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lire run * Lir. Bifat biadred yean ago, WUli.m the Conqueror boli*i.d the death penalty in Kagland. lie was a war nor, kocostooud to Me blood shed, hot b had a honor of legal niwtljBi. ad only one man WM banned io England daring hi* reign. Before hi* IB* td > nit ; in England Bad in many other coon i net, the legal machinery for depriving criminal! of life DM been herbaroas, Mid capital panisbmtct ha* often been inflicted for what are now regarded as very petty offences. Draco, the Athenian, prescribed the punishment at death for a large number cf cfftncet, wfaioh the Uw.giver extenuated by saying Hut the imiileit of ihe crimei i pacified deserved death, and there wai no greater penalty which he could inflict (or more eericuj cffenoee. Under the Hebrew oode, desecration of the Stbbeth, blasphemy, idolatry, wilchoraft, carting, disobedience to ptreclj, murder, adultery, iaceit and kidnapping wen punishable with deatb. Montaaqnien says that under the old Bam in law the penally of death was afraijiinniil against the writen of libeli. The Anglo-Saxon* and other German nations had a scale of fines for every orime. Besides paying tbe relations of thedeoeastd, a murderer was alto obliged to make compensation to the matter if tbe deoeaud WM a ileve, or to the lord it Iks deceased was a vassal under his pro. At the time Blackitone wrote, were in Eogliah law 160 oifferent which bad tiien declared fIooiei, wiihooi bturfii of olerny. and might b> visited wtth tbe death penalty ; bat gradu- ally ibe f terful list has been reduced to th enmt* o( treaeon and murder. By tbe lawi of tbe United States the crimes paniinable with dtath are treason, murder, nor, rep-?, piracy robbery of tbe mail with jeopardy to the lifj of tbe penon ID eharxe- then of, reecue of a pers>n convicted of a capital crime when iioin; to tiMnliun borniDg a vessel of war, and oorraplly oasticgaway or destroying * >esel belong fag to private owners. Some o tales have aboluhed capital punihmi>nt altogether. la 1863 thirty-seven Indian-) who bad taken perl in toe Minnesota maasacie were baoiiisi on one scaffold, tbe nearest ap- proach on tbi* continent to Jndge Jeffreys' bloody circuit " after the Moomoutb rebellion. ID former dtj I the endeavor was to make tbe death of a criminal as painfnl as pos- Sable. The mode of execution oommon among the Syrians. Egypttni, Pereiani, Carthaginian*, Oreeks and Romacs ,wae oruciaiion t it was ainally aooompaoied by other tortom. Ariantbes of Capptdocie,, ejed BO, when vanqniihed by Perdieoas, was discovered amoni( the prisoner*, and by tbe conqueror's Ordert was flayed aliv* and nailed to a cros. with hie principal ottoer*. SM B C. Crucifixion wai or 'rred to be diecouiinusd by Coaitantin-, A. D. SM. Beheading, the decolUtio cf th<- Romtni. was mtro-iaoed iu-o Englaat from Normncy. It Became fie- qaent, particularly in the reign* of Henry VIII and Mary, when even womtn of the noblest blood thai p'risbed. Am<iru other initaooes may ba mentioned Lady Jane Orey, beheaded' February lith, 1*64. aod the venerable Countess of Salis- bury ibe latter remarkable for her re ot tbe executioner. When he her to lay her head on the block, refused to do it. telling him that ehe of no Kaili, and would not tubmit to die like a criminal. He panned keif round and round Ihe scaffold, aiming at her hoary head, and at length took it off, after mangling tbe m ok and shoulders of tbe Uluiirioaii viotim in a horrifying man- Bar. Bne wai daughter of George, Pake of Glarenoe, and last of tbe royal line of PUiiUn.net Boiling to death was made a capital ntnishmrnt in England by a statute of Henry VII I. in 1551. Tbe punisbment was Bret applied to John Rooee. a cook. who bed poiuned 17 person* Margaret Vavitr. a )onog woman, suffered In tbe same manner for a eiinilar orime in 1541. Brrekmt! on the wheel was a barbarous modo o! deatb, of groat antiquity, ordered by Francis I. of France, for robber* Ravailltc. who murdered Benry IV. of France, i.i 1010, wee carried to the Grave, and tied to a rack, a woodes engine in the ahapti of bi Andrew's arose. Hie rubt hand, within which was fattened the