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J/ 1t Volume 2, t* O E T It Y. DIO FOR IT XT HOME Would yott have the shininfj metal ? D® Hot o’er the wild world roam. Following a fleeting jihantoii— Stay and dig for it at homo. Do not hoed the luring story , Tr> usures distant hillsides hold; Ten adventurers, disappointed. Stand for every ounce of gold. Wishing still for something better Many fancies youth will rear; Mountains of the yellow mica, In the distance gold appear. And the longing is contagious, - Drinking from s leaden eup, For the mesne of grander living. On highways to pick it up. Hut dame Fortune is too fickle . In her train afar to roam. Would you win her golden treasure. Stay and dig for it at home. -"I loci Wi -i „ In the land that lies before you Find youir Wealth by honest toil; Never vitary disappointed, Kightly sought the generous soil. t>nlv faint, wedk heart’s repining Cast Bway the good At hand; Fortune’s arnilc will htVWy ferowft theth Sought for in a distaht land. fiVt success Vkfrs on before ybin , XJVapple it and you will win ; ®d.l e’en now, the mists are rifting Ahd the tides ore rushing in. Let no foreign expedition Lure your restless steps to roam. Gold is nearer than the mountains, Stay and dig for it at home. MISCELLANY. NOT THE SEA SERPENT. In* THAT caw. c*obston saw bpot- INB IN LAIC MKHIOAN. [From the Milwaukee Wiieondn, Feb. 14.] CapU Wil iam Crosaton, of the scheou r Medius, relates the particulars of a novel see*-* ami novel fish, or serpent, that lie saw the other day while walkiug along the lake bluff in the vicinity of North Point. The day was so bright and b anti till that the Captain took a *troll in<he neighborhood, talcing along with him a largo and very fihe marine glass, with which to observe whatever of interest might offer itself. While gating off upon the lake, in specting the floating ice, the Captain's attention was riveted by a peculiar mo tion of the water, at a distance ol per haps a mile from shore. The water teemed to heave as if from some active cause directly underneath. Putting the full force of his glass u|>on the spot, the Captain waited developments. Suddenly a black object appeared for an instant and then sank quietly out of sight. Again the object appeared aud disappeared. The Captain thought it’ probable that it was a huge cask, halt submerged, rising and falling with the swell. In this he was soon undeceived, for while he carefully watched, lie saw a monstrous serpent, half fish swiltly dart from the surface, and leap with tremendous veloc ity upward and forward, forming a curve. Which very clearly showed the size and shape. Long after the head had again disappeared beueath the waves the curve Was exhibited, showing the animal to be extremely long. The water was lashed to a foam and seemed to be colored with blood, as though the serpent fish had Wen injured in tome manner and was bleeding. The Captain waited long and anxious ly for a reappearance of the huge mon ster, but nothing more was seen of the new visitor. The Captain's description of the set*, pent is very distinct and vivid, notwith standing the shortness of the time granted hitn to take observation. He said the tread was formed of something like a fish, bat More like a serpent— having a huge mouth with a double row of teeth. The Captain has frequently seen whales (having commenced his nauttoal career as a whaler.) and he avers that coyer has tie seen such a mouth before. The body was built closely up to the head—and in size appeared to be folly as large as an ordinary hogshead, preserving its shape throughout, with the exception ot the tail, which was like that of a fish. The strange mixture had great fins— three in number—on either side, and as he shot Up into the air these fins waved like large flags. They appeared vari colored, and, as the Captain asserts, Showed red. white aud bine. The appa. rent patriotism was owing to the sun's rays, doubtless. But the Captain dis tinctly asserts that he saw these colors, as it in a flag, net only on the tins, but in stripes on the body. In fact, ho makes the serpent out to be a sort of animated bather pole floating around, watting for July Fourth. Thie fact which was forgotten in the qhqve description is that the animal ttpiauted water like a whale, throwing a huge column at least thirty feet high. HOW DVKEB AND PRINCES LIVE. [John Paul in the New York Tribune.] As for the noble'swells