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', . . - .-,,. by ike A Montreal despatch isya : Mason D. Cogswell, mate of the barque Alpbeua Marshall, OOL fir uied iii hia evidence yester- day before the Magistral* here the charges made in court of the groaa cruelty and utarvstiuu of the men ou board bv tke captain. The following is the obief parrot' the evidence given by the mate : At bull MM twelve the naif-past one I (old the boatswain to turn them to. They told him they were not able to do BO, mad they also told roe person, ally, telling me that they were too weak. I don't know how the men felt, but had I been one of tbe men I would have eon- aitleced til* OMB 'a trtalemoi.i a fair onu. .1 went alt and retried to the oaptaiu that the men would not turn to. Tbe captain aid, " Well, 1 guess we ate meu enough to make Uiciu. Tbe men were Uten ordered aft, and the oaptaiu came down to them. They told him they were not able to -go down to work, and tbat they bad bad no food since the previous day. Xiie steward was called, and on said that they bad been giveu their boup aud meat that day, but that' they Had eaten all their bread tin night before. I wa/ then ordered to put them iu irons. ,Nul a map refused, and I went to my room' aud got the iroun and tbe bound male and boktaoiaa ty halp me, Tney were irontd. Tbe irons were a pair of handcuffs. A soon an tbe ironn were on- the oaptaiu ordered ua to trio* them up. When be eaid to true them up I kuew what he meaut, though 1 bad never Been it done before. A piece of ratling tuff, rap* about ati thick an a pencil, 'and about Dvefatbouiaiexig, waa brought out. I wished to be a.UttIe bupaae, and I wept | to put it around their ironi*, bat tbe'baji- ! tain aatd to i ui it oo their Uiuuibu. I *i J i that Uie cope wan too thick, atid the captain I told me to unliy it. We took three of the I strands out of tbe ratling staff and " trieed lap" no that their hot just touched t lit I deck. The captain told then that Uuiy F could Rtay up until tbe d d arms droi> I ped off them, aud I have do doubt hewobid bare done to. 1 do not know how loon a twe a tuan, , could live . when triotd \w. Tapper waa a good man. T never KnSw him to complain. He aaved mil bia flMtt* |Q <)fca aere.iu atbf for eight vearn. T'hef* 1s Tuore' eviderioe tn OotneVMut what haa been produced already alcuoat oomjletely. i i i i i K i A Hr,. . i ii i % i. ii I ].,. In, i *< '|NII> MU we-f'a OlrU. A last (Wednesday) night's Chicago deipatcb aaya : Tbe large building at tbe corner of La Halle and Michigan itreeta, the lower lljort of which wen- oooupu J by bide dealers and tbe U( per portion byjb'isbr er'a cigar box factory, caught fire at noon and wan completely gutted. One rain wan atUed ay jornjiog and two uu.iuerud on lh stairs. Tbe factory girla escaped with the greatest difficulty. Ii i believed that all are aafa. Tne low will be ova* 1100.000. After |tM lire oumrnenoad, the lotawan of the cigar-box factory, James Cart, got thirty -Htveu employees together and led teen to tbe lira-proof stairs and safely to the ground. Beiug in doubt whether any were left bebiud, Carr returned to tbe fiflfc atory. The flame* out off bia escape. He hurried to tbe roof, and a rope waa thrown htm from an adjoining ktnlding. While deeoendiuf, tbe rope broke or waa banned. lie fell through the tarpaulin, which waa held below, and broke bia neck. Another thrilling Boene, meanwhile, took place at tbe ore eeoape from the onvwiug yam factory. Kigbteen girls, paiilo-striokeu, eame down pell-mell, and when within twenty-five feet of tbe ground tbe Issteigbt jumped to tbe pavement, falling la a con fused heap. Tore* were painfully out and brmaed. Lain. Carr, whoa* neck waa not broken, as at first