The lerry Laugh. I lore to hear a merry laugh, Out ringing wiM and fire, At float* the music of the mode Arrow the sunny eea. The merry laugh goea hand in hand With happmew and mirth ; And at its mlvery-toned omimand Joy nestles round each hearth. The merry laugh bespeaks a heart With noble feeling* warm ; One that will law voir do it* part In aunahine or in alorm. The music of a marry laugh Set* aged heart* aglow ; The smiles gleam o'er the wrinkled htow like annaet on the anow. Then let the merry laugh ring out Upon the t>almy air, Ami lot it* gladnew put to rvut The bold intruder—Care. Hidden. Down nadernoath the water. lu the ocean'* purple gloom. Resplendent gems are lying lu their eternal ttymh, far up !m*o the et avu-eloo-ls. And < he sun's bright hurniug eye. A Hand is over wearing A time-long myatory. Within my heart', still chamber. Wh re ontytbid aaa are. In tender incense rising My love goe* up to thee. Bit wave# and cloud* be! wean tt, fbrever surge and roll, And hide (rum thee, batovad, The secret of my soul. Mioxo.vrrrr. An Emblem. I waited for a single dower to blow. While all about me flower* were running wild; OoJd-heartid tmgemw. sunnily that smiled, And u paihaays, moiiuued wuh my tttJCt. Watched through the dreary and aleepke* Aixl about thy slander rootleta cast My lift- like wan r. but to And at last A bitterness and blight ? February. Noon—and the north-west sweeps the empty read. Tne ram-waahed fields from hedge to bodge are hare: Bent-tut the leafless lias* aotue hind's abode Lu is Msiail and void, and no smoke meets the air From its poor hearth. One Suneh reuk doth dare v The gale, and beats above the unseen corn. Then turns ami whirling down the wind is burn*. Shall it not hap tha* out some dawn of May Thou shall awake, and, thinking of days dead. See nothing clear but this same dreary day. Of all tax- davs that have passed o'er thine head * Shalt then not wonder, looking from thy bed. Through green leaves on the windless east a-fltv. That this day, too, thine heart doth ill desire ? Shalt thou not wonder that It lureth yet, The useleM hope, the useless craving pain ? That made thv face, that lonely noontide, wet With ni re than beating >f the chilly rain * Shah thou not hope for joy new bum again, Since m> grief ever horn can ever die Through changeless change of seasons passing by* _____ HOW I CALLED HER MINE. flowever much I may have admire*! his daughter, even tram short acquaintance. I did not like Mr. Edelston. Mill it Iwcame niji duty to a>k his consent that the two girts might go to a picnic. We knew his prejudice*, but it was thought I, if any body could, might overcome them. \V e all took pity on his daughters, whom he seemed to harass by his strick rule and in valid's exactions, and we did what we could to enliven their stay at Ileleshore. I had been particularly attentive to Agnes, tbe eldest. With my request in my mouth and amid doubts I invaded Mr. Ede!-.ton's sanctum. lie pushed aside some blue-lined books, and gave roe readier audience than I anticipated. "So yon ' want to speak' to me, hey 7" be said ; *• that's a phrase I can generally interpret." " \our daughter bas referred me to you, to " " Ah, I thought so," be exclaimed (for he never allowed me to get out more than six or seven words at a time.) " You have come to ask my * u Consent." " Consent," he repeated, overwhelming, as usual, my attempt to take up the talking by raising bis voice —" to your marrying Agnes." (I started.) " You sresurprised at my anticipating you. but we city men are not entirely devoid of sagacity," he continued in his pompously complacent tone. " I hope you have refrained from extracting a definite promise from my daughter until " " Indeed, Mr. Eddston, I assure you I have never once thought of—" " Doing so. Quite right; quite right. This is not the first application of the kind which ! have received. Aeries bar* personal attractions, and she will have comijarative wealth ; hence suitors for her hand have not been wanting " u But, Mr. Ed " " D allow me to proceed." he said so snappishly, that I gave up ail idea of ex planation. " Those suitors I have consid ered ineligible, and have thought fit to re ect. Now I look at you," (I sat with idi tically parted lips, the picture of be wilderment.) "you are very young—too young to marry" You hate "no profession; you do not seem to possess much business energy." (It was rather hard to be re fused something one never asked for. and to be disparaged into the bargain.) "On the other hand, your demeanor is unpre tentious and unobjectionable. Your esti mable aunt, whose opinion I value, gives you a high character for steadiness. You do not seem to 'have imbibed that expen sive taste for bloodshed which unfortun ately characterises your ancle. I under stand that you are the owner of a small landed property; and i must confess thst I have been most agreeably impressed in your favor by remarking the intelligent view you take of the great political ques tion of the day." "Br Jove!" thought I, in utmost per plexity, *• he's going to approve of me and, to my extreme bewilderment, he eventually did. Now, there was a pretty condition of things! I hurriedly reviewed my cxtraordiuary position, in a state of excited mental coufision resembling that of a volunteer colonel who has got his rear rank in front, with his adjutant way on leave. Agnes Edelston f liked, excessively, more so almost than any girl I have ever talked to, but she was one of the sweet, sisterlike girls to whom flirtation or " spoon ing" seems foreign, and I had never ven tured, or even thought of venturing, cn anything cif the kind. She wag too frank and unaffected to "assist" at such con tent ptable amusements. One could not imagine that her round thoughful eyes would ever learn or try to "give a side glance and look down," or her tender curved lips simper at a compliment. But she was sensitive and lovable; and while His liOngwindedness, her father, prosily discussed the question of our marriage, I thought how delightful it would lie to call her wife. The idea pleased m? as much as if I