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z . ! TOI QUE JTAIME." ] r ~ ! olflture in mT r00 : A ^iurGol ft **u wit5 facJ0U? air~ ? <jBto5. fa^? e2"es Of dusky gloom, w^xMSftra, ftiid fair and eurling hftir. 3nd the carving lips H^flHlSeeai shaped to speak such words as lovers learn . , C^^BBost easily?lips whence a loved word slips -B Melodiously, but leaves them shut and stern. ju, Robert, Robert!?not one half the grace j BJtyoar great heart, shows in ycur pictured face. A pie^ired face! It was a little thing .. .j? * ;S- ...... K..? it i. mn.'h to kuin. ?' m i^rr an rtj , (/u? iv hosts of hope, what memories round it cling, Wvl bright thoughts, faded, like dreams lost in sWeep! i At. Robert's face ? I look at it until My he^rt fills up with sadness, doubt and fear, That it can ^eep, oenoath my gaze, so still, Making qjo sign of joy that 1 am near. Ah, Robert Robert!?in tfe'daya of old Toar look wa^ctpt so passionless and cold. , J nL ^ A pictured face '?a silent, painted face That never changes Evermore the same Trom day to day;th> .lighting up, no trace Of passionate triumph no despair, no blame. And this is all that's left?dust, ashes, tears? Of Iotp whose harvests were not gathered in; A shadow, sterile as the coming years, And comfortless as the past years have been. Ah, Robert, Robert .'?had we never met; Or could I die, and so all griefs forget. ?Citizen and Round Table. ASLEEP AT HIS POST. ? . An Incident qf the Late Wtr. Mr. Owen, a pious farmer in Vermont, gave his eldest on,Benjamin, to the Federal cause in the late fearful struggle. One day a message arrived which fell like a thunder-bolt upon the anxious, yet hopeful family. The lad bad been found asleep at his post, and was condemned to be shot. The terrible news spread in the *#! ? . ?* tUc 8??d join I**"' Mr- -iBtu, came at once to see if it were not possible to administer comfort to the broken-hearted mar?nta. "Oh! sir," cried the sorrowing old man, "such a dear, precious, noble boy! I thought, when I gave him to his country, that not a father in all this broad land made such a precious gift?no, not one. God forgive me if my grief is a sin. Mr. Allen, the dear boy only alept a minute, just one little minute, at his post. I know that was all, for Bcnnie never dozed over duty. How prompt and reliable he was!" and Mr. Owen's ye wandered over the green fields with a perplexed, wandering look. "I know he only fell off one little second; he was so young and not strong, that boy of mine. Why. he was as tall as I and only eighteen, and now they shoot fcim because he was found asleep when doing duty." Mr. Owen repeated these words very slowly, as if endeavoring to find out their true meaning. "Twenty-four hours?the telegraph said only twontyfour. Where is Bennie now?" "We will hope with his Heavenly Father," said Mr. Alien soothingly. "Yes, yes: let as hope. God is very merciful, and Bennie was so good?I do not mean holy," he said, correcting himself, sharply?"there is none holy, no, not ne; but Jesus died for sinners. Mr. Allen, tell me that. O,Bennie!?Bennie!" The mother raised herself as she heard bis name called, and turning, said with a smile, "Don't call so load, father, Bennie U not far off, he will soon come." "God has laid his hand on them both, you see," said Mr. Owen, without making any direct reply. "She has not been just herself since. It is a merciful thing ahe is sort of stunned, it seems to me. She makes no wails." Mr. Allen looked in astonishment at the bowed man, in in ii mii and tufiw him. These few hours had done the work of years. The sinew? frame was tottering now, the eyes ware dimmed, and the sudden sorrow had written itself in deep wripkiee all osa hla. manly ffcee. "God hare mercy on you ; ho. ia trying you in a furnace seven time heatedhe exclaimed almost involuntarily. The daughter, a fairy young girl?Blossom, they called her?sat near them listening with blanched cheeks. She had not shed a tear that day, and the terror in her checks had been so very still that no one had noticed it. She bad occupied herself mechanically in household duties, which her mother's condition devolved entirely upon her. Now sho answered a gentle lap at the door, opening It to receive a letter from a j neighbor's hand, "it is from him," was all she said. Twas like a message from the dead Mr. Owen could not break the seal for his trembling fingers, and held it towards Mr. Allen with all the helplessness of a child The minister opened it, and obedient to a motion. from the fathar, be read as follows: "Dear Father : When this reaches vau I shall be in eternity. At first it seemed awful to me, but 1 hare thought about it so much that now it has no terror. They say they will not bind me nor blind me, hut that I may meet my death like a man. I thought, father, it might have been on the battle-field of my ouDtry ,and that when I fell It would be fighting gloriously ; but to be shot down like a dog for nearly betraying it?to die for .neglect of duty! Oh, Father; I wonder the very thought does not kill me! But I hall not disgrace you. I am going to write you all about it, and. when I am gone yon may tell my comrades. I can't now. fcYou know I promised Jemmy Carr'a mother that I would look after her boy, and when he fell sick, I did all I could for him. He was not strong when he was rdered back into the ranks, and the day before that sight I carried all his baggage, besides my own, on our aurch. Toward night we went in a double quick, and j v- 4a fatil pnrr Koarr V pltA ?liC UBggugc wvgau ~ .w. " v.j j J tu tired too, tod as for Jemmy, if I had not lent him ?n arm now and then he would have dropped by the way. I was all tired out when I went into camp, and then it was Jemmy's turn to be sentry, and I would take his place; but I was too tired, father. I