The Portage County Democrat, 1859-07-20

PtBLINHDD BY AUTHORITY No. 122 AN ACT To amend Section 6oI fcAn Art to amend the act, entitled n act to provide for tlt orgnntzatint, of OiHe and Incorporated V ..lagea,' " passed March 11th, 1854. eeetinn 1 Pe ft enaorari b the Gonem. AmM nf the Mate of Ohio. That BTtion 6 ot the "act in m.nnA (I.- act, enHil-d ti ct to provide for the orfranixfufon of ic.es ani incorMrmrea vtllngpa. " paped March 11, i&53, be so amended m to rend n follow: Srtion 6. The city roiiiieil of any Hty in which water work nre or ma be 5itiiat?d. or in pitKrrees of construction. shall e tnblinit a bonrd of three trorrera, io be known aa the hoard of , tnisea ot waier works, who shall tve.elected hr the qualified eleeiora of the city, and bold theV office fir the term of three yenra, except at the nrt election nnder this set, at which one person phill he choen for oneyear, one pers-m tor tvo -eara and one tor three years; and there thereafter - after thereafter one of ibe :rnsses shall he elected nn unity, Tlie trustee of, -water works fnrnifch auppMpe of waer. eoller-t wator rents, md appoint all necessary officers and epent; and tbe amount of the aalariea of at id nffinera or agen, so appointed, and tbe term of offiie, shall be de tern in ed by the trustees. The trnstee of water works shnll be antnorized to make such hv-lawnand rpfc tain thin as tbey may rteom necessary for fhe safe, economical and efficient mansgement and protection of the works, and the said by-lHVts shall he of the same T-tlhii'y as the cily ordinance; provided, they are Hot made reptffmmt to the ordinances of the eiiy,mi-sHtii.ion or aws of theScaie Ot Ohio The trustees of water works shtdl cense a re report - port report to be msde niomb'y to the city council, of the re re-eeint - eeint re-eeint and disbursements of mener helnnirine to the works, and annnnry make a report nf th condition of ! tne works, ano cense rne same to ne printed ir the ben efit of the public, and cause all money received mid col collected - lected collected Tor water works purposes to he deposited wih the city tre.-surer, and came receiver or ro'Iectora of water works f ndto make snch deposits weekly, and return a receipt for the amount deposited to the trustees or (heir authorized afrenti and alt mony deposited wi'h the city treasurer on account of the wn(er works, shnll ht ht-kept - kept ht-kept a sfpxtrate and distinct fond for the payment of such indebtedness of the water works a Is liereinhefore men mentioned, - tioned, mentioned, aori.tofretlier with the amount of the intercut al- towen io ir.e ftry ueasnrer upon tue water wnrka luuds which shall be deposited by him iu such nlace as the cftv council shall order, shall he subject to the order of the crustet-a or water worn of the city la which each water works are or may be situated : and all ordeis, made by the trnFtoes of wter wurka on the citv trea-nrer for mo ney, shall he aiinied hy one of the trustees, and counter signed by lire fecretnry oi clerk of the water works- The trustees of wat"r works shall also be authorised ti make comracrs for the building of machinery, water works linildinfr, reservoirs, and for all other neeeswv mirnosea to tho lu'l and cffic'eni msnneement and eonstrnction of such writer works. And tbey ehall also be authorized to make contracts. n tl:e name of the eity, for tbe nurchase or lease of real estate on which to build surfi water works or reei voir; provided, however, that all such contracts fur the purchase or leaie of real estoie shall lie approved br cuv council- i nc city council snn.ii Hereby be author iafd. for such pnrpoaps. npon peti'ion of tbe trustees ofi "water works, to norrow, or tsue ine bonds or tnecitvfbr O'ty Fum f money, not exceeding two hundred aod fifty thousand dollars, at a rate of Interest not to exceed six per rent, per annum; and to provide by taxation for tbe payment of the rents contracted for on the leasee ahoe mentioned, or the payiueut of tbe interest on the boa da aforesaid. Said bonds to he sold at par. Paid sum to be mide use of for wa'er works purposes and none other: Provided, that he 'ore the city council shall be authorized to issue the said bonds, they shall suhmtt to the qualified voters of the said city, at any regular or specinl election, a proposition for or against the issue thereof, which shall receive the affirmative vote of a majority of all tbe votes cast upon the propositum. Sec. 2. That section of the a- tat which this is amendatory, be and the same is hereby repealed. This act to take effect from and after its pass.ifre. TflL.ljIAm W.. WtKJLHS : Speaker of the House of Representatives. ' . ... MARTIN WELKEE, President of the Senats March 28, 18439. , No. 135. " " AN ACT - - 1 - - ' To amend tlie fourth section of aa act entitled An Act to authorize the tnakiun: of real estate sndexe1auo fur further - ther further to prescribe the duties of county emnmtesinners and recorders iu certain counties," passed February 14th, 1859. Section 1. Belt enacted by tlie General Assembly ot the State of Ohio, That section four of an act, entitled an act to authorize the mtiking of real estate indexes, and further to prescribe the duties of county commissioners and recordrra in certain counties, be so amended as to rend as follows: See 4. For every entry in such general index of any lot, piece or parcel of land, the recorder shall he allowed the sura ot ten cents, to bo paid by the person leaving such instrument of conveyance or trans trans-for - for trans-for for record. -. Sec. 2. , Section four of the above recited act is hereby repealed. i -.( ... . ec. S. This act shall take effect from and after Us passage. ' WILLIAM B. WOODS, " Speaker of the Houe of Representatives. MARTIN WELKBR. President of the Senate. . March 29, 1859. " - No. 151.: ' , AN ACT Sunnlementary to the Act relating to Juries, passed - February DJv, ld31, and to amend the 9tb section of I said act. Section 1. Be it enacted by tbe General Assembly of; the State ot Ohio, That if it sbonld be made to appear to the clerk of the court of common plea of any county in this state, after tbe annual October election, and previous to tbe iinnual Spring elections, that the number of jurors rorsaia county as pronaea ana requirea oy uw nrst sec section - tion section of the act to which this is supplementary, are insuf insufficient - ficient insufficient in numbers from which to draw and summons the revular crand and pent juries for tbe common pleas and district courts, to be holden in said county, previous to the uext succeedinfr annual October election, it shall be tbe duty of such clerk lmmedifrteiy and previous to said annual sprine elections, to apportion amonar the respect ive townshins in amid counfcv. the number of additional jurors required to till auch deficiency according to and noon tne oasis ot aimornonraeut reamrea oy tne second section pf the act aforesaid, and notify the trustee of the several townships in -said eounty, of such insufficiency, with the number of additional jurors so appointed aud required of each township, by written notice, to be serv served - ed served and returned by tbe sheriff of such county, tbe same as a summons is served and returned; and it