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A BPKI3Q S050. O Springtime sweet I ?ver tlie hills come thy lovely feet ; tie earth's whtte mantle is cast away. Site clothes herself all in green to-day ; And the little floer thai MJ from tlie eoU Are sprinclncaoew from the ward nesti uiouM. O Sprtcstiiue s ert I Taewnule eiiriti iuUe thj e-owmf to greet . ; uurheartstoitielrtniiioaideptlisaremirred By the ant ppnnff flow er aud the aouc of the Url our sweet, fctranpe fetjllns no room cam. ami, 1 hey wander like dreams through the luart am lillUd. O Springtime sweet ! Mt Uow the old and the new Id thy soft hours wen The bntthtne aud beauty that could not la,c- Their fair ghost rise with the eDdiDg of bdow, The Springs and the bumiuera of kug ago. O Snnnctime sweet! ... Hon thou once wm dear aud fair aud complete I No s eetness of word nor of music could tell The cUdnesa that once made my bosom swell ; Aud thou art not the suie as the Springs t yore, For the beauty and Mesw-lrg that couie no more. O Spnogtim.1 ducill .Vith silent hopeth) touting 1 greet. For a!I that lu w niter t he Might eart h lost iMih rise, new-born, w Ith the ending of froit ; Ev en so shall thou Wum me at last, at last 1 And the hope aud the M and the love of the past. From the GiTinan. 1HE BLACKSMITH'S SOSQ. fcTRISE WHILE THE XROVS DOT. Translat-d from an old French song. Through the casement, roseate Pawn Already weals with cheering ray : lt's to the forge, and wake the morn With iwistTou v oice and jocund lay I Bellow. Mow ; aDd furnace, smoke ; Iirnd the glowing metal soon 1 Hammer, fall with telling stroke I Snug to iut an ii'a merry tune, Pong, Tong "hinke while the Iron's hot! With 1uty si rose my hammer rings; NjriLe hard 1 tin fur your rhubby Boy V ht to hit mother fondlr t ling, Aud trills his routing note of Joy. Thinks to the sweat that lathes my face, 1 he jut lit of Learning be shall tread, A -id knowledge makes her dwelling-place WitUiu wy Urllug"i fair young head 1 Liiior unto the heart gives erse. And will our dally bread supply ; ll deck the charms of my Therese, My W He, my household deity 1 tiir lianas were never formed to make M nkeu or sword-bUdea, bolts or chains ; i kdg-ue ns arms for labor's sate; our minds fie for Love's wort ordains. Xow all v ho dav by day pnrsne Some darling hope, novat cherished end oi.l heart, who hate hut power In tiew ; ) tmng hearts, w iiu Lot e's not l all attend ; Jlen w ho would yield the sword or pen sages and fool- peasants aud klugs If vim'd succeed, take as the word Of w is-lotn what my anvil rings ; I'ong, I'ong, I'ong 1 "Slrike while the Iron's hot. CAumfcer Jvtti tml. A IU3V- Asoss the nihilists. A STORY FOR TUX TIMES. "llobiuson. the bow wants you!" The diehc 113 lie docs ! thought I ; for Mr. Dickson, Odowa ngent of liailey A Cn., com merchants, was a bit of n Tur tar, as I hail learned to my cost. Air. Dickson was standing before tho lire in a trituH timc-lionored attitude, Ld motioned iwo into a chair in front of him. "Mr. Robinson," lie paid, 'I have grcut confidence in your discretion and common t.ciM The follies of youth will break out, but I think that you have & sterling fonndatiou to your character un derlying any superficial levity." 1 iKwcd, I believe, he continued, "that you 0211 speak liussiau pretty fluently." I 1 towed again. "I have, then," he proceeded, 'a mis sion which I with you to undertake, and on the success of which yenr promotion wav depend. "What I wMi you to do is briefly this : The line of railway baa just been opened to Solicit, some hundred miles up tho country. Now I wish to get the start of the other Odesni firms in eccnring the produce of that district, which I have reabon to believe may be had at very low prices. Yon will proceed by rail to Sol icit", and interview a Mr. Diimdctff, who is the large fct landed proprietor iu the town. Make as favorable terms as you can -with him. UotliMr. DimidolT aud I wish the whole thing to be done as quietly and as secretly as itossiblc, in fact, that nothing should be known about the matter until the grain apjK-ars in Odessa, Vou will liudyonrselt iected at the end of your journey, and will start to-night. Money ; shall lie readv for your expenses." i "Gregory," I said, as I strutted into 1 the ofliee, Im off on a niisfcioii, a secret mission, my boy, au affair of thousands of pounds. Lend me your little portman teau, mine's too imposing, and tell Ivan to pack it. A Russian millionaire expects nie at the end of my journey. Don't breathe n word of it to any of Simpkiuss people, or the whole game will be up. Keep it dark !" I was so charmed at being, as it were, b hind the scenes, that I crept about the office all day in a sort of cloak-and-bloody dagger ftyle, with reponsibility and brooding rare marked on every feature ; mid when at night I stepped out and htole JwuLil -biti.n tin uiiprejndicel ob Ken'er would certainly have guessed, from my general Ijehavior, that 1 had emptied tho contents if the strong box, before Marling, into tht little valine of (Ireg ns. It was imprudent of him, by the way, toleae EuglUh U1c1h posted all over it. Having paid the necessary rubles and g.t my ticket, I ensconced myself in tho corner of a Russian car and jtoudered 1 1 er my ext raordinai y gi mkI fortune. Dickson was growing old now, and if I could make lny mark in this matter it might be a great thing for me. Dreams arohe of a partnership iu the lirm. The noioy wheels se'uied Ut clank out "Railey, llobitisou t Co.," "llailey, llobicson & Co.," in :t moiiotonouH refraiu, which gradually sank into a hum and finally cased as I dropped into a deep sleep. Had I knowu the experience which await ed me at the end of my journey it would hardly have leen so peaceable. I awoke with au uneaHy feeling that tome one was watching me clobely, nor was I mistaken. A tall dark man had taken up his jfition on thesratopfwsito, and his black sinibter eyes seemed to look through mo and Uyond me, as if ho wibhiil to read my very soul. Then I saw him glance down at my little trunk. '(looxl heavens!" thought I, 'here's SimpkiiiiTfi agent, I Mippow. It was cureless of (Sregory tolea thotiti con founded laltels on the valise." I closed my ( jes for a time, but on re opening thorn 1 again caught the stranger's earnest g.ize. 'IVoui Kngland, I ecc," he said in Rns siau, bhowing a row of white teeth in what was meant to leau amiable smile. "Yes," I replied, trying to look uncon cerned, but painfully aware of my fail ure. "Travelling for pleasure, perhaps?" stud he. 44 Yes," I answered, eagerly. "Ctitain ly, for pleasure; nothing else." "Of course not," said lie, with a hhade of irony in his voice. "Llnglishmen al ways trael fur jileabtire, don't they? O no, nothing el:w !" I was relieved when the train pulled up in the tumble-down sh&I which does duty for a btatiou iu the rising town of Soltelf. I was to be expected at the cud of my journey, so Mr. Dickson had informed me. 1 looked sdiout among the motley crowd, but saw no Mr. Diuiidoff. Sud dctily a slovenly, unshaded man passeil me rapidly, mal ulauatX first at mo and then at my trunk that wretched trunk the cause of all my wes. He dihApjear-e-d 111 the crowd ; but iu a little time came sttolliiig past me again, and coutrhedto whit per as be did so, "Follow me, but at f iir ' -t .iif itiimciliately setting e.lT 1 e station and down the- street at a lapid pace. Heie was mvstery with it vengeniice 1 trotted along in his rear with my vhhe, aud on turning the corner found a rough drof-chky waiting for me. My unshaven friend oj nod the door and I fit pped in. "Is Mr. Dim" I was beginning. "IIupIi he cried. "Xo names, no namfR ; the very walls ha.o ears. You will hear all to-night ;" and with that as futance he elosetl the door, and seizing the reins we drove off at a rapid pace; bo rapid that I saw my black-eyed acquaint ance of the railwar carnage gazing after us iu surprise until we wero out of sight. The droschky stopped, and my driver's shaggy head appeared through the aper ture. "It is here, nuwt honored master." he taid, as he lu ljed me to alight, "Is Mr. Dinii "I commenced ; but he interrupted mo again. "Anything but names," lie whispered ; "anything but that. You are too used to a land that is free. Caution, Osacre-done 1 aud he tish reil me down a. stoue flagged passage and up a stair tit tho end of it. "Sit for a few minutes iu this room," ho naid, opening u door, "mid a repast will be serv d for you ;" and with that he left me to my own mlee-lions. I soou heard steps approaching down the corridor, and th door was ttpened by lnyoldfrund of tlio ilroseuky, llean nomifod that my dinner was readv, and, with iiiiinv ftua and aiiologies for feaving me in what he called th "dismal room," he lel me down the jmsflago aud into a large mid br-autifully furnished apart ment. A table wns prrnd for two in the ctiilicol it, ami iy the hie was standing a man mtv little older than myself. Ho turned us 1 en me in nd stcped forward to met t me with every symptom of pio fotmd resiMft. "S noting and yet so honored!" he ex claimed ; antl then, seeming to recollect himself, heeiDtitnied : 4Tray sit at thu head of the table. You nnul be fatigueil by your long and ardnoiu journey. Wo ume irit-ii'Uir , out me ottieru assem ble afterward." "Mr, DiwidoJT, I jiresumc Y' said I, VOL. LIV. KEW SERIES, VOL. XXVII. "Xe. sir." said he. turning hit keen gray eyes uron me. "My name is ljtro kine ; you mistake me, perhaps, for ono of thu others. But now, not a word of business until tho council meets, iry vour chefs soup ; vou will find it excel lent I think " Who Mr. Petrokino and tho others might bo I could not conceive, laiiu stewards of DiniidotTa perhaps ; though tho name did not seem familiar to my companion. "Rv tho way," ho remarked, as wo smoked a cigarover our wine, we should never have known vou but lor mo ing lish labels ou your luggage ; it was tho luckiest thing in tho world that Alexan der noticed them. Wo had had no ier- eonal description of yon ; indeed we wero prepared to expect a somew nat. outer