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meta, Fan= intro- lax-kn, 1TB! IS 110' :lnb 7mg ‘ thou- 'n and Iver IN- 'ivo .ny {ILY J description can be had as cheap, and as gm; d as at anv other establishment in the County. \!‘i work warranted. Wareroom, One Door North of the sign ‘ of the big chair. GARJFR‘Liil STREET, DURHAM. (Two DOORS Nauru 0F Tm; BRIDGE.) VERY description of 'Tinware con- stantly on hand and made to order. All work is manufactured under my own supervision, and none but the very best stock used. JOBBING done promptly and in the very best style, at the lowest living rates. 3:} Particularattention paid to *Eave-Troughing. A large stock .or' ,wwfiipes, Elbow; T Pipes and Ridge glazes always on Band, CHEAP FOR CASH 0R TRADE. (rsâ€"y.) eneral Blacksmith, opposite \Viley’s Boot. and Shoe » Sture, Lower Town, Durham.â€" szd workmanship, punctuality and moder- ate charges are the rules at. this Smithy. D are prepared to do Millinery and Dress-making. and would kindly solici: the atronage of Durham and vicinity. Mrs. erkiss is well acquainted with above branches, and also Straw-work. F Eating done in good style. co. .- v. C C W‘ JAE! I. a T. Porter, M. D., (”21“ “Heâ€"4:1 ‘.\. 'RGEOX, «kc. GRAD :jketer-a College, Toronto ‘ -:'*:;v s I’llildinfg, Durham: _.\1‘. calls,day or night, Waggon W 9"“4» Sum 01“ THE BIG CHAIR. HERE FI’RNITI‘RE OF EVERY DI, ted, M Hals '5. 3‘ I Durham IOLE NO. 186 THOMAS DIXON, RI ’é'l'Eli, ATTUHNY - AT - LAW, sidencé 3" store, U ‘Wimam Barrett 5TB! i, A'I‘TORNEY-AT-LAW H 332'- wn é: McKenzie, Ills 019 DRY GOODS AND f-w‘. and General Wholesale TH TlN 4. and Gene _' :nihon, Ont. DENTIiSTRY. uztwd. Snap, Opposite Lower Town, Durham. )nt IF YOU WANT FURNITURE GO TO .\"l’, VALUER, c., c. Land from one to ten terms of interest. Farms 0191,02) m3 ORANGE HALL DURHAM, SflEWEfiL’S \L ASSIG COURT? or 032 HUGH ROSE, in Chancery, :c., (kc.â€" .dglish's stor95Upper Town, 03113011 {mama}: LICENSES, Cabinetware and Chair Factory, firown 9 «b next to R. McKenzie’s Lower Village. SU‘fiflflFAK‘, 3 MITH , STREET, DURHAM. Darriage Shop. Soodie, SfflflEOX-DEXTIST.â€" -0ne door North of Village, Durham. 3120):, 5:0. ., HAN :mcery, 65c, c.-4 to the Telegraph 164-tf. OW Legate, 5, Cutters, “Tag:- tured from ibe t possible rates. 3, opposite Mt. an, RNAMENTAL 1111051 In”! r, Llcensed ty ofGrey, [3 Accounts $50,000 to ’mpcrty at 1fraxa. SL, 1r E'Jn| (TB-y.) - Dfirham,Angustllth,1§70. 13w. 71-13,y Jerslef 'fLB ()f l-ly. H The LENSES 0F whizh are GROUND by us, from maéerid manufactured especi- ally for OPTIC purposes. It is PURE, HARD <55 BRILLEANT EYE-GLASSES, and as near ACHRUMATIC as can be produced. T he peculiar foxm and scienfific accuracy atained by the aid of complicated and Costly .uachinexy, nan-ants us in asserting them to be The Most Penect Spectacles The undersigned is prepared to effect Loan in sums of $200 and upwards on ap proved Farm and Village security, for from two to twenty yezus, on the moat favorable texms. Laud Agent, Conveyancer, Commissioner, and Insurance Agent. 0:"?- A few good farms for sale. without requiring tu be change. So they are the CHEAPEST. as well as the BEST. Canada landed Credit Cnmpany. Money Loaned at 8 per cent. CAPITAL, - - $|,ooo,ooo. Pres‘.dent‘â€"LEW13 Mort-111‘, ESQ- Vice~Presidentâ€" Joax MACDONALD, ESQ. Secretaryâ€"Jon): vaoxs, ESQ- ‘r-vv'_ No fines to pay. No shares required to be taken. No commission charwed. No expenses of renewals. ‘- .o '_ 1 __ _ way. "ruwvv vâ€" -‘ I am receiving applications for Loans. All business connected therewith whl be promptly transacted. A. MQLELLAN’, Agent and )idugr. Certain Preservaéion o: the Sight. w1'IISW5U VJ EI'IIIH v vâ€"-â€" The borrower is ail-owed 6 fir cent., compound interest, for any even sum above 3100 he pays befiore i§_beeomes due. . 