shall be tbe duty of snch nriuteer, at their meeting t tbe annual spiing elections, upon the service of snch notice to select of good judicious persona, having tbe qualifications of electors, ineir npportiomueui or persons to ue returuea as ftu'h additional jurors, and shall forthwith furnish susb. clerk with the list of toe name or nam as required as contemplated by the act, and such proceedings shall tiiereafter be had with reference) io tbe drawing, sum moning, &.O., of ucn additional jurors, as is provided by raid act for jurors elected at the annual October elee- tioni. Sec. 2. ; That section um of an act entitled "an act re latins? to iuriea, passed February 9th, 183 L be so amend ed as to read as follows: That when a sufficient number of grand jurors shall not appear who shall have been arawu aud summoned agreeamy te tnts act, uetore eitner of the courts at their stated term, or tr it should so nap nap-Den - Den nap-Den thai all the it rand iurora summoned as aforesaid shall fhil to attend, it shall and maybe lawful for tbe court in either case, to order the suerin or other othcer to sum mon from among the bystanders or neighboring citiseus, M many irood and lawful men aa are necessary to form and complete the pannel of the grand jury, or to issue a special venire ractas to toe snenrc, com titan aing uiui so summon the persona therein named to attend lortnwitu to serve as prand jurors. Sec. 3. That section nine of tlie act to which this is an amendment be and the same is hereby repealed bee. 4. a Jiis act to iaae eueas trom ana after its passage. . WILLIAfll D. WUUUDi 8peaker of the House of Reprewn tati res. J - MATIN WFLKKlt, President of the Senate. March ST, 1859. No. 152 AN ACT Relating to the Lewistown Reservoir. . Section I. Be It enacted by the General Assembly of tbe Srate of Ohio, That for the purpose of settling with the Miami hydraulic aud manufacturing company for the construction of tne enlargement oi tne juewwiown reser reservoir, - voir, reservoir, and cancelling the contract relative to said enlarge ment between the state and said company, the sum of ninety -one rnonsana one nun area ana eixiy.se reu aoi lat a and eighxy.fivecenta la hereby directed to be paid said company by the aod i tor of state aud attorney gener al, in tne manuerana upon tne terms in id is acicon- tainea. - 1 ' - Sen. Ti e auditor of state is hereby directed, imme immediately - diately immediately upon the passage of this act, to draw his warrant upon the treasury In faror of Boyle At Roach, fr the sum of eighteen thousand one hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty-seven cents, which aum, when so paid loetud Bo-vie At Hon cb, shall be deducted out of the amount in the first section of this act directed to be paid said com company - pany company for sain enlargement, and whn so paid the receipt of said rterle & Roach to the State of Ohio shall be re received - ceived received by sold company as so much mouey, and shall op opera's - era's opera's as an extinguishment of so much of tlie cost of the enlargement of said reerroir, and aball forever acquit and discbarge sdd companv of all liability to s-ild Boyle & Koacu for any claims and demands on the part of said Boyle & Roach against aaid company on account of said enlargement. ec. 3. If the said Miami hydraulic and maun factor factoring - ing factoring company t-hall not set lie with the state and surrender alirigbia acquired under the contract for the enlarge enlargement - ment enlargement of said reservoir, and do and perforin all other sola required by this act according to the terms thereof, then their right to eolleot waUr rents for surplus water of said reservoir of the Miami and Brie Canal shall be suspend, ad: and the bonrd of public works are hereby directed to collect aud pay into the state treasury all water rente of i said reservoir or uanai,nwi. snia rents so collected snail be etiual in amount to the sum paid satd Hovle fit Roach. and tbe accrued Interest thercoo, oompuietl at sis per cent. er annum. - bee. 4- Upon the settlement with said company for tbe enlargement or satd reservoir, an to company snaji ve charged with all water rente hy them collected upon said reservoir and tlie Miami nrd Erie Canal, and with inter interest - est interest tbereou from the time tlte eanve were received by said nnmnanv. on lit uu ted at the rate nf six par cent, per an ant mmii n vm.i f trM balance due aaid companv. nffr to payment of Boyle St Hoachaud tm deduction of the water rents, as in this act directed, sid uouipan shall convey to the State of Ohio all lands by them owned and held in connection with aaid reservon; and the conlrnct between wild company and tbo board of public worse, made undwr and in pursuance of he ai t of April ?, 185U, shall be void and of none eHVct; and all leases made and rights acqutreo sitrrunaer ny s.tia company, io an in in-ti.ut - ti.ut in-ti.ut and mirnosea. shall vest to aud I euioved hv tbe State of Ohio, and the boatd of public works, on being notified by the ottomey geueral or the final set tlement of nil claims aa herein provided, ahall take possession of snta ruse r voir anu its appurtenances, snail cowraw ir and collect all water rents arising out of the lease of the surplus water of the same, or of th Mian I and Erie Cr. na!, iud the same as if said contract had never been mad, whenever the said eoropanv shall perform tbe matters and thing! In ihlsectln required, the same shall be taken and held as a surrender of the said reservoir and all the rights and Interests of said company acquired un under - der under the contract for the enlargement that oof, and the au auditor - ditor auditor of auto shall thereupon draw hie warrant for what ever balance may be due them after making the deduc deductions - tions deductions in this aot directed , Sec 5. The cipltal stock of ssid company negotiated by B. 8. Hauilln to W. H. Gibson, and shown by the tee-

No. 153 AN ACT To amend section two it an act passed March 1 If h, 1863, to provide for the puhlimtion o the general laws in new FpaperF, and to repeal an act entitled "An Act to provide for an early pi b'icatlon of the laws, and for other purposes," passed March 23d, 1850. ! ' Section 1. Be it enacted by tbe General Assembly of the 8tate of Ohio, 'i bat section two of an act passed March 1 ith, Ir5t, to provide for the publication of tbe genera laws in newspapers, and to repeal an art entitled -an net to provide for an early publication of the laws, and for other purposes." passed March 23d, 1850, be so amended as Io read as f llows: Bee. S. That tbe auditor of state, secretary of etat and attorney geue al, aa soon ss possible after the passage of laws by the General As Assembly - sembly Assembly at each session, ball select from tbe general laws a named, such na they atiall deem of general interest to the people of the state, and tbe same shall be foi warded hy the anditor of state at the earliest practicable moment to the and tors of tlie several counties, and it aball be the rinty ef auditor, prob te judge and prosecuting attorney of each county, to contract for the publication of the same pi two weekly or daily newspapers printed therein if so msny there be. having the greatest