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THOMAS CARR, MEDICIN 0 GROCERIES, MACEUTI ST, 35 ES, Vines and Liquors, [IE IE lgiéMlNHILL. .‘pl Letters ‘ " Issuer of ,ll/IARRIAGE LICENSES. l'tthill, Feb, :20. 1868 patentlyJias been appointed 13am Qiarhs. 1. ’I‘EEFY, Esq 3 f N02211: Y P or: 1:10, '3 W SIDNER IN THE QUEEN’S BENCH, CONVEYANCEIL, AND 7‘5 ION COURT AGENT, ‘-IMOND HILL POST 2M ENTS, Bonds, Deeds, Mort OFFICE. gages, Cs, &c., drawn With attention 'itude, 'I'crins moderate. 4 “iii, Julie 9,18b5. "RI-\fiwww 7 ~ "7 ' N. BLAKE, ,3/TER AT LA ‘EYANCER, die. 0 Gas Company at, Toronto: t l, 1867. t. 4,. B. NICOL, '1 W, oflice .4 TTOJINEYâ€"ATLA W, Iron IN CHANDLRY, :AN’L‘ (530., .l; 'v ER, «150., C. _ mice “York Herald” Buildings,‘ ii Hill. "A icy to Lend, I; ' JulySGG. 5'ly " DI, MURRAY & JACKE irriirid Attorneys at tors in Chancery, L,NVEYANCERS, &c. 5. Law, ille Court House, . .TORONTO V‘tsoo. \ it) AND BOYD, .is, Attorneys at 59 Law, RS IN CIIANCERY, &c., East, (over Thompson ’s East WEIOHMOND HILL AD YONGE ST. ENERAL ADVERTISER. NEW SERIES. “ Let Sound Reason weigh more with us than Popular Opinion.” _ TERMS $1.00 IN ADVANCE. Vol. IX, N0. 30. STRONG, EDGAR a: GRAHAME, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS. OFFICEEâ€"VVelllllglOll Chambers, Jordon St. Toronto. 3. H. STRONG. 1.1). EDGAR. Toronto. June I 8, 1868. K. GRAHAME. DUGGAN &. MEYERS, Barristers, Qtttorncps ~ at ~ flaw, SOLICITORS IN CIIANCERY, CONVEYANCERS, &c,&.c. OFFICE :â€"I’rovincial Insurance Buildings,Court Street, Toronto . JOHN DUGGAN, Q,c. Toronto Dec. 24, 1868. g ,,,,,,,, W ADAM H. MEYERS, JR. 544-1y yttrium. . Anne Priorieâ€"A Christmas Story. BY MARY KYLE DALLAS. Nothing to eat! nothing--abso- lutely. nothing. Not a rnorsel of bread, nor a cup of milk, nor a bone, nor potato! not a penny to buyanythingr with ! not a thing to sell that any one would buy ! She might as Well have been upon a desert islandâ€"one where. unlike the desert islands of the novels, there are delicious wild fowl and more delicious edible roots to be had flirzuecb firtttionccrs. HENRY SMELSOR, ICENSED AUCTIONEER for the coun- tics of York and Pool, Collector of Notes, Accounts, Am, Small charges and plenty to do Laskey. March 2nd 1865 39-1 YRANCIS BUTTON, JR . LICENSED AUCTIONEER, FOR’I'IIE COUNTY OF YORK. Sales attended on the shortest notice at moderate rates. P.0. Address, Buttonville. Markham, Jany 24, 1868. 497 II. D. BENNETT, LICENSED AUCTIONEER, FOR THE COUNTY OI“ YORK. 7) ESIIHCNCIG. Lot No. l4, 2nd Co.i. Tb; Vau'rhun ’Post Office Address Carville, All ordefs left at the " York Herald” oflice, Richmond Hill, or at the I’,(). Maple, will be attended to. Vaughan, Oct. 10 1867. l-y JOHNWCARTER. LICENSED AU ‘i‘iON ‘BIORtheCounties of York. Fenland ()n- sf! 7 I311}; tnrio. Residence : loot S, 6th concess.0n Markham. I'ostOflicoâ€"Uuionville. Sales attended on the shortest notice, and on reasonable terms. ()rdors left at the “ Herold” office for 4511‘ Carter’s services will be promptly attention to Jnne.27. 1657- IEDTWI SANDERSON, Licensed Auctioneer. FOR THE COUNTIES OF YORK AND PEEL. tesidenco-â€"Lot 20,1'earoi'3rd Concession of Markham. I’,().Addressâ€"â€"lluttonvrlle. Parties requiring Mr. Sandcrson’s services! can makcarrangemente at the HERALD ollico. January 4, 1565, .31 7mm“..â€" -. Ono. McPiIILLIPs 85 SON. Provincial Land Surveyors, SEAFOllTH. C. w. June 7, 1865. , P. A. SCOTT, LUMBER MERCHANT, AND BUILDER, 618 Yonge Street, Toronto. Blinds, Sheeting, Doors, Sash, Flooring. Mouldings (fro. ALL KINDS 01“ l . 1 Building Materials Supplied ! Pust Office address, Yorkville. Toronto, May 18, l865. 3-11). VDAVIDVHEV‘VYYIR, Jun. Stave it Shingle Manufacturer" ESII)ENCEâ€"Lot ‘26. 2nd Con. Markham J; l on the Elgin Mills Plank Road. A large Stock ol'SrAvns undSuiNGLES. kept constantlyon handmndsold uttho lowest Prices. [13’ Call and examine Stock before purchas- ingelsewbere. ‘ I l’ost Otiice Addressâ€" Richmond Hill. June 1665 l-tf THOMAS SEDMAN, Carriage and Waggon Maker! UNDER TA KER, (be. Residenceâ€"Nearly opposite the Post Office Richmond llilt. 7 JAMES BOWMAN. Issuer of Marriage Licenses, ALMIRA MILLS, Markham, Nov. 1,1865. 