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From Iceland, that land of snows and natural phenomena, come the tidings of an event, curious and tragic, which recalls one of its own traditionury legends. The figures who appear in the development of this story loom out vague and shadowy in the details-; the localities wherein the events took place seem almost as unreal as haunted land ; and a somberness of color shades the picture of the narrative which gives to this tragcfiy'the weird strength of a. recital of the days of necromancy and of the old Norsemen. To the northward of Reykiavig, the capital af Iceland, rises the extinct volcano Smeifels- Jokull, celebrated in the traditions of the island. From the foot of this volcano extends a. sort of buy called the Dyi‘atioxd,almost sur- rounded by enolmous peaks of ice and snow, whose summits are lost in fogs. The calm ‘ and windlcss sea is inclosed by volcanic ‘ walls formed by the flow of lava, and which time the shape oi ramparts of fantastic conâ€" tours, rendering still stranger to the eye the etl'ect of the pale glare of the polar sun. During the winter months the bay of Dyrztâ€" fiord is silent with the silence, as it were, of the tomb. The hamlet of Dyrafiord, envel- oped in its snowy pal], shows no sign of human life, and the only sounds which at intervals break the prevailing stillness of this profound‘and mysterious monotony are the echoes of dogs which bark unseen. The sides of the bay are indented with a multiâ€" tude of excavations of a volcanic character, into which, in summer, the waves may he heard precipitating themselves as in bottom- less abysses. In the first days of last January rumors reached the ears of the police of lteykiavig, coming from the village of Dyrnfiord, of strange and unaccountable proceedings which were taking place in :the bay of Dyrat‘iord. For several nights the few dwellers in the hamlet had heard mysterious noises in the buy. It seemed to them as ifa ship, grating its keel against the ice-flees, had come to anchor in the middle of the Gulf. This event was so unnatural that no one believed in its truth, and the nciscs were attributed to some manitcstation of the evil spirit. Nevertheless, some of the villagers, bolder than the restyand more curious, ventured from their huts, and by the pallid light reflected from the snowy peaks, they distinctly saw the masts of n brig, out- lined in the shadow of the night. Then men were seen to leave the vessel’s side, bearing bundles on their back, and make their way to the shore upon the detached masses of ice ; reaching the shore, they appeared to be trembling witnesses to disappear beneath the earth’s surface. These were the stories which, coming to the knowledge of the police of lteykiarig, mused orders to the issued tor a. close watch over the bay. The most probable theory advanced as an expla- nation of these mysterious goings and com- ings was that the noises were caused by a band of smugglers who had established a depot in Iceland for their wares, which were afterwards carried to the continent. But scarcely had the pre- cautions tor the capture been taken by the police before the buy was as silent as before, and even the magistrates themselves began to believerthat the whole utt'air was but the product of the superstitious minds of the in. habitants ot Dyratiord. But that the magis- trates were wrong and the villagers correct events were Soon to prove. In the middle of February, at about six o’clock in the morning, a clnld was found a few miles from licykiuvlg lying upon tho ground, covered with wounds, senseless, and apparently dead. The child was a strange being, who seemed to belong to an African or an Asiatic moo; his complexion was black, but his regular matures suggesth u. Nubian or a Kulfir origin. His age was about twelve years. Charitable hands lifted this poor waif from the ground, and he was car. ried to Reykiavig, wlicrc, under carci’ul nursâ€" ing he revived. WEIRD TRAGEDY OF THE FROZEN FIORDS OF THE LAND OF ICE AND BOILING GEYSER ' The boy‘s first action on regaining con- sciousness was to lift his hand to his’ throat, which was laccratcd with a wound made by it sharp instrument as though an effort had been made to separate the head from the body at a single blow. Then he uttered in a furious voice words In an unknown lan- guage, which was incomprehensible to thOsc around him. The magistrates were called to his bedside, and attempts were madc to solve the mystery which was revealed in the presence of this child. Several days passt in this condition of doubt and ignorance 01 the meaning of the boy, who perceived that he was not understood. He then tried to tr:th- lute his thoughts by signs. It was soon discovered that he had been a [witness to an atrocious crime,and that he wished to avenge himself upon some unknown person or per. sons. Bun upon whom? What: was the crime 'I Who was the victim ‘2 This was what; no one could divine. One day, however, the boy, who had now recovered his strength, made a sign to those rlhoulb him that he wished to rise from his Jed. The night was coming on. He apâ€" proached the window, and by signs indicated that it was necessary to wait until the dark- ness had sttptlvened. His mute directions were finally understood to have this meanâ€" lug : The negro climbed along these basaltic walls. Suddenly he signalled to the band of soldiers to halt. Then, drawing near to them, he seized one of the soldiers by the arm and placed him at the foot of an enormous block of lava, and then in like manner conducted unotliér to a similar post. He thus posted live soldiers until all the issues leadiriffrom the ravine were guarded. His next act was to “lake a gun from one of the soldiers and load it, indicating by gestures that all the party should follow his example. Alter this be lit the torches with which the soldiers were pro. vided and distributed them among the men in the rear rank. The red light from those torches lit up the depths of the subterranean gallery. Sourcely