at his receptions,, in his re; gal bearing-toward his visitors, and. in his mode of traveling, which in a coach drawn, by four cream-017 ored horses, and attended by servants in lively. lie lived On the south Side of Marketstreet,justbelow Sixth, in a house which had been the resit denee of Robert , Morris.l His recepi• tioni took place in the dining-rooM, in the rear of the,,housej; which waS . .twenty-fite or thirty'feet long, inclu; ding the bow projecting into thegar-I den. : On the second floor was, f Xrs. Washington, receiving in two large Timms extending the_ whole length of house.. 'Washington's receptions tooki place at three p, m.,. When the IhWrs: were opened for just :fifteen minutes - ;; . then-they were closed, and the. circle 'completed for that day. All the chairs Were removed frail tins room! on these occasions to make more space 1 for the company. The visitordn being conducted to the dining-roorn ," saw; the tall manly figtire of WashingtOn, clad in black velvet, his hair in dress, powdered and gatlieredl behind in a large silk bag, yellow glOves on his 'hands, • holding a Cockade hat• with a Cockade in it, and the edges; adorned With black feather, about an ineh,deep. • lie wore - : knee aro shoe-f buckles; rand a long sword with a finely Wrought and polished steel hilt, which appeared at the left hip; the coat worn over the sWord;so that the hilt and the ,part . belOw the folds of the coat behind were in view The scabbard was white polished leatber; This discription is given by an eye witness, Mr. Sullivan, in his Familiar Letters, published somewhat over forty years ago. At these reeeptionq which took place every other rues-; day, Washington always .stoOd withi his back to the fireplace, and facing: the dbor of entrance. In one hand! he held his cockade hat:; the otheri he Usually held behind him, t o indi-!: cate that hand-shaking was Out a part' of the,ceremony of - introductnm, for Washington never', shook hands on:".. these occasions, even with, his most.: `intimate .friends. When a 'person[ wasTreSented to him he requit'ed that!, the name should be clearly spoken',; so that he could not mistillie i had uncOMmon faeiiity oli associating a man's, mune • and per=; sonal alslieapance so citti•abl in memory:is - to be able to call ant' oac by name- who made him ®a :4.icon,l`, reeeived each yl:46)r with' a very diirnitied and formal-b4w, and when the d'oor was and circle complete. he commenced on the right, addressed a f-,!w wln.is tug', each visitor, callin, hitni by .nantH and tlieii passed to the pext. Whenl he hail tpl, spoken to 'every one in re.rnlar 'order lie sition..wiwil the visitor 4: 1,,y one advanced toward him, bowed'and re tired. 1;v 4. o'clock `the .ccrutuonv 6 i ` was ended._ On the evenings when Mrs.lWash ington ileeeived, be did not z•c ! r l f6ler him elf isite 1, aecordin4 to Mr. :111- . 11 IlAt such times he was f i ire.;,edi; usually in a colored coat and' coat, ]rain, with bright buttons.L with black stockings and knee-breeen-• es. in.a.L.Ost ume reinembervii:liy the same authority. lie wrse, n title r. hat nork;Word, and moved abOut con veysing with various -Once i fortnight there was an : official. din • ner, ant sekct company on otlier days. lie sat at the side of the table opposite to Mrs. Washington, while the twoends were occupied ; by per sonal friends or members of the fain ily, Sullivan records the fact that W. shington hail - been exposed the dayj before his death to a light: rain, which wet his hair and neck, and thatbis " disorder in the , throat was an r alfeckion of the windpipe, usu ally called the croup." ! WOMAN'S INFLUENCE. Woman's influence AM? . rs greatly froth that of man. I ter power lies in I her gentleness. Qn her hand she; holds.. a more potent Scepter than that wielded by the imost potent; monarch. - In the (Treat social and. moral reforms that have been earriedl on fromtime to f time, we find women have taken an active part. \ - N 7 ii not fail to perceive in the ;politieab history-of France, -how important,' was the' illaence :exerted 1)3 Madam, de - Strel,- in the troubles9ine eonvul sions of the age. tier- star shoneL brightly, and was not extinguished,' . . .when the great conqueror--jealous of her po - wer-banisbed her from, her mitive land: • As woman's influnence is-so great her responsibility is greater in pro portion. Ilion her devOlYeS the ditty! of training up_the future nh!qi . of nation. It