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JAI _ - V,4 -- _ rRIWE Y EDITION. WINNSBORO, E. C., MARCH 19,STABISHE WALTER VON DER i6GdLWED. Yogel otd the Minnesinger Wuen he left this world of ours, Laid his body in the cloister, Under Wurtzborg's minster towers. And he gave the monks his treamures, Gave them all with this behest : They should feed the birds at nooptide Daily on his place of rest ;, Baying : ' From these wandorng minstrels I have learned the art of song; . Let me now repay the lessons 'IhOy have taught so well and long." Thus the bard of love departed I And, fulfilling his des re, On his tomb the birds were feasted y the children of the choir. Day by day, o'er tower and turret. In foul weather and in fair, Day by day, in vastt:r numbers, Flocked the poets of the air. On the tree whose heavy branched Overshadowed all the place, On the pavement, on the tombstone, On the poet's soulptured face. On the crossbars of ea'h window, On the lintel of each door, They renewed the War of Wartburg, Which the bard had 'fought before. There they sang their merry carolo, Hang their laud. on every side ; And the name their voices uttered Was the name of Vogelweid. Till at length the poitly abbot Murmured, " Way this wasto of food ? Be it changed to loaves henooforward For our-fasting brotherhood." Then in vain o'er tower and turret, From the walls and woodland nests, When the minster belle rang noontide, Gathered the unwelcome guests. Then in vain, with ories discordant, Clamorous round the Qothio spire, Screamed the feathered M'nnesingera For the children of the choir. Time has long effaced the inscriptions On the cloister's funeral ston.s, And tradition only tells us Where repose the poet's boned. But around the vast cathedral, By sweet echoes multiplied, Still the birds repeat the legend, And the name of Yogelweide. Beautiful Tfesirta. It was on a beautiful May day in the year 1521 that the Spanish city of Toledo, which at that time was one of the'largest in the Old World, and which the'n.con tained a population of upward of two hun dred thousand inhabitants, was thrown into an iptense state of commotion hv tln appearanice of a royal 'herald, bearing aloft a large white flag, and demanding an Im. mediate Interview with Senor Juan De Padilla, dte insurgent commander of the population of Toledo. For just then To ledo, like many other Spanish cities, had risen in arms against the government, Charles the Fifth having immediately upon his election as German Emperor, rovoked all the prerogatives of the cities of Castile, and formed an alliance with the nobility, which, until then, had been decidedly hos tile to the Crown. Charles had at first paid litIe attention to the insurrection, and had left for Ger many, after ordering General Brock, - a Belgian, to deal with the insurgents as se verely as possible. Brock was assasinated in broad daylight oi the Plaza .Nueva of Seville, just as lhe was riding to the execn tion of one hundred and seventeen insur gent prisoners. His successor wats a Spanish grandiee, Enrique, Duke De Marano, who set the prisoners free, in the hope that that aEct of clemency would restore order throughout the kingdom. Such, however, was not the case. rTe insurrection, which had assumed a demo cratic character, assumed every day more formidable proportions. A democratic army, about twenty thou sand strong, took the field under the leader ship of Percival lie. nardo, who achieved several victories over the united hosts of the royal and noble forces.. Meanwhile Toledo' the principal seat of the insurrection was pliaced in a state of great strength. . .Thirty thousand armed citizens, conm manded by Juan De Padilla, formned the garrison., Juan Do Padilla was a young nobleman im->ued with democratic and progressve sentiments, lie was beloved by the poor, to whom he made munificent donations, A splendid orator, an educated soldier, and a man of intrepidity, lie sented to have been destined by nature for a popu lar leader. Hie had a beautiful, spirited wife, Donna Treresita, who heartily symnpa thiized with her husband's democratic as pirations, and who appeared daily among the citizen soldiery ini order to cheer aitd oncourage thenm in their ar~duous labors. When the above mentioned royal herald made his appearance in front .ef the Tierre Grando of Toledo, with a dag of truce, the citizens manning the walls received him with loud execratio'ns. "Kill the dog of Don Caries!' - they cried. Stones were buried at him, but lie senm ed fearless, and- exelaimeod, iu a ringing tone of voice: 'ffhe insurgents have, been routed at i'forrelabon. Percival Barnaido foil in 'that ) ~battle. Ils Majgsttles troops have ken ten thousand prners.r Te, - tm This offer. dreateg a pfpound sensation among tlie people of T6ldil. Some were inclined to boliove that thelherald's story was a tissue of frlsehoods, but most of them thought It was true, but all concurred in Juan Do Padilla not to obey the sum mous of tne Duke Do Marano. Juan Do Padilla, however, declared iie would go. "I know that tho Duke Is an honorable man," he exclaimed, "and if our cause 18 lost, I can make better terms with him for you than anybody else."