man. You are young, indeed, sir, to be intrust ed with such a mission." "My employer trusts me," I replied ; "andwohavo learned in our trade that youth and shrewdness aro not mcompatt hie." Your remark is true, sir," returned mv new lv-madc friend : "but I am sur prised to hear you call our glorious asso ciation a irado I Such a term is gross iu deed to apply to a 1 tody of men banded together to supply tho world with that wtncuit is yearning lor, out wnicu, wuu out our exertions, it can never hope to attain. A spiritual brotherhood would be a more titling term. "RyJovcP thought T, "how pleased tho boss would bo to hear him? He must hare Iteeu in tho business himself, who- c er he is. "Now, sir," said Mr. lVtrokiue, "the clock points to eight, nud the council must Ito already sitting. Let us go up together, and I will introduce you. 1 need hardly say that tho greatest secrecy is observed, aud mat your appearance is anxiously awaited." My guide swung open a large door at the end of n passage, and I found myself in a room larger and even more gorgeous ly fitted up than tho ono in which I had (fined, A long table, covered with groeu baize and strewn with papers, rau down the middle, and around it were sitting some fourteen or fifteen mcu conversing earnestly. The whole scene reminded me forcibly of a gambling hell 1 had Wsited some time before. Upon em r entrance the company rose and Itowed. I could not but remark that my rompaniou attracted no attention, while every eye was turned upon mo with a strange mixture of surprise audaliuobt senile lespeet. A man at the head of tho tabic, who was remarkable for the ex treme pallor of his face a contrasted with his blue-black hair and moustache, waved his hand to a seat beside him, and I sat down. "I need hardly say, said Mr. Tetro kiue, "that Gustave Rcrger, the Knghfh agent, is now honoring us with his pres ence. He is young indeed, Alexis," he continued to my pale-faced neighbor, "and yet he iaii Curope'au reputation." "Conie, draw it mild ! thought I, add ing aloud, "If you refer to me, sir, though I am indeed acting as Kuglish agent, mv linmo is not Rerger, but Rob inson Mr. Tom Robinson, at your ser vice." A laugh rau around the table. 'So be it. so be it." said the mau they called Alexis. "I commend your discre tion, most honored sir. Ono cannot be too careful. 1 'reserve vonr Knglihh so briquet bv all means. I regret that any paiuful duty should bo performed upon iuis auspicious evening ; uui me out-a ui our association must bo preserved at any cost to our feelings, and a dismissal is in evitable to-night." "What the deuce is tho fellow dmuig at?" thought I. "What is it to me if he does give his servant tho sack? This Dimi doff, wherever he is, seems to keep a lunatic asylum." 'Take out tho gag!" The words fairly shot through me, and I started in my chair. It was l'etrokino who spoke. For the first time I noticed that a burly, stout man, sitting at the other end of the table, had his arms tied behind his chair, and a handkerchief round his mouth. A hor- "fibla KUi;'jfi2!i ho pan to creep into my heart. Where was I? WflH 1 in Mr. DiniidofFs! Who wero these in cu with their strange words ? "Takeout tho gag 1" repeated IVtro kine ; and the handkerchief was removed. "Xow, Paul lvanovitch," said he, 'what hate you to say before you go?" 'Not a dismissal, sirs," ho pleaded ; "not a dismissal ; anything but that! I will go into some distant laud, ami my mouth shall be closed forever. I will do anything that the societ3' aska ; but pray, pray do not dismiss tne." "You know our laws, aud you know your crime, uaid Alexis, iu a cold, harsh voice. ' ho drove us from (Kle-ssa by liia falso tongue and his double face ? Who wrote the anonymous letter to tho Governor? Who cut the wire that would have destroyed the arch-tyrant? You did, Paul lvanovitch ; and you must die. " I leaned back in my chair nud fairly gaspe-el. 'Remote him!" said IYtrokinc ; and the man of the droschky with two others forced him out. I heard the footsteps pass down tho passage, and theuadoor j.eu and shut. Then came a sound ns of a struggle, end ed by u heavy crunching blow and a dull thud. "So perish all who ate faUe to their oath," said Alexis, yolenuily; andahare "Amen" went up from his companions. "Death alone can dismiss us from our order," said another man further- down ; "but Mr. Rerg Mr. Robinson is pale. The scene has beeu too much fur him after his long journey from Kuglaud." "Oh Tom, Tom 1" thought J, "if ever you get out of this scrajto youT turn over a new leaf. You'ie not lit to die, and that's a faet." It was only too evi dent to me now that by some strange misconception T had got in among a gang of cold-blooded Nihilists, who mistook me for one of their order. I felt after what I had w itnest-ed, that in v only chance of life was to try to play the role forced iion me until an opportunity for escape should present itself; so I tried hard hi regain my air of self-pose ssion. which had Ikhuso rudely shaken. "J am indeed fatigued,'"! replit d. "hut 1 leei stronger now. tary weakueba." Excuse my momeii- "It was but natural," said a man with a thick beard ntmy right hand. "And now, most honored eir, how goes the cause in Kugland?" 'Remarkably we'll," I answered. "Has the great commissioner condes cended to send a liUHHivn to the S'llteff branch ? ubkedl'etiokine. "Nothing iu writing," I replied. 'Rut he haw Sfwikeu of it ?' "Ya; he said he had watched it with ftiliitgs of the HveliVbt satisfaction," I returned. "'T1SW.1II ! 'tis will !" ran lotind the table. I felt giddy and sick from tho critical nature of my omtiou. Any momenta question might be aaked which would show meiu my true colors. I lose aud helped myself from a decanter of brandy which stood on a bide table. rlhe pot lit liquor nW to my excited brain, nud as I sat dowu I felt recklesn enough to !e hulf amused at my )onitiou, and inclined to play with my tormentors. I still, how ever, hael all my wits about me. "You have Ikjcij to Ririniiighnui?" link ed the man with tho beard. "Many times," said I. "Then you have, of course, hccii the private workuhop and arsenal ?" "I havo been over them both more than once." "It is still, I supjiose, t ntitwly unsus pected by tho police ?" continued" my in terrogator. "Rntirely," I replied. "('an you tell us how it is that so largo a concern in kept ho completely secret?" Hro was h totter, but my native inipn dencn and the biaudy seemed to coiao to my aid. "That is information," 1 replied, "which 1 do not feol justified in divulg ing even heie. Iu withholding it I imi acting under tho dins tioti of tho chief commissioner." "You aro right perfectly right," Rind my 01 iginal friend I'etrokiiie. "You will no doubt mako your repoit to the central otlleo at Moscow bnforo entetiug into such details. "Kxactly ho," J leplied, only too happy to get a litt out ot my thUlculiy. "Wo havo heard." said Alexis, "that you wero smit to unmeet tho Jjivadia, Can you give us any particulars about 11 r "Anything yon ant I will endeavor to ntinwer, 1 icplteU, 111 dcHpcraltou. "Have any orders been mndo iu Rir iniughani concerning it ?' "Xouo when I left England." "WoU, well, t hero's plenty of time yet, kold tho mini with tho beard "many months. Will tho bottom bo of wood e.r iron ?' "Of tt.whl " T answered at random. " Tis well 1" said another voiev. "And whnt is tho breadth of the Clvde below Greenock?" "It varies much," I replied ; V:t an average about eighty yards." "How many men does she carry?' ask- .1 im nrM.mil,. 'Uno- TOllth attllO fut of tho table, who seemcd'uiore fit'fe-r 11 pult- lic school than this den of niimlt r. "About three hundred," said 1. "A floating coffin 1" taid tho..un Ni- l.Hw !n n cmmlMiral voico. "Aro the storerooms ou a levtl with or underneath the stato cabins?" aA d Pe trokino. .... "ITii.lornPAfh." fluid 1. d.eMMU'ly, though I need hardly say 1 hud n.t tho smallest eoucepuou. "tn.l nn-ar miwt honored Sir. Said Alexis, "tell us what was the n ply of Rauer, tho (icrmau socialist, to Lavin skv's proclamation." Hero was a deadlock with a vengeance. Whether my cunning would have extrica Ia,i frm !t ir not was never ileeided. for Providence 'hurried mo from one di lemma to another aud a worse one. A ili mi 1 -limned down stairs and rapid footsteps wero approaching. Then came a loud tap outside, followed by two small er ones. . "Thesigu of tho society! said Petro kino ; "aud vet wo are all picseut ; who can it Ie ?" Tho door was thrown epen, aud a mau entered, dustv aud travel-staiuod, but with nu air of 'authority and power stamp til ouoverv feature of his harsh but ex pressive face. Ho glanced round the ta ble, scanning each countenance carefully. There was a start of surprise in tho room. Ho was evidently a stranger to them all. "What means this intrusion, sir?" said my friend with the board. "Intrusion 1" said the straugcr, "I was given to understand that I was expected, and had looked forward to a warmer wel come from mv fellow associates. I am personally unknown to you, gentlemen, hut I am proud to think that my nam should command somo respect among yon. I am Oustavc Rerger, the agent from Kug land, bearing letters from tho chief com missioner to his well-beloved brothers of Solicit" , One of their owu bombs could hardly have created greater surprise had it beeu tired iu tho midst of them. Every evo was fixed alternately on me aud upou the newlv arrived agent "If you are indeed Gnstavo Rerger," said I'etrokine, who is this?" "That I am Gustavo Uerger tnese cre dentials will show." said the stranger, as he threw a packet upon thu table. "Who that man may be I know not ; but if he has iutnided himself upou the lodge uu der false pretences it is clear that ho must never carry out of the room what "he has learned. Speak, sir, he added, address ing mo, "who and wliat aro you 1 felt that my time had come. My re volver was iu my hip pocket, but what was that against so many desperate men ? I craned tho butt of it. however, as a etrowTiiug man clings to a straw, and I tried to preserve my coolness as I glanced 1 11 l.