knife with which he did the mcrder. flnt warned at a alow tire. Ttaeu the fleshy ind moit delicate parti cf bis kedy were torn with red-hot pinrvr*. and into the gaping weunds melted lead. oil. pilch and rosin were poured. His body was so robuit that he endured thie exquisite pain, and bii strength re- sisted thtt of the (oar hones by which nil limbs were to be palled to pieoei. The executioner, in conetqaenoe, cut him into qaarteri, and the ipeotalori dragged bini through ibe streets. Burning alive wai inflicted among the Botnani, Jews and other nations, on the betrayer! ot connseli, incendiaries and for iaoest. The Brltoni pnniibed heinous erioiei by burning alive in wicker baiket*. Burning wae countenanced by bolls cf the Pop*, and witohes infferad In thie manner. Harrington estimates the judicial mur- ders for witchcraft in England in MO years st 80.000. Jon ot Arc wai burned as a witch in 1431. Abonl MO witohce were burned at Geneva iu three months, Kli. One thousand were burned in the diocese of Oomo, in a year. 1*14 More than 100.COO were burned in Germany. At Salem, in Niw England, 14 person i were hanged by tbe Puritans for witohorall, and ft& wce tortured. Ibe English laws, a^nnit witch or aft were inacled nnder Uenry VIII , Eli^ibeth sad Jamil I., and repealed in 173' nnder George II. Many per eon* have been burned alire on account of rstigions prlnci- plee. Tbe first infferer in England wi Bir William Bawtre, burned In 1401. In the reign of Mary. BishoiM Ridley, Lstimer | aad Craamer ware burned. Ai late as the | time of James I., la 1612. Englishmen were horned to death for heresy. Drowning in a quagmire wi a mode of oapiUI pnniihnaent among the Britoni about 450 BC- Th-> ian form of punishment it said to have bean I inflicted oa eighty intractable binhopi aear j MicomedU, A. IX 370 ; and to have been ' adopted la Francs by Loan M. The wholeeall ttawwiniii of the Boyaiiitt hi tbe I.oirs ttMantei, by oosnmand of tb. hrnlal Oarricr, in 179S, were te noyades. Por^ry was first pnnirh death in 1634 By Ihe statute of Kli the puniibniNiajfDt forgery wai fine. iff In the pillory, hiving both fan cul c irils slit op aad seared, forfeiture of land aad perpetoal imprisonment. Tkejel Msynard wai ths last parson executed for forgery, Dta. SI, 18. In 17T7 Rsv. Dr. Doad was hanged at Tyburn foe forging s hood for 4,300 in ths name of Lord Chesterfield. John Halftsld, who married, by means of the most odiont deceit, the celebrated " Beauty of Battermere," was hanged for fnrgery at Carlisle in 1908. Captain Charles Montgomery was ordered for execution for forgery in 1828, but he took a doss of prnaiic acid and wai found dead in bis cell. Edward Lawe, banged for coining in 1827, was tbe last coiner drawn on a sledge to the scaffold. Hanging, with the accompaniment of drawing and quartering, was first indicted upon a pirate, William Marise, a noble- man'i son, in 1341. Five gentlemen tt taohed to the Duke of Gloucester were arraigned and condemned for treason, and at the place ot execution wen hanged, eat down aiive initantly, stripped naked, and their bodies marked for quartering, an4 then pardoned. This was in 1447. Nicholas Bayard, of Nsw York, who was tried for high treason and found guilty in 1703, was sentenced to be banned, drawn and quartered. The sentence, however, was not carried into execution. The last execution in this manner in England wai that of the Cato tr**t ooaeptrators io 1890. Hanging in cbtioi *< aboliihed in 1834 Ths Roru. .- paniihed a parricide, named CMini, 173 B C., by scourging ; then sewrd him up in a leathern sack m.-r air tiijhi, with a live dog,a cock, a viper and an apv. and then cait him ii the tea. The juillctine was invcoted about 1783 by Joseph Ignatioi Goillotin. an eminent physician and senator, eeletmed for bis humanity ; it was de- tignrd to rrndrr capital pnnUhment !