m ._ . . - ’ -v. , .. pnrvh. and looking in it lostuuth struck Inc tint the body l‘H there. and l n shit ml to Ilig‘ht. and to look upon her la-autiltil

(not once tum'c How the butt of in. “thrill. in llii< raise. signuht ‘llll'ltll

had been got met. I know but. and stop veil not to inquire. In ihit lind ninucy and intrigue do everything. and thermion- there was no marvel I ma lo the coach. tnin stop. and got out. while the old phy- sician followed "‘1‘. tllllmllcd. \Ye walk~ ed up the path ; the younger girls cathol- d round the door. sct'ctnini: the interior from our sight till we had mounted the steps. Then the sound of our lootlttlls made them move away to the right and lull. and what u s it I beheld.J Two liaud-hicrs cove. .l with liltll'lllar)‘t‘lnllh“. lav last in the iiui-anei- h-oni the great Alder. with the liolie-of the dcatl upon them. and flown-s strctved upon the corpses. ‘r cious II.‘.’|VI'II 3 I shall nevi-r forch it! [darted lbt'ward. I stood by the side of tho bicrs. and gazed down; but not on the countenance of lleatrite. Tin-re were the line l'i-aturcs, the tall. liiir brow. tinl raven locks of her sister Nari-ism. There was the thin. worn. anxious countcnan .l' of the Marquis Ill‘ Sprain. But no ilcatrice was tin-re. (Correlation in our next.)

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will-i .‘i Etlliiii c u 11." .__l

figrdinary homer—tit: of the West End. v

A short time since :in old lady. livitu: iii one ot the small streets lc Alhanv Street. It» ut‘s i’a entered the slinpdf a poulth r iii the neighlmrliouzl. and purchased it chicken. The tradrsman was attentive to llI'l', and the l'lll\' became a customer, always coming: to llll' shop and giving lr-r own orders. .Nlie tlllllt'fll'i‘lhlti be very old. but to have all h -r -iC:iltiv~ about her. One S lllll‘ :iy err-hing sh» wl -n the ponlt -rcr lrtpp-nctl to be Shit said she wished to 51 , islte-l lu-rto walk into tli little parlor behind the slrtp and he Would come to licrtltc moment he was tliscn-z tg-i ed. In tltc parlor she met the daughter in the poultr-rcr. and alter sonic (‘Ulll'l satiou in the course of which she I’i’lllul'k' d that tltc young girl looked ill. aiid requiri-d change. of air. she produced a Illll't‘l‘l lll‘ll up in paper. and said. “ (live this to your father. as he ' ‘ busy ntl t-annotcutnc, uud Icaiinot wa I wish him to take you ’ for a little change. and lt--re is sour-- thin'ar that. will enable him to do so." She placed the parcel in the girl‘s band. a .d told her to lock it up in a clipboard to 'which she pointed. The girl did so. :itid wbeii sotne hours subsequently. the shop was closed. and her iatlier came into the parlor to get his supper ‘he produced the parcel. and gaw the message by which it was accompanied. The poultcrur laughed as he untied it; but. tohis‘ tmttzeuicnt. the parcel was found to consist of batik notes anti gold ot the value of 1.1.000. There was also in it, an antique gold watch aittl chain. The next day Mr. ——- lutrricd round to his customer to thank her. when she desired him to take his daughter out of town tor a low dav s. and on their return to inform her of lllul‘ :trrival. This. of course. was done. A day or two after their return she called at the shop of Mr. —. anti said she wished him to come to her house to tea. accompanied by his daughter. As they were about to leave. after partaking of tar hospitality. she said to Mr. —. “I wish you particularly to call 'on me to-morvow morning. and bring with you two respectable persons upon whom you can rely.“ The next morning' Mr. —- atteni . accompanied by tltc curate of tho pariin anti a neighbor. The old lady then said that she was upward' ofnincty years at age. and had no relative living bitt a cousin. an attorney. who. she alleged. had not treated her Well. and by whom. she said. she Iia: lost £20,000, She added that she had .t.-o.000in Consuls still left. and that. as she felt she woultl not live long. aiid was t. ilvcd that the attorney should not get anything belong:- ing to her. she had asked Mr. to tit- tend. with two witnesses. in order that she might transfer tohim. tor his own absolute use. the £35,000 to which sheliad t'elcrrcd. She added that she knew very Well what she was about. mid that. by giving hiuitlii- money while she was alive. instead of be- qiieatliiug it to him at her death. he would he saved the 1 fluent of legacy duty to the extent of .t.‘ .000. This an- nouncement appeared properly suggested