supposed. revived on hi* way to tbe hoapital, out died tbii after noon. No other loea of life ii reported. Tbe lose by flrt will be $1X".,000. Nireaaib. A BanderBville, Ua., despatch says Fifteen years ago A. J. Jernigari, of th county, married Miss Fannie Tbompson one of tbe most beautiful hellea tbat eve reigned in Georgian society. For a ooupl of years Mr. and Mrs. Jernigan wer leaders in nocial circles, but after tbe birt of a daughter tbe mother found hertte condition haa been ouch tbat not only wa she unable to move a limb, but ber tongu was paralyzed to tbat ibe could oot speak aud sbe bad to bu fed on liijuid food. / few weeka ago Mrs. Jernigan was given u for dead. Tbe watobera Stood around he bed momentarily expecting the expirin breatb, while the bufferer lay almost with out renpiration. Bhe seemed at length t fall asleep, and tbe watchers left tbe room During tbe whole morning the sufferer without the knowledge of her attendant* lay, not as they aupt>oaed in a Htupor, bu in silent prayer. Bbe threw ber whole aou into her appeal to God to save ber for he daughter's sake. It was the fourth hour o ber prayer when her attendants bad retii Suddenly she imagined she heard word repeated : " Arise, thy faith hatb made thee whole. Offering up one more ferveut prayer abe found tbat Ibe power of motion ha< returned to ber, and the conviction oame to hex that God bad indeed answered be prayer. Getting up, ibe felt aa Btrong an on tbe day efae wae married. Uaatil; dressing, she opened the door into th. adjoining room, wbere she appeared tefore her husband aud friends as though risen from tbe grave. " Fear net," abe said. " God has re stored me to life." The whole company knelt down ani tbanked Ood tor what bad occurred. Tba afternoon ahe walked. bait a mile to oburob for tbe purpose of graying, at tbe end ol wbioh ohe wa* not in tbe least fligued The isjcident esxited the whole county sue hundred* bave beet) calling on ber, all ol whom hhe assures that her cure has come from Ood. I \ \ \ I i M. I ,ur. I,, Mr. I. MI., ill. I ,|>iln Arcbirlcl.i Ikr .nii.h. ,i <n A London cable aaya : United State* Minuter Lowell waa present yesterday at the lecture before the Koyal Institution by Mr. Pctrie, the .Egyptian arocaulogist, upon bia reoeut explorationa at the aite of y.jau. Mr. I'etrie gave aome highly totcreating detaila oihit ezoavationb amuni the ruit'H of tbi> vaniabed city of tbe NUe delta, the antiquity of wbioh is oonoluaively abowu by Joaepbua and many liibliual writer*, wbila ito ancient splendor baa been proven by Mariette and other modern ezplorera. Mr. Petrie ban obtained a rpleodid oolleotion of Egyptian antiquitiaa, which are to be distributed among 104 British and Boeton mueuma, wbiah Bdb- aoribed to tbe ejipeuseg of Mr. Petrie'l expedition. At the clone of Mr. 1'etne'i lecture, Mr. Lowell wai elected Vioe-1'reai- dent of tbe Board of Truoteea in charge of the fund for future explorations. Mr. Lowell alao made a brief addrena in his plemaantaat vein, lie aaid tbat peraonally be wonld be inclined to bury derp underground many of tbe monuments and so-called worka ol art wbioh are now cumbering the earth, but be wife v< ry glad tbat Boston was to abate in tbe poMmaion of tbe beautiful objects which t'otrie'B skill and labor bad renoued bom among tbe relic of the 1'baraoba. A lr ,l,rf Count de Vermicelli, an Italian noble- man pew in New York, is engaged to be married to Misa Maud Bnobberly, of Fifth avenue. One of the guests at a recent social gathering at the Bnobberly mansion, asked old Mra. Huobberly hhe used to be a Her. vent girl bow ahe Uksd her prospective son-in-law. " Me aud Mr. Bnobberly are both tickled to death with Count de Vermicelli, and the way be ia atnok