jfiilllir "Che bn>-,> ui wnoee *ndiesa furao r . , .r? All ouill.lv splendor for excelsjijf-^2 To tliec, from Jud?h'?8i*blo rxuttSSr**^' K*1Iv'ii A lose the i>riDCdtrom.Jeiae'*itcni, ..JEbtft.tliiWgb tby temples,- domes, and towers', :*h?t njjjhin strength/(Hid weakness mode, Vit^pbeir prie^ttiad rigal powers, T in lowly dust oiid asfies laid I Tito story of thy ancieut time ? &r: Thny the lyreJsnblime~ Of thee, Jerusalem I & v We see uitliin thy po rch^-Paul;^ orm^.tho voice command, i|ps^neiaTto-taj light 7.0al, whose earnest call/ jr \ CJbald roufe ori paralyse the land?C * ^ Thougli-gOld^iwpomp wer? his/and mo^ For God he spurned the glittering e^t And cast bim itk^fon/ Thy gV?, Jerusalem I tfvfn from tt?6 Mount of (VIres now, S'1^ When roornirtg lifta fier shadowy veil, And umilM otar Mo*bV loftybrow, /, And beau'-eeus Jordan's- stream irvnd vale, Tbe ruins o'er the region spread, S? May witness of thine ancient fame, The very grave-yards of tby dead? v ^ ~.r Of thee, Jerusalem! *3* jft V h?te^*|i-its gorgeous stfcte, > in" a" dreadful ruin lcll, ?f-Tbe fortress ani the gtilden g*/o, Alike the sa '' ""ABcf heaTenly mensure* (o thy narte , Rejoice th^ earth, make'glad theories; Ari^f$rtth thy gathered rtioaaands.-'theD"' :*1'' 'Oil! lioVife ktid PeacIshall dwell :with them And God's own glory shioragain :t Jeru8a?f? VAN DICK'S MADONNA; OR THi ''' Jn&kntiS dkkfa 't? A PSYCHOLOGICAL STORY. .WW?*? ' , itgrgupY o?t*.ypa,ag andx loyoly. girls -wbos^,4eUoate Rogers wo^e busily em in Uifferei^i kijids qf ornamen ' tal ne,e$les\vprk which, under theii skillful arrangement, formed boqact< % *whj$Ji rivalled Baturp in" the brillian of ^heir., colors and .accuracy . o maids of honor, and between theii : ga^ oba^ttoring anc^ busy^qgors cm while waiting for h? ? ; *is?9^ '^3?he only graya pprspn in tlu assombly was t bp. Dowager. Duehcsj jJ'Alby, il>o chief'of the ladios of hon or. ' - ..' !.' '* . Among "the .blooming group, "th< yodngest waa:remarkable for the Bim Jificity oTdrosg nnd tho qpiet modpstj of her whole appearfchcV. !3Jerattir< was a dress of black yelvot, closed U ybw- #ie J fiu* v princ wmms^& '3I^> ^g^teri: ;&4 ^cre% ai ailp4 o? he < 4&% ^wet 4* the QoeeoP ha^sMj^faT^tlieTro to conyplj^e the cftt) catioh Which ha3 fcefcn curcftalty gn > ddd.tj^'fco^^tKoiv -'Retired and aim* plo ia hep taStoSj hor mind instinctively sought the subline dp th? works of ' Wd'^mted a . wbtldr1 bf :1i6f' o\Vn, . !ft ^ctdaily .on^e^wl; mjetors, ritfK^fWorp ed "' tne ^ gnlWi e b of h^p'Tatl^11'' * ^at^V^jfcODeso, Guido, Ruben-* wore the jrambcr of her friend* ancl 8"? vowed them eternal grat^u(^c> f?r light their talents hu^ shed on hfir solitude. The habits manners of Lucy contrasted singly with thoso of her c8"l&|WkniO**( Who had bdcn 'habituated -independence and liberty. CietUbir and timid toexccse, she scarcc-. ly'aCtempted to answer the sportive land/often misobelvous eallios of her Companions. The large clock in the safoori. chimed the hour of-ten-; all eyes were directed to it, and scvoral .voices exclaimed, "He's very late I " just as a domestic announced the painter, Yan J)j*ck. The announcement caused a general agitation among the smiling group. Each oue changed her position on her velvet scat, rearranged hor dress, and, composing . her countenance, Bought to givo additional graco to her aspect. The young pupil of Rumens, albeit accustomed to tho sight of beauty, could not suppress a murmur of admiration at finding himself in the midst of this brilliant circlc. Tho old Duchess, supposing tho young painter's embarrassment to be caused by her own imposing appearance, to encourage him, addressed him in these words: "I am told that i . you havo talent, yoUng man." "Thoso who havo so informed you do me too much honor, madam; doubtless