litl.'_‘,r o-lt oll

In the Edinburgh [Irvine for April. there II a very IItll‘lll'tl yrt moderate rrth-le on liitnalI-in. from which wc in th- the extract helm. ‘l‘hciulortnullon it vumuns is. “v think. new to must ofour N‘fltlcrl. we learn that the robes about which so much

tic are nothing mote than \vry oldsfauliioned ciotbc- indeed. and are really and truly an

more sacred than the gotha.‘ habililneull of

modern litnvs 1—- 1

. " llut. «pin from the legal question. the canitotersy lulu nn intereu ol ill own which V‘Ilvnt‘l't'l a few moments‘ atteniion. 'lllitt the; [or disguise ot'ihetc colored Verdun-Ms in often; .trcatvil by bl'lll side- as it it was the turning ‘qucstion between a true and a false Church; the signs to one party of the only ('fllllllllc‘ worship. to the other ot ‘IluI workshops of y 5.1! in.‘ \\’c venture to say that. with tltci lexvcptioll of ac a-pect. on which we willl.

’ilwcii pre

‘vcsiun-ulr. lloth their supporters and their

opponents regard tin-tn as saverdolal garments. syiuhuli ofwe know not what. mysterious meaning». livvn Milton spoke of them as borrowed from the Flamcn's vcslt‘y and Aaron's wardrobe. What is the aclu. case? "i..~_-' bav itot the bi lest Itiitture of l‘ I- : men or pm 1 in their whole descent. 'l hey 'art: the all s of tltc Syrian peasant or the i ltonian “unit-man. retained by the clergy i when tlicy liiid been left oil'lty the rest ot so-

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'cicly; just as llte bishops long trescrrvd the 5 List relies ofthe flowing wigs of the time of Fun irlcs ll.. as the llluc-voat boys recall the lcotnnion dl't‘as of children under Iiilwaitl \'l.. .is go .ki- album the sober costume ot‘ilie t‘ouiinotiacalllt. as a clcrgyntau's bands, watch have been rcgirdcd as synil-nlit-al of tlic t'lnveit Tongues. of the two "l'i-slaiiicnts. of the two Tables of the Law. are but the re in oils of lhc turii-ooa'it collars of the time of James I. Then very Iiatncs lnar witncss to. the he! ili.i there was originally no out - distinction wliatcv r la-tweeiirlergy ainl lately. They thus strike. it" they have any historical significance at all. at the root of the v.. liicrar tical system ol \vlilrll they are now made the badges and ornaments. 'l'lie ‘iilb' , is but the white shirt or tunic. still kept up in 'ihe white dress of the Pope. which used to be iworn by every] \illll next his skin. and iii southern countr was often his only gar» till-lit. A variety ot'it. introduced by the liiil pcrors (Jonitiiodns at d ilclioguhalus. with long sleeves. was, froth tlic vounliy wllcticc they brought it. called the bailout The ’ pall‘ is tltc palliutn. the woolen cloak. generally the mark of philosophers. wrapped routid the shirt like a plaid or shawl. 'l'Iie overcoat. in the days of tin: lloiii-iii l-Iinpire as iit ours, was constintly changing its fashion and its name; and tltc slang designations by wuich it was known have been perpetuated in the vcclcsl' iltlilczll vocabulary and are now used with ba- ted breath. as if spc iking ot'things too sacred to be mentioned. One such overcoat was the impe or cope, also called plucittle. tlic ‘ WillL‘l‘- prouf.‘ Another was the cliusuble. or rusulu. ‘ the little houae,’ the lloinan laborer called the smock frock iii which be shut, himself up when out at work in bad weather. Another w: the carom/Ia. or raruca, or (imam, ‘tlte Lasam'k.‘ brought by the Emperor who de- rived his own surname from it. whenltc intro- duced it from France. The ‘ surplice' is the barbarous garment. the ‘ ovcr-fnr' (superptlli- riuni). otin used iii the North, where it was drawn over the skills of beasts in which our German and Celtic ancestors were clothed. It was the common garb-‘thc white coat (calla candens)—-worn by the regular clergy not only in church, but iti ordinary life. in the oldest Itomaii mosaic, that in the church 0! Sta. t’udcntiana. of the fourth century, the Apostles are represented in the common t lav- sical costume of the age. No thought had eat [the mind ot‘tbe Church. cven at that time. oi investing even the most sacred per- soliagcs with any other than ordinary dress- cs."