* llis beautiful wife, Teresita, threw her self at his feet, and implored him not to go. "Oh, Juthi I" she cried, in an agony of despair, "you know that I am able some times to forsee future events. Now I im plore you to stay, for I know that you will never come back I" But Don Juan Do Padilla was inflexible. He mounted his charger, caused the gate to be opened, and rode to meet the herald, who thereupon escorted him to San Per. nando. There the Duke de Marano re ceived him with studied politent ss. Greatly to the disgust of the royal oilcers lie put no restraint upon the movements of the young insurgent leader. During the night some masked royal of fleers forced the door of Juan De Padilla's bed room, and carried him off to Seville, where Cardinal Lariedo caused him to be beheaded a few days after his arrival. When the Duke De Marano heard that his pledges had been so wantonly broken, he was so mortified that he committed suicide. hlis successor in command of the artrmy was Captain General Do Xivarez, a brutal, bloodthirsty scoundrel, and an ultra royal ist. le sent Juan Do Padilla's head on a pike to Toledo with the message that in their leader's doom the insurgents might ee the fate that was in store for them. This act raised the fury of the insurgents .o the highest pitch. They resolved to >Mfer Xivarez the most desperate resist ince, and as their leader they chose, trangely enough, that most beautiful lady, l'eresita Do Padilla. Her husband's murder had transformed ter Into a heroine worthy of the palmicst lays of Sparta and Rome, Her first act, It is true, was one of great I ruelty, for she caused fifty-one oi King I "harle's sympathizers to Ie summarily i eoheaded, and their heads she gent to XI arez. Then she strengthened the forliftp ppeared in. front of the city with the van- I uard of his army, she headed a nocturnal ortie, and succeeded in routing the royal roops. Upon fe-entering Toledo Teresita I vas the object of a rapturous ovation. f rho citizens bestowed upon her the title of Leresita La Valiauto. Meanwhile Xivarez was by no means nactive, and a week later he re-appeared with twelve thousand troops in the environs f Toledo. He approached the city very cautiously intil a pretended deserter from the insur rent forces circulated among his soldiers ,he report that Teresita Do Padilla would tenceforth cause all royalist prisoners to 3o tortured to death. A panic broke out in Xivarez's cam ; the troops refused to obey him any longer; md when he in impotent rage declared that he would punish their mutinous spirit by havir.g thenm decimated, they killed him,- and dispersed. Te'esita pursued them, and caused all pris<.ners that were taken to be hung on the BIpot. TIhis created such a panic amonig the rayaltsts that a whole month elapseCd befora another army of the crown appearer, in fro't of Toledlo. 'l'his force was .commanded by Ronald Ybbrra, .ne of the best engineers of that period. ]t took hulie nearly six months to breach tlieciwall of the e'ity. The first assault re sulted in a total 'defeat of the stormmng party. But Yberra was :' man of iron en ergy andl tenacity of purpose. Every uin successful attempJt made him utly more determined to take the city at any cost. -At length lie was successful. Toledo lest ten thousand~ of her citizens. Y berra's losses were still heavier. Among the prisoners was Tieresita L~a Valinate. Charles the Fifth had just, returned from Germany. .lHe was curious to see the beau tiful heroine who had ilict ed such terrible losses upon his army. Shte was heavily ironedl and taken to .Madlrud, where the young sovereign visited her in her dun goon. Had she madifested a spirit of submuis siveness, Charies wvould have spared her life ; but; she p~redllcted hautily to him that, although the most powerful monarch in the world, lie also would be thle most wretched one, and that lie would die the death of a mangy cur. This touched Charles in his most tender spot; for he was decidedly superstitious. Hence he ordered her to tie killed, and ten minutes after lie had left her the execu tioner entered her dungeon, and strangled her to death. Revise the Timne of iiay. Why shouldn't we call an Interratoional Congioess and revise the time o' dlay? We are revising the Blible by a Comittee of ~ Mons, and next to the Bible time is the 'clous thIng we all have in comn Is no more reason why we '- 'wico a clay than Griei Coenrane. When tle tyranny of the last K(ing Jaines drove his subjects to take up arms against him, one of the most formidable eneies to his. dangerous usurpation was Sir John Coehrane, one of the most pro-ni nent actors in Argyle's rebellion. For ages a destructive doon seemed to have hung over the houce of Camp-All, envel oping In a common ruin all wli) uiited their fortunes to the cause of its ciaef tales. The same doom encompassed Sir John Cochrane. Ile was surrounded by the king's troops-long, deadly and desperate was his resistance, but at length, overpow ered by numbers, lie was taken a prisoner, tried,and condemned to dlie on the scaffold. He had but a few days to