th$)'judge mo by my intentions, but I havo, hs yet, produced nothing worthy of attention." There was as much confidence and . noble pride in the reply of the painty' er as there had been arrogance and impertinence in tho address of the noblo dame. ' : Lucy, who possessed Iho l)igli spirit of her country, was shocked at the insolent tone of tho Duchess, and now blushed with pleasure at tho reply of "Van Dyck. As her soft eyes rested approvingly on his face, ho understood her foelings, and thanked hor, by a look, for her generous symf pathy. . i- *' 1; ? "Well, wo shall see. ,* Hpr.Majesty: wishes torenew the ornaments of her chapel, so you will be fully employed. A residence will bo assigned you in yonder monasteiy. There you will copy undisturbed. In summer, also, you shall havo a fit residence, besides 1 a pension fV6m Government. This, I -AhLnk, is paying an artist pretty well."-' "Art can not bo paid for, my lady Duchess, and if I possessed the tal.1 wi.i.i. r :? .i- - wuw ty uuiuu JL aajJUUj wio lavui \ which you boast could not purchase I thrill." ^ . ttvall vory well; you arc proud and we are .noble; but never1 theless, thos9 honors are conditional ^ ?you will bo chosen x>ainter to the Queen if'you succeed in gaining the prize wbjch goffered 'for tho most perfect head of the~Madonna." "Ah, inadatn, if the patronage of I Her .?Mtdppty ia offered me only on i these conditioba, I ffear Itsball not j obtain it/.'ll ; 5. "And why not?" "Because I shalliiot gain the prize," r replied h?, with ifttt expression of 6ad5 ness, wbijch ^;as instantly.reflected on - the fafcVbf Xiucyl f "Why do you refuse this honor?do i you fear to fail ?" . r madam ; bnt how 6h all I rep - resent, as at*? -HJQOQiu ne represent?a, r the mother of the Saviour? Where 3 shall I find a niodelf' i .^.i'As he pronounced these words, his - .?yes rested on the angelic faco of iiucy;; ' y* - ' 5 / "I have hitherto sought iti vain the - combination of mildness, sweetness, 7 andpandor which should characterize > the Virgin." > Thp fire of genius; which illumina>> tod the handsome countenance of 9 Van J)yck- elicited... the admiration Of t all observers. ' ^ T / "But I should imaginoSthat there I 'would too difficulty ia obtaining 1 b^ete feV^viAt.re," v .;;, V '* V" (?n>t oljtuiaed 3 fbt hiro are undoubtedly beautiful. I t have sooghtiii; vain for tho "dignity i) andj>utftyy Sfrhf oh 1" htfvo never seen V united butlafe nob|eiady,.who woutd 8 disdain, to sit to a poof Jfcrtist/'' t- . The animated-and ardent;glaoo? of [ Van Dyck much embarrassed Lacy; u l^uoheBs, hfcl oJ?or?K i a S$S$, l^n heaipjf, qtfadamtV^l Bowing prof^twkdlyv *od gtviag a pftri titogglanco at!ducy,1\o a^dca:''^ I TirifflrortrfatSQiPv W ii , " . y ?, .> :;!. ;r^ \ * 1 ^-tl gain tlie pi?ze, 800 nio'agaiu, mndam} if notA^Icavo England.'' t Ho took possession of < his apai^"te?, ^?rd 1,0 ?ould, at i the aa*10 ^rao, paint bis Madonua, *) and -0P>' t^,e frescoes for tho chapel. V>th bis mind f\iU 0f ?ho ^jelpstial -' face bo bad; just seen, ie^isod bis i pencil, and endeavored her 1 lineaments. But tbo cxttesmo sensi- i bility, so UBcftil|to art when timo has j calmed.it, i&jj&QGhv his chicf obstaole. / Ho jfolt/too, deeply to succeed in ox- j pressing tHW' idea which tilled his j soul. Tho _ day. passed in fruitless i liltoinpt, and t,ho night surpri^d him, ! dissatisfied and desponding, , < . ] In the meantime Lucy had suffered i sovcrcly for the prcfcrcncb sTigwn her * by Van Dyclc. Tho envy nililjQalonsy j of her companions found TOhjih im- j pertinent sarcasms; so that, oib flepa- i rating for tho night, her mind was filled with his' idea, and after her nightly prayer, lxis namo was the last on her lips. It was midnight, tho heavens shono with a thousand sparkling stars, and a soft light