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After the Wr. BT C. C. FBiSEB-TTTLrR. They took him at that pleasant time ben (tnuiaer falleto, and tbe corn, And now the placet where ha U jd Teer dimly t&rourh the misty worn. The hillixfc where tbe ruses blew J lath never roses now to show. The path war to the distant town, As ever, windeth low and hljh , And yet methlnltsit wear a look - It wore not In the dayj jrone by , 31a) t it Is I wait to catch Jto footstep , and no lifted latch. Beside the window In the gloom 1 stand as I hare stood before ; I cannot see, tbe li-ht is done, Nur is there need to ope tbe door ; K..r be that nsed to come, they say, IIa traveled on another way. I) d never season fall so glad As that, lefore our corn was stored v And now himself U reaped, and set Mie in the earner of the Lord)' O.id knows how fair a face can show 1'lueu'd in the golden evening's slow. I mind tbe day the news was told. And how the Tillage told tbe tale, Our manhnud with a lusty shoot, Onr women with a silence pale; How one uy one they wended down That pathway to the distant town Fr me, I had none closely near Tu send forth proudly there to die , Only this playmate, and jon know We were n luiers, he and I And y et methmts I too was pale At ti-llini of yon woeful tale. J mind thf last Ions loot be gars Juft as be turned him from tbe door, M band wi throbbingfrom his touch im,t hand that thrvboeth nevermore' in my eye this cheek is dry VU- were but friends to say cued-bye Nw Hip mslit cmeth I shall sleep; Ami tie too f lecpeth far away ; M tin im- may picture me a face TuriH-i patient np to wait tbe day . sl.tj. wtt t upon tb MoM-stained sod, IK jr playmate, that has cone tofiod 1 GoW IVtdt. tiii: ciiaim:ii host. 1 hr y ,tat ' fam-ne m Ireland was no where t, It ui it -eerely than in that jKXrt of the . . mm uhert- the following story is told as i triu tale. In .i -mall illage in one of the most Iar rdi di-trict- of the west of Ireland, there li-edaten poor widow whose sole inheri unif from her husband were two heakhr . lnlJmi. girl-, i if the reppectne ages of three and liw Painfull-and by the ut-ino-t fil rt -lie had contrived to jiass two e.ir- ot her sorrowful widowhood. IUd and x-antv f 1. obtained only by labor too tre.it lor her deheate frame, had nt hut Ilir .wu her upon her -ick bed, and dentil, in . rein t id her in a few days and with p.iit' j:re:it -ufferin froin her earthly troubles. 1'he jh.vern ot the whole pari-h was m great ttiat nothing could le done for the j. f.r orphans AH the neighbor, with the utni't-I de-ire to help, were too famine -trieken, and heard their own children too ..Inn cry in ain for bread, to assist others. It the children could only be got to Kil bjrn," a tillage -time miles distant, said one if tlif neigh'tors, after the poor mother Iiad 'peeu buried, " a brother of their father lie- there, and he could not possibly refu-e to take care of them." -ltut matters are a.-bad there a- here," replied another, " and I fear they will be no Utter off there." li cannot po-.-ibh lie worse than here, f.ir ii., thin but -'anation -tares them in the Lice. If we -cud them to their relations we hae d.piie our duty U cannot pm-ihly kt p them here." s, i :i carrier, who wa.- going near to Kil burn. a- an act of charity, took the two i-irl Lizzie na- -ewn now . and Mary was Inc. hi hi-cirt with him. The timid child ren k pt en ijuiet and cIumj together, and t!it .-irrier h.irdlj lo iked at them. Towards ii'tun they reache.1 the -Mt where the cart w iiilii tuni off The man lifted them out, .h.wnl them the road to the left, and bade them go -traight forward, and if they did not turn from the high road they would in lUmt two hour come to tbe place. He then (IrMfoil The children sobbed oat 4" good l.. ' ,md looked after him as long a they -iiM - the least speck of tbe cart, arid then tiny Itoth began to cry. I.i77ie ceased her crying first , she took hold ot her little sister's hand, who liad iteil herself on the grass, and said, Get up. Mary ' we must not stay here, if wc wi-li to pet to Kilburn. AVe cannot stop here on the riad." "Iam-o hnugry," sobbed Mary; ' we Lue had nithing to eat all day." And .iain they Iwth liegan to cry; for Liiziewas eiUHlly hungry. I he children were very weat, and could only drar themUe slowly along. Hand in hand they tottered on. At last Lizzie fan t led -he saw a house, and ointed towards the -ppt. Hut it took them more than a quarter of an hour before they readied the iarin-liou-o. for suth it jirued tolpe. With lie-iuting -tens they entered the yard, for tliey h:nl neter Itemed lefore in spite of their former mi-ery . Hut at this moment they ould think of nOhiog else bat their terrible hunger. When a few steps from The htiu-e they heard the farmer Tiolentlr scold ing one of his men. Then be went into the hmi-. fiercely closed the door after htm, so :i- to make the windows rattle, continuing hi- ahn-e all the time. The children, terri tieit, il -till at the door until the voice (c.i-eil Then Lizzie ojened the door and Itoth ( hi. In n entered. The farmer Kit in an arm- hair by the fire Well, what do you want?" he har-hly a-ked the ihihiren, who were too frightened to utter a wonl and to tell their errand. " Can't you speak '' he a-ked more roughly l.i77ieut ln-t took courage, and said gent ly " Oh it you vould be so gotd as tn ie u-the le;i-t little bit to eat a small pi -e f brcid or a few potatoes." I t'Muht - .," shouted the farmer ; " I w a- -ure you were nothing but beggars, al though vu do not seem to lielong to this neiirhb irho hi. We be plenty of tho-e here, and do not want t lie in to come from other part-. We hae not bread for our--elve- in tlic-e hard time. Vou will get not bin,,; here, ite off, thi-moment1" The children, Uith dreadfully frightened, be.-! n to -ry bitterly. That will not do you any good," continu ed the man . that kind of whiuing is noth m' new tome, and won't move me. Let your (parent-, feed you . but they no doubt preler iilling rather than getting their liung )py hone-t laft-ir. " Our j eirent- are lutth dead," said Liz- "I thought so," replied the farmer. Wht-neier children are seut out to beg, i Iteir lather and mother are always dead, or 1 1 l.-ii t their father. This is a mere excuse i r iM'ging lie oh" this minute"' ' c haie not eaten a morsel the whole I i pleaded Lizzie. " We are so tired t'l.it we (annot move a step. If you would Isit 'ic us the least little ft to eat, we are liunrn ' I haie told j.m I woul! not. Beggars r'" t nothing here." The fanner got up with a threatening 'I Lizie miiikh onene,! the door and ir. w her -i-tcr ith'li r The children again -) in the fjrui-yarl, lint knew not what i .i . Siiddcnh littl.- M.in drew her hand r her -i-t. r's flasp.ainl uexttothe other -i !. .t Hie ard . tln-re a- a fierce dog ui.iineil. In-dinner stool before him in v ul.-n Insin. Mary put her hand into the i.r-in iiii-i ticgan to eat with tbe dog. Liz .ie went nearerand san that in the liasin there was some liquor in which a few pieces if hreal anl -.ime lioiled jiotatoes were H'iiiiil' She. likewise, could not resist; -he kid bit one feeling that of the must .n iwin hunger, she took someof the bread iim potato-, and ate them greedily. The dog, not accustomed tu such guests, i iki I .it the children full ..r astonishment ; i.cdren back, then sat down and left them In-dinner, of which he had eaten but very little At this moment the farmer stepped into the yard . he wished tosee whether the children had really left, and then he saw this singular scene. The dog was noted for Ins (ierecness, and feared alike by old and "ung . he was obliged to l.e constantly liained. Xo one dared to come near him pt his ma-ter Even the servant put his f ".lore mm in me mustcautious manner. in the lirst moment the manthoaghtof noth ing but the fearful danger in which the . hudrcn were, and walking quickly toward them he exelainieil - Don't you see the dog? He will tear you to piwes '" Hut s-ddenly he stopped, as if rooted to the ground . the dog liad got up again and g. me near the children, then he looked at his ma-ter and wagged his tail. It seemed as if he wished to say Don't drive my guests away I" t that sight a great change came mer tbe man; the spectacle before him acted like an electric shock, and feelings such as he never had liefore, seemed to stir within him The children liad li-cn, terrified at the eaii uf the man, fearful of punishment for haung eaten, with downcast eyes. At last after several minutes' silence, the larmer asked ' Are you really so fearfully hungry that you do not even despise the dog's food ? ame in, then, you shall lave something to cat, and as much as you like." And then taking them by the hand he led them into the house, calling out to the servant, " Bid dy, get some hot bread and milk, and be quick, for these children." The dog liad shamed hU master the brute had shamed the man. Touched by w hat he had seen, the fanner was anxious to make amends for what his conscience showed him to be a great sin. He seated the children at the table, sat down by them, and kindly asked their names. " My name is Lizzie," said the eldest, and my sister is called -Mary." Have your parents been dead long?" " Oar father lias been dead two years, but onr mother only died last week." ifitttTf til Iftfltt VOL. XLVI. NEW At the thonght of their recent loss children began to ween. both " Don't cry, children." said the farmer. kiodljr. "God will in one way or another take care of you. !ut tell me now, whero uu you come ironi?" " From Inghrca," replied the child. " From Loughrca ?" a'icd the man, " from Loughrca ? That u strange '" Ho began to suspect the truth andated hesitatingly. " What was your father's name?" " Jrartin Sullivan," replied Liizic. " What JIartin Sul firan?" he eielaim- ed, jumping up at the same time,and casting a piercing look at the children, thoroughly His lace crew red then tears came into his eyes at last he soblicd aloud. He took the youuge-t child in hi anna, pres.