could not have kept awake if I had bad a gun at my head. But I didn t know until?well it was too late!"' *%rod be thanked!" interrupted Mr.Owen,reverently. "I know Bennie was not the boy to sleep care lessly at his post." "They tell me to-day that I haTe a short reprieve given to me by circumstances?time to write to you, ur good Colonel says. Forgive him, father?ho only 4oee his duty. He would gladly save me if he could. And don't lay my death against Jemmy. The poor hoy is broken-hearted, and does nothing but beg and antreat them to let bim die in my stead. "I can't bear to think of mother and Blossom. Com9brt them, lather. Tell them that I die as a brave boy should, and that when the war is over they will not be ashamed for me as they must be now. God help me, it la very hard to bear. Goodbye, father. God seems aear and dear to me?not at all as if be wished me to werish forever, but as if he felt sorry for his poor sinful hilti, and would take me to be with Him and my Saviour, in a better, better life." A great sob burst from Mr. Owen's heart. "Amen!" he said eolemly, "Amen I* "To-night in the early twilight, I shall see the cows all coming home from pasture?Daisy and Brindle, and Bett; old Billy, too, will neigh for his stall, and precious little Blossom stand waiting for me, but I shall mever, neve come. God bless you all. Forgive your poor, poor Bonnie." ??**** Late that night the door opened softly, and a little igure glided out and down the foot-path that leads to the road by the mill. She seemed rather flying than walking, turning her head neither to the right or left, starting as the full moon sketched queer fantastic ?hape6 all around her, looking only now and then to feeaven, and folding her hands as if in prayer. Two hours later the same young girl stood at the Mill X>opot, watching the coming of the night train, and the conductor, a? he reached down to lift her in, wondered at the sweet, tear-stained face, that was upturned toward the dim lantern held in his band. A few questions and ready answers told him all, and wo father could baTe cared more tenderly for his own utiild than hod id for Blossom. She was on her way to Washington, to ask President Xioocln for her brother's life. She had stolen away, leaving only a note to tell her father where and why jhe had gone. She had brought. Bennie's letter with her; no good, kind heart like the President's could refuse to be melted by it. The next morning they reached New York, and the conductor fouud suitable company for Blossom, and hurried her on to Washington. Every minute now might be a year In her brother's life. And so, tn an incredible short time, Blossom reached , the capitol and was hurried at once to the White House. The President bad just seated himself to his morning task of overlooking and signing important papers, when without one word of announcement, the aoor softly opened, and Blossom, with eyes cast down and folded hands, stood before him. "Well, my child," he said in his pleasant, cheery i tone, "what do you want so bright early in the morning?" "Bennie? Who isBennie?" | JQly brother, sir. They are going to shoot him for f Beeping at his post." "Ob, yes;" and Mr. Lincoln ran his eye'over the J papers before him. "I remember. It was a fatal sleep. You see, child, it was a time of fatal danger.?Tho?6- j ands of lives might Bavb been lost for his culpable! negligence." " -* -* * "So my father saM," said Blossom, gravely, "but my noor brother Benuie was sotired sir, and Jemmy was very weak. He'd id tffeHwfc oftwo, and it was Jemmy's night, not his. But Jimmy was too tired; and j Bennie never thought about himself, that he was also too urea."What is this you say say, my child? Come here, I don't understand," and the kind man caught eagerly as ever at what seemed to be a justification of an offence. Blossom went to him; he put his band tenderly on her shoulder, and turned up the pale serious face towards his. How tall he seemed ; and he was President of the United States, too. A dim thought of this kind passed for a moment through Blossom's mind; but she told her story simply and straightforward, and handed Mr. Lincoln Bonnie's letter to read. He read it carefully; then taking up his pen, wrote a few hasty lines and rang the bell. Blossom heard this order given: "Skn*d this dispatch at on'ck." The President then turned to the little girl and said ; "Go home my child and tell that father of yours#who could apjfrove'his countrv's sentencoce^n .when M took the life oft etrild lifce thafc AbraJIm Lincoln thinks the life far too preciouk to be lostr Go back, or wait until to-morrow. Bennie will need change after he has faced death. Wait and he shall go with you." "God bless you, sir." said Blossom ; and who eb*,r doubt that God heard and registered Two dn vi afUir *?'? ? mo young soldier camo tn *?..> nTTHellouse with his sister. He was called into the President's private room, and a strap fastened upou the sbolder, when Mr. Lincoln said "that the soldier who could carry a sick comrade's baggage, and die for the good act uncomplainingly deserved honor." Then Bennie and Blossom took their wajr to the Green Mountain Home, and a crowd gathered ai tne aim Depot, to welcome them back, and Farmer Owen's head towered abore them all, and as his hand grasped that of his boy, Mr. Allen heard him say ferveutlv, as the best blessing he could pronounce upon his child: "Just and true are thy ways, thou King of Saints." "That night Daisy and Brindle and Bet came bellowing home froiu pasture, for tbey heard a well-known voice calling them at the gate, and Bennie, as be pats his old pets and looks lovingly in their groat brown eyes, catches through the stilf evening air his Puritau father's voice, as he repeats to his happy mother these jubilant words, "Fear