<* painful b. rteoapitation. During the French R-Tols'.ioo he ran some hexard of being iwbjeoted to its deadly opera tion. ant (x<ntrary to a prevailing opinim) escaped, and lived to be one of the founder* if tbe Ac*Hemy of Medicine at Peru, and die i in 1814, greatly respected. A somewhat simiUr inurnment has been aepr* in Italv. at Halifex in England, and in Soctlar.d. Tho Scotch called it the Miien and the Widow. The Act of incorporation cf Halifn rmpowered the town to punish by decapitation any crimi- nal oosvirted o' ttealing to th* value of ISj pence King J tines I. in 1610 took thu power w In the 58 year* of Henry VIII 'i raign 7t,000crimiuali were executed in England In the ten y*an between 18)0 and liUO. there wr cx-cnwd in England alone 7^7 criminals, but = the laws hecame less severe the number of tiKa'toni decreased. In the threw years ending 1810 the execution! in England and Wake amounted tn 31 J; in tbe three yean endinn 1*40 >h*y were 61 'be dissection cf tbe bodies of executed persons was abolinhed in 1831 Jack Sbepptrd. ths hinhwtyman. perhed on tbe scaffold in 1714 ; Engen* Aram, tbe murderer, in 1759 ; Rev. Henry Haokman. in 1779 ; John Holloway and Owen Haggerty in 1807. Thirty ipratatort of this txecnlion were trodden to death, and numbers wi preeeed. maimed anrt wounded. Burke, who used In commit murder to inpply lutiJMte for dissection, tuffered death in 1819 ; John Pishop, Thomas Williams aod Elizabeth Cooks wars also hanged for burking. William Du*ll. executed for murder at Tybnro in 1740, came to life when about undergoing dissection at Surgeoni' Hall. Mary Hamilton w banged in 174f> for marrying 14 wives of her own stx. Ana Williami (173S> and Ann Bsdingflsld (17S) were burned alin far Ibe murder of their bus- bands. Elizabeth Herring (1773) was barged and then burned for a similar crime. Rsnwick Williami, a "Jack the Rpper" monster, who prowled night I v through the streets of London, in 17'.K). srtned with a double edg*d knife, with which he shockingly wounded many females, was hanged. Fifty thonian.i p*ople witnewed the execution of William Palmr, tbe poieonsr. at Stafford in 1&56. The British eocnmitsion on capital pnnuh- mrt reported again*! public exeenlioas in MM Tne adviMbility of snbelitating death by eleotru-ity 'cr deaih bv banging Las been mnoh discoMod in the United Stalei during tbe last two vean. OLD 1111 FAMILY. A ">.. -.-..tun H.UI Hi. Wife aa>l Three Chll.lrvu for 1*0. A Htlifix des|<etoh says : Borne months ago a man named William Clifford, of this oily, entered into in agreement with one Ger*e Thomson for the sals ot his (Oiff ird'i) wife and family for ths mm of f40, the oonoitioni of ths sals being that Tnoraeoa should take oars of ths children until they reached the age of 16 years. Ths transfer of ths wife and family was made, and linoe them Thomson has been living with Mrs. Clifford and her children. Every- thing went along serenely for t time. Omas time ago, however, trouble arose. Thomson is charged with cruelly heeling two of Ihe children aiid with turning mother out of door i under distressing oircumitanoes. Hs hai alro made it very hot for his purchased wife, woom be looki upon now as s poor investment. Ths B. P. C. has decided to issue warrants for ths apprehension of the children, when they will be placed in an institution. In school " Ws ooms now to transparent objects. Emily, give me an example." " A pane of glasa." " Cornet ; and BOW Sophy may give one." " A key-hole." Jack (who bad popped) -It takes yon a long time to decide. Bailie 1 know. And I've about concluded to wear drmi train cf white ohitTron over white silk, and havs no bridesmaids. The town of Cardiff, Wales, will havs ths unique distinction of having a marquis as mayor nsxt veer. L:rd Bute was asked to accept the cfnos, and he at ones complied. 1 hi Glasgow Canosr Hospital was opened during the lait week In October by the Unobesi of Montreal. It is the only insti- tution in Scotland especially devoted to ths treatment of this dreadful disease, which ii said to be more prevalent than In any other cf tbe British dominions : and what tbe used for it was full? reaofaised is evidenced by the fad that it ha* been stark it jx i (,\-ily fnefrom debt. TOIGOB OUT OUT- A Most Bsmarkabla Opereiion in Buoosufnl. thruech aa ImeUlva Cader HU Jaw iwptaaa'eaarlaa Haitlie T (u* Tafeea Omt U Bondr*d Art* r lee aad Tetas (.at. Surgeoni in New York an marveling over toe seemingly lucoesiful but very intricate