-d her to his heart and kissed her. The child struggled and called to her i-i-ter for help ; she could not think what the man meant. Then he put down the little one, and did the same to Lizzie, who took it more quietly, as she had seen that the man did not hurt her sister. At last Incoming more composed, he dried his tears, and said, IJo you know my name, children? " No," replied Lizzie " How happened it, then, that vou Iiavo come to me?" he nsfce,. "Has'anv one sent you to me ?" " Nobody lias sent us," replied Lizzie. We were to co to Kilburn. where a broth er of cur lather lires, and they said he would gmuiy ri-ceue u, jai i uo not iielierc it, or our mother always said that he is a hard hearted man, who does not care for his rela tions." " Your mother was quite right when she said so, said the farmer. ' !ut what will yon do if this hard-hearted man dot not re ceive vou?" " Then wc shall have to starie." nnner cil Lizzie. " No, no !" cxclamed the man quickly. It shall never come to that never! Itrv your tears. The merciful Owl has had pity on your helplessness, and lias made use of a fierce brute tosoften the heart of your uncle, and therefore he will never forsako you never." The children looked at the man in nltpr liewilderment ; they did not understand what he said his words and his behavior were alike strange to them. This he soon jierceived. for he added : " Vou are going to Kilburn to l'atriek Sullivan : vou are al ready there ' I am your uncle, and now tli.it 1 know yon are the children of mv brother .Martin, I make you welcome." The children's tears nuiekly chanced into sinnes, anu me meal which liuiuy just then put on the table for them made them fonret their grief. Patrick Sullivan had taken this farm about a year liefore. A kind Provi dence had directed the children's steps to uiui , mi ii me uu imu nui laugui nun a lesson of kindness, who knows what might alter all liave become of the poor orphans. Hut He, who is the Father of tlie fatherless. would surely not have forsaken them Vuzart's Hrqulcm. One day. as Mozart was seated in his tudy, in a profound reverie, he heard a car riage stop at his door. A PtraDger was an nounced, who asked to speak with him. Ho was an aged man, very well dressed, of noble and imiiosing manners. He said to the com poser: 1 am commissioned iiy a great man to come anu una you. " The name ol this man. if tou please ?'' said Mozart. 'He does not wish to be known." ' Very well ; wlmt are his wishes?" He has lost a very dear friend, whose memory will lie forever precious to him. He wnnes to commemorate licr ueatli, every year, by a solemn service, and he wants you to compose a requiem for the occa-ion." " Mozart was deeply impros-ed by these words spoken so solemnly, and by the air of mystery mat seemed to erode the inter view. He promised to couiio-ethe requiem. The stranger continued : " Put to this work your entire genius, for you compose it for a connoisseur in music." " So much the better," saidMocart. " How much time do you want for the task?" " Four weeks." " Well, I will come fur it in four weeks. What will be your price?" " One hundred ducats." The stranger counted out the money upon the table and disappeared. Mozart remained plunged in deep thought for a few moments, then calleU for jien, ink and paperand began to write the requiem. Notwithstanding the remonstrances of his wife, he wrought ujkhi it night and day. But his luxly, already feeble, could not endure thiscontinual strain, and he finally fell fainting at his task. Then he was obliged to rest. Several days after, his wife sought to divert bis mind from its sadness by some playful remark. He replied earnestly : " One thing is certain ; 1 am eomjiosing my own requiem ; it will serve to jierpetu atcmy own memory." In proportion as he wrought, his strength diminished, from day to day, and the requiem advanced very slowly. The four weeks were finally gone, and the stranger returned. "It has licen impossible for me to keep my word," said Mozart, sadly. " Never mind," said the man. how much more time do yon require ?" " I want four weeks more. The work has in-pired me with deier interest than I sup-po-ed, and I have given to itinorestudythan I intended." ' In that case it Is right that 1 increase the price. Here are 50 ducatsmore for your pay." In astonishment Mozart asked, ' A hoare you ?" " That is nothing to the pur ise. I will return in four weeks." As the stranger left the ho ose, Mozart called a servant and requested h im to follow this extraordinary man and find out who he was ; but the blundering man h jn returned, saying that he could find no t sice of him. Poor Mozart had conceived the idea tliat this stranger was no ordinary moital, but was one of his friends in the immortal world, sent to warn him of his reproaching death. HeapplieJ himself with redoubled ardor to his requiem, which he Hs-sirdt! as the most enduring monument tohlsgcnius. Hefainted many times at his toil. Finally , it was ac complished before the expiration of the four weeks. The stranger came for it at th e given time : but Mozart was dead. Fromtju French. riclpccWti. Some months ago, while going down Broad way in an omnibus, as I was Imiking nt the jieople on the sidewalk, I felt a hand very softly and gently making its way behind me, evidently progressing toward the pockets in the skirts of my coat. Keeollecting that there was nothing but a handkerchief in one Ivotket and a pair of gloves in the other, 1 :new that I could not lo-e much, and there fore sat still to enjoy this new sensation. The hand wasnioved very gently andstcadily along, and had very nearly reached my iock et, when I turned to study the " artist." He was a man about forty years of age, rlainly and neatly dressed, and looked like a very respectable citizen. The instant I began to turn toward him his hand was swiftly but quietly withdraw, and when I faced him he was !o- iking gravely at something on the sidewalk. As I con tinued to study him he turned h is head, and we had a good, "square" look a one anoth er for a moment, without a word being said by either. He then pulled thes nap and left tfic stage, to seek some othe r sphere of action. A young friend told the writer recently that his mother was sitting not ting ago in an omnibus, when she liecame aware that the " gentleman " on her right ivas feeling for her pocket under her cloak- For a mo ment a cold shiver passed through her. but, as it y.-as broad daylight, and as there were evidently manj jiersons in the omnibus to whom she might apply for prot tction, she took courage, and recollecting .'liat in the drcsf she wore her pocket had, n mch to her previous annoyance, lieen sewe 1 on the wrong side of tne skirt, concluded to it still and await the course of events, iiftcr hav ing been sufficient entertained hy the vain efforts of her neighbor to trad tbi- pocket, she turned to him and saW quietly, " My pocket is on the other side, sir." The man immediately jumped up, pulled the strap, and disapjearcd withmdst amusing rapidity, the contemptuous coolness of the lad'.y having liecn too much for his -artistic nerves . The passengers on one of our crowded ferry-boats were much amused on e day at seeing a gentleman very deftly pick his friend's pocket of his jiocket book an 1 trans fer it to his own. They were stil.'. more amused at seeing a -third " gentlemai i" take the pocket book even more deftly fi ora the amateur and disappear in the crowd.- The denouement soon ca me. Number two asked number one to let 'him sec bis pocket liook, and, when his frier -d could not find i t, pro ceeded with a smilf to restore it to him. His SERIES, VOL. XIX. smile, however, was soon changed to a look of intense surprise, which was very much en joyed by the bystanders, for they expected that " gentleman" numlier three would soon appear and unravel to his friends this amus ing mystery. But, alas ' Numlier three nev er came back. He was, it seems a true "artist," who had coolly robbed the amateur as publicly as the latter robbed his friend. In the hurry and confusion of landing number three made his escape, so the amateur was obliged to coniiensate his friend for the con tents of his jiocket book, probably resolving, at the same time, to eschew ever after any such piactieal jokes. While the writer was oncday conversing in a car with a friend on this subieet.be told "the following story: The lest joke I know of iiouui jiichjiockcis, is wnat happened tea gentleman named A, who at the time was president ol one or our New Vork lnk Iliad occasion to go to Philadelphia to at- enu in some iiasiness in winch A was interested, and in the cars met a friend, an old gentleman and his grown up son. When we reached Philadelnhii. the old gentleman declined getting into the coach of the hotel to which we were going, preferring to go more cheaply by the horse cars. We .nl lft IV. l.n.l i!.r... i.r. .i t..i - joined us he said he had liad his pocket picked w .ut iiuitri irium mm. ami wncn lie on me curs. .vir. . had Decn talkini with a friend aliout something else, but catching a word or two of our conver-ation he a-ked me about it, and when I told him what had happened he said, "Oh' I can never have any sympathy with a man who lias had his pocket picked. Why, when I was getting on the cars at New Vork, a fel low reached across me very roughly, pretend ing mat ne wanted to reach the knoti ot the door. 1 looked nt him, and knew in a moment that he was a pickicket:so 1 iust put my liand on my breast jiocket, where I carried my jvocket liook and jcijicrs, and kept it there, while looked at him so as to let him see tliat 1 knew who he was and what he was after. We then went on coiiversin? aUmt the business that had brought us to Philadel jiliia. After di-eu--ing it for some time Mr. A wished to show lissome memoranda he liad made, and jiut his hand into his breast jiocket to get his jiocket liook, in which they were. 1 saw him start, and aked wliat was the matter, when he exclaimed, with a coun tenance expressing the most intense astonish ment, " N hy, my joeket-iiook is gone. It was very clear that the man that reach ed across him had taken his pocket book, and that he had lcn ever since feeling tbe other niers in his breast jiocket, and been thus uded with the idea tliat his jiocket liook was safe. It was a very serious business for him, for he