my self bad originated it. One seriously-look ing difficulty presented itself: W hat would Miss Edelston say to the arrangement ? When my self-constituted father-in-law paustd for want of polysyllables, 1 had sufficiently mastered Hie situation to be able to express due gratitude for bis good opinion of me, and the honor he was be stowing, but I told him that I had not ventured to test his daughter's inclinations on the subject. •' You see," he explained, after some further ass ciation, " this arrangement as to my daughter's future has relieved my mind. Hitherto, I have opposed her going much into society, since my wife died, having noticed that she attracts admira tion, and fearing that some ineligible (fel low might engage her affections, if oppor unity.warepreseuted. • Picnics, and above FRED. KURTZ, Editor mid Proprietor, VOL. IV. all. water-part ica, do give opportunities for i —that sort of thing. Young scoundrel i upsets Agnes into water, pick* her out 1 again, and expect* to be allow cd to keep her for hi* trouble, t>h. 1 know," he con tinued, tceiug me untie. " Dou't think I read nothing but these;" and he patted the sec*uutt-la*-Ks, to which 1 theu uf fcivd hitn to return. t>n reaching the drawing-room. I found Agnes alone there; Edith had gone to the town. "She gave up all hope of reaching Birds home," said Agnes of her sister, "as you ware so long away—Why, you've suc ceeded !* she added, with a uuick glance at my elated lace. " Papa w ill let u go! (Oh, I'm o glad! Edith longed for it. How did you persuade him to trust us with vou h '• liitf you trust youreelf with uie P said 1, forgetting B rds-home. •* Th>it I will," she replied heartily— "anywhere. I'm sure vou will take care of as." "Miss Kdelston," I said a tone lower, and in a different key was going to have the late treaty ratified*—" Mis* Edelstou, let me take care of you always." Another quick glance at my too easily (teruftusl c Miutenaaee, and Agues knew what 1 was asking. "0 dear, dear ?' she muttered, her face aud voice saddening—the 44 dear" was but au exclamation, and did not apply to me I began to be el quent. She stopped me, not like her father, but prettily, ner vously. ■* I like—l like you so much," she said, almost as it seemed, mouruiug over uie; " vtwl then " "Then love me," 1 exclaimed, becoming very earner-1 indeed. u I love vou " And. by Jove! I did love her too, and felt uuite --rateful to Mr. Edelatun feir putting toe idea of doing so into ray head. " And 1 thought you were not like the others." continued the sweet girl patheti cally. her eyes glistening, her voice trem ulous. " I must say No; 1 must, indeed ; and if I did not, papa would. He always doesthis sadly. Then ray triumphant announcement: But he approve*—he wishes It. Now. what do you say V What V Agnes questioned quickly, ami then alnvwt solemnly—" Did—papa— *av—he—wished it f | Yes." " What—shnU—l—do V The same ex pression crossed her face that I had seen there often before. I spoke of myself, my prospects, the conditio;*.* imposed on me. I pleaded— pleaded a* I never can or have an oppor tunity of doing at th Bar. She sat silent, her countenance hidden in her small white hands. After a peroratiou spoiled, Ire member, by my losing the nominative case, 1 ended simply, but, as I thought, effec tively: "Mi*s Kdelston, may 1 call you mine A long jKiuse; then ahe looked up, her face brighter—merry-bright, almost, it seemed. " Fo may," she said. The blue eyes, though shining through "a sea of melting pearl which some call tears," -milt*! at me. and 1 was very glad. How many thousand times have 1 said: "I'm very glad;" yet in my life (no gloomr one that was the only occasion ou which I could safely made such a statement, and have verified the same by an affidavit pro perly sworn. " But, Mr. Ijmdore," was added to " You may"—" but, Mr. ljxudore, please don't let this make any difference lietvveen us : we've been such friends, you know." " Difference ! Agnes, dear Agnes!" I fervently began, advancing from the corner of the mantelpiece, wliere, in mv nervous i.css, I bad been playing quite a marriage poal upon some girandoles—" my dear Agnes " 1 Oh, don't—that is just what I meant i —pray, don't—call me—those names !" she implored anxiously. " Please, don't change. 1 ' I was utterly puzzled. This was all contrary to the experience I bad gathered from romances studied in many vacations. Fiction doe* in is haul one dreadfully Sure ly I should " fold her in my arm*.' I said to myself—" I have seen it done in score* of volume.-." But Agnes did not seem in fhe east to con.prebend the necessity of being enfolded. " Now, about tbc pic-nic," she suddenly said, resuming the frank, friendly manner which was to her iike a sweet-brier bor der to a rose tree—an ornament, but yet a protection. So I obediently talked of the pic-nic, avoiding all itadrtstt of tone; and sb seemed quite grateful. To please her (it was such pleasure to see her looked pleas ed.) I can-fully called her " Miss EdeUton" not Apnea) when I rose to leave, whereat -he was evidently delighted, and shook liands heartilv, just as some college elium ,of mine might have done, at parting. I ran off to Insect Lodge with my new s, "Aunt, what do you think I have -lone 7" " Something foolish, no doubt, dear nephew," replied aunt confidentially. " I've proposed to Agnes Edelston." '■ Of course! My poor boy, why didn't you come to tne first ? I could have told you she would have refused you." " Then you would have told a—" '• What /" screamed aunt joyously, drag ging me into tbe failing daylight, to in spect my legible physiogoniv. h Well, I am surprised!" was her commentary- on what she read there. '• Thanks," I grow led out. " You might congratulate we, at all events." Then she did **onirratulate me, good soul, very heartily. Still. I could discern that her uppermost feeling was that of wonder ment, so I asked why she should lie sur prised. " Because I fancied that Agnes was too affable and sisterly in her manner towards you for her to be m love. But. I suppose Aunt Mary's getting stupid in her old age, or girls are