1 I THEY ASSIST THE SIGHT MOST BRILLIANTLY, There in no possibiiity of the borrower from this Company ever being called on suddenly or unexpectedly to pay off his debt. DIRECTORS. Hon. G. W. Allan, M. P.; Wm Alexander, P.5q.: Hon. Geoxge onwn; Hon. Asa A. Kurnbam. M. P.; C. S. Gzowski, Esqa His Honor Judge Gowan; Hon. W. P. How- lzmd, C. B. ,Hon_ Wm. AcMasuar, M. P.; The borrower has, if he desires, 23 years to pay 06‘ the loan lent ; he has always the privilege of liberating his (state from the mortgage by giving 6 mom}? gotice. MONEY TO LOAN. J. B’. Osborne, Esq. ; S. Spreull, Esqf; Larratt W. Smith, Esq., D. C. L. BANKERSâ€"Bank of Commerce, Toronto Advantages to Borrowers. t 1 ‘Durnam Meat Market.” FRESH MEAT F. H. Edwards. WATCH-MAKER AND JEWELLER A M E S E L L I 0 T T , Proprietor. .0 The subscriber thankful for past favors wishes to inform his old friends and the public generally, that he has again com- menced business in the above Hotel and hopes by strict attention to the comfort of his guests to merit a. fair share of public Datronage. Argyle Hotel, E UGH MACK-1n PROPRIETOR, Durham. 0:? The subscribe: is Ikensed Auctioneer for the County of Grey. conmsws HOTEL, RCHARDVILLE. This House has re. cently been refitted and furnished in first class style, with a New to the comfort and accommodation of the travelling public. Wines, Liquoxs and Cigars of the choicest bands always on hand. Good Stabling and an attentive hostler. Stages call daily.â€" Charges moderate. U l’uorma'roa. Having leased thé above premises, Iatety occupied by Mr. J. Hart, 1 am prepared to offer first-class ac- commodation to travellers and the public generally. Good Wines, Liquors and Ci- gars always on hand. Superior Stabling and an attentive Hostler. Stages call daily. £553 flammag Fii’afffiflfl SHCTAELES Durham, July leb, 1870. DURHAM HOTEL, Durham LAST A GREAT MANY YEARS LAZARUS, MORRIS 00-, Great Reduction of Interest. of? A good Livery in connection. Good Mortgages Bought. D. Jackson, Jr., IMPROVEMENT OF THE EYES, AND WE EMPLOY N0 PEDLERS. ALWAYS ON HAND ON THE WEARER, cause a continuous and abiding SOLE AGENT FOR THE SALE OF 29.3 None Dame Street, (r9 sums ) 1b Fflu£>< IOCmm. 5C3.» 5:4??? -- 9.53% wmrw A CHOICE LOT OF OUR CELEBRATED EVER MANUFACTURED ACKSON, .13., CON FER AT THE MONTREAL. AND P H A I: LES LUIIN There had never been the faintest doubt in my own mind that this com- paniou of Jane’s had been at the bottom of the dark deed of that horrible night. There was no doubt now that this was the man; yet my own common-sense told me that to accuse a wealthy gen- tleman on such slight grounds as the memory of a face seen once by moonlight would be absurd. I should be called insane. But, if I were, this was a bold, bad man, and Grace should have no more to do with him. I told her so that night, and she turned on me angrily. ‘Yov should have spoken sooner,’ she said. ‘It has gone too far. I am half engaged to him. It is a splendid match for a poor girl, and I‘ll marry him.’ ‘Do you love him ?’ I said. She laughed. ‘No ; as I said once before, he loves me. That’s enough. 1 shall get used to his ways, and I shall be mistress of a Splendid house, carriage, horses, etc., and shall enjoy myself. It is only for his ugly face you hate my Cuban. Don’t you remember Shake- speare: ‘Mislike me not for my cam. plexion,’ etc. To be sure, he is sus- piciously dark; but it is Cubanâ€"no. thing else.’ TIM} ZEKE‘MP 01* thlth; When I recovered I doubted my own sanity, I laid what 1 had seen to the illusion of the moonlight and distance. I argued with myself that, until I had seen this Cuban, I must regard the whole affair as adelusion. I waited, not patiently but silently. Soon I met him face to face in my own parlor. The moment wasa terrible one. I know now I had made no mistake. ‘He has a horrible face,’ I said; but. that is not all. Grace this must not go on. I will tell you a secret. The face I saw over the gate on that. awful night talking to Janeâ€"the face of one con- nected, I am sure with themurder, was this man’s face; and he, Qtace, is the man himself. Grace answered with a laugh. ‘You are wild,’ she- said. “That you have always said was a ragged, wretch- ed fellbw.’ ‘ Yes; ‘ but clothesâ€"3 I had seen the picture before.â€" Wherc? \Vith a leap my mind went back to the night before my husband’s murder. I saw Jane, the mulatto cook, and her companion; and oh, ,merciful Heavens ! 