sproad itself on tho old abbqy, which stood solitary and alone among its ruins. A window of tho palacc oponcd, and a shadow passed slowly along tho balcony and grand staircase, cros! Bed alon?r tlio r-ni>oml 0 ?w vj t*itv4 ivaviiuu tuvj monastery. / . It would be difficult to say liow thin figure had left the palace aud penetrated so far; but she mast have been well acquainted with all the turnings, for, in a short time, she crossed the long-avenues, and, arriving at one of the galleries of the chapel, eho fbund horsclf in the painter's work-room, and, passing lightly on, seated herself, without looking around her, immediately in front of his easel. Oh, surprise! ob, joy! this being, so calm, so beautiful, is Lucy! The desponding artist who had boon unable to retrace her feature** on his canvas, now beheld a living model before his eyes. . . . .What .could havo induced tier to come ? "What idea could have given h?r the courage and resolution? lie throw himself on his knees bofore her, but Xmc^, motioning him" to rise, pointed to his pencil. Her look "penetrated him^with a flame so pure, that ho forgot the reality of his vision , his astonishment seemed to' him a want, of Jaith.. ./Transported by, his ( ^ * ' '.***' i ^ i ? liriAfrin?vf.ir*n rr\ on nfhnrAni ? ? 1 M w mii vvuvAVUi \Jj 11U seemed a&bvV tbo! earth/ arid 'in the midst of tho sublime conc^ts oT angel ho beheld' Mar}', environed by divlno rays. Ho was no longer the powerless artist, wl?o had just'thrown at his feet his unsuccessful pencil; tho artist had replaced tho mao. Muto and breathless, inspired by mysterious strength, be Belzed life palette. His colors gay? the form, and his soul tho life?in & fio I, Vie .? f?o u 1 which animatedhim, a^d with aC&Itu and aaearob ist?p >I?f*n the monastery. by tho- s?refe| ojl *he had cotae. ; Van Dyck, with wondering tyes . nnd oppressed breathing, made ;not ; tho slightest offort to detain tier. In , his eyes, she was no longer mortal, and inr-her departure ho thought lie. saw tho Madonna returning to her native skies. Enchanted by his execution acd excitement ^.hp iott asleep *fri his: tttTn-chair.1 On' awaking his first thojjght.waa to 'examine his canvas. Trausportod with joy at hia( success, h? thanked, on his l^nees, the a^ngel or woman who had, so/avorod 1 hint!/ In.^ain lie endopvored-again to impart the ideality Which1 existed - in-'his imagination. He fcad^soc'om' bined the thoughts of tiio Madonna and of Imcy, that he dotermiaed to 'discover the trail), and wrote thefollotoing billet to the .young girl: , ' 'Tflll me If youaro indeed an angel, If-you do BOt wish to degriva of. his seriScS the popr^ artist to wfedr&you have , condescended ^ , appear, this ' night, 'Tel^ine if yon arethe^Virgin, ,v J ? %'$ .S? . It was a jiart of the duty of-tbe Dowager Duchess to open fchobiHets addressed to the ybartg-tftdierf tfonHded to her charge. 1 AYWiwasharaaton, ishment on rt?ditog- this. op.isUpt ' iiorror!" criod sho, ''a child of l?i?h family -thus to violate fr?r duly,'tti Booking a pain tor afc midnight." Sho rung, and sent for the guilty one; but "her rage redc^yhlod^hen Lucy, with her castomiai^ ^^tleneefl, doniod all I knowledge "of the -Cause, of her rei pronfehiss. " 3Hr6 DacbOfio, 'who expectfra cai^dl^ ftvowal, ie$uld listen to ' wotbiag*. OJ&r rnk&rn- wt* git** in* Lucy, ? , ? Tho practicability of a single-rail railway has been thoroughly tested iu France, and with successful results. The novel feature of tho. invention consists of a single -rail, liko a long ribbon, extending along one side of the road. One 'wheel, placed at tho forward part, aiono bears on this rail, while the other two wheels rest on the ground. Thenars afe furnished with twowheekj, plaoed underneath in their long ^i^ v/KioKroat on the rail and Bypport their weighty while t?yo other vrfiofcls,destined to "preserve their eqtiHibflum, tire placed outside. \ '? rtf " The Avondalo fdnd is so steadily inoreasirtg that thero is little doubt now but that it will reach-the $250,000, which is desired and needed to make a permanent fjind. There is! a grand otal ,of $45,316.50 from oil sourccs, and of this sntn, $2021 was raised in the town of Pittston Pa., on Saturday. The bulk of the subscription thus i*ar has come from New York. Kxau \ - / . * * ; \r ' ' " "*"'* j :>v?