circulation in the county: provided that in no ease shall tbe same be pibl'sbed in two papers of one party if two of opposite politics are published therein; and also in one German newspaper". It there be one in such county, at a price not exceeding sixty cents per teousand ems, to be pxid out of their respective county treasuries; aa hereinafter provi provided. - ded. provided. . ' - - -r - .. r Sec. 9. - Thar1 the seenrd Fecit on of the act above refer referred - red referred to Ve and the same is hereby repealed. Kec. 3. This act shall take effect and be In force from and after its p usage. WILLIAM B. WOODa, - Speaker of the House of Representatives. MARTIN WELKER, President of the Senate. ' March 31, 1SH9. . No. I55.J AN ACT - i . -.; . ; ? To Kmlt tlie operation ot the act entitled "An act to re repeal - peal repeal the Ten Per Cent. Law, passed March lttb, 1850,' passed February 25th, 1859. . .... : . ? . ... - Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the -State of Ohio, Tbat the act entitled "an act to repeal the ten per cent, law, passed March lh 1850, passed February S 159, nhall not apply to any comracrs now existing, or that may he made before tbe taking effect of sid act. but said contracts ah all be and remain in foil force and eftVct, and upoi all judgments rendered npon any of the aforesaid contrasts, interest shall be computed r.ntil paymont at the rat speci6ed therein, not exceeding t"n per centum t-er annum, as though said act, passed February 25, 1859, had not been passed. : gee. 2. That thl act atiall take enect and be in force uponitsassage. - WILLIAM B. WOODS. . . . - Speaker of the House of Representatives. , MARTIN WEI.KER, T , - President of the Senate.; Ma-ch 31, 159. NO 162. . AN ACT . ; . f . To protect Literary Societiea -. j- -1 Section 1'.' Beit enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Tbat if any person or persons shall hereafter willfully disturb, molest or interrupt any liter ary Bociety, or any scnooi or society formed for the intel intellectual - lectual intellectual Improvement of its members, such person or per persons - sons persons shall be deemed gnily of a Biisdemeanor, and on conTiction thereof, shall be fined in anv sum not leas than five nor more than twenty dollars, with costs of prosecu prosecution, - tion, prosecution, and shall stand committed until such fine shall have been paid: provided, further, that the judgment for costs shall not be abated until such costs shall bare been fully paid. Sec. 2. : That tt shall be the duty of any judge of pro probate, - bate, probate, justice of tbe peace, or mayor of any city, town or incorporated villace in this state, upon information by affidavit, to issue bia warrant, causing the body of tbe ac accused - cused accused forthwith to be brought before him, ard if. npon investigation, shall be fonnd guilty, to adjudge against snld guilty party or parties, the penalty pruvided in the first section of this act. Sec. 3. . All prosecutions under this act aball be in the name ef the 8tate of Ohio; and all such floes collected shall be paid into the township treasupy of tbe proper township, for the benefit of common schools therein. - - Sec. 4 Tbat this act shall be in lorce trom and after its passage. nrm- - WILLIAM B. WOODS, -- Speaker of the Bouse of Representatives. J . : MARTIN WELKER, - - r - President of tbe Senate. April S,1859. No.160. . r AN ACT . , ' . In Relation to Public Records. ; Section 1. Be it enacted bv the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That it shall be the doty of the county commissioners of any county to cause any puhke records of said oouuiy to be Indexed or transcribed, whenever the nublic interest shall reouire tbe same to be done, or wbeo the same may be necessary to facilitate toe business appertaining to the office to which sucb records belong; and to pay in compensation to the persons employed for the same, a price not exceeding five cents a case for hi' dexmg, and tea cents for every hundred words for transcribing.- .'And all contracts heretofore made bv tbe coun county - ty county commissioners of anv eountv for such indexing or transerihio;, are hereby affirmed and declared valid; auch compensation to be paid out of tbe county treasury, upon the order ot the county commissioners ana tne oroer pi the county auditor. sec.z. i n is act suau ds) in rorce rrom ana atter in passage.; it , . , - r. !8paakeref she House of Representatives. - MARTIN WELKRR -''" President of the Senate. Artt2,,859. ' ' - . r ,r FNo. 163 AN ACT To amend the forty-tourth Section of an act etalttled an aot to provide for tne organization of cities and incor incorporated - porated incorporated villages, passed May 3, 1853. Section 1. Be tt enacted bv the General Assembiv of the state of Ohio, That section fortv-foartfa of the above named aot be so amended as to read as follows: Sec 4t . The corporate authority of incorporated villaeea organ ised or to be organised under the provisions ef this act, for the special purposes of being a road district, aball be veatea in turee trusreee wno snail ne quattnea electors residing within tbe limits of such special road districts. ana wno snail noia tneir omce lor uiree years, except aa herein provided, aad until their successors nre elected and qualified. At the first meeting of the trustees elected Under the provisions of this act, they shall determine by lot the term of service of each trustee so elected, so tbat one trustee shall serve for the torm of one year, and one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three jears and at every succeeding annual election of any rpecial road district, they shall elect one trustee wbo shall serve for the term of three years; the said trustees shall appoint either from tbeir own body or from the qualified voters of the corporation, a clerk, and may appoint a su supervisor - pervisor supervisor or such other officers or agents as may be neeea. sary; and by proper by laws or ordinances' prescribe tbe dutiea and compensation of the officers so appointed, and may remove any snch officers, and may appoint othera at their discretion. The ssid trustees shall have power to till amy vacancy which may happen fas their own body ftom the qualified voters of tbe corporation, and tbe per person - son person so appointed shall continue In office until tbe next regular election, and until bia successor is elected and qualified: and any two of aaid trustees may act, but no notice - tice notice of any m-setlng fox the transaction of boauiees must be given to all. Sec 2. That the forty fourth section ef aa act entitled an act to provide for tbe organisation of cities aod incor incorporated - porated incorporated villages, passed May 3, 1662, be aad the same is hereby repealed. Sec 8. This art to be n force from and after Ita pas passage, - sage, passage, :r.. , - , . - , WILLIAM B. WOODS, ' Speaker of tbe House of Represantadvea. MARTIN WELKER, " ' . President of the Senate . AprilS, 1839. . , ... , No. 161 1 AN ACT . : To provide for tbe Payment of Indebtedness of Town. ships, incurred for the support of the Poor. Section 1. Be It enacted by the General Aasembhi ef the State ef Ohio, That the trustees of townships be and