'the man’s face was the same. This was shaded by a fashionable hatâ€" a fashionable collar and cravat, and an elegant overcoat finished the costume, while the first face was set off by ragged and ruffianly garments, but the persons were the same. I could have laid my hand upon the Bible and sworn to that fact on the spot. As I grew positive of this, my senses departed, and my sister, when she entered, found me in a swoon upon the floor. And changing at once from angry to gay, she kissed me. Down the shining, path of life, And buckle on our armor For the fast approaching strife ; But just as I am leaving This world for everm are, Oh ! Memory paint one picture Of lhe by-gone days of yore. v ’Tis almost past and o’er, Yet how I love to linger on The by-gone days of yore. Then peacefully we journey O’er the by-gone days of yore. Such a bright gold vision Of happy, youthful days, No painter-’3 brush could equal Their magnificent displays; But methinks I hear a whisper, In some mystic words of lore, Which breathe a kind memento To the by-gone days of yore. But dimly to the distance {ises up the past, Unveiling all the treasures That were once around me cast; Then I raise a silent murmur, But quickly it is o’er. And I pay a loving tribute To the by-gone days of yore. When the gentle words of love, Now hidden in my heart, The memory of that loved one Can never more depart. Hark ! a sweet angel whiSper From the bright golden shore, Makes me live again in memory The by-gone days of yore. Ah ! there’s the dear old homestead, With the loved ones gathered roundj They are all waiting for me, To hear my footsteps sound ; But the picture is dissolving, ”I When the golden sun was low, And the Heavens were resplendent With his majestic glow ; When the tender cords of memory, Which oft had thrilled before, Reverberated softly In the peaceful hours of evening, " Murder Will Out. Itill the man in other BP'GE‘TRY. said. I made no answer. After a while I asked again, ‘Do you love him, Grace ?’ and she answered : ‘I told you once why I accepted him. That is my rea- son stiil. After all, what is love worth?’ but she sighed; ' My heart had been at case on that score before. It was even lighter now. But how it throbbed with anxiety ! The day wore on tediously, and evening,with a murky rain; but with it came Mr. Zenzee. He took tea with us, and did his best to be agreeable, but somehow, in spite of the remarkably handsome dress he wore, he looked more the ruf- fian than ever. After tea we had out the card table, and he showed us some strange tricks at cards, and played against us, and cheated us both for fun, and laughed at Grace’s wonder. Then Grace sang a while; and then, the clock striking ten, my time had come. ‘It is a cold night,’ I said._ ‘Bitter,’ said he, shuddering. V {But then I came from a warm cliinate.’ ‘Something warm to drink would be a comfort,’ Said I, He brightened up. ‘It. would suit me,’ said be. ‘A bowl of punch now'?’ said I. Grace started. ' ‘Punch ! I thought youâ€"’ I stopped her. ‘Thia is 1 special oco'asion,’ aaid’I, ‘and; 'to tall the truth, I; have some .pr'o- pared. ’ 1 said to Grace at breakfast : ‘Since the wedding is so near, invite Mr. Zenzee to pass the evening with us.’ She looked up with a. smile. ‘You are coming to your senses,’ she I watched the foot as a cat watched a mouse, but discovered nothing. My agony grew greater. Time moved too fast for me; I could have prayed for days and hours to lengthen those months out. At last there was but one day be- tween the present in which I lived and that in which my sister would become Mrs. Zenzee. On that morning I awoke with my plan fully matured. The day was set. The time narrow. ed. Before that wedding-day I had sworn to make my discovery. I work- ed now with two endsâ€"my old one, and that of saving Grace from becoming the wrfe of a monster. I made him contradict himself as to the places where he snout. cement years __, 1 confused him by the blunt inquiries con- cerning Cuba. I became convinced that he was no more a Cuban than myself.â€" Then watching him still closer I saw terror as well as brutality in his eyes. I knew the man feared something.