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THE HERALD' IS PUBLISRED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, 'I Newberry C. It., E&t?or and Propriewor. .---.--. .------. Termss $25 per W"uuj"7 AFmily Companioni, I)evo ted to Literature, MiclAy es giutne ales C ies A DV E-RiTseNClla UmiDabZly in Advauft.-_ _ _ __ _ ~ - - - - - - - - .--. . . . . . - - - --_ -- ---- - - A etThe i eperIs ied at the expiratnonserted a oiJ> e ie h uequest and instn, 217-~~~~~~c!m aderihmet te perr centW exinto abob- V Lve.EIE DA lO N NG dcvtptios. THE CIPTAIi OF THE NORTH FLEET. So of:en is the proud deed douc By tajen like this at Duty's call; So niaiiy are the honors won By them. we eannot wear them all. They make the heroic commraonpl)!ce, AI dying th4u.s the natural way; Yet. is our world-wide Engishi race Eunobled by that de.ta. Tv-Jai It brinigs the thought th.:: 1.itioi ulih;9-. To anchor fist )hre bilI .'s roll; it stirs us with a s(n,e of' ings Thit strive to lift t0e earth i-:st soul. Love was so new and life so sweet, But at the call ie left the wine And sprang Full-statured to his feet, Responvit to the touch divine. "Nay, dear I cannot see you die, For me, I have itty work to do, Up here. Down to the boat. Good-bye. God b;eas you. I shall see it throug:i." We re.td antil tie vision dims And drowns: but. ere the pang be p.isl, A tide of triutuph overbrims And breaks with l;ght from heaven at L.ast. Thro'1nll the bl.ckness of that night A glory streams from out the glo,)P; His zteadt'ast spirit holds the li:tht That shines till Night is overcome. The sea will do its worst, aid life Be sobbed out in a bubb!ing breath; But firiuly in the coward strife There stands a man who vaidshed Denth! A soul that conquers wind and w..ve, And towers above a sinking deck A bridge across the gaping grave; A rainbow rising o'er the wreck. He saved others; raved the name Unsullied that be gave his wife: Aad dying with so pure an aim, He had no need to save his life. Lord! how they shame the life we live, These sailors of our sea-girt isle, Who cheerly take what Thou mayst give, And go down with a heavenward smile! The men who sow their lives to ield A glorious crop in lives to be; Who turn to England's harves:-field The unfruitful furrows of the sea. With such a breed of me:n so br.ve, The Old Land has not had her day; But long, her strength, with crested wave, Shall ride the seas, the proud old way. jGEEAL MASSET, from C isseI's 31 1gazine. PANSIE'S EMER-ALDS. -0 One wintry afternoon in J:.nnary, up in the black attic of a wretched tenement house, a pale, sad-eyed woman sat sewing. The garment upon-which she wab engaged was: very rich and costly, being a band-: some party dress. The twilight closed in rapidly, with a blinding fal of snow, and a bitter, wailin g blast, that made the windows rattle in the casements. Still the sad faced woman stitched on. "Etother," piped a slender voice: beneath the window, "shall you get the fine dress done ? 0 mother, I'm so hungry ; if I could only have some tea and a bit of sausage." The mother worked steadily on for a few minutes, pausing only to brush a tear from her white cheek, and Then she arose and shook out the glittering robe. "'Tis done at last," she said ;"o mother's poor little girl can have some supper. Only be patient a~ little longer, Flora. Ross. Ross, geeeare you boy ?" A manly little fellow came out from the bed room beyond. '"The fine dress is done Ross said his mother, "and you must run home with it as fast as you can, Miss Garcia will be out of patience, I know. Tell her I could not fmnish it one moment sooner. and asked her to give you the mo ney. We must have it to-night. And you can step in at Mr. Ray's as you come back and buy some coal, and we must have some bread and tea, and a mite of butter, and you must get a sausage, Ross, for poor little Flora." "1'll get 'em all, mother," he said, and be back in no time. You shall have a big sausage, little sis," he added, turning toward the cot. The little girl nodded her ctu-ly head, and her great, wistful eyes~ sparkled with delight. "And you shall have half of it, Ross," she piped in her slender bird '-Hadn't you better put on your thick jacket, my boy?" continued his mother ; '-the wind cuts like a knife." "-Pshaw little mother! I don't mind the wind." And away he went, down the creaking; flight of stairs and out into the storm. - In her splendid mansion on Fifth Avenue, Miss Garcia Fontenay was in a )prfe,ct furor of impatience and anger- Her dear five hundred friends were assembling in the hls below, and her handsome. ~ss had not come home- 'What that beggar woman mean by . -~ponting her ? At that mo detg there was a ring at the door his e voice in the hal-. sy hays tell Miss Garcia my mo of pas d not finish it sooner, and it, Iay the money to.night." The servant took up the hand some dress and message. "'l never give her another stitch of work," cried the angry beauty. "I ought to have had it three hours ago. Here, Fanchion, come and dress me at once, there is not a moment to lose! No, I c.n't pay to-night, I haven't time. He must call to-morrow." "But we've no fire and nothing to eat, and myv little sister is ick," call:d the boy,piAhing up the grand stairway. "Shut that door, Fan.