themselves, from what I've seen ot them (though perhaps one can very little judge of what people actually are by simply meeting them in court circles, and the glare ol fashionable drawing-rooms) I should say they are not a bad lot, generally speaking, and that in the main they are well behaved, less given to putting on frills than one would sir pose, consider ing all the fuss made over them. Their houses, as a rule, are not all the palaces which an ardent republican imagination pictures. The Duke of Marlborough’s doesn’t begin with the house I had in Brooklyn. The liishop of Brookiyn’6 residence would put the Bishop of Lou , CONYERS, GEORGIA: THTJRSRAYi MARC"Ei 16,1876. don's to the blush were the brick of the latter not so dingy thftt its red is invisi ble brown. The Duke of Norfolk's town-house you would inventory as but a cheap boarding-house iu passing it casually by. Apsley house, famous lor the Waterloo banquets given there in the duke of Wellington's time (bloody good dinners they ought to have been), is a sort of sarcophagus externally, and I wotjld about as soon think of trying to be jolly in the EKtish Museum, among the Abyssinian antiquities. EVen Buck ingham palace, where the blessed queen eats her royal luniton, has no point of architectural beauty to liahg a reecollee tion on. Marlborough house, Wales’ wigwam (what you cau see of it), has rather a jollier face, and, passing by it the other day, I saw “Ich Diet)” Written ou the gate. Supposing this meani that the prince was at dinner, I didn't go in to disturb him ; but i have since learned (the newspapers let it out once to a while) that he was and is in India. Wales, by the way, seems a great favor ite with the peo| le, notwithstanding that he owes something more than a halt million pounds, lie is a good fellow tdra kjiemis Lis money freely, they say. And th'eVe is uot one of his specially ap pointed frig-makers or pandowdy bakers probably frlio would refuse even now to trust hill)'. But the duke of Edingburg, who I had fibpposed was anchored deep ly in the popular heart, has ho hold there at hlh As the “Sailor prince,” a majestic lah, he was once in excellent o lor : bill nbw that they have him on shore the saVor is less sweet iu the nos trills of his Commonalty, and they ac cuse him tif being “mehta"—parsimoni ous iu his tnode of life. Certainly he comes of thrifty parentage enough, the private fortune of the queen mother, accumulated by saving, being estimated at some millions ot pounds—four or five, I think; With this money oil band, and employing very little, ol it in busiuess, one Would think the good lady might dower off her daughter as occasion makes necessary, without calling bn their uatiuu to do it. GENERAL SHERMAN ON EOOMOMf: In his address before the Washington University at St. Louis last week, Gen. William 1\ Sherman said: “There is another thing I would impress on the prolessors ol this institution—the science aud practice ot economy. University education, like many other things in this country, inis grown to le very expensive; yea, extravagant— beyolld the reach ot most parents, and this presents a barrifet at the very threshold) Cue important use ot science is to impart a knowledge o! the laws of nature to the mechanic, so that there shall bo no mistakes in the application of power, and waste of force. The same is the ease with money, whlbh represents human labor, lie who wastes a dollar loses a day’s labor: he who borrows money on his own credit mort gages his future ; and whosoever is in debt without the certain means of repay ment is simply in a state ol bondage. Interest never sloops, but runs on ot u'ghts, Sundays, and holidays, while man needs rest trom his labors. Ot course, borrowing and lending may be done lawfully and lightfiilly, with mutual advantage and profit to both parlies j but it should be a matter of mathematical calculation. I would not check the nat ural tendeucy of young men to be liberal and generous with their own money, but they should be certain that it is their owu and can be spared ; aud all I mean to say is that those who depend on their own head and bauds for their future career should be warned against the temptations of the credit system. We see about us to day some of the dire consequences in the wrecked of individuals— yea, of States, counties, cities, towns, and corporations. Better to allow ones business to grow and increase more slow ly by natural laws than to stimulate it by a misuse of credit and borrowed capital. There have been in the past, and doubt* less will be in the future, periods of great depression in business and also of greal exultation, as the mony of the country flows to excess in oue direction or the other, but the great mean moves on with the regularity of a law, and he who com prehends ibis law can profit by it. THE WRECK OF A STERN ENDEAVOR. Two old prospectors—‘Chloride Joe’ and ‘Bedrock Bill'—cabin together in the northern part of this city, says the Virginia (Nevada) Chronicle.