had tho torches commenced “ Take with you ten or twenty armed mun and come with me.” The magistrates held 1L council together. They saw clearly that it was lhcirduty to un- dertake the adventure ; and soon two of the principal syssclmocnds, or oiiizers of the police, left the house, guided by the strange lad and followed by thirty soldiers, The young negro appeared to be in a state of exasperation bor- dering upon delirium; he ran forward, and than turning he would grind his teeth as if furious at the slowness of those who accom- panied 111m. Soon the small hand loft l‘uoykiavig bchind them. The route u hich was followed waa that which led to the Geyscrs. Along the road â€"if it could be called a roudâ€"rosc masses of lava of a pyramidal shape and distant from each other about fifty yards. In cvcry direc- tion were hights and fissuresaâ€"liero an cic- vation as high as a. mountain peak, there a ravine which resembled an abyss. The nc- gro boy still kcpt his rapid pace, and it was with difficulty that the military party could keep up with him. At intervals he would stop and multiply his gestures to follow, which he accompanied with harsh and click. ing cries. Thus progressing, the band finally rcachcd the plain of 'l‘hingvalla, upon the right of which was the Althing, that famous inclosure of rocks and ravines where were held, in times past, the tumultuous national assemblies of uncieni Iceland. Suddenly the band reached a sort of gap. ing aperture which resembles one of the gateways to the interior of mythology ; it was the gorge ofthe Almannngia. The road which leads to the bottom of this abyss of a depth of 140 feet. is at natural stairway, straight and steep, formed by a volcanic eruption. it is one of the most startling phenomena of the soil of Iceland. 011 reach- ing the bottom of this immense fissure, one finds himself in the middle of (L gallery seventy feet wide and lormed by two parallel walls, the highest of which is of am altitude of 100 leet. By a strange chance I this lava formation has taken the most fantastic shapes. Upon its crest are turrets and little belfries, similar to those visible upon the manor-houses of the ancient; feudal barons. Pi.ates 0f the Frozen Ocean. to throw this glare into the hidden recesses of the gorge when the young negro made a sign to the rest to hold themselves in readi- ness ; and then he uttered a sharp, ululating cry which re-echocd among the rocks, Thrice was this signal-note repeated. At a. Sign from the negro, who trampled his torch under foot, all the torches wen: simultaneoust extinguished, and at another sign Irom him the whole party lay flat upon the ground, as he himsdf did. Along the wall, at. a height of about two feet from the level, extended a sort of fissure â€"a dark line which manifested itself against the black basalt of the sides of the cavern. The men were all stretched upon the floor- ing of the ravine, and not a sound broke the stillness. Suddenly a dawning light, a sort of aurora, was seen along the whole extent of the fissure, and in a few moments, amid this glimmering light, caused by the light oi in- visible torches, appeared first the head and then the bodies of armed tflcn. The negro rose precipitater and made an imperative sign, which was at once underâ€" stood by the chief of the .V'I/sselmwmls. 4‘ To your feet !” the latter cricd, “ and fire i" A discharge of muskets,’ directed toward the fisaure, shook the walls of the cavern. The bandits, finding themselves surprised, throw ihcmselvos out of ihe opening in the vmii7 and a fearful struggle ensued. Was it with men 01' was it with demons that the pc- licc Rcykiavig were now contending? The flashes from the guns cast their flickering light upon the black rocks for awhile, and hnte, as the combat thickened, the fight bo- Came a hand-tO-hand one. .111 the distance the reddish light of 1118 steaming Geysers added to the dramatic charâ€" acter of the spectacle. The conflict was a. protracted one ; the as- sailants, whose numberis not known, hurled themselves against the intrudes with the ferocity of wild beats. But the police stood their ground lirme and were finally success- lul. The survivors of the criminals were captured, and vain did the (fl'orts made by the bandits to escape from the fatal gorge. The soldiers, posted by the negro, (:lfecually blockaded their paths. These mysterious beings were securely bound. The uvern was minutely searched and suvox‘al mats, kitchen utensils, and weapons wcrc found. The little negro (lancca wound the prisonci's, uttering yells full ()1 hate. The culprits thus captured wurc handed over to justicu upon the return of 1110 party to Reyklzwig. They presented a. strange and incongrous medley of nationalities. They gave their names as follows: Toni Corpse, an Englishman ; Kuuz, a German ; Guet N’Dar, of Upper Nubia, 2L brother of the little negro; Nogais, a, Tartar; Pierre la Mort, a Frenchman; and Hudji-Monrtouz, a. native of thc Caucasian mountains, who had already acquired some celebrity in 1110 annals of the brigandzige of that region. The. sequel of the capture “as that mzmy others of the companions of those men were subsequently apprehended ; and to-day near- ly the whole hand is in the hands of justice. In their arrest, through the agency of the negro boy7 the noises that had been heard at night by the dwellers in Dyratiord were satis- factm‘ily cxplaint (1. As to “10 little negro, Sambo-Toro by 11mm, 110 113A- been the witness of the death of his mother, who had been thrown into the Great Geyser Ivy Norgals and Guct N’Dzu‘ ; and it- was to his impulse of vengeance that those revelations are due. 