on Mand ia a sin. You can't bave any ids* of how tbe Count dotes on tbat gal. Everything ID the world tbat be imagines she wants, be makes us boy for ber." Tbe new Chapel of Trinity College, Tor- onto, oost 120,000. I. Ill I - I UK ! . .Ti, m. > ii in,. Les H. i -Mo, m on lh I ! r 4'nlllarnla 1 mn << hooni r. ' - III. I h. 1r ,r ~ . eh* I . A Ban Francisco despatch says : Tbe following further particulars of Uie dil asfcroua nturiua ou Uia coast of Lower Call forma were learned ibis morning. The new! was bnrotrgtil bete by tba captain ol tee steamer Mewbetu.Uom Uuaymaa. He aaya the, ateauier Ksiado do bouora left M/.tlau on September 2'JtB. The flral ttortn broke out on tbe foiljwing day. ft raged witb uob tetlino fury that the KnUkJo wae unable to put back. It ia aup |Ked she rolled over kud went down with nfty-seven souls aboard. Nothing sj ever afterward heard of the passengers or craw. October 14th tbe Newberu passed large i|uantity of wrecked Muff near tbe entrance vi tbe Golf of Call- toraia. Among It was a pilot-house with a baud attached. A lot of brann work bad been picked up by tbe natives of San Jose Inland. They bad stripped off all tbe wood pact and burned it, leaving only the brans work. Tbere were no marks on any ol these, but it ia believed thane were all from tbe wreeked uteaiuer. borne braaa work was seat to Guaymaa for tbe pur- pose of identifying it. Tbe Eetado was oommat cled by Capl. Kjde, nephew of Capt. Cbailes WUaoo, Juraierly Uaumb Consul iu tbis city. Xbe aeooud storm began October 7th aud lasted three day*. It was more violent even than the firat. Tbe only particulars are from Cane St. JUioas. As reported last night, there was Huob a tremendous sea running tbe Ne bern wan unable to touch at tbe Cape. Bbe passed through. Uejd* of loose oaodles, believed to be part of the cargo of tbe schooner Dora. Out if all the small ooatttera only one baa been beard of, a small sloop (usme unknowu) witb five eoulu aboard. Two of them were saved a young boy, son of M. Oreene, manager of Gape Ht, Lioeas, and a sailor. Tbe tetter Jiekl the boy sixteen hours in hi* arms in tin! water. Of nine schooners lost, four were the Ban Pablo, San Pedro, Cisne and Antonio. The names of the five other sari unknown. WILD I hi CUT la I'.,-., ..Inn ( In I, III miinH lor Hi, IM.n,|..,H nl Minrn. < - ......! >l,ll. , \ ho U ll.iii C r.l mill ii. mi. . i la I ii. a' A last (Frids>>) night's Winnipeg dea- patob aaya : Tnere was a great demon- stration to-night against Attorney-General Millar, on account of tbe aopginR of tbe prisoner MoCormaok yeaterday. Some 3,000 people aaBembled in front of tbe Queen's lintel, wbere Miller was burned aod hanged in effigy. The crowd then started for bia residence, armed with a oat- o'nine-taila, which they intended to apply to him if fonnd. tie was in hiding, how- ever, and the mob went to tbe Parliament Building, where they called Mr. Norquay out and asked him to dismiss Miller. He promised to answer within two days, and aaid the answer would be satlafaotory to them. It ia supposed that he will let Miller go. The city and Provincial police and a detachment of the 90th Rifles were on band, but tbe crowd waa orderly and needed no repreaeioa. No auob indignation haa e\er been seen in Winnipeg before laat nigbt. ^ Miaa Hattie MoCrtary, of Gettysburg. Pa., has by will bequeathed $3,000 to Princeton Theological Seminary , for the support of studentH preparing lor the mis- sionary field ; 91,000 to tbe Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, and 9600 to ths Presbyterian Beard of Home Missions. Siooe July a drought has prevailed in lower east Tennessee, north Georgia and north Alabama. All farming interests are aerioualy imperiled, and unleaa there is rain soon tbe result will be disastrous. Grazing lands are burned up acd the oreeka are dry. Earl Dufferin will sail with his suite from Southampton for India, Nov. l.'