â€" Closer and closer my fancied proofs were gathering about him, until [began to see him the actual murderer,the man who had stolen barefoot about our room, and the clay impreSs of whose mutilated foot I had locked in a closet in my room. Could I see his foot I could be sureâ€"not else. And that had now be- come the object of my life. And, all this while, despite all my prayers and protestatiou, the preparations, for my sister's marriage with Mr. Zenzce were going forward. DURHAM, COUNTY OF GREY, ONTARIO, AUG. 25, 1870. So, being betrothed to Grace, the Cuban, Mr. Zen'zee was his name, brought his hideous face to our house every night. I loathed it, but I had determined to watch him. With this} end I endured the sight and heard him talk. At last ‘And welcome,’ said she. Then with a sudden childish .hurstof tears she clasped me, and cried : ‘Oh Ella, don’t go crazyâ€"don’t go crazy I Try to take comfort; try to he yourbelf !’ It was useless to argue farther, and I left her. ‘Listcn Grace,’ I said. ‘If you mar- ry this man, and I discover afterwards that he knows anything of that awful night, I shall still denounce him.’ The next- day she came to me glee- fully. ‘My Cuban made his fortune in trade,’ she said; ‘took his father’s busio ness and gave it up when his million was made. He showed me papers and letters and things I didn't understand, though I pretended to. He didn’t find his million in peeple’s cupboards. And he has pepped the question, and I have a-eceptedâ€"so there’s an end. Come, 1 know you’ ve had too much trouble; but don’ t brood over it. and go out of your head3 ‘That I can’t; you will see your folly soon. The idea ! Because the poor man is ugly! I’ll make him tell how he came by his fortune! Sleep on it, and you’ll see your insanity.’ She danced away and crept to bed with a heavy heart. ‘Nonsense-of course not. Cotton or sugar, I snppose. I hope you are not going to have another brain fever, my dear} ‘How did this man make his money -â€"can you ansfi'e'r' ?’ ‘A millionaire has no need to turn burglar.’ She tried to kiss me, but I held her ‘My brain is steady, Grace. Heed MAINTlEN LE DROIT. l l The French papers state that the ’Emir Ahd-el-Kader has addressed the following letter to the Minister of \Var: “Praise he to God. To the very valiant Marshal of France, Minister of War.â€" Exeelleney: We have learned by the voice of fame that France is about to make her powder speak against her enemies, the Prussians (whom may God confound,) and that your very powerful Emperor, Napoleon III., (upon whom may Heaven shower its hountics,) has determined to place in the front ranks of his brave soldiers the sons of French Africa. He who has fought against the French would be the last of believ- ers if he did not, in this coming war, place himselfat the service of his adept- ed country; his tried sabre claims the honor of being the first to march against the Prussians. The Emir Abd-el-Kadcr, therefore, begs your Excellency to lay his humble petition at the glorious throne ofi Napoleon III. (to whom may God grant. victory.) From the servant of God, Abd el Kader Ben Hahi Edden Bronssa, 6 Radia et Isahi of the year of 4 the Hegira, 1287.” l A Berlin letter to the London Trims says : “At two o‘clock the King drove through the streets to the station in a Russian drosky, and was received with uncovered heads and a. buzzing sort of suppressed cheer as he passed. He ‘looked every inch a king,’ plumed and helmeted in strictest soldier tunicâ€"a real anon: andran of the days-when kings led subjects to .battle. What a fine old head and? front it is! The stamp of In). perator is there already, and it would not. surprise one very much to learn that, in all-hour of; strees,:that. ; old man, with his piercingiblue eye end open bromend M. Thiers, writing to a friend in Eng- land, says he "has has always been ofthe Opinion that the time Would come when the ambition of Prussia would have to be resisted by France. But he always supposed the time would only be when a just occasion arose, and when all the nations of Europe should acknowledge France to be in the right. “If,” M. Thiers proceeds, “when asked for the production