-hion commanded Miss Garcia. And the door was closed in his face. From her perch at the parlor win,low little Pansie wat ched the whole scene, her violet eves disten ded with clildish ainazem!nt. "Poor little boy," she said, as Ross disap peared down the stairway, -sister Garcia ought to pay him. It must be dreadful to have no fire and noth ing to eat." She stood for a moment balan cing herself on the tip of one dain ty foot, her rosebud fae; grave and attractive: then a sudden thought flooded her blue eyes with sunshine, and snatching something from the table, she darted down srairs. The servant had just closed the street door, but she fluttered past him like a humming bird and opened it. On the steps sat Ross, brave little: fellow that he was, his face in his hands, sobbing as if his heart would break. '"What is the matter, little boy ?" questioned Pansie. Ross looked up, half believing that the face of an angel was look ing down upon hirn through the whirling snowflakes. "Oh, I can't go home without the money," he sobbed. "poor mother worked so hard, and little Flora is so sick and hungry. Pansie's eyes glittered like stars. -Here," she said "do you take this little boy, and buy her lots o' nice things. 'Tis worth a great 'deal; papa bought it for my birth day present, but do you take it and welcome." She extended her dimpled hands and something like a shower of falling stars -tinkled -to the boy's feet. He caught it in amaze-a necklace of emerl Is, illustcous, gleaming things, set in tawny Indi an gold. '-No, no !" he cried. running up to where she stood; "I can't take this ; take it back." "You shall take it !" she comman ed imperiously. "I've lots o' jew ls and fine things-run home now,; and buy your sister something to at." She closed the door with a bang, and Ross stood irresolute in the stormy gloom, Should he ring the bell and r trn the jewels to Pansie's father. r should he do as she had bid him*? He thought of his mother and little Elora watching wis.fuly for his re urn. He could not go b)ack and ee them starve. With a sudden eJling of desperation, he thrast the glittering necklace in his bo som and dashvel rapidly down the sowy street. "Woald you like to buy this sir" There wvas a tremor in the boy s voice a-; he asked the question. and the haLnd that held up the niecklae hook visibly. The lapidar-y took the gems, examined them closely! for a moment, and ?hen shot a sh1arp plance at the child. '"See here, sir," he said present y, his voice stern and comumanding "I want to know how you came by this" The boy's clear eye; fell, he blushed and stammered evidently mbarrassed. The jeweler p ui t side the emeralds, and taLking the lads arm.n led him into a small an e-room. '-You are thief !" he said. "That ecklace belongs to Mr. Fontenay : e bought it of me not one month go. You stole it. You are a thief." The little fellow str-aightened imself, and his brown eyes blazed. "I am not a thief, sir," he ratort-; d. '-I didn't steal that necklace kind little girl gave it to me, and know that it was wrong for me to tak~e it, but-my mnother and sis er- were st iring. The jeweler hesitated. -You don't look like a thief, sir," e said, "but I will send for Mr. Fontenay, that will settle the mat ter at once." He despatched a messenger ac cordingly, and Ross sat down in a corner and sobbed bitterly, as he heard the dr-iving w i n d s and thought of his mother and poor hungry little Flora. In half an hor Mr. Fontenay came, bringing his daughter, little Pansie, with him. The little creature darted in like a humming-bird, her cheeks ablaze, her blue eyes flashing lightj "He didn't steal my emeralds." eshe ried, "I glve 'em to him to sell 'em and buy bread for his little sister." Ross rose to his feet, struggling hard to keep back his tears. lie put out his little brown hand. which Pansie instantly clasped in both her chub>y palms. "I am not a thief, sir," he said at last, addressing Mr. Fontenay, "I never stole in my life. I know it w:s wrong to take the necklace. But-but, sir, my little sister is sick and she is starving." The merchant drew his hands across hs eyes. -You're a manly little fellow," he said, patting the lad's head. "and I do not in the least blame you but we will take back Pansie's emeralds an 1 she shall give you something more available. Here. Pansie, give this to your little friend." He put a gld piece into Pansie's Ian.l. which she handed to Ross, with