.th, in the Peninsular and Oriental Company'a Tasmania, a swift steamer which will bring tbe new Viceroy to Bombay, at tbe latest, IJeo. 9th. s, otilsli -,. At Crieff feeing market, on tbe 7th inst foramen ware engaged at.from i'2H_to 31 aeooud hands at from 24 to T7 ; orramen 22 to i'24 , halnoa, 13 to 1C ; women 14 tofllli. The old regimental oolora of the 3n Battalion Gordon Highlanders were, ou tb 10th iust., at Aberdeen, presented to th rfioeeaa of Wales, on ber way south. T a marriage oo thai llth lust.. In S Uilei-' Caibedral, Ediuburgb, tbe Kpisoo pa*iaa eerviea wan |nuluuiiad h> tui LI ii-r palian clergyman. Thia is said to be th fiml oecasiou ou wbioh such a tetvice ha been performed in the cathedral. At ibe opauiDS> nervice of tbe new place of worship of tbe Wellington Street U. P Cbnrob, in tbe west end of Glasgow, th collection amounted to 12,500, being the largest oolleotion ever made iu any church in Scotland. Tbe International Forestry Exhibition in Edinburgh waa closed on Saturday October lltb. During the three mouths in which it waa open the exhibition waa viaited by about half a million people. Lord Roaebery left Edinburgh on the 17th lust, for London. His Lordship though atill buffering from tbe cfieote o tbe accident whieh be recently sustained aeemed iu good health. The people of England and Scotland aaya tbe Louion Sptc'ator, are multipoint BO fast tbat pessimists may well be excuse* for feeling aoma anxiety as to the future Tbe population of tbe kmiidom, which in 1H15 was 16,000.000 is now ati,000,000-tha ia to say, it ban grown more in the lasi seventy years than it accreted in all the untold ages of the previous pMl. Tbe fallowing rhymed version of tbe Ten Commandment* ia bud to nave been laugh in the little HOtaool kept by Daniel Bimpaou at tbe Saw pit," near Lanark, abou sixty-five yeam ago : Pint Have toon DO ether goUt but Mo ; BecouJ I'uto no iiuage bu* the kuee. Third Tai not the name uf God In vale ; Kourtb IHi not tbe Sabbath ilav pinfane. Kifth honor Iby (aibsr mui uiottti. lou , hixili ml HIV tbat thuu no uiur.li r .1... BercDtb From evil keep tbrm obasto anil dean Kit;bili-An<l >teal nut thoogh tar state be LUI-UU Ninth . i! liilM roport hear cot Ilia blot : Tenth W bat i tby ueiKhturtcuvnt not. n - IMII i KI> i I h. Ii... ii in. ..i ..,i,. . I..M mid it,, fr hi n i I in iin.l ul -o.lh < IIK.IU.I. A Grenville. B.C., despatch nays : Tbe Presbyterian Synod e* South Carolina baa Men (li-cuaaiug th Darwiuiau theory ol evolution. Tbe iiitue arose from tbe faet bat Dr. Woodrow, Professor of tbe Columbia Theological Seminary, with tbe avowed purpose of fortifying \oung mini* .ern in toianilHo knowledge, net forth tbx theory of evolution expietaiig bis own wlief in u in a ulili-.a form, and declar ng it i.ot iLoonHUtent with scriptural eacliin^'. Tno ilincusmon was warm and i|>mtd, most of ibe leading divines cf Ibe iyuod partiuiptting. A resolution was nually adi pied by a vote cf .".o t > 45 leclariug tbat in tbe judgment of the B>nod tbe teachiog of evolution in toe theological lemiuary at Columbia, except in a purely expositury manner with no intention of nenloating ita truth, ia disapproved. I h. I), ,. >. ... .1 \ >!,., A Cairo despatch say a : A great gloom taa been thrown over tbe party of Cans- lian voyageurs by tbe ead death of Loui* aptaine. Tbe whale boat, manned by tbe 'anadians, waa worked through tbe Gam- mel cat tracta in fine style, tbe paaage inly oooupviug six minute". Tneir Hucceea was greeted witb hearty okeera from tbe regulars. Jual as Hie boat got through