and a:3Kuli operation performed at Roosevelt boepilal recently. Ibe a was one cf cancer cf the tongue, aad the operation was for the ocmplete removal of that organ. Tbe patient was a man 66 yean ot age. Tbe surgeons were Protest Charles McBumey ot the College of Physi- cian and Surgeons, and Or. Frank Hartley, of Kooesveil Hospital. Invitations bad been sent oat to prominent mem ben of the prof ess ion, and over 100 ipectators sat oa The patient, who had never been ad dieted to the use ot either tobacco or al' cobolic drinks, and who remembered no possible cause for ths cancerous growth, cad in six months toffired a tomoroui growth that invaded toe enure right si of tbe tongue. While ether was adminis- tered M the patient Or. McBomey i oanosioos parts aad enough of the healthy tissue* lorrcunaing these was ths only way to saw tbe lite of the patient. The earlier thu was done the better. In the paticni'i ce>e death would almost certainly occur in lees loan six Booths wan the caaoer allowed to run in coarse. A second dose ot ether having been adminia tered to the onooaicioas patient the surgeon mads a final s lamination with his fon&cger and discovered thai the disease was more extensive than be had previously supposed, and that the removal ot the tjikue through the opening of the month would not be possible. Hs deter mined, therefore, to remove it by th " Hooker method " that is, by making an incisiaa under the jaw and getting at the root of the tongue tint, lie made an in oisicn parallel wuh ths lower border of the lower jw from juit below the right ear to the ehin. thus forming a owed Una. The surgeon founc that tbs sab- maxillary gland was affected by tbe disease aod was u.-h snlarged and hardened. Dr. Hartley defUy removed it with a few oats of hi. inrgioai scissors. Ii BOW became eosasary to cat acres* ths gnat artery that inppUed the tongue from the iefl tile. The lurgeons applied ligatures to this viaiil, then boldly seiered it and proceed* d wtth the cut. which was BOW quickly made M eater the cavity of the mouth. Tbe tending points nste then caogbt with artery forotpe, aod ligatures were applied. In all several hundred ligatures were thai applied btfan the work ot removing tbe organ coold be NSteded wtth. The incision was M quickly enlarged, aad Professor McBuraey, with a sharp hook, caugbl the diseased urgau and palled it down through ths wound. Then, with deliberate outs, he levered it from the b) old bone aad larynx commonly called its root. Hs then col away from the uDtophagoi behind, aad dis toted it from tbs root of the moolb, thu completing the removal. After Hopping ths bleeding, a dressing cf the wound ocmpleted the operation. Prcf. UcBurney says that the patient will not be allowed anything to eat for several days, whan he will beted with liquid food, which will be given through an otjophageal lube passed cown ths throat without disturbing the drceticgi. Tbs floor cf his mouth will rise into tbe place formerly occupied by tbe tcngue, aad will perform scms of tbs important tuooiioti uf tbe removed organ. Tbe patient will be able to talk and swal- low bis food. Of coarse the effects of the operation will be very severe, aad the recoil can only be awaited with anxiety. A Boyal Bvtrotaal. Tbe sensation in Court circles is the mar ria*e cf Prinores Victoria ot Prussia with Pnuce Adolphni c f Sebaumborg Lippe. It is well known tbal tbe Qaeen higbly approves cf the match, which will be celebrated in Berlin on the lih inst. Though ths Prince of Wales will not bs able to be present at the ceremony, the K.i> al family will be largely for the Dokt cf Clarence, the Cukes and Dncbeeeee of Edinburgh and Connaught, and Prince sad Princess Christian will Is preeenl. Tbe fetel will begin in Berlin on tbe 17th, and will extend over five days seaait Alert Smoke. w York AJrtrnur Reformer : If yon want to bs a a " breesy" writer for the preti don't ttart by being a cyclone and locking around for things to demolish. Be a sephyr and gently touch sod go, cooling and pleasing iboee wbo feel aad see. Giv- ing a person or thing " a blast" is not breeiy writing" and to " pitch into" things or pertoni for the sake