liad bniught on about 30,000 worth of notes of l'hiladclihia merchants to negotiate for his Kink, and he lad liesides fire or six hundred dollars in bills He ask el me what he slionld do, when I advised him to telegrajji immediately 1 1 New Vork, and jiut an advertisement in the patters offer ing about $2,000 for the return of the jniicrs. lie replied, "Oh! no; $500 will do.'" "Very well," said I, "try it." lie did try it, and received a note stating that $2,000 were required. He tried to negotiate fur less, but was finally eomjieUed to jy the jirice named. Since then I liave occa-ionally amused myself by quoting to him his own remark "Oh' lean have no syniinthy with a man who has had his pocket jiickcd V. V. Times. A Telling Hit. The recent death of .Mr. John C Tucker calls to mind a sjioech vv hieh he made in the hou-e ofrejiresentativessome years ago a speech tliat vva full of tingling wit and delivered in the hapjiiet manner. General Banks had been elected governor by a combination between the free soilers and the know nothings, ami it was naturally sujqiosed that in his inaugural addrts there would he some reference to the issues of the campaign. But the adroit governor omit ted all mention of the anti-slavery question as well as of the native American jiolicy. A inemlier arose and moved to jirint 10,000 copies of the address, when instantly Mr. Tucker got the floor and sjiokc as follows I rise, Mistber Spa-ker, to second the mo tion of the honorable gintleinnn to print tin thousand copies of his excilleney's speech. You may wonder, Mistber Spa-ker, why I, vv ho am nayther n personal nor a jioleetical friend of his excillency, should do this. It is well known that his excillency lias risen to jmwerhy a coalition Itween the anti-slavery and the native American partial or as they are -ome times called free soilers and know nothings. And this puts me in mind of a little storj. There was ahl-hop in Dublin who engaged a paintber to taake a large iiicture fur the othaydral The subject chosen was the crossing of the Keil Say by the I-raelites. Afther a shuteable time the jiictureivas eom playted and bung in the cathaydral, covered with a broad and heavy curtain. A great crowd of jieople assembled to see the jiieture unreeled. Tne priests entered injirocession, tbe organ sounded and the singers sung. All faces were turned in anxious exjiectation to the great curtain. When it was dhrawn aside nothing could Iks hs?ii but a vast ex panse of wather reddish green wather. The liishoji in great rage turned to the jnintner ami said: "I thought I asked you to jainta picture of the Israelities crossing the lied sy'" "Thrucfor you, that's jist it," said the pninther. "But where are the Israelites ?" asked the indignant blsboji. "They've gone orrr," said the jminthcr. "Weft, liut where are the pursuing Kpryp tians?" "They've gone under," said the jnintber. With similar disapjiointment the friends of his excillency stand now. If they ask "What has become of the nayger?" the an swer is "He's gone orer, MLstber Spn-kcr.' If tbey ask, then, " What has become of the know nothings?" "why they've goncunrfer, Mistber Sja-ker." The roars of laughter from all sides of the house made the rest or the sjieech inaudible. Iloston Journal. ' Tiik Moov anu the Weather. After testing the question again and again, modern meteorologists have come to tbe conclusion tliat the moon has no sort of influence over the weather, agreeing with the Iron Duke tliat it is nonsense to place any faith in her as a weather j.redictor. The time was when she was thought absolute mistress of the sea sons. Pliny has the follow ing lunar weather wisdom : Kino weather, wind, or rain may lie looked for according as the moon rises with a pure, white, red, or swarthy light. If, at full moon, half the disc is clear, line weather is lictokened ; if red, wind: if black, rain. If at the ri-ing of the new moon the upjicr horn is ols-curcd, there will be a pre valence of wet vv hen she Is on the wane; it the lower horn is obscured, there will lie rain liefore she attains her full; if kith horns ap jiear ohtu-v, a frightful tempest is near; if they are sharp and erect, high winds may lie exjiccted. Darwin declares it as a sure" sign of coming rain when the moon's head Is hid den in lialoes. A correspondent of Atics and Queries says a large circle round tbe moon, with a north or north-east wind, jire dicates stonny weather; if the wind comes from anv other quarter there will still be rain, but less of it. If, however, the moon rise after sunset, the ajipearanec of a ring round her is not so significant as the Dutch rhyme puts it A rin; around the moon May pa in away norm ; ltut a riDg rouod the sun (ilvcs water In the tun. An old Spanish proverb says the circle of the moon never filled a j-ondj but the circle of the sun w ets a shepherd; while an Eng lish rhyme pronounces : If itsind ttio nitiou a circle's 5CCQ llf wLlZc,And all the sky'ii serene, Tbe Cltunlji': da y, yuu may divine, IV ill surely prove eiceedin; fine. And:- WlWnVr In autumn tr in sprinjr, A in .st th hiood ioth with It trtn. At noon tbe fun will trisht ap'tcar, TIio eronlns te serene aod cler. The tumiDjx tin of the horn the new moon is anothersinoffairwfather:"Therea no likelihood of a drop now, an the moon lies lite a boat there," sajs Kimebody in Adam liedc. Southey notices this notion in one of hi letters; "Poor Littledale has this day explained the cau-e of the rains which liae preraileil lor the last live weeks, bj a theory v hjch w ill probably be as new to you as it is tu ine. I hate observed, he says, 'that w!:en the moon is turned upward we liave fine weather after it, but when it is turned down, then we hare a wet season; and tlip reason I think is, that when it is turned down, it holds no water, like a basin, you knowinddown it comes. " It Kavery common belief that the weather depends up on the ..io.wi changing before or after mid night ; : belief absurd on the faceof it, since, as has 1-een well observed, the moon may change liefore 12 at Westminster and after 12 at St. Paul's. Dr. Adam Clarke was ob livious of this fact when he put forth a weather prognostieator, through all the luna tions of each year forever, showing the ob server what kind of weather will most prob ably follow the entrance of tbe moon into any one of her quarters, and that so near the truth as to seldom or never be found to fail. Our readers can easily deci le as to the worth of the reverend doctor's weather guide ; they lave only to note the time of the moon's en trance ujon a new quarter, and compare the actual result with that anticipated hythc prognostieator. It would be useless to quote Lis formulated observations, for,like all otker jirojihecies concerning the lunar phenomena, there is a total neglect of the fact that weath er is local and not universal. In other words, tbe change in the moon that is suiijmscd to have given good vveatlu in tliesoutbof Eng land, has probably Iks i attended witc ex ceedingly bad weather i.: Scotland. Cham ber's Journal. A volcano having dihnrged a few million tons of s-tones upon a small village, a-.kcd the mayor if lie thought that a tolerably good supply for building purposes. 'I think," replied that functionary, if you give us another da-h of granite, and jut a pinch of old red sand-tone, wc could man age with what you have already done for u. We would, however. In? grateful for the loan of your crater to bake brick.' "Oh! certainly; parties served at their reidences.i Thep, after the man had gyne, the mountain added, with mingled la; a and contempt, T he mott insatiable jeople I ever contracted to nupply. They shall not haie another j-ehhle lie tanked his tires and in ms weeks wa as cold as a neglected pudding. Then might vou have seen the heaing uf the .urfaee and boulders u tiie jteople leg-in stirring, forty fathoms Iteneath. When yon haugnt ipittc cimugh of any thing, make it manifest by asking for pome more. You won't got it. London Fun. An Indian tril-e in Wi-consin I:a organ ized a brass band, and as the sange?are pro tected by the goemment, the w nite veojile lune no redress. There i- a great deal of hard feeling among the citizens toward the young altorigine who puns the cymbals. He jperiorms with such ean.ctnest ana ugor that a igilanee committee lias lteen organized to waylay him and take him njairt, in order to ascertain whether he U a real Indian or i merely rheted together and run by steam. The manner in which he wakes the echoes amid the everlasting hilU would make a deaf and dumb a-vlum nervous. When the band has erenadeui a man he -iMetmilo. lie goe around among his family, and minne- their hair, and scalj. the hired girl and colored IhiV, and after taking up the eolltvtion. he ha mis the whole lot uf bunches to the band. which goes off happy to sweet strain1 from the liantmuic young cymbal player. If we lived there we wiuld liathe his eviiiltaN in nitro-glycerine, and lift him out to Lake Michigan at the first el.ish. iiokm: (ti:s, Iadv Mam-hard and Mo-euw are letn" driven in double harne-. They are said to make a very fa-t team. The fammis naeer I.-inirfeHuw ha-, lieen purchased by (leorgc V. Dickey of Califor nia, lie will trot at the Oakland -pring meeting. The celebrated trottin? marc Aurora, be longing to Kx-iuv. Stanford, has fully re covered from her lameness of la-t full, and 'he is beim; trained on the Sacramento track. An international countrymen' race with out saddle figure in the Vienna programme. The races came otf in Septemler. and large frizesare offered to tempt en trie-, from Kng and and France. The -pring meeting of the Trainer-. and Drivers Protective Association will take place in lieacon Park, I Jo-ton, June 3. 1, .", Ct and 7, when a liberal lUtof pur-cs will b offered, and the races will be gmernel the rules of tbe above association Tbe well-known race horse Helm' I n.i- recovered from the accident whit1 wd his retirement from the turf, and i- n iw 1:1 training at Monmouth Park lb ! -k-well. The recent change in t!u w. glit t . be carried by aired horses in long i.im - ' n- efits him to the extent of four pouii-U The best thrte-ear old rmea on re. rd took place at Louisville, Ky.. on me UiL inst. The race was well contctcd.Sii.it atfon makinc cln-e scores m ltoth h it-. The following is the result Tom II mK -Hng, I, L'ottreHs Sal lie Watson, 2. J Itoyd, eh. 1. 