are hereby authorised to levy annually, any sum not ex exceeding - ceeding exceeding three rathe ou the dollar valuation. In addition to the levies now authorised by law, for the payment of In Indebtedness - debtedness Indebtedness hereto fore contracted by the township for the aupport of tht poor. Sec. 2. This aot shall take effect end be la force from and after iu passage. WILLIAM B. WOODS, ' Speaker of the House of Represenntivee - . MARTIN WELKER, President of the Senate. April 2, 1859. . - ,; , No. 209. AN ACT Jtxplaoatory of an aot entitled an act to amend sect ton twenty three of an act entitled "an act to provide for the organisation, aupervteion and maintenance of Ooramoa tbools. passed March lltn,l85S, psssed March 12, ISaS. Section I. Be It enacted by the General Assembly of the Biate of Ohio, That the provisieos of the set entitled "an act to amend section twenty-three of an aot entitled an act to provide for the oreautzadoa, supervision and maintenance of oornroea schools, passed March 11th. 1863, paased April 12, 1858, aball be so construed aa to authorise the levy ot a tax upon any sub-district for the purpose of completing the erection or repair of eay school bouse In sucb sub-district, which waa iu process of erection or repair at the time aaid aot, passed April 12th 1858, took effect, or for paying debts incurred therefor. Speaker of the House of Rep reeen tati vi t iut,i n rm o. wjwo. - MAKTIN SfililVKN, President of the issatato. . April 6, 1859. SxcaiTAar or Statu's fits, I Columbus, April 16,1859. 1 I hereby certify that tbe foregoing acts are true copies of the original rolls ou als in this office. . A. P. RUSSELL, Secretary of State. AuPiroa'a Orron, Portage Co., t Havenna, July 19, 1859. J 1 herebv certify, thai I have compared the foregoing lawa with authe.'tfoa'ed cofies trom the Secretary of State, anu nnd them enrre i AI.KFM BALPM IN, County Audi of

fectly still, with my eyes shut, endeavoring since I could not get to sleep again,to account fcr rlie peculiar nature of my late nightmare, as I had made np my mind toxousider it, nn nn-lil - lil nn-lil the cuckoo clock, on the oaken stair outside struck four. " The last note of the mechanical bird had scarcely died away, when again, close to my pillow, I beard ottered not only with distinctness, bnt with a most unmistakable earnestness the 'same piece of information which bid once so startled me already 'The ferryrnao waits. 1 hen I got np and looked under the ' little bed, and behind it ; into the small cupboard where my one change of boots was kept, and wheie there was scarcely room for anything else. T sounded the wall nearest my bed's bead, and found it solid enough; it was also an outside wall; nor from any of the more remote ones could so distinct a summons have come. Then ' I pushed thV window casement fully back, and thrust my bead and bare neck into the morning air. If 1 was still asleep, I was de. termined to awake myself, and then, if I should bear the mysterious voice again, I was deter determined - mined determined to obey it. I was not alarmed, nor even disturbed in my mind, although greatly inter interested.' - ested.' interested.' The circumstances of my position pre precluded - cluded precluded any supernatural terror. The animals in the farrr-vard were lying' in the tumbled straw close by,' and near enough to be startled at a shout of mine; some pigeons were already circling round the dovecote, or paciug.sentinel paciug.sentinel-like - like paciug.sentinel-like the little platforms before tbeir domiciles; and the sound of the lasher, by whose circling eddies I had so often watched for trout, came cheerily and with inviting tones acroBS the dewy meadows. The whole landscape seemed instinct with new-born life, and to have thor thoroughly - oughly thoroughly shaken off the solemnity of dreary night. Its surpassing beauty and freshr.ess so entirely took possess;on'of me, indeed, that in its con contemplation - templation contemplation I absolutely forgot tbe inexplicable occurence which brought me to the window. I was Wrapped in the endeavor to make out whether those tapering lines, supporting, as it appeared, a mass of southern cloud, were in indeed - deed indeed the pinnacles of the cathedral, when, close to my ear close by, as though the speak speaker - er speaker had his face to the casement likewise the words were a third time uttered The ferry man waits. - There was a deeper seriousness in its tone on this occaion an appeal which seemed to have a touch of pathos as well as gloom; bnt it was the same voice, and one which I shall oever forget. ' I did not hesitate another mo mo-moment, - moment, mo-moment, but dressed myself as quickly as I coald; and descending the stairs, took down the vast oaken door-bar, and let myself out.as I bad heei! wont to do when I went betimes a 6shirig.' Then I strode southward along the foot-path, leading through the fields to where the river ferry was, some three miles off, now doubting, now believing that tbe ferryman did wait I here at snch an unusually early hour and for me. I made such good use of my ler . .. , that it was not five o'clock when I reached the last meadow tint lay between me and the stream. It was higher ground than its neigh neighbor - bor neighbor land, and every step I took I was looking eagerly to come in sight of some ferry-house. which was on the opposite, bank, and by no means within easy hailing distance. At, last I did so, and observed, te my astonishment that the boat was not at its usual moorings. It must needs,, therefore have been already brought over upon my own side. A few steps further brought ire into view of it, with the ferryman standing up in tbe stern, leaning on his punt-po!e,aud looking intently iu my direc direction. - tion. direction. : Re gave a great ' hollo ' when he reog- nized me, and I returned it, for we were old acquaintances- . : i,: ....!...,.-; Well,,:Maater Philip, cried he, as I drew nearer, 'yon are not here so very much betiinef, after all; 1 have been waiting for yoa nigh up on half an hour.' . Waiting for me.' '.echoed I. 'I don't know how that can be, since nobody knew that I was coming; and indeed I didu't know it myself, till' --, : ' And. there I stopped myself upon the very verge of confessing myself to have been fooled by a voice. Perhaps the ferryman himself may be concerned in the trick, thought I, and is now abont to charge me roundly for being taken acroBS out of hoars. . 4 Well, sir,' returned the Genias of the River, turning his peak lees cap bind before.which was his fashion when pnzled, f and certainly a much more polite one than tbat common to bis breth ren of the land, of scratching their heads,) 'all I can say is, as I was aroused at half past three or so by a friend of yours, Baying as tho' yoa would be wanting me in a little on the uorth bank.' " '" ' ' . ' What friend was tbat ? ' inquired I. ' Nay, sir, for that matter I can't say, since I didn't see hrm; but I heard him well enough, at all events, and as plain as I now hear you. I was asleep when he first called me from out outside - side outside yonder, and could scarcely make any seDse of it. But the second time I was wide awake; and the third time, as I was undoing the window, there could be no mistake about Be ready for Phillip Reatoo on the nor' bank,' he said.. ..... s . ...;..... And bow was it yon misted seeing my friend I ' inquired I, as carelessly as I could. He was in such a hurry to be gone, I reck on, that as soon as be beard my window open, and knew be had roused me, he set off. . His voice came round tbe east corner of tbe cot cottagers - tagers cottagers though he went Ester way. I wouidit have got np at such a time, and at such a sum mons, for. many other folks bat you, I do as sure yoa, Master Philip.' 