Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The peraoa than addressed turned end fixed a p?ar of mild, yet Steady and peoo, trating evea apoa the speaker. 'Which way, stringer!' wan reflated, though ia modified aod mora respectful 4mm! % ^ % \V ia !im tlwre V said tbe stranger, pointing ? he heuae ju*t In view from the road. 'Diok Jose*,' war answered. ? 'What kind of a inau ia be P uqat inquired the atraager. 'Rather a hard a caao. You'd better Uot go there.* , fWhy r .D,lln i*lat be, do worse.' 'I reckon noi,' replied the colporteur, I for ruck lie vn. 'lie will, as sure aa fate. I've beard kirn aay, over an i over ageta, that if one of you Bible (ellvri dared to conic inside of his gate, ke'd set kia dog* on yon. And lie s juit tho man to keep bis word. So take a friend'a advice, aud let , laiist alone. No good will come of it' 'IJaa lie wife and children ?' inquired the colporteur. A wife end two little boys.' 'What kind of a womau is kia wife V O, cfae'Il du well eaongh. But neighbors don't go there much on account of her husband, who Is a very imp of SaUn, if the truth must be spoken. 'like the blessed Master,' wss replied t> this, "I come not to csll the rigb-, tcous, but sioncra to repentance. Of all things iu tbe world, tbs Bible is most ;>v?dud at Disk Jones's; and I am bound to place quo there ' O, very well.' Follow your Own bent,' said the farmer, slightly annoyed at tlie other's pertinacity. 'You'll remember that 1 warned you, wbetr bis dogs arc at yovr beds, or his horsewhip over your shoulders. 80 good morning to y?m ' 'Good morning,' returned the stranger, cheerfully, ss Its threw open tbe ill hung ?stc, and entered the forbidden grounds of IMck Jonet. Now, our bravo friend. the colporteur, wan not a atrotfg, rv/?. ust mac, able to inert and resist physical violeucs. In the use of carnal weapon*, h* had DO skitl* Hut he had a eoufiJeut spirit, a siroog heart, and above all, an unwavering confidence in the protecting power of Him, in whose aervtoe he was aerating his 1Mb. Rran on tlie grounds of Pick Jodm the birds sung sweetly, the oool brasses sported smid the leafy braoehus, and the breaths of 4 thousand flowers mingled their frsgranoe in the air; and, cren at tho Colporteur trod these -^grounds, he felt an 1 enjoyed the trampM beauty and peaae of nature. There was uo ^hriqlr* ing ia hif heart., fie waa no* ia terror of .the Hon* that cram abed on hie path.-Soon be stood at (be opso doer of a bouse, around which was ?o sir of comfort, uor a single virtue of I sets. 'Who's thereT What's WaaUdf' wis the repulsive salutation of a spais, who hurriedly 'drew aft dd handkerehief *-roa# hor brown neck and half exposed bosom, on seeing a stranger ?\r_ _ * l. vuv k . ? : j mmj vjtmu ? fK4 taw iu>uw . HM the owl partear, ia a.low, tareren* roieo, u* be stood, Ooe foot oa Lbt ground, sou the other ocrwi* the threshold A obaago paaasd iC. oraf the wnihaifs faef. Hp whole wopreoofow softened. But eb? did not iwrhe the strunger to outer . -- v Oo?go,' oho aoid, hi a bwrviad roeoa. ?Oo a war nuieklj 1 3ty hnehaad wfU'ba bore d.reoUy, sftd bt ' , She paaood^ 1 ear rag the oantoneo ao?i teating blnMc^f fa a eha\ wiih 1 > . ? r * RAYBQ1{( >'. 1 tv JBfenvd M|k villi your husband.? Jkj!|>i ijL btHtv i* his mm V * **' **?? bum i? Jones. Hut he don't wsat to mi yon.' ^pon'l MKt to a*e iff f IIow do 700 V?