more deeply cunning than they were in ber time. What does the father say F' I informed her. The pic-nie was a jolly one, and every thing went merrily. On the approach "of | Christmas-tide I went home to Notting hamshire ; the correspondence between , Agnes and myself waned a little, and 1 be gan to long for my uncle's return to IICICH | shore, that I might again quarter my ! self upon him, and be near her. But the old colonel could not tear himself away from the vicinity of the clubs, aud I was driven to the expedient of writing a letter to Apnea' father, " Ashing " for sn invita ' tion to stay with him. 1 was duly invi ted. Mr. Edelston wrote, moreover, that .he " rather wanted to speak to inc." I did not quite like the anticipation of being 1 " spoken to," and set ofF for Helshore with a dim foreboding that my father-in-law-in - future had confiscated one of my letters to 1 bis daughter, and was going to blow me up about its martial tone, for Mr. E. always disliked the military. He was very civil, (for him,) but there was a certain reserve and embarrassment in his greeting. A vis itor was there, too, when I entered, a very pale invalid, who might have been good looking bad he not been looking so ill. The young fellow seemed rather worse than the old one; and 1 therefore came to the un charitable conclusion that the sick father cultivated his acquaintance for the purpose of gloating over his weaker condition. It was evident, however, after a little gener al conversation, I could see that Mr. Edel ston was leading up to my anticipated rating, altogether regardless of the pres ence of a third person. "You would learn from my note," he | began, " that I had something to say to you. I regret it should be of an unpleas ant nature—l fear—hum, I must, that is— confess that a—a—a—" Odd! TWs usu | affluent rebuker was stammering and CENTRE HALL REPORTER. hesitating in a remarkable way. After an iutprot i*rd coughing-fit ami a preliuimar) tidgcftiiig round the room, he commenced again. "One cannot, of wunc, owtuok, that in a—a—" Ami thru he had an- other singula.'l) bad attack of wordless iii-o. At this point the visitor, with an ctl'ort. ruse from hi* chair. I thought that he vva* abtntt to relieve the euilanawuciit of the would-be spexker by taking hi* de parture, hut, on the contrary, he made a stride, half a hop and half a hobble, up to hint, and laving his hand familiarly on his shoulder, exclaimed in a genial good tone. M My dear, good sir, you're incoherent to day ; suppose you evacuate tue citadel, and hare uu to do the talking, as 1 know what vou want to say." Then, much to iu) astonishment, I saw the awe-iuspiring Mr Kdelston quietly pushed unresisting out of his own room "Am Ito be lec tured by tie put) f" I sulkily a-ked my self, as 1 sat down in obetiienee to a wave of the cool lei low's emaciate! hat d. " The old gentleman's rather disconcerted," he said, resuming his own chair opposite me: "the fact is, theiv has been something worse than a misunderstanding; and as vou are the sufferer, and 1 am unconscious ly the cause of it, the |win of explaining ought to fall upon me.'' He spoke in an irresistibly pleasant fashion, and 1 '• could not choose hut hear." " You are 1 believe, under the impression that Mi Kdelston i engaged to you f Under the un press iou ! Jove! that was too much. " I • engaged to Mm Edilston." 1 hotly iu'Trupted, "and should like to know what light you—" " Ah! I nuwt Iwgin at the beginning, I sex," he ssid ; "but don't bo angry yet voucan throw itK* out of the window when IV finished my storv, you know. Shall I M*rr with myself ? Well. 1 m now sup pwed to command a company of the tti root—if there's a whole company of the poor fellows left. Sue time ago, when only a sub., 1 had the sense to fall in love with Miss KdeUton; a great many other men were equally wise, llut she was weak enough to rare about tne; the other men had not my luck; nevertheless, several of thorn propose*! to her. I did not. for her father discountenanced me altogether 1 was hopelessly ineligible, being poor and a soldier ; be hated poverty and military men. One week I called upon her rather too often, anil on the last ocxasiou found that a parental edict had been issued by which 1 \r. s banished. However. Aguea considered herself engaged to me. I knew she did, ami tny only bar was that she might be forced into some marriage by her father, of whom she is rather too afraid. Then tin regiment was sent to the Crimea*, on the breaking out of the war. It was much cut up at the Alma, and, by great luck. **> was I,for a well-meant twelve-pounder t>ok off one set of toes, while a good-tutured oppo nent sliced my left arm; and when I was down among tbe grapes, an expiring Ru— sian spent his last moment* in thoughtfullv plodding me with his bayonet. Then I had a tine fever for a few months, and they sent my remains home. Well, in the meanwhile. Ague* Ab ! here she •." he exclaimed, as that culprit timidity re-en tered the room. "Come here, and excuse yourself," he said to her, " for 1 don't know "what ran be said to you. I'm sure- you double dealing darling !" wa* addexl in a murmur, as she stole up to him, ami, pre tending to arrange the head cushion <>f hi* armchair, took up a position behind it. "Shall you be very, very angry F'she asked me from her fortification. "Captain Firmin saya I have done wrong—and he thinks I have." •• 1 do," said the invalid in a serious tone, that made Agues' sound aobbingly as she liegan in her most nervous manner. "Must 1 tell you how it was I Please promise to forgive me. 1 was in such despair— for people kept going to papa al>out me, al though I'm sure ! always tried to be rude to them. I knew be would decide upon somebody some day. But 1 was so fright ened when you pro— posed to roe, ami Mid i*pa wished me to mar—marry vhi, Mr. -andorv,—that is. I mean 1 lilted you extremely, you are so"—numerous eulogis tic adjectives here uttered in most winsome way. *• But you know ] had solemnly Cnuised mvself—l mean, had prum.sed wrence Firmin—l mean had promised him to Mfie//," the girl was in a pitiful .state of confusion, but I was not going to case her explanation for her— guessing the black worst that was reaching me. " and then I fancied you didn't care for me r try particularly ; and I thought that if I pre tended to lie engaged to you, nobody else could marry me until—that Is—l "could wait until—something might torn" ("I'p," I suggested, with gloomy resignation to my now certain fate,) " no; turn papa's hart to I-aw—Law" (" H'ar, you must mean,"l bitterly muttered,) "l-awrence. Well, pap* wiui so ill after you left us, and I had to read the Time* to him. Gradually 1 gave hun bits ot Russell's letters ; he grew to like them. The story of the Alma Suite stirred his feelings, and did him good, ust as he got better. Law—Captain Fir min returned from the east, and, by happy chance, came down here, for his family live in this county. He was the first of the wounded that arrived at llelenborc; so all the town met him at the station, and, had arches and addresses, and cheered him as he was carried out of the train. Papa was quite as enthusiastic as the crowd, and went up to welcome him ; and asked him to come to us, and, of course, likes him im mensely. now he knows him well, lie i* gaining strength fast, and stan Is well at headquarters, and is to be a major directly. So ice explained the whole matter to impa; and it's all right." Agnes in her exultant finale had utterly forgotten ray claims. " But you promised to uiarrv mr," 1 expostulated feebly." "Never!" she answered with a covert smile. '• Vou onlv asked if you might 'call tne your*' and I said that you might— because, of course, I could not prevent your calling me whatever you liked." With this miserable quibble was I dis carded! Yet, would any one believe it! I am of such a mean-spirited nature, ami have so littl? self-resjiect, that I go con stantly to dine with Lieutenant-Colonel and Mr*. Firmin, and have even hacotnc surety for the good behavior of a certain infant belonging to them. A Terrible Mistake. In Lee County, lowa, a man named Rafcr had a large and ferocious dog, which some yotin/j nam of the neighbor liood determined to kilL He accordingly entered the premise* and shot the dog, which was chained close to the door <>f the house. Mr. Refer, hearing the re port of the pistol, so near at hand, naturally concluded that burglars were about the building, nnd that the pistol had gone off accidentally, as one of them was making his entrance. He arose, seized an axe, and quietly began to examine about the premises'in the dark. Pretty soon he found himself near some body, and struck the intruder with all his force. A terrible scream followed, and he discovered that he luul struck the axe in the face and shoulder of his wife, whom he had left in bed, but who hail got up fo look out of the window to see if she could catch any glimpse of the burglars. The probabilities are tliat the injury will prove fatal. THE compositors' eases in the mission priuting house iu China have each over six thousand compartments for the re ception of the numerous letters of Iho Chinese alphabet. The cases are built in the form of an amphitheatre, and the compositor stands in the middle. Every letter he seta, he selects from the six thousand. Gov. Geary has signed the bill in corporating a Steamship Company be- WWlfa Philadelphia and Liverpool. CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO.. PA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1871. Son ml the Alarm. The Han Francisco BuUttin of Juiiu arv ikl any* : '• a dashing young man, recently r•anient here, tla wvupial a high incul pusiliiHi for one of his years, and apparently enjoyed the ouufidi'Uc.' of a large circle of m'- t(uaiulunce. He wtw not iu uity aouse n aif. Hia lioutc, abotiuduig iu politic womanly iutlucnce, intelligence and re finement, could hardly 1> otherwise than pleasant. Of relalivea and friemU he hail a snflieietiey. The youug uiati held the position o{ sajesiniut lit u whole sale stationery house, and received rtaa ouahle compensation for hia sei-vice. Hi* expo IMP* were not, neei*ari!y, greater than those of his eott>|muiona. He had no person other than himself to support. His earnings, under ordinary circumstance*, should have uilli**l to (mv hia exiienssw ; even more, a moder ate latuk account might have IKH-II OJH U esl. The salesman had long laa-u in the stationery firm, and was esteemed and reapet-ted hy the jwritten.. His character for honesty ami industry was above sus picion. But the serpent of Han Francts eo, fashion, won him over to her side; he entered the ranks aud became one of fashiou's legion. The jNtrtieiihur station to which he was assigned has not tnuis piivd. Whether he dis|aM-d of money ;it the gaming table, in tba haunts of falleu woineu, or at the SUH-U uiaik't, we are iu>t prrfsaresl to stat If he did di*|>ose funds in either of the modes deacribad, he simply followesl the ex ample act by uiejtof wealth ami infltieuee :iu the couuuunity. If he sjwnt hi* earnings tijam fast teams, ami daahed along the Cliff road House Habliath after Sabbath, his cat** is not without preced ent. We do not know that the young man indulged in any of the Stylish pastime*' enumerated above, though damagiug rumom are afloat; and al lowing that fqiorts are true, precedents are not admissible excuse for criminal action. Hut it is true that the young man has diwijipeari-d. The hanuts which knew him once know hiiu no more. He has betrayed the confidence of friends and employers to the tune of several thousand* dollar*. There arc uo mitigating circumstances in the ease. He has deceived jtartics for whom he claitm-dto have the greatest friendship. The jMH-ulations at his plmv of businea*. I constitute a mere moiety of the whole amount supposed to have t*s-n un .