ot being " smart" ii too mean and vulgar an act for any decant person to do. Mnoh of the piety that passes for ths genuine article is so thin that it can be spread over oaly one day in the week. The man who has no snsmies mutt keep a pntty sharp sye oa bis f riendi. Worry it s bleacher who is forever making your hair whits. The rain deeoendi on the juit aad the unjQil. The just get wet and the nnjnit Steal umbrellas. SIGH. W bent'er It rains j ut sole the way that the uiubrvllt. eani<'>l And TOO ean tell tt be and the are wedded or unmarried. For If by It tne'i carefully protected from the weather Ifi sale to lay cbeiz loTluu bearte uo not yet But U he Die* and dry tbe while the rain drops on ber taoMtt, They r marrl*! ud It ea(r to bet vewr settees. aollar on It. -CMeso f*et The en.- for decorative lamps con- tinue i. Paris and London may soon be conneoted by telephone. The two capitals have already been connected with their respec- tive coasts by aerial lines, aad oahls to MBplale the circuit is being manufactured. The cable will be a doable one, and will be laid between Kent and Bangate, tbe Piaaeh and r'.nnltsh icovsrnmenls sharing tbe ooet. Tbe ottomil between the two oilisi will he a metsllio one, and will have the resistance of 5.900 ohmi. MBBOIO <U f Ilaeive sxeeeee la tke Dark Got Arohinard, ths Freaoh nommanHer ia the Soodan, publishes in the Pahs papers an extraordinary story ot the Berotsm of oae of ths tribes which he WM l>Mi 1 to tight, amys the New York S-m. OcMMtbdMCW M ftdiievdei fliioAied in th* Kaarta. It is ths place which saafcled Song Amadou to keep up his onauBuaidatiooj between Moro and the kingdom of gegoo. la fact, it was Ihe key to the latter king- dom, aad, falling into ihe hands of the French, it secured for them the ot that territory aad woo over to Bambaras tribes, who Amadou. With iaclcdcg omoars ; KS Turoos, two moon- tain guns of *.ghty, and a number ot Bam- baras, Col. Arohinard marched upon ^uoesbougoa. The queer- named rjlaa is an immenss Tillage ia the centre of s sandy country. Its wails an wall fortiied with battlementi aad aomer- 001 bastions, and outside the gates then an two redoubt i Whan the column arrived in front cf it the black beads of the) defender! sppeand upon the walls, while the tabata. cr war call, sounded continwaaely. Fin wt* opened by two ons, aad ia about four boon a breach was made ; bat the iafasiien ssemid to oan very little about that breach, aad many o.' tbem came coolly to examine it, after whi.h they abcated densnti> at tee invad- ers. At Ian the Bamb*rai made a daab upon the wells, whioh wn tikuaied at about 100 meters frooi ths village. It was absolutely neosssary to get watr, f r ihs troops en inffsring greatly from thirst. Tbe defender* eeemeo. to reserve their cartridges for this good opportunity, when they opened a fierce and rapid fire. Sev- eral ot the Bambarai wen loot doa, but the oiht-n continued to drink at the wtlls while the hale* 4 o'clock the defender! were massed near the breach, and. notwithstanding tte con uooons fires of miuketry ana artillery which thinned their ranks perceptibly, thev seemed fully determined w ooalicue the moggie. The colonel gave the order to charge upon the breach. The two gone wen worked with increased activity, aad ceaied tiring only when the) column was within 100 meters of the trench. Lieat. Leveseecr, wilb his Tarjcs. was the first M enter ths breach. Then ths foiillade us PI i intense. Tbe Turcos rushed into i village, but soon their advanos was checked. Lsvasssnr wn wounded. Four Tucoos took him to the near, scd in so doing two ot them were killed. Two others immediately took their places and carried tbe lieutenant to iLe ambulance. Mannin took Lsvasaeur's place, aad be, too, fell mortally woondtd Tbe attacking partv nmaioea at a standstill N.i another inch could they gain upon the ce- !ender*. This cjodition of affuri became embarrassing ; so the coionel tbn-w all his ressivii into the attack. The allies then became discouraeied aad tin. The i urcos maintained their position, but wen unable to advacce. Some of the fugitives were induced to return, and tbe coionel gave orden for tbe regulan to