not, for I am with thee I bring thy seed from the west; I will say to the North, Give up, and to the south,Keep not back; bring my sons from afar, and dtngtiten from the ends of the earth ; eveu every,one that is called by my name: for 7 have created him for my glory, I have formed nim, yea I have made him. TBS IRISH PEASANT'S CATECHISM. The first arrest under the Peace Preservation (Ireland) act was made at Dundalk, county Louth, April 12, when a Mr. John Mathews, printer and newsdealer of that town, wa9 taken into custody by three police constables on a charge of having on that day " sold a printed pamphlet entitled the Farmers' Catechism, containing divers seditious and treasonable words and sentences." Constable McKee deposed to having purchased a copy or the pamphlet in' question at Mr. Mathews' shop. The prisoner declined to state whence he obtained the pamphlet, and was remanded, to enable the authorities to he consulted with, ball for his appearance being taken. The following is a complete copy of the publication referred to, which tor some time past has been largely circulated in the different market towns of Ireland: What is your name ? Oppression. What gavo you this name? My landlor^and a child of f nil. a n??n of Borrow, and an Inheritor Of a bundle of rags. What did your landlord and agent then do for you ? They did promise and vow three things in my name?first, that X should renounce all the comforts of this life and all ploasurcs found therein; secondly, that I should be a hewer of wood and drawer of water, and thirdly, that I shall be a 6lavc for them all the days of my life. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe and to do as they Imposed npon you? No; verily, and by God's help I will endeavor to shake off the chains by which I am bonnd, better my condition, and continue in the same until my life's end. Rehearse the articles of thy belief. I believe that God is uo respecter of persons, and tbat He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords; and that He created all things for the good of man, and that every man should enjoy the fruits of his labor, for the laborer is worthy of his hire. I also believe tbat I do not enjoy the fruits of my labor, for I am compelled to give it to men who reap where they do not sow, and gather where they have not atrown?who are better known in the banqueting hall, the careless club-house, or on the betting field, than in the school of industry, or among their honest, careworn tenantry, 6ave when the corn is ripe. I also believe that 1 am not able to pay my rent from the produce of my farm, and that the pomp and vanity of those men, who, like birds of passage, leave when they get the last grain of corn?men who live in ease and indolence, rolling about in purple and fine linen, and faring sumptuously every day on the toil and sweat of their fellow-creatures, and reveling on the bread of idleness, have reached their highest climax, and that it is full time they should be brought to know and feel that the stalwart farmers aro the bone and sinew of the land, and that they will no longer endure or submit to the burdens heaped on them by a class of extravagant landlords, who are the chief cause ol the grievances of this country. I believe in the tall of rents and the lowering of taxes, the suppression of crime and the emancipation of all slaves. What dost thon chiefly learn in these articles of tby belief? First, I learn that Justice demands such a state of things to cease, that rents must fall, and that tenant-right must be carried, to the satisfaction of the people, no matter what government rales or who wields the scepter; and secondly, that honest, independent men must ho sent out to value the land, and a fair price laid on according to quality; and that no lands must exceed twenty-five shillings per acre, no matter what quality; for according to the terms of the Ulster plantation, landlords aro not entitled to benefits arising from the improvements of the soil, as all is owing to the labor ot the industrious farmer; and further, that proper security must he given to the tenant farmer that he or his heirs cannot be removed so long as they pay their rents and conduct themselves as become*, h honest, peaceful members of society; and thirdly, that all classes will go hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder in this legal warfare, and never give up till they bring landlord and tenant on a closer equality, and, if needs be, stand their opponents to the lace in the hour of battle, for he who would cot light for his bread would not tight for his sovereign. You said that your landlord and agent did bind you to keep all* their laws and commandments. Tell me how many there be ? Ten. Which be they ? The same which they spake'in their office when they brought me out of the land ot_peace into the land ofbondage. First commandment?mou snait nave no tenant rjgbt. Second?Thoa shalt not make to thyself any changes on thy farm, nor bay nor sell, withont oar consent, nor complain against us lor rearing game thereon for our own amusement on coursing day6, nor keep dog, nor gun, nor cat, to disturb them la any way, no matter what damage tbou mayest sustain thereby; thou shalt bow down and pay obeisance unto us, tor we are thy landlords, and jealous ones, who shall visit tbee and thy children with heavy rents, notices and ejectment processes, if tbou disobey us or neglect to pay thy rents. . Third?Thou shalt not take the name of thy V THE REPU landlord nor agent In vain, nor speak lightly Of as, k no matter what we do, for we will not hold them . guiltless who taketh our name In vain. " Fourth?Uemember that thou art a tenant at will; p 385 days shalt thou labor and do all that thou hastto , do; but the 1st day of November in each ye9t|^^ A our