of the despatchcs, I could have obtained about twenty-four hours’ respite, I think that my countrymen, having time for reflection, would, per- haps, have pronounced for peace. I did not succeed, and now, always faithful to my country’s flag, I can only wish for her success, while earnestly desiring that it may be at the least possible cost to humanity, and that it may bring about a lasting peace.” A contespondent of the Independence Beige states that the inhabitants of the Hub: town of Oslelode have ofl'ered a reward of 10,000 thalers to whoever shall take the Emperor of the French, dead or alive. , Lona. since Grace married a man she .1 ta, o~ A “:3 {1’ 1] CI“ \VHUIG. 115...: ‘T‘_ vafifi-_w are pzospcrous. And I-â€"-I am patient and ready to hide God’s will. His end was the one he merited: and my work was done. I forgot the other details of that night, or remember them only in a son " a dream. I know emissaries of the law soon filled my house. I know my wild statement slowly gained credence. I had my proofs in the clay and plaster in my room above. At. last in the recognition of the nun as a desperado ot the Mississippi, and finally in his own confession. ‘Hold him,’ I said. ‘Do not let him go. He. is a murderer.’ The foot lay bare Upon areashivonwâ€" The right perfect. The leftâ€"that maimed foot “hich had made its im- press in the clay on the night of m) husband 5 murder. I g “re a yen ofalmost Insane triumph and cried aloud for John. ‘01), what an unlucky thing! Are you scalded? Let me see.’ An: as he sat writhing with pain on the sofa, I tore off his shoes and stockings with great pretence of compassion_and grief. ‘Taste it, Bdlr Zenz‘ee, ' is it not fine? I said, and then, as I stood near him, the bowl dropped from my hands, and the contents poured over the floor and the Cnban’s knees. I screamed. He howled, for the fluid had filled the loose shoes he wore; and down I went on my knees before the spot to which he had sprung. I laughed too, as I left the room. In the kitchen I found my punch-bowl full. ‘Is it hot?’ said I. ‘Boiling,’ said the girl; and I seized it. on its tray, with the ladel. Then call- ed John, our coachman, a burly fellow, over six feet in height. ‘Johu,’ said I, ‘stay near the door. If I call you, come and do whatI tell you.’ The man started, but obeyed. I Waited until I heard him plant him- self upon the sill of the door, then en- tered the parlor. - ‘Fond of a drop yourself of a cold night, and none the worse for it, ma’am,’ said he, with a laugh. Miscellaneous War Items. CONCLUDED. The sale and'circu‘Iation of Eixglish and Belgian journals is now prohibited ‘in Paris. His Holiness is troubled Within him- self and all the Vatican with him. The dogma of infallibility was supposed to enlitle him to be the centre of consid- eration of the civilized world; but in- stead of this he has been left in the lurch by his sons, the sovereigns of the Catholic states of EurOpe. Napoleon’s unfilial conduct in removing the French troops has brought its own reward in the defeats of Woerthe and “’eissem- bourg. The sin of her husband has been visited on Eugenie, who has been com- polled to send her jewels and extensive wardrobe to . England. Nothing bad has yet happened to the Tranquil In- fant, but it is momentarily expected in Rome that he will be rendered incon- solable by the loss of his bullet. M. Ollivier has been punished for his share in the evacuation of Rome by being thrown out of power; and other rods are in pickle for all Frenchmen who; aided or abetted him. With the Prus- ? sians to conquer, the revolutionists to keep in, check and the wrath of His Holiness to appease, France has more on her hands than she bargained for. The‘Princc Royal of Prussia, for his victory at ’Wessembourg, has received the order of the Iron Crown. The French admit that the Prussians pay the country peOple for all supplies. Pete Hyacinéhehas volunteered as a private in a regiment for the defence of Paris. RIOTS 1N Pullsâ€"There have been serious riots in Paris, in which several members of the police force were killed. The national guard was called out and a number of arrests