-t: ,,o rounu at tue i-um, tiuuuuiB m.w utu.u t j ward me. fientlemeu " I said, "the role I have played to-night has been a purely invol untary one ou my part. I am no police spy, as you seem" to suspect, nor, ou the other hand, have I the honor to bea mem her of your association. I am an inoffen sive corn dealer, who, by an extraordin ary mistake, has been foreod into this un pleasant uud awkward position." t 1 e IV,,.. :t .... 1 pauseei lor a uiuuicjil. ts ii. iuj fancy that there was a peculiar noise iu the street a noiso as of many feet tread ing softly ? No, it had dieU away ; it was but tho throbbing of my own heart "I need hardlv sav " I continued, that anything I may havo heard to-night will be safe in ray keeping. I pledge my sol emn honor as a gentleman that not ono word of it shall transpire through inc. The senses of men in great physical danger become strangely acute, or their imagination ply thorn curious tricks. My hack was toward tho door as 1 sat, but I could have sworn that I heard heavy Urea thing behind it. Was it the three minions whom 1 had seen before in the Ierformance of their hateful functions, and who, liko ulturesfhad sniffed another victim? I looked around the table. Still the same hard, cruel faces. Nut one glauce of sympathy. I cocked tho revolver in my pocket mere was paiuitii silence, wnicnwas broken by tho harsh, grating voice t.f Petrokino. "Promisi s are easily mado and easily broken," ho said. "There is but one way of securing eternal silence. It is our lives or yours, lift the highest among us seak." "You arc right," bir, said the English agent ; "thero is hut oue course open. Ho must be dismisses!." 1 knew what that meant in their con founded jargon, aud sprang to my feet "Ry heaven 1" I shouted, putting my back against the door, "you shan't butch er a freo Englishman liken sheep. The firnt among you who stirs, drops." A man sprang at me. I saw along the sights of my Derringer tho gleam of a knife aud the demoniacal faco of Gustavo Rerger. Then I pullet I tho trigger, and with his hunrso scream sounding iu my pais, I was felled to tho ground by a crashing blow from behind. Half un conscious and pressed down by some heavy weight, I heard tho noiso of shouts and blows alovc me, and then I fainted away. When 1 came to mvself I was hing among the debris of door, which had been beaten in on the top of me. Oppo site were a dozen of the men who had lately sat in judgment upon me, tied two aud two, and guarded by a scorn of Rus sian soldiers. Reside mcwas the corpse of the t ill-fated agent, tho whole face blown iu by the force tf tho explosiou. Alexis and Petrokino wero both lying on the floor like, myself, bleeding profusely. "Well, voting fellow, you're had a nar row escape." said a hearty voico in my ear. I Iookcel up and re'coginzed mv black- cyetl acquaintance of the railway car nage. 'Stand up. ho continued : "you ro only a bit stunnc; no bones bioken. It's no wonder I mistook vou for the Nihilist agent, when the very lodge itself was taken in. Well, vou're the only stranger hoever eame out of this den alive. Comedown stairs with me. I know who you are, and what you are after now ; 111 tRkyouto Mr. Uitiiiiloll. Uomo ilowu and have a gl.issof liquor." He explained as we walked back to the hotel that tho police of Soltelf. of which he was tho chief, had had warning and been ou the lookout Huriug some time of this N'ihiliidiu emissary. My arrival in so uufrt nueuted u place1, coupled with my air of secrecy and the English label on thnteimfoundeel portmanteau of drcgory s had completed tlio bimint ss. I havo little more to tell. My fWiulis- tie acquaintances were all either tinuhpor-h-d to Siberia or executed. My mission was performed to the satisfaction of my cmploverH. My conduct during the whole itUHiueNs him won inn promotion. and isy prospwets for bfohavn been im proved siuco that horrible night the re mcmbranco erf which still uinkes mu hnv- er. Lumli'ti .Voffcy. "The mere 1 fill man is inert if ul to bis lieiisl," and h ueeforlh even drovers eati tr Hit r( iful, if they will, to the cattle they take to nun R t hy mil. A Clmihnuli man 1ms in vented and hnilt a "parlor cattle ear," one of whhli h is arriviil in New York, and excites no hltlc attention am ong callle-shippeTS. It is foincwlmt I irje-r tlrm the oid'uiary attlu :ir, vvhu h usually ncconuuodaWs from fourteen to seventeen head. 'I tie pallor car HceoniodHteH Ivvoity, and with ample room. The stalh on eat It side Hre arranged diagonal ly ami the partition ImwiIs have such spring that they will allow of a severe strain with out hriiisim; the cattle. In each stall is lltt-d huikit of galvanized iron. Over each stall is a hhi holding two bushels or grain. When a levir is turned live qunitnof gram are t lutitieil from ea h bin into the bucket. Water is larrii d in a tank in the top of the ear. At the desired time seven quarts of w:W r ate tinned into the bucket by moving a lever. 'I he ll.or hlojs-s from either side to the I'titie of the er, where at intervals iron gratings me pirn ed. The rattle can liw down wlmi tlity plnec, und the partitions be Iwmu tliim it vint their itite rfcrini; with rah othtr. The ordinary loss 111 the utiht of (attte on a three d-iys trip is from M to I'JjKr cut. Tlmm; brought in 1 1lls cur, from Ciix iniinli, were out lime days uud I"st only 2 4 x r cent. The c.ir costs itltoul '.tHj moie ihsn 0110 of the f.1.1 style. The reapiMiiiiouuient, w hen your own b'Uty docs it, is "ridistrhtin ;" when the other party dues it, it ia 'Vtrrynmiiilt ring " AQaiCULTUSAL. PECr TLANTINtl OFVOTVTOrS. Potato groweis should bear in mind that the varieties that produce tubers eloso together require richer ground thau those that are scattered, as their roots aro mote circumscribed, and have to rely upon a moro limited space for support. This space, therefore, must bo made rich er. Rut it allows closer planting; aud as the tubers are moro closely set hills and rows nearer together tho yield will bo larger, and of course tho profit great er. It is for this reason that .the Early Rose is so productive in a rich soil, aud unproductive on poor land. Tho eloso growers nisei require deeper planting, to prevent showing above ground, as, being in a cluster, the upper ones will show as ordinarily planted, or eveu if put in an inch or two deeper. Seven, or in sandy soil eight, inches is the premier depth. It is different where the tubers nie scatter ed, as there is no crowding to the surface, and hence no exitosure to the light, un less hilling is practiced. Level culture is required for this kind, and heavy mulching, after cultivation has closed, ia a decided benefit. Mulching cannot bo tK much insisted upon in potato culture, ns it shades the ground, and thus adds to thecitoluess, tho great requisite of this plant. If to thU is added depth, the greatest heat may bo defied, and, to a verv large extent, the drouth also, which in another enemy of this plant. Rut neither deep planting nor mulching are much observed. And it is for Huh reason that the crop fails iu a hot or dry season, and if the two extremes of heat aud drouth are combined it will be a total loss. I have seen this 111 the best of ground. To deep planting and mulching may bo added the early putting out of tho crop, by which also coolness and moisture are secured, the ground at a good depth be ing then moist even should a drouth oc cur. Resides, the early sorls will mature before the mid-summer bent and drouth begin, and the kite varieties shade tho ground bcfoie that time, needing only mulching and a deep set to secuie them against all weather if the ground is rich enough and mellow. Iate varieties are of leu caught iu the fall by the frost They, therefore, waut all the help we eau give them, including early planting and growth continued elnnng unfavorable weather. They will then escape tho frost and in crease their icld, also their quality. ibe potaio is a coarse putui, nnu is very exacting ; it does not therefoio receive tho treatment it should have. It can also be made one of our most reliable crops. A loug experience and a great variety of treatme'iit confirm all this. Rut tho prin ciples that favor mtbt be carried out, or it will 00 ono 01 tne icasi remunerative 01 all farm crops. A s nidy or gravelly loam is the best soil, with deep planting and heavy mulching. Sand especially re quires the latter. It will keep down the weeds readily after the hurt they receive from cultivation, and preserve a moist surface, furnishing at the same time plant food to contiuue the growth. There is much elisiu el iuation to mulchiug, yet it is ono of the principal aids iu successfully growing tins w:it. i-h in vuhng plant. At ply straw; if old or p.uli.illy rotten, all tho better. The light color will rehVet the heat. The frequent working of tho soil, and the mulching, admirablypreparo the ground for future cropping. Cor. Country umiwuiatt. KiLLixei live-run-EVER, Of all weeds that it seems impossible to kill-and which are accordingly the pest f cverv farmer. the ono known as "live- for-ever," ranks among the first. Various aud fruitless havo been the experiments iu many cases regarding the killing of the pest, and somo fanners have in de spair given up all attempts in that direc tion, thinking that what 'Van not be cured must be enduml." Regardiugthis a cor respondent of au agricultural paper says: I I "id ab.'til an acre ot gremud that had bunches' r tl.itwcd scattered all over it very thic. 1 dug out tho buuehes as well as I could, put the sods into a pile, -LvTvd the pil with manure aud straw, aud smothered that, but the broken roots grew all over the piece, in twit er three Vejars, as thick as ever. 1 then tried plow ing aud sowing buckwheat very thick to smother it, but with no effect only to make it grow more rank. I becamo dis couraged in trying to kill it, and seeded it dowu aud mowed it, bwiug careful not to bcutler it any farther. I probably mow ed it i!0 cr!!.ycaiH. The Iive-for-ever and gnibsgrew up together. About fivo j ears since I sowed some plaster em it, and the next year when I cut tho grass thero were only a few stalks of live for-cveron tho piece. What kill ed the live-for-tver? 1 uni of the opin ion that it will exhaust itself. 