rent day, in which thou shalt do no mannenE <y work till you reach our office and pay us to the'bP" terraost tarthing. P Filth?Honor thy landlord and his agent wnh ij hat in band, and be punctual m your payments, so that thy days may be long in the farm which itf P give unto thee. ri Sixth?Thou shalt not kill any of our game, 0 Seventh?Thou fbnIt not commit thvself by , lating any of our rules, or by disobe*i4fl?.,T7i??C our imperative commands- J * Eighth? I'ltou sbalt not cut down or removo any of our trees or turbary, no matter what your wants t maybe, or how they inconvenience you; for all 1 that grows thereon is ours, no matter who plant- fi eth it. * o Ninth?Thou shalt not murmur or complain v. j against is, or expose our misgivings in eourtslof , Llaw,or through the public press, but endure with " | all patience, torbearance and long suffering, 1o ? that thou tnayest be called a profitable servant. v Tenth?Thou shalt not covet thy landlord's g | house, nor anything that is his, though all is sun- i ! ported and procured by the toil and sweat ofWs . j tenantry. * _ # ( SELF-BETRAYED. . a ? A Tragedy of the Last Oentnry. t f # j The well known opera of Fra Diaralo is traced ^ on tragical events which occurred in France nearly * one hundred and seventy years ago. The fag^0B 1 thus condensed from the court records by a Paris * paper r ~ " i At the beginning of the last century thWwas l scan in^hc towia^^jllie a very quiet house. 1 a largo*6uilding,^Rit it contained only a Jjw' 1 family?ahusbKhd and wife and one servant.The married couple were advanced in years, lived quietly on toeir income, saw very few visitors^and admitted nono to the house except the peoplj^^. furnished them with provisions, or otherwise administered to their wants. One night this couple,' man and wife, were both robbed and murdered in their bed. The servant girl had heard nothing of all this and knew not what was going on. The night was hot, the air dense and oppressively sultry, so much so that she had taken refuge in her room, and for the sake of coolness, divested herself of her garments before a largo mirror. While there, catching sight of herself, sho suddenly cried: "How hateful one looks when naked?" Having said this, she retired and slept till morning, and arose as usual without suspecting what, had happened. ' -jw She prepared breakfast as usual for her maste and mistress, but they did not come down. Shi" -* J ?- BAma i m n i was amarea aim naucu ivi c?mv They did not appear. Tired of waiting she sought their room. A"OT^ x rible sight met her eyes. Blood was smeared everywhere, and on the bed lay the poor old coupl^ cruelly, horribly, vilely butchered?mangled only as a beast or fiend could find it in his heart to mutilate victims after murdering them. The girl raised an alarm and the multitude came rushing in. Of course justice came rushing after in the shape of a police, with a judicial investigation. The * criminal was sought for, and as none other could be found suspicion fell on the unfortunate servant. In those days they had a horrible way of trying ( to get the truth. They called it questioning. The < questions were put with racks and thumb-screws. - i The Liilois servant maid was infamously tornired, i even to extreme agony. Yet, notwithstanding her ] weakness and her sex, she endured -the , torture without confessing. This j ^hl?? * was entirely ifiy.4, and sequence kept much longer under the tornrent to < make her confess. As there were no proofs bChef j having done anything, they finally let tfer go as j' soon as she was healed. Unfortunately the torture j had made her a wretched cripple. She eould only hobble along, and her arms were terribly withered, i Aud being no longer able to sew or work, she 1 dragged her helpless form through the streets of Lillie for sixteen years. This is historically true? nay, more than historically, for history often lies, while these accounts are drawn from the dry and . accurate records of a court. The worst part of her sufferings was that many people believed her guilty, and shunned her accordingly. It appears from the record that during theso long years, while she went about with her withered arms and bent back, her whole frame suffering from the torture, begging a copper sou to buy her bread, that she was always resigned, mild, and exemplary in her conduct. * i One day, after sixteen years of misery, she stopped at the door of a baker. She held out through her rag9 her naked and mutilated arm toward the baker, who stood on bis door sill. As she did so, he exclaimed, in a mocking tone, whi;e observing her garments: " Well, Marie Anne, how hateful one looks when nulied?ha ! ha !" Now, it is remarkable that in all the sixteen years which had passed, Marie Anne had not for- ] gotten those words which she had spoken when i alone on the night of the murder. It dashed upon j her mind that the real murderer might have heard them, and that he stood before her. In brief, the journeyman baker, when arrested, confessed the truth. He had regularly supplied the old couple, and knew the ways of the house. He was hidden there on the night of the murder, and beard the girl when she made the remark on nakedness. And as the criminal is often By the will of Providence his own accuser, so this man, following ono of those eccentric and dangerous impulses, which nan often experiences, to say the most dangerous thiags, ] had uttered to the girl the words of that fatal night. He was convicted of the crime for which Marie anna Wntni-hirorl and ?nflFV?red a livin? death. r THE WASHINGTON ELOPEMENT. Love Pranks of a Girl of "Swoef Slxtew.'