3, ditamed. Time 1 I'M. 1.13. A. II. Danforth, the popular hur-e-trainer and driver, ha- a uim-d charge of the liut land trotting park.where rare- are eipectcd to take place about the middle ot June. Mr. Danforth has under his care siuip of the Guest trotting hors-- in New Kngland, among which i-avoung mare owned by (eo. Hammond of Middlehurv, which i- in train ing for the four car old purses to be trot ted for at Duffalo in Augu-t. John J. Mer- of Rutland, ju-t returned from Florida, brought with him a fine thorough-bred mare from Kenttu-Lv. The Turf, Fit hi and Farm sav, Mr. John Porter ol 'J icoiideroga, ha- a crj promis ing colt. The owner of the hore Flora Hell of Illi nois want- to get up a race forj-JO,OtN) with any trotter in the world. Darwin Uider of Middlehtiry, lo-t -tine weeks incc a very valuable hor-e, from lung fever. It U proposed to hold a hor-e fair at lien, sclaer Park, Prov, during the coming summeror fall. Horse lovers will be intere-ted to learn that the Kev. V. H. H. Murray has nearly ready for the prc-s a work entitled " The Perfect Horse ; How to Itrecd, Train, Shoe and Drive Ilim.M Mr. Murray has been pre paring this work for several years, and his familiarity with the literature of the suh ject, n is practical knowledge of the breed ing and culture of hor-e-, and his enthusi astic appreciation of them, peculiarly quali fy him to produce a work of the highest value and importance. The book will con tain, in addition to Mr. Murray's treatise, a preface by Ilev. Henrj Ward Deecher, who does not yield to Mr. Murray in admi ration of a fine hore ; an article by the Hon. George K. I-oring, on the origin and rise of the New Kngland Agricultural So ciety, with special reference to the horse ; and a paper by Mr. Itudd Doble, the fa mous trainer and driver of " (lold-mith Maid," telling " How the Trotting Horse should be Driven. It will be dedicated by fcrmission, and with special fitnes-,, to 'resident (.rant. It will contain illustra tions of several noted horses. A work com bining such .-olid excellences and varied at tractions cannot fail to win general confi dence and have an almost univer.-al topu larity. The work will form an octavo vol ume of ltetween five and six hundred pages, and will be published prolaibly by sub scriptionearly in Septemlter nevt, by Messrs. James U. O-good & Co., of Uo-ton. t'UMTI('AlM It looks a if Judge Edward Kent lfli.in gor, who was Governor of Maine in 1810 and Iflll, is likely to lie the next Republi can nominee for Governor of that State. He has just retired after long service from the bench, is universally ropectcd and free from all the political cliques which infest the Republican party of the Pine Tree Stato. All will remember the rather Irrev erent refrain of the famous Harrison song, which ran thus Oh ' liare 3 on heard howuM Maine went, mint, went She went hell-1nt for tlorernor Kent, And Tippecioue nl T ler tw. Hon. Clinton h, Mcrrimah,thc Congress man from the Jefferson and Lewis di-trict (N. V.) will not receive his back pay as provided for in the salary grab bill. Sneaking of Senator Caldwell's succcs-or, a ashington correspondent says : It is admitted that every adult in Kansas is a candidate. Three hundred and seventy-one applica tions for pardon have been filed in the De partment of Ju-tice during the past twelve months, and about one-half of thce have been granted. One caewas that of a man in Kentucky, who said in his petition that he distilled whi-kcy during the late politi cal campaign, and used it to help elect the Republican candidate for Congress. The Democrats had bought up all the whiskey in the county, so that the Republicans could not get a drop. Under these circumstances ho thought it no crime to borrow a small still and make 15 gallons, all of which he used to help theparty. The greatest political Convention ever held in the world, numlterinj: near 80,000 men, recently assembled at Newcastle-on-Tyno to demand manhood suffrage. As a rash and blinded Sunday-school scholar we may have spoken disrespectfully of J. Iscariot. The experience of the last six months shows that Mr. Iscariot may have been a gentleman who was much mis understood by the people of the period. Some Scribe probably placed the thirty pieces of bilvcr where he thought they would do the most good, and when poor Judas found that he had bought into a lawsuit (the Hon. P. Pilate, chief justice), he went and hung himself. That was whero he made a mistake. He ought to hare sent the money down to the Capernaum female semi nary, and then appealed to the generous confidence of a constituency with whoso feelings and interests every throb of his BURLINGTON, VT-, FRIDAY heart beat in uni-on. The editor of the GaUUcan Telegraph would have made a very nice thing of that, and the Hon. J. Is cariot would have been ono of the most prominent candidates at the next election Columbus ( O.) Journal. The Scandinavians of Minnesotaask to be repre-cntcd on the next republican Slate lICKCt. C. Augustus Haviland of Chicago having written to Charles Sumner giving his in terpretation of the battle-Hag resolution, which Is that it only applies to future army re:r" ters and the battle flairs to be urcafter Imit rt by the regular army, now publishes Mr. Sumners rcnlv saying that this is tlio correct interpretation. The Democrat, having a majority in the Connecticut House, hope to nn.i one vvcaK inemlier among the Republican Senators, by means of whom they may secure the repeal of tlie registry law, (which is peculiarly ob noxious to them. The Senate stands 1 1 Re publicans to 10 Democrats. From the New York World. BNhopH In Boston. Thpr art iirlnim wars of electing bishop. Ono is the traditional Anglican mode; and it has been remarked by satir ists as an rxtra ordinary coincidence that whenever a bishop is cho-en by that time honored method the recommendation of the sovereign should always be identical with the choice to which deans and chanters were led after their prayer for guidance from on high. This coincidence has even shocked some critics, and we confess that the constant recurrence of it has something of ghastly irrevcrenco in it. Hut upon the score ot taste it is perhaps lietter that a bishop should be chosen by a chapter, even with a royal ring in its nose, than by the caucus of a "fierce democracy.' And cer tainly this latter was the mode by which a bi-liop of Mas.-achu -etts was elected on Tlmr-day. It is better that a diocesan con vention should be led even by the apron strings of a iuccn than that fts mem bers should neither fear God nor regard men. AVe have no right to say that the members of the Dio cesan Convention in Massachusetts were irreverent, but certainly they showed an utter indifference to the face of man and canva-sed the claims of jwtential bishops with the same freedom with which they would have remarked upon the aptitudes of iuuer, lei us say, had that eminent puouc-i-t come before them as a candidate for Gov ernor. No doubt tbe respectable gentle men who composed the convention would recent with great bitterness the suggestion that they were influenced hy the spirit of puritamEi, which it is their chief busines. as churchmen of Massachusetts to make a stand against, as it used to be the chief businesH of the Old Line Whig of Mas sachusetts to make a stand against the rad icalism in politics which is the proper counterpart of Puritanism in religion. Rat the most brilliant of tbe lawyers ufMastsa-chu-ctts declared it to be the chief boast of the Pilgrim Fathers that they had founded 44 a church without a bishop, and a state without a king. And we are constrained to say that their influence is felt even in the camp of tho-e who mo-t loudly reject their specific teachings. The Episcopalians have bishops, but they are no respecter- of bishops. Otherwise Mr. Dana would not have permitted himself to say of that candi date tor a bishopric who wa-finally success ful that he was " a kind of boarding-house tea sort of man " thereby meaning, as the lawyers say in slander -uit-, that the elements of milk and of water entered largely into the composition of the Rev. Dr. Paddock ; nor would the Rev. Mr. Hunting ton have felt justified in criticising the cut of the clothes of the Rev. Dr. De Koven in con i u net inn with his criticl-m on the Rev. Dr De Koven- views of transubstantiation. " Truthful James ' has informed us tHr In i 't In Id with hnrr'-r tlie introduction of tl -( ulI t,f disi iplmc in a im n 1 -ee.i.ir .:i 1 I it'litifie s.,( tet . How mu h in iic -lii-n' I -hi.uij we njirtliend the in:? lu. ti n it I it into a dim c-.iu ( onventi n i ali 'l t r t n purpo-r pf liMni.' a 1 i-ii p lhe pin i 1 i- I II- , ! I w l- li- t .1. lit r i - I. . i These j.rieti' - .ire it st in nnfs-rie-iasticnl a- in a -i lentifi l nd we consider that in i un. tli Km Dr. Padd... k a hoard eg h lei - .r: . 