'l‘hcru is Mill standing, close by Temple Bar, in I ondon, an old Chemist’s shop. The propriotor of it in days gone by enjoyed the monopoly of making citric acid. More favor- ably Cil‘CulDSt‘dDCtd than other Secret manu- fmturers, his was a process that required no assistance. He employed no workmen. Experts came to sample, and assort and bottle his products. They never entered the laboratory. The mystic operations by which he grow rich were confined to himself‘ O‘ne day7 having locked the doors and blinded the windows, Miro. as usual of the safety of his secrets, our chemist went home to dinmr. A (‘liimnoyâ€"mveep, or 2L boy dis- guist as such, wide awake in chemistry was on the watch. Following the secretkcepor so far on his way towards Charing Cross as to be sure he would not return that day, the sooty philosopher hied rapidly back to Temple Bar, ascended the low building, drooped down the flue, saw all he wanted, and returned, carrying with him the mystery of making citric acid. The monopoly of the inventor was gone. A few months after, and the price ol the article was reduced four-fifths. The poor man was heart-broken, and died shortly afterwards, ignorant of the trick by which he had been victimized. Like Miss 'l‘abitha Bramble, when informed that the thunder had spoiled two barrels of beer in her cellar, he might have said, “ How the thunder should get there,when the cellar was doublc~locked, 1 cannot comprehend.” The manufactui c of tinware in England originated in a stolen secret. Few readers need to be intormed that tinware is simply thin iron plated with tin by being dipped into the molten metal. In theory it is an easy mat~ tcr to clean the surface of iron, dip it into a bath of the boiling tin, and remove it, en- veloped Wth the silvery metal, to a place for cooling. In practice, however, the process is one of the most difficult in the arts. It was discovered in Holland, and guarded from publicity with the utmost vigilance {or near- ly half a century. England tried in vain to ‘ discover the Secret, until James Sherman, ‘ a. (‘ornish miner, crossed the Channel, insinuath himself surreptitiously into a tin-plate manutactory, made himselt master of the secret, and brought it home The history of east-steel presents a curious in- stance ot' a manufacturing secret stealthin obtained under the cloak cf an appeal to philanthropy. The main distinction between iron and steel, as everybody knows, is that the latter contains carbon. The one is con- verted into the other by being heated fora considerable time in contact with powdered charcoal in an iron box. Now steel thus made is unequal. The middle of a bar is more carbonized than the ends, and the sur- face more than the centre. It is, therefore, unreliable. Uniform work cannot be made out of it. For many purposes it will answer, but where raccuracy is required it fails. Nevertheless, before the invention of cast-steel there was nothing better. In 1870 there lived at At- terclitt', near Shetlield, a vratchmakcr named Huntsman. He became dissatisfied with the watch springs in use, and set himSelf to the task of making them homogeneous. “1f,” thought he, “1 can melt a piece of steel and cast it into an ingot, its composi- tion should be the same throughout.” He succeeded. His steel became famous. Hunts- man‘s ingots for fine work were in univrrsal demand. He did not call them cast-steel. That was his secret. About 1770 a large manut‘actory of this peculiar steel was estab- lished at .lttercliff. The proccs was wrapped in secrecy by every means within reach, true and faithful men hired, the work divided and subdivided, large wages paid, and stringent oaths administered. It did not answer. Ono mid-winter night, as the tall chimneys of the Atterclifl'e steel-works belched forth their smoke, a traveler knocked at the gate. It was bitterly cold, and the wind howled across the moor. The stranger, apparently a plow- inan or agricultural laborer seeking shelter from the storm, awakened no suspicion. Scanning the wayfarer closely, and moved by motives of humanity, the foreman granted his request and let him in. Feigning to be worn out with cold and fatigue, the poor tcllow sank upon the floor, and soon appeared to be asleep. That, however, was far from his intention. He closed his eyes apparently only. He saw workment cut bars of steel into bits, place them in crucibles, and thrust the crucibles intoa turnace. The .fire was urged to its ,extreme power until the steel was melted. Clothed in wet rags to [rotect themselves from the heat, the workmen drew out the stoic“ Secrois‘ glowing crucibles and poured their liquid contents into a mould. Mr. Huntsman’s factory had nothing more to disclose. The secret of making cast-stecl'had been stolen. â€"11arpcr’s Magazine. A correspondent, after giving an account of the planting on the 29th ult‘, by Mr. Murdock and Mr. King, of sundry selected trees at the grave of General Braddoek, in Fayette county, Penn, adds the following interesting historical sketch of events and incidents connected with Braddock's expedi- tion and death, and the customs of that period : In connection with Breddock’s grave, we cannot resist the temptation to'give some historical incidents derived frcm Andrew Stewart. About the year 1802, Stewart's father lived about. two miles east of Brad- dock’s grave, on wuat is called “ Braddock’s Old Road”â€"the military road. Being Super- visor of roads, he went with some hands to repair the road, takingr with him Stewart, then a boy ten or twelve years of age. While the men were at work on the east bank of Braddock’s Run, Thomas Faucette (born in , 1712, and died in 1816, aged 104 years, and who was with Braddoch’s army at the time of his defeat and death), an old mountain hunter, then living on the road less than a mile east of Braddock's grave in a cabin, some of the ruins 0t which are still visible, came along with his rifle on his shoulder, a tinting-knife in his belt, dressed in a blue hunting shirt, bearskin cap and buckskin pants, standing straight as an arrow, about six feet four in his mocasins. Faucette said : “ Take care, men, or you will dig up Brad- dock’s bones. Weburied him here where he died, right on the bank of this run. We dug away the bank and drove the baggage- wagans over the grave, so that the enemy could not find the grave. I will show you the spot. The water h *s washed down nearly to the tones. Dig down here a foot or two and you will find them.” The men did so and found the bones. “ maddock," said Fancolte lo the work- men, “ was a. brave man, but to save his me n I shot him.” “ Why so,” we asked. “ I will tell you. My brother Joe and I were fight- ing behind trues, when Braddock came riding along and struck Joe, saying, ‘You coward, stand out and fight like a man.