-t< manner explain hi* conduct. It is high time the alarm was sounded in this community. The city t* drifting toward* a vortex of crime ; and jsuiie* who should aid iu shaping her course proieily are away from their station*. Curtail the fashionable vice*, and confi dence transactions, of the nature allud ed to in this article, w til decrease." The Approach t Jerusalem. The approach to Jerusalem from tlx* East in not very impn-aive ; for the mountain* shut out the view of the city until almost at it* very gate*; an! the emotion* la-fitting the first view of the Holy City are somewhat deadened bv neoxatiotu of fatigue, and a desire to find a resting-place within it* wall-. The Russian monastery i* tin- most prominent object in the view from the eastern ride of the city. There are five gat*-* leading into Jerusalem, of which the mori ini jio rial it are the Damascus gate on the north, ami tlmt of Jaffa nil the cad. En tering by either of these, you find the -treets very narrow and stouv, crowded with camel* and mules, and quit*-1* rri fring to the uninitiated. Here are con gregated all the different nationalitii-w of the world ; and crowd* of pilgrim*. Rus sian*, Austrian*. Turks, POMS, Armen ians, Ac., constantly coming and going, make this city of cight.en thousand in habitants seem much larger. Jerusalem is built on four hills, the most famous ones being Mt. Muriah and ML Zion, on which the greater jxirt of the city stand*. These two bids are separated from each other by a valley culbri the Tyropa-an, formerly quite deep, but now tilled up with rfrtrtr. The ancient Jernaalem i* supposed to lie buried thirty or forty feet beneath the present eity. Interesting excavation* have been begun ; but the Pasha dare not favor tliera, and often ntojs tin work. A walk around the wall* of the eity give* a very good idea of its position. The wall* only date back to tin- sixteenth century, and are quite perfect, but very in egufarly built, und of different heights. The Valley of Jehosophat lies between the Mount of Olives and Jerusalem on the east. This is the Jewish burring ground, ifi which it is the anient desire of every Jew to be interred. Among the mo*t striking tombs an- those of Alt*v lom, Ht. Jame*. and Zachana*. In this valley also is the Garden of Gcthscmanc. One is somewhat shocked to find tliut the Greeks and Latin* quarrel over this sacred simt. ami have ench a different location for it. The Litin garden is very ( small, ami enclosed by a green and white I |taliug, v-ry ofteiisive, to aay the least, to one's idea* of good taste. Inside are showu several venerable olive-tree* ; ami against one of these Christ ia said to have leaned in his agony, while his disciples slept The walks are bordered with flower-beds, to supply strangers and pil grims with mementoes. The view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olive* is acknowledged to 1H- one of the finest ; and it is only iu looking down upon the city from this point, that it* size and ex tent are fully realized.— Oldand jVeir, THE ANNUAL HEI-OKT of tlm New York Post office for IH7O shows some curious facts. The whole number of letters sent to foreign countries was 6,164,435, u|>on which the postage amounted to 550W,543- O*ed loan eoiuiiria three elaaaca of botula, uamrlv : r'imt, bonds to the amount of 85OU,W*,0U0, payable in com, at the pleasure of the l'iiit,UOO,UOO, jiayalile in ts'iu, at the pleasure of the United State# after thirty years from the date of their issue, aud bearing interest, payable iu coin, at the rete of four per omit. ja*r annum. Sulscril>-r to the loan will liave preference in llie fallowing order, namely : first, subscriber* for equal amounts uf each class of Iwinda , sccotnl, SUlMlCl titers for equal amount* of liouds l>eanug interest at Uie rate of 4j jwr cent., and of bonds bearing lub resl ul the rate of 5 jwr ceut ; third, nubacrilier* for five per ivnt. Uouah!e laugh, hearty ami joyful. Then abe went into a discussion of courts, commissioners, reports of com mittees of Congress, Ac., Ac. She epi tomised the whole ease with an eloquent vivacity, a terseness and comimetuews of argument that would win renown for any lawyer in tlie laud. She confesses to td years of age, though *be does nit look above 45 ; says she expects to live to l>e 120. She goes about the street much on foot, walking with a quick, clastic step ; dresses in good taste ; evi dently enjoying life as she finds it. and from long association rendered happy by the year* of litigation that would have proved the death of most any other wo man in America. i The hind Conductor. It is a pleasure to MV something to the credit of an individual who In-long* to that mucli-abuaed class of our coinuuin itv, horse-ear conductor*, whom }>coplc like to believe dishonest On the morn ing of the Fourth, a little gill riding to Boston tendered to a conductor, for fare, a dingv-looking scrip, of the denomina tion of twenty-five emits. He took it, looks*] st it, said. " Counterfeit!" and returned it to her. Evidently judging hy her that it was all she had, he added, " Nev er mind ; let it go till next time." But the girl was mortified by Uie cir cunistanee, and, her eves brimming with tear*, she turned her face away. A ladv standing near remarked, *' ller Fourth of July ia sisiihsL" The conductor heard her, and, hesita ting hut a moment, said to the girl, "I/et's see that money again." She handed it to aim, and then he took from his pocket the brightest, new est twenty-five cent scrip he could find, and gave it to her in exchange. When he saw her countenance expressing the thanks she could not utter, we have no doubt that he felt amply rewarded, and we will wager quite nn amount that his wearisome lalxirs that day were very much lightened by bis little act of kind ness. THE HILL NOW lieforc Congress giving to every soldier and sailor who served in the army or nnvy during the late rebel lion, and who was honorably discharged, IfiO acres of land, provided he shall ac tually settle on the same, does not meet with* the npproviil of the soldiers in the Eastern States. At a recent meeting of the Association of War Veterans of the Fourteenth New York Uegiment resolu tions were adopted declaring that the proviso requiring actual settlement upon the land will make the act of no value to a majority of the soldier* and sailors of the Eastern ami .Middle States, inasmuch as they have not the means to pay the cost of transportation to points so dis tant, much less to erect a shanty and provide themselves with agricultural im plimcnts und stock. They therefore re quest the Representatives in Congress to offer an amendment to the bill giving title to the land without actual settle ment thereon, and the right to dispose of the same for a money consideration. They invite all associations of soldiers and sailors throughout the country to unite with them m this petition. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Land Association has unanimously endorsed the resolu tion. THE Chicago Times, in.cbrouielmg the fact that a man .there married to get out of jail, remarks that "some chaps have a queer idea of liberty." A lllg Jewel Rubber}. It really would swm as though London * jewellers are ve.y foolish jieople from the ways in which thieves often get Uie better of Uicui: A cane iu |MUUC wriu# j our laitiduu corrosjamdent, -curred a few tlavs ago. A w<-U-drcaw-d man t-n --terad the t-s(ablisliuu-ut of Meaars. laui •loii A Hvdcr, who have a n-markaldy pretty shop in Bond street, where the | great jewellers mostly do and slated that he hud lately eoiue into a gootl deal of inouoy, ami RKmestod that jg ods, which he selected to the amount j of B:io,O00, might he sent to a house he named iu a very res|*e-labla stm-t, for his wife to select front. Aeeonlingly a clerk waa sent with the artieh#, and on reaching the house W as nsketl to wit down at a table, "Mr. Tyrrell," who hail or dered the goods, and tile lady being at the other side. The jeweller pulled out of hi* bag valuables to Uc amount of some 810,(1(16, and pal ttiein on the table for the cus tomers to examine, hut left his bag with the rest under the table witti lit* foot upon it. DttnenUy the lady now, hut Uie jeweller took no notice of her move ments until he found a handkerchief stuffed with chloroform applied to hia face. He was then placed in an almost unconscious state on a sofa, with his arm* ties! Whiml and threatened with death if he moved. At length he got hi* hands free, otitaiued a policeman, and with him searched the hoose only to find it perfectly disserted. At eight o'clock in Uie evening the servant returned, who stated that ahe hail been engaged Un* previous evening, and had on the day of the robbery been sent off Ui a distant part of Ixiudon with a note addressed to a lady, whom sh<- had in vam apeiit hour* in endeavoring lo find. It aulwequenUy transpired that ' " Mr. Tyrrell" lnal preriinulv viaiUsl another eminent jeweller ami ordered goods to a large amount In this a*c. however, what would appear to most jwojile a* an ordinary diacretion. had tjceu diaplayed, ami tw> men. one strong aud stalwart, aceoiupanieit the valuable* Cousetpu-ntlv Mr. Tyrrell a}jpeared and statiil that Mrs Terrtll waa not at home. In their haste to get away the sharfiers forgot the liag with the greater portion of the jewelry which the jeweller hail placed under the table. The robbery ia the neatest thing in thefts which lias oc curred in Loudon for aorne tune. lierrwrs af the Texas Frwwtier. We know uoUiing iu the rectml* of In dian lwrhorU* (aav* the Galveston Vr i/ioa) aitn-e the aetth-ment of America, exees-vling some of recent occurrence on Uie Texas fnuiticr. Hie following are some further detail* of the recent inuaaa ere of a family in Wise county : Iu the night the Indians entered the bouse Mrs Paachal sprang from the laxl where they were all deeping, fell on her knee# and commenced praying, "Good liulians. snare me my children. ' They abut her in the mouth, and killed her "with knivea, shooting the bed full of arrows, the children twisting and writhing in their Mood, taking some of them ami dashing their brains ont against Uie wall, window, and door facings; killed wiUi their kniv< aud elulia, as thought, all the children. They then shot three arrows deep into the breast of Mrs. Kcenan, dragged her on the door abutter they liad cat down, cat arotfnd the cslge of her hair, and tore vtt her atvalp ' She was cognizant of all that passed, aud lay in Uiat state with the deml and d,IL after lading severe ly wounded, jumped out of the window iu the midst of the tumult aud hid, and after Uie Indians left he carried water . from a lake, about two hundml yard* distant, and gave to the wounded all uiglit, Mr*. Keeaut tried to pull the arrows from her breast, and twisted on- off. She could not move her baby, anil kejit her place on the dour slintter all night with out covering. Hlie live! twelve day*. The suffering ahe endured cannot be ex prr#sed. Tlie child that carried the wa ter could be trailed Uie next day by thi blood, was found holding a little infant near the emlier* next morning, and w crying, saying the Indians had killed mil tuid little Willie. The same evening the little girl who was nureiug died. Ravage* by Wild Beasts In India. The Government of Bengal litu sent to the Government of India • report f the war in the province n gainst ud animala and snakes ; and the Mwlrw QinwrnilHUt liaa a like rejmrt on alligators—a ruau ; eating one i* now at large, to the great terror of the people, in one district, winch ha* lost by alligators a man. thir teen head of cattle, and fourteen buffa loes during the par. The Government Ea ten rupees, nearly one jvound Eng . for every alligator alaive eight toot and a half long killed on the coast of Malabar. The Bengal Government has much greater trouble, lu the Burdwan dial riot above thirty thousand rupeea were paid in a abort time for the destruc tion of poisonous *uaks, though only two annus (3d.) were paid for each. In Behar the wolves are the princi)uil jwat, and the Government haa to tight against a jiopular lielief that any village where a wolf s blood is apilt will have ill-luck. Not only, therefore, do the people not enrol themselves ou the aide of the Oovcruinout against the wolves, but they actually take tlo< side of the wolves against the Government, and this in apite of a dreadful loss of litiuian life from wolfish depredations- At Chung Hhuknr severs] bonis of wild elephants have been devastating the country