1 1 a in ui " Mr Dana d. 1 " to I ..ill the Rev. Mr Pad!., k. m i- when the Rev Mr. Huntmgt n i ni'udiug to the lotht - "I tin- R K v n the Rev Mr. Hi ntiegt n . int nt . ui 1 tint .torte! t. v Dr D--.!:! n:i v hv throw mg rocks .it Mr. Dan t a v.rv ( nisi. i, r.iiie extent. u . r. gr. t tl p - cxulicr iTii-es ot delate. I r il we n. n t to - i k for an example of decency of tli- i. -ion in a convention of the RpLscopalians ot Ro-ton, where are we to look fur it? If bishops charges are to le expressed with the eav vigor of President's messages, and the reports of diocesan conventions to read tike the Cimrrssnmtil Globe, wc do not deny that ecclesiastical documents might gain in vivacity, but we fear they would lose in the qualities which distinguish them from what is impure and hateful and dis honest and of evil report. Our (hiff JuNlIrfx. HOW lfVNV UIVK WE UAO? It Is somewhat strange that, although our government is not one hundred year old, there should exi-t a difference of opin ion in regard to tbe number of Chief Jus tices who have presided over the Supreme Court of the United State- ; yet such li the fact. Wo sometime hear persons who are looked upon asjrood authority in such matters, calling the late Salmon P. Cha-e the seventh of our Chief Justices ; other-, again, say he wa the sixth, and others stiil that he wa the fifth. It Is not difficult to account for this dis crepancy of statement. On the organiza tion of tbe government in I7f'J, President Washington tendered John Jay a choice of the offices in his ift. The able statesman, diplomatist and jurist, signified his prefer ence for the Chief Justiceship of the Su preme Court. Wa thing ton made the nomi nation in accordance with bis wish, and he was confirmed by the Senate as the first Chief Justice of the United States, Septem ber 20, 17hU. In 1701 war seemed imminent between the United States and (ireat Rri tain, and ho was sent to Kngland to nego tiate a treaty with reference to undetermin ed boundaries and other matters, iu the hope of averting the menaced calamity. During the ab-ence of Jay in Kngland, he was choen Governor ol the State of New York by a very decided majority. Although his friends had put him in nomination for the Governorship without his knowledge and consent, ho nevertheless submitted to the will of the people andacccpted the position, and tendered his resignation of the office of Chief Justice. In December, 1KH1, imme diately after the cfo-eofhi second guber natorial term. Jay was nominated by Presi dent Adams to the Chief-Justiceship of the Supremo Court, which had been made va cnut by the resignation, on account of fail ing health, of Oliver Kllsworth. He was confirmed by the Senate, but declined the honor and retired to private life when he was only fifty-six years of age. The resignation of Chief Justice Jay was received on the 30th of June, 1795, and John Rutlcdge of South Carolina, was ten dered the vacancy. In many places in the country, especially in Ro-ton, Philadelphia and Charleston, the people expressed their indignant disapproval of the "Jay treaty," as they sneer ingly styled it. In no place did the fire of indignation burn more fierce ly, or the popular outcry wax so loud, as in Charleston. Rutledge, ignorant that the Chief Justiceship had been tendered him, indicated his opposition to the treaty and helped to swell the popular clamor. The Supreme Court of the United States met in Philadelphia on the 2Nt of Augu-t, 1795, and Rutledge presided as Chief Justice. His imprudent sally."as Alexander Ham ilton styled his avowed opposition to the ne gotiations of Jay, not only created 44 pain, surprise and indignation" among the Fed eralists, but led to his rejection by the Sen ate when it met In December of that year. As Rutledge was never confirmed by the Senate, although he presided at one term of the Supreme Court, his name is sometimes omitted from the list of Chief Justices. Shortly after the refusal of the Senate to confirm Rutlcdge, President Washington nominated William Cuhing, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Ma-sachu-ctt, to the position of Chief Justice of the United States. The Senate confirmed the nomina tion of Mr. Cushing unanimously, but he never presided over the Court. The state of his health was such that ho felt that he could not accept Hie position. After retain ing his commission for a Tew days hero turned it, and hence his name is seldom mentioned in connection with the Chief Justiceship, altho jgh he was commissioned and confirmed. In 17 Oliver Kllsworth received the appointment to the vacancy, and filled the high function of Chief Justice of the United States for about four years with credit to himself and honor to the na tion. The following is the list in their order, of the Chief Justices of the United States: 1. John Jay. 2. John Rutlcdge (nomina ted and presided for one term, but not con firmed). 3. William Cashing, (nominated and confirmed, but never presided). 4. Oliver Kllsworth. 5. John Marshall. C. Roger Rrooke Taney. 7. Salmon Portland Chase. John Jay died in 1829. at the age of! eightyfour ; John Rutledge in 1800, nt the I IORNTNCl. .FUNIC G, 1873. ae of sixtv--one; William Cushing in ISI0, at the ago of seventy-seven ; Oliver KIls- worth m li-07, at the age of fifty-six; John Marshall in lSSu, at the age of eighty-one ; Roger R. Taney in I&Cl.at thcagcofci-rhtv- seven, and Salmon P. Chase in I&73, at the UV Ul MilJ-llie. IYum the llofton Advertiser, May 21. A Krai Krirnnr Kffurm. A very important reform in the adminis tration of the internal revenue takes effect to-day, in accordance with an act of Con gress approved December 1, 1873. That act provided that on the 1st of July. 1873. or sooner if practicable, the offices of as sessor and a.-i-tant assessor of internal revenue should cease to cxit. Mr. Douglass has been so energetic in hts preparations for the change that he is able to carry the law into effect ix weeks sooner than the act required. To-day, accordingly, not less than 21S assessors, and perhaps five times that number of a i-tant assessors, ceao to be officers of the I'nited States ; and nearly nil the duties they havo heretofore dis charged are imposed upon the collectors. The result of this change is a most grati fying snvin-r in the co-t of collecting the revenue. Ry the last report of the com missioner the following were the expenses attending the assessors department of t. e collection, for the whole country : For com pensation, 051,000; for clerk hire, SsIfiG, 000; for stationery. 10,000; for printing and advertising, 6.000; for postage and expre--, lJ,tHH); for rent of assessors offices, 57,000; for survey of di-tilleries, $1,000; for not compensation of asi-tant a-essors, 1,710,000: for net compensation of storekeepers, 103,000. The total cost of this branch of the service wa 3,229, 525.90. It is not claimed that the w hole of this amount w ill be saved. There are some items that would continue to be an expense, whoever was the officer admini-tcring the law. Rut it i- true that an absolute economy of more than one and three-quarters million dollar- will be effected, and this will more than off-et the estrava"Tiner of the " back-salary grab." Twelve or fifteen hundred officers are leei-Iated out of office altogether, and no additional offices arc created. The country is divided into ten supervisory district- at a verv small cost for salary only, and the entire ma chinery of the internal revenue department is simplified. Heretofore the aggregate ex pense of collection has been nearly or quite six per cent. The new -y-tem reduce- it by more than one half. ' The effect nt the-e changes in New Knir- land which i-, perhaps, no more marked than in other part-of the country may hj shown by a few figures whirh we have ob tained from an ofiVial -ouree. The estimate of collection- of internal revenue for the year ending April 30, In71, is si million dollars. i.r tlie two IS jston di-trict- 2,- 193,000. 1 ere arc twenty-six colleemn dl-triet-. There are twenty -six as.-c--sors and one hundred and,, twenty-four assistant-a t-s,ir- w ho go out of office. In place of ihc-e one hundred and fiftv offi cer- there i- one -apcrvi-or for the whole ol New Kngland. The cost of asses-inir. and collecting the revenue in these State has been j-.320.ikmi, or about five per cent. The expen-c for tl.e i-omi year will he $150, 000, showing .i -awng of $170,000, of which $35,275 i- saved in the lioston di-trict-. Comideniig th tt. in -o.-ic of the smaller di-tricts uf New Knghmd. thecal of a-n;-mcnt and eollr tion '-u- i-ome very ncarlv up to twcnt-fiw per ctnt. of the collec tions, and that tn the Mates of Maine. New Hump-hire and crmont, taken as a whole. ; the average eo-t l.t-t ear wa-vv ithin a frae- i tion of twelve per tent, it will be seen that J thceeonomv etiericd i- very great. The scheme of reform wa- -Letcht d hv Commi. ioner Doiir! i--. and it -ecuis likely to t f far more advantageous to the govern i. : than the - -tern uhieh it replaced. ! Iv, the . in-'h'!atio:i of districts. - Kioji i.T PmoiivTi p. The one! i i fGen. Di .ea-'s magnilieent orati n at a Hav n was as f,d! h- iradc-, ti-e army which commanded ' g has pt-M-d away No more shall ilc- hreak the -weet -t illness of the i- t ng air. us w ith their reveilles tho : the e rating day , no more shall the 1 g night lie.tr the rolling Uttoo of it-" i-; ii tent-are -truck, and its cannon erhunderrd their la-t notes of defiame 1 f v tt ton . ha. !i enr we who were it-or- ii-scinhle in -ally dimim-hing er- as the rcmorse'e artillery of time - it- fatal ini-siK into our rank-, until a f--w old men onl -hall gather . ier and strive with feeMe vohe- to r 1 1 vvln the ili under i ng battle cheer with i we oner an-wercd the reM rU, to hem- -Ive- -.ion alter under the eom ot. 11 vv 1 .-t the c pining generation- I" h i's Iruutp.ir p!ae-, when vm retueuiner all whom wr have io-t even -tnce the war, I do n -t need remind oit. et a gencratioii alter g-neration -hall eonie in their long -,n-t ion, while the great flag tliat it o m at tlx head of its marching col u inns wave- ov er a free and united people, i! wil be re:m mbercd that in it day and tr'tunti ".and in it- time and place, the ir 'iv ot the Poioinae did for libeitv ai.d ' iw . lor t!i Constitution and the ( nioii det il-vv orthv of immortal honor. And he that wa- its leader on o many a hot and hl.od da , a -id on -o manv a well-eonte-ted field. we leave him to his long repo-e, to his pure, unsullied, and well earned tame, in the full confidence that while a 'liri-ti in gentleman, a wi-e and true - ldicr, a lofty patriot i- honored, he will not be forgotten VI III in manner, fa r in fj .r. K mt n temper, fiere m lilit, or n.iMtT. '.rentier, bra. 1 roi i.t k with the Post ti. Cards. The nlaeritv with which the American mind -ei7e- upon the po-ta! card-, wherever they have penetrated, a-a cheap and sfe method of rending the peace of happy families, -hows (hut thete i- fun and misery ahead. There was a yiung man of I'tica, a nice young fellow, just homo from college for a little vacati ;n . his father destined him fir the mini-trv. Well, a postal card came to bira, the other day, on which was a bill for wine, gin and cigars. The father got hold of it, of corrse, and how much stock des he take in his -on's piety now? A Phila delphia gentleman, ot known probity and correct bu-ine habit-, was pleasantly in formed thi other day, by postal card, that : I'nles.