tbe apids, Captaine, while ataudiug up in tbe >oat tryiun, it in auppoued, to change leata with a companion, fell overboard aud was wept away. lie was a luaty swimmer, and made strong but fruitless efforts to reaeb tbe sbore. Life buoys were thrown o him, but ncue csme within bis reach. Te HtrugKled for a few aeconds, when, witb despairing ahrisk, be suddenly threw Dp lia arma and was carried down tbe stream ud dashed agaiimt tbe rocks. Die body was not reoovend. Tbe deceased was a Jaugbcawaga Indian, 36 yeara of age, and tad been engaged by Lord Melguod at laugbnawaga. . , inl I ,r KiagRton, N. V , boasts of a wonderful oat. Its owner given it a bigb chair at the table. Tbe oat considers that chair ita iwn, and if anybody elue attempts to take Kfflsesmnu of u at the dinner table be will make a fna*. lie Beats himself in tbia bair, oat fashion, and wbeu bia owner ya grace it is claimed the oat will cross IM paws and act iu a very i-enom manner nntil grace is finished. When tbe folks at be table begin to eat, if tbe oat baa not been helped, be will immediately make bat fact known by putting his paw on the arm of tbe gentleman of the house. The lal is not Hut H tied, as a rule, unlesa ho has a little of eveiy thing to eat on tbe table, and wtit Drink coffee out of a aauoer. The rimmf, ftmt Pl.mfcrr.. The poor plumber baa returned from Europe and ia uow waiting impatiently for he early front llotton Timii. A Chioago woman has been paying a .awn broker ?.".t s year for tbe use of 925. i'o mention ia made of It, but it goe* with at aaying that thia lady U tbe wife of ilumOer. LovnU Cititen. " I am a plumber," answered a burglar, who was discovered in a chamber of a house in Cincinnati at midnight, and the wuer turned over in bed with tbe remark : Oh, I waa in the hopea it waa a burglar, r.d lie would leavn me something. " Detroit >c Pnu. The plumber believes witb Ilamlet tbat laying upon a pipe ia as easy as lying. He as a vast experience in both, for moat of is jobe are accomplished witb more play tiau work, and tbe stories be tells about be time of his men entitle him to a place mong tbe most determined haters of tbe ate lamented George Washington. Ilotton Budget. People unaccustomed to tbe Cbnrob of iiigland service have some difficulty in tiding tbe places in the prayer book. An ffort ia being made to overcome this iffioulty by having the entire service riuted in the order in which it is said. a rrt-M.oiiiIrm h.w. What r.unlr a,Ue la KaiuU Krall; la. The remark that "be wbo Knows on! Ht. Petersburg and Moscow baa not see Ruuaia" was accentuated in my experience when, on my way to Central Asia, I aooepie an invitation to a nobleman's seat in tb Russian interior, s-tys a correspondent o the London Tiiiu'i. Previous journeys t be sxtremitieB of tbe empire had brougb me in contact with diverse races along tb bigb roads, but I was anxious to nee wha trie peasant wae Hke, no* wbeu staouti " Loug life to tbe Czar " under tbe walls the Kremlin, bat when buried at home out of reaob of steamer aud railway whittle and milea away from a post road, a tell graph station or a poet-office. Wit inereKt, therefore, after driving over dust; roada the whole of a summer uigbt, found myself In tba early morning approaching my destination. " You man uot expect to find anything peculiarly Rui aian about the houne," my friends had said " for it is a new structure, of blioabethan architecture." And so from tbe outaide i waa. One might have fancied it a Kential maution, purobaned for i'OOOO, and Be down in the middle of a Ruasian estate Tbe interior of tbe Louse) wae atunewha more adapted to Muscovite ideal in tba the rooms opeued one into tbe other, ani Ibe sleeping apartment* of the family could be out