'Thank you,' said I though by no means quite' convinced ;' you're a good fellow, and here's five shillings for yoa. And now, put me across, aod sbew me the nearest way by which 1 can get to the city Now, if by Borne inscrutable means, the fer ferryman - ryman ferryman who had becomo the leading figure in my mind because of tbe mysterious warning or any accomplice of his, had played rae a trick, and tramped up a story for my bewilder bewilderment, - ment, bewilderment, they . bad not, I flattered myself, very much cause for boasting. I had evinced but slight curiosity about tbe unknown gentleman who had , heralded my appronch at daylight, and I had given them to understand that I hnd a real object in my early rising that of reach ing the capital city, at least ten miles away. hfut my own brain was, for all that, a prey to

which was of final service towards an expla explanation - nation explanation of tbe events of the morning. There was I, at a little alter five a m, with a walk before me of ten, and walk behind me of three good Devon miles, breakfast less, without the least desire to reach tbe place I was bonnd for. and all because of a couple of vov et pneteranihils,- voices without a body between them. I consumed the way in men mentally - tally mentally reviewing all tbe circumstances of the case again and sgMU, aud by no means iu a credulous spirit; but when I at length arrived at tbe city upon the hill, I was as far from the solution of the matter as when I started. That the ferryman himself, a simple count ry- man, should be concerned in any practical joke upon me, a mere fly-fishing acquaintance . of a couple of weeks' standing or that snch J persons as the Courtenays should have per permitted - mitted permitted the playing of it upon a guest at Cow less, was only less astounding than the perfect perfect-lioa - lioa perfect-lioa of the trick itself if trick it really was. But neither my feelings of anger, when I looked oc the matter in that light, nor those of mystery, when I took the more supernat supernatural - ural supernatural view of it, in any wise interfered with the gradual growth of appetite; and when I turn turned - ed turned into a private room of th Bishop's Head in tbe High Street, the leading idea in my mind, after all my cogitations, was breakfast. If seven and forty mysterious voices had in formed me that the ferryman was waiting then, I should have responded 'Then let him wait; at all events, while I eat a beafstake and sundries. - Although Exter is as picturesque and ven venerable - erable venerable a city as any raven could desire to dwell in, it is not a lively town, by any means, in a geueral way. A quiet, saintly, solemn.ppot, indeed it is, excellently adapted for a sinner to pass his last days in although he would, probably, find tbem among the longest in his life and peculiarly adapted to that end in its very great benefit of ("Episcopal clergv ; but for a bale young gentleman of nineteen to find himself therein at nine o'clock on a fine sum mer morning, with nothing to do. and all the day to do it in, was an embarassing circum stance. . Nothing going on, as nsual, I suppose?' in quired I, with a yawn at the waiter, when I had fini.-hed a vast refection. - Going on, sir? Yessir. , City very gay, indeed, sir, just now. . Assises, sir, now sitting Murder case very interesting for a young gentleman like yonrsell, indeed, sir.' -. How do you know what is interesting?' re-1 lorted I, with, the indignation of hobbledehoy I hood at haviug its manhood called in question. ' Young gentleman, indeed 1 lama man, sir. But what about this murder ? Is the pris prisoner - oner prisoner convicted ?' ,' Convicted, sir T Nossir; not yet, sir. We hope be will be convicted this morning, sir. A journeyman carpenter, one Robert Moles, have been and murdered a toll-keeper killed him in the dead o'night, sir, with a'atched and bis wife's the witness against him.': That's very horrible,' remarked L 'I didn't know a wife could give evidence.' , Nossir, not his wife, sir; it's the toll keep keeper's - er's keeper's wife. sir. She swears to to this Moles, although it 'appened two months ago or more, sir. . Murder will out, they say; and how true it is I He'll be hung in front of the jail, sir, in a hopen place upon an 'ill, so as almost ev erybody will be able to see it, bless ye 1 ' . ' I Bhoold like to hear the end of this trial, very much indeed, waiter.' , . ' Sbonld you, sir ? '. fondling his chin. ' It couldn't be done, sir it could not be done ; the court is crowded into a a mash already.' To .be sore, I've, got a . But ne, sir, it could not be done.'. . .. , I suppose it's merely a question of' How innch ? ' said I, taking oat my parse. 'Didu't you say you had a ' A cousin as is a javelin-man ? Yesesir. Well, don't know but what it might be done, sir, if you'll just wait till I've cleared away. There, they're at it already I ' . While he spoke, a fanafronade of trumpets without proclaimed that the judges were about to take their seats, and in a few minutes the waiter and I were among 'the crowd. . The javelin man, turning oat to be amenable to reason arid tbe ties of relationship, as well as not averse to a small pecuniary recompense, I soon found standing room for myself in . the court-house, where every seat bad been en engaged - gaged engaged for hours before. : As I had been in formed, the proceedings were all but conclud ed, save some unimportant indirect evidence, and the speech of the prisoner's counsel. This gentleman had been assigned to the accused by the courtince he had not provided himself with any advocate, nor attempted to meet the tremendous charge laid against him, except by a simple denial All that had been elicited from him since his apprehension, it seemed.was this : that the toll keeper's wife was mistaken in his identity, but that he had led a wander wandering - ing wandering life of late, and could not produce auy per son to prove an nli"6i tbat be was in Dorset shire when the murder was done, miles away from the scene of its commission; but at what place ea tbe particular day in question, tbe fifth of March, he could not recall to mind. This, taken in connection with strong condemn atory evidence, it was clear, would go sadly against him with the jury, as lame defence indeed; although, as it struck me, who had only gleaned this muoh from a bystander.noth bystander.noth-ing - ing bystander.noth-ing was more natural than that a journeyman carpenter, wbo was not likely to have kept a diary, should not recollect what place he bad tramped through upon any particular date - Why, where had I myself been ou the fifth of March ? thought I. j It took me several min utes to remember, and I only did so by recol lecting that I had left Dorsetshire on the day following, partly in consequence of some alter alteration - ation alteration going on at borne. Dorsetsbire.by the by, did the prisoner say f Why, surely, I bad seen that face before, which was now turned anxiously and hurridly around the court, and now, as if ashamed of meeting bo many eyes, concealed in his tremulous bands. ' Robert Moles I Ntf, I had certainly never hoard that name; and yet I began to watch the poor fel fellow - low fellow with a singular interest, begotten of the increasing conviction tbat he was not altogeth altogeth-a - a altogeth-a stranger to me. ' ' 1 ' ' The evidence went on and conoladed; the counsel for the prisoner did his best, bat bis speech was, of nocessily, an appeal to mercy rather than to justice. All that had beea