22 Ringwood Jlim'blc 'W'orlrs P. wrlâ€"JEMAN, MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF MONUMENTS, IIEAIISTGNES ! Sic. &c. &c. Call and examine my Stock and Prices be‘ J. A. BOYD, 13.x: 40-tf for purchasing elsewhere 'as you will find it to your interest. ‘ 0:7? Issuer 0f JlIurriago Licenses. ingwood, Sept, 13, 1867 . 479 for the shooting and picking; no conveniences of all kind on hand; and no suddenly-acquired faculty of knowing just where to dig for what you want bestowed upon the unshipwrcckcd; a desert island pure and simpleâ€"~all rock and sand and wbary waste of wa:crs-â€"and nothing else ! Yet New York is not adcsc'rt of any kind; and in the very heart of New York, livld Anne Prioric. She hao been a singer, with a good mezzo soprano voice, and so had earned her living; but she never had been pretty and had never made a furore anywhere. SMILSIIC, had had a loverâ€"and a true one; and they Would have been married one bright Christmas day, but that on its ch he diedâ€"~dropped at her feel just as he had taken her hand in his to say ‘adicu !’ Something the matter with his licart,thc doctors said. No one who heard it ever forgot the scream Anne gave then. With it her voice wombâ€"she never sang again. After thutshc taught the pizino in o. humble wayâ€"~budc adieu .to her ambition,‘as she had to her love, forever. They were part. of each other. The laurcl- wreath she had longed to win was to have been laid at his feet who trod earth no longer! And nbwflnncPriorie lived alone, as she had for years. Not that she loved solitude: but that she must, from fricndlcssncss. She was not old yet ; but neither was she young. She was poor. She was plain. If a woman has neither youth. bcouty, nor wealth, there seems to be no place on earth for hcr. Her little savings had been hourdcd in ul bank which proved to be only :1 swindlcr’s trap for honest people's money. It was gone. every penny ofit; and Anne had had a fever and been near death’s door, and so hurl lost her pupils. They had all gone over to a new professor with a new , ‘ method,’ who look children whole-i sale; like a rnirsicul ogre, and did not deal with them in the pains- taking manner of poor Aunelfiiorie. ' But he had black eyes, and golden hair, and a soft voice, and a loi‘cign; accent. and the mothers were in his“ favor, one and all. Not a pupil hull, Anne Priorie when strength return-l ed to her and she was able to hour the ‘onc two, three, lour,‘ again. She had tried for others since, and, tailed. She looked ill. and low} Spll‘llC(l and shabby. l‘hcsc facts were all against her. And now Christmas cvc come, and she was starving ! had She was a patient Woman; snf-x fcrino had made her so. She was: h u . proud, too, in her qurct way. It _‘seemed caster to die than to I’M‘U“ P” i and between herself and beggary lay just one thingâ€"the plain gold ring upon her fingerâ€"her riiother’s wedding ringâ€"that she could not sell! but she might page it it. What they would lend her upon the little circle of gold she did not know; nor did she know how people went about such thingsâ€"but shc lurid seen the three golden balls at the door of a dingy shop, in a wretclrcd street llard'by, and by slow degrees made up her mind to pass under them The colder lhc‘night grew. lllc darker and the stormerâ€"thc easier it secure I. No one would see lzer, no one would know herâ€"no one but the sharpcycd man. who must be too familiar with misery to take much heed of ill So, as the clock struck twelveâ€"â€" thc loud-voiced clock in the next room that awoke Anne eyery hour of the night to tell herthc timeâ€" that many a day, marked breakfast, dinner and supper when nothing else didâ€"she wrapped herself up in shawl and hood, and slipped out. The rain beat down upon her head. along the pavements. RIOHMON D HILL, NEW Y the liquor-dealers’ and the apothe- caries’ windows, almost- all the lights were out. A few men, most- ly intoxicated, prowlcd the streets. One woman,witl’i a sloppng pitcher of beer in her hand, passed her; no more, until the light glowing behind the red curtain and the dull glimmer of three golden bulls told her she was at her destination. The old man sat smoking beside the fire; no other customers were there. The business Vas soon dispatched, and the few shillings counted into Au- uc’s trembling hand, and she was turning away, when the door burst open and a jovial face was thrust in, and aloud voice, the voice of a sen-luring man, used to shouting orders above the roar OI wave and dash of wind, criec: ‘ I-lailoa, mcssmate ! am I right for Fulton~fcrry P I’ve lost my hear- ing somehow, and don’t know which way to steer.’ ‘ The first turning to the right and than straight on,’ said the pawn- broker. and the man,with a ‘ Thank ye,’ plunng out into the dark again. A ruddy man, tall and broad of breast, with dancing jet- bluck eyes and hair that clustered in a mass of rings about his temples. A smile, too, that was all goodness. No false glitter in it, but pure gold. Anne, in the ulnnpso she caught ol him, sniv this. As she went shuddering out after him, cold to the very heart, it made her colder to think that never in a'l her life should any loud arms cufotd her, ury broad breast be hers to lean upon. Do you laugh at that. because she was neither lair nor young I It is a. thought but has saddened many a woman’s life, though her . would send her word. EAR’S DAY, 1869. I \Vhole No. 545. ‘ But stop,’ he cried; Iâ€"â€".’ But Anne hurried away. Not until she was in her own dark room did she know that she had lost the money the pawnbrokcr had given her. She crept into her poor bed, and tried to sleep, but the relief came tardily. She had been terribly ex- cited by the scene in which she had taken part, and moreover the face and voice of the handsome sailor haunted her. Sallie, who was Sallie? His wife, doubtless his young wife, who waited somewhere for his coming. Oh happy woman to be so dear to any one; and lonely Anne Priorie shed more of those hot tears that hard mingled with the raindrops out- side thc pawnbroker’s shop. People do not starve so easily as they think they will ', and moreover, at the latest liOur of the long Christ- mas day, the neighboring tailor's good natured wrfc sent a piece of cake and a glass ol something hot to the 'lonesome little body in the next room,’ and Anne Priroic lived and found some further means of Earning bread, and dragged on her lonely life somehow, until the win- tcr ice was gone, and spring re- Visiteil the earth. It was in May, she never forgot the mouth. that she Went sadly into an office where places were found for teachers, and teachers for places, and, hopeless of any great good coming to her, put some questions to the proprietor. Music i Yes. And no doubt she understood it very well. But there are so many teachers, However, would she give her name and her address? It anything offered he vi ,) ‘ My name is Anne Priorie,’ said Anne. tubes were ermine and her gold could buy all service. What must it be to a woman homeless, friend- icss, beggured, alone inithe wide world I liot rears rolled down Aime Prioric’s checks, her, heart lay like a lump of lead within her bosom. ‘No good can come to me but death ;' shc sighed but just then stood still, lillcd with a vague, in- definite horror. She had turned a corner and was in the shsdow of the blind wall of a church. Just before her stood two men, whisneriug, to each other.’ ‘ Ilc has lost his way. There â€"â€"â€"lhc wrong way, by luck; just where he’ll hch him besl.’ Azll their, close against the wall, they durricd ou._ At‘inc'follotved them. Beyond in the light of the corner lamp shc suw lhc sea-faring inau lruding through the miry snow. The next instant there was a loud cry, and three (dark forms struggled together on the ground. Annc was a._ timid woman by nature; shc never knew what inspired her with Courage that moment's hesitation. and did with- out tliought the best thing thinking could have told her to do’ The policemen are earning!