the instruction that he should run straight home, and buy lots o' goodies for his sistr-a command he was not slow to obe. "I think we'll not lose sight of *he little fellow." continued Mr. Fontenav. as Ross disappeared in the stormy darkness, "shall we, pet ? Let's see what we can do to help him. He's a promising lad and an honest one, I'm sure. Mr. Lennox, you're in need of an errand boy. why not try him? I wish you would." The jeweler consented, to Pan sie's great delight, and on the fol lowing day Ross was duly estab lished as errand bov in the fashion nble establishment. Fifteen vears after, one blustering March morning, a young man sat behind the counter of a thriving jewelry establishment in one of our Northern cities. He was a hand s,m.e man, a scholar, and a travel er. a man of taste, intellect, and Iney, for he was a junior partner in the firm, which was a prospering one. But despite all this good for tune, Ross Dunbar was not happy. His mother and little Flora had gone to their long home, and he We- n,tr4te4nt kith or kin in the wide world. Sitting alone that morning, with the roar of the March winds in hisz ears, his thoughts went back to the (ays of his boyhood-to his nmo ther's humble home. How vivid the past seemed, and how dear' arnd sacred despite its piv~ations and s.rrows His eves grew dim and his heart swelkd. All were gone over the wide wvat ers of time and change. A tender smile softened his sad face as lhe recalled the stormy night when he sat sobbin.g on the steps of Mr. Fontenav's mansion, and lit tie Pansie taking pity on him drop pC(d her string of emeralds. Dar ling little Pansie, the remembrance of her sweet face, as he sawv it through the snow-wreaths that night, haunted him constantly. In all th.se Mitee1n ye:ars never fur one !mment hand he forgotten her. But sLie was gone: lost to him for.eer. His reverie was broken by the entrance of a customer, a lady close ly cloaked and veiled. She ap lroached the counter with a jewel case in her' hand. "Would you buy these, sir ?' she asked simply in a clear sweet voice that stirred the young man's hear't, as no other woman's voice had p)ow er to do. He took the casket and unlocked it. and sp)reald out its contents.A watch, exquisite and costly, a dial mond rilng. one or two rubies, and and an emer'ald necklace. Ross Dunbar barely suppressed a cry of suprise as his eyes fell upon it. He turnedl it over' with eager, tr'em-j bling fingers, and there on the tawny c!asp was the name that had lived in his heart for so many years. "Little Pansie." "You wish to sell thecm all" he asked. stiiving to steady his voice, and the wild throbbing of his heart. The lady hesitated an instant. then she put out a slender hand and drew the emeralds toward her. '-I dislike to part with this," she said. "it was my father's gift-and -and-but no matter', take thiem all. I must have the money." In her eagerness she had drawn aside her veil, revealing a liily face., lit by a pair of lustrous sapphire eves. Ross Dunbar stood silent a nmoment, every nerve in his manly frame thrilling with supreme de light. He had found her at last the one idol of his heart. "They are fine gems." he said. af ter a moment, "and I am willing to give you a fair price-suppose we say one thousand dollars, will that do ?" The girl glanced a flush of glad surprise from beneath her heavy veil. "So much as that," she said, remuilosy "o vae very kind, sir. Oh, you cannot know how much this money will help me." The young man made a polite reply, and proceeded to put aside the jewels, and to. draw u a ceek for the money. The March w.ind were still blustering without, and the girl shivered and drew her wrapper closer, as she started out. "Won't Yon let me ran d.wn to the bank for you," said the jeweler atching up his hat. "You can [1Ly shop lady the while, it won't but a miiiate or two." a "Bat I'm tioubliug you so," she faltered. -Not a bit just take this war;u seat please, you'll not be likely to have any customers," and seating b 0b her beside his desk. he took the aheik and hurried out. Passie Fonteliy threw back her vif. and leaned her head upon her hand. with a puzzled. reflective look u11o her sweet sad face. ".Where have I seen his face1" she asked herself over and over again. "It is so familiar : who in the world ean it be ?" d His retin ILroke in upon her r meII.Atation, and i(ece ving her uonOV, she hurried away to her' P humble lodgings. The following afternoon was a even iore blastering and stormy the wind roared and the sleet beat f< and tinkled against the windows of v the little room in which Pansie and her father sat. Severe Iisforiunes n and reverses had redn rneedthm to o poverty, and the old man being an b invalid. all the care fell upon b Pan ;iu's slender shoulders. She p sat busy with her sewing, while her s father read aloud from a