live, and 1ih jailer only awaited the arrival of his death. warrant to lead him. forth to execution. His family and his friends had visited him in prison, and exchanged with him the last the long, the heart-yearning farewell. But there was one who came not with the rest, to receive his blessing-one who was the pride of his eyes and of his hou'e--evon Grizel, the daughter of his love. Twilight was casting a deeper gloom ovcr the grating of his prison-house, lie was inourning for a last look of his favorite child, and his hand was pressed against the cold, damp walls of his cell, to cool the feverish ptilsatiou that shot through it like stings of fire, when the door of his apart ment turned slowly on its unwilling hinges, and the keeper entered, followed by a young and beautiful lady. Her person was tall and commanding; her eyes dark, bright and tearless; but this very brightness spoke f sorrow-of sorrow too deep to be wept away; and her raven tresses were parted over an open brow, clear and pure as the polished marble. The unhappy captive raised his head as they entered. "My childi my own Grizell " he exclaim d, and she fell upon his bosom. "My father! my dear fatheil'' sobbed th| miserable maiden,and she dashed away the .car that accompanied the words. "Your interview must be short-very dhort," said the jailer, as he turned and left hem for a few minutes together. "Heaven help and comfort thee, my laughterl" added 1r' John, while he held ier to his breast, and printed a kiss upon ier brow; "I had feared that I shoula die without bestowing my blessing on my own :hild, and that stung me more than death; mit thou art come. my love-thou art comi --and the last blessing of thy -wretched fa her-' "Nay, father. forbearl" she nxclaimed; 'not thy last blesingl not thy lasti My fa hershall not die?" - "Be calm, be calm, my childi" returned ic. "Would to heaven that I could com ort theel-my ownI my own! But there i no hope; within three days, and thou nd all my little ones will be-" Fatherless, he would have said, but the rord died on his tongue. is hand; "three daysa-then there is hope -my father shall livel Is not my grand ather the friend of Father Petre, the con essor and the master of the king? From iii lie shall beg the life of his son, and my ather shall not die.' "Nay, nay, my Grizel," returned he,' b3 iot deceived; there is no hope. Already ny doom is sealed; already the king has caled the order for my execution, and tle nessenger of death is now on the wiay." "Yet my fathershall not--shall not die!" he repeated emphatically,and clasping her iands together- "IHeavon speed a daugh. er's purposel" she exclaimed; and turning ,o her father, said calanly, 'we part now, )ut we shall meet againi" "What would my child?" inquired lie, :azerly, and gazing anxiously on her face. "Ask not now," she replied, "my fa her, ask not now, but pray for me, and bless me-but not with thy last blessing." H~e again pressedl her to his heart, and wept upon her neck. In a few umomecnts the jailer entered, and they were torn trom the arms of each other. On the evening of the second day after thme interview we have mentioned, a way taring miau crossed the drawbridge at, 13r wick from the north, and proccedinig along Marygate, sa' down to rest upon a bench by the door of an h->stelry on the south sidle of' the street, near-ly fronting what was call ed1 thme "mainguard" then stood, lie did not, eiiter thme inn, for it was above, his api parent condition, being that which Oliver Cromwell made his headquarters a few years before, and where, at a somewhat earlier pci-lod, James the Sixthi of S~cotlandmc had taken upi his reCsidlence, when oii his wvay to enter on the sovereignty of England. The traveler wore a coarse jerkim, fasteiied round hIs body by a leather girdlle,andi over it a short cloak,composed of equally plain materials, lie was evidently a young man, but his beaver was drawnm (downl so as al most to conceal Is features. In one hand lie carried a small bundle, and in the other a pilgrinm's staff. Having called f->r a glass of wine, lie Look a crust of bread from his buindle, and .after resting ai few minutes, rose to depart. The shades of night were setting in, and it threatened to be a iiight of storms. Thel heavens were gathering black, the clouds rushing from the sea, sudden gusts of wind were moan ing along the streets, accompanied by heavy dIrops of i-ain, anid thme face of the Tweed was troubled. "Heaven help theel if thou intendlest to travel far in such a night as this," said the sentinel at the English gate, as the traveler passed him, and p~roceedled to cross the bridge. in a few minutes lie was uponi the wide, desolate and dreary moor of Tweedmouth, which for miles pm'esented a desert of furze, lern and stunted heathI, with here and there a dngflb coveredl thick brushwood. He alowly toiled over the steep hidm,braving the storm, which now raged with the wildest fury. Tfhe rain fell in torrents, and the wind howled as a legion of famished wolve curling its dolelul and angry echoes ovei the heath, Still thme stranger pushed on. ward until lie had proceeded two or three miles from