off from the real. Tbe mate riala for tbe bouse had been obtained foi the meat part ou the n> it. Tbe brioki were burnt on tbe (state, and tbe band aome carving aud wainscoting of tbe hal were of indigenous) timber. Home of tb ornamentation, however, was from abroad The panels ou the drawing roonj walla Were filled with immense Italian paiuliugn, aui the room of my bontcas was bung witb large photographs of tbe masterpieces o In keeping with this was the intelkotua culture of tbe family. English waa epokeu by partuta aud children all day lejeg, an, French, German and Rtnman wheu required. Ia tbe morning we read, wrote and took bone exeroies, and in tbe eveuiii were enlivened with claeitioal music, n1 . wbioh it was bat a step oat of the drawing room doors on to tbe spacious terrace tc look iu the gloaming over ouu of those vaa Kaasian plains, whieb can hardly be called beautiful, but which are striking to an Euglmbiuau by reason of tbeir vaatueas am uuhkeneaa to anything he sees at home The mansion waa built on a hill at the foot of wbieb a river raesodrsed, eeMaininf trout and perofa; and iutervanls/g wen terraced lawns and urouudn, covered in beir season* witb. bvuuly buttercup aud daisiaf, M well aa forget-me-nots, wild rones and li'iea of tbe valley. Tbe grounds were planted, not, indeed, with conifers for tbere are none on ths estate hot witb tall poplars and sturdy oaks up to two feel in diameter, clusters of pliant willows aid graceful birch, together with lime, beeob aud elm. These tree* aril a refuge for tbe cuckoo, thrush and nightingale, while ittle further off in tbe forests are to be found, ataoDg bird*, rooks and crown ravens, hawks and eagles, and antooK animals, hares, foxea aud wolves. But H was not Ibe mansion tbat interested me BO much aa ite surround ings. Tbe estate consisted of about 25,000 acns, of which ore-fifth ia forest aud one-twsntiatb pa* tare, tbe soil varying katwaaa good buck earth, loam, aaad. loam and sand witb clay >eneath, aud ill aosbe par t -i of all clay. It 'uruiahea no building itoue, but plenty ol aJabaater, which remaina, however, inworked. Grpwiug wild, were to be fouud loravradieh, ra4pberrie*., strawberries, black currents and fruit called rebiua ; while on ,he cultivated lauds wheat Waa said to thrive, but not barley, aod buckwheat, rye, oats, peaa, flax and hemp. Beans, too, ire grown in gardens, and tobaooo. I oquired, of course, tbe cost of tbis irodaoe, and found tbat on tba spot. or tbe pood of 3G Euglinh pounds, wheat .i.il buckwheat eold for 2. ; rye, la. 81. ata, lit. li. ; potatoes, 7d. a bushel, and lay frouj 2|], to 4i. the pood, tbis laat wiug of tolurabla quality, but not oompar- able to English fodder. Urdiuary laud yielda from 25, to 35 poods of hay an acre, in 1 the better sort from 50 to 76 poods, witb, sometimes, a second crop. Tbe estate waa inhabited by about 1,000 fami- ies, living in woodea, tbatoned houses, usually of two rooms only, built often of willow, of wbioh a log 30 feet loug and 10 uobea in diameter oost a couple of 'bit- ings, tbe outer bark of tbe tree being ** 'or roofing and tbe inner bark for matting and ropes. Tbe houses were furnished only scantily. Twenty in the hern, village, might each perbapfl potweos a bed, >ot not one of them a bed aud bedstead, oo. It waa common, however, for a family to poasesB a cow, one or more noraex, aud bree or four sheep; a good specimen of be laat weingiug forty pounds to fifty louuds, and ita wool selling from 4} 1. to "i. per prand. The food of tbe peasant* was extremely aimplo, consisting of rye iread aud atohee, or soap of cabbage aud at ; soaked and boiled buckwheat eaten with hempMsd oil ; mushrooms, curds and oniona. For drink they consumed kvas, mall