new book, n which she had bought for him with v some of the money received for her1 h jewels. Her sweet face was wan t and sad, and the future stretched a before her hopeless and gloomy in e all its aspects. n There was a ring at the door, te e servant brought up a package for S Miss ontenayO. An exquisite bmieh s of pansics, tragrant and golden-1Car te, done up in tissue pai)r, and a attached to them a card bearing the 0 simple words, "Ross Dunbar has not forgotten little Pansie." h Pansie sat amazed for a moment and then a rich bloom drifted up to her white cheeks. s Is "CO, father !" she cried, "I knowj him- -I know him. 0, we have fo)und Ross at last." An 'lnstant later Ross was in the room, clasping her fluitte'ring han dL in his. andi looking into, her bu eyes with a glance tha t brought thec I rosy bludshes ti her face. And a few weeks later, w;hen the blustering wind1s were over, and a the lue birds sang ini the hedges, a and the golden-hearted pansies 1 bloomed on the garden borders,s little Pansie became Ross Dunbar'sa bride, and for her bridal gift he Io gave her back her string of emler alds. t EWPEn"BETs. -Me suppose' C the-re must1: be, at the most modest 11 calculation, bet ween fifteen hun I dred and two thousand ' "sons in r this vicinity who get th en? 'ewspa per readiing for nothing, including C the uniconisciona le individluals who 1I steal papers from other p)eople's if doors. or borrow from their neigh- Y hors, or loaf around where a news- C paper is subscribe~d for, and paid I: for', and monopolize it to the exclu- C sion of the rightful owner. We have had several subsc: ibers stop e their sub)scriptions, for no fault of c our carrier's, as they admitted, in i: nion-deliveryv, but because their pa- t per's, afte-r being delivered, were 1 taken by some individual, as short t of conscience as of cash, who would 1. take possession of it. Thus, a t necwsplaper, wich ought to be we'd e supported hy a community for the t general good it does to that comn- t munity, is made to supp1ort the e town in a measure-that is, it iss expected to live without resour'ce-s, r and to advertise the life and busi ness of a town without the support a which is reqluisite to enable it to e keel) up to a metropolitan stand- f ard of excellence. An individual .,hould blush to recad a paper' habi- t tually which another' individual payst for. There are too many people ' who read paper's which they do nots pay for, and this is for their eyesa especially, with the pm-pose of 'a searing their conscience, if they have any, and for the purpose of r appealing to those who do subscribe a and pay for newspapers. to keep 1 them filed and not permit them to go out of their possession. in jus-c tice to themselves as well as to the printer wh:>se capital and labor are iI invested in a business which servese to advertise the commercial status:1 of a city in proportion to the en terprise its substantial patronage enables it to disnlar. I THE TAX ACT. i ACT To RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE FIS CAL YEAR COMMENCING NOVEMBER 1ST. 1873, AND TO ALTER AND AMEND THUE LAW I-N RELATION TO THE COLLECTION OF TAxEs. Be it enacted by the Senate and Louse of Representatives of the tate of South Carolina, now met id siLting in General Assembly. Id by the authority of the same : SECTIoN 1. That a tax of one and a ;ter (11) mills upon every dollar Uthe value of all taxable p: operty in iis State be, and the same is here y, levied to meet appropriations to ,ty the salaries of the executive and idical officers of the State, the erks and contingent expenses of Ie executive and judicial depart lents of the government for the scal year commencing November 1873. SECTioN 2. That a tax of one and ne quarter (1') mills upon every ollar of the value of all taxable roperty in tins State be, and the une is hereby, levied to meet ap ropriations for the support and uaintenar ce of the penal. charitable id educational institutions of the tate, exclusive of common schools. >r the fiscal year commencing No-, ember 1, 1873. SECTION 3. That a tax of two (2) ills upon every dollar of the value f all t:txable property in this StLt e, and the same is hereby, levied > meet appropriations for the sup ort and maintenance of p,iblic ::hools for the fiscal year corn encing November 1, 1873. Pro ided, That the amount raised by ,vy in this section in excess of iree hundred thousand dollars be ppropriated among the se-;eral 1unties, as the free school fund is ow apportioned, to be applied to .c payment of teachers' claims in tidt counties, and pro rata upon ),id claims. SECTION 1. That a tai'onne and half (11) mills upon every dollar f the value of all taxable property 1 this State be, and the same is erebv. levied to meet appropria ons to defray the expenses of the reneral Assembly for the extra assion of 1873, and the regular 2ssion commencing Novenher 25, 873. SEc'rloN 5. That a tax of one mill pon every dollar of the value of Il taXable property in this State e and the tame is herebv. levied > mfeet ap)propriations for putblic rinting' for the fiscal year comn lencing~ November 1. 