Berwick, when, as if unablk longer to brave the storm, he sought shiel tcr amid some crab and bramble bushes by the wayside. .Nearly an hour had passed since he sought this imperfect refuge, an1 the darkne& s of thme night, and the storm hac increased together when thme sound of horse's feet was heard hmrrhedlly plashingj along thme road. The rider bent, hu, head ti time blast. Sudidenly his horse was graspe< by the bridleO; the rider raised his bead, ant the stranger -'nod before hin, holding "oer, stern The horseian, benunbed and stricken with fearmade an offori to reach his arms; but in a m91ment the hand of the robber, quIttming the bridle, graspod the breast of the rider, and dragged him to the ground. lie fell heavily on his face, and for several ininut-es retaied senselss. 'Tile stranger seizeid the leathern oag wliiph contained the mail to the north, and flingiug it on his shoulder, rushed across tl4 heath, Early on the followVmng' norning the in habitants of Berwick wei. seen hurrying in groups to tie spot wh re the robbery had been comm tted, and jere scattered in every direction over the Y 01;, but no trace of the robber could be obt ined. Three days had passed, end Sir John Cochrane yet lived. 'ihe mai which con tained his loath-warrant had been robbed, and before another order foi his execution could be given. the interedssion of 'his fa ther, the Eatrl of liuudonild. with the king '. confessor might be successful. Grizel now became almost his constit comnpanion in prison, and spake to him words of comfort. Nearly fourteen days had passed since the robbery of the mail had been comduitted, and protracted hop in the boso:n of tie prisoner becaie more bitter than his first despair. But even that hope, bitter as it was, perished. To intercussion of his fa ther had been unsuccessful, and the second time the bigoted and would be despotic monarcn had signed the warrant for his death, and within httle more th i another day that warrant would reach his prisoa. " 'he will of heaven be donel " groaned the captive. "Amen!" responded Grizel, with wild vehemence; "yet my father shall not die." Again the rider with thp mail had reach ed the moor of T weedmouth, and the sec ond time he bore with him the doom of Sir John Cochrane. lie spurred his horse to his utmost speed--he looked cautiously be fore, behind, andjaroun I him, and in his right naud lie carried a pistol ready to de fend hhnself. The moon shed a ghostly light across the heath, which was only suf ficient to render desolation (iily visible, and it gave a spiritual emnbodiient to every shrub. lie was turning the angle of a strag gling copse, when his horse reared'at the report 01 a pistol, the lire of which seemed to 11ash ino its very eyes. At the same imoinent his own pistol flashed, and his horse rearing niore violently,lie was driven from the saudie. In a inonent the foot of the robber was upon his breast, who, bend ing over him, and brandishing a short dag ger in his hand, said: "Uive me thmne arms or diel" 'I he heart of the king's servant failed withm hii, and without venturing to rc ply, he did as he was commauded. "Now go tny way," said the robber, sternly, "out leave withL mc thy horse,aud leave the mail, lest a worse conie upon thee." i he man arose and proceeded toward Berwick,treiuoling; and the robber,nount ing the horse whim lie had left, rode ra' Preparations were mlakiqh .vr te exe cution of Sir John Cochlrane, and the oflicers of the law awaited only for tie ar rival of the mail witn his second death warrant to lead hil forth 0 tile scaifold, when the tidings arrived that the mail had again been robbed. For yet lourteen days, ad the life of the prisoner wOuIkt be again prolonged. lie again fell on tie neck of nis daugnter and we)t and said: "it, is good-the hand of heaven is in thisi"' 'Sai(I t not," replied the maiden, and for the lirst time she wept aloud, "that my father should not (lie(" The fourteen days weie not past, when the prison door llow open, and, the Earl of Dundonald rushed to tie arms of his son. ills intercession with the confessor had beei successful,and alter twice signing the warrant, for tile execution of Sir John, which had as often iied in reaching its destination, the kmng hadl sealed lis par don. lie had hurried wvith lisa fa~her from the prison to lis own house; his family was clinging around him, shedd'ag tears of joy; but Urazel, who, during his imprisonment, hiad sutlered more than they all, was agaimn absent. Trhey were marveh'ng with grati tude at the mysterious priovidtence that hiad twice intercepted the mi', amid saved his lire, when a strangecr crave.l ani audience. Sir ,John desired hiimi to ha admitted and( dihe robber entered. lie was habited, as wec have before described with the coarse cloak and coarser jerkin-p.ut. his bearing was above lis conditioni. (hi entering, lie slightly toued~ lisa beaver, but reiinuined covered. "Wiien you have pierused those,'' said he, takmng two inpper 110al his bosom, "cast thlem in the lire." Sir Johni glanced on theni-startedl, and( became pale. Th'ley were siis death war. rnits. "'My dlelivereri" lie exclrimed; "'how