beer made from rye bread, and here ,nrl tbere tea, though this latter baa cot become general among them. Beef waa a lelioaoy aod oont 21 per pound, mutton i 1. aud pork 2Jd. Chiokeoa aold from ! j'l. to 44. each, duoka from 6d., geese for 'U.I., while extravagant person* feasted on urkeya at it. each. The clothing of the >eaaautry was in keeping with tbeir food. A man's summer suit connate of a oof.ou hirt, a pair of linen trousers and aboea of Ume- tree bark, tbe laat costing id. per air. If a peasant a|uaa to huh boota hey ooi-t him froia Its. to 14s.,and he ( HVH about the same price for hta troffleepun while in winter his sbeepakin houba or coat may coat him from IB*, to " i. dearer, I may remark, than I paid at Khiva, wbere common ahoubs could be bad 1 10s. each. The Prussian fire damp oommlerion bae ascertained tbat during last year tbere were H4 accidents, whiob resulted in losa f life in 24 mines. Ninety fr.ur persona were killed and 22 injured. Tbe amount f coal mined per fatal accident was 1,491,- 17 tona. One man wae killed for every ,i!6 engaged. These flgnrea show tbat he dangers attending coal mining are wiug reduced. Baroness Bnrdett Contts ia loaning tb iatrersed flabermen of the Britiah coast money to replace their loat boats. OKI ML. a>)r %i 11 b. on il,. Ml. Your notice of the death of Liant -Col. Stewart bringa to my mind many pleasant things concerning this brave c ffioer, sttya a letter to tbe Springfield li^uhlican. About three yeara ago while tiam-ing through Asia Minor I mel Col.- then Cspt. Blewart, V lot -Consul to Corea, Turkey. As we were going tbe same direciiiu we agreed to travel together. I found bun a true English gentleman, of high culture, Hyaipaihetio aud uuilouuly kiud. ll waa tateuiiivsly trav-.-lled, having Beeu iuo-t of tbe world, and uot yet more tkau 80 years of age. He had travelled extensively in Kurofiti aud AMI, and was iu Egypt wbeu death claimed him early in bia proiuixiug career. No obstacle turned him f rum bin purpoae when once settled upon. At tbe IILUO be travel- led through Persia it wan uot safe for an officer or tourist, so be travelled aa an American missionary. lie Lad already viMited China and western A-u, aud was anxious to see tbe intermediate countries. He visited the States an the Eughab call tbe United Slates and Canada a few yearn ago. Just after I bid bim good- bye at Aleppo be atarted for the desert with three oaruela and Arab servauls aud an interpreter. He left bia owu aervauta ID Aleppo, so tbat he would be compelled to talk Arabic and so get ibe language. He acquired a language rupidly. Iu otie year l/u rpjke Turkish like a native ; of course, l bin is wonderful. lie wis a bard worker and constantly active. lie, with a number of (tber English army offijers, was sent to Turkey to help the Turks carry out aome refirma winch the Sultan bad promised England to bave carried out. But a very little of bis time w required for tbii purpoae. However, I Huspeot tbat part of their object in residing iu Turkey was to ntudy iu atrttegio pointt. for whenever I travelled witb them they were making obbervationa and noting dintauoea, etc., which I afterward saw at tbe oonsulate were being converted into maps. Tbe Bultan made a spasmodic attempt to ameliorate tbe condition of his subjects. Gen. Valentine llaker waa appointed, at the request of tbe Engliah Minister at Con- ntauuiic pie, chit! of an imperial MSB mis- sion, eompoeed of Lord I'atOe, Sol-nan Pasha, Col. Salvier Key, aud others, to visit all parts of Turkey aud make a report to him. Gen. Baker made au elaborate report ai.d tba whole Ihu.g ended tbere. Gen. Baker told me that bin report would never be read. Tbe wbeie tbiug was done to quiet England. At bivas, Asia Miuor, Col. Stewart came to reside for a while before leaving Turkey. Whist tbere Oen. Bsker ani tks) commis- sion oaroe to remain ail weekn. Col. Cberiuside, whose fiuished diplomacy is doing so much iu Egypt, soon arrived at Hivaa with hie party. He was Lieut. Cbermside tbea, and a kpleudid gentleman. 