1873. SECTION 6. That a tax of three nd one- quarter (34.)mills upon every ollar of the value of a:l taxable roperty in this State be, and the ime is hereby, levied ',o pay the eficiency or unplaid appropriations f the fiscal year which comnraenced lovember 1, 1872: and a tax of iree quarters of a mill is hereby evied to paLy the claim of tihe Sonth ~arolina Banking and Trust Comn any, n.. . held by Hardy- Solomon. sq,or as much thereof as may be ecessaLry. SECTION 7. That a tax of on 3mill n every dollar of the taxabJle p)ro crty of this State be, and the same hereby, levied to pay the ha!f early interest upon the public debt f this State. (as adjusted at the resent session.) due and payable n the 1st of July. 1874. SECTION S. That a tax not to ex eed three mills upon every dollar f the value of all taxable property .1 eachl of the several counties of his State be, and the same is here y, levied for county purposes for he fiscal year c:>mmencing Novem er 1, 1873. the rate to be fixed by hie county commissioners of each ounty, and by them certified to be county auditor thereof, except be counties of Greenville and Pick ns, in which thle county commis ioners shall levy a tax of tive (5) -aills, two mi.ls of which shall be evoted exclusively to the payment f the past indebtedness of said ounty : and Spartanburg county ur mills, one mill of which shall e used exclusively for .th~e liqjuida ionl of past due indebtedness for he building of bridges: Provided. 'hiat the restrictions of this section hall not -app)ly to such counties as| re now authorized by law to levy tax for special purposes : Provid d. futher. That the county comn aissioners of Charleston county re hereby directed to cause to be evied and collected, in the same aanner and at the s'ame time as ther county taxes are collected. a pecial tax of two mills on the dol-' or on all taxable property of the ounty, to pay the past indebted Less of the county:; the said funds o raised to be kept in the treasury >y the treasurer, subject to the pas age of an act of the Gener-al As nmbly to prnvie for the payment f the past indebtedness of :ountv; and the county comir iouers and the county treasu r prohibited from using s unds for nly-; parpo)se w,atsoin mtil the pass1ge o the a:t her ontemplated ; anI in the county )conee the county coum1ission re hereby directel t3 L-vV and < ect an adlitional t:ax of one U me1C.half (1*) nils oU all the ta )>C propeLty (,t the coanty to h:e past indebtedess of s.id e,y y. S2-EriTos D. Th?at thi p:; e. romn the taxes levicil in th.) ti even sections oi this act shall :ept by the St:at treas:uer Se ate and apart from each other a rom oth-!r public fuinds, and si )e AplI to the purposes for wh hey are respectiv-ly levied, i lone other. SECTION 10. That so much of s ion 72. of chapter 12. of title 3. >art 1, of the General Statutes lirects the State auditor, on or ore the 15th of November, aunt y. to give notice to each cou Luditor of the rate per centum horized by law to be levied -arious State pnrposes be. and ;ame is hereby, repealed ; and onntv auditors La.d county tre irers of this State are hcreby juired. without further r.otice, )roceed. on and after January .874. under the supervision of nmptrolIler general. to (lhe ection of the taxes herein levi n the manner prescribed by la ond they are hereby fo:-bidden .>fleet. or cause to be collected, >ther tax whatever. unless her< ;r expressly authorized so to < ?rovided. That nothing herein c ained shall prevent tue collect )f district school taxes, poll 1 ailroad tax, an.1 taxes levied he relief of widows and orph: )f persons killed because of tb ?olitical opinions, or special tax tuthorized by law for county p oses. Any State or county < :er who shall offend against v )f the provisions of this act si )e deemed guilty of a felony. a ipon conviction thereof, shall >unished by a line of nut less tI )me thousand dollars or more ti ifty thousand dollars. and by )risonnient in the State penit ;iary for a period of not less t] ne year or more than five years SECTION 11. That all taxes assi ~d and payable under this act si >e paid in thefollowing kind of fur Lnitedl States currency, gold ;ilver coin, national bank notes ~ertiilcates of indebtedness anti zed by this General Assembly ssued to the Republican Print Domnpany pursuant to the act proved November 19, 1873; and receiving any of said certificates taxes, the county treasurers s1 3ancel the same, by writing word 'canceled" on the back 3achi certificate so received, utaching h i s official signat bhereto; and the State