-that small bill for washing wa settled, Mrs. Mullonev would briny suit before an alderman.' Poor man, it cut him to the heart, for his clerks saw it, and lie feel-like a sheep thief. Another Phila delphia nn n rceeiv ttd thi- suggestive epistle Pear iu I w II 'e iti tit C p. m. Put a Wtie f R.niertrun ce. Youra. J. t. v. 4 (iu- is a church deacon, a man of stain less reputation, and an exemplary Chris tian ; he doe-n't know Roederer " from fu-el oil. Rut the post-office clerks, the car rier and hi- family saw that card, and it is a thorn in hi- -ide that they think be is ac customed to drink iced Reederer " With J. T. V." And a man is so heplesst too. He may get a bu-hel of cards everyday, each one containing a villanous libel, but ho has no redress. A imputation that will stand thi- -ort of thing is n good property just now. Synntrfuld Republican. Glass-Lined Water Pipes. Tlie intro duction of glassdined iron pipes, for the conveyance of water, is strongly advocated in some of the foreign scientific journals, the great advantage of their use consisting in tlie simple fact that, as the water comes in contact with nothing but glass, it cannot liecome impregnated with any oxide, as in metallic pipes. The inner surface orthese pipes being also perfectly smooth, the fric tion is -mall, and the flow of water is not only greater, but can bo carried out in hou-es with less pressure than through other pipes of the same diameter. A the lining between the iron pipe and the glass tube inside consists of pW-tcr of Paris a non-conductor of heat the water is thus rendered cooler in summer, while freezing and bnrsting arc prevented in winter. The Hning'is likewise protected again-tmoLsthj-a layer of hydrauliccement, which, being put on the end of each length of pipe, in-urcs the plaster from being affected. The rc sitin" power of a gla-s-linod pipe is csti matcu to Iw five times greater than one of lead, and the difference in the expansion and cuLtraction ltetween iren and glass, is over come by the compressible plastic substance ltetween the two materials. For conveying gas, it is claimed that such pipes are not only the mo-t durable but the most eco nomical, suing, as they do, the largo per centage of gas tliat e.-capes through the pores of iron. A Washington special says the Govern ment has yet received no confirmation of the reported raid oT Col. McKcnzie across the Rio Grande into Mexico, but even if it should prove true, it is admitted by the Mexican Mini-ter and oar own officials that Hi can lead to no serious difficulties between the two countries. The former says that if the pursuit was made of Indian outlaws merely, he is confident that no complaint will be made by Mexico. A letter received hereto-day from San Antonio written, or course, prior to to the raid, speaks of the Kickapoo Indians, whom McKcnzie pur sued, inn light which may lead to compli cations. It says the Kickapoos serve in the Mexican army, and perform many duties of citizens. Their relations with the Mexican authorities and people are friendly and fraternal. They receive advances from Mexicans to fit them out for raids into Texas, and contract to pay an advance on theamount received when they return. A horse is generally paid for by two or three icius: iiorscs. Thinking that injustice has been done to the late Chief Justice Chase by many who believe him to lure been willing to sacrifice his life-long professions to secure the office of Prc-ident, Col. William Brown of Cin cinnati, has furnished the Commercial, of that city, with some private letters received from htm in 1SG3, in which he states, in the freedom of confidential friend-hip, his wishes and intentions. In one of these, written in Washington, April 29, l&ttft, Mr. Chaeeays : 4'l have ceased, as I told you, to have any nspirati ins connected with the Presidency. It once seemed to me a position highly de sirable for the opportunities of u-efulness it afforded ; nor wa I indifferent to its dis tinctions. Rut I am almost surpri-ed to find now contr ntedly I have seen the prefer ence of the Republicans fall upon Gen. Grant, and how little I am troubled by nay lingering da-ire for the place. You doubt less notice the talk there is about uniting all the opponents of military ascendency and military commNtdou on one candidate, and making me that candidate. Rut I have no idea, with my known principles and convictions in respect to restoration on t ho basis of universal suffrage as well as universal amne-ty, that there will any such unite upon me, and I am very sure that I .shall not seek any nomination from any party. I don't want any office enough for that, and, indeed, if I could now do so-with Eropriety, would prefer to resign the post I old to being a seeker for anv other. I am none the lew grateful to you for your strong friend-hip. Should what some paper calls thc miracle' of the suggested nomiation take place under circumstances which would make it my duty to accept it, and should ucce-- attend it what a succession of un hatched chickens it may be in my power to prove better than I can otherwise now I value it. Whether orno.it will always be pleasant to me to show my sense of it in any fitting way." Tiik Xamk or Lskz G&irge. A news paper discussion has been going on in the Glens Falls papers over the origin of tbe name of Kake George. Dr. A. W. Uolden, in the Mesirngrr, has tin- to say : Therefore a- the French called this beau tiful sheet Lac du Saint Sacrament, and the Kngli-h lake George," so the name of Andiatoroete tbe place where the lake c mtraets was conferred upon it by the once powerful Adirondack, while to the Mohawks it wa- known as Caniaderioit signif ing the tail of the lake, i. e., Lake Chnmplam. the hnglt-n name was conferred hy Sir William Johnson. In a communication from him to the Rjard of Trade, dated Uake George. 3d Sept , 1755," five days prior to the battle in which the brave General Dieskau was defeated and made a prisoner, he says, as follow- I am limiting a tart at thi- I.ake, where no liou-e was ever oetore (wilt nor a nnl of land cleared, which the French call Lake M. Sacrament, hut I have given it the name it Lake George, not onl in honor to His Maje-ty, but to ascertain his undoubted domini in here." Sjiup. of Gen. Van Ruren'- friend.- had an interview with President Grant on Friday. , The Prcsident,as reported, -poke with great freedom. He slid that mini-ter Jay's tele grams formed thus far the only indictment against the Commi-cioner, aid while con fessing hi- fears that some of the members of the Commission had accepted bribe-, ex-prc-scd his faith in the integrity of General Van Ituren. He explained his own action in the matter by -ay ing that the Government wa- compelled to rely upon the representa tions of Mini-ter Jay, who had reque-ted the u -pension of the entire CommisFion.but had afterward recommended that a number of them bo reinstated. The President said that ho hoa!d now take the matter into his own hands, and upon the arrival of the piper- concerning the inve-tigation in Vienna, -hould examine them per-onally, and endeavor to do ju-tice to all concerned. He i- -aid to have expre-sed a determination to rcin-tate en. Van Rurcn, if he should he found innocent. Gen. Van Rurcn'- friends, though seeral were politically and personally opposed to the President, were greatly plea-ed with their reception and treatment. A Cvurkr ot Chime The published con fe ion ol Charles. Fljnn alia- Charles Mor timer, who wa- hung for murder, at Ijacra mcnto, lu-t week, -how-tint he was born in Vermont in 131, pa ed hi-youth and grew tit manhood in Lynn, Mu-s., and in lsV-. went to California, where he became a notorious criminal Hi- life wa- a constant sucee ion of burglarie-ami larcenies, for which he received an oeea-ioual short term of contmeme. hut he e-vaped punishment for two murder- of which he i- now known to have teen guilty. In Sep tember, however, he killed Man Gibson ; couviction followed, and, in due time, his eecution. He -as he u-ed to operate tir-t, in Kecne, N. fl.. Rellows Falls, Vt., and other town-, oeca-ioiially relieving -ome fanner of hi-pocket! took, at a "train ing" or other festive gathering, just to keep his hand in." Soon after be appren ticed himself to a tailoring firm in Iloston and became acquainted with a noted burg lar named George Pond, under whose tui tion he soon merged from the petty thief int a profcs-ional burglar One of his lessons was an extensive robliery in Wor cester, tlie rendezvous of the i-arty being at Ilarre. Lowell was his next field ot opera tions, and after tilling it pretty thoroughly he sturted out as a kmrht errant of robber . with a peddler's pack and ostensibly mnk ing hi-living by selling knicknacks. He carried a set of burglar's tool-, however, and was ever on the lookout for a chance to use them. Happening to stray into the Shaker village at Knfield,X. II. he thought it would le a good idea to loin them, in the hope of getting a chance at their treas ure." A fortnight of Shaker life disgu-ted him. however, and he next vi-ited Hanover X. IL, where he did a fair bo-ine-s. 'I hence he went to Haverhill and Xewbury, Vt., and from thence he crossed the river to St. Johnsbury and Montpelier, Vt., making a 4 profitable stay' in the latter place. In Rradford he robbed the hon-e of a lawyer Kamlolph, lunbridge, and Ihel-ea wcro also vi-itcu. At Rrattleboro, he appren ticed himself to Cane Rrackctt." but left after a short stay. Finally, to e-cape detection tor a uurgury at iireenneiu Ma-s., he lied to California. One of hi brothers, from Lynn, lost his life, beinj: shot by one of the prison guard in attempt ing to rescue him, and nn-jthcr brother ar rive at Sacramento a few days previous to n w execution. Law of the Rail. A list of decisions has lately been t ubli-hcd by a papcrdevoted to railroad .