for two rears, while authorities have been differing as to whose business it is to at tack them. Some action, however, is at last to lie taken. And so with tigers, which have lieen allowed to multiply upon the people, till it is now very diffi cult to cheek them. IN ADDITION to the annexation to the i Dominion of British Columbia and Van couver's Island, now determined upon, there are whispers of a scheme by which tlie British West India Islands are to le also brought within the Confederation. For some timo past the people of those islands have been agitating for a union among themselves, and the idea has de- Telopcd into the larger one of the union ! with Canada. So far very little lias I wen slid about the matter in Canada, or In Uio West Indies either, but the idea has i been set afloat; and to those who are i accustomed to study tho signs of the ' times, it will not be a matter of much j surprise if, before many months have elapsed, Uie British West India Islands will be seeking for admission into the j Canadian Confederation. Dr. Galentine, who WHS recently con victed, in Cleveland. Ohio, of man daughter, for killing Dr. Jones, for the alleged seduction of G (dentine's wife, was senteuoed to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for ten years, the full pen alty of thut crime. Several Chicago "clergymen have organ ized a raid on dancing as a " carnival joy." " Broke." The t iuctuuoti Enqmbxr tell* tiu* wo doubt too O'uuuou tale : " Much has bot> Mid HI id written cil that terrible jHwuiofj, which. when tMv it him coiled itiw-lf ul KM it the h-r< of uuiii. uwiv misery tiuui ail oth.-r I'viJu .<.mbm.il. ahu b ouoe tukrti < in at Idom taken off, aud which ttrw leaves tb- aoul uutil it has blacken**! it and warni it uutil the luoth of but* would find it*, if strengthened ui the Jiangs of nturvatioii, should it attorn lit to bait#*, a*Mi it. This byway of a starter. MIV i a aad and plaintive alorjr, which *f have from the- tip* of a prufea aioual gambler: "A tow uu.ritmK" ago. our informant, j who turn gonad upon tin- dark side of lift*, uutil a rttiubow, set iu iwautv tu the *ky, would have DO wore merit' in Ida eye* tiuui tin- toed box of a Couestoga wagon. If ft hi* gambling bouaf and w-nt home. Tb® auow wua jowly eddying down, nil iug tlif uneven strc-t, and *j man ling a a hit# mantle of charity over tin- naked lictairuuttoa of tin- town. A tow MJUOIW* from hi* rwtalilinhweiit, and in the neigh - Inriiuuii of another ' gilded pahwv,* ua-, ered to the mraagea of King Faro, he aaw a well-known frequenter of faro hank*, stainling under a flicker)njr gam lamp. He held in bia hand a printed , ' fall,' attt-h aa am fail men are hurt hmiUi at hu rosary. He had lieen engaged in that occupation fair aotue time, for the ano.r bad drifted tbiuit lua feet, and waa fan obbteruting bia boot*. He waa studying the laat play in the fade light of the lamp, and, ohivef mg with cold and chill with the dead cur rent* of excitement within bun. he mut tered in anguish to himself " One hour ago I could bare xlfjrt in the beat la-d in the Burnett House —now no one know* where I'll deep J Wbv didn't I play to break even uu the laat deal ? bead Imib-, dead broke." " bead broke, your Mgjusty. lhaul broke, my member* of Council and Hoard of Aldcrwt-n. Dead broke, right reverends ami wrong reverend* of every order. Dead broke, man bom with heavenly (-ompaatioti in your hearta And breaking dwd thua around us every day." A Herman A eorresjMindent of tiie /faiff MM Ma itttr Miva: Paris lia* lawn vert much BA ton taiied to learn that one ui it* pet heroes, Sergtwot Huff, was in reality a Bavarian lieutenant who w*jdavuig the part of a py For a long time Hon waa the object of universal admiration. Gen eral Troebu conferred the Legion of Honor upa Kim for having shun over thirty lVuwdaioc tieneral hehuuUgwre buu 'an official bulletin, and he wwe in ten icwed by journalist*. Huff gv Mrally used to go out alone at (tight, and bring hack helmet* and mud. tc in proof <5 the amount of burines* be had per formed. In looking ladi at some note*, I find tliat when that wily gvutlemaa went out with a jauty he geuen% ad vanced alone, and the Prua-iaa post H soon hoard t-amperutg oft. On tin- 'id of December Huff, .much to the grief of his comrade*. disappeared, and the Gov ernment was greatiy blamed for having allowed Mich a valuable man to go into action like a common mortal In wsttr quarter* it waa considered that Hoffahotild have replaced Troebu. When it was supposed that he had fallen, a suhscnptioß was rawed fur his dixcon aolated " widow," which was carried to that holy with the greatest nwjwrt by four ofllcer* (reminding one of Monsieur Mai brook'* funeral*. To the aatoaiab menf of th* military deputation, the first exclamation of the" Issreavvd one on see ing men in uniform enter her apartment was. " I didn't know lie wwa a IVussiaa till the other day." Tableau! Paris can't help laughing at having lieen out witted, shrugs its shoulders, aud says, " Bommes-nou# betes*" According to the Frsne-tircira Hoff ha* siwee liven caught ami executed. I must say that I hope Hoff will live long enough to writ# his adventures and revisit his discoaso luted Delilah. AKABHOW EMCAFS. —Mr. Walter Lyou who was on the ill-fated Hudson Km-r train, (ought hia Wrth No. 10 in a Buf falo sleeping cor. By accident anotlier gentleman got this berth. and he got No. BID the next car behind. He wa* si woke at the time of the collision, and was thrown forward in hi* berth. He saw the people rushing from the cur. He thought they were foolish, aa he believed the car hail only gone off the track mid as it was fearfully cold, he deter mined not to stir until they got on again. The next thing he aaw was the .