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Manuscript Found in a Prison Cell.
My hours arc numbered ! A felon's doom
awaits me! From my damp dark cell, I go
forth to the gibbet and tha halter! Tomorrow's
sun will set upon my unhallowed
grave?the grave of the assassin ! None
will regret my untimely end. The eye ol
pity will be dry?the voice of compassion
mute as the spirit of the murderer takes
Its flight. Ah ! I thank thee Ile&ven, that
no kindred eye will behold tho cxecutiou
of my doom; that no father, no mother
liveth, to call me son; that no relative re
maineth to call mo friend. Heath has taken
all?all save one?whom I once fondly be
lieved, had been sparod in mercy to me.
Ah 1 why have we two, the last of our illfated
race been reserved, only to become
the victims of an accursed destiny ?
And thou art dying Kllcn ! They liuvc
told me so?and I am here in chains?I
who should hold thee in his arms?I who,
but peace my heart, ero I go mad ! * * *
my pecuniary interest. Then it wus that
this man?this cowardly black hearted
wretch, who had cutcrtaincd a grudge
against me for years, seized this opportu
nity to avtngc it. What phrenzy seizes
my brain at tho thought of the dastardly
act ? lie sought Kllcu in my absence, and
after guining her confidence, lied to In r
about me, her betrothed, persuaded her
that I was (also, had given my love to an
other, and then, when she had been stun
k
It seems but yesterday that I held thee
on my knee (a child myself) and kissed
thy tiny hands and feet, and taught thy
lisping accents to repeat, "Cousin Wal
fccr." * * *
Now does the vision of our childhood
days, uprise before me?our journeys to
and from the little school house?the paths
on which we strayed in search of wild flow
ere?the bridge over the brooks whereon
we lingered to watch the changing shadows
on the water, or to listen to the music
of its flow. And the dear old houic 1 The
cottage in the vale! I see it now, and the
garden and orchard, the grove, the mead
ow, the dancing rivulet, I see, I see ! Oh
my God ! The face of a fair young girl
at the latticed window shading her eyes
with her hand us she watches at 6unset,
for the coming of a youth who is hastening
homeward across the fields. * * *
We believe in the eternity o! our happiness,
as we believe in the eternity of our
love! A shadow at length fell across the
sunshine of our Eden. Our mother?your
own, m'ne by adoption?was seized with
the fatal malady of our rucc ; our watchful
care and tender love were powerless to save.
The death summons cauic. Ah Ellen!
think not luat i nave over ueen unimnuiui
of that hour, when our mother, holding
our hands in her dying clasp, demanded
of me a promise?a promise, without which
she said she could not die happy. I gave
the promise to our dying mother, nay 1
took an oath, calling upon tne angels in
Heaven to witness it, to devote my whole
existence to her child, to love and cherish
her, to protect her with my life* Have I
not kept my vow'! Oh ruy (lod, do 1 net
die for her now ! I could not shield her
from harm, but I have avenged her wr rigs,
and my life is tho penalty. Yes it iH for
thee Ellen I die! This thought will bo
proscnt with me in my last moment, and
thrill with rapture my last heart throb. * *
Men oall mo murderer, I, who slew the
monster that in the name of husband destroyed
thy happiness. They who condemn
mo, know not the damnable wrongs
he has inflicted upon thee and upon me.
Did thoy know all, they would absolve inc
bofore the great tribunal. * *
Our wedding day hud been decided upon.
A few weeks more would have made Ellen
my bride?when I wus unexpectedly but
peremptorily called to a distant part of the
jTAtintrv nn Imuinfiuu itivnK-iurr fii<> ulm1? ,.f
ned, broken hearted by the cruel blow, he
succeeded in persuading the poor fiicndless
orphant in to marrying him. Could the
fiends in hell have conoeivcd a deeper
atrocity, a more duinnablc revenge ! Had
I known the truth at fit?t, 1 would have
, rescued l.?r, the poor victim at once, tut
| thinking that she loved him (forgive me
| Kllcn) I would not have harmed a hair of
his head, to have saved my own life. Mindful
of my promise to the dying, I watched
them 1 took lodgings across the street
for the purpose of obseiving all that passed
to be able at any moment to serve her lor
I knew the man. I was not long in learning
the truth. I was not long in discovering
that Kllcn was suffering. T beheld
her pale, and drooping, and sad. Sometimes
I witnessed bursts of agony when no
one was near. 1 beheld the tear streaming
i eyes, and hands raised Heavenward as ii ,
j imploring aid, with an agony beyond ex- j
nrtHiuinn T vHntioH -mrl w-iitorl \f Innirfh
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one evening?be still my heart, while 1
relate it! 1 saw the pale face of Klleu at
a window ; her hand was pressed tightly
upon her chest. Was it pain ? For she
too had inhciitcd the fatal disease of our
race. 1 saw hi in approach and gisticulute
violently?his features distorted with ma
lignant rage. 1 darted across tho street to
the door of their dwelling?I heard tho
sound of a blow?I rushed in. My God !