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Font-:ti l‘lMlGltaTION‘ To run Uxtrnn S'rn —l)uriug the first three months oi the pr .cut your neatly 2%,000 persons— 17.UUU of them lilale 'cd at the port of New York from Europe. From Great Britain and li'clalid we rec Mod a 11- ni- lorccnicnt of 8:50.} males-ant .380 lemalc The larger number ot'these emigrants \ from Ireland. llut ll‘tllll (icrinaiiy. al.- .a great stream of it s ilowinI; tothc United States; sole males :ittd :ltll l‘ctnalt-s camr from Continental Europe. There were some, truth Fran a lcw l‘tllll S\\'|l7.( laiid a. small tiunibi-r lltllll Italy. btit the proportion canie lroni llll‘ (icriiian Stati- It is estimated tlml. before the close of tlic

that a 50mm”. Shm,“ be M h ' run. your an industrial army. 200.000 strong. mm] of In“, mm” “com m” . am] H". from Europe alone. will il i-inh: . lll

:- . A | ' - . .y ' . ' u . transfer was duly alfcctetl. 'I‘iitmldlady‘s mm" “‘ "l" “""ml ‘l ‘1 ill-UH" ll"

prescntimcut oi approaching dissolution proved to be correct. a she died a few weeks after making thi iitgular disposi~ tion at itcrproperty. It seems that helm-c her death she stated that she had' intended to give the money to a chemist with whom she used to deal. but that he had oii'cuded her by some inattciition to her wishes. The moral oi this story (of the. substantial accuracy of which there can be no doubt whatever) is that civ ity costs nothing and may sometimes yield a. rich reward. EatiTttQL'iitEs ix Sco'rt..\sn.—'i‘ho dis~ trict of Upper Strathearn and adjacent places have been visited by a succession of pretty smart shocks of earthquake during tltc last two or three days.

a rather severe shock was felt at Cnnii'ie, and was l'ollowcd by anolhcr about ten tninn

from Coinric. felt. lletwcen scvon and eight, o‘clock on Thursday. atid at an early hour on M morning. shocks ‘ and though there it"

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was heard over a largo district.

continued with little

since.

very intermission

since Mild—Scotsman.

Nimsna or Jews IN THE \Vontn.-—Tlm

Hebrew ant'nnal. a new weekly journal

ittblislied in London. gives some in ten lug statistics ofth Jewish. race‘. that there are now living about. 6.000.000 lsraclitcs. about half of whom live in lin- rope. There are 1.800.000 in Russia; in Austria. 600.000; in Prussia. 2.54.".000: and in all other parts of Germany. 192.000: in France nhnutl'llifiool; in Switzcrland 3.000; in Great Britain. about 42.000; in Syria and Asiatic Turkey. 52.000; in Morocco and North Africa. 610,000; in East Asia. 5000.”); in America 290.000 ; in Belgium. 1.800; in Denmark, 6.000: in Italy, 4.500.

The notorious George Albort Mason who was one ol'thn party engaged to kidnap President Lincoln, goes to Washington from Toronto to give evidence against Garrett. st instance of inward. and with his “to conduct.

A man in this city has got so deep in- to debt that not one of his crcdi’lors has by?“ this to no him {or months. 5 ‘ ' W. "n. .