treast shall report to the General Ass bly, at the next regular session, total amount of suceg certifier retornedl to him by the con Leasurers respectively. Approved 22d day of Decem1 1573. TIODERIN DIC?TICNARY. Honecsty-An e::celent joke. Money-The god of the coun Water-A clear fluid once u as a drink. Tongue-A little horse thai continually running away. Mv Dear-An expressionl used muan and wife at the commencemn o)f a quarrel. A Bargain-A ludicrous tranm tion in"which each party think: cheated the other. Doctor-A man who kills you day to save you from dying to-n row. Wealth-The nmost respecti quality of men. Esquire-Everybody, yet nobc cqual to Colonel. Jury-T welve prisoners in a I to one or more at the bar. State Evidence-A wretch a is pardoned for being baser t his comrades. Modcsty-A beautiful flower i flourishes in secret places. Lawyver-A learned gentler who rescues your estate from y enemy and keeps it himself. The Grave-An ugly hole in ground which lovers and poetsv they were in, but take uncomt mecans to keep out of it. A Dutchman. getting exc& over an account of elopement< married woman, gave his opir tlius: "If my vife runs away anoder man's vife, I shake him of his preeches, if she be my fadi mine Got." Of a miserly man who died softening of the brain, a local pa said : "His head gave way, but hand never did. His brain sof ed,bA hiM hart onMn't" h T11E FROZEN SHIP! sO -er " -ereic evunit!g in tihe mid. da < ie \niust. 1775, (aptain War-. .-e. rn . th 1astrcl 4f the Grecrh:la d of : -n r :: 1n n:n1ee on,nr r ice. r bner, in about 77 rees of 11oth S- hanl0. o ;ne side. and wit.-in ,IdI L of ili veS s . tihese wvere (i Unoines heightr an.ii e-losely wed-n. >a11i gehr, and ai Ceersin i n1w conri1 p e n k S i.trred behb.d~ ~~ thhohr sfra vs ee :( toul ( reac.ilh, how Iing ds~ atl r,1th0 the (eanl was Colmpletely ben ")l,CaC2i up ii i at qunarter, anrd that i.ai probably b,en tSo for a ul long priod of* time. Captain . all Warrens did not feel altogether i ich s:I!isfi('(d with his situation ; but e* there being no wind, he could not mlove either oned way or the other, and he therefore kept a strict of watch. kiowing that he would as be safe as Iong- as the iceber-, be- c0ntianued in their re s p c t i V f v AIbout mlidinight. tle wilnd rose to a gale, accolpa!,ied by a thick I r sower of Snow, w hile a s:ccession l( of lmntemedous thundering grind he irg and etrashting tloises, gave fear Ia-; I evidence that the ice was inl ' telmotion. Tihe vessel received violent ocks every moment ; but the hazinless of the atmosphere Pre- A Sveltted those on board from di. CoVeInlug in what direction the op. A en water lay, or if there actuaily .Was a IJ-n at all on either side of the. Tie ni,ht was spent ill tackitg as often as aiy cause o' ti dangetrappened to present itel, anid i: tO .h morni.ng tire storilt aba- ir ted. and Captain Warrens foUnid, t to Iris great jy, that Iis ship 6 DIL n111 I had not sustained any serious in fur jui-y. le remarked with surprise ti ms that the accumulated icebergS, g which had on the preceding e a,:n as ing formed an impenetrable barri- 0 as n CI , had been separated and disar- In ratged by tire wind, and that il 0 y one place a canal of open sea 0 t wound its course among them as W nd Ear as the eve could discern. at be It was two miles beyond the en.- ) trance to this canal that a ship : made its appearance about noon. h m- The sun shown brighJy at the en me and a gentle breeze blew s< anrom the north. At first some in- st terveiing icebergs prevented Cap- t t- in Warrens from distinctly Bee- .1 all in anyting1 but herL mast-i but l ds. ire was struck with tire st.range - amanr net in whicb hrer sails weret and disposed, anrd with tire dismantledp *or. aspect of her yards aid rigging. 5: and Sire c-ontinrued to go before tire o ing wind for a few fur-lonigs, and their 1 .grounding upon the low ice-bergs, h oremained miotiouiless. for Capttin WVarrecns' c-uriosity) was 1all so muchi excite-d that hec immedi- 0 the ateiy leaped inrto his boat with sev- a of eral seamen, and rowed towvar-ds t mnd her. On app)roaebJing ire observed ethat hrer hull was miiserably weathr j rer er-beaten, and not a s;oul appeared e -on the dheck. whichI was covered~ g the w ithr snow to a considierale depth. t tes IIe hbailed her cr-ew severai timcs, h uty buit no answer was re-tuirned.- v P revions to stepp ing otn board, air U >er. openr por-t-hrole near tire n:un ti chi ins caught his eye, and, Oln g looking into it he perceived a mani 0 reelining back ini a chair, withr w~riting marter-ials on aL tab!e beforet ,riim; but tihe feebleness of tire t 'lighrt made everything vetry indis 0 sed~ tinet. Tire par-ty wvent on deck a .anrd having r-emoved tire hratchr- C isway, wickh tirey found closed. f they descended to the cabin. t by Threy fir-st camne to the apart a nrert w~hich Captain Warrentsr IviewedJ thrrrugh the~ porthrole. A P a-tremnor seized him as hre entered it. 0 he Its in mate retained iris former po-n sition, and seemed to be insensible t< to str-angrers.