My God ! Upon the floor, where he had
felled her, lay Klleu, my Ellen 1 I saw
no tuore, for my eyes seemed balls of livid
flame. I sprang upon him. Madness was
in my brain?a tiger's strength was in my
arm. At last! At last! I exclaimed, as
my knife was buried deep?deep into his
heart, and the life blood gushed up iu my
face. * * *
They came and laid violent hands upon
me. llu, hu, ha! What cared I? My
work was done ! I saw them raise Ellen,
I thought her dead, but she was only stun
ned, and opening her eyes, gazed at me
with a look of glad surprise, then seeing
the eorpse upon the floor, she comprehended
all 1 burst from my captors?sprang
to Ellen, and knelt at her feet. Ellen !
Ellen ! Kemcmber my vow ! ltemctuber all,
and forgive me ! Farewell, farewell forever !
One look of tender compassion she cave
nic?one look of deep passionate love, as
I she tried to articulate my natue, when a
! crimson stream, flowing froui her parted
lips choked her utterance. * * * I was
i dragged away to prison.
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Marshal Ney's Death Scene ?
| The vengeance of the Allied Powers dei
manded some victims, and the intrepid NVy,
who hud well nigh put the crown again
! on the head of Ronaparte, was one ol
them. Condemned to be shot, he was let!
to Luxemburg, on the morning of the 7th
of December, and placed in front of n file
of soldiers drawn up in line to kill hiin
One of the officers stepped up to bandage
his eyres, but he repulsed him, saying:
44 Are you ignorant that for twenty four
years I have been accustomed to face both
ball and bullets ?" He then lilted his hat
above his head, and with the sauie calui
voice that steadied his cohimus so lrequently
in the roar and tumult of battle,
! said : 44 I declare before (lod and man that
J I have never betrayed my oountrv ; may
| my death render her happy. Viva la
Prance !" He then turned to the soldiers,
and striking his hand on his heart, gave
the order, 44 Soldiers, lire !" A siinultan
cous discharge followed, and the bravest
! of the brave sank to rise no more. He
j had fought five hundred battles for Trance,
not one against her, was shot as a traitor !
As I looked on the spot where he fell I
could not but weep over his fate. True he
broke his oath of allegiance?so did the
others, carried away by their attachment
to Napoleon, and the enthusiasm that hailed
his approach to Paris. Still he was no
traitor.
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Melancholy Suicide in Lynch,
tit.*AG.?The Lynchburg News mentions
the following case of suicide in that city :
An aged lady, Mrs Mary Ross, wild of
Moses Ross, living on Toylor street, near
: the corner of Kighth, committed suicide
i between eleven and twelve o'clock, on Friday
night, by jumping into a well, on the
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lub ui tier iiunuuiiu, some sixty or seventy
feet deep. The deceased was about seventy
years of age, and for some time hud been
in failing health, which unsettled her
: mind, and caused her thus to terminate
; her life by her own act. For some duys
previous to her death her family had enI
tertainod slight suspicion that her mind
was not altogether in as healthy a condition
as it should be ; but no serious conso
tpiences were apprehended. On the night
I of her death she retired as usunl; but
about eleven o'clock hoi husband awoke
and found her pluco vacant. Ho imtueI
diatcly called up the members of his fami,
ly, aud a search was instituted, which resulted
in finding the mangled body of the
deceased at tho bottom of the well, ller
death must have been iufttanoous.
The deceased is represented to have
been an amiable lady, of exemplary piety,
and beloved by all who knew her.
Advice lo Young Men
The following is worth reading by any
body, and all who do bo?old or young?
will find themselves amply repaid. The
young men of the South are given much
scusible and holesoroe advice. It is taken
from the Memphis Avalanch ;
The dangers which beset you nre bo numerous
and great that it behooves us to
point them out so as the more forcibly exhibit
the duties which devolve upon them.