hold at all baxardi tbe earned positions. Capt. Bar- dot received an order to take up a posi- tion near the breach, and to On sheUs into tbs village aad the redoubt all through the night, ia order to prepare the road for the movement ia tbe morning. M. Mademba, a political agent of the Preccb, aad one cf tbe most u*fal. was shot dead. Tbe tin of the inhabitant! continued with lenoe, while that ct the iavaden was slackened in order to ipare the ammuni- tion. At. 3 30 o'clcck in the morning a terrible war- cry was beard, and the are of the defender! >>-~r" man serioas. Thev wen advancing, and at short range they medeadeep*nte charge upon the captured titioas. It was a gallant sortie, but it is repulsed. At 3 o'clock or a little after another similar charge was made, with tbe lame result. Al laet the day broke. The iitnation wai critical. Tbe exhausted, aad many ot the wounded. Hovever, tbe advance was made. The Bambarai wan determined to fight hard toil lime. They marched coclly to tbe attack, and soon captured the re- doubt. Tbe wounded among thtm often returned to the fight, after getting a new supply of cartridges, at their own n quest. The son of one of the native chief i received two bullets ia his arm. It was shattered. When it was bandaged he retorted to the combat. At this point in tbe struggle the resiiteaoe was as stubborn as it was in the beginning ; but it was the last convulsion if the heroic village. The defender* cf the redoubt were surrounded, but they fought oa desperately, while they shoo ted intuits at the Iavaden. Their resistance was hope- is. but they still kept 11 np. And here O.-CIM the most extraordinary portion of the story. The chief ot tbe Onosebougous, Bandiougou Diara, realizing bii position, gathered his remaining troops cuer ths magasipe, and. rather than tor- rerder, blew himself and tbem to stoats. It was then only that tbe tabala ceased. Bat tbe resistance was still kept up ia the village by the stragglers. 2ven the women look part in it. and some of tbe brave bar- isariani, when about to be made prisoners, shot themselves rather than be taken alive, They fought to ths last man. It among tbe African tribes then an many more warrion like tbe Onoeebooxooi ihere will be some tough fighting in the L>ark Continent baton long. Anyway, ^andiongoo Piara was a hero. Meet FuBUhoMnt. New York BV*ly . Mr. Sorubbe |in- dignanlly) Sir. I have just discovered tnat roar eon has engaged himself to two ot my danghlen. Mr. Grobbe (Mnpaoed)-Tbe vourg rascal ! He should he compelled to marry them bath. a Was la Doakt. Chicago Snrt " What did ths doctor lay about year wife f" " He told me 1 mast prepare tor the ant. So I don't know whether he meant he i going to live or die." e> Thoee who make a buiineii of pleasure will find pleasure grown a task. The iweetest joyt are those slipped iu between the sanest of ODS label day and the toot its ot It men would only act oa the good ad vioe they heeoaa tap for other! the world would not bs half inch a bad place to live in. The Father of B U Cou.trj Kre L Distilled w) kiakey a<l PmlroeUaw Uria*. A iplandid collection ot Ws probably ths finest ia the country , the Philadelphia freer it, is now at a Chestnut street auction boose teiag cata- logued preparatory M a sale in a taw wsefi Many of the pecan and books exhibit Washington in a light quits diffmnt frcm tnat in which be is ordi- narily regarded. They show him rather as a careful, methodical farmer and boat- neas man than aj a great gmnsral or aa Prastdeat of the Uniud States, aad an all the more valuable and interesting oa ooUeotton an two cash book* of Wa too, ia which he rtcarneu tore with the almost precision, tree down to the few pennies given to a hajf the) tolls paid for ferriage aad on tn Following are a tew ot the ik oat from the two little books : Jan. 9 ..ITMi - By mv aaaa ekaniy to Ute poor o( Alex, per tbe Bev Dbear his eipeoses to a peceoa at TiatiaiMia. Pecaeylvania. etUbrated tor eartag rtreaai ail by wUd aeiwieji -To eaab reed, from , J. Dudnege b Us keoSaer. Bartkv TTsni ndge, (or a runaway aegro sold. v*s_ __ Sov 1 Oent OoL Camafioa xve- :.r aa ecpnsi to Mr. PueBenrj ... Thii ram 00*61 