* [From the Washington Star, May 10.] The quietude of East Washington has been, for the past few days, terribly disturbed, and in sush a peculiar manner that the excitement is daily increasing. In fact, the whole Navy Yard is ajog, and for some years the gossiping old maids and "Mark Meddles" in that vicinity have not had such a delicate morceau nor beefi treated to snob a savory dish of scandal. The circumstances attending the present case, too, are so mystified as yet that surmise and conjecture even have faile<i to satisfy the anxiety of those interested or the ciriosity of the public. It appears that a young man named Louil C. j Conner, well known on Capitol Hill, has bcenior some months visiting a Miss Berkley, who has been living with her ancle, John H. Peake, on Eiglth street east, near Virginia avenue, and was quite constant in his attentions, which, as far as could be judged by the neighbors, were appreciated by the lady. But, as the course of true love nerer runs smooth, it happened that there was another Richmond in the field, named Lewis, who about two months ago married Miss Berkley and took her on a bridal trip to Philadelphia. Young Benner was then the subject of considerable teasing on the part of his friends, as it was known that the evening before the wedding he spent with the lady, and so pleasantly as to lead to the belief that he was unconscious of what the morn would bring forth. The teasing he seemed to I take good-naturedly, however, and, strange to say, i has since the marriage continued his visits to the BLICAN. ouse, though at longer intervals than before. Far le past two weeks Mrs. Lewis has supplied the laco of his visits by strolling up often (generally bout twilight) to Benner's residence, a*d in the rent of not meeting him on the street would boldly ull the bell and inquire hi*^creat>outs. Now for ie denouement, as as can bo ascertained at resent. On Met Thursday evening Mrs. Lewis eraarked to her relatives that she was going ver an Third street east to visit her married ister, and requested them to tell her husband rhen he came in to call there for her. That same vening, about seven o'clock, young Benner was tanding on the corner of Second street east and 'ennsylvania avenue, conversing with some riends, when Mrs. Lewis came up, and both moved 6* a little and engaged in conversation. She was card lo say something relating to trouble she ad had, and was inquiring: "Well, will you lave mo now ?" or words to that effect. The conersation lasted but a few moments when both tarted up towards the Capitol, and are supposed to lave gone off on the 9 P. M. train northward, as hey have not been seen nor heard of since. The ather of the lady, as well as her aunt and uncle with whom sho was living), are very much worried .bout the matter, and, it is said, have_bcfiUSbt-*Mr ~ elegraph and detectivo skill Thto play to discover he whereabouts of the fugitives, but thus far withmt success. Mrs. Lewis is hardly over sixteen 'ears of age, and rather pretty, while Mr. Benner, vho is employed as a plate printer in the Treasiry, is just twenty-one, and quite a favorite among lis acquaintances. Both wero highly esteemed among their respcctve oirele pf friends, by some of whom it is beicved that the parties in question were engaged to >e married,'and ? day fixed (February 14th last,) tnd that before the match could be consummated, ilr. Lewis stepped in and carried off the prise. AXKABEL GREEK. In Herkimer county There never was seen A sweeter young creature Than Annabel Green. She was fair as the lilies And pure as the snow, And Ichabod Brown Was sweet Annabel's beau. Fair Annabel Green Thus to Ichabod spoke: "Should you ever prove false Mvpoor heart would be broke." Then ne answered : " I hope To be roisted and eat If my Annabel's love I shall ever forget." But Ichabod Brown Proved faithless, and soon Poor Annabel Groen was aesenea ana ione; Then she wept and she mourned, And she sobbed and she sighed. Till her tender heart broke, And she laid down and died. Then Ichabod Brown Was never at ease; He roamed all the way To the far southern seas; And on going ashore Some savages met him, They built up a fire And roasted and ate him. General de Goiconria. [From the New York World, May 9.] The death, by the garrote,of this old and distinguished Cuban leader, was announced in yesterday's Issue, lie was a native of the island forwhicb he has given np his best years and bis life. As far back as the days of the Lopez expedition he was an active worker In the eanse of Cuban independence, and he gave to General Lopez the benefit of his skill for organization, and what was quite as valuable, the larger part of the funds to carry on bis designs igainst Spain. Alter the failure and death of Ciopes, General Goiconria Interested himself in the^Jewexpedition, of which GeneratQultnian. the bead. In eonseanenc* of the interference of our Government this project was abandoned. The General, whose restlessness had become morbid. Joined himself with William Walker in the Nlcaraguan enterprise ; bat the two chiefs could not agree, and sab ?equen tly separated. For some years Goicouria devoted himself io mercantile pursuits, some of which were hazardous, and therefore the more coDgeilal to his nature. He accumulated quite a fortune. When the Cubans arose in the present insurrection, Goiconria at once threw himself into the contest. He organized the Ryan expedition last summer, and was stopped by the authorities Just as he was abont to embark on the CathariDe Whiting. He afterwards reached Cuba in a small schooner from Nassau. After a sojourn of a few weeks in the insurgent capital, President Cespedes commissioned him as Minister to Mexico, and It was while attempting to escape from the coast on his new diplou&ilc mission that he was captured by the crew of a Spanish gunboat. On Friday last he was tried by drum-head court-martial, and on Saturday morning, in accordance with the barbarons custom of