The most of the young men of the South
have returned from a struggle of four
years, on which they ha~a periled all, and
in which they have lost all. Impoverished
and disappointed, they have returned to
find poverty and disappointment at home.
Poverty and defeat are apt to bring despondency.
Arrcr despond! The young
men of the South must hoar with a manly
fortitude the evils that have resulted lrom
an unsuccessful revulutim. They must be
brave and cheerful, energetic and hopeful.
They bore themselves during the unequal
contest with a manliness and courage,
which have excited the admiration of
fiicnds and foes. Now they must not dc|
spoud.
No self reliant, virtuoU3 young man was
ever known to fail. Let the young men j
dare to carve out their own fortunes; to
meet the stern realities and sterner duties
of life with au unquuiling devotion to prin
ciple. \\ ith no clou! iq on the brow, no
bitterness in the heart, no vindictiveness in
the spirit, let them on to the great battle >
of life. They must be chcertul in poverty,
hopeful in adversity, patient under defeat,
and firm and self reliant in all circumstan
ces. They must guard against sloth,
idlcucss is the bane of all good, the destroyer
of all mauhood. It paralyzes effort,
precludes exertion, prcvonts improvement,
blights genius, annihilates talent, and forbids
hope. It tills the present with countless
evils, and darkens the future with visions
of wretchedness and ruin. It is a toe
to virtue and a prolific source of vice. It !
' palsies the bruin, unci sits an incubus on 1
the mind. It sleeps while others toil, and
languishes while others flourish. It sows
! no Reeds, cultivates no field, reaps no har,
vest. 1? acquires no knowledge, secures
, no weul.h. Yet id!;.:Ts-> i-? ocuueti?o, and j
is especially so at this time. I.et us urge '
our }'oung countrymen against the dangers '
oi idleness. It is thought that the change
; from the constant excitement of war?freiu
j the sword and the battle?to the tr&nquili'
ty of peace, is unfriendly to industry. The
lack of excitement is apt to produce apathy
and sloth. It will never so for she soldiers
1 ul a hundred well fought tields, for the he!
roes of Manassas and Shiloh and the Wilderness,
to settle down to a life of indolence.
The battle of lite requires readiness of com1
bination, celerity of movement, quickness
and perseverance of action. Hut idleness .
binds the man, hand and toot, heart and
brain, and so fetters him with its ponder- j
ous chains, that he can put lorth no exar- j
tion, and gain no victory cither in the field !
, of intellect or morals, or in the countless i
I plains whore physical labor wins bloodless
! victories and gains unmeasured wealth. :
' Our yitung men are the hope of our deso- :
1 late South land They must revive our j
I trade, vitalize our institutions, increase our i
1 products, restore our prosperity and re- I
build our shattered fortunes. The results
of the war have been very destructive to :
i the lives of our old men. Muiiy of them >
' have been unable to survive the loss of ,
their children, the destruction of their pro- j
' pcrty ami the defeat of their cause. It is
to our young men that we must look in
: these times of disaster, and amid this almost
universal ruin. W e expect nothing
troin idlers and loafers, nothing from drones
and loungers. The young men upon whom
we place our hopes must be steady of purpose,
quick of movement, and persevering
of labor. Go not to I'ompeii or llcrculaj
noum, not to Thebes or i'almyra, to tind
i ruins; but go to Charleston and Columbia,
to Kichmoed and I'utersburg, to Yieksburg
and Atlanta, aud there listen to the question,
"Why stand ye here idle ?"
Again aur young men an: in danger of
j forming habits of dissipation. Kxcitciuent .
: they must have. The wild adventures ol .
the war iuu>.t be substituted by the excitements
of the drinking saloon or the gaui- ,
bling house. It is strange that any young
man will venture where se iany have been
shipwrecked. Genius has paled and imagination
has sickened under the mouldering
influence ot intoxication. Drunkenness
has been the shame and degradation
of our country, the ruin and disgrace of
I our young men, the curse of our old men,
and the prolilic source ot tears, anguish and
death to our wives and daughters, our matrons
and maidens, during the whole of the
present century. Let not this terrible calamity
be added to thoso we already suffer.
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> ?i ii 33 man uircu uuuuicu luousauu
graves attest the disasters of the cruel war.
< )ur ("onfedt rate dead far out numbered the
living soldiers whon the oatuo was lost!