1 have since plowed it; it is now under tho plow. 1 am waiting to sis if the weH.il will I'ome up ou being seeded. It does 110 harm in jtastures where sheep or cows run. 1 am not now as nf raid of it as I was. One of my ueighlxtrH had a piece very thick with it. He plowed and seeded it ou the sod, and tho Iive-for-ever lid not start again. Live-for-ever is 11 plant that will subsist entirely on air, and the truo principle of killing it is to keep thuairfromit. 1 think it is usch'ss to have any uneasiness altout it, Sinco writing tho "above one of my Iob says that ho thinks that sowing tho plaster mado tho grass so thick that it smothered the live-for-ever. The ground was rich and tho grass very fine. AUOtT mibixo TfKKEVa. Among the worst enemies of the young turkeys after they begin to ramble, are the tall grustjand grain crops. While tho hen gets ou well enough, the young get tired, sit down, aud the mother bird in soon out of hearing. The chick strug gles ou for a time, but soou perishen for want of food and hovering. As a rule, tho i locks of enrehbs managers stifle r more from this cause than all others com bined. They drop oil' one by one, espe cially on cold, foggy days, and the loss is so gradual that it is hardly noticed with out daily counting. The iWks must be kept out of the mowing fields, the oats, rye aid bailev. Unless this lm done, success with the crop will be very small. Tin keys do not succeed so w 11 upon the prairies, and upon rich lietttom lauds, mainly finm this can ho. They succeed well in New Rttgland, and in the dairy re gions where there are extensive pastures, with hilly or well drained soils. They have mnio turkeys to the square acre in Rheslo Inland und Kastrrn ('onneotieiit, becauso this regiwn abounds in elry, grav elly loams, pastilles with short h-ed, nud oak and chestnut forests, which f 11 ninth 11 large amount of food. Thw owners of rather Mxr fauns, with a kitge share ef hucklthcriy pastille, e-anbe thankful that they havo a lirst-rate chance to ealargo the poultry ciop, aud make money. There is a good deal of nonsounc pub lished in the bookt about the feeding of .voting turkeys.nnd the llesks later 111 life. The simple fact is that this bird is a voia cioitH f eder, tit which hardly anything in the list of aiitmnl and vegetable diet comes limits. Tho principal need of caution in the few davs after hatching is iu the direction of ovei feeding. They want very little, and want it often, and nothing should bo h ft upon the feeding 1 tou id or run to grow sour, or to Kvomo mixed with thu excrement hi foie feeding. So 1 no li II us to pluugo tho ilueks into eold water, to liuiLe th nt haidy. A worse thing could haidly bo done. Others say, mako them "swallow u whole pepper corn," which is about lis indigestible us a bulh t. Others advise to kivu them a little "ale, beer or wine," taking counted of their owu pciverted appetites. Thu turkey craves a mixed diet of grain and animal food from the shut, and this cull Ito supplied 111 a gieut vuru ly of forms. Mout farmeis, eHpieially 011 dairy farms, huvn thu bent food for them clueat hand. Tint best staple (mmI is Indian com, ground coarse, mixl with imw milk. Add to lids a hfird-hiiiltil egg.ehoppitl up fine, and you hive a eompleto fotid for youn; tuikeys. A pint of meal to ono egg, with milk enough to jn-d moisten it, is a good mixture lor ll.o find few days. Then chopMi) onion lops and gruMt, orcabbnge, may ho added. The old 011ns will eat of this doiie,h, bill cannot gi t it all. The chick will lie able to gi t crumbs enough to luwot its wants. I toiled bvir is a goo 1 mihstilulo for eggs. Am they grow older, chopped raw meat, or lish, iiui bo given. Milk is always in on It r, and among tho best foods for tho glowing birds all thiougli the season. NO CrtAKT NCCmAKY. W Ltmw not where K(t( r hIi it mwii I litnni Vl4 uM ujtlmjiichrjvun t.lnuij;e antl lair Itr UraiKt tit1ilritn iiiiiioii, utiilellM Mourn of lih'Miir IihiL "loth tu IN t U11 Ik,1 -r, StrfM-lnii iwlft iiik Hi m nit to tin Inn air ; Nor mIh uli I wimiiI ! innw, w I lie ! otn.n Of lute 1111. 1 jrt iitlt: ih.tiiifUM t. tit ml mIIII llirrr, Isiiirli r ami luii-ler from I hi nt muni im f.iu til iitiltiiH.tl lite, j! lulling Ms omiiinlum HUKLINGTON, VT., 1JUDAY MORNING, 3IAY I.J, 1881. TcacMEj Him tha Basino:s. IPrein the Xi w itrlejna Timi-s J "Herman," s.tid a rovdraa street mer chant clothier, addressing his clerk, "haf vo sold till dose overgoads vat as left over front Led vinti r?" "Xo, sir ; deie va dree of dem left yet." "Vull, weinii -t :ill 'im right awny, as v inter v ill not List, vou know, Herman. Pring me me uf de goads and I will show von soniediiigs about do pisncss. I vill dell you how ve vill sell dent oud, und you must leatn de pisnesa, Herman ; do vinter vas gone, yn know, uud wo haf had dose goads iu de store moro es seex years." An $3 ovctnul was handed him by his clerk, and smithing it out, he titok a buckskin money purses from the showcase, and stuffing it hill of paper, droppeel it into one of the pockets. "V'Now, Herman, my ioy," he continued, "latch ma sell dot goad. 1 haf sold over dirty-fife uf deiu,shust do sumo vay, und I vunt to deech you dt pisuess. Veu do nexd customer comos in do shop Ivill show do vay llube HotrenK'ein, mine broder iu Detroit, ivll.s his eloding und udder dings." A few minutes later a ncgn iu quest of a suitable pair of cheap shor-t, entered tho store. The proprietor nlvancod smiling and inquired : f "Vat is it you vishjf" "l'ergot any cheap bhors hyar?" asked the negro. "Itlendy of dent, my front, blemly ; at any bricoyem vunt." The negro stated that he wanted a pair of brogans, and soon his pedal extremi ties wero encased in litem aed a bargain stmck. As ho was about to leave the proprietor called him back. "I ain't gwine ti r buy niilliu else. I's got all I want," said the negro Hulleuly. "Dot may be so, my dear sir," re'pliod the proprietor, "but 1 shif-t vants you to look at dis goat. It vas de pure Uussian vool, and dis dim last v ear you doan got dat same goat for dwenty-tlve dollars. Mine graeions, clothing vas gone elown to notling and dere vas no money iu ile pis uess any longer. Vou i.mt someilingdot vill keep 3-011 from do veddcr und make you feel vnrm ns bunmie-r dime. Do eou sumptiou was going round, uud de doc tors dell me it vas do vedder. More den nino beoblcs died round vera I Iif last veek. Dink of dot. Mine front, dat goat was Hussion void, dick uud hevy. Vy, Midler Jones, who owns ele pank ou Banal street, took d.it gout home mit him yesterday, und von it all day ; but it vas a leedle dight agrot de shoulders mid he brought it pack shuit a vJIo ago. Dry it on, my elear sir. Ah ! dot vos all right. MisdeV Jones vas :i 1 ieh man and he like dot goat. How deep de pockets vas, but it was a leedle dight across de shoulders. The negro buttoned up the eont, thrust his heuds iu the pocket and felt the purse. A peaceful smile playthl over his foco when his touch dUc'o'U'd to his mind the contents of the pockets, buthechoked down his joy and inquired : "Who did you say wore this bvurcoat?" "Vy, Misdor Join s votowus do pank on Canal streed." "Whatever gwine toa fur it?" "Dwcnty dollirs." "Dat's iowfiil h it h price furdise'ott, but I'll take it." 'Herman, here, wrap up dis goat fur de scbentlrnum und drow in a cravat ; it vill mako him look nice mit ele ladies." "Xebber lnititl, I'll keep do coat on," replied the negro, and, pulling out a roll of money, he paid for it and left tin store. While he was around the next corner moan:ug over the stutVed purse HolTcu bteiu said to his cleik : "Herman, fit up auudder von ef elose goats de sumo vay, and doau forget to dell dem dot Misdcr Joues vot mus do pank on Canal strccd yore it vesteiday." Tears f:r "OU Abe? BEUimscEssns or the timed wak eagle an omci:u OF HIS keoiucnt tet.ls SOME TUU1LLINU INTIl'EXTS OF TUE niRlt's EXPERIENCES IV THE BATTLES OF THE LATE WKIL Major Dawes, who coinmandcj a com pany of the eighth Wiseonsiu, p,iven some facts altout "Old Abo," the bald eagle that went through tho war with that regi ment. "My firht iiequaiutance with him," says the officer, "was in the spriigef 1S0I, just about tlO ycar.s ago, now. Tho eighth Wisconsin logiment, a company of which I had the honor to command, was going into camp at ('.imp Uiiudall, iu Madison, and with one of the companies, commanded by ('apt. Perkins, came the eagle, then a chicken about half or two thirds grown. "Whether the idea had been formed before he cauio info camp of making him a part of the regiment for the war, or whether it was developed afterward, I do not recollect, but it was understood before we left tho camp that tho bird was enlisted, and ha was chris tened "Old Abe," :nid one of tho tallest men iu tho leitae.il detailed to carry and tako care of him, with thu understand ing that nt the end of tho war ho was to convey him to Washington and present him hi his namesake, tho ptesidtnt. A standard, with a slanting platform on it, over which was a curved quiver and ar rows for him to f-tasl upon was obtained, and npon this he made his way when 011 tho march. A cotd attached "to his leg secured him to his staidaid, aud ou this perch, over tho shoulder of his bearer, and near tho colors of the regiment, ho was the observed of nil observers. His most noted flight was at the battle of Cetrinth. lien. Mow. rs horse was shed under him. I KM one-third of all tho men I had, either killed or wounded, wan shot myself, and a buIUt cut 'Old Abe'a cord, all iu a moment of time. The robs were down em us with a whoop and yell. I saw our eagle 'soaring' that is a pretty : classical word to use, but it alone can ox press tho dignity of the ihght away over! tho robel lines -and supposed lie was, gone for keep-, ns did we till, and sorry 1 enough w e w ere. Wo weio iu trouble : enough, licked