At a little past ten o‘clock oii \Vuducsday night

ltcrvvai'ds at Greenloaning llail- way Station—a distance of about it miles lloth shocks were distinctly

V «ml over the district it little shaking of the earth, app: 'cntly the noise which ac- companied the shock. which i'cscinblcd distant thunder or the discliarvrc ol cannon. Imme- diately alterllin shockson \Vctlncsday. rain poured down iti perfect torrents. and has

At Coinric which seems to be the scat ol this strange phenomena earthquakes have not been so lrwpicnt us this season

oriental emigration which liuds its houn- iii the Pacific States will reach. we have not tltc means of iii. ~rniiniug; but. ltom tlltll. sour ind the British l'roviuccs. iti not unlikely that w - shall receive. bel'o Christmas. about .5 n) more. Exclusive, thorcl‘oi oi' the lisquinriux and our other fellow citizens of the lrozcn zone. a qnar~ t'er ol a million (ll souls ill all brobabilily will be added to our population, from the exterior alone. darn”,r tool—American Ere/tango. W

Tut; Neutrons asu Till-:lit lNllilllCSTd 1N A.\li;itt(:A.—'l‘he Negroes, it seems. have adopted sides in the scnth.and have taken to the stump kindly. This is not remark- ablc foreven iii theirs ivagt nto they are tluentorators. In Afri ,a the " . ' are conducted with dignity and de llut the negro is an imitative or ttrc. au.l has already learned to wield the \vea- pons oi the American politician. l\lr..\‘a.~b a Conservative gentleman ol colour. has denounced the Republicans in no iiith sored terms. A rival negro orator (lic-

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piibli tn) accuses him of having once passer three months iii a pt'llllCllllil '

Those who imagine that the ncgro‘s votes will be devoted to the North front lim- tiv -s oi gratitude will. we suspect. he in taken. and the planters who are al- ready taking their nabs off to them and patting tlictn ou'the backs saying. " We have. always been your friends.“ will find that they have to deal with one of the most shrewd a id suspicious races in the world. We are inclined to think that the uegrons will vote in lat-our oi their own interests : and they are clever enough to find otit for themselves what those interests really are. They have already shown that

t— they have aroady appreciation of high It says ‘

wages by their emigration from Virginia anti the Carolinas to the southdvest ; and they are driving bargains with the land- owners as merciless as those which the Africans drive with English traders In the oil river of the West Coasts.

" Tin Cosnocnntox “ is the title of s new weekly journal just started in Boston. Mass. It is Intended to be devoted to the affairs and interests of British North Am- erica. The editor. in his salutatory. says:

“ This paper will uphold the principle of Confederation. exhibit its workings. and do all in its powsr to conduct tho ex- periment to a successful issue. It will endeavor to promote. to tho utmost of its ability. a nathpnd spirllt :th unity ol'senti- taunt anon t. epoo o 0 over that a! the Congdorstloap" - ’ W

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SIX“ .\l lillh‘llni

I-‘rmn this]

'lllly. there is not ill the whole; ' course of re. lesiai-Iit-al usage a tcrcnionial ‘ practice tiiorc absolutely void ot'alltheologie-l at biglilllcultvt'. Look at the origin oi tlicsc‘ ““ ""1"

t Mr anew-no ll Irl‘ had qni c an enthu— l-iasiic inn ptiun at 'li-vnnto. lolly seven 'lhmisanul persons In liq; on the “hurt to

‘* " him. t'hct-rinyr and bandsliaainc ucre tltc order of the clay. llc

Iliutle no

.spci clt. but was iii ivt'n oil at once to Hit"

residence of .‘ll'. Mason.

A new material for the production at

lg“ has lit-i-u patt-nlcil by a Mr. Muir ol is uni and written on both sides of tltc Atlan- 1 Montreal. ) let i ideas. with illuminating power at at

It is "minim-d it. L’hl' leoo

ll'.|~: :to spot-in candles at a much less cost than present gas.