‘ Considering him our worst enemy, I turned round and shot him instead of an Indian When Wash- ington took command he told us to tree. We did so, and the Iemnant of us were saved.” ulu nu, auu luu AvmlLuAAv v1 \Au “v”; w. V... 111 confirmation of Faucette’s story, history7 says that it was thought; at the time that Braddock was shot by one of his own men, and it was upon this'ocmsion that Braddock, when Washington advised him to let the men tree, sud: "High times, when a, Virâ€" ginia buckskin undertakes to teach a British General how to tight.” EStewart further says that the bones were reintcrred at; the foot of a. large white oak tree, except a few which his father took home and afterward sent by some Western mer- chants going East, with directions to put them in the museum : t Philadelphia, The merchants, Stewart says, then traveled in companies, armed with pistols, to protect their money, consisting of Spanish dollars. each puck-horse carried two or thwe thous- and dollars in small leather bags. The mer- chants would (mry back on the same horses, iron, salt and other merchandise for the sup‘ ply of the Western people, the whole in a. year amounting perhaps to not much more than one “ironâ€"horse" now takes over the mountains in a smgle train. Slaves from Virginia were driven through Uniontown in those days, eorraled together like horses for the Western market. This may seem strange to young tars, but there are many old persons still living who witnessed it. The leading journals have bucn giving LL daily column of eager comment 011 the Stokes matter; the skillful chicancry of the trial of a last young man for the murder or a thief in behalf of rm unchaste wcman. There is another story which they pass by in silence, of a young fellow who, on last Friday, did what he could for women too, though in another fashion, ungilded by dia- monds or stocks or romantic nastiness, which seems to us as well worth the telling. A party of excursionists had gone out from Philadelphia. to the hills near Norâ€" ristown, and just before dusk gather- ed about a station culled Spring Mill, in order to return home. The track at this point slopes sharply about the hill, with a bank on one side and a deelivity on the other. Five of the women were on this truck, when the whistle of the approaching express was heard, sweeping round the curve not twenty yards from them, they mistook it for the train on the other side of the river, which was just passing, and did not move. The next instant the express flashes into sight; the crowd, terrified, shrink back with a cry of horror; all except one man, who throws himself in the very front of the en- gine, thrusts one after the other of the live down the embankment into safety, and is caught up and dashed to the ground at their feetâ€"dead. It does nut seem to us to add any force to the story to state that the women, and the. man who gave his life for them so simply and promptly, as though it were the only natural thing for him to do were colored. During the war we crowned with our laurelzmd our praise those gallant young fellows who flung life away for some greater goodâ€"the safety of their coun- tryâ€"the freedom of a race. Because the same cause touched our own con- victions and burned in our own blood, we thought it was that which had strength- ened them for the sacrifice. But better than any cause is the inherent bravery of blood that meets death as a companion, the quiet, justeontempt oflife when weighed against the simple duty of manhood. l’hilip Gould lived unknown and unnoticed, he had re- ceired,most probably. neither gifts of intelâ€" lect nor culture to claim any especial 1" gun]; only a. plain, blunt man, whoâ€"of this we are sureâ€"loved his friend. The women were acquaintances; there was no call for sacri- fice on him more than any other of the crowd who stood about than. There was no mason why he should fling away his young lite, as lull of promise, as strong and bWUUt to him as that of any man of fairer skin, beyond the fact that there are certain men among us of royal blood who live obscurcly until some circumstance bids them prove their birth. We hope the story of this mam who died so manfully will be told, simply because it is ,a wholesome and ennobling story to us all. l'mise cannot benefit him now, nor give eom- felt to whoever is left behind to love or care for him. The quiet life of such men is worth more to those who know them than any act of sacrifice ; “dying was not all they had the skill to do.” We believe, too, that the most cheer- ing part, of the Etoi‘yis the fact thth such men are common about us. There is nota railâ€" road accident nor em‘ rgencv of any kind which does not bn'ng to light deeds of hero- ism, of self sacrifice, of unsellishness, that stir the pulse and bring the water to the eyes. We thank God for such men as this gallant led, and thank him the more that we find so many of them on every side of us in black skins and in white. We do not mourn Earl Percy dead the less because We know that we have a “hundred living still as gal- lant knights as he.”â€"â€"N. 1" Tribune. â€"â€"An altucnmcnb was issued from the county court of London, Va, some time since, against a man in Fairfax, and forewarded to the Elxerifi' of that county for execution. On Monday last the execution was returned bearing the following indorsment: “Dam- ned if I can find Dames, and I’m nearly froze looking for him,” The Judge took the frost out of the irate Sheriff by. fining him $55 for contempt. â€"A manufactory of Stratford, N. H . turns out 40,000 close pins daily. Braddock’s F; {9. 