Tor the tune being our i friend killed and wounds), JoV horse ' shot (and w all bKed the oM fellow on his master's account) and, above all, our uagl gone over to the rebs. Some of my men gathered nie up in a blanket and took mo along as hed they could, and we had not gone fur before 'old Abe came swooping back to his p ich, whteh was being hiought along, for we did not mean to let the Johnnies crow cr that any how. This sounds almost I.mi itoetieul U be believes), but tlieie wee too many cjo vvituesses to it to be Mieeei.fnlly contra dicteil. I know these things of my own knowledge, ami atseit Um iii to be true." "What dnl lot tue to live mi iu the Held?" "H bel chickens m euied to agree with hts constitution irtnnikably well. He never suffered for want of food ; tho rest of its floinetimeH did. 1 havo seen the whole regiment on cnaso after n rab bit across the field afh r a hard day's march, whooping like fiends, for Ids sup per. Of cou iso it was fun. but its being for the eagle helped tin fun wonderful ly." "Where was he usually during au en gagement ?" "Alwuvs 111 the thickest of the tight, near the colors, usually' on the ground, occasionally living to thopeieh and screaming terrilicallv. lie seemed to know wliMt business ;is being transacted and tho natuieof it. He would stand by ti e-unnon which was being s'i ted with the greatest rapidity, without llinchiug, and the ratlin of small nuns appeared to delight him. i f collide ho did not know what it was to be hull bv the balls, but 1 believohe uppteciated Mud tumble came to those shout him bv their ini-aiis. Ho was a bird only, but theio will be 11 great many wet eyen win 11 I lie news of his death ruachcH the tan 1 vols of tho eighth leginient." Out Ct.rit Ax Dwis's I'iumt I'aiv ri:. Old "(Mult-Ax DavM," who pteaehed in (ieorgin halfu ceiituiy u:o, and who uhuJ to tUHCribe himself us a half hard shell ami half soft shell r.iplist, lined to allow that the Presbv terians wero ahead of the l'uptiuU in llueney and propriety iu prayer, and 111 the n hgioiis grue'es which'cotue of the e-uteehism. Uo thus describes hisownlirst ulbiupl ut prayer: "Now, my fathi r and niotln r was gid Itaptists, and raided tin tr children to bo honnst and industrious, but I never heard oue of them piny in u-y life, and I was most a grown man 1 fine I ever prayed a ptuycr myntiir, and il was on this wise: "There was to bo b't" "tei tin' over in 1'lbert county, and 1 knoucd n pnlly gal over thar thai I wauled to go nud see. Ho I borrowed a bllleJcisey wngiu, which was a stylish thing in Ihem dtv.s, and went over to her hoiis.) and stayed all night, ami engaged In r to nde to inert in' with mo next dav, which wasSund iy. "We went, aii.l hud a gl is time- aml I limy as well say light hero that she was alterwunU my if' but a com in home I met with n powerful accident that I've never got over to this day. As 1 was a comiu elown a steep hill, some pait of the gearin givo way and let me and the wagiu ou mv cretur's heeds; ami be'in young und nkeery nud not much lined to wheels, sho wriggled and kicked and toro from 0110 side of the road to the other, till I was pitched head foremost us much as ten feet into a deep gulley, aud it's a mir aclo of mercy that my neck wasu't bloke on tho sjtot. "Kt pectin to bo killed every miuit, t thought I ((tight to ask the Lord fer mer ey. Hut, as I had never prayed in my life, I couldn't think of tho first thing to say but the blessiij my father used to ask hefureeatiu when wo had company, and which was this : 'Lord, mako us thank ful for what wo aro altout to receive." "Xow, my brethren, do you sposo any Presbyterian raised boy was ever put to such a strait as that for a prayer? No. Ho wonhl have prayed for himself and gouo otl after the Jews and tho heathens whilst I was a huntin up and n-gettiu'off that ble&siuV Ploashg an Amateur Uoslclan. (From tlio San Fran ho Clironli.lt!. "I think," said a well known orchestral leader, "tho best joke ever playod iu this town was 0.1 au ambitious amataur pianist when (fotlschalk was here. Tho amft teur'ti father was tho owner of a largo hall, and ho offered the uso of it toGotts chalk for his benefit. Thero was tobon piece for eight pianos, nud tho ninateur was t play 0110 of tho instruments. I was tho leader. I thought llottschalk would have a tit when I told him that tho amateur couldn't play three straight notes. " 'He is sure to throw us all out said T, 'and ruin tho performance. "Uottschalk swore liko a major, but 'twas no good. The bills wero out, and he couldn't go back of his programme, eveu if the gift of the hall for the night was no consideration to him. At last I hit on an idea that fixed the whole busi ness. The amateur came elown to re hearsal, and we praised him up until he thought he was to be the star of the in; l.t. As soon as he left wo took the ham 1 ne 1 out of his piano nud luade it dumb ns au oyster. L guessod ho would never know tho difference, with seven pianos going at once." The tuneful convention laughed. "And just ns I thought," said the lead er, hammering on the table with his glass, "that amateur or his friends never dis covered tho trick." "Xo ?" "Xo, sir ; he just suited in and pound ed on that piano as if it was tho worst enemy he ever had. He wes bound to fahovv off among so many good pianists, and hammered on his key-tio-nl until the perspiration nely blinded hira. Xow nud then I looked at him approvingly to give him fresh courage, nud every time that I elid ho gave the piano a lick that nearly made match wood of it. His friends all around threw bouquets at him till he looked like a wedding arch, and when it was all over his fond parent fell on his neck iu tho greeu room and slip ped a check for $20 into his hand. The old mau didn't know whether he was standing on his head or his heels, ho was so tickled, and the way ho set up the wine for the crowd was a caution. ' '"Didn't he do tine said ho tome, 'among souianv first-class professionals, too?'" " I never heurd an amateur do bo well in public said I, 'and what's more I mean it, tdi? Don't vou think I was right?'" ' Practical Infcrm&Uon. From the Virginia City Chrntcle.J "What is rack-riiif, dad?" inquired a young Comstooker who had beeu reading the news from Ireland. The patient parent laid down tho stock list and replied: "Do you know how much I charge air. Boggarty for his room up-stairs?" "Yes. "sir; $12 a month "Well, now, suppose Mr. Bttggarly should take it into his head to have, at his owu expense, new paper put ou the wall, tho coiling whitcntd and all tho fur niture mcu dot I, tho room would look a heap sight prettier, wouldn'tit?" "Lor!" murmured the intelligent boy. "Well, if tl o minute Boggarty had got all these improvements made I should go up and look around and smile nud jingle my money in my jtocket, and remark : " 'This is a pretty sort of a lay out for a single mau. Boggarty, and you have altogether too soft a thing. Your rent will le $2(1 a month hereafter What would you think of it?" The innocent child giggled and said : "That would bo ehee'k, wouldn't it, dad?" "ISet your money on it, my I toy," ro plied tho futher, beaming kindly upon his offspring. "That would bo rack-renting Mr. Boggarty, and if he kicked and claimed that all tho improvements had beeu made by him without costing me a cent, and I should fire him out, that would bo eviction. "I will now," con tinued the parent, warming up, "briefly review the history of Ireland for tho past 700 years. When Brian Borhu " But his son had fled. MOONLIGHT. 11 ua 11s if earth nU'epiiii:, In sliliuuiiTiiin Mmstmit Jrrst, t'oiiia lri'aiii uf iiiilit but licuim, '1 Iut Listed iu r nun ri-bt. 1 tit wlu.l-Hw i'1't nVM-t u ere wu tag To tirvailnuk's low ami IlKtit, Tlie wiMhls wrrt wrtlr tujfiiiui', blurry vts the uiUt. Anil Hjirra litis wM' plnUas Mr Hmil Hii irnl far uahtgli, Atruss ihr quirt rm.iitrv. As dough Wvv-ird lntmt Ii llr. front the tlrman. .Shm;u-i:i;e Aveiu;oNisM-i. The works of Shakspere abound iu anachronism. In tho play of "('oriohmus," Tit 111 I-ar-tiu, addressing ('.litis Maitiu (1. e. Cor lolanus), says : Tlitu w ast a MtMirr euu to C'jtw'a hM, which it certainly curious, for ('orioluuuB died more than l!00 ye'ars before Cato waH born! In the Haine"phiy,MeneniinAcrip p.i Hays of Marcius : 'He Hits In liln itjte m a Itihij; wa-le lurAlcxAU l.r but the great cotnpieror did not teo the light of day until almost 150 years after Coriolanus was banished. The poet makes another uupardetnable anachronism when he makes MeneuiiiH wiv (act sc. 1) that, Tlif ino-t tov(ricn ir.-w riituu in eJaleui)but .tuii'iikutic,' for tho groat "father of medicion" did not llouriHh until rtix centuries after the time of ('oriolanus. Coiniuius (act ii. c. J)imadeby Shakspere to idlitdo to I to man plys, but no Hiiehthiugsweroknowu fiir two eenturies after tho elenth of the general. Iu'rrohin uud Cress'ido," Hec tor tefers to young men whom Aristotle thought unlit to hear moral philosophy ; and iu tho "Comedy of Urrors," the scene of which is laid in the ntu-ient city of I'phenurt, modern coins, elm'ks and a nunnery arc introduced. In "Julius IVmar," the conspirators must havo had a very rwiuarkable foresight of discovery -to wit : Ititi its -IViu ; -mil llm flit V. I'AH-Mis.