- He was fudto ti be a corpse. and a green damp bl-mould had covered hris chreeks anrd P fot-ehead, and veiled his open eye dbalis. lie had a pert in his hand, o d;and a log-book lay on tire table be- ti tore him, tire last sentence in '1 >ox. whiose unfinished page ran thrus: c, "Nov. 14, 1772. We have nrow it hobeen enclosed im tire ice seven teen a aan days. The fire went out y-ester- p Iday. anrd our mnaster has beco ever ti hat stnce ti-ying- to kindle it agatin withrout suer-ess. IIis wife died V a11 tis mnorning. There is no re -: ICaptain War-ens and his sea-f th men hurried from the spot with-. ti -ish out utter-ing a wor-d. On entering d the1 picplcabin tire fir-st object a that attracted their attention was b ted the dead body of a fematle r-elin. C a ing on a bed, in an attitude off tdeep interest and attention. Her e out coun tenance retained the fresh ness y ler, of life, anid a contr-act ion of the 0 limbs shrowed that her for-n wast ofinanimate. Seated on the floor S per i was the corpse of an apparenrtly his young man, holding a steel in one a :en-' band and a flint in the other, as if t in thoacmt nf' sPiking ieM Unnn c me iuder ;hLch lay besidv um-. the fore part of the vessel se al :>!diers were found Ie! I eir hrths ; and th ! body of a v wa: fouInd crtmUl.ed at t lw 'ot ill of the : . N i: -vi:e .isnrfeVcl eds verd ay nhere ; but C..apad io arrlens was prevenlted, by the pLsiions pIrejuileI.s .f is .-ea e. from examining the vessel iitelv asi he wi,l,ed to naVe C. iC, trhefo carried aw ay e lgb..I airkeady mleltimned, d returned to his Own s.ip. and an.diatviv elVteered to the south. ird, de'-Ily impressed \ ith the ful example which he u.j itlessed of the danger of*laviga Ig the Polar seas inl high niorth 1 latitude. Oil returuillg to E.:g!and he atde various inq,.iries respecting .ssels that i :tdisappeared in an iknown way, and. by comiparin-g uresults of those n% i0h the in rmiation which was afforded by e written docmeints inl his pos.. ssion he ascertaincd the name I history of the imprisoned ship id of her unfurtunate muster.and und that she had been frozen irteen years previous to the ne of his discovering her amiog e ice. PARIS TE.1PLE OF MUSIC. VISIToRt ISCRIPI'JoN oF THE NEW GRAND IOERA-IJoVSE. A Paris letter says To describe C niew Academie Nationale de usie, which has been Le:i years the course of colstruictiol. so at your reLders miiht have me idea of its wo:i:ierful imur fleenee. is so utterly impossiHle iat .we will only endeavor to ve a general idea of its outwal d )pearance. 1t is finished on the itside, but two years of work has A yet completed the interior,and SVears iore are required for its -namentat ion. There is no bet tet ay of conveyin.g to an American i idea of anithin- that he has A SCeen than to tell hllm the cost it. Well, this now opera-housc is cost 40,000,000 fraues or about 3,000,000 in gold, including thc luaie of grounlld o: which it ands. It is a governmeut insti, Ition, and was intended as one of toer rwnin g glories of the Napo. onlie Emp)ire. Who will first oc ipy the nmagnificent rectiinf om"s of the Emperor and Em. ess it would be didiceult now tc yv. The opera-house occupies ar en space from which radiate thk oulevards Capucinecs, Italiens lues Scribe, Auber, Ilalecy, anc eureCs des Mattine, like th< ,Okes of a w heel. The area ii 3eupjies has- a fronit of 403 feet rid a dlepth of 40'7 It fronts oi so Place de l'Operai, the width o hich must be about G00 feet it te direction, anid 1L000 in the och *, being the junctuon of all thes< reaL thoroughfaires. To .stand il ic cenhter' of thi:, '"place," an. kat tile front of tile bu ildi ng -ithi its groups, statues and bust: f exquisite executionl, and ti< >wering. domeit. erownled by: roup of bronzed statu'ary. put; nie out of consceit of th'e ohld ma:s wrs of both I stat nary andI arebsi leture. The streets that enecireb ie buildiml:r are al1 not lej: ss th: ne hundred and fifty feet in wi !th ad l ine view of it can be ob)tainj .1 from any of' the great thorough LIres. But it is not ths.. front onnh 'iat is ornsamented0 with stat nartl nd bu:sts,but the .side5stand even 1h, :ar, wie the sc'ulptuire oft ai th, atrts of' the buildi ng is most elah, ate. In1deed1, the side views anS ore satisfactory, and gzi e a bet r' idea of' its imlmensity than th;. on11t, as the la ter al projection: 'ith carriage-ways uInder arcere ortiCoes. by whieb vehie!es wil ~ach to the level of the ir'4 ou boxes, arc among the most at acte portions oIf Lhi bumilid ing be interior is being comlpleted t< >rresp)ond' with the gr'andeuer o s exterior orniamlentationl. Ther, e live rows