* They have no woman about their establish inent. They do their own cooking, washing, and mending. They spend most ot their time in the mountains looking for veto* of silvet and gold. When the weather is good they are among the hills. In bud weather they remain indoors and sttend to household affairs. ‘Chloride’ tells how old ‘Bedrock' played quite an amusing joke on himself the other day. lie had two pairs of pantaloons made of the same material. Both were a good deal dilapidated, but ‘Bedrock’ thought that out of the two he might make one pajr of tolerably sevice able pantaloons. His plan was to cut the legs off one pair for use in patching the seat ot the other. lie sat down dat upon the floor with old pautaloons, scissors, needles, thread, and beeswax, lying about where be could put his bauds on them without moving. 014‘Chloride’ was writings letter to the folks at home—“back yander in Pike ; ’ —so nothing was said for over an hour. At bst ‘Bedrock’ cried out"! 1 here, ! by the Ffoly poker! there is as neat a ; ob las cou\t) iuve been made by. any vyouia.i on toe (’onqitook range !’ “Got ’em mended ?’ asked ‘Chloride’ looking up from his literary labors, “At Inst, thank heaven ! and a Imlly, good job I've made it, too. Look here I’ and ‘bedrock’ held up to view the re paired breeches iu order that his partner might see them, “Ha ! ha ! ha 1 laughed old ‘Chloride.’ “What’s cut you loose t* asked ’bed rock.’ “Look for yourself,’ sud Chloride. “bedrock’ turned the newly mended pantaloons this way and that loses what was wrong, and finally let his eye fall dbfrtt tilong the legs. He turned red thcri pale, fill’ h Single. glance showed that lie had made a tefiible bthnder. He had done a good job in repairing the seat ot the pantaloons, but, to his con fusion, he found that ho had cut the legs off the same pair and used them for patches. “by the everlasting’—began ‘Bed rock,’ as he took ia the situation; then checked himself and wound up with : **l can’t do tilt bhso justice. I’m like the teamster, when he foil fid His apples strewn over a mile of ground;’ Old “Chloride' say?) it was “a devilish provoking thing/ aud every miner will agree with him. ANCIENT MAR It I AGE CUSTOM& When the Anglo-Saxons settled in Britain, the patriarchal system was in full force. The lather was absolute master of his family ; he sold his daughter in marriage, his son in slavery. When St. Atignstine landed in the island, the maid en was a simple article of property, her price fixed at so many head of cattle. The primitive mode of procuring a wife, this; When a youth bad fixed his choice upon a maiden, he went with a band of friends and carried her off, probably with her secret connivance. the relations 10l- lowed in hot pursuit, a feud belwieu the two families ensued, and wjs only ap- j [leased by the lover agreeing to pay the value fixed upon by the father lor retain ing possession ot the maid, lie giving a “wed” or security for the porfonnanoc of the contract —hence the word “wed- ding.” This custom of stealing ttie bride is as ancient as the-Spartaus, and is still kept tt[3 ili Brlttainy, where it forms one of the maffinge festivities. The bargain made tllfi amount, of the “morning gift” Settled tipbf); the contracting parties, took each other by tiifc ttihwi) and proclaimed lliemseitbß utau and Wife j the ring was placed otl tills left hand ; and the father,■ having received the purchsuMnoney de livered his daughter.cfver td her husband. Thfe transfer of nttthority was made by a tfytilbolicfil gift; the lather delivered the bride's Shoe to the bridegroom, and the latter touched Met 3 dver her head with it —a ceremony which todk it's origin in the custom ot pladititg the foot on the neck of a slave, and was typical of the , wife's subjection to her husband—a cer* • emony still preserved in the popular cits j tom ot “throwing