is the mother win) moulds the character under her gentle in; &fence. the youthful mind receii-es its firstiiiipres'sions. In Society she is queen. and too. often luresr l her sub r jeeits to destruction. Too Often the glass Of sparkling wine proffered by the fair hand of woman, has proved the, utter ruin :Ind degredation Of a ,man strong in intellect; but . who could rcsist.the temptation when ac; eompanied by a winning . It is true a man should have staining enough to refuse the temptation, but elle_ has not, woman should not be the tempter. Many wife, bitter lv deplores the effeet4 of-that first glass, and many a aild is cut to tiit Wart hy the knowledge that hisfll-' 1 cr is a druuktird. ' w i oinan must, be caretul in her deporenwnt. By a IvOrd . pr.even a look she can encourage: or e!fectua* citeckjall attemptz.;at t uniliarit~. 11' woman, and eipeciall . y girls, would do they should show th,4 displeasure at what they. cc' now If, wrong. it would not he' repeated in her presence. Thougli thelagressor might feign anger .in ; .his heart, IM would, feel more true respect for. one who thus reproved hith than if AO passed his fault unrehuked.l "It I doesn' . t take. me long te make up my*nittul,: I c:in tell you r' said a.couccit ed fop. ."It's always, so where th stock of material to make up is small," quietly remarked a young lady. ."S:6lun, - wiry .am nigher down in de - bole_ob de boat like- a eliTeken in Ay, egg gives 'em up r " '!'Cause couldeta - git out if it wasn't far de liatcb. NOTES, ON nmatiFErpniu, • '• , APRIL 16, 1876. - ;- ; -Acta ii:l2-28.—Gotinv:TExi• 1 iil.-1:10. SECONIi Q1.7 . A1171%14 LESSO:f 11/ ' • ' How "the Promise of the Fattier" was fulfilled in thesift of the Holy OltoSt, and the effect of the miracle of the' tongues dpon a multitdde of Witnehses, pr,eviden- , • tially provided for the occasion, ties rela ted in our last; lesson. We now' r - come to consider another event Of' •that Wonderful ' Pentecostal day—Peter's defense of the_ disciples, or , the first apostolical sermon. Dr. J. A. Alexander repudiates with much warmth the false'view of tids'great discourse which makes it wholly - ;desulto ry and even, incohent. " Though re , formal it is pe r consecutive and e v en symmetrical in structure. - It #l.; t t repu diates- the charge of dimikenness •(15); then shows what had occurred to be the - fulfillment of a sig,nal - prophecy p 6-21); and then demenstrates the Xessiahship of Jesus (22-34).? ! • - I. Peter's defence of,the discip es from • the ,charge of drunkenness. \V i e !have in v. 12 an einphatic repetition of what has been :already said concerning the effect of the tongues upon the nfultitude d i f Jews. They were all amazed , and altogelher at a - loss how , to explain the Wonder, and their perplexity and bewilderment bet r ays it self in vague 'exclamations and querier Jxclamations and qi. 4 ,. ,A, !sample of which is given: "What Twill (or would) this be • The 4all' here evident ly refers!to the iforeig,n ',.l''ews, whq under.: Ittxxl the meaning of the divers tongues. • It was'to thernl too great a wonder for sport or, mockery. But upon another Class the , effect Was very different. i "Oth- , ers mocking Said,' these men are' filled • _ (saturated) With new (or sweet) ;wine:" • These 'others' i were doubtles4 the natives of Judea and jerusalern,ito whomthe mi raculous utterances of the disciples were II1• , a mere senseless jargoh.! ,They l conld not • understand'What was said, and hence they jumped to the conclusion . (or . 'pr4terided. to believe) that they were drank,; It is Plain that thei sweet wine spoken'pf ',7was intoxicating. It coulOitit have been the unfermented juice of the grape:. i ' This foolish - charge ' gave Peter the -; theme for his great sermon. "Peter,' as usual, is the spokesman; acting tii;ii . doubt • by divine suggestion, and with' thetaelt , . acquiescence a his brethren." - lie stood up with the eleven; himself being the twelfth. He ansWered the charge blame diately on tI4 spot. The force .of, the - • participle, "standing up; . ." is not 4asy to explain. If they had- been prophesying in the street dr some public, squa:e, how could they hav l r: been,seated Th mean ing; may merely be tbae*beh Teter spoke he and the elOen were'Standing. 