how shall I thianik thee-how repay the savior of my lifeV My fmher-mny chili diren-hiunk him for mli!"' Th'le 01(1 eail graspedi tihs hand of the stranger--the chaidren eimracedl lis kniees, til presed mis hand to his inee, amid burst, to tears. "By what nanie," natedy inguired Sir John, "shall I thank my d(uiverer?" Tn'ie stranger wept aloudi and raising lis beaver, the raven tresses *f Urizel Cch ranie fell on the coarse clogil '-Gracious heavenish" enlhaimed the as tonished and enraptured fmther, "'my own ctuid-miy savi'ir-miy o wt drlzell" it is uinnecessary to 14hd imore. The imagination of the reader (an supply the rest; and11 we may only ikid that Urizel Cochirane, whiose neroisni end iioblo affec-. tion we have here briefly mind inperleetly sketched, was the grndmather oi the late Sir John Stewart, oh Alm abank, in ih~r wicksliire, and great granijamother of airi. Coutts, thme culeorated hanm1i'r. Uasimary mand fl e ver. A friend of niine had1( a i t canary, while her brother was the ownier o, a retriever that was also much pettedh. O e day the cai iiary escape1d fronm the ho tb amid was seen tlying about the grouinds f r several days, aiid when It perched it w as generally on high clmi trees. At last u4 vamisehed, aind the (lear little pet was motygned for as lost or dead. Bt, after the intp'rval of auiothier day or so the retriever ci mIn with the canary In his mnouthi, carryng it most deli I cately, and went up to toe owner of the I nird, delivering it into hot. hand without, even the feathers being injtred. Burely nothing could illustrate mod beautifully - faithful love and gentieness it, a dog than Helmet Create. - The helmet crests are very curious birds, and are at once known by the singular pointed plume which crowns the top of the head, and the long beard-like append age to the chin. They all live at a very considerable elevation, inhabiting locali ties of such extreme inclemency that few persons would think of looking for a hum ming bird in such frozen regions. There are several species of helmet erest, and their habits are well described by Air. Lin (len, the discoverer of Linden's helmet crest, in a letter written to Mr. Gould, and published in his monograph of the humming birds. "1 met with this species for the first time in August, 1842, while ascending the Sierra Nevada de Alerida, the crests of which are the most elevated of the eastern part of the Uordilleras of Coluinbia. It inhabits the regions immediately beneath the line of perpetual congelation, at an elevation of from 12,000 to 18.000 feet above the level of the sea. Mlessrs. Funck and Sclliau found it equally abundant in the Paiamos, near the bierta Nevada, at the compara tively low level of 9,000 feet. It appears to be confined to the regions between the eighth and ninth degrees of north lati tude. "It occasionally feeds upon the thinly scattered shrubs of this icy region, such as the hypericum, myrtus, daphne, abores cent espeletias, and towards the lower limit on bejarias, but most frequently upon the projecting ledges of rocks near to the snow. Its flight is swift, but very short; when it leaves the spot upon which it has perched, it launches itself obliquely downward, ut. tering at the same tiie a plaintive whistlling sound, which is also occasionally uttereI while perched, as well as I can recollect. I never heard it produce the hununing sound made by several other members of the same group, nor does It partake of their joyous spirit or perpetual activity. Neither myself nor Messrs. Funca or 6ehlim were able to discover its nests, although we all made a most, diligent search. "Its food appears principally to consist of minute insects, all the specimens we procured having their stomachs filled with small flies." The head and neck of the adult male are black, a line of white running along the centre. The long plumes of the throat are white. Round the neck and the back of the head runs a broad white bano. The upper surface of the body and the two cen trail tail feathers are bronze-green, and the other feathers are a warm, reddish bronze having the basal half of their shafts white. The under surface is a (iim, brownish bronz-. The length of the male bird is about 51 inches. The female is doppery biown up on the head and upper surface of body, and there is no heluet-like pluine on the head nor beard-like tuft on the chin. The throat is coppery brown, covered with white mottlings, und the flanks are coppery brown washed with green. The length of the fe A remarkable case of smuggling has re cently conic to light at Rome. For some time past it had been observed that large quantities of goods, especially sugar,- ar rived in Rome and were declared "in transit," thus being free of the octroi duties. Goods thus declared tire warehoused out side the city walls, and thence are either carried to the villages round Rome or brought into the town in small quantities, paying duty as they conic in; so that there would have been nothing remarkable in the business except the magnitude of the operations, and this excited suspicion. A watch was set, amt it was found that the goods were all