1"];in Gomd. I dell you dew aind a*)'ding (lot acrces mit dis val'om arisdogradlck blood of mine like a mild admosfcres, dot kind of vedder van a feller vouldn’d took cold cfen of he tucked off his flesh 11nd sot in his bones for a couble of hours. You kin talk boud your veddcr so much dot you blcasc, but of I vas going to hick some 011d I vood say mit der boet: “Uh, gore to me der summer, 7 Dol' gay olt mondL or Juney Cause doti’s dor kind of vodder Don makes dor flowers bloom . ” Yes, indeedy, dot’s der best dime in der whole year. You aind got to (lake your bail in der nighd und run oud to der shdore for n don of coal. You 11in got to pud up for dot. A brown linen (ierooad don’t cosd more as dwenty shillings, und you kin had dot vaslxed vile you’m (lookng your nighd‘s rosd, uud go up in der morning und found id bran new. You kin took a. heab more comford in summer as you kinin vinter, und I’m bedding on dot. Leedle olt nleil'S. I dellyou dere don’d vas Eomeding like id. Of you vant to vent any blace you kinâ€"(lore aind any iccsickles as big as a house in der rifer to shtob you-â€"der gonad vas obcn. Of you‘m on der midwal, you kin shkib righd shdraid along, I don’d care how many Jahanned fellers (lure we on dcr drain. You aind got to shday fife hundred miles may from any blace in a ice box of a car und look out of dcr vindows for six vo ks und saw noding bud a. 1011 of buffa- loes varming deir foot in frond of der low- comodcer. No, sir, ven deer vissle visslc-s und der cornaocdor says, “All righd ! Led her vent!" You'm gone. I dell you7 Sharloy, I- like summer. Of I had so much money as some of dose Safings Bank fellers is been shkinning der peoples oud of I vood shdob shlinging ink und running round der coundry shooding my moud ofi' mit “ Vat I Don’d Know Bond Farming,” und so soon‘ dot dot vind breezed 111) a lcedle bid cold I vood took my gripsack 11nd my shdraw cap und my dwendy shilling brown ofercoad und make obee line for “Avay down Soud in Dixie.” Dot’s vot I’d do, rurc. 1 vood go 3 vere a. man kin got 111) in der morning und 1 pud his hand end of his vindow vitoud get.- ting oud of bed and snadch a orunge off of a drco. Und oranges dot vill make you feel slidrong like a jakeass ven you giil drouull ending Von of dam. Yon'm a sllmard fellcr, Sharley. I’ve got you poody veil hrokcd in, but oh; man, you aind got efeiy ding down line like anyding ycd already. Dcro’s u goot many dings you musd lcurn,l dell you. I duke a hum of com- ford, bharley, do you know id ‘1 Und I nodice dot you'm a. gidding a lcedle bid olt fashioned, doo. You'm gidding old firshioncder and old fushionder efcry day. Der baud brool‘ in du‘ vorld, dot you’m giddins,r riseness. ()ltman, ven you’fo been round so much like your uncle Oofty, you’ll look dings as day cameâ€" shmood uud rough tcgedder. Duke dcr vorld easy, my sonâ€"lid llel‘ jug of she vonts do; of she jogs, vy you jog doo, and keep jogging , along. You'll gid dun: so soon like any of drl‘ resd of dcm, 11nd be fresher as any of dam. Dey’ll 1’0 blayed out mit worrying and growling7 and you’ll be like 2L bink fiddle done 11b in oil silk. Mako blcef you’ln happy cfvn if you aiml. By looking habby you will make odors hubby. Von bear mita soar head in :L menagoric vil make more animals resdless and ugly dam dwcndy cages full of monkeys kin got in good humor agiu. I Hind; brcuching a mrmon, Sharlcy,l’m envy shlinging end of dor visdom dots on my mind. I’m blum full of id dis morning. All righd, I‘ll shuesc id. l was present at a meeting not long since where Mr. Kingsley was one of the principal speakers. The meeting was held in London, the audience was a peculiar Cockney audience and Charles kingsley is personally little known to the public of the metropolis. Therefore when he began to speak there was quite a little thrill of wonder and something like incredulity through the listening benches. Could that, people near me askcd, really be Charles Kingsley, the novelist, the port, the scholar, the aristocrat, the gentleman, the pulpitrorator, the “soldierâ€"priest,” the apostle of muscular Christianity ‘1 Yes, that was indeed he. Rather tall, very angular, sur- prisingly awkward, with thin, staggering legs, a hatchet face adorned with seraggy gray whiskers, a faculty for falling into the most ungainly attitudes, and making the most hideous contortions of visage and frame , with a rough provincial accent and an uncouth way of speaking, which would be set down for absurd caricature on the boards 0sz comic theater; Sllch was the appearance which the author of “Glaucus” and hHypatia” presented to his startled au- dience. Since Brougham’s time nothing so ungainly, odd, and ludicrous has been dis- played uan an English platform. Needless to say, Charles Kingsley has not the elo- quence of Brougham. But he has a robust and energetic plain-speaking manner which soon struck home to the heart of the meet- ing. Ho conquered his audience. Those who at first could hardly keep from laugh- ing; those who, not knowing the speaker, wondered whether he was not mad or in} liquor ; those who heartily disliked his gen- ‘ eral principles and his public attitude,'wcre' alike won over, long bctore he had finished, by his bluti’ and blunt earnestness and his transparent sincerity. The subject was one which concerned the social suti'ering ofthe roor. Mr. Kingsley approached it broadly and boldly, talking with a grand disregard tor logic and political economy, sometimes startling the more squeamish or his audience by the Biblical frankness of his descriptions and his language, but, I think, convincmg every one that he was sound at heart, and explaining unconsciously to many how it lltlpptllud that one endowed with sympathies so humane and liberal should so often have distinguished himself as the champion of the stupidest systems and ;_the harshest oppres- s‘ons. ,ZAnybody could see that the strong impelling force of the speaker’s character was an emotional one; that sympathy and not reason, feeling rather than logic, instinct; rather than observation, would