1 was taken sick at Bivan and be insisted on a change, be going witb me, attended by bis bodyguard, earing for me as a brother, Aud one of tbe last aou Col. Su wart did for me was sending me a military guard to escort oa from the interior to tbe Mediler- ran- an flea. Gen. Valentine Biknr, Col. Stewart, Col. Cnermside, and other Kuglwb gentlemen Were at my knon%g at breakfast, dinner and at all bourn, aud I bave met them under many other oiroumstauoei, and 1 Bevet met truer gentlemen. Tbs English who criticise our oooutrv and pepele do net reprt-xuut the true C I. Stewart Uol. niewart jmT>iri<;r > 1 n K-rd j,uuple Ol tbe cos always doiuf eqtsx thing for 1 ofteu called upon to act with tbe toe eosjntry, aud wa* ahem. He was upon to act aa arbitrator oelweeu them. Tbey bad great faith m aim. Hi wae constantly exhorting them to industry and a better life. He rose very rapidly ia tbe army, and would, had be Mau H|>ated, have been bigb up, tor b was Brave and every inch a soldier. When passing through part of a country infested with Circassian robbers and if anybody seek in tfeeir bands be will avMtvAem- aer of them an a bloodthirsty, cruel race ; fall into tbeir baud*, and know how cruel lby are the colonel was riling along but two servants, when they met twelve armed Ciroaofcian horsemen. Tbe colonel immediately placed himself and :un man on tbe defensive, aud by his coolness and skilful defence he kept tbe robbers at a respectful distance until they beared a town, when tbe brigands imiliugly withdrew, fully acknowledg- ing tbear defeat. Tbe last I aaw of this oiodiBt, courtly, brave gentleman was at Aleppo. I bad been m tbe oily a day or two whan be sent bia servant, laying tbat he had junt heard tbat I was m town, and would call on me in an lour or two. He felt very badly that I bad not oome directly to the consulate, and ;ben urg*d me to make tbe oonaulate my lome. He aaid he waa sorry on bis own account tbat I bad not oome directly to hia tuonag, a* be would have been glad to bave presented me to an Euglinb party wbo bad osi come from the desert, nud wan oitouie 10 Knglaud. I was Korry, t K>. no| to ' have met them, for I bad beatd of this English- man who yearly visited tbe deseit, making lis home witb its most powerful chief. He bis blood brother. A few years ago tbia Rentlt-inaa, with an escort, viaited tbe aod tbere mat thia chief. The gen- ilcman drew blood from bis arm, and tbe chief drew blood from blr, which ceremony made them blood brothera. Tnat aglisb- man is as safe there as iu ibe streets of Hpringfield. I don't know when I waa more deeply affected than when I beard of tbe death of hat ftinotre, anaeUUb, nubia gentleman, 3ol. Stewart, Truly, Gordon has rost a rue friend and a wine counsellor, aod an ble soldier, and England a finished diplo- mat, M well as one of her most promising military men. < o, i ., ling Ih. I', . , h, , . From that wicked paper, tbe Paris) 'igaro: " Yes, brethren," says tbe clergy. man wbo is preaching tbe funeral sermon. ' our deceased brother was out down in a ingle night torn from tbe arms of hi oving wife, wbo ia thus left a disconsolate window at tbe age of 24 years." Twenty, wo, if you please," aobs tbe window, in the) ront pew, emerging from ber handkerchief or an instant. It is now announced that ths Rev. Mr. Miln will shortly sail for Australia. Does is go to evangelize the dramatic Held ? Sberbrooke Baptist Church ia witbouLa tatter. '