the shoe," The day after tile wedding, the bridegroom gave the “morning gift”—supposed to be Vol untary, but according td tile faille Stipu lated! It \Vrts gfetierdl airtougthe Teuton race, and Often of smile Value were tints bestowed. When Athelstau’s sister, Eadgirth, married tlie Bmperor Otho, his “morning gift” was tile city Of Magdeburg. BELKNAP'S PLAN CfF ESCAPE: It is now ascertained beyond a doubt that Belknap contemplated ascapiug from the country and was only prevedted front carrying out his well laid plan by the ex treme watchfulness ot tbe Washington detectives. It is stated that a fast sailing vacht bad been secured, and was to cruise In tbe vicinity of Point Lookout, on the north shore of the Pot- >mac river, and at the confluence of that stream and the Chesapeake bay. It was then proposed, at a suitable moment, for the ex.Seere tary in disguise to leave his residence un der cover of tbe night, to take a carriage drawn by fleet horses, and to leave the city by the Auacostia bridge. By the river road the distance liorn the navy yard to lioiut Lookout is about sixty miles. Beaching here, it was proposed to embark again under cover of the night. Once aboard the yacht detection would have been impracticable, as hundreds of vessels of a similar class are constantly plying up and down the Potomac river aud Chesapeake hay. It was then pro posed to pass out of the bay under cover of darkness. Ouce clear of the capes it was arranged to sail for the island ol Bermuda. SHAM NOTORIETY. The rage for notoriety rages nowhere more outrageously than in Washington} says a correspondent. It infects every body, from dignified Senators, and aus tere’Justices ot the Supreme Court, to girlish debutantes. It is dischraling to worshipers of heroes and women to ob serve the vulgar greediness with which they seek for and gulp down praise. There is in the corps of female correi-pondents in VVaehinglon ono who is at the head of her profession in the word painting ot toilets and physiques, and in the superlative flattery of every body aud everything, not omitting the eyes and mien, the hands and feet of Seuators. No writer is so popular as she. The varriagt sof statesmen whose names are familiar in all parts of the country are before her door, and her ta ble is literally covered with the cards of distinguished personages and those of their wives who have tasted her dainty praise, while her portfolio ccntaius ful some note* from others who have been titillated by her rare confections, and have replied in kind. THE FREAKS OF FASHION. Cream is a fashionable color for the coining season. Basques and corsages fit like a glove to the figure. Few trimmings arc seen on them. All the imported spring suits have a pocket in some lauciblo shape u one side, rather low down. l’oufs aud paniers are not worn, but all the draperies are thrown back tdgive the required bouffant etft ct. Arelmngel lace is the new name given to all the cream colored Cashmere, An gora fleece, find wool lnoes ol tile sea son. The new chip huts for spring wear arc cream-colored, and are trimmed with cream ribbons and laces, and very few feathers. Tunics, lubbers, and polonaises are equally fashionable. Many bows ami hooped sashes of broad, soft ribbon give effeUt to the draperies. The fashionable sitings tor all bonnets are of a cream-colored Brussel net, hemmed oh one side, and the other side tritihued with Archangel lace. The new Valenciennes laces arc made cream color by artificial means. They are used to a great extent for trimming bonnets by French milliners. The most lashioiinlild Shapes tor spring hats are either pokes, capotes or bouuets, with brimes depressed at the sines, broad ou the top. aud narrow behind. Three shades of white trills flc shown for wedding dresses—dead white, rosy white; aud cream white. They are very heavily fepped, but are also very suit. Mosses and grasses gone ta seed arc the fashionable trimmings for rOilgli straw bonnets for early spring. They are mingled with cream ribUdnii juld cream laces. WHEN PLANTATION MANNERS RULED IN WASHINGTON. j Iu old times, says the Boston Post, Mrs. Madison and Mrs. Monroe lived in I Washington as Presidents wives, just us , did Mrs. lolm Q. Adams and Mrs. Tay ; lor, but none of the ladies are rainem i bered now for their magnificent toilettea, the costly dinners they gaveor the jewels i they wore. Even the young and beauti : iul Harriet Labe, who