* * * * * $2 to ALBANY and TROY. The Day Line Steamboats C. Vibbard and Daniel Drew, commencing May 31, will leave Vestry st. Pier at 8:45, and Thirty-fourth st. at 9 a.m., landing at Yonkers, (Nyack, and Tarrytown by ferry-boat), Cozzens, West Point, Cornwall, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Bristol, Catskill, Hudson, and New-Baltimore. A special train of broad-gauge cars in connection with the day boats will leave on arrival at Albany (commencing June 20) for Sharon Springs. Fare $4.25 from New York and for Cherry Valley. The Steamboat Seneca will transfer passengers from Albany to Troy. * * * * * THE MERCHANTS' Life Insurance Company OF NEW YORK, Office, 257 BROADWAY ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Issues all kinds of Life and Endowment Policies on the Mutual System, free from restriction on travel and occupation, which permit residence anywhere without extra charge. Premiums may be paid annually, semi-annually, or quarterly in cash. All Policies are non-forfeitable, and participate in the profits of the Company. Dividends are made annually, on the Contribution plan. Pamphlets containing Rates of Premium, and information on the subject of Life Insurance, may be obtained at the office of the Company, or of any of its Agents. Parties desiring to represent this Company in the capacity of Agents will please address the New York Office. WILLIAM T. PHIPPS, _President_. A. D. HOLLY, _Secretary_. O. S. PAINE, M. D. _Medical Examiner_. HENRY HILTON, _Counsel_. C. H. KING, M. D. _Asst-Med. Ex._ Each Agent in direct communication with the New York Office. * * * * * DICKENS The homage of our world to thee, O Matchless Scribe! when thou wert here, Was all that's loving in a Laugh, And all that's tender in a Tear. So, if with quiv'ring lip we name The fellow Mortal who Departs, A Smile shall call him back again, To live Immortal In our Hearts. O. C. K. * * * * * THE MYSTERY OF MR. E. DROOD. AN ADAPTATION. BY ORPHEUS C. KERR, CHAPTER VII. MORE CONFIDENCES THAN ONE. "You and your sister have been insured, of course," said the Gospeler to MONTGOMERY PENDRAGON, as they returned from escorting Mr. SCHENCK. "Of course," echoed MONTGOMERY, with a suppressed moan. "He is our guardian, and has trampled us into a couple of policies. We had to yield, or excess of Boreal conversation would have made us maniacs." "You speak bitterly for one so young," observed the Reverend OCTAVIUS SIMPSON. "Is it derangement of the stomach, or have you known sorrow?"