-ubjects, which may be of in terest to thoe who travel by rail. The legal definition of a nas-senser is a person who undertakes with the con-cnt of the carrier, to travel in the conveyance proviacu uy tne latter, otherwise in the ser vice of the carrier as such. Railway companies aro bound to carry alt who offer them-clvcs unless they are offen sive in persn or conduct or the cars are already full. ' Good for this day only" printed upon a tieket, has lccn decided by the courts to be of no effect. The pas-enger has paid his money and is entitled to transportation. It has also been decided by a New York court that a ticket between any two points is good either way, but the decision is a doubtful one. Any injury to the person of the passenger through the negligence of the agent, of the railway, subjects the latter to damages, and any lo-s of baggage it must be only such as is necessary to the comfort of a traveler can be recovered by civil process and tbe contcntsof a trunk can be proved by the oath ofa bailiff. Working Railroads ov Slxdat. The locomotive engineers on the Xew York Cen tral and Hudson River railroads have con cluded to petition its pre-ident to discon tinue running freight trains on Sunday.and conductors, firemen and brakemen join in the petition. They say the freight can all be moved on the tdx working days or the week. In Canada the matter of working railroads on Sunday has been brought np in Parliament. Half of the eleTen thousand persons employed on the Canada roads are worked on Suntlay. In the maritime Prov inces public opinion is strongly opposed to Sunday labor on railways ; and the opposi tion is so strong that in Halifax the street cars have been obliged to discontinue their Sunday trips. Some of the Xew Jersey Tillages -which lie on the way to the water ing places, and whose quiet was disturbed last summer by the running of Sunday trains, have united in a strong protest against it. On the Pennsylvania Central road the practice of running trains on Sunday was, for tbe most part, long since alolishcd,and the employes have Sunday as a day of literal rest. NXBffiER 49. the Polaris Expedition. STATEMENTS OF THE SURVIVORS. The details of the Polaris expedition, de rived from the survivors, are published in the Xcw York papers. The prevailing im prcsdon of thoo nineteen unfortunates, when left on the ice, was that Licutecant Ruddington had wilfully altandonod them. They aL-o believe that Captain Hall was poisoned. They lived principally upon seals, occasionally indulging in a roasted dog. They attribute their wonderful pre-ervatien to the sagacity and perseverance of Captain Tyson, while the latter sa3s that the scientific rc-ults amount to nothing. The expedition demonstrated that it is possible to penetrate farther into the mysterious regions of the sea and ice than Franklin, Hayes or any other explorer proceeded, anil furnished evidences of the proltable exist ence ofa Polar sea. STATEMENT OF TIIK STEWARD. John Heron, steward of the Polaris, makes the following statement regard ing the sickness and death of Captain Hall : Captain Hall liad good health np to the time of returning fnun the sledge expe dition. He was not sick when he came on board, but complained soon afterwards, and said that the heat of the cabin affected him. He got water to wa-h, and nut on clean underclothing. I asked what bo would have; was anxious to get him some thing nice. He didn't care about anything but a cup of coffee, and didn't drink even tliat. I had no conversation with Captain Hall when hi was sick, except to a-k him if he wat better occasionally, or' how he was, and such like. He was sick a fort night, and talked very little. He was per fectly delirious for the la-t few days. I think he was paralyzed on one side; heard no one say m ; it was my own opinion. There was nothing -udden about his death ; he was attended by Dr. Re el and Mr. Morton, who did everything in their power to alleviate his sufferings, but without effect. His illnesK cast a gloom over the entire com pany, and was the first discouraging cir cumstance which had occurred in connec tion with the expediti in. His death m-ide us all feel very -ad. CA1T. TY-oVs AUOIWT. Capt. Tyson, -peaking ot Capt. Hall's death, says Capt. Hall was sick fifteen days. At first he was paralyzed and then delirious; he was in-en-ible when he died. He tarted from the -hip on a Ied expedi tion northward on the 10th of October. He was absent fourteen diy-and returned on the L 1th of October to the ship. On the bth of November he died and was buried. His grave bore south southeast and about 50(1 paces distant from the Oh-ervatary in Pola ris Itay, which was in lat. 81 3-, long, ol 11, on the shore. We erected a board over his grave with an inscription cut giv ing his name, age (50 year-), date of death and command of North Polar Kxpedition. All hands except the cook attended his fune ral. It was a dark, di-mal, cold, windy and di-azreeable day ; the wind was mournfully howling. and the hearts of alt were envelon- ed in the deepe-t sadness. 1 held a lantern and by the light of it the tteautiful service of the Episcopal Church wa- read by Mr. Jrant. As tne soothing words, I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord, fell upon the ears of the auditors, there were few dry eyes, and there, amid savase desolation of nature most rugged, the power of Christianity made itself felt by tbo-e who nau never before acknowledged its influence. Few of those who werepre-ent at the burial will fonret the deeply affectint: scene. Old sailor-, whose faces had been bronzed by summer suns and frozen in Arctic seas,vvept aloud. Capt. Hall was universally beloved and his death, at the time when the enter prise proml-ed so hopefully, was felt by his sun ivors to lie an irretrievable los-. Those thought- were uppermost in the midst of all, and when the funeral party returned to the ship there was a huhed silence at tending the performance of every duty. OTHER STATEMENTS. Esquimaux Joe says that Captain Rad dingtun was quarreling all the time, and sneaks in general disaDnrobation of him. lie savs,a!s,tht Captain Hall was poisoned, and that the latter so expre-sed himelf to him. The prevailing expression among the unfortunate 19 who were left behind was that Ruddington had wilfully abandoned them to their fate. He had been anticipa ting the breaking up of the ice for some time, and if he had wished to have Ty-on and his companions on board, he could easily have represented matters to them in such a licht that they would not have ven tured to le absent at so critical a juncture. Rut no such intimation was given to tbe the men on the ice. The vessel did not drift away so oddenh that tbe men could not have been re-cued from their perilou-po-ition. Mr. Heron says " I made a ru-h tor the vesel and song out for a line, but they would not give me one. Chester and Ruddington were standing on the gnngwaj and could have thrown me one . I was w ith four others on a piece of ice thit had pn visions on it ; it cracked offand went adrift, we got back to the main floe in a scow or boat which sunk under one ot the men. but we all got safely back." tyson's opinion of bi dmncton. Tj sm says: " I could have got aboard the ve-sel that night and lieen there now, hut would not leave the women and chil dren. My duty was on the ice. I thought he would get back to us next day, which he could have dune. The breaking away was caused by the lloe to which the ship was fastened, drifting in between the land and some ieltergs that were jammed. The jam broke up tbe floe and the e el broke away. It was about 9 or 10 o'clock in the night. The temperature was about zero. That morning it had been I'J above. We did not save more than one-tenth of the pro visions that were on the ice." Capt. Tyson thinks the ill-feeling and liad designs of Ruddington and a few others, who were tils accomplices, had continued from the iirt, on account of Captain Hall's determina tion to go as far north xs possible, ami Rud dington s determination, from leuror what evercau-e. that be should not. After Hall V death, mo-t of the other were in favor of con tinuing and pu-hing north, and Tyson says tnat iiuddtngton several times expressed bis determination to -end them (Ty-on and his party) un the road to hell as soon as opportunity offered. He characterizes Rud dington as a great scoundrel, and declares that lie purposely abandoned them to de struction. He gives Myers tbe character of being energetic and qualified in bis depart ment, but thinks he was not sufficiently aware of the condition or affairs at the time of the separation, and the possibility of getting rescued then ,to ie able to give any opinion upon it. lhe (ierman. aceordin: to bis account, ruled the .-hip after Captain Hall's death, and there was neither law nor system on board, every one working entire ly on his own account. Re el and Rryant were anxious to tro as far north as possible. Myers bad worked hard and lost all bis labor. The lava Hurricane Fuller reports of the hurricane which passed over central and eastern Iowa, Thur-day, show that it was one of the most violent storms on record. At Pes Moines it was the severest thunder-storm known for years. Xinc houses, including tbe Methodl-t church, were blown down or moved from their liases by the wind. An unknown man -topping at a farm-house, wras killed in his bed bv lifrhtnin?. Further cast, in Washington county, the fury of the whirlwind, accompanied by hail and rain, was still more severe. The storm passed over a section of the county about six miles north of the city of Wash ington, in the afternoon, its path being about half a mile in width, and it tore into fragments everything in its course. Houses, barns, fences, trees, cattle and human beings were caught up and whisk ed through tbe air like mere toys, and then dashed to tho ground with such violence as to produce instant de-traction. Hou-es and barns were torn into fragments and scattered in all directions, and, for miles around the fields are dotted with large timbers driven into the ground at an angle of 90 degrees. It is said that cattle were actually driven head-foremost into the ground. Already reports have been received of 13 farm-houses and many barns that were lit erally torn to pieces, and others badly dam aged. School was in session at a . school -house six miles