Let this bo enough. Increase not this
frightful number tv dissipation. (Juit
yourselves like men. Kesist the tempter
< Yield not to a vice whose vict'ma arc mini
bered ly the thousands. We appeal to |
you young men of the South, by the graves ;
of the dead, by the poverty aud rags and !
wretchedness of the living drunkard, to '
shun the path cf iniquity, this road to certain
ruin. Wo warn you by intellect stul
titled, by passion inflamed, by all the generous
principles eradicated hv il..? F??r#nl >
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and rapid advance of crime, by the hands ;
of the drunken murderer, reeking with his
brother's blood. We warn you young men
ot our dear native Son'h, not to follow after
strong drink. We beseech you by the
love of dear sisters, by the devotion c! noble
mothers, by the sanctity of domestic
life, by the glories of the past and the
hopes of the future, not to become the
slaves of an apetite that will bind you in
chains which no earthly power can break.
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Always Tell the Truth.?The
ground work of* our manly character is
veracity, or the liubit of truthfulness ?
That virtue lies at the foundation of every
word said, flow common it is to hear parents
say, " 1 have faith in my child so
long as he speaks the truth. He may l.ave
many faults, but I know he will not de
ccive. I build on that confidence." They
are right. It is a lawful uud just ground
to build upon. So long as the truth re
mains in the child there is something to
depend upon ; but vyhon truth is gone, all
is lost, unless the child is sp. cdily won
back to verucity. Children, did you ever
tcil a lie ? If so, you are in imminent dan
ger. Return at once, littlo reader, and
enter tha stronghold of truth, and from it
may you never depart again.
Western Emigration.?The tide of
immigration is setting strongly Westward
this spring. The Kansas City (Mo.) Jourual
of Commerce of the 8th instant, says:
"The immigrant trains, of all sixes and
descriptions, from two to a dozen wagons,
loaded with household goods und agricultural
implements, many accompanied by
small droves of cows and vuunir cattle, are
pouring through our streets, wending their J
way Southward and Westward to tho inviting
lands of Missouri and Kansas. In
the course of half an hour, while coining
from Westport into the city, we counted
twenty two wagons with their freight of
furniture, farming tools and children. At
tl.is rate the u>ual length of the migration
season would give to Southwestern Missouri
and Southeastern Kansas a population
that will spon double the wealth uad production
of tli jsc sections."
A Volcanic Shock, in tiif. Ocean.
?The Captain ul the Kritiah ship Orient,
at London, from Australia, reported that
on Friday, November 17, at 7:lo A. M.,
in lat. .*>1 degrees 44 minutes South, and
long. ltjO degrees 49 minutes Kast, with a
moderate w ind from North nortwest, and a
clear sky, tho bells of the ship began to
ring, and the vessel trembled violently, as
if she were passing orer a rough bottom in
shallow water. In an instant ull was con
fusion on board, as the crew and passengers
thought she was settling down. The
violent trembling lusted two or three minutes
with nothing visible. The officers
sounded the pump well and found no water;
and sounded over tho ship's side with
the deep sea lead but found no bottom.
The conclusion ai rived at by all on board
was that the ship had experienced the
effects ol a sub marine volcano.
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Ci ue ron, Small I'ox.?We clip the
following from one of our exchanges:
The mode of treatment is as follows:
When the preceding fever is at its hight,
and just before the eruption appeals, the
chest is rubbed with croton oil and tartaric
ointment. This causes tho whole of the
eruption to appear on that part of the body
to the relief of the rest. It also secures a
f..!i n,..i .. ? ?a .? ?
11411 IIIIM l. 'lUj>KlU I I u; jMUII, UIIU U1U? J?I l"?
vents the disease from attacking internal
oreans. This is said to be the established
mole of treatment in the Knglish army
in China, by general orders, and it is regarded
as a perfect cure.
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The Largest Farm in the World.
? Michael L. Sullivan, of Champaign Co.,
Illinois, has a great farm. It consists of
70,000 acres, 23,000 acres of which are
under fence and in active cultivation.?
Much of the work is done by machinery.
IIo drives his posts by horse power, cultivates
his corn by machinery, ditches, sows,
and plants by nsaohinery, as that ah his
laborers can ride nnd perform their duties.
Mr S. gives employment to two hundred
farm hands, two hundred horses, and a
largo number of oxen.
Among a collection of autograph letters
by Lord Byron, lately sold at auction in
London, was one in which he says : 4,l hope
von will find nie an altered nersonarre : I
y ^ . l 0- , dt>
not mean in lodv, but in manner; tor I
begin to find out that nothing but virtue
will do in this damned world." It sold
for seven guineas.