both, bnt soon bunted itself out. JYight la. labor and the inspiration of gin wilt make short work with the most robust constitution The Bight Uotto for Honor and Boecesa. Yonng men are apt to be impatient at the prominence given in history and in life to men who are not possessed of any of those shining qualities which carry all before them at col college. - lege. college. .-.- ' Bnt let ns consider if the honors paid to snch men are not just Tbe men wanted in society, especially in troublous times, are men who can be relied on. If yon are going away on a three years' voyage, and wish to secure tbe payment, on tbe first day of every month, nf a certain sum of money to yonr family, which cum of money ' is to be their only sop. port during yonr absence, do you deposit your capital with a dashing financier who contrib contributes - utes contributes brilliant articles to the Merchant's Month Monthly - ly Monthly 1 No.sir. - Yoa find oat one of those old fashioned, steady-going bankers, they never missed a payment in forty years, and would sacrifice their entire estate to keep their word. Do yod not t , . " The story of the old goory gentleman who advertised for a coachman, is in point. The first candidate said he could drive witbio a foot of a precipice without rnnning'off. The sec second - ond second declared he could drive within six inches. Upon this, the third candidate bong his bead and began moving off, saying' It's no ose my trying for the place, as always make it a point to keep as far from the edge of a bank as possible.' Whereupon tbe old gentleman roared out, 'Ton are the very man I want,' and engaged him on the spot. , Many things are desirable in a man and coachman ; but one thing before all : We want him to be tbe sort of a man that will not up set the coach ! , . Hence, the importance, of solid, slow men, who can be trusted, and who will assuredly do what tbey say they wilL Sham Dignity. - . , Simplicity pf manners; joined with strong, sturdy common sense, Is one of the rare and refreshing virtues which adorn the character of a true man. Tbey shine conspicuously, though without ostentation, inasmuch as tbey form snch a striking contrast to the countless in instances - stances instances of .. fiilse dignity and vile affectation which we daily see abont ns. We lately heard of a most amusing instance of offended digni dignity. - ty. dignity. ' A mar: called at a grocery and bought some milk, and while the portly hostess was pouring' it bnt. be happened to mention that be wanted it for a favorite cat. What 1' ex exclaimed - claimed exclaimed the woman, with indignation in ber red face, ' do you suppose I keep milk to sell for cats to drink ? I rather guess not 1 ' and she ponied it back. ' I rather guess I bavii't got down quite so low as that yet 1 ' And so the'man was obliged to go without the milk, and wait till the woman got a little lower, and dignity a tittle cheaper.. . , . The Origin of some of the Fashions. i Fashion, in these modern days, does not evince much inventive genius., Her ' novel ties,' so called, are for the most part repetitions. She revives and reproduces,bnt seldom brings out anything really new. Our city bloods doubtless consider the style in which they wear their facial hair original, and yet Strabo says that tbe male savages, of Ancient Britain shared .their chins and suffered tbeir must a choie and whiskers to grow. Nor was this nil tbey actually carried walking sticks I Our Lavender Kyds, therefore, should recognize in Caractacus ' a man and a brother.' Again, the soft hat which dates with us from the ad ' vent of Kossuth, is as old as the Norman Uon quest. ' The knigbt of that era when he took off his hemlet to rest hii head, replaced it with a woolen fabric closely resembling the saucy modern ' wide awake in shape if hot in text ore. -. Ont of .this antique wide-awake ' grew, fdaring the pontificate of Innocent IV. the Cardinal's bat, the most nmbrageons of all the felt fabrics, if we accept the cbapeanx of the Shakers and the Mormons. The blouse, too, is a bequest from the knights filibusters, who crossed the British Channel with the original ' Iron Duke,' Duke William of Ndrriuudy. -After .having ' astoaishedthe Saxon natives with their gold broidered and gem clasped mantles and plnmed velvet caps (which by the way were not unlike those with which some Tond and wealthy American parents areaccus tomed to drees their six year-old sonsj the vain-glorious, bet provident conquerors, were wont to lay them by, assuming in their stead the every day blouse and wide-awake. . ', ! As for-embroideries they are as old as Gen esis,; or. there vbouts, and transparent muslins or barages, or , something of the same gauzy kind, were manufactured by che women of Cos (who wore tbem, and hence probably the allies laid. siege to Troy. The fesbion of dying hair is also of some considerable antiquity The Anglo Saxon beau monde were extrava gantly addicted to it as long ago as the days of the Heptarchy ; the favorite colors of the belles of that period being a lively red and sky bine. A reference to the most Bntbentic illustra tions 01 ancient costumes, -wiu convince any one who is curious in snch matters, that nine tenths of what we call ' fashionable novelties are either fac similes or modification of styles and fabrics belonging to other ages. A Cheap Traveling Qaallfiutlon. - - - Somebody accounts for Western hospitality by saying that where houses are so far apait as in that part of tbe country, a stranger is as welcome as a newspaper, and is commonly nsed as one. :Tbe moment he arrives, be is ' put in press,' and, what iB more, kept there till all the news that has happened for tbe last six months is thoroughly squeezed out of him, and bottled np for future use. - A mair that tells a good murder story, conld travel from one end of Indiana to the other without expense. SMILES. ' The distinction between liking and loving was well made by a little bix years old. She was eating something at breakfast which sbe seemed to relish very much. j ' Do yon love it f ' asked her aunt. ' No, replied tbe child with a look or disgust, I like it If I loved it I should kiss it.' To resusicate a drowned Englishman, place a piece of roast beef under his nose; a French man, a pinch of snuff; an old maid, an offer of marriage ;a yaokee, attempt to pick fail pockets.