-'iluulm Ik tint Mtrli ini tliriH. Iii thoihiyof "King Iear," the events of which happem-d in til early Aitfilo S.ixoii priiKl of IIugliHli history, (Hinder eoumiiiuds his no u to hIiow him a letter whieh ho hoKU in hu hatnU, saying : r.iino ; KtN -of : If It i nolliliic, I tihiill nut wmit n tm U'i. But this teniarkabht blunder is eveu moro eidipsetl by tho earner in the first part ef "llwnry I'." (act it., sc. who coin plains that "tho tutkeys in his pauuiars iiioipitto Marved." TurkryH weraoriKi nally bioiiht fiom America, and tho New World was not even diwoveicd for a cou tury later ! Hhakhpere also unteIales the uso of cannon by more than two bundled year. King John says: "lit Hum us liKlMiiur lu tliet-wxuf Franoi', lr fO I lieu t ills! I t''fll. I h ill Ih tlinri , 'I lie tliuiKlor if ln muiiwii hIiaII lc tie-iril. And Macbeth tonkn of cannon "ovcr cluiiged with doiiblo eriteks." Lluinlet vtim thirty year of ago wbuu his mother talks of his going back to hcIiooI, the said hc hool being the ruiversity of Wttten beig, which was not founded until lotrj. lutUOvhis Monthly. When Mr, Bnierson was infrnicd, some years iii;o, by an excileit enlteinan that the 1 nd of the woi Id win at hand, he calmly re plied "Will, 1 ttn:n;iiie we ran. get alou very well without it." This U comfort for Hit people who believe Mother Shipton. Scsatcr Ifcrrill's Spec:"i LKIIir IIANOLIt IiMiH 1MT10 TYIUNV. Following in tlw spi t eh delivered ia the Uniled Stales Si n ile, on Friday, April 2J, hy Hon. Justin S. .Mm nil : Mr. President Tnltl a very short time ago it vas not my purpose to contribute any thing to this iltkile, hut the bascles charge or a corrupt biriraln, so flippantly made, im plies tint the Itcpubhrau Senators must be one of the parties to that bargain. 1 should Ie sorry to know that even any Democratic Senator had so poor an opinion of me that a denial of this charge was necessary ; but I shall say tliat s far as the vote of the Sena tor from Virginia was concerned, 1 under stood in advance lint it would he east on our side without any conditions whatever. Whoever may In-lit vc otherwise of inc or of my associates, 1 can only pity their creduli ty and scorn their measure of justice to polit ical opponents. As for myse-lf I should have 1h?cii indiffer ent as to whether the olliccrs ef the Se-uate were to he Democratic or Ucpuhlican, if we had leen aekeil as a matter of grace to retain the present incumbents until December next; hut l lie principle now sought to ltc maintaiu edand to whidithercis grave objection is, that they hall he retained against the will of the Senate aud at all hazards, and that a Democratic minority may, whenever it chooses to ilo so, hy ililigcnt abuse of Ihe rules of this hotly, arrest the action of the Senate upon any question where tho votes of that minority, if ;ivcn aud counted against it, would be wholly ineffectual, stive to indicate the measure of their disapproba tion. It is a practical suspension of the functions of the Senate at the will of any number of Democratic Senators which may amount to not less than eight, that being oue-fifth of a quorum, antl the number re quired to call the yeas and nays. It is this eight-handed tyranny to which the Senate is allied upon to surrender. It appears to me to ltc no less than a rank usurpation of the rights, privileges antl power of the Senate, and the doctrine, though now, as I think, inconsiderately supported by many eminent gentlemen of the opposition in rather violent if not intemperate ppecehts, will ultimately 1 crushed by the upper and nether mill stones of the public judgment. It is fraught w'tlh danger to our institutions, and therefore it will not Ite tolerated by the ieople. The decision of the seviral Slates, from which there is no appeal, h.is reduced the Demo cratic parly from its recent position of the stronger parly in the Senate to that of the weaker party, and a true adherence to the fundamental principles of Democracy, as well as of Ke'publicanKm. requires an hon est, cheerful and prompt acquiescence. Minorities under our constitutional forms of government, being outnumbered and law fully defeated, must submit, etr Hepublican government is a failure. Any elhcr device or expedient, auvthing less, must degraile the great American Republic lo the level of less advanced peoples where levohitioos. con spiracies and insurrections have becctme al most periodic anil chronic. Here the minor ity has its full rights, with its voting power only limt?d by actual numbers, Us copious ness in debate unrestricted; but it would be preposterous, if il were not wilfully and fla grantly wrong, for such a minority to insist upon the mastery, and say to the Senate, you may do this, but you shall not do that. What would Madison or any of the states men in the early days of the Republic, say to the attitude of the present Democratic filibus ters of the Senile ? He and they would ad vise them thai their action is indefensible-, and that, if they hoped ever to be in any bet ter position tlnn that of the minority which they now hold, they would do heller not to stamp upon their historical record in large type an example so repre-heusiblc possibly to return to plague the inventors, if Republi cans should ever be equally rcc kless of the-ir constitutional duty. Il is ia vun to make the pretrnee that the Democratic p irty of the Senate is not now iu au impracticable and hopeless minority, aud the hollowness of Mich a pn Icnce is dis closed by the want of courjge so lung and re peatedly exhibited in the refusal lo solve the question by a square aud direct vote of the Senate. If there ha leu introduced into this debate something of bitterness and acrimony, matters which would Iwtter perhaps tiecome other places than the Senate, the Record, I think, will show that the epo-tlion side of the Senate are responsible for Ihe introduc tion of that rtyle ef dilute. The party which gives blows must eiptct to receive some in return. Something mml W par elooed to tile law of retaliation, wbuh human nature is ever weak In resist. The political Rr.ihmins ef the Democracy, who hold all those who disagree with them as a lower caste, as much as they do those of a different color, and who claim a proprie tary right to the "Solid South," and to its 133 Democratic electoral votes, while reck lessly assailing the Republican party, have yet not infrequently admitted the unexam pled prosperity of the country, though it has secured tint prosperity for morel Inn twenty ye'ars while- so hrgcly until r Republican rule. Another hopeful ttgn is to bo set n in the sen fcilivcncssof Democratic Senators as to Dem ocratic State repmli it ion, and their anxiety to apologize for and to diminish its apparent extent and amount. Mo.t hopeful of all Is the assertion of nunc Southern Senators, which, if unfounded, is still tint tribute which hypocrisy is said to pay to virtue, that nowhere else but in the South is there a free vote and a fair count, and then straightway do they thank (J j I that they are not like other men, much less like those of Mas.u chusctts or even of Rhode Nland. They are. as they dis lire, the true friends of the colored race, although they deluged their laud in blood to keep that race and their descendants forever in Ihuidage; and wc are further nclitud that the party which pro claimed freedom and citizenship throughout the land no longer possesses Ihe tvutidence of that enfranchised colored plulaux which is lo add forty votes in Congress to the "Solid South." Democratic Senators would seem just now to have stolen Republieun clothe, and I hope they will not doff theT garments when they return home". Wc do nut ct k to diminish the lawful political power of any sectioti of thrcountry, butwedo say, when you have all tint in its fullest measure, we will not consent to have it transcended iu any quarter, here or elsewhere, by counting a minority as more potential thau the-mujoiity. Air. President, I pLoultt not have added anything to the ! ngth of this debate if it hail not Kvn for tin: inliiHluclioii of whit ap jH'ars to nie n neu feature in the debate and usage s of the Senate, and Infir to the 10m bined attacks of Democratic Senators upon n single Senator who h is ju.t taken his vat in this body. If that Senator comes here wilh any less title tttetercw his ftee will, with any Icsh ir absolute trsou il hide'tendenci, or with less ri-iht to lie guided 111 all of bU political and etlhial utUoiu by his mv 11 judg ment and conscience, Ihm any other Sen 1 tr, I must confess thai I hive lcc:i unable lo comprehend wherein his inferiority is to be found. Aud yet Stumors e ouie heie d ii!y with all their parti-.ui artillery and smill arnis, l.vided lo the tini7le with iuvntiyes aud iuuendtH-s, which an disi barged with great noise nt the devoted head of ihe new Senator frean Virion 1, and all Us ause that Senator, elei ted in o;it."ilim to the Demo cratic party aud with ait its help, has not felt it to be his duty to supply one vote, tint paramount need of I'm IVui-ni nie party of the Senate at the pnsetit un'incut, with which to in tiutum its eoturot of the otlices of the Senate. I am not about to 111 tke auy dr fence of the Senator from Virginia ; ho needs none, and if he ever does uee-d any he seems quite able to defend hiiuelf, although it dots not ap pear to me quite r Invidious on the p'irt of thirlv-seveii honorable Senators tit slrike altogether at one or our hllow-nieinlvers; hut I muit protest ttgninst the light of one Sena tor, etr of any uuniU-r of Senators, to cull any other Senator to account for the votes be may chtxtse to give here ii.m any question. Whatever may hive lteeu done elsewhere to eaus-j the coin ige of tint brutal word, bull dozing and 1 ask pardon roru-inil Urna tors are not likely to be bulldoed. I'lieir votes will be free, and they mu-t U lairly counted, One Senator, with his Slate Uhind him as bis responsible bat ker, is the peer of any other Senator, w In ther etioosiug to vi lo w it h the pirty of the ndiuiniHtrtiliou, er with the opposition, er to est '1! late in Ibe air as au independent. The bigotry and superstition of the broad brim Democracy is adhering to the old elothesthat covered the tmkednensof their party in ages gone by, smhas the reso lutiousor 17'J, the gnu lio.it mvy, vebesof inlernul iniproveuicnt, and the seccsMon uiauia uinl slavery propagundism of I'alhoun, must give way to principles ami potu hs more 111 harmony with thu progress of the age, and mi proscription or social osi racism, and no hue and try to shoot d.mn the deserters who leap out ef the ruts of the IViiUH-ratic party, will long hinder earnest ami thoughtful men who are turning their attention to th development of the great nnterial interests of the country and the moral and inli Hit I tiiNlevatioinif the is ople in every pari of the land from