presided over the White House with tlie stalely grace of a queen, is|not recalledjnow fertile expense ot the toilettes she wore. Mlje had a crown diadem greater than could he valued by the milliners.and dressmakers in her royally fine and tin affected man ners, and with this attraction she won a place never matched by any succeeding lady in a semisdfficiul place ot any kind in Washington. So might bejmeiitionod the popularity of Mr. Van Buren’s lam- : i!y and of the ladies sent to Washington from Tennessee and Ohio and other Slates in tiie days of simplicity {aud ■honesty befdre t' e war. Never peilmps has the White House been more gruoo fully aud brilliantly adorned than it was in Honest Andy Johnson’s time. The ladies of his hbtlsclldld tyere social queens in the highest sense of the term, hflt their tollßttrtJ uever attracted inten tion. It has Ufeetf BoTiiilioiily remarked in Washington during the past three fifontht that society has Showil no signs of the hard times. The sedsdii just closed has been one df the iiiost brilliant on reoofd; aiid tllb ladies of the Cabinet have displayed at the parties and recep tions more costly dresses than hate be fdre bfeert defen; ait least iti the Wat five years. The wiVes of thorie tiffloials who were anppbded to have no income except their official salaries have not been out done in this extravaganfee: A QUEER story from Cau.lijA. An extra . ordinary occurrence was brought to light at an llfqilest held on the body of a man in South London. In a work-room, where many young girls wore at work, a mouse suddenly made its appearance ou a table, causing, of course, ‘considerable commotion and a general stampede. The intruder wes seized, however, by a young man who happened to be present, but the mouse slipped out ot his hand, and, running up his sleeve, oame out between his waist coat and shirt at the neck. The unfor tunate man had his mouth open, and the mouse, ou the lookout for some conveni ent place of concealment, entered the man's mouth, and be, in his fright and surprise swallowed it. That a mouse can exist for a considerable time without much air has long been a popular belief, and was unfortunately proved to be a fact in the present instance, for the mouse began to tear and bite inside the man’s throat and chest, and the result was that the unfortunate fellow died after a short time, in great agony. Several witnesses corroborated the above facts, and medi cal testimony as to the cause ot his death having been given, a verdict ot “acci dental death” was returned.—Toronto Globe. The father of all newspapers is the venerable Perkin Gazette, which is over 1,000 years old. It is a ten page paper, with a yellow cover ; has no stories, no “ads,,” no marriage or death notices, no editorials, no subscribers. It simply contains the official notices of the Gov ernment. It is stated iu a special to the Balti more GazeUe that when Montgomery B air called on Judge Jeri. Black to re ta n him for the defense of Belknap, die Judge bluntly said he saw nothing to defend, and declined to be retained. 177'! -f-Vb 1870. 11 c* r o is a plum and practical device for a jgi and national banner which should be hung out in front of the grand en trance ot the IVnlomtiul Exhibition at Pliibultdphin, to mark the exact progress whieli we have made in one hundred yeans of existence as a united people; 'Pbe spirit of ,17^0 —“Jam not a rich “man, hut poor as I am, the King of “Greixt Brittain is not rich enough to buy me.”—Rood, ot Pennsylvania, to the lirMish OolHntissipners. , T'lic spirit Of 1870—Wife must have lliaaiputis and laeu# enough to shine at Long branch and Washington. Pay me, t lierefofe, SIO,OOO down aud SO,OOO a year, and you shall luve the exclusive right, to sell sunplies to the soldiers of tho YI nited Stales on the frontier at your own rates."—William W. Belknap, Sec retary- of War under Grant, to a “post trader" at Fort Sill. TANARUS k Fastest Uunninu Ykt 1 tell you vvat’s a fact, men ; none ot you huiut never seed no ranitiu’. I seed a dyeer run wunst. Hit war a spike buck, an’ he war stretched out whell be waru’t biggper’n a shoo string. Talk about mov in' ! 'X'he shudder on a buzzard a drnppiu' to ky ain haiii't nowher 1 I had a blue speckled houn’ what bad a teteh o’ gray houn’ in him, and he war arter that dyeer. He'd upped ’ini iu the thick, an' here ho conies a fairly limberin’ through tlieirl flat piltey woods. 