to be ihnavil t>> tbe pub- lic, btiag for a pobtte perpeM. July ir3 Seat to QeaL Che. C. Ptaek- a*y MO feUan ia Colaaate Hnk asset ter tbe emOeren by are. Oiirteatiin. a. Ckrolma 8epe l-Ferrv at Senaylkill Feeding u ibe Beck T.. Diaiae, at Ike T Ttaaftsss. a. . b.., ; : 1 1< mi ot pocket moeey for Mn. Washing- ton and Nelly Curtis are common. In his earlier yean Washington was a liberal buyer ot lottery tickets, aad any of tcees an preserved in the col- lection . With them is a paper in wfcish this is written in Wauungton's hand- writing: Wikiamsborg, 5th May. 1768. Received from ths Honbls Wiiliam Byrd, Esq., Twenty tickets in his lottery, to he paid for (so tar at it may go) by a protested bill of ahaage of his drawing oa John T Jordan ia May, 1766, for sixty iterlimr." In ITITVisMncnn jnr Imiil n'l liiilees in " tbe Delaware lottery for the sale) of land belonging to the Erl .f ^.eriing ia tbe provinces of Sew Yjn am New 'Jer- sey." aad the tickets, all uaed Stirling." an still preserved. Histury faiis 13 say whethsr bs was laootsitol in any of I" ventures. A uniqna paper interest 11 oae of light pagrt,~ali ia Wash- iogton'i aeat, oarelul hacdwritir^, beaded. Negroes balooging to George Wihington in His Own Kigbt and By Marriage," This is followed by a u*t ocntaimag the) name of every ii<v< owned by Watbingtoa, with his oocupation and an occasional roee as to his or her usafulness. Ii will be a urprise to most pec^lc to know that Washington was a very extensive slave-, owner. Ihe lilt has ihj names of SIT tvee, and ia addition be hired 40 from a Mn. French. He had 40 slaves at Maoiion House, 46 at Muddy Hole, 54 at the River Urm. 40 si Do^u; Ron farm, S3 at the Union f trm ana others It it very apparent from the paean .3 this collection, and the extent cf his ix- psnditatei, that Washington was a man of unusual wealth for his day. Beeides run- ning a number cf tarmtt b had at Mount Viraoa a fishery aad distillery, from whioh be supplied good liquor to bit neighbors. Toe accounts of these two eetab.isbmenta were kept by his secretary. Tobias Lear, in a ledger Hill admirably preserved, aad whose paper, mads by hand on the Brandy - wine and ot intend id tenure, is alone worth to-day 50 cents a page. Among tbe items in thu ledger is one of '.i gallons told William Washington, the) Osoaral's brother, for $127 :;.. aad aao ot 29 5 gallons of " dns rectified whisky 1 sold to Hothrod Washington tor 1*7 04. Tbe ex President inpplied his neighbors with good nth aod whiskey, and probably made a good profit on both. A Seaaatioaal Gerwaaa Harder. A sensational affair has jost happened at Ripendorf, a village near Wandibeck. three miles from Hamburg. When Andreas Pooh, a peasant farmer, was returning home late at night, accompanied by his wife, be noticed lights in a front room of the boose. Oa investigating ho found three meeked burglars trying M open his safe. Poch drew his revolver, and. firing, disabled all three. He tber rushed to the police station, aad on his return found ooa of the men dead and the other* fatally wounded. The dead burglar was his brother, while the otben cousins. The <m B*erob*te. Wat SAorv: Editor (to Miss Oldgiri. aged about fortyl-Your work shows promise madam, but do joo know that good literary work is seldom done by a woman until the is thirty or thirty -five T Several yean hence yen will be able to writs available articles. Mis* Oldgiri (as the leaves)-That was tbe moat delightful man I ever met. A Cemu>a Kapeiteaee. New York HffwU . Be itood upon tbe platform and was {rooted to !- wfiiv tK, p^p;,, o'^.tol bua t -, n w>4 - " T!- toodly orieJ : -Hooray " But wbea they stopped, the orator, so' alae! forgot Jut wny It WM be stood there and just what, be Several of the large initiations tor women in England have organised fira brigadee composed tislusively of women. The ladies understand and perform their dutiei well, hat hare sot yet Wad a cos- tume that ii intirvly satisfactory. A sort of water-proof bathing ion ii what i* wanted. Rochefort hat fought twenty. three duels during his career aa. a aaataaletaar aad editor, having been woudwd Tn esvaa of them aad escaped unhort in tbe sixteen