* . ' ; ' * The senior editor of tho-New Or-* [ leans Picayune, on' life rottirn ffom n two months' stay in the "North and" East, remarks that "with public opinion at the North far more tolerant than ever before, with an earnest dis| position there to carry Capital $o the, ' South ratter than iake.ife away, ahd with a bountiful crop insuring indoi jiendencef, at. homo, we may ail be i hopeful. , The future of the South will I be one of progress and improvement/' I " * ' *" Jt ~ ,.v , [ 7 There w c " - -r .t Tto ptfgilistlo fra$irriftyT of 'ST TO^ttlgSr a flttf* df 1i^!y ^qi^oment at the arrival fifctn .BfcgJandpf' the -eeleVat?d Knight-of tbft j$$t? Hr. J"?me?ilftce. Thia diBtinguiahed^onfte io eatc^Ient contftt&sr and ?ir fas frYeo&aeaV he comorf )i(b^kiy^^it"* i...f:'< " ; , " .^ Twenty Mgb there 'W9V0 six poBtofficos'ia: Minnesota, . Now thore are six hundred. * ' Vf , 'T^ro Iran&rof Chi nam en Arte* about tb be ^et wptK to rectahii 80^000 acres of. swamp laad ?ear Sul^axi/BaIon a Cotmty, Cal, ' V'; ..: * .: \> K-. fsV?' . ; Husbao&s' ptomis fo?$oard. "l.:j i. * ^fff^ttTToav3tfW^B4?a . $o*tfy Oifcan^tt> -r??i*Hrthe waterworks of JiQTitelon^ but" toottkisfca* for ^o ^ g$p?l|Kl 11P?? I ^111 ikivor ring again, in JTovr York." ^ ? IWBl, p SM ! m* bating increased so macb pjldaiMlVis justified in furaish,nGt?new ehtirely with the most ^taiery of larger capacity than tl,9Ver the following named arti. 3jduced prices, some of which t> B8\ *n7 *n UB? the District. ing such willflncl it to their interimine what wo offer at much ^Wfclne. 1 Aoot Burr Stone, (run. ner'I.aws new, never baviDg been use "kittle, and is of a3 good grit a9 ^ *>ne in the country?will ba sol n al ?aV foot Corn Stones. Oft OPrai ?j~~7"tn, but would aerre at a roij \ CHA*T.K^TONl26t|lt 1868. S ON AD aFI'EK SU MARCH 29tli, tlie PAaSNGER TRA\ Carolina KailroacWill run n- foil \ FOR am Lon*e CIMaston ? ...80.90 A. M Arrive 1 3.30 P. M. Connpctte with trail Montgomery, Memphis, \asliville s'M Orloons, tut Muntgomeiand Grand L. \FOR COLU LeaT* Chsnaton, 4.,.6.80 A. M. 'Arrhre at C ',l? vn ?? ? ? u?u,jiyiitirnjne loth Carolina Railroad atiAT8 KXcf L?*ve Cliaple^n 4...7.80 P M Arrive ai Augpa 1..6.46 A. M r Connect in* Hh trains Naeh*il|e and New TleanRrrtaVonotion. Leive Anvrneti Lj.lO P. MArrive at Charlfloi?7.. ..4,4 90 A. M V COLUMLA NIGHltsS (sirATB KXCEB Leave Chsrle?f?......-- 1(5.40 P.M. Arrive at Coiulxa ~--B.20 A.M. Connecting \th ChorlottLjntli Carolina Railroad j MondaysAfoys andi Fridaye. I T 1 Lea v? C.olumMj. - - B.80 P. M.' Arrive at CHfUwon V " - a. a*. 8UMIERV|LLE TV Leave Cbarlepn -...L40P. M. *: Arrive otau^errnie ..ki?P. M. Leftve 8uameUJe. ,o..?.,.b 20 A M. Arrjre at OWl??o>> . .1.85 A. M K C BH>BN JKANp. ON MOND^ S; *fifrNBSDUfi>SAT TODAYS. r Lenv A I 6th V ? hittli, Pfi*engerTrains ^ daily Sunday* *ei$?Q. eowiMtiogwit t am 1 on .SoaUJJarollna and. Cliarlot Booth Carolina TltrWa, ,aa follow*: i, ta nwberry t.........i... ? \tTi?e ?Abbe*ilU.. at p. M "... ? ij Anderson al Sun days, eiceptad. j :hm ArriT* i Walhall* at............f.l ? Leave /aJhalla a( ...tU?.....L Pendleton it..>. T ? - Amy M>yA*erl4k., ' ZsjsESItt V BwKSj BOOH i lirW .SX0CK, txleoted Vomit thi, 0 ^a?b^'4h 5 r Htfe folk#, Calt una ?m fat yoowelve*?n > .y