govern his utterances. There are men in whom, no matter how robust and masculine their per. sonal characterba disproportionate amount of the feminine element seems to have somehow found a place. These men will usally see things not as they really are, but as they are reflected through some per- sonal prejudice or emotion. They will generally spring to conclusions, obey sudden impulses and instincts, ignore evidence and be very “thorough” and sweeping in all their judgments. When they are right they areâ€"- like the young lady in the songâ€"very, Very good; but like her, too, when they happen to be wrong they are “horrid.” Of these men the author of “Alton Locke" is a remarkable illustration. It seems odd to describe the expounder ot the creed of Muscular Christi- anity as one endowed with too much of the feminine element. But for all his Vigor of speech and his rough voice, Mr. Charles Kingsley is as surely feminine in his way of reasoning, his likes and dislikes, his impulses and his prejudices, as Harriet Martineau is masculine in herintcllcet and George Sand in heremotions.â€"Juslin rlIcCurt/ry, in August Galaxy. 'Deeâ€"fi beneath the exterior history of the brilliant and dissolute century, while good Queen Caroline died amidst a throng of courtly bishops, turning from them in de- spair; while George 11. sank into dust and gave place to George III ; while the hopeâ€" less immorality of the great and famous awoke the polished rage of Junius, and the nobler reclamations of Johnson; when Pope and Swift were gone, and the Literary Club was at last giving an independence to letters that was to make it an instrument of na- tional progresi; when Pitt was covering the world with woe, 01' Granville and North stretching out a palsied hand to crush the patriots or New York and Boston ; when France was blazing with the rage of an 00fty Gnoft on “ Der Veddcr.” John Wesioy’s Labors. (/im] endless revolution, and all Europe preparing for a. reign of terrorâ€"Wesley was toiling to convert the felon and to shield the poor. One hand, at least, was. raised to stay the tide of evil, and touch humanity to man. His society grew into vast proportions. Persecution in a measure ceased. The press, indeed, abounded with light and serious th- ‘ tacks upon reform ; with the heavy leurnin of Warburton and the easier strain of Lav ington: with countless poems and satires’ novels and plays, in which Wesley and his disciples were held up to scorn: but they have all sunk into oblivion, and their tone grew setter year by year. Wesley replied to the graver efforts with no want of vigor. But he must have telt, as years passed on, that he needed no defense. His journeys had become seasons of various but never delusive p‘eauurts, his frail but venerated form had grown familiar to the most obscure and brutal of the English populace. The Cornish miner. the Newcastle collier, the Dublin rabâ€" ble, the felon and the mobs of London, had learned that one generous spirit had devoted the brief moment of its existence to them. Of the incomparable value of \Vesley‘s labors there could no longer remain a doubt. illis schools and Class meetings were educating the nation. He had founded at perpetual fountain of virtue in England while Granville was wrangling with George 111., and North feeding his licentious cavaliers. His iollowers were already moving in every town and village against the fortresses of sin ; and if sometimes the rude order and the exuberant joy of some uncultivated Christian might shock the taste of educated men, yet was there a refinement of moral feeling, a spotless purity of life, a joy in death, found in many a poor cottage and lowly occupation which Addison would have celebrated above his own, and to whieh the polished art of Chesterfield might have seemed gross brutalityâ€"Homer‘s Mayazine BUYING CMan ron FATTENINGeâ€"The Kan- sas City Drover says : “We know a man who bought two hundred head of poor Texas cattle in this market last winter at one and a half cents per pound, and took them by rail to his farm. Ho has used up feeding them a large amount ofrongh feed that never would have been used in any other way, nor paid freight in any form. he has fed thorn the corn product oi his own extensive fields and has bought very large amounts from his neighbors, tor which, Iy the way, he paid more than the market pricu has b11100 been, zmd bought it right there in the fields. '1 he cattle are now fat and marketable at live and six cents a, pcund. All concerned have made mom-y 3 many men have been employ- ud ; trade at the nearest town have been bon- cfitml; more buildings and articlcs of lux- ury wrli be required, and trade from 1er city to the country Will be stimulated to that ox- ‘tent, and the cattle will be transported to some point by rail at last. Flaw VARIETIES OF BUCKWHEA'Jx-Jl'he Gerâ€" mnntown Telegraph says : Commissioner Watts is (lishibuting;~ what purports to be a new variety of buckwheat. It is something)r of an innovation 011 the usual run of things to have u new im‘m ofthis old plant, which seems to have been the same old buckwheat for so many year“. This one is said to have a golden hull, but in what ICSpt‘CtS it is an improvementdoes not appear. The lnuek- wheet crop, when the seed has been sown in season, is by no means an unprofitable one, and it is rather remarkal 1e that it should have remained so long without any attempt at selecting any ’1Lrying forms for improve- 1..<-nt; and whether this particular form proves of much value or not, the Commis- sioner has (lone well in thus ('allii-‘g; atten- tion to a neglected but important crop. Now that a stint has been made in the buckwheat direction, we shall expect to see the usual 0 citcment in new varieties. SAWD‘L’S'P FOR BEI)J)ING.-â€"-A cormtpemh-ut of the A210 [fig/land Farmer writis for the benrfit of an inquirer : For his information l would my I have used cedar suvdust the two rust winters. ’1 he first winter I began early in the fail hefore the ground fioze, and used it pretty freely. My manure heap heated very badly, so much that 1 had to move the top as often as twice a week. Last win- ter 1 began later, after the ground l1'(‘Z(',élll(l used it. wry freely, but my manure did not begin 1'; heat until the first of this mouth. 