'Fore God, nit took my bredtlt tnvay to look at 'lm. He'd a cotoh tlhlt dyeer too, shore, but jist as be got agiri life lie struck a whalin' i hi $5 piue plum oenterlyj head foremost. I lie st pvo bis splintered bones three inch !es in ter the wood! The lidk jarred the pints straw olfn the top limbs ? When lie struck, Insliiuti legs flopped 4’oun' the tree ah' 1 hearn the toe nails \VHat jerked out :i rattlin'agin the .pines tltt)' yards ahead! Hits a God’s fact.” 3TAd>nas oille ( tin.) Times. Ilichard 11. Dana, jr., has been nominu toil lav the President to succeed Solienck as NI tnister lo England. Tlie nomination is :i diart'iicetul one. Mr. 1 >anu is a clever mini, but lie lias no better oharao tor than (Jen. Shenck. Mining stuck is not. his particular vanity, hut Ice does not disdain either falsehood or perjury, His of Nations" was a pirutical ediiioii ot I Lawrence's Wheaton, in which ho not only stole the notes of that accomplished eri t tor, as was established in the courts, but undertook to protend lie didn’t, winch made I lie —Ttl alter wor so. Could Mr. .Secretary Kisfi insist upon sending a oleaii, nnsiuirched and capable man to the Court of St. James, Just once?—if. IT. World. JVliss Mary E. Smith, a Jirooklyn belle, is clear. She is a very expensive luxury, if 3be.bringing much at public auction as she rates herself at. Sho wont into ter Million’s floral depot to buy a nose gay. Mallon, the florist, supplied her with one and offered to pin it on her sacque. While doing it he, with his natural taste for flowers, couldn't help entwining Miss Smith in his arms and kissring her. The lady indignantly tore off* liio nosegay, dashed it on the floor, and swept out of the depot in a rage. Slit.* bad'Mallon arrested for assault, and has since instituted suit for $5,000 dam aiders. Mallon had the use of Miss Sm i tb's lips a second, and she thinks it was worthss,ooo. Dear Miss Mary E. Smith! Mallon will of course try Id prove she is not worth such figures, aud her i- true value Will be adjusted at public auolion. ' A. Man Who tiitpw Guay in a Nhiiit. yVbotjt six years igy a violent cyclonß strxiek Mr. Jasper Parder’s plantation in W i 1 kinsou comity and almost entirely dentroyed it. Bis land was prepared lor the crop when the tornado came, and he looked upon himself as a ruined man, atf il ill a night tlliile spots ot jray hairs appeared undo Ilia head and beard. Ho w.-t.-s then thirty years old.— Jrvirujton ( Soidll'crMr. People who expect to spend the 4th ot July in Philadelphia) will have to lie carefu 1 shout hurrahing lor Gefefge VVaashingtrm loci boisterously. “The CJerntennial nlanugfei's arc making efforts to Dave a court for the summary trial of offenders held upon the Exposition grounds.” "When old Jerry Black speakfl in the S i> rope Court, all the other counsellors are in the habit of leaving their )iats outside the bar, When the divine flatu lenee is on the eloquent Jerry, lie don’t know a seven abd a half beaver from a cufspadore, and |ie expectorates‘like Ve suvius.—Washington letter. What is that which lias three feet but no legs, is all body hut no limbs, has no toes cu its feet, no head, but moves a gresat deal, and never uses his feet for thes purpose; lias one foot at each end anl the other in the center of its body! T‘l is is a queer creature in some respects, and is very popular amdng the ladies aii'J some men. It never walks out, bill g<vs with one foot Where its head might ho, drawing tho oilier foot behind. T'l*ee feet have nails bit no toes, no heel and no bone iu tho foot--—a yard stick. ■* ■ Tli us talks an old farmer about his boys : jfroin sixteen to twenty, they knew pi ore than I did ; at twenty five, they kut?'.v as much; at thirty, they rcro wl l ling to hear what 1 had to say; at th i rty-five, they asked my ad vice ; and I; t.ink when they gw t& Jorty they will! acknowledge that the' old tww floes' k no v .something. ISTrimber. 