stored In a small warehouse outside the Porta Angelica, the gate under the Vatican, and that they apparently never camne out again either in large or small quanitites. ' he sharpness of a rev enue otlceer, or more probabuy a traitor in the campl, suggested that there must, be an uiiderground passage into the town, and special watch was kept on the houses in side the city walls. Oni December 28, tirty-four casks of sugar arrived as usual "an transit," and were takein to the sus pected stose, and next morning before (lay light two carts were observed to enter the court-yard of a house just insite the walls which was under surveillance. After s6a, ting watchers on the house outsie the poiice entered the one insidec the walls, and there found the thirty-four casks of sugar loaded on the carts which haid en tered emp~ty, andl a further search revealed a hole in the ground covered with boards and loose earth. Entering this by a short ladder, the poli1ce found themselves in a' tunnel about six feet hIgh and three feet wtide, runining undleruceath the town wall and ditch straight to the warehouse out .side ; rails were laid down on the ground, and in the warehouse was found a lit tle truck to run on them. The tutnnel was nearly 100 yardis long, and some notion may be formed of how profitable a busi ness smuggling is when successful, when it is coneidered that it could pay those who carriedI it on to construict a tuinnel of such dIimlenstions. A Vomnpetent Juror. Lawyer-Have you any fixed opinion about anything? J Juror-I'o. Lawyer-If a murder were commit ted before your eyes, and it were proved that you did not see It., would you clear the p~risoner on suich proof? Juror-No, indIeed. Lawyer-Is your mind so porous that it can leach out all past fact, memory, i pression and sense of justice? Juror-it can. Lawyer-Would you acknowledge on due evidence that you were not yourself, but somebody else? Juror-I would. Lawyer-Are you sure, without d uie le gal proof, that it Is I who ama speaking to you now? Juror-I am not. Lawyer-You assume that this is the ycar 1880 A. D., but you are open to the conviction, on due and suffielent evidence, that it may be 1880 B. U., are you not? Juror-I am.' Lawyer-You are of the masculine gen der? .Juror-I amn. Lawyer-But on due and sufficient evl (dence being produced you would even In this respect be willing to admit you might be mistaken? Juror-I might. Lawyer-Swear this gentleman, ie is the juror we long have sought and mourn .ed because we found him not Douath of Lord Edward Fifzgeraid. Among the Irishmen who took part im the events which led tothe rebellion of 1798, and stood out boldly to denounce and re 8i8t the corrupt despotism beneath which their country groaned, there are few who hold so high a place as Lord Edward Fitz gerald. It was patriotism wholly disinter ested, that urged hin to the lengths he went ; and had the cause he espoused been gained, iistead of lost, lie would have been ranked among the heroes of modern his tory. As it is, his memory will always be cherished by his countrymen. * * * It was now the 19th of May. Three more days had to pass, and the standard of revolt would be raised throuthout the is land. lie had by him a mnap on which the projected atlack on Dublin had been sketched with his own hand. His uniform as a rebel general-"dark green edged with red, together with a handsome military cap, of a conical form," were concealed in the loft overhead. One wonders whether lie felt sure of the triumph of his cause, or whether any drops of misgiving had min gled in the cup of hope. le certainly lit tle suspected that a couple of informers, greedy for a share of secret service monev, had already betrayed him, that Town-Ma-. jors Sirr and Swan, with Captain Ryan and a number of soldiers, were assembling at the door of the house in which lie lay. Murphy presently went up to Lord Ed waid's bed-room with the intention of of fering him a cup of tea; bulthe had hardly begun speaking, when a great coramotion was heard below. Then caime the sound of hurried footsteps ascending the stairs. l'he next moment, Major Swan walked In. Ile told Lord Edward that lie had come to arrest. him. ''You know me, my Lord," were his words, "and I know you; it will be in vain to resist." Upon this, Lord Edward leaped up from lhe bed with a wave blladed (lagger, which ie carried about him, raised realy to strike. 