1 can say tl'ucly that it keeps my cattle clean and dry, and 1 think they must he more comfortable. The manure is fine and easy to spread, and I am going to satisfy myself this summer whether the sawdust is bt nefi- eial to the crop, by spreading a strip of old manure that has no sawdust in it, for a com- parison. It may not be hardly a. fair trial, but it is the best I can do. L‘nrnnmn run Butâ€"A correspondent of the Cu‘eular notes the most universal disapv pearanee ot our native hat which 30 years ago used to issue at nightfall by fifties from old barns and fly away in search of food. He suspects that the subtitution, which has taken place all over the country, of substan- tial buildings of wood and brick for the old, loosely formed clapboard structures, has had considerable to do with the declining numâ€" bers of this “noctural quadrupod,” by cutting,r off its wanted and comfortable retreat. Our author queries wheth r the early comparative freedom from insect depredution which fruits and fruit tl‘tOS enjoyed may not be usuribud in great measure to the vigilance of the bat. At any rate the diminution of his tribe is to he regretted, and a successful (-li'ort to 1('ill- state him “would doubtless prove a greater boon to the country at large than the impor- tation of all the sparrows which England contains. llApxsnlssiâ€"the Aculimatizatiou Sociclyol l’alomoo recommends the following method for rapidin growing rudislws at any season : Stilton the seed by soaking in water {or twen- ty-lOur hours ; put in snmll sucks and ex- posc to the sun ; when the soed has sprout- ed (in twentyâ€"four hours} sow in a box filled with wolhmanured corthfimd moisten from time to time with lukewarm water. In five or six days, the mats will have attained the size ol a small onion. 1 :1 winter the box ls placed in the cellar, covered over, and daily moistened with lukewarm wow. Perseus desirous of Visiting the above states with the intention, if suited, of pur- chasing timber, mineral,or improved farming land direct from the owners at the present very low prices, and not in the hands ()4 speculators, but must be sold at a great sat:- rifice, and parties wishing reliable informa- tion about the climate, soil, products, &c.,and tickets at reduced rates to visit the states and free transportation to see the lands, it will be to their advantage to communicate with the subscriber as he is well acquainted with the above states and the most desxrable to settle in ; good climate, fertile soil, and advantages of railroads, navigation and other facilities for the best markets. This is the best opportunity ever ofi‘ercd to get a cheap home and the best climate in America. Send for circular of lands and card. 500 CHEAP mmwvm) FARMS, AND 200,000 ACRES or VALUABLE TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE. NOR'ZII CAROLIHA (3-3 VIBGINIA LANDS. R. \VHEELlLR’S COMPOUND ELIXIIL 0F PHOSPHATES AND UéllASAYA. This elegant, and agreeable prepai'ubioh has speedily become a tavorite on account 01' its great, reliability in the cure of Diseases of the Stomaeh,Liver and Kidneys. It, l‘UllCVCS 41L once pain and a sense 01' fullness after eating, flatulence, acidity, or heartburn. headaches, and constipation ol' the bowels, all of which arise from feeble digestion, and occasion poor blood. It, enables the stomach to digest food perfectly, and m smh’eient quantity to nourish the system thoroughly, and prevent. decline andruuulng down with chronic wasting dis- Southcrn Land Commissioner, 202, North John Street, Hamilton Ag‘l‘lcumn'al Items. s. 0. CASE, cases. In consumpiiou and scrofulous cases in women proshrabe 3mm famil cares, and in delicate children, will act ll 6 a, charm in impart,ng Vitality to all the organs and in Vig- orating the geneial health. it will restore all those whofurzi long Lime have heen in a. usable condition of the syswm, \‘ztnlying energy and disposnion l0 exoriioni it cures by means of purifying the blood, mid building up all the tissues 01' the body. Sold at 551 by all Druggists. TH E sub‘ (fl‘ibf‘l‘ is now manufacturing and pre- pared to furnish Lwo diI’l‘crem. kinds of for sowing wheat, rye, oat-s, peas. barley, corn ~ nd naye grass sowey‘ z tt'zwhed.” GRAIN DRILLS ! ' "1“1‘1e"|7rill§ z’iflfé'fivarrmfirtedrto sorwrthe different :inds ot‘gmiu mentioned in a good and proper 111:1111101‘,und, Without doubt, the best Grain Urfllx now in use. “1-15: :x.. I‘I‘dllll (fixtures Cider Mills, revolving Hay Ram‘s, lmw Cutters, Ploughs, &c.&cl,antl {stings 01' all descriptions made to order. Importing House 48 & 50 YODEfi-Sb., Toronto, 196 and 198 McGill t.,Mon1rea1, hnpu) m 5 no“ ving every Week by best, routes frnm all pmts of Europe. Terms & Discounts liheml to prompt Dealers. ROBERT \VIEKER, V‘JUITE LEADS, “GENUINE.” “No. 1," “No. 2,” and “ N0. 3,”01‘ths brand, are uhsur- passed {or body and brilliumsy of shade. I’nc‘câ€" ages contain full not; weighty. The public are, warned that certain other brands are I} lbs 811911 in eve) Allqd 25 yound package. V fixilinlhevtvllrrhrani! and do n'ot bevput, W111) inferior “nuts. The is alway> (‘HEA P- EST. §6ld by respectable dealerx in Paints through- out, Ontario, and to dealers oniy by 8 TORONTO STREET, TOEONTO 'J"Hl<3 APPLE“! ON Family Knit-ting Machine. Quetton George (in 00-, WINE MERCHANTS, TIIE OAVL‘Y 411210111X]? EVER, INVEZVT- El) THATJIEETS ALILTIIE RE UIII’Eâ€" MENTS OF THE 1‘0’13510. END FOR CIRCULAR. Ladies Wanted :7) in every town and village in Canada to act, as agents. InstrucLion glvcn gratis. Apply [put upin Pills or Tonic] Creates Hemth,Sirengldiguld vigorous old age cures nervous debilit-y, weakness. disturbed sleep. lnwucss 01' spirits, and purifies the blood. [’ills sent in boxes, $1 ()0. Send addressed enve- lope, stamp,1’0r E. K. Brown’s circular. T110311- L] l m'. bei iigthe’uc Ling ingredient of E . K. Brown’s Holayax, which speedily forces W HISKERS and MUS’J‘AGHE to grow heavy and thick in a short. time. and prevents baldness. Receipt sent in envelope, vosL free, for 50 cLs. Add ross, E. K. BROXVN. Box 7, Stratford, Ont. May 4, 187?. M afp-M THE LATEST AND MUST RELIABLE 0N II A N 1). ELIXIB OF STRENGTH REPORTER 01-“ FASHIONS ' MRS. SUTPIERLAND, Minnie homorosw‘s Patterns in grvat variety. Catalogues with cuts sent on application. Plumber, Steam Fitter, Gas (33 Goal Oil Chandeliers on Hand & DIADIL‘ TO ORDER. JOBBING of all KINDS ATTENDED T0 July 10' DLmdua July 27. July 6. 