34r*. It 10 L IGIOUH. Join of Are's canonization stilt hangs liko the cannon tHat. goot oil slowly, bishop Diipnnloup; Oileans, has succeed vd in removing objections ou the ground of her having been condemned to death by the Bishop ot lJenuvalit It is said that tlns English tiishdpit bijjcbt on, the ground that she was hot a nmrtyf of pU ety, but of patriotism. > 1 The iSSgll&h Episcopalians aye Vciy much disconcerted bgciuise the late de cision ot the Court ot A mbps admits the right of disSenters to bo called “rever end." The lbrnlor wttnt now to discard that title altogether, and to tie knowif hereafter as Hector and V irtrtr. ♦ During the hist thirty yearfl fJi'.OOf! Sunday schools have been organised, aided and visited iu tlm Valley of the Mississippi, by the agents ot tlio Ameri can Sunday school Union. It is said llint about forty-three per edift. of die families of St, Louis are destitute of the Bible. The biole Soci - ety of that eity is making n strong effort to remedy this extraordinary boiiditioir of things. A itpm'ier of the F.iiglish sect called Hie ‘’Pehitlmr People have boon commit loo to triiil tilr failing to l ave median 1 attendanoo tor a child, who died of whooping cough. This sect behoves ouly in anointing vyith oil and prayer, as a means ot iestoring the sick. Several similar trlilH of members of this order liuvc occurred within the last few years. Tho*whole number of Popes, frrirtt sf; Peter to Pins IX, is 257. 01 theffe 82 hv mentioned ns mints, not only because .ot their holy lives, blit on account ol her - lain miiaclrs which it is claimed they had been able to perform ; 83 have nat tered ninetyWoin ) 104 IhOc Been Ho mans, ami 103 have-been iisltlveaot other parts off Italy ; 13 have been Trendlfmen; ti Greeks ; 7 Germans ; 5 Asiatics; 3 Africans ; 1 was a Hebrewl was ati Englishman. The foitowing is the value ot church property ill this; country,.-aeqording to the.bedsits of 1870: Methodises, SG9,- Hjlojial i Presbyterians, $33,0*24,fi 11 ; Udlliolics, $60,982,556; Baptists, 611,- 608,198; Episcopalians, $36,511,495 ; Congregitlionalmls, $2.'),069,9153. The UfiltatliH clench at Brookfield, Mssaelit>sfettJ: have saWHilled water for wine at the rfdminUtralion bf the Lord 'a Sifpper.' Tho Holy Synod of tho Greek chmvji, has issued a circular warning the Gr£fe¥# against tho “sou/ destroying and impiouft heterodox teachings" of the Presbytoriair missionaries. Prof. Phelps, of Andover, in a letter to the Cos tig re fffti idfUUitts, favors tlioj merging of the Congregational and Presbyterian oilUfelled nifo one organic boJ >* - r The Itev. Ariifcfthiack .Murray said iti his sermon a week or two rfgo; “Heaven is not populated with nidging thieve*, or piltn-benring bankrupts, who s -ttls with’ their creditors at twenty “five ceutif >dti the dollar Wednesday, and ride toohurcll the next .Sabbath in a thousand dbllai coach, with a roan In livery on tho box The Pfotestanl Episcopal Bishop t/uin ard, of Terfnessee, now in England, was requested fly tho. ipeumhent of one tho parish ohtirfchea to confirm some children hi that church. The consent of. the Bishop of London had first ta.be oUlain ed. It was ask(‘d under the irripreftsion that it would be £ rent-fed withffut d-iribt. To the surprise And mortification of "the curate, and the American Bishop it was promptly refused. , . . ♦* ■ . ■ vtt last f.ht* Judicial UommUtfe'a of the l’fivy Cotfficil have given final jffagment in fbe catfo tif the Methodist qpjnister who vfds forbidden by the vicar of his parish 16 put tip a tomlmtof/fe at hf danghter’s (ffave -with tho title “Rev.” prefixed to Ilia dame. The Court de'oid ul that “Reverend” prefixed, to a -clefgy maiTs name is; and always has been, a mark of cotfftesy simply, nuu never an offielal title, and that under the law of England every man may take il who can get it. The P resbyterian Synod of Texas lias increased in the last five years from 41 ministers to 66, from 79 to 112 churches, and from 1,994 to 4,298 members. Its growth .within the last )(in,o months has been as rapid as at any time, and ten per cent, ahovo these figures would probably fall below the present strength of tho Church there. Asa part Of their Centennial work, the Sontllef n Hapf.itfts are exert frig them selves-energetically to seeure tire full en dowment of tint Southern Theological Seminary. The seminary will he Remov ed (o Louisville. Ky., if the snmof ssoo, flWd'is raised in the State. Tn:s sum will, it is said, be secured by tfre Ist of next may. There will remain' S2OO-,000 te lie raised In other .Southern. States to eomp'efe the coutettplateJ andWimmS, $500,000. _ a The choir wbioh ashisf* in Ole fe|igious lecvioeff •t<!er the charge of Messrs. Moody and Satufeey lit the Hippodrome iiurnLei's about owe thousand two hun dred and fitly ; of these, aqont sir hun dred are sopranos. The singiug is a very intereslirtg and important part <4, ,th exetjeises atjihese meetings.