7 itkiout • reference to any , previmis attittide r They . stood up together , : to signify their unity of spirit; rind show that Peter did :not speak in his o*n narne f lnit for the whole ' body. , :I' :, • V. 15 gives.the negatiye partkif the de- , fence. First, the disciples were not drunk; 'a direct repudiletion of the ('dhais ithacge. I; 4 .econd,, they knew the charge I.Vas falSe-- -as ye suppose;" or itterally,l"a l ssupae, • take fur grant4d.'They . knew,: ci ought. Iv bave'known that there was no . roend for such an ite4usattai..: Third, the time of day disprovie charge. 1 It Wastlio third hour, or all nine in the iii,rning... Dr. Alexaiider IparaOtra:,es this clause as follows: "As ti) the : elelrge, of dqiken: '• ' iie.s it refutes it-,:if; for unless -, - 41U inean t. class us wi'k ihe I r' - '•-• r•v 1 10 — and (I,, , batichter.., NV:IECII. all who see t s see to - 'be al,nlirsl. it .ij inconcevalAe. V. at all of us should be uirc ativ drank at t iis early =EMS li. The falliimenl This i s 01,, !,•Thes.e. men vier() nutdrin the . ,)t Nverf insl i red brthe Spir it of (lid,: in rp:tilnien , •- , f a wi•ll4:nown. •' In day: , ciai.s of the Mt•:-.Nial:—•• I will pour onz;of nl3- s•pi.rit" —the lift Wrtsl not ti - ) he exhanged, - but •1 • . contina6.to t r te lq.=towcu t,upon ithe ulturolt aid :i f : the prc'sent Gii • Ilpon all ilesh "—hoirctthis 'means • ail This eit'ressi , ..tn is defined exlilained lij. tlio mention of both ,tsxos—‘•:+nsand ilati ! , inors;' of all ages--" young men„ and old men;" : and of. various contlit ion's—"yonr sons ancl'daugh ters, your young men and old men" (sUpe riors); and "My, - servants and handmaid ens" (inferiors); Propheey,t' This, according to its primary etymulndical sense, means ito speak by inspiration, or under a special divine intluence.• "V is ions-drsatns.""l Probably these are Only types,of extraordinary spiritual inlluence, do not tiled that the inspiration' as sun:led these precise fornls. •. 1 taelz•at ion Vs. 1:t-20. .Some regard these words as i • • i • a severe threatening added to the prophe cy ; but it is, better to regard them as a contiatiation Of the prophecy, announcing great revolutiqbary changes in famdiar figures draivn frOm the': prophetiC dialect' Of Scripture; The outpouring of the Spirit upon all flesh. would S' be followed by changes as great and 'wonderful as would. be the dissOlittiOn of; the lieaVenly bodies. The " day of the Lord" is his second coming, regarded as following, close on: the outpouring 'of his Spirit; because it is , the next g=re a t event in the divine arrange ments; 'eh. 1; ti. This,coming was gym bolized and anticipated in part in the destruction 4' ;Terusaletit. This diviSion of the discourse closes with a cheering as surance Of salvation to every one Who prays to and ,cenfideS in thO Savjour ; v. : 21. It is.a Pronfise to Men,as without distinction of nation or age or sex ' or condition ;' 4nd:it embraces the whole, dispensation 'of the Spirit. ~ • 111. Peter's demonstration, of rho ~tes si:ihsLip of Je i sus. The . main points of his argument are thee: (1) Jesk the • Nazarene, was proved to be from God by the powers, wonder: , and=Sig-ns which: God ,through hiM ;wrought in „the midst of' them, and with which they were familiar (v. 22), (2) They •lnul crucified, hint 'by the band of lawless men (the Romans) bat, God had, raised hire up, thuS testify ing to :his apOrobation of hiseharacter . (.11ife (vs. 2324). was impossible • that he should be held captive hy death because Dayld!in the . 000es:tint predict— ed his ri),carrivs„:2s-2'J), in terms that could noli , be applied to paVidi him self (20, but! must refer to theMessialt and had beo,4lllglied in : Jesus . (:2): 'Who was rea4Alte, author of thei present miraeli.s .now 'exalted, according to ;,,nother ; prophecy, of David': which uns ;0o inapl,licalilo to liinisOC, and iliad , only been fuliillo Jesus; whom he therefino concludes i to be the true Messiah (:;),. . -- ~ - +~ 6 A little girl n•ent into a neighlor's boils° one day, where slime. apple parings lay on a plate on the table., After sittit , she said: " I smell apples." t'"Yes," the lady replied. I" I guefiii you sthelh thkso apple parings on the plate." "NO, said she, " , d them I smell, Vsmell .whole apples. 7 - Tim Rev. Adtionael Murray ktid 'id a sermon : `' i ll'eavcti. is 'not populated with singing thiev'es, or palnr-bearing Kupts; who settle with their eretiitOrs . k at tweutj•-five eunts on the dollar IVpdnOs.. day, and ride ; to church the next Sabbath in a thousand-dollar coach, with alnanizt livery on die box."