Byron must have made this discovery
late lu the day
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The Late Jared Sparks ?flic
Historian.
Jared Spark?, the well known American
historian, who died at Cambridge, Mass ,
on Wednesday, was born at Willington,
Conn., May 10, 1789. Like so many of
onr American public men, he rose from
humble life by dint of his own exertions.
We give the following sketch of his lifs :
His earliest occupation was upon a (arm,
and he also wrought in a grist and saw mill.
This latter leaving much spare time, he
devoted it to books, and thus imbibed a
great loudness lor learning, which bo soon
improved as well as he could io the couutry
schools. Being next apprenticed to a
carpenter, he worked at that trade for two
years, during which his taste for learning
became so strongly developed that bis motor
cancelled his indentures, and Sparks
became a village schoolmaster at Tolland,
Conn., earning a living in summer, when
tho school was closed, by odd jobs as a
carpenter.
It is a curious instance of his early straggles
that he shingled the barn of the Rev.
Hubbcll IxK>mi?, in consideration of that
funlletuan teaching him Mathematics and
atin. Another clergyman, the liev. Abiel
Abbott, secured for bim a scholarship at
tho Phillips Exeter Academy, in New
Hampshire, on u charitablo foundation,
which gave him at the same time education
and a heme free of cost. So destitute was
the young student, that he had to travel on
[ foot to Mr. Abbott, at Coventry, and thence
to Exeter, to begin his studies. Ha was
subsequently sent to Harvard College,
where he graduated in 1815. During his
college life he taught for a time a small
private school at Havre do Grace, Md.,
and while there served a short time in the
militia, called oat to repel an anticipated
attack by the British. He afterwards
began the study of theology at Cambridge,
Mass., and for two years, 1817-'19, was
college tutor in Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy. He also became one of an association
by which the North American
Review, established in 1816, was conducted.
Tn May, 1819, he was ordained minister
of a Unitarian congregation in Baltimore,
and the next year published Letters on
Ministry Ritual and Doctrine of the Episcopal
Church, (8 volumes, Boston.) He
remained in charge of the Church in Baltimore
four years. In 1828 he published
a life ot John Leayard, the American traveler,
which became quite celebrated in Europe
and America. This was the key note
of his great career. After nine years of
elaborate research and preparation, he published
in successive volumes, from 1833 to
1857, his famous "Life and Writings of
Washington," the most thorongh and reliable
work on that theme extant. In 1840
lie completed the publication of the works
ol Benjamin Franklin.
All Mr. Sparks' bistorial works are distinguished
by thorough rcsearoh, candid
judgment, dispassionate criticism and accuracy
and simplicity of style. Mr. Sparks
was McLean Professor of History st Harvard
College from 1839 to 1849, and President
of the College from 1849 to 1853.
In 1857 he made a tonr in Europe, and
since his return ho resided in Cambridge,
where ho died.
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Affairs in Alabama are represented by our
exchanges from the interior as in a better
condition than almost any of the cotton
Stutf?n Willi .1
,, .... .v,.. vav.i;jjiiuij3 iuv peopie
are well satisfied with the new order of
things, and bend every effort to reclaim,
as may be in their power, the losses of the
, war. The freed nj en rcalizo that work is
I necessary for their support; and readily
' enter into contracts for the year at from
seven to ten dollars per month. Consid'
ering all circumstances, the ngricu'tural
prospects of the State are excellent. Planters
are entering into cotton raising on a
large scale, tho treedmen work with alaority,
and the most lavorablc results are
expected. Labor is fully equal to the doluand.
Saw mills and factories are being
restored and built. Strangers are cordially
welcomed, and meet with all the information
and assistance they desire.
The petroleum excitement is spreadiug
in the interior of Alabama. A good deal
of machinery has been ordered from the
North by companies located in Memphis,
Montgomery, and other places A gen?
i tleman from Ncwbern is going to use tho
! ordinary well boting apparatus of the
prairie country lor the purpose of testing
the existence of petroleum.
It is estimated that not less than five thousand
new houses have been erected in
j Memphis during the past your. Every
day adds to the nnmbcr. Still there Ia ne
abatement in the demand. On the contrary,
there is as great a wail now as at any
previous period lor all sorts of houses for
business purposes, as well as private residences.
[ Fights in a grog shop arc now called
I spiritual knocking*
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