of boxes, and, inde 2ndenlt of' thle cheap galleries iere will be seats for 2500 per o.Each box has a small pri se &'/.m attaebled to. it inclu n-ihuse of the fourth tier. Thsest *e fttued up as little dressing room: r the ladies to retire to. bet weer ie acts. The portion for the au once is built entirely of ston< A ir'on. The stage is 80 feei road and 123 feet deep. The ma Linery of the stage is wonder ii, and cannot be described, furthi e than that by an immense exca ation far below the foundationm f' the building, to the depth of fif i feet, the advantage in seen< bifting is obtained of havingr th de scenes and flies all of a piece od raising them from belo w. A sub arranean sheet of water was en rmnted in making this excr.wa dilic lty w:hich added 3,000.000 frane lo the cost of the buhiig. WheLter any idea of the buiId*I! ounn< ob:ained fruom this d tion, it wouic be imupossible to say. but. !et i Le rea(ier just Conceivi it to Ce the most ele gat, and rn met!:111! elaborate buildfing- of its 'iz ever constiructeii. tlk .- C kS.0,000 it cosf, delleiencies ini the dscipitionl. MEDICA L SYST EllS.-L.isLo CUR E. There arc now in existence just live medical systems. each having its distinctive title and school, and if each has not its distinctive --law I of cure." it has at least its distinctive 1tiods ndcnI*. These are the Allopathic, Hoinepat'hic. Eclectic, Physio-Mdical and Hygenie. And as medicine has been cultivated as siduously and systematically for nearly three thousand years. these sVsteIIIS r1ust necessarily repre sent the aggregate of th; wis dom the medical profession has ac cumulated thus far in the world's history. These systems differ fun daientally in theory and greatly in practice. while they recognize the same facts in anatomy. physiol ogy, pathology. and chemistry. The differences, therefore, must consist in the interpretation of the facts. in the arrangement of the facts into principals, and in the grouping of principals as they relate to the 1aws of the vital organism. While there is truth in all of these systems so far as demonstra ble facts are concerned, there must be error somewhere in relation to primary premises. Wherever two assumed first principles or laws of nature are antogonistic. one or the other must b3 false. But any nam ber of facts. however seemingly dis cordant. may be admitted as true, the only question being, how they are to be interpreted in view of principles: or arranged in harmony with law. Any medical system may be prov ed or disproved, reasoning from given premises. The essential thing in the investigation of scientific problems. is to prove the premises. Then, if the logic is sound. the con cn.-ion rmst be correct. The theory that the earth revolves on its axis had been controvert ed by leatrned men for twelve hun dred yeatrs. Why'? Because its op ponents (Lid not study the law of p)lanet ary motion, contenting them selves wi th appearances-facts with out ai theory to explain them. Med ical s-ystenms may dispute with each other forover. if they confine the discussion to facts and experience. But wheutn the law of vitality which comlprehiends the facts is discovered, the dispute will end. The world wi~xll trhen have but one medical sys tem. and that will be the right one. DRE-N'ING W~IH PLAIN 1. It would lessen tile burden of mny who) find it hard to maintain their~ lacLe in society. 2. I would lesscn the force of the~ tempotations which often lea ? men"" to barter honesty and he ior 3. If there was less strife in dress at church. people in xmode ra~te circustances would be more i nclinedl to attend. 4. Universal moderation in drrecs ship1)L.r the removal of many wan dlering' t?onghits. 0. It w.oulzd enable all classes of peole t attend church better in unfavoraile weather. . It oud lesscn on the pm-t of the ri the temnptation to vani 7It would sav-e valuable time on the iabhathl. 8. It would relieve our means from a seriouis pressure. and thus enable us to d9 more for good en N. a Cuni .n.-One evening, at the h'ouse of D)r. Arnott (1853,) Mr. Row.nd l l! iave some curi'us traits of the wretched ign:orance of a poplulatie of nauilers in some central district of Englandl with whicb '.e was acq1u'intedI. A ergymuan ex"irted himself to eE-t an i:uiprove-ment. took p,art:eular care to get their children baptised. Ope day, having come to baptise a newly born infant. whom he uniders,tood to be a boy. he a-ked what name hie should give the child. The' father w-as quite at a loss, had no pre dilections onu the subject. "Shall it be a Scripture name ?" Assent. "Well. what Scripture name ?"'The ma, aoreed at the mn::ister's suggestion. tha t Be.njmn:in would do. As he was retiring' afotrwards. he heard a errent - houting. and turning back. met' theC father, who exclaimed: "Sir, it wun - na do-it maun be done again-Abe . 1aien' na /ch