mordering prisoners in cold blood now prevailing In the Island of Cnba, the veteran filibuster of a quarter of a century was led oat, andln the presence of an Immense throng of people strangled by the garrote. The' account of the execution says he was perfectly serene and firm to the last. Magnetic Traveling Stones. They hare walking stones in Australia, and, as re are informed, they have traveling stones in Nevada. Here is a description : They were almost perfectly roand, the majority of them as large as a valnut, and of an irony nature. When distributed shout upon the door, table or other level surface, within two or three feet of each other, they imnediately begin traveling toward a common centre, and there huddle up in a bunch, like a lot of tggs in a nest. A single stone removed to ? >;>ance of three and a half feet, upon being i itleascd, at once started off with wondorfu! and j ?mewbat comical celerity to join its fellows: taken '< jway four or (we feet, it remained motionless. Ibey are found in a region that, although comparatively level, is nothing but barren rock. Se&t u. ??ffinn nrt> littln hasins. from ttreu over iuio uanwu avfo.w ? *, ?, 3. few feet to a rod in diameter, and itia in tbe bottom of these that the rolling atonoa are found. They are from the size of a pea to five or six inches in diameter. Tho cause of these atones rolling together is doubtless to be found in the material of which tbcj are composed, which appears to be loadstone or magnetic iron ore. A Boston Experiment. Tbe X. Y. Tribune says: A novel method of reform is to be tried as an experiment upon a large scale in Boston. About ICO night-walkers wore wrested in the streets on Saturday night. Their ,'1' r ,'P- 1 L?- nn/l if ifl yODQUIODB UI IIIU UftVV UCCU llilOOblgakyu^ wu\? ?v "ound that more than 100 of them are poor girls, who would be glad of tho opportunity of decent imployment. It is intended to place them under tome wholesome restraint, the Court imposing some sentence upon each, but suspending its execution mtil the result of the experiment in each case is. iscertained. Homes will be found or provided for hose that have none; those that have homes will >e sent to them. Work and means of support will >e supplied, and the entire police foroe will assist n their supervision. Two Catholic clergymen lend heir personal efforts to the undertaking, and *it is >opcd that the report whioh is to be made in Court n the latter part of June, will justify, in a majority if instances, a revocation of the sentences. THE CODE. Letter from an Old Skoopendilce Strident ? The M Code of .Houor" folly Explained. E Hit or Cincinnati Daily Timet: S:a: As there seems to be considerable difference of opinion in this community concerning the " Code of Honor," and the subject is exciting a good deal of comment and discussion, I have taken pains to obtain from the best authorities the following concise and every way-reliable statement of it. If any of your readers get shot according to these rr.'es, their last moments will be soothed by the reflection that they fell aoeording to the "code" in its strictest interpretation: 1. Any one " posting " an antagonist must recognise the " Code of Honor " when he meets it on the street. 2. " Posting" can in no case be done without a bill-poster's license. 3. When a man call his antagonist "another," without previously allowing him an opportunity to retort " so am I," he shall be compelled to pay for th? sunnort of the child. 4? 7i ~ nig nn IHHIir hj rrprrrn orotberwise, the cour-e under the code is, first to pay the th express charges, then retire to some secluded spot 0j for reflection, and afterward ask the insulting party what he is going to do about it, anyhow. 5. If a man is knocked down on the street, and fr hasn't got his code with him, he is entitled to a ct reasonable length of time in which to hunt up his m code and find out what course to take under the circumstances. w 6. No man is obliged to notice an insult, unlets gi he is insulted according to the code. u 7. A coroner has no right to "post" a man while he is alive. When he is dead (if he dies according 41 to the code) he can pott mortem. ? sc 8. If a man runs away with another man's code ? his wife is entitled to a divorce. di 9. When a person feels aggrieved at anything in another person has said or written about him, if he cl don't like it he oan lump it. di 10. One man sending a challenge to another gi must pay-the postage. n< 11. No man shall pull another mat's nose with- ic out first reading to him the seotion of the oode Is under which he does it. e: 12. When a man wants to insult another, he should studiously abstain from using anv insulting ? language. 13. It is not considered gentlemanly to "post" yourself. You should employ a bill-poster. 14. In a duel no gentleman is allowed to shoot gi his antagonist twice in the same spot. n 15. When a man finds that he has been killed <j< contrary to the code, he is entitled to whip his an- ^ tagonist on sight. 0) 16. If a man is knocked down in public he can demand an explanation before getting up, unless his assailant is an auctioneer or a railroad conduc- * tor. They can " knock down," code or no code. 17. One party to a duel failing to appear^ the N party on the ground is entitled to the gate money, ti 18. A man's record must be perfectly clear before tl be can be allowed to be shot in a duel. Let me re- x late a case in point. In the fall of the sixteenth b century Baron Yon Muggins, one of the greatest ^ soap-fat men of Cheviot, mado disparaging re- di marks about EoiDhreditus Smith, who run a hand . express. Epipb.