having that patty whoeMic rcnsparaly7cs eutcrpiise and inspius l-usi ness men nilh tin ad, wIiom guiding print i pie apears lo bcstpposiliou to the measures of some oilier pally, and wh.we rallying political watehwoni continues to Ite fot'ic vi to) i belmij th Hit. It me say that the unprovoked am! hVrce w at fare upon the new Senator from Vir ginia, intruded to destroy him, will, in my opinion, have dirtclly the mntmty elTeit. '1 he American people Ioe fair play, ami they wilt uol sulfer any one lo U over whelmed by mere clamor. Thtwe who come here renouncing IJouibonism will bo NUMBER 4G. welcomed whether they come from the Old Dominion of the New or the Old world. Iu saying this I do not propose to connect my self with either of the anti-de-bt paying par ties of Virginia. Neither of Ihcni, as I think, are up to the standard of right, ami West Virginia ia quite as much a delinquent as the "mother of States." The honor of States U a State right. Let them guard it. The political and personal grievance is that, whereas the Senator from Virginia voted for Hancock, and was once a democrat, he is so no longer. If he really belonged lo their household of faith, why elid they move heav en and earth, lo bay nothing about a name Itss place, to defeat him when he was a can didate for Senator ? Sir. President, nobody knew better than the so-called IJourbon democracy (antl 1 copy words best known in Virirhiia that tho Senator from Virginia "went out from than because he tr.n not of Vicm." Ask Itandali or iicwiiu ask. isar num, to whom tho Senator from Virginia might well have said : "b'dlr sir, you spit on rue mo VclaeiUjr la-t r ou a turn' J me such a i.ty ; auui s tune lou calt'tl lue tltnf ; ami tor ttiesn courti Hti'x nilcutl you nothing 1 Rut in the present case suppose for a mo ment that the Senator from Virginia had changed his party relations, even unexpect edly' changed them, would that Ite any crime ? Such examples are very numerous among members of all parties. Among others, Bell of Tennessee; Sumner and Hauls of Massachusetts, ami Dixon of Con nee ticut. The Democratic party have had some ex perience in trying the lash over the backs of some of their associates for presuming to differ upon any points in their constantly shifting quadrennial platforms, but that ex perience docs not appear to have taught them forbearance or greater wisdom. Henry A. Wise, a name as much distin guished as any other in Virginia w ithiu the iast half century, was elected to the Ilouse of Representatives in 1833 as a JacksDu Democrat, and yet from tho outset hc oppos ed the leading measures of President Jack son ; and while he served until lt44, he w as Tor the last six or seven years one of the brightest ornaments of the Whig party. Then, joining the Tyler guard, of which Caleb Cushing was oue. he relapseel, becom ing a "Tippecanoe and Tyler too," sort of a Democrat, and was sent by President Tyler as minister to Brazil. Did anybody charge that a bargain had Itcen made with Jlr. Wise? Nevertheless the question of what party he would help or hinder from the very beginning to ihe end was as much the sult- lect 01 ueniucrauc speuumiiuu aim uuticj as has lteen that of the junior Senator from Virginia. The offense of Mr. Wise did not nrove unpardonable, for the Democrats afterward made him governor ; antl I have no doubt they would uo equally wen uy Senator Mahoue to-morrow if he would only consent. John P. Male was e'ected as a Democrat from New Hampshire to the twenty-eighth Congress, and renominated for the twenty ninth, hut, his views concerning the anuev tion of Texas not being on the key-note of the Democratic leaders, another candidate was presented, and thero was no choice. The Legislature of the State soon after, or iu 1S4C. elected Sir. Male to the Senate, where hc served many year?, a constant thorn to luose wuo uaa aucrapieu 10 t oosign mm iu Coventry. Thu Democratic party was never supposed to have added much to its political capital by its ostracism and warfare upou Mr. Hale. It remains to be seen how much they will giin by abuse of those who will not acknowledge ierpctual allegiance to Us chieftains. Calhoun is another conspicuous example among American statesmen of those who have tound reasous as plenty as blacklier ries for leaving one party aud joining another. Mr. Calhouu entered the House of Representatives iu 1311, aud, next to Henry Clay, was the leader of the war party iu 1313- He was the author of the protec tive tariff of 1310, and became secretary of war nnder President Monroe, serving in the same cabinet with Johu Quincy Adams. He was elected Vice-President, serving dur ing the term of President Adams, froui 1825 to 1309. But he then left Clay and Adams and joined his political fortunes to those of General Jackson, and was again elected Vice President, serving until he quarreled with Jackson, and resigned in 1332. In 1S20 he persuaded the Legislature of South Carolina to pass the historically notorious resolution 'that any Stato iu theUnion might auuul au act of the Federal government.' There upon tleneral Jackson used such emTtie aud effectual measures to uullifySouth Caro lina nullification that Mr. Calhoun left the Jacksonian Democracy, resigned the Vice Presidency, and having been elected to the Senate, acted with the opposition through the remainder of the first and through all of the second term of Ueneral Jackson. He intro duced the hill for the re-charter of the United States bank in lSlli, and again in 1S3J a bill to extend tho charter for twelve years, but in 1337 he appeared as the adversary of the bank; and about this timet having reached the conclusion that a victory em the part ot the Whigs would "not inure to the bene til" of the South, he once more changed Ids pir ty relations by working harmoniously with the Democratic party". Often fctripped of some public influence, he yet never failed, turn which way he would, to secure the de votion of his own State lo his political for tunes. Time has annihilated his later the- ries, but will never wholly destroy his great ness, for he was Intellectually a tower of strength to whatever party that gained his alliance. John Quincy Adams was elected as a Fed eralist to the Lnited States Senate from Massachusetts, and served from 1S0J until 13, when he was defeated and resigued. but he turned out to be so much of a Demo crat as to tc appoiuted by a Democratic adniiui miration as minister to llussla, and held that posiliou from tfiOl) until 1314, and ttieu became a member of the cabinet, along with Mr. Calhoun under Mr. Monroe, from 1317 to 1325. After being President, he was elected in 1333 lo tho I louse of Kcpre sentatives as a Whig. In these changes it has never lteen imputed to him that he brought disgrace upon his State. The only charge of bargain ever made was touching his appointment of Meury Clay as Sectetary of State, anil the Senator front lCcnliuky Mr. Beck knows that charge was most loul and should have beeu iepeuted of in dust and ashes, for the Senator from Ken tucky was a devoted follower like myself of Henry Clay long after that date. Ut uw tell the Senator from Kentucky that the embiyo charges made by those who are "willing to wound, y et afraid to strike the Senator from Virginia, ant! which are lo conic forth full-Hedged on Ihe hustings iu Virginia, are in my iiidgmeut as unfounded ami calumnious as those which excited Ihe itiiligualioti of the Senator from Kentucky, ami mine, vvbeu made agiiiwt Henry CIsv. llanmbal Hamlin, was a Demecratie llYp , resentative from Maine, in the 23lh and Stlc.Ii Congresses, anil elei ted to the Senate iu 1S4S and re-electeil in 13."tl as a Democrat, be fore his term expired he renounced (June 12, ISj'J.) all adherence to the Denu tatic parly, aud e-ver since has been a leading member ot the Hepublican party; but no man has evr left the Se nate with more of the cordial re spect and esteem of his fellow Senators of all parties than Senator Hatuliu possessed when he bid adieu lo the Senate ou the lUi of March last. Like Mr. llurke, when he became alien 1 ted from his constituents at Uristol by his advoeacy of thu claims of the Koinan Catho lics, Mr. Hatuliu was a btatesinau ready to prmlaim and maintain the doctrine of the independence of parliamentary icpresetila tives, or that they were uol mere machines to vote for measures approved by the ir on stituencies simply and alone for ih it reason, but were men and thinkers chosen by them to calmly consider aud legislate for the good of the Commonwealth. The State of Maiue followed the teachings of Mr. Hamlin as steadily as South Carolina followed Mr. Calhoun. Having referred to Mr. llurke let mo add that he separated himself in K'J1 from Mr. Fox und the Whigpaity of tlreat Utilainou tho question of the French revolution, and was rewarded by his wivereigu with various -elisions amounting It nearly twenty thous and dollars jkt annum , but did any one over suggest that there was a bargain ami that llurke, the brightest intellect ol his age-, had Urn bought ? The Republican party itself Ins hid some of its members alter loug service here fall from grace, a-s was proved by their ailiou again-t us, tint they were never dealt with as outlaws, audthey retained all the-rights and ret tived all Ihecoiirtesies due to Senators. It may tie at hied that we never felt that the Statcsuhich they represented were so we-ik and Mitring in the Republican faith as Virgin! 