Au tlttaua telegram oflhc first inst.. s:|\~:~——" An orilcr iit ('oitnril has been pus-ed probil i: the t-xpuit into New llrutiniick or Nova Srolia trout this date itnlil the first ot'July iu-xl. ol all distilled li ptors and othrr goods Ii-ible. to I'.\1‘l~v duly. 'l‘ht- tit-cchai ltistrtttiieuts‘ \\‘t'l‘c rant to the several custom houses limla_ “

A paper bonnet is mentioned as the ltllcsl novelty in milincrdnm. 'l'hisprcvb on» head ornament costs but Si, and the

r advantage it has is said to be that it will keep fair we: rs ll‘uni c: citing; cold will pioliably stay at home in damp \vi-atlit-r.

l-Igg: with iron shells will be a fact in the l': 'is Exposition. A llt-rlin chemist caused his hens to produce them bv feed- ing them on :i preparation in whiei iron was made to take the place of lime.

“'0 notice that some of the American papers are urging the establishment ol'a system of copy right bi-tueen the United States :ind the Dominion of Canada. Why not lwtwcen England titid the United States?

A Montreal dcspatt-h says that the lion. John Rose has been requested to come forward I'ortln- representation of Montreal Centre in the lions of Commons, and has accepted the requisition.

()n the Itllli inst.. eleven factory build-

iit and a dozen dwelling houses were ill by lire in llli' citv ot llartlord.

htutc ol'(‘onin-ciii-ut. The. loss is estsma— It'll at half a million dollars. The insin- ancc amounts to 8120.000

LATEST EUROPE.

Arrival of toe “ China.”

It. M. S. China from Livcrpool 8th. anti Qllt‘i‘lhltnvn tltli. arrived at Halifax at 9 a.tn.. on Monday last. the llth inst. The China was detained otl‘thc ltarbor owing to the ex- istencc of thick weather. The papers contain but little news in addition to what has been anticipated by Atlantic telegraph. With re- gard to domestic intelligence, we sce it stated in the papers that the concotnitntits attending the late race for tltc Derby have given rise to a great deal of discussion in the press. and it seems to be agreed on all hands that tltc sports on tltc turf. us now conducted. are a gyguntic system of swindiing atttl fraud. A case which is puzzling the “ sea-lawyers" ofthe ttnvy linsjust occurred on board ller Majesty's ship I’lirzbe. at Plymouth. It. ap- pears that soiuc youths had joined that ship as cudcts or inidslupincn; and. according to a “ time honored custom" iti tltc navy. they were seized by their older incssniatcs, anti rtii ect- cd to the process oi having a mark of a broad arrow cut with a knife oti tltc top oftlic nose. The subject has been pretty fully discussed in Parliament and the prcss; and. s igitlar to say. it wide discrcp lay of opinion ex among tltc naval authorities on the sul some of them dcnonneitu,r it as a piece ot atrocious cruelty. and others maintaining that. as “a regular anti time-honoured custom in llcr Majesty's navy." it till-'lll to be cherished .iiitl perpetuated. Mr. Curry stach in the House of Utllllllllllls on the litb that orders had been issued to prevent the recurrence of such “practical jokes." The Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazelle tclt phs that the man who shot til the l-Iuipcro rriage on the (lib iust.. was prevented ti tig a second shot by ill-b gent Lave . employed on the British stall' at the Paris Exhibition. AN AFFHUN'I‘ '1'0 '1' Hi EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. “'hilc llnts laudath engaged in the (111180

‘ of outraged humanity in the liast, the littipe-

ror has rcecivcd intelligence of an atlrnnt tn the French arms in the south, which more nearly touches his honor. and calls for more stern and summary redress. We learn by the last. West African mail that n warlike tribe oi'savages. called the Marahuos, have made an incursion iiitn the French settlement of Lion-c; and although a French detaclnncnt of too men killed the whole ofthc 300 iicgrocs opposed to them. as well as 250 more who came to their assistance. yet an overwhelming force of 1000 tintich made a second attack; and us the French had lost 100 oftheir num- ber iii the first contest, the cnt'ecble rcintiaut ot’t’iU men \vcrc ruthlessly slaughtered. with the t. ceptieti of nine fugitives. who succeeded in making their escape. As " King Mabeh." the leader ot'lhis host of inarauders, was set-n to shoot. two French officers with his own band. we suspect that his royal dignity will scarcely save him from the avengers of blood when he falls into their llalll‘fi.