* sent him a challenge, bat the ** haughty Baron Yon Muggins, descendant of a long u line of soap-fat, declined to meet him, because his 11 record wasn't clear?hit titter ?oat crott-cyed. Che- t< viot said the Baron was right. tl " Posting " is rarely resorted to in the heart of ti Africa. If the party aggrieved can not obtain an n explanation or satisfaction (recollecting that the & greatest satisfaction consists in getting killed), n then he is expected to put some affront npon his ^ antagonist in public, such as inviting every one else in the crowd to drink but him, refusing n bim a "chaw," borrowing money of him ? and never paying it, Ac. In the memorable ? year 1, Ike do Paperkollare, a noted duelist of Burr Oak, vainly tried to make the editor of p the Burr Oak Stuffed Club accept a challenge. He i and bis. seconds tried all sorts of ways to make bim D take it. They pretended^ ws^a^ medicine that ^ sugar; mixed it with bis desert,- urged him to accept it as an amendment, Ac., but be wouldn't have it. Finally, having exhausted all means to 0 get him into a duel, Ike de Paperkollare waited for b the editor on the Rialto, and upon meeting him e pulled off one of his socks and slapped him across 1 the face with it, merely remarking "Shoo, Fly !" li To be sure the editor booted Ike all over Burr Oak* sometimes raising him fourteen feet in the air, ] while the whole town laughed and hooted, yet we had the satisfaction of knowing that he had proceeded according to the "Code." An Old Student or Skoopkndixe. h e An Astonisher for the Medical World?A Man with Soapstone Longs. a fnt_ . vr tt?1_ cr P?TO 0 1 DB n ew X UTK. *JU7l BikJ'B i VUfVUOl liHuvvi ?T VI J held an inquest on Sunday over the body of Fred- y eriok Rufland, a batcher. Rutland worked at 1 Cross and Market streets, Paterson, and ?ris stand- a ing at the door of the shop, when his attention was n called to two boys fighting on the sidewalk. While he was trying to pArt them one Eahoe stepped up g and struck Rufland on the head. On Sunday Rufland died. In the belief that the blow on his head c had led to his death, Drs. Warner and Blundell C were directed to hold a post-mortem examination. J1 The cause of his death was thereupon discovered c to be the singular condition of the man's lungs, which had, to all appearances, been turned into t eoapetone. The lungs were hard as stone, and on a touch felt like soapstone. How the man breathed s is a mystery. Of course the coroner's jury ezon- * erated Kahoe. 0 s A Remarkable Case. The following singular case of partial suffoca- ( lion with coal gas occurred in Portland, Maine: t A few evenings since the family of Mr. Charles s Rolf, Jr., consisting of himself, wife, and one child, [ residing on Portland street, narrowly waj.-i ; ..ii., uj gas trout a coal stove. The child had been playing about the room, and, unobserved, shut tho damper to the stove, thus preventing the gas from escaping up the ohimney. Just before ?' retiring, Mr. Rolf filled the stove with new coal, but did not notice the condition of the damper. a They retired, and the escaping gas soon completely r stupified them. When they returned to oonsoious- o ness Mr. and Mrs. Rolf both found themselves f prostrate-on the floor, and had been vomiting rio- D Icntly.and blood was oozing from their noses. The * child was still sleeping on the bed. They fonnd a t( window open which was olosed when they went to j, bed, but neither remembered raising it. They b thought they had slept the usual time, but on going 4< to the store for his morning's milk be found they ^ had slept until nearly sis o'clock the next evening ^ ?about twenty-two hours. Fortunately, no seri- a ous effects have resulted. tj ?) The Right Key. t< Robert Harlan, a colored man, struck the 11 right key in his speech at the Fifteenth Amendment Jubilee in Clnciuaatl, recently, when be ? Raid: "Knowledge is power; and those who know the most, and not those who have the most, will govern this country. Let us combine and associate and organize for this end. In the pnlplt. In the press, In the street, everywhere, Ci let our theme be education; education, until ? there cannot be found anywhere a child of us t] that is not at the school. With this endeavor carried out, who can measure the progress that P may be made In a single generation oi freedom tl by a poor, despised, and enslaved race? Then. ^ Indeed, would vanish prejudice; then would . the noble martyrs to oar cause not have died in vain, and human slavery would evermore be an P impossibility." J S i A BSE XT, BELOVED, FROM THEE. ' The golden sunshine, soft and fair, Touches the meadows cheerily; Wild violets scent the warm, still air; But ever through the bright spring hours, The sunshine and the opening flowers, Sly spirit hungers to be fed, And faints for love's dear daily bread, Yearning, beloved, for thee ! The day wears on. the evening lone Conies up across the misty ha; I watch the stars as one by one They glimmer out; my eyes are wet; My heart is filled with vague regret; Haunting it like a sad refrain ; I cannot still this restless pain, Thinking, beloved, of thee! The twilight deepens; brooding sleep Shadows the green earth tenderly; The house lies hushed in slumber deep; The peace of heaven seems strangely near; I kneel beneath the moonbeams clear, And soft upon my troubled breast Comes down a blessed sense of rest, Praying, beloved, for thee! Georgia Albino*. ine Dawson JVvrnutot April 2S> contains le following account of one of the strangest freaks ' nature that has ever occurred in this country: o have in Dawson four Albinos, aged respectively om about 4 to 10 years. The parents of these lildren are very black, especially the father?the -it? v.: a. L-'.Lt.., iv. *? TV Uiucr UCUlg tt I1VUC bug Ull^UWflV VI VUV VWVt ML e hare been correctly informed, the mother has iven birth to seven children; the three first-born ^ e as black as their parents; while the last four e unnaturally white, with long flaxen hair