♦heck string of the ear on fire and drop ping to the floor in cinder*. He then 3 used they had run the ear off the into a wood oa tire. Even then |he did not stir until some one shouted : S rt Quick, the c* is on fire ? " At the same time thick voluntas of black amalu rushed through the far end of the car from him. lie jimijied up in his *hirt I and jwuitoloons. vented a coat and one | shoe, nnd ruslie| from the car. od stom ach. a good heart, end giKsl limbs, and a pretty good hood-piece, it rich. Good Hones nre bettor than gold i tough tuaa oios than silver, ami nerve* that fire and carry euergy to every function, arc Ix ttcr than houses or land*. It is In-ttcr than lan did estate to havy had the right kind of father aud mother. Gixsl breeds and ivsd breeds exist among men sa really s among herds and horses. Education may do much to chock evil tcudcncim. or to develop good IIUID ; but it ia a great thing to iuhorit the right jiroportiou of faculties to start with. The man is rich who lias a good dispo sition—who is naturally kind, patient, cheerful, hojieful; nnd who lias a flavor of wit and fun in his disposition. Tho hardest tliiug to get nloug with in this life, is a man's own self. A cross, sol fish fellow, a desjxiuduig and complain ing fellow—a timid, care burdened man —these are all born deformed on the in side. Their feet may not limp, but their thoughts do. WHILE ONE OF THE closing scenes of the opera of "The Hugueroui" was being enacted at the Boston Theatre the other night, and while the mournful trio in which Valentin, Rooul and Marcel take port was being sung, a cat appeared and ran across the front of the stage. J'his so frightened a lady in one cxf the private boxes that she dropped her opera glass out upon the back of one of the mam* ben of the orchestra, who was hi turn equally astonished and confused, but happily not injured. The unlooked for incident turned the scene on the stage to anything except what Meyerbeer in tended, and the audience laughed hearti ly, the wounded and dying Marcel join ing in the demonstration. Poor Grimal kin disappeared somewhere in the or chestra. it v i tt | vii'l .tee ##•' I tl I--# TERMS : Two Dollars a Year, in Advance. YA Q u o. ' Aw artlr le ill /SrriteerV • tt <*ihnr telegrams and Httmn Fori f twria br to American tegnai temc*. ' 'ffruta to|*w.uf l*roi*m* T B. Matuy. [ commands to creation of to. ftwtero ' i aumiKgroditeremc for obtaining weather Ifoftpllll* WMI despatching utomi nRi '' toga, a* making a tew * in Americas ft* Admiral Fifawy'a eyrtem which we have prerkwfey ffton ■ ** . oouiit uf—has Man far a— bare In .opemtiou through Out British iww idbutda, tl- advantages at which am in* dixputsbk*. Fruf, MauCf M9EP IB* United KUIM was to jirat of tl in growl nationa ti, had to wsv fa toti—to I irI oliarerewMß from alt parts f to i-attlk. A jwurtial wrafeMß of trinamiiting -along nnr lakaa t-lesaeofol otromotiou* : tow ton practised fur soma (ISM, but tin Ikiitab (tovmiaeiit was (be first to M7 it out .Yi4**tzuiUcnUy, nod tins fern* baa fully torn** out all that waa exported. Fraiiee Holland, Austria, Wwed**, and ItaJv all exchange atom ovnina wMh j th# (Vntral British oflk* in Loudon. and thr pimuag of these titegmiaa to* ton , to wan* oi • (labium many re—fa, bto 1 in ruadanada. and otor eXpow-d places, to provide agaato. risk ** ertafctfah went of signal atatfona in tbi* ecmntty, ufn ontr along to fake djUHHa and out wbtetiSb-on to .ttkutte nod- hdlfl. tint through the interior. wonM be of in valuabh- service to fareae** Mid to* hoi* pi-aple aa, wall a* aaiha* A* the u*to to*trtwtii, Aerkn *torni| corns (turn daHaut <> rftefe lit* euntro - iirut, Uie U*t trav.-Uug telegram would give warning some bore* ahead lb lung lure* of r*itrnad the **MI aarvrie wonkl U way valuable, nqiMhlh dating ttte Winter arhou mada are iiahir totoanow* ftafyini Maury gives 1 ' a ten* to careful < ting of iiirteorotegfe • a) signs waa of the first ini}*Vlu in foreaetdng a gale"., and ptepnrmg hia AN* '' t*tr it, prrtir mueh awttred hia atotofy um the erijipied fleet of the wefcnttuawte ; Villeneaaa. ♦■*•*- • A The . fneda figinahad to IVdor Maun- a til he beueAtfltl 1 . r- : ' it— ' ■ ■* The Taribh inßj. Wliik the reeonfctnietioa of (he Tnr hWi navy eup ti. *-! the attention at the tScrreramewt, thearmr waanot negjtotol In IwflEl atop were taken foraugmeoring tto atrengtk Hunri Ami Panlia. Man toe of War, a man of mint atoll , and energy, finsiMued a aebema tor a new on gauuatiuu of. ti*< army, which waa t adopted. The tofee it at j.n*. utdhaded ihU>—#eg, the active anav ; arato4 the iwerw; and (hirtf, the ** eedemary anar. ** After four yean' active service in the active army mkhn* may return to their hotoea and* inf (toWc to sawti, Ttiaa fiwa to shows f Thi* sssg re hstafid, * ... ... a.4 , EWkawv e-MMtofk. itligi trtSWf Issssas tßHril to tt mtmmi mum at Itototf. Thus break tto howiw tolto ••*** f3t to tor* ware <4 torth Uat atoMy neara } toaehilar s aatoww preptocr rite. And mm*, mm tiadly, wahb sway cwftere. Faffs and fwiri, , ' The eelebxnfad Jbtngiflg 4b#er at Fi|^ Italy, thrMtena to fall entirely. o|tol> re tz qlj viei.w ss aaad in drina aa a biTtili Mtw-titciic;, not 'Miy ta neumlgsa, but afaoln gbut, with remarkable g.ud I hah*, of or mvre. will be, lost thi* year for want of faborww to gather to crop. The annual creiatfnipfirwi of angar in i to L'nitedtltates exeaiada W.teW' tima, , sir J .<*,ooo,potteda, with a oMMtatt ■ nihil ; toA*- *• ia mm-tn § ac —a-iPiM- • - X WkcoitoU paper states titat •'be tuw E-'uncy had to bete of to atgu matri before a dclwtmg Metetir, be waa riabbsd eh wen times wißia jaciuufe.*' ] An Dlinoia man and Ida wife have iejriratcd, atttsswusir * that she shall haws ( debt* expept borrowed money .and liquor | Dnrbij? to year l70 i " ! liri haf 'been toid aa 478f witiai st ies ' rellwav in - a.Uh to as to whidb i8 priitef have . jhc*a# tod maSc ready Br Ifefe, in lilmtto IPwte ■ f* *- stal toPWcRt |a A toh*- ikMAllqi We J>.£|i A Hl* A. Id "* •mm. j.AmitMbon, t|iit site atrack hf bwsband with a atick at aafi that this aid raaett.ti in aqtoriMaa. to - • aritiv a • * „,.| M i 11 irwn wni ia *n Miftok ajLuass m 111JhdHMiSrilhJi. ' lltiff ▼ pi WW W fTllK—7 MI-lftoM W j i To nudtea Made hoy'a riwwa hate— tt ton n make a auit of totoa fe I Mm, fiuMi the' coat fieri, and. %so do- rwm J. twnniw uaa ?! 'ft tfl.jff %/. An.. _j a _ a.m !&#*—*■ Wafcri a vFliarit ri Wri Milwt. , I TiBFTIft nil fey. j " of