'he Major, seeing his intention, discharged it himi a pocket pistol, the bullet of which grazed his shoulder. The shock threw b'itzgerald backward, but he was up again nm an imatant, and aimed i vigorous Wlow it Swan, who, though lie parried it inl a Ileasure, was stalbbed in the side. Cap amn Ityan now rushed in irned with a word-cane, aid seizing Lord Edward, lirew him on the bea, receiving however, a lie did so, a deep and dlanigeroi.s wound n the stoiclih. When the struggling men egained their feet Ryan was bleeding from . numb. r of gaping cuts, but holding on vith steady courage to his prisoner. Swan vas kept, for the momen' aloof by the fe ocity with which Lord Edwar1 hld about im with his dagger. In the meantume, Major Sirr was en ;aged in plac-ng pickets round the house; ut on hearing the report, of Swan's pistol Lt entered anid hastened up stairs, with t its own pistol at full cock. Oin reaching he second landing he found Fitzgrerald vrithing between hiscaptors, both of whom, i a letter describing the sanguinary scene, 'I fired at Lord Edward's dagger arm lodging several slugs In his shoulder) and lie instruient of death fell to the ground. '' Fitzgerald staggered back; but, wounded is lie was, Ie continued his eforts to get ree. It was not until a guarid of soldiers tad been called ip, wno forced him to the ground with the weight of their hlrelocks, .hat lie became quiescent. lie was then -arried (own to the hall, where le made a Inal and desperate attempt to escape, dur ng which somebody from behind--a drum tier, it is said-inflicted a wounnd in the lack of his neck, which added much to ds sufferings at the last. lie was removed na a sedan cimir to the Castle under a mili ary guard of a treble strength, for it, was hought that the mob, which had assem )led in force along the route, might at empt the rescue of their idol. Indeed so utlly was a risiing with that object expected hat the Dubilin garrison renmained under brms throughout the night. At tihe Castle, his wounds-at f1rst pro iounuecd to be not danugero's-were dIressed. rWhile this was beinig done1, a Mr. Watson, he Lordl Lieutenant's private secretary, iaked him whether lie would like any mesa age delivcred to Ladly Edlwardl. "NO, no," was his reply, "thank you, iothiing-nothing. Only break it, to her enderly.'' From the Castle he was removedl to Now rate on the requisition of the magistrates, nasmnuch as the frightfull iinjuric-s he had nilictedn on Captain ityan were declared by he dloctors to be miortal. At first It was thought that Lord Ed vard would recover from his wounds. But or thuis rest was necessary, and with a nind dlisturbedl as lia was rest was out of lie question. hlow terrible a .prospect vuas that, which lily before hin-a trial, Nliich coiuldl only mesult In one wmay, foi owed by an ignominious death on the acaf. ~old. On the last day 'of the month, lhe .icardl of the dlealth of Captain Itya~n. Re. norse fon a deed conunitted in a transp~ort, >f fury, and the thought that, to the other ahiarges against hhn, there was now add~ed thiat of murder, affected him deeply. Awalking from a short and troubled sleep, on the miorning of the second of Jutne, lie heard a commotion outside lis prison win low. Inquiring the cause, ho .was told that the execution of the rebel Clinch was takmng place. The same night lie was in a raging lover, and delirious. hlis frantic. exclamiations could be heard outside the prison walls. Most of his near kindred-mother, step) father and sisters-weie iiow in England ; but1 an hlmit and( brother (Lady Loumsa Coni oily and L .rd llenry Filtzgeralhi) were In Dublin, andl urgently appealing to the clem ency of the Viceroy aiid Chianicellor (hords Camden andl Ciare) for adimission to their suffering relative. heir appeals were sternly rejcted, until thmeSurgeon-General, who was attending the irisoiner, p~ronoun cced his condition to b~e hiopeless. They were then adlmitted. Lord Edward Fitzgerald was now calm. Iis wandering senses retur-ned as his strength ebbed, and lhe recognized the faces of thosd lie loved so well at his bedside. "it is heaven to ine to see you I" were his few faint words, as they bent In anguish over him. '-ie smiledI at nme," writes Lady Louisa, in her touching accounit of the scene, "wunich I shall never forget, though I saw death in hIs dear face at the time." The Interview did not, last long. The dying man's thioughls were evidently con fused, and he spoke but lIttle. iiis aunt, and brother lett hihn, promising to return next day ; but they had reall.9 bid adieu to him forever. Thbree hours after their departure he breath i klia laak, The Prayer for Andr9's Oapture. At the centennial of Andre's capture and execution, the fact that this important event was in answer to prayer should be widely proclaimed. The facts are those: On the voyage of Major Andre up the Hudson to ineet the traitor Arnold and ar range the terms of his treasonable surren der of the fortresses of West Point, he re quired the aid of his private secretary in the preparation of the papers. When the secret was disclosed to the secretary, a plous young man and a nembjer of one of John Wcsley's societies, he was struck with horror at the stupendous Iniquity of the scheme, yet lie performed the required clerical service doinanded by ids superior. As soon as Andre left the Vulture to mneet Arnold on the night of September 21, 1780, the secretary retired to his room over whelned with sadness at the thought of the great wrong to the colonies whick was about to be coinuitted. He saw that the iniquitous design was to cut oil New Eng land from the other colonies by the British possession of the Hudson and Lake Oham plain, and then to conquer lioth parts of the country in detail. lie saw that this would intensify and prolong the war, bringing ruin upon the colonies, and loss of life to many thousands of British