as ft as down. They do not converse very fluently -seem to be somewhat absent- minded, and are orinarily intelligent. They see better at night than , i day time. We learn that when the first white lild was born, the father was rather inclined to [sown it, but satisfactory reasons having been iven by physicians, he became reconciled, and is 3W very proud of all his children, notwithstandig the contrast in their color, and has been offered ,rge sums of money for the white ones for public chibition. urniag of a Railroad Train?An Exciting Scene. Last Tuesday evening's eastward-bonnd passcner train on the West Wisconsin Bailroad mot lth a terrible catastrophe while nearing Tomab. he woods in the vicinity had been on Are for >me time, and a pile of about five hundred hard it ties, seasoned two years, which were placed long the track, about twelve miles from Tom ah, ere soon subject to the destructive element. "The danger to the train," says the Milwaukee evn, " was not apparent until the engine had lrned a curve a short distance from the fire in le road, and was approaching on a down grade, he engineer immediately whistled 'down brakes^ at seeing this woald stop him in the Are, he whlsed' off brakes,' and putting on all steam possible, etermlned to run the gauntlet. The rails had een so badly warped and the ties oonsnmed that is engine was soon thrown from the track, bumpig along on the ties until it was finally brought > a halt, with the engine and tender just through ia Are. and a I ad I a*' car at the other end of the rain also tree. The engine and tender were int* lediately uncoupled and run out to a plaee of ?fety, and the passenger car also disengaged and amoved, although not before it was badly scorchd and the glass broken from the. windows. The jst of the train, consisting ot one baggage ear, oe second-class and two freight care, was entirely onsamed. "The express messenger sared all his money ackages, amounting to two thousand dollars, he mall agent, Curtis Parker, was able to save othing. There were five or six ladies on the train, esides twenty-flve men, who are entitled to thanks " ' i luiholf nf trstn Tin r * rorked hard all night, and at times they were bilged to throw water on the backs of the men to eop their clothes from burning. The cars, howver, were burned up in a boat fifteen minutes, he engine was a heavy one, of thirty tons, and acklly escaped the fate of the cars." turning of the Ship Sou beam?Six Lives Lost. On the 31st of Maroh tho American '.ship Sun>eam, Captain Chadwick, was entirely destroyd by fire seventy miles off the coast of Peru. The catastrophe was caused by the ignition of can of varnish in the hold, and the flames ommunlcatlng with jsome of the cargo (saltpetre), in an Incredibly short space of time, the essel was wrapped In fire from stem to stern, mmedlately afterward an explosion followed, nd the vessel went down, carrying six of the aen with her. There not being time even to aunch a boat, the nnhappy crew precipitated heuiselves into the sea, clinging to a studdingall boom, a plank and a hen coop. After the survivors got into the water they long to the floating spars until rescued. Capt. Jb ad wick, with his little son in his arms, a raped into the sea, and saved himself and hild by holding on to the staddlng-sail boom. :he fastenings of the quarter boat soon burned .way, and the boat fell Into the water right aide ip. One of the crew Immediately secured It, .nd managed to save Captain Chad wick and on, the first mate, Marshal Johnson, boy; S, I. Roberts, ordinary seaman; the cook and six >f tbe hands. The second mate, carpenter, toward and three seamen were lost. After >eing some hoars In the boat, the party were >lcked up by tbe American whaling hark Charles W. Morgan, Captain Atbern. The 0Spain had seen the fire, and bore down for the pot, took on board tbe shipwrecked party, and anded them at Talcabuano, Chili. Th* _ >eam sunk nnt nt miar.t j.. I4HIIU IT nsjmeieii FfWHTTrace. r.nttichalk and "Robert Le Dtable." lathe coarse of an interesting Mognph y of Gottsbolk In the last number of the Musical Bulletin occurs his statement: "GottschoJk's early childhood was pasted in a poetic nd wild retirement, far from the noise of cities or the ealities of the world of men. On the romantic shores f Lake Pontchartrain he drew his first inspirations rom the wisest and most befaeficcnt of all teachers? isture. At the age of four be sought an outlet for hi ronderful inspiration, for by no other name can it be ailed, on the piano; and not unfrequently at that endcr, nay, baby age, his mother would be awakened a the long still nights by faint, sweet melodies from elow, and descend to find the child fingering ths > beautiful cold keys," with a marvellous rapt look oa is little face.. The first opera he ever heard was Robert le Diable," and upon his return from the heatre be sat down and played all the principal airs ritb a miraculous exactitude. Long years after, when he child had grown to a world-famous man, he says, peaking of the death of Meyerbeer: "I will cotat rnpt to tell you of my grief; to understand it yon lust have been habituated, like myself, from infancy > something little short of worship, for this great enius, whose first chef d'oeuvre, "Robert le diable,' lied my early years with ineffable joy." American Reading Rooms. The fashion of baring reading rooms for Ameriins has lately sprang 1$ all over the oontinent 'o-day at Rome or Constantinople they can find al he leading papers of America on the tables of a rominent banker. Throughout Germany some of le soundest of German firms havo engaged in .merican banking, and have the most elegant partments. At Berlin and Dresden these firms ublish daily market reports, and talk as much of tate and railway loans as do those of London.