1 in the eves of some Senators ap pears to U iu the denim ratic failh. or that tla-y were likely tle lost in consequence, unless every npuMuan Senator gave all his time and attention to their reseue. Mr I Whtlle. elected as a republican from Wis ivnshi, and iu IStKt re cat ted assmh, wa.s found loug before his term expired doiug the tough work of the democratic party, and h is lieeti doing it 1 suppose ever since. Another eminent gentleman, Mr. Trum bull, woscletted to Congress as 1 democrat, and the saint year, lS.Vi. he was elected to the Senate, but hc voted te-ndily with the republicans and was Iwiiv re-ileeted as a republican. Vet before the expiration of his third term his denuKTutic prochvitU-s roM to Ihe surface aud became ho prominent thst bis friemU refused to Ik comforted lecau-e he was m 'I selcett tins the dcimsratic candi date f tr the Presidency in 1372 or Iu I37d. No e.ne charges that the llliuoU Scuator joiucd the democratic purty with proutiieofa reward, and yet presidential prizes Lave often tempted the best of men. Neither 01 the senators mentioned were Libuoed because Ihey had left the republi cans, nor were they refused jtatrs because tl.e-y Lad nut publicly de-claied whether they were democrats or re'puuiicans- Horoce Creehy had hut few points of agneinent with the Democratic party, und still that parly nominated and accepted him with great enthusiasm in 1372 a their candi date for the Presieleuey, in order to break down the Republican party, notwithstanding Mr. tirccley was in the habit of declaring that "vvlnle be would not say every ueino- crat was a horse thief, it was still true that every horse-thief was a Demitcrat." Even after this they loved Horace as a man and a brother. The perKtuity of the Solid South will uot be secured by hunting down the Senator from Virginia, hut the stones which are be ing hurled in that direction will fall harmless at his feet and form a monumental pile upon which he will stand with gre-ater dignity and with greater power to proclaim the gospel of independence, a free ballot, and a fair coUQt a gospel akin to that tirst announced hj Jefferson in the immortal Declaration ot Independence, "tliat all men are created 1 fpial ; that they are endowed by their Creator with etr tain Inalienable rights ; that among these are htc, hbetty, and the pursuit ol happiness. Instead of inak ing him a pariah among his own "people, his mission will hive lteen greatly magnified by the battalions his political enemies have felt it to lie nerc-SMiry to array agaiut him, aod in Virginia.he is henceforth most likely fated to be a trusted and heroic lea ler. I have endeavored frankly to give my opinion mainly on tvvo puiuls. First, upou the attitude of the Democratic Senators a obstructionists iu preventing the free and lawful action or the beiute, aud lu this atti tude there can Ite no doubt Ihey are clearly and wholly wrong. And, second, upon Iha character of the ersoual warfare upon a member of this Utdy, claiming as I do Iho the right of every Senator to control his own vote, and that any criticism upon the motives governing that vote is inexcusable. I have regretted to see what appears to me a lack of Senatorial courtesy, so much esteemed here, where no man ever has liecn or ever can be dUgraced for his personal independence or for courage to act up to his real convic tions. The New York Nation, some four months ago, copied from Venuor's almanac that w or th)s weather predictions for Iherirstqusrler of 1331, proposing to test them by actual comparison, as the days went ou. It now overhauls the record, anil timls that tha Canadian prophet has not had the luck of an average guesser. That is he has not guessed right half of the time thus he said : "I ex pect blockades of snow in the United States alout the 7tli and bth of January." Both these days were fair. His announcement for February contained an equally signal failure. Tliaw (which will lie interrupted hy a brief (! cold spell) will extend from about ! the ISlh of Janu iry up to the 12th of February, with balmy, springlike weather prevailing in many parts, and snow rapidly disappear ing." In many winters the cunning ambi guity or 1 'brie I"and 'about" would have saved him, but the past w iuter lul no mercy en prophets who prated of thiws and spring like weather, located definitely or icdeuQitt ly. From January II till Ft bruary 7 the mercury was mt above freezing on a single day, tuition uo morning during January, February or March did it reach 40. So much for the long I haw and tho "balmy, spring-like weather." For March Mr. Vennor's cautious "ihe mouth probably w ill end lamb-like" contained not a particle of truth. There was not one mild day in 111 month ; and on the last two days snow fell. "On the Dth and 10th gales are probable." The only day on which a gale actually occurred was the 27th, of which day Mr. Vennor Baid nothing. "The Spring will open favorably, and everything will be pretty-well advanced by April 15th. Farmers say differently. "Floods may Ite expected In Chicago about the first week in April. Rivers are usually high ia April. The only question N, which week, and the freshet in Chicago datesfrom April;20th. "There will be warm weather just followiogthe 20th." The weather became warm on the 24th; so thi3 might have been claimed as an approximate hit h'ul it not been spoiled by the mistaken prediction of snow on the 231 h and 2Gth. QS1T23AL ST-niAST. Mrs. While-law Reid's bridal present from her father was a check for $300,(t)0. The defendant in a Peoria breich of promise suit is 13, and the plaintiff is a wi dow of 40. A girl committed suicide at Delphi, lad., Itecaude her parents would not let her bang her hair. Mrs. Vau Pelt of N"aout, Rockland coun ty, New Votk, has just presented her hus Isind with a sixth pur of twins in succe' tsion. A woman once wealthy was found dyiaf of starvation in Jersey City, Thursday. Sho was brought to her sad condition by ioor thn ite love v( 1 u in. Lizzie Dcvhic, with the Barnuni London circus, while 1 cr forming the catapult act, at i"ilkesbarre. Pa., fell upon the netting, striking lit r chin upon tier kuet causing con cussion of the spine. Her recovery is doubt ful. A youug Hdy in MurfreesU'm. Tenn., hst a lCOU di.111it.nd ling, while riding-, and theotlurtlay a Miiksutith in shoeing her riding horse found it iu the ani mil's toot, one little stone only Wing gone. Xew- Vork i-om-ondents note the fact that the nuuilier ot fashionable- weddings siuce Faster is Mnmthiug astounding, and the ex'tensu of each is surprising. To be quite It uiOile Ihe Trinity church choir lioys 1 mist slug at a wet Mi tig, and there must beat least lijht bridesmaids ami as many usher. The Sheriff of CI ly tou couuty, Ix, started forXew York Slate with a crazy prisoner ; but by the time he reached Syrae-Use-it was found that he himself had become violently insane, and he ami his prisoner went to the asylum toelhtr. Three ttudents of Ilrovvn University have been i ielled, and wver.d others publicly ceusuresl by n.imeiu the College Chapel, for issuing an itutisimlly 5e'iirrilius and obscene mock programme of Junior Rxhihition. A st ramie woman inv.uhd the- nuiit pre cincts of the Cmadi in vithgeof Ormgeville a week ago and H-alpm mnily all IhefiMi iouable ladies. She nmioimcvd hers. If as a re-jtivetiator of deta.h ihie head-gear, and the ladhs tmhcMtatiiigly cul rusted her with their switches, frizzes and bangs, and re maincil in the stsl wo.i of their rcsiwctive domicilts awaiting their return. She luck ed htr scalps ami stole out ot town, leaving htr haldhi-aihd vulini? in a state of al-jtct discouragetiient. Seve-ral weeks ao, mhu Woshinqtou cyr rvsptnile ut, h tKautiful vva- Htiing be fore the "lire clas.-" of the Corcoran gal lery of art. Mie, us all the models are, was provided w ilh a ina-k to lede her identity She was inline as INvehe. when suddenly she fell htrward in a flint, lbr mask Hew iff and he was rwtijiued as the widow ol au e-general in the l'mii army. She is pots -tl of a large fuitune. tail her van'tly all-nit her kplemhd t'uure indueiI her to ap pear as a nut lei. AcctMttits fiom all puts of the Noithwett indie-ate iuereatl crop of Spung wheat. It is reported tliat the Mexican deputies have approved the 1'jids hip railway con tract. Mis .Minnie I'luueoof Ireelev. Colorado, has ;ureptett the challenge of Miss Williams of tingl un I to a twenty tunc race ior i.w. Advices from Norfolk couniy, Vft., and vhinity ripott great tlestruction to young notato vines from the Colorado htMle. It is the opinion that the t rop will U much shoit enesl. Many public works were iningurated at M,.u-i in the eelebntion of May. It re ported that t'en. Crant has arranged his rail rtud busines with the executive, subject to the approval of Coui,rc-sS. A elespatch from llolton, Lancashire, tug lMn.l nibHtL family named Seldon have had a w imlfall of property valued at 4l4,'AX,- OvKI terliug, which hul been iu chancery MUCC John lb'pkins, aged 7:t, until the pest Tj ni'inths a resident of Uutlalo, was lottu.i t..l liv li s daughter, in L'lncago, ?aturaiv The gaspqv in the room had hurst during the night, and sufftM-itetl hitn while atlecp. a linn it. oosit ef siilohurhss Ikvii dis cove-ml in Ihe llts ky Maintains, near the hue of Colorado and Utah. The extension or Ibe lVnver ami Htotiramu rnuro-ui "in p-isi near the mine, w huh is Mid to Is ot guat value, .vt. 'muh'" -i i v of pulphnr evnu-s from Italy. One of tlnene's -al shafts at Carboudsle, Kan., eaught firw from a turn tee S iturdiy, consumim allthe liinl-eriug at the foot ot the shaft. Tweiuy mineis wen-at work, and none ould nnp- until the lire was brought mulercmtrot .Men were lowcreil and rescued tourten uliv ami five dead, three an stHl missing aud inu-l le dead The three brought up alive aie re.oviiug slow ly Tlie statement pubb-Iud to the ilb-et tint Dr. tinltin, JltS AihUtsoh UtMhevi tn ui ger, had ii.i"appropriatd rutids .iitiuMi-d to his rare by Mis AmliTs.ni, his rth.t butli a stateim-nt from the trngub in.- m wbuh shesaystbe "rtnts are aliM-hnvIv t lUe. Noiiuch wtr.ls were evt r ut tend i m My l-enu-tial and biiMticss nlati-tiw with him li ivebem during my entire ear.er .t Hie most amicable tntnre in eviry i.ei. am so long as I remain upon the sla.-. h. will Ik- mv niHliager, ami m I-ng as we l-Hi '-vL-be will U- tny fathir." Nitroglvctri'ieisnow given as a ntneuv for it rta'iti" hevt alTi ctiotts. '1 be- dot 101 1 do n-t write on lite-l-tlle . "When liken l.lu wtll shaUn. (;alhs.ivalheHugu ige.f Wii-hinlon is a smile, and after one has Ken llwre a tew dnys he-wnilen ou everything on treason, i menu it tide-, ftlvohly and indecency-