north of Washington, and the tornado tore the building to pieces ami carried the Il-years-old daughter of Henry Rotbmel about a quarter ofa mile from the school, where she was found mashed to a jelly. JItss Smith, the teacher, and six or eight scholars were injureu, some oi mem severely. The wife of Henry Walters was killed. A Miss Gardner and the son of Abraham Gibson Heat the point of death. Jacob Seek wxs seriously hurt. A Mr. TLiberwas hurt in the back, lhe Minil? of J. Campbell near Keota were injured. Sirs. McCoy was seriously hurt. A gentleman, who was near the tornado, reports that it was balloon-shaped, vith the small end to the ground, and moved at the rate ol t!0 miles an hour, it neiran its fear ful work near Keota, where it demolished several hou-es. The lives of many persons were saved by their hastily getting into the cellars of their houses. Sad havoc was made with all kinds of stock. I The following verses are of Interest u a yoBthnil auxKR, of.P.r' 8idnt Jffrsoo. M ro printed tn 8i- Tbi puem sh.uk -rrr s wrna U "SJ l't U'.r mum-oi rrrtts oat itrthmrhawtff. Ones n put th evWner of h f-polhne-s a: of h! icael,. thtre' no teJIiu - whe i It msjr ap-xur to uuko t! rm rldJenl-. U)vrLr rcecr. Once more I'll tuoe th vocal hlt -Ti hills and datamj pssfea UlI, ' A Came which time ran nerer tiatl That turns tot loveljr re?. The zreater Kinls the lyre thuaM hit. For, say, what subject fs more lit. Than tu record the starittnf wit And blitom of lively VtxT The san Grit rtsln; In the morn. That points tbedew.biuarkll thorn, IVpcs not o much fie day awra As does my Uvvelr Vezy. Ami wliea In Thetis lap to ret Jje strrok with sold tbe ruddy west, lie'a nut st Waatlful as uodrrc t Appears my lovely lVj;r. she Tared In rwtto weed, . r ih Meotlot flks I'd teed, Awlpfpo amn my oaten reqtl. To plnse my Urety Tesiry. Wlth hraoitta;e would delfsbt. All s happy wbwi sW in my ibt. Iut when r.fcN lta eD)iIe!(, Dgfct AU'Urk without my Pegxy. TW lepliyr's air tho vtolet blows. Or breath upon tbe damask rwo, lie doe not half the sweets dlscfae That dues lay lovely VtZf Ubtl bee from OoVr to Oew'r shall rove, And linnets wirtrte tbrouzh the Tore, Ot lately awan the waters lore" S let; shall I lore lsgy. Awl when lVmtb, with bb pointed dart, Nhall strike the hlow that mee my hcirt. My word i shall he when 1 depart. Adieu, my lorely lVjy. itr.i.iciot's i.vrr.i.LiiircK. B4ITIST. The Riptist Church of North Sunderland ha voted to dL-continoe the use uf ferment ed wines at tlie communion service. The Missionary Magazine tor May ha an excel lent article by F. Urmvn," f Cavendish, Vt., on the missionary responsibility f pas tors. We commend the peru-at of it t our readers generally. The Uaptwt Church, Manchester, hating Ifn thoroughly re paired throughout, wa- nth iln ated, re ent ly, the following lertiun t ikin.- part Invocation, Ite. Jamr. inh-r-n; lleadtnir of Scripture, lle. C. II. Danton and Kev S. II. Archibald; I'r.m-r lief, in- the Sermon, Ilev. Ir. Cashman . S-rmm, llev. Dr liridgenian, of Alkmv . 1 , Presentation, of tbe hou-e for dt-di-uti.in. JEet. V. UlawleU ; Iedu-atr Pniyi-r. le. Ir Fletcher; Clo-ing Ir r, Urv Mr. Henr , Ucnedirtion, liev. Mr. nht t'f)M.CEI..Tli. Tbe geteral conventi.in uf th Congrega tional Church of -riui!t. wTl Ik held at Middlcbury, June lTth At the -uma time and place will Ik- In Id t ie first meet ing of the convention a-iumrf orated by act of the Igt-Iature of Verui'int Among the exercises will Iwa di-cussion uf the Unman Catholic question iu its prrutical aspects in this State, by i'.ev. i. s;. SnfT-rd, Tue-djy evening, and an e--ay on Wedne-day, on the proper ratio of ethical to doctrinal preaching by Vt . Thompson. Theannua! meeting of the Addison County Cnferrnr. of ilini-ters and Cbarches will lie hoi den at the city of Vergenne,nn thend Tuesday of June next, and the day following; of the lien n ing ton County Conference at IJenningtm. June 10th and 11th: of the Chittenden C Conference at Milton June 10th . of tne Franklin and (irand Nle Conference, June 1th, at Swan ton ; anil of the Washington Co. Conference at Vaterbury, June !0tn and 11th. EPlColtL. The conversion of an entire eongregati tn of4erman Roman Catholic-, Ls reported, who have as a Itody reqae-ted the Episcopal oyer-ight of the tismp of Central V'W York. Mr. llumpff, n Cernian prie-t of the Fpi-opal Church, has been -nt to them. The Church Joumni thinks the in creasing ohervance among us of the high Festival of A-cem-ion Day, must be a mat ter of rejoicing to all -und Churchmen tTXITUitALItT. The Ke. Mr. Forbes, from the Theolog ical School at Canton, N V., has accepted a call from tbe Cniver-alist societies at l'lainfield and Marsh held, Vt. EOJia.N 1 TIIOLIC. Ifte Pope contemplates anathematizing the members of the Italian Cabinet, and all I r ties engaged in secularizing tbe monas teries. A ca-e came up iu Hamilton, Ohio, re cently, in which a man was pro-eeuted un der what is eummoniy called the Sunday law ; that is, fur selling Ibiuur on that day. The defendant put his capse into the hands of keen lawyers, and they undertook a se ries of sharp devices to secure a di-mi-sal. After the usual and useless quibbling over imperfections in the seal, alterations of the date, lack of definitions and such small de lays,, all of which were overruled, the coun sel quo tea the -tate law it-ell, which says nobody -hall sell -liquor on the first day of tbe week, commonly called Sunday, and then the local ordinance which prohibits selling liquor on the " Sabbath." He then showed that the Sabbath is u Hebrew designation of the da now called Saturday, and that there being this conflict of laws between Saturday and Sunday, his client sdiouEd not beheld to accojnt for violating one uf them, -inee by reason of the cupidi ty of other lc eon-cientioas men, he could not afford to obey both laws and have but live day of trade in a week The court, however, overruled this plea also, maintain ing tliat Sunda and the " Sabbath" are suonymou-. A- rfiMfds lhe liquor -elier, the intere-t of the st..r here terminates, but for people engairM in other work on the di-puted day there wa, l-int in the anecdote The law, to 1 sure, sas tti-' Sahbath is Sunday, and Sunda is the Mb!)atb, but it is manife-t that some transgressors will always be found to r,inidcr t)ie original di-ttnctin. Such bein tite i ise. and the law sanctioning it.coitld not .i little super fluous caut lie disioel ..1 h 'te uniform u-e of the re-pectahle Knii-1 word Sun da ' Hartford Counmf "Well, Father llrown, U. did you Ilk my sermon ye-terday?" ask.'d a iunr preacher. You ec, pars,.n.' wasthe reply. I haven't a fair chance at thi m sermons t.f yourn. I'm an old man now, and have t -et putty well Uick bv the -tc ;and thrr's oh! Miw Smith, n tViddtr T.iff, n' Mrs. ltlan'- darters, and abb Ibrt.n'all the rv-t, setting in front of ui. with their mouth- wide opeir-, a -wall.rui dowtialltho lest of the sermon, n' ! ut 't dowu to me i- putty poor -tuff, par- u, tult p . -r stuff' " A St. rouU paper, in un tng the follow .n, doubtle-s intendel to -a;, t'hu ago, for it i inconceitable that it wot'M sp tnder itetf 14 St. Louis strtet il.aiu-r- ;ir somtini" slow in retwning mini h.-n tn. thor-ug! -fares, but human I i:id-. 1'ml - -mi i-.rra. that bare been backed ..ff in tli- night, are always carted off before tl e ho,,r for f-i-!. ionahle prom enu din if. lUrlitr. I'ostlv On Sunday afterie m a very giNxl looking j. mng ladv entered a very crowded bor-o car,and laoketi in vun for -mie gallant yonng man t offer her seat. One very portly gentleman, wita nothing but hi- knees visible when be irs down, called ont to Iwr, here my girl, -it down on my lap. With a look ot dLu-t she ghnccd at his knees, and rcplted, I can't, sir, you haven't got a hp ' Ti e hnigh was on tbe portly gentleman, who decided to keep still. 7Vy Thr$. A Startling Caueec. A wretcheil wo man, vho was murdered Friday night m one of the worst quarters of Jcw York, has been identified as .1ks Cad (;ih-.in, daughterof a wealthy merchant of Fhila delphia, who when a lovely and accom plished girl -of sixteen years, became the victim ot tlie wiles of a seducer, and plunged downward so rapidly that while yet beautiful and only twenty-two her last experience of life was as one of three wbitu companions ofa brutal negro, who at la-t. in a drunken debauch, slew her. Tin First Sh ll be Last. Forty j ears agi a man who then resided in Slmftshury marrt edand afterliving with his wife? some tbreo years, they parted. He then married a Manchester laily and they went We-t. They Jaiscd a family of eight children, the wife died and he returned to Shaft-bury and took West with him another wife. Then she died, and he now marries the wonun from whom departed thirty-seven years ago IiCaL'tt Sleet. Sleep obtained two hours before midnight, when the negative forces are in operation, is the rest which mo-t recuperates the system, giting bright ness to the eve and a "low to the cheek. The difference in the appearance of a per son who habitually retires at 10 o'clock, and that ot one who sits op until 12 U quite remarkable. The tone of tho system, so evident in the complexion, the clearness and sparkle or the eye, and the softness of the lines of tbe features, ts, in a person of health. Lent at concert pitch" bv takintr regular rest two hours before 12 o'clock and thereby obtaining the beaatv sleen" of the night. There is a heaviness of tho eye, a yallowne-s of the skin, and an ab sence of that glow in the face which ren ders it fresh in expression and round in ap pearance, that readilv ili-tinr-niaW person who keeps late hour. The Xew York Assembly hat refnux? pa-s tbe new local option bill. Apparently it wanted a bill which (Jot. DIx would veto, or nothing, in the shapo of prohibitory legislation. In lieu of that it took up end passed the excise bill known as the Civil Damage bill, which holils liquor sellers re sponsible in damages for acts committed by persons who are made drank in their establishments, and forbids sales to minors or drunkards. It is a stringent law, and would Iw an improvement on anything they hate had in New York. Its fate in the Senate remains to be seen.