‘ she cried, the policcincul save your- selves".7 The words \vcrc not out of her I mouth when one rutlian dushcd away from his victim and rushed up the street, and the otl‘.cr,' with what seemed a parting blow,follow- cd his cxpmale. Thc sea-faring man lay prostrate where they left him. Anne bending over him, saw blood trickling from his exrnple; she picked up hundâ€" ful of snow and pressed it to the wound, and bound it up with her handkerchief, and tried her best to raise llllll- Not a policeman was in sight, no other help came. but in a few moments the man lifted his head, and with Anne’s help stag- gcrcd to his feet. You are a blesscd woman whoâ€" ever you arc, he said. ‘ ‘Nhat made you brave enough to do that. They’d have killed me, not a doubt, and little Sallie would have cried he- eyes out. You see it was two 1:0 one and a regular ambush. Well, God bless you. Is that your hand- kerchief? Tell nic who you are. It’s a lady’s voico and a lady's hand. Tell me, won‘t you I ‘ 1’m only a poor woman,’ said The slush lay ankle-deep You can walk I see. Except in the other way. Anne. ‘ If I’ve done you any good, .to me, there’s apcrmanent place pose,’ tattered Anne. her head. she said, ‘only come.’ take the sugar plui'n Fate had drop- pcd into her month without more night; but something did. questions She was too wearyâ€"- , , d , .d , , too worn, even to feel great aston mm m" ‘t‘ 1mm“ “H‘Nm d ishinent. She had been a careful teacher, and some one had recom- mended hcr; that was all. actually installed in her new posi- tionâ€"governess to two docile chil- dren, their books, music, pictures, and pleasant company about ller~she began to wonder about many things; most of all, why the black-eyed lady’s face was so familiar to her when she had never before seen it. What was the secret, too? surclthat they kept from her. Why were dimples and sly looks, especially when they spoke of Uncle Jacki- \Vhy, when certain letters came with great rcd sels and strange post- marks, did the little lady catch. Anne’s face between her two small palms, say, ‘ Oh, Anne Priorie, I’m so glad I found you.’ in this, but a very pleasant one. grow brighter, her cheeks rounder, I’m thankful. Are you strong again P- The ferry 15 Good bye.’ ‘An odd neme,’ said the man. ‘ How do you spell,,l_l?’ And then a lady, whom she had neVer seen, a plump pretty little woman, with black curls and black- er eyes, ran forward from a seat near the stove, and with a smile at Anne. spelt it for her. ‘ Right,’ she asked. Anne, astonished added she could do no more. ‘ And it you are Anne Priorie.’ said the lady, ‘ and ifyou will come for you, and two good little pupils who will love you dearly. Oh, don’t say no. I've been looking for you for months, and I’m so glad I‘ve found you.’ ‘ Some of my old pupils,’ I sup- But at that the old lady shook ‘No matter how I know you,’ And Anne was glad enough to But when Anne Prioric was mother her kindest riend, a pretty room at her service, A kind one, there so many smiles and and dance about her and There was mystery Anne was very happy. Her eyes her lips grew red, and little kinks ofcurls, long vanished from her hair, crept into masses again. She looked ten years younger. Some- times whcn pretty Mrs. Harrison ran into her husband’s arms at his home-coming, or tossed her baby Over her head, the thought of what ‘might have been’ saddened Anne’s heart a little, but very sweetly; and her one prayer was that she might nchr lose these kind friends WIIO had made a life a new thing Jack’s presents made ready, and cakes baked that Jack liked, and all mixed up Anne Priorie. who was too much And so Christmas eve came, and Anne with her the pale Anne ol :1 year before, but rosy and comelyâ€"stood before the Jack come l’ and a bow wow-wow from fell out of Anne’s dawning of some mystery, and not a step could she stir, but quite still, her heart beating fast said the sailor. mine, and the dear voice and the kind heart.’ ‘nor a young one. beauty in for her. red-scaled letters, which black-eyed Mrs. Harrison read more merrily than usual, and then cried out that Jack was coming home for Christ- mas; and her husband, merry, as she was herself, said something in an under tone, and the children, dancing with glee, called to the black cook in the kitchen that Uncle Jack was coming home. and the and the cook came from the depths, eladle and all, and said, ‘ Brcss my heart, is dat true I’ and the little wife and mother ended all by dancing around Anne, and singing half a dozen times, ‘01], Anne Priorie, how glad I am I found you I’ ‘And what had that to do with Uncle Jack’s coming, Anne Priorie asked herself. Then there was no more lessons for a. while, but all was busy for the Christmas keeping, and Jack’s room was made fine, and Uncle mysteriously with puzzled to understand anything. new dress onâ€"not mirror in her own room, brushing her brown heir, when down below she heard a siioutâ€"‘ Jack’s come I’ has come! Maassa Jack’s the dog, that said as plain as the vmces did. ‘Jack has come! and why she did not know, the brush hand, and she began to tremble as before the stood So summer passed and autumn and winter came, and with it, near Christmas tide, one of these anything but sob upon his bosom:â€" that the thoughts the black eye and merry smile had put into her been had been strengthened by the long, long talks about uncle Jack, and brother Jack, and» Massa Jack, and. that in all: the world there was no one so dear to her as that same Captain Jack. ‘ And, the heart is mine ?' asked Captain Jack ; and by way of answer she let him fold. her to his own. So when the Christmas chimes rang next day they served for Anne Priorie’s wedding bells; and she who one year before had starved, body and heart alike, was the hop.- piest woman the sun shone on. And little Sallie Harrison danced in her Wedding fincry about her great sailor brother and about his bride, and cried to one and lo the other: ‘ Oh ll’m glad I found Anne Prioric, and; don’t you thank me me for finding Anne Priorie, And the children prattled- it, and their father smiled it; and the cook, without her ladle. and in her best bonnet, approved of it. And Rover, the great dog, barked in his ecstacy until be frightened the kitten up the chimney, and said with a voice and tail as plainly as a dog might, Oh. I’m glad you’ve found your Anne Priorie.‘ ' Trouble in Spain â€"â€" It: is evident that the Bourbons do not intend to relinquish their hold upon Spain Without attempting to embarrass their suc~ ccssors in power. There seems good ground for the belief that the Republican element in the population has been stirred into ac- tiye disatl'ection by the intrigues of Isabella’s agents; and in one of the Provinces the Carlists have shown their hands openly. Au insurrection at Cadiz proved a. serious affair, the conflicts resulting from it involving a loss of five hundred lives. The military authorities have succeeded in quelling it, however, and the magnanimous course of the Government is beset with difficulties of a formidable character. The Treasury lacks means and credit; industry is paralysed; the wealthy classes display a. sad want of confiddrcei and added to all are the machinations of the ex-Queen and her corrupt adherents. The Government, however, pursues a c' rse that is at once firm and concilitag and is entitled, we think, to more generous support than it receives from the liberal leaders of other countries. Garibaldi 99d Victor Hugo are excellent men. no doubt, but they do not enhance their title to respect by attempts to foment trouble under the pre- tence of helping Republicanism. The Bour- bous alone profit by their interference.â€" and furious, when the door opened, and Mrs. Harrt‘s’OlfTGEhEd ihfafi seized her about the waist, and pushed her and hustled her down the stairs and into the parlor, where, under the gaslight, stood a. man, black-haired, black~cyed, with a seanlaring look about him, who turned and held out both hands to ward her. ‘It is your Anne Prioric,’ cried Mrs. Harrison; and then he said, ‘ It is my Anne Priorie and no one else.’ And Anne knew the man she had met and parted with a year before that night. ‘ She don’t look like it, does she ?’ ‘A little craft like that to board the pirates and fright- en them away from a great hulk like me, but she did it better than a troop of marines. And if she handn’t tied her handkerchief about my head, and if her name hadn’t been on it, I’d never have known she was my Anne Priorie, and you’d never have found her for me, sister Sallie.’ .‘But I found her,’ said Sallie Harrison. ‘I found your Anne Priorie, and here she is.’ And in a moment more the two were alone together, Anne and Captain Jack. ’ ‘ I've had that handkerchiefnext my heart all this while,’ said the captain taking Anne’s hand. ‘ I’ve said the name over and over, when only the angels heard me. I’ve thought of the, swoet lace and the kind touch of the soft hands until the sea seemed too wide that kept me from them; and I never have forgot them for one moment, and never shall. I had to sailnextday, but Sallie swore to me on the hymn-book, for I made her, to find Anne Prioric for me, and she did. Was it for me, my dear, may I hope that ?’ And he drew Anne closer to him, and she looked away. The thonglits that had come into her heart when the black eyes first met her’s crept ‘back again. The hand he held fluttered, her lashes droppedâ€"410 girl ever blushed more brightly. ‘ Was it for me, Anne Priorie i" asked the captain. ‘Is the fade ‘ It’s not a pretty face.’ saidAnne; There’s more than more than it,’ said the captain. ‘More than beauty; and I’m no boy myselt, my dear; and the heart?’ ‘And then Anne Priorie knewâ€" knew best. because she could not answer, nor look at him, nor do Scottish American. W MISCELLANEOUS. ' Cholera has broken out at Astrabad. Three slight shocks of earthquake were felt at Waterloo, near Liverpbobfibout 4,30 a. In. on Nov. 22. The editor of the Bristol (Va.2 News gave his printers a holiday on New Yea .because as he said, he had nothing else to give them. TheCorkrpriutei-s propose to abolish Sunday work in newspaper offices, by “ having Mon- day moruiug’s paper printed on Sanibe night.” An editor at the South has purchased a race horse at the expense of two thousand dollars for the purpose of catching his run- away subscribers. An editor, describing a church in Minne~ sOta, says: “ No velvet cushions in our pews; we don’t go in for style. The fattest person has the softest seat.” A cyclone occurred in the Bay of Bengal on the 13th, principally along the Arracan coast. Aykat sulfered severely, and the rice crop is much injured. A Western editor,'in response to a. sub- scriber who grumblcs that his morning pa.- per was iiitolcrably damp, says, “ that it is because there is so much due on it.” A Decatur (Ill.) lady advertises for a. bus- band who must be handsome, well 03 tem- perate, antistobacco, and go to church regularly. The lady is twenty-seven, fair and good looking, and has money. ' Mn. Jefferson Davrs, cx-President of the Southern Confederacy, was present: at the Warwick meeting last week. By a curious coincidence he witnessed the success of a horse named after‘Presideut Lincoln. An English paper advertises a vacancy on a farm for an agricultural pupil, and says great pains will be taken to give the young man an insight into farming. Terms, $1,000 a year, and the‘use ofa. horse, while hunting. On the sea cost, some ten miles from La Rochelle, stood, centuries ago, the im- portant town of Chatelaillon. The enroachâ€" ments of the see. little by little carried away the earth on which it stood, and submerged its ruins. The city, or rather its site, is, in fact, an oyster bed. A FORTUNATE baker, the inventor ofthose little curly rolls of fancy bread which are known in Paris under the name croissants, of which there is such an immense consump- tion at the Paris cafes every day, has recently died, after realising an annual income of between two and three thousand pounds sterling from this most simple inven- tion. UNFAIR TOWARDS SANE Phoneâ€"Within a few years there have been many persons acquitted of the charge of murder in the United States, on the ground that they were insane. It would be interesting to know what has become of the insane man-killers and woman Slayers who have thus escaped the gallows. As a. general thing, we believe they are let loose upon society without any care being taken to prevent their indulging in their favorite pastimes of brain-smashing and throat-cutting. We think this is rather unfair towards sane people. Ifa. man who has killed a fellow-being is to go scot free on the ground of insanity, he should certain- ly be put under the restraint so that others may not fall victims to his mania.