soldiers. Hie fell upon h a knesand spent the night in earnest prayer to Almighty God to in terpose for the defeat of that stupenduous treason which Andre and Arnold were then plotting at the foot of a shadowy mouiltain called Long Clove. lie was probably the only praying man on earth who was cog nizant o1 that great crime which was to strangle our intiant itRepublic. On that prayer hung the destinies of the Americau nation. Tile prayer was heard-the plot was foiled. We have all hung with breath. less interest over the account of Andre's arrest on the noutral ground where be in Lautiously declared that he belonged to the "lower party," thinking that his captors were Tortes taecatise they woic the refugee inilorm. This slight niisaLke cost: him Ains life and saved the Republi. God was ianswering the prayer of the pigus secre .aiy. Let his nunte be praised. My au hority for this account, which I comiaiu ic4ated to be incorporated into his history >[ Arnold's treason, is found in the auto )iography of the Rev. Ebenezer F. Newel.1, >A the New England Conierence of the 4lethodist. Episcopal Church. 11e received lese facts from the Secretary himself in ew lirunswick about the year 1800. All ladianit Incidei. Not long agoa middle-aged farmer strode nto the jewelry establisinent of G. L lliot, in Muncie, indiana. The proprietor vas out. The farmer called the elerK aside md whispered in his ear he had soUetinUg o tell hini-that lie cam1e in to to see Mr. illiot, but as ho was not in lie would tell lin (the clerk) -.nd he could tell Mr. Elliot w'hena lie returned Th1m .."'Am'o, 411 owns this jewelry store now, ,... 'unning a watch shop in a little frame muilding where this buildimg now stands. )11e day I cimle in here-it has just been about, fifteen years-and there was sonie ioys with ne. I asked to look at some 'ings and the boys persuaded me to steal mlie while Mr. Elioit's back was turned. I lad it, and that theft has preyed upon amy nind ever since. No one knows how muca rouble it las caused ie. I hUve come in iere frequently ;o pay Mr. Eliiot f.r the 'ing aud acknowledgze tie theft, but could iever maise t he courage until now to do so." l'he larmier, alter banking this confession, ooked at soie ring, ascertained the prices md alter approxiimatmng the value of tie )>1e lie puriomed fifteen years ago, paid ior t, anid with the request that tt#) eterk ux. )lain the matter to Mr. Elliott, the coun ryama glided out of the store. Learntig to Noew, 'To be handy with the needle, is one of the terling accompilishm~ients of every educated voman. TIo be abLle to take the " stitch in ime,'' s worth all the ilhnc and trou'jle hat, are requnired to learn the art. Like ,valking, retading, and many other things .vhich we come to do without special .hought, the learning to sew is a slow p~ro Jose, antd should be begun while the child *s still quite young. Tue girl should not mnly hare the use of the thread, needless ad patchw~ork, lbut be instructedi how to aike the stitchs, turn the corners, and do. various things connected with needle-iw ork. We are no excluding the boys In our re inarks, because tiney need to learn to thareau. .t teedie, and do general sewing. Men are inany tiines so situated that they must, do pond upoan tenmselves for their necessary aewinag. Even if it. is an age of sewing inchimnes, it Is best that all chiuldren should learn to use the simle, common old-fash-. onedc~ kind, which can never be wholly 'su perseded. Tfhe atmusentent and occupation hlaa sowing furnishes little folk atford mullitent reasona why all miothers should ice that their girls, and~ boya too, -learn to ew-but the very practical use of the 10e(11e m after life is the princlpal.reson, :sfter all. An 0O(1 Lady's Peucatiarbty. Th'le old Duchess of Somerset, the sale of whose iflects took place the other day. had a p~assion for dress which lasted to the very end' of hier life, and as she held to the opinion thait nothing is too good to wear atid nothing is too bad to keep, cupboards and drawers wor' fl'led to overflowapg,and the whole attic story of her houve In Park street coampletely stuired with.dresses. Thue coronation robes worn at the crowning of Qateen Victoria were there, of crimson vol vet, lined with miniver. 11cr Grace wvas wont to have this robe brought to her once in three months, when she would try it oan and parade before thme looking-glass with as miuch delight at her appearance as she tant haave felt on the occasion on whIch it was first dentned. The Duke's coronet was there of silver, inounted in ((old lace and trimimied with mniniver, andi his garter robes shiotie forth in splendor, andi theao caine the relic of the sentlient whiich be hoafgs to all talike-the Dake's wedding vest of white satitn, embroidered in sliver, antd kept by time wife with the same care and reverenice as Marlborough treasured the lock of Sarah's hair-after so many years aus bright and fresh as ever. Tho sale, has made a great imnpresslou In London, -and ca~led up stories of the dead and gonal To cleanse iyory orniaments, ritb thiem well with fresh butter-4, e.,,.vitn. out salt-and put themn in the sn shine,