11111) 10101110, June 22. 157" :Card to the nginiou Trade. 1“ A L L 1 8 '7 f3, APP'JETON KNITTING MACHINE 00., TO THE FARMERS. muluTuLdnuhxuanan} rte; m, B R I'l‘ISIâ€"I 8:, F‘()REJIGN 95 Queen Street, W est, Toronto. May 18, at VJHOLES ALE (SE IiE’l AIL AND Soda. Water Machine Maker, E. K. BROWN’S 284; Yonge Street. Well known, never falling. BRASS IOUNI'JEB, VAULTS Box 615, Hamilton, Ont J. P. BILLING TON. Tbl‘onto and Mdntrunl ELLIOT 3399,, EAIITIWI TORON T0 afp. a fp afp-tl' alf- 13i BETWEEN London, Quebec & Montreal}. COMPOSED of the following or other FIMT- CLASS IRONSTEAMSHIPS :â€"â€"- ' SCOTLAND, MEDW AY, TEVIBTF TWEED THAMES, HECTOR _ NIGE , SEVERN, NILE ADALIA. HE STEAMERS OF THIS LIN E are intend- ed to 1m, WEEKLY, as follows, during the Season 01 Navigation of 1872, to and from LON- DON, QUEBEC & MONTREAL, [Calling at PLY- MOUTH, Outward, {or Passengers, and leaving the Port EVERY FRIDAY.] ‘ HECTOR. . . ‘ ... . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday,‘22d May. EMPEROR. “ 29m “ ADALIA . . . “ 5t‘hJune NIGER.. “ 12th “ NILE . . . . . . . ‘ “ 19th “ MEDWAY .. “ 26ch " SCOTLAND... . . “ 3rd July THAMES.... . . . . . . . . . . . . “ 10th “ And direct every WEDNESDAY thereafter. THAMES. . . HECTOR... EMPEROR . ADALIA. . .. NIGER. . NILE . . . ‘ . . . MEDWAV. . SCOTLAND QUEBEC TO LONDON : CABIN - - - - - - STBBKAGI‘. - - . . - :2 Through Tickets from all Points West at Re- duced Fares. Certificates issued to persons de- sirous of bringing ountheir friends. Tm- m; u Bills 01' Luaing issued on the Continent and in London for all parts of Canada, and 111 the United States to DETROIT, MILWAUKEE, CIjICéGQ. and other poian in‘iheWL For Freight or Passage, upply to TEMPER- LEY’S, CARTER d7. DRAKE. 21 Billlter St. London; WILCUX & WEEKES, Ban‘lcun, Plymouth; R0 ‘6 &C()., Quebec; or 900,000 PINE} LANDS On which are One Thousand Millions 01' Pine Timber, and Inexlxaustlble Quantities of Maple, Bevch, Elm, Ash, Hemlock. Oak. &c. The grant, 01 lands to the Grand Rapids and Indimm Railroad Company, to build Lheiarad from Fort Vv’aync, Indiana, to Traverse Bay and Mackinaw, Michigan, comprises, , its farming lands every variety or soil, from «the rich clay loam, in ihe light szlnrw, and Lliey'are found in that section of Michigan, north ot'lhe City of Grand Rapids, and Contiguous to the great fruit belt, on the easLern shores of Lake Michigan, now being rapidly developed by : 011.51 and ptherentex‘pi‘liseg ‘ -0p, Excellent Farming and Sp ndid gon,1‘.mx.isiee, Pore Marquette, White, Pine, Tamarack, F‘at and Rouge Rivers, and lyin twenty miles on either side of the surveyvfi line of suidmml, and me in the heart, of the PINE SECTION, from which Chicago is so large- lyfiupplied. .- -._,,, “A; 4‘ .AL:_._ ‘ARM NG LANDS are sold to actual settlers, ON CREDIT, one quarter down. balance in year- ly payments, interest 7 per cent. Persons de- sirous of locations 10 farms will, on applica- qion at the OFFICE, IN GRAND RAPIDS, be 1hr- nished with TICKETS OVER THE ROAD, en- Litling them to RETURN OF FARES, in the event, of purchasing any of the Com any’s farmin’g land. For lnfnrmanou aboutt e lands, prlces, loreu’un, (ton, address â€" WM. A. HO uVARD, Land Comx fissioner, Title Fen/eat. 7 Grand lupus? .Mich. J. Davison 85 00., IMPORTERS, 54: YONGE STREET, TORONTO. \VE ARE NOW RECEIVING @UR 1*" 411; L 1 WI P O li'lfA'l‘IONS Title Perfect. October 30. 187! FAIR CY GOODS. Lowhiuh we invite. the attention of the trade. Unit» by mail promptly executed. GRAY, RENNIE Gents’ Jeweliry, WHOLESALE IMPORTERS, 4:2 YOIING‘r STREET. TORONTO, QHOW A COMPLETE STOCK OF Sfiirts, Collars, Fronts, GENEIfiAL STAGE OE‘B‘ICE, HAMILTON, ONT. AMERICAN HOTEL, F. W. BEARMZAN', SPRING TRADE, 1872. DAVID McLBLLAN 6: Go. 53 KING STREET WEST RE SHOWING A LARGE AND WELL ASSORTED STOCK 0F GENTS' FURNISHINGS & JEWELLRY. 'K SMALL VVAmss, FA NCY GOODS. HOSIERY, GL0 was & CORSE'I‘S, HOOP SKIRTS 7 AND BUSTLES. ' N. B.-â€"Orders by etter promptly and. care- i’ully fillegm ' ‘EORGE ELLIS, MANUFACTURER . AND Importer of Human and Imitation Hair, Wigs, Bands, &c. Switches and Chlgncns. Hair work done in the latest style. Finest as- sertment of Hair Nets in Canada. Manufactur- er of Ellis’ Restorer and Darkng Oil; The Re- storer a valuable preparation for removing Dandrufl‘;and rendering the hair soft and glossy; also manufacturer of Ellis’ Magic 1 Bloom for beautifying and preserving the complectlon; each of the above in Bottles at 500 & $1.W hole- Sale & Retail. Orders carefully attended to. No. 179 Yonge St., TORUNTO. Ladies Hair Dressing, Shampooning, and Cutting. Special care taken in ()hildrens’ Hair Cutting. M AY 30. ‘7? OLD AND SILVER PLATER in all its branphps. Nickel Silver and Wood Show Cases and Window Bars. Carriage Plating of all kinds. Jqu 6, 12572. April -I, 1872‘ Orders by mail carefully filled M arr-.11 26. 1872. 'March TEMPERLEY’S LINE. TO THE TRADE. IiING S’£1{1EEC[‘ \VES’I‘. LA’ND‘LLLQL, ...... i2“. “ 30th And every TUESDAY thereafter. F0172 SALE], Sean‘s, Ties and Bows, - Hosiery AL Gloves, Small Wares & Trimmings Umbra] la (2 Rugs, Comm , Slums & Bustles, Wl’. MILLIOHAMP, MICHIGAN FROM LONDON. RATES OF PASSAG E. FROM QUEBEC“ PROPRIETOR. No. 14 King Street, East, GRAY, RENNLE 5: Co. DAV ‘D SHAW, Tliesdayt 431} J uqe MONT'R I’JAL ; :1 54111.15, m l [11 5 w44-3m TORJNL‘J 18th u 23le “ nd J 9m ‘33’ 16th “ a.f.g $60.00 24-00 131