were made. A sup- ply of red flagsâ€"the Red Republican emblem-â€"were seized in a house, along with a quantity ofarms and ammunition. The rioters, who were armed with re- volvers and poniards, seized an engine- house and took away four guns. This appears to be a revolutionary attempt to establish a Republic. The Queen of Prussia announces that she will take personal charge of the wounded of bothnations, and that their treatment shall be identical. The French prisoners as they pass through the rail- way stations, receive nothing but kind- ness. Citizens and volunteers give them refreshments,.cigars, c.; and ladies en- ter the cars, going from man to man, ofl‘er them paper and pencil, and volun- teer to write to their friends for them. Meyer, the editor of the New York Handel’s Zeetzmy, aim of the ablest Ger- man periodicals in America, is as cer- tain of the sack of Paris as the Paris- ians were of the capture of Berlin a month ago. He sent a copy of the last number of his paper addressedâ€"“To King William of Prussia, the Tuilleries, Paris. Poste Restaute. If the ad- dressed has not arriVed yet, the Post-i master is requested to keep the paper? in the office, as he will soon be there.” i A CASE OF VICTORY OR DEATH,â€" Partings are at all times painful, but it would be difficult to conceive any fare- well more tinged with sadness than that of the Emperor and the Empress on his departure from Paris. There are no two people in Europe who have played so prominent a part in history during 1 the last twenty years as the royal couple iwhose fate hangs on the result of the present war. “’hen they meet again, if, indeed they ever do meet, what an eventful story will have been told, and each line written in letters of blood. 'â€" "lo France, though the Issues are great, the war is but one chapter in her his- tory; but to the Emperor and the Em- press it may be the last chapter in the record of their carce1. For him at least :°he1e is no futu1e but in success; in drawing the sword he has thrown away the seabbard, he has burned his ships. That gay and glorious city which with an cnchanter’s wand he has re- modelled and rebuilt will either close her gates to the fugitive or welcome the return of a victorious leader. Bold as the Emperor may be to beard Bismarck in his power, it will require more bold-i ness still to re appear at home without 1n army. â€"Pall .3111]! Gazette. The Battle of Armageddon, of which I we have read so much in Dr. Cummmg’s prephecics, will be fought near the city of Chalons, in the course (if a few days. There will be at least one million of men engaged in it. Should the Prus- sians be victorious, they will march to the sack of Paris. There is no line of fortification between Chalons and Paris. Chalons is ninety miles in 'a straightline from Paris. fine lip, curved under his massire white moustache, would cut the Gordian knot of a constitution with a swift, sure sword. Certainly he is not the sort ofa man one would like to worry carampopzu’r) in a watering-place. And then he has a faith ; ‘he believes,’ and he is sure that he in whom he believes has placed his cause beyond the reach of human harm.” COUNTY ADVERTISER guess, and a cafe for order. Thinking lt‘fiat their Warden w‘as a friend, they sought to please him. That was human nature, and Mr. Ferres worked it out i with ingenuity. Mr. Ferres'reports that the discipline exercised over the convicts was not of coercion and repression. They were kept in order by force. He changed it not believing that kindness will in itself reform a convict, yet thinkingâ€"that"‘the more a man can he softened, humanized and Christianized, the more he may be made open to good impressions.” He bestowed kindness on the convicts. The result he has observed is' a change for the better, an increase in thoughtful- There are over a hundred oflicers em- ployed in the Kingston Penitentiary-â€" When Mr. Ferres went there he reports that he found a number of these officers in a state of daily intoxication and oth- ers delinquent even up to the pomt of sleeping during their hours of duty. In the business books no less than 2,422 discrepancies