IB THE OLD CHTJHCH TOWZR.' By T. B. ALDUCH. In the old chore), tower H-vnff tbe bell; Aod aborv it on the vane. In the sasvfafne and tbe ram, i Cat taeId, Saint Peier atanda, r With ff krji in bia two liaudsj And all is wall V- In th old ehairh-towfT " 1 Hanga lha belli Tou c.in heat Its great heart heat, Ab ! Mload, and wild, and sweet, As to parson sajsa prajer ; Over happy lovers there, While ail Is well ! . In the old church-tower Hangs the bt It, Tep and solemn. Bark 1 acsin. Ah I what session, aud what pain 'WUhjber hands upon her breast,' Borne poor f-onl baa (one to rest : Where all is well. In the old church tower : Hanga the bell A quaiut friend that teem to know Allow jo; and all our woe : It Is glad when we are wed. It is sad when we are dead Aad all Is welt. Jar pome Circle "The Ferryman "Waits I" . -A SP1RI1UJL SUBPCEffA. Some dozen years ago, I passed a couple of early summer months in Devonshire, fishing ; changing one picturesque scene of sport for another, always disbelieving that I should find so fair a place as that last emitted, and alwava having pleasantly to acknowledge ' myself wrong. . There is indeed an almost inexbanst- ihle treasure of delicious nooks in that fertile country, which comprehends every element of landscape beauty coast and inland, hill and valley, moor and woodland and excels iu - nothing more than in its curved river. What cliff like and full foliaged banks about their sources, and what rich meadows sprinkled with nnrivcled kine, as they broaden towards the sea I At the close of my tour, I was lodg ing in a farm-house, near a branch of the Exe, ' rather regretful at the thought of so soon hav ing to shoulder my knapsack and return to . native Dorset, near a certain provincial town ' of which county, and in a neighborhood with- : out a tree within sight, or a stream within ' sight, or a stream, within sound, it was my lot I In dwell We had lately thrown out a bow window to the drawing-room there, but why, T cannot tell; for there was, certainly, nothing to fee from it. '.What a difference between snch a spot and my then abode, from the win- dows of which a score of miles of undulating and varied landscape conld be discerned, with the old cathedral towers of the city standing -grandly np against the soothren sky J r ' It is not true that people who live in pictur picturesque - esque picturesque places do not appreciate them, bnt only that they require to be made to understand their gude fortune. v Michael Courtenay, the gudeman of the farm, and, like all his class, a thorough stay-at-home, 'could not discover : what 1 fonnd in that look out from his house to make such a fuss about; but his wife, who had once paid a visit to her son when in busi ness in Birmingham.kne w perfectly well. Con Concerning - cerning Concerning which son Robert.by the-by .there was a ' sad tale. He was, the only child of the good pair, and one who should have been there at , Cowlees, the right hand f his father, aud the comfort of bis loving mother; but tbe young . man decided otherwise.. He had never taken . to firming, but bad grieved his father hugely by a hankering after mechanical studies,which tbe old agriculturist associated almost with the black art itself. .' Thinking himse'f to have a gift. fo the practical sciences, Robert had got apprenticed ut Birmingham, and for some time bade fair to acquit himself well. . But it had not been farming to which be was in reality averse, so much as to restraint of any ki nd ; and finding, after a little, that he could not be . his own msater at the lathe, any more than at the plough, he forsook bis second calling like-; wise. This bad justly angred Michael, and rawn from him, on the return of the lad, cer-' tain expressions which his yonng spirit andnti andnti-folly - folly andnti-folly resented. ". There was a violent scene in ; that peaceful homestead of Cowlees one day; and the next morning, when tbe bouse was ; astir, it was found that Robert had gone away in the night time, nor had he since either- re turned home or written of his whereabouts. It was a year, ago and more by this time.du- : ring which period Mrs. Courtenay had grown older than in the half-dozen years before; while tbe old man himself, said the farm people, had altered to tbe full as much as she, althoogh,for his part, he never owned to it. L It was not he wbo told me of the matter, bnt the gudewife, who was fond of me -as my vanity was oblig ed to confess Uiainly because I was of the age of her lost lad, and so reminded her oi him. I slept in tbe very room which had formerly been her Robert's, and a very comfortable little room it was. Here it was, very early one May morning before even the earliest risers of tbe farm were op, that 1 was awakened by these three words, pronounced close by me in the distinctest tones-.' The ferryman waits. ' So perfectly conscious was I of having been really addressed, that I sat up in bed at once, and replied, ' Well, and what is that to me 7 ' before tbe absurdity of the intimation had time to strike me. Tbe snow-white curtains of the little bed were completely undrawn, so that no person could have been hidden behind them. Althoagh it was not broad daylight, every ob ject was clearly discernible, and through the balf-opened window came the cooL delicious summer air -with quickening fragrance. , 1 beard tbe dog rauie nis cnam in tbe yard , as he came out of bis kennel and shook himself and then returned to it lazily, as though it was not time to be up yet . A cock crew, but very unsatisfactorily, leaving off in tbe middle of his performance, as though he had been mistaken in the hoar. My watch a more reliable enronicier intormea mo tbat it wanted a quarter of. fonr o'clock. I was not accustom ed to be awakened at snch a time as that, and turued myself somewhat indignantly on the r

corroborate the verdict. Then tbe Judge pot on the the terrible black cap, and solemnly in- q'lired for the last time whether Robert Moles had any reason to urge why senter.ee should not he passed upon him. ... My lord,' replied the lad.in a singnlarly low, soft voice, which recalled the atterer to my recollection oa the instant, I am wholly inno innocent - cent innocent of the dreadful crime of. which I am ac ac-cnsed.althoug - cnsed.althoug ac-cnsed.althoug I confess I see in the doom that is about to be passed upon me a fit recom recompense - pense recompense for my wickedness and disobedience. I wast however, until informed of it by the officer who took me into custody, as ignorant of this poor man's existence as of his death ' 'My lord,' cried I, speaking with an energy and distinctness that astonished myself, ' this young man has spoken the truth, as I can tes- tify.'.. . ! . .- . : There was a tremendous sensation in the court at this announcement, and it was some -minutes before I was allowed to take my place in the witness box. The connsel for the crown objected to my becoming evidence at that period of the proceeding at all, and threw himself into the legal qne3lion with all the indignation which he had previously ex exhibited - hibited exhibited against the practice of midnight mur murder; - der; murder; bnt eventually the court over-ruled him, and I was sworn. I stated that I did not know the prisoner by name, but that I could swear to his identity. I described bow, on the St.h of March last; the local builder, being in want of bands, had hired the accused to assist in the construction of a bow-window in the drawing room of oar honse in Dorsetshire. Tbe counsel for the prosecution, affecting to disbelieve my sudr-en recognition of the prisoner, here requested to know whether any particular circumstance had recalled him to mv mind, or whether I had only a vague rec- ollection of him. ,; I had only that,' I confessed, 'until the prisoner spoke; his voice is peculiar, and I remember very distinctly to have heard it np np-on - on np-on the occasion I speak of ; he had the mis mis-.'ortnne - .'ortnne mis-.'ortnne to tread upon his fjot-rule and break it, while at work upon the window, and , 1 overheard him lamenting the occurrence. .. Here tbe counsel for the accused reminded : the court that a broken foot-rule bad been found npon tbe prisoner's person at tbe time of his apprehension. Within some five minutes, in short, the feel feelings - ings feelings of judge, jury and spectators entirely changed; and tbe poor young fellov at the bar, instead of having sentence of death passed upon him, found himself, through my means, set very soon at liberty. He came over to me at the inn to express his senbe of my prompt interference, and to beg to know how he might show bis gratitude. ' : I am not so mean a fellow as I seem,' said he; 'and I hope, by God's blessing, to be yet a credit to tbe parents to whom I have behaved so ill.' What is yonr real name?' inquired Ij-struck by a sudden impulse. '. My real name,' replied the young man, blushing deeply, is Courtenay, and my home where I hope to be to-night, is at Cowlees Farm, across the Exe.' ' '' ; ' A hd so I had not been called so mysteri ously at four o'clock in the morning, without a good and sufficient reason, after all. ANECDOTE 07 CICERO- While Poropey and Caesar were living, Cicero, it seems, had a dream, in which' he thought he called some boys, sous of senators, :' np to the capitol, because Jupiter designed to pitch npon one of them for sovereign of Rome. The citizens ran with all the eagerness of ex expectation, - pectation, expectation, and placed themselves about the temple; and the boys in their pratlexta sat silent The door suddenly opening, the boys rose np one by one, and, in their order, passed round tbe god, who reviewed them all, and . sent them away disappointed; but when Uc t arias approached, be stretched out bis hand to him . Romans, this is the person, who, when h comes to be your Prince, will pat an end to your civil wars. t , . , .. This vision, they tell us, made such an im impression - pression impression on Cicero, that he perfectly retained the figure aud countenance of the boy, though he did not yet know him. Next day he went down to tbe Campu$ Martiug, when the boys were just returning from their exercises, and tbe first who Btruck his eye was the lad in tbe very form he had seen in his dream. Aston Astonished - ished Astonished at the discovery, Cicero asked him who were bis parents; and he proved to be the bod ofOctaviuB, a person not much distinguished in life, and of Attia, sister to Cffliar. As he was so near a relation, and C?ar had no children of his own, he adopted him, and; by will, left bim his estate. Cicero, after his dream, whenever he met yonng tktavius, is ssid to have treated him with par icular re- gard, and be received those marks ot nis friendship with great satisfaction. As is known, Octaviue was elevated to su preme authority in Rome in connection with Mark Antony and Lepidus at the early ag of eighteen years. He afterwards arrived at sovereign power; and his reign, under the sur surname - name surname of Augustus, is among the most illustri ous in history. - . . , ;. e Two men. ptrane-e to each other, got into a dispute, when ono of litem exclaimed, threat threat-eningly, - eningly, threat-eningly, I will let you know, sir, that I am Mr. Hodge!1 Oh, well, I am equal to several of yoo eatd the "other; I am Mr. Hodges.' ? Thb Cost. Men who spend five cents a day for chewing tobacco, ton cents for cigars, and fifteen cents for liquor, have no right to com complain - plain complain that they are poor. .

Ho nret 'he rst that labor jftnlds The haia1ls tnd lb poor. Whore iu the patriarch of tb. Sskas ' Before bis eotlaj. door ! ..." The lark It alnjrlna-Hii U sky, . -The swallows on tho earee, And love !e beaming fa eae hey Beneath the summer leaves ! The air amid his fragrant bowers Supplies UDporchaaed health, ". And baarts are booodlaff 'mid the flowers, More dear to him lha. wealth. ' Peace, like the blessed sunlight, plajn ' Aronnd bis humble cot, . And happy nights and cheerful day " Dtridedhfe lowly lot. And wlxw the Tillage Ssbbslh bell Rings out upon the gale. The lather bows bis head to tell - -.., ' The music of Its tale A fresher verdure seems to fill . . - f , , - The Mr and dewy sod, ., .. And erery infant tongue is still . To bear the word of God. : . . , ' O, happy hearts! to him who stills ' .' The ravens wben they ery, ' And makes the Hly 'nastb lha hills ' 1 So glorious to the ere . " The trnating patriarch prays to bless .- -His labors with inereare; J"" ' Such ways are "wayof pleasantness1 And all such "paths are peace.1' '- BAT CNN As OBlOl -Wednesday Morning" July 20, 1859 , LITERARY . AND MISCKLLANKOUS KDITOKIAL ' ' BKPABTMwrr. ". . ' . ": -t- PEHOmHGS BT IAMP-UGHT. ' ,'What the Eoyal Blood Cannot Do.'. - Tbe second wife of Charles II, of Spain one . day fell off ber bona while hnotinff, and ber ' foot catching . in the stirrup, sbe. iu in tbe most imminent danger of being killed. ' No one, however, dared venture to relieve ber, it e being against the law for any, save the chief 'of the royal pagp, to touch any part of the ; perf on ot the Qneen of Spain, and least of all ' ber feet. At last two cavaliers went to ber ' assistance, and having extricated her, at once saddled their flee. eat horses, and prepared to -leave the country, in order to save their lives; .but they were pardoned by tbe king, at the 'queen's intercession. " ," .'.,;.V..,".:.4" ' : r When Queen Victoria was on a visit to the ' royal family of France at Ean, tbe. Queen of Belgium had been told that ber Majesty of England took every, morning at ten o'clock a tglass of, iced water. , Accordingly! on the day after her arrival, a servant duly made his ap ; pearance at the appointed hour, bearing on a .' Bilver salver a carafe and" two glasses, which ? he tendered to the sovereign, who declined tbe refreshment with a wave of the Vhand. , The : Belgian Queen, seeing this, whispered to her , son, who was present, to pour out a glass' of . water, and offer it to the queen ; this being - done, it was graciously accepted, the fact be ing'that etiquette would not allow ber Majesty 1 to pour ont the water for herself when a ser eTant was present T - So, too, wtien the Qneen, i Lonis Phillippe and the Duke of Wellington, paid a visit to Elton, noon the visitors' book 'being presented to them, the King -of the French soinewjjat ungallsntly took up a pen ;. aod signed bia name at the top of the page. 'Etiquette would net permit the qneen to sign ber name under any other ; she therefore turned over the all but blank leaf, and wrote her name on the top of tbe Bex t one, and then banded the pen to the Duke, who, by-the-by, I was so excited fancy the Duke of Welling ton being excited I at the honor done to him, that be actually spelt bis name ' Wegington I ' The queen, now, as fomerty, may not speak to a tradesman.' She has been seen stand stand-' - ' stand-' ing not a yard away from one, addressing all ber inquiries to an equerry, who repeated them ' to the tradesman, and again repeated to her ' Majesty ali bis answers. " What Half the Talk is Kade Of. A cotemporary observes that, it is carious with what unreserve ladies will talk to each ''other aloud in cars and omnibusses, on their r family affairs. We heard a good dame, the . other day, detail all the particulars of her fall. house-cleaning, and bow the ball, which was ;. tbe only thing left nndone, would have been 'i finished, hJvt Sary-Jane broke het leg.' t Then, followed a minute description of the making up of her winter flannels; ber pickling, her preserving, etc which she onnd npv when she stopped at last to take breath, by asking her listener a meek little bod y-' And - bow do you set along, my dear T' The little rArt Avt.inor1 hv t ha hnat lina- nntflrtil.tv nf