were discovered. So that even with the officers not less than with the convicts, Mr. Ferres had heavy work before him. He reports that he succeeded to a great extent, and we have no reason to doubt that he did. From Mr. Ferres we have a report of the Kingston Penitentiary, of which he is Warden. Mr. Ferres states that his first step upon his appointment was to tell the prisoners that they would be treated as they acted. If they acted right they would have every encourage- ment that the rules would allow; but if they acted improperly, all the punish. ment that the rules permitted would be inflicted. Mr. Ferres very justly refus- ed to have anything to do with old of- fences, and remitted all punishments that were being enforced at the time of his appointment. He foundâ€"and it is with pain we relate itâ€"one convict who had been in chains for nine years. Even when sick and in the hospital, the chains were still kept upon him. Mr. Ferres released him, and found him afterwards to be one of the most faithful men in the prison. So much for a judicious act of kindness. ' We have before us the report of the Directors of the Penitentiaries of Cana- da, and a few notes derived therefrom may not prove uninteresting. Crime is always a matter ofintercst, and its pun- ishment never fails to excite attention. Wasteful indulgence in eating an] drinking, wasteful indulgence in pleas- ure, and lust, and wastefulness of the brain by over-work and under sleepâ€" these three causes lower the working power of society, we should think one full third. And although practised in the interest of enjoyment, they diminish the real enjoyment of society we sus- pect a full half.â€"II. W. Beaker. But, thousands are living in proper social relations without a thought of evil, who are, notwithstanding, from want of proper knowledge, over-indulg- ent, and by reason of excess they are enfecbled, despondent, run down.â€" Blanch and waxyâ€"faced men abound, whose whole life is unstrnng, and gradu- ally sacrificed to the pleasures of pas- sion, which are only not vicious because they are indulged in legal rela- tions. The delicacy of the theme makesl teachers averse to speaking publicly of1 it, and thousands are sinking into eon; Wm -AnJl .AnL:-l:‘.. -_J_ _‘“.I 0 because men have not the courage to tell them that, like a cask of wine hid in the cellar, worm-pierced, they are leaking to death. Another fountain of ill-health is in the imprOper indflgence of man’s passions. ‘We do not ailude to those dehaucheries which vice keeps, and which the word of God marks as the Ways of Death. Those uuhallowed lusts drown men in perdition, or con- sume them as is fire. There is many an irritable man, full- bloodedh florid in the face and quarrel- some, who would become peaceful and contented ifall meat rations were knock- ed ofi'. ‘Are you not confident of being often tempted of the devil?’ ‘Yes, sir, but why do you ask?’ ‘We have seen him so often around you at meal times, in the shape of beef, puddings, and such like, and we have noticed that you are a long way too f-tmiliar with him.’ Every day we see men of good mor- als, of position in society, of estimable qualities, who are inferior or unhappy for no other reason than that they are not wise in eating. \Ve are sometimes tempted to say to another clergyman : The higher the civilized condition of Society, the more apt the men to suffer impaired vigor from over-feeding, be- cause victuals are multiplied, are more temptingâ€"because men have more lei- sure, and eating becomes a. luxury as well as a necessityâ€"because people are less addicted to work, get. less fresh air, and live less in sunlight. Penalty of Self-Indulgence. The Penitentiaries. To tie them up and rouse them sufia ciently to understand the situation, oo- cupied but little time, and, with the help of negrocs, he brought them to his own place, ordered fires to be lit, and E then threw both of them into big sugar E kettles filled with water, which soon be. gEan to boil. The men lived fifteen to ’twenty minutes, until the water begun to boil. Their attempts to throw them- selves out of the kettles, and their dad mands for water, and cries for pity, was heart-reading, but their executioner took a fiendish delight in throwing in occasionallp a little cool water, which, however, in a moment began to boil again. At the end of five minutes both had ceased to exist. When the fact was mentioned to Captain-General, he remarked: “I don’t wish to know it, but if such a thing has happened, I ful- ly approve of it, as a man, but as Cap- tain-General I haveso far no knowledge of the matter. Beasts in human form must be treated as beasts, although the punishment was inhuman and cruel.’ 80 the matter mate. The engineer has re- turned to the plantation, and events not to rest until he has caught the other three. . . Some time during the month of May, a party of five robbers appeared at a plantation, possessed themselves of new oral good horses, taking also various a1“ ticles of clothing belonging to an Ame- rican engineer on the plantation, and then disappeared. The engineer who was in Havana at the time, became fu‘ rious on his return, and indulged in sea vere threats on his return against the perpetrators of the robberies: Some friend of the bandits communicated these thoughts to them, and in a. few days they again appeared, took the en: gineer by surprise, tied him hand and toot, and then proceeded to lash him with Whips and thongs “until the 1111111 had fainted three times from the loss of blood and pain. They then tied him up on a chair before his dwelling, and two of the number walked into the house and violated his wife. Since then the engineer has been almost a maniac, and bent on revenge. Last Friday he received information that the “to ban- dits were then at a neighboring planta- tion, and, without advising anybody of his intention, he armed h1mself, and had the good fortune to find both of them lying on the floor in an inebriated con. dition. 401. no: I“! Outrage by Spanish Bandits in Cuberâ€"A Husband’s Horrible Revenge. as 186$ -'m;.5;;;;‘acd taéije’sfa‘a'utktsé in 1869 to $2,717. And, on the other hand, there was a reduction in the pay of the efiieers, which amounted to near- ly tno thousand dollars, the number of keepers having been reduced from five to two, and the number of guards from 83 to 67. J In the matter of economy the new’ Warden seemed to have made some im-‘ provements. He broke up the gangs of stone-breakers and oakum-pickers, and put them to more profitable employ“ ments. The masons department, which in 1868, produced 38,3705 produced in 1867 more than double that amountâ€"4 In a practical way, be caused all theit' clothes to be marked, so that no one of the convincts should feel the fear that he was wearing that which belonged td some one else. He set apart two blocké for those who observed rules and show ed a desire to behave prOperly, and en: titled them the ‘advanee class.’ To this class he also gave lights until nine o’clock at night, allowed them the bane: fit of a walk on Sunday, and permitted them to write oftencr than the restric- tion of a letter in three months justified; He established a choir in their chapels; and instituted the foundation of a fund for organs for both the Protestant and Roman Catholic chapels. Punishments have not been very fre-‘ quent. During the year 1869, the cats o’-nine.tails was only administered to 22 eonviets-â€"eleven of whom, however, were punished under the predecessor of Mr. Ferrcs. Four convicts had chains on them, says the report: One for fourteen days, two for two days, and one for one day. The last case is worthy of note. The convict came and told me that he and another convict intended to escape if they got the chance. Having sent for the other, he confessed it also. I took them at me he had been a fool to get the chain put upon him, and if I would take it off, he would never think of such a thing again. I told him I would trust him, and removed it. The other came next day, said the same thing, and I believed him, taking proper precautions however, to prevent any such attempt being successful if they undertook it, while offering no doubt of their sincerié ty. Havana Car. of the 1V. [VOLUME 4 [$1.60 per Annum. '. Y. Tribune.)