* * * tr , 'l don't know your name, air/ taiwecfd tbe tMM, timidly; bat I know wbo fM,IM- Yen go Moaod selling good ffkft bnd talking religiou to tbe people.' 'IhH enough, Mrs. June#/ said the ipkiL kie &m m epoke. And I ^te tttM.to h.*. .J|ttijgya joor MH^gi trnvrdl^^Mtm W5 lift mil If BT good book*. Hate you ?bur 'No air. Mj husband ssja bo bates tht-Bibll. \Y nea ve weft Brat married, I had an old Testament, but be aster Mtld hear to eee ine nadlog it. Somehow, it got loet; 1. alvajre thought be latiiai it sway, aa thrtw it mto the ire. UfvVoaH talk to you air. He won't b^ae your book*. He'a a vorr bad Mlpared.mm, sometimes, and I'm afraid M il M JOO MRS. U Mr, 1 WlStl JOU fl wo?|fd go away.' a 'ItIK instead of shqwing-any tlvn or Mawty M Mm. Jones's account of her t -hudmfld, the stranger commenced ppen- i iiig kit valise, from which be iooo pro- e duced t plainly bound c<^>y of the Bible. ? 'How long aloee you ware married V b ukcd the colporteur, as bo opeoM the i Bible, and ? wmeaeeJ turning over the lea wee. ~ v J 'Twelve ye*re come next May, sir,' tu answered. 1 'How long la it sites yon teat the Tea* b najnata?'... i 'Most eleven years.' J t 1 'IVj yon go to churob V t 'To church t' The woman looked nor- a prised at the question. 'Bern? Bakes, no ! r I haven't been inside of a choreh araoc i t was married." a 'Wouldn't you like to go?' I ' Whaiud be the use 7 I woudn't say ii chureb-'to Diok for the world.' 1, 'Then you haven't reed the Bible t yourself, nor heard anybody elee read 8 it, since you lost the Testament V 9 J 'No air.' u 'You shall have that blessed privilege ii once again in your life,' said the strmu- t ger, raising tne book towards his eyes, and miking preparayjg^^igaiL. t: he'd kick the his I house that dared to cross his door. And he'll do ik 'Ho's veiy wicked and I passtuuate, sohicticDos. Do sir, please I go sway. If L had say money I'd take I tks Bible a ltd hide it frow hiui : but I , : hsvn't. I'lcase dou't stay say longer. Dou't begin lo reed. If he cotuoe in j sad finds you reading, he'll be tusd ' enough to kill you.* Hat, for all this, the colporteur sat unmoved. As the wocuso otased speaklag, be commenced readlog to her the beautiful chapter from our leml's sermon I on the niouut, beginning with?'Take 1 heed that yo do not your alms before men td be seen of them ; otherwise ye hare no reward of your Father, whioh is in Hem??n.' As he proceeded in a low, distinct, reverential voioe, the woman's agitation gradually , subsided, and she 4 leaned forward listening mora and moro <i intently, until alt thoughts nnd feelings a were absorbed in the holy words that c wcro filling her ears When the oolpor- ( tsar finished the chapter, he raised his , ayes to the faoe of the woinan, aad saw d j that it was wot with tears. At that ? ' instant, a form darkened the dpor. It t I was the form of Dick Jones. ' > | 'Uf!' ho clelaitnod in a harsh toico. < 'What's tbtaf Who are you P ' Comprehending, now, the soenc before > him, Jones began swearing awfully, at ' tho same time ordering the stranger to I leave his house, threatening to kick hiui | from (he door, if he didn't move instant- 1 ly. The' toarfhl wifo stepped between < Iter husband and the objoet of his wrath; > hut he swept^her aside roughly, and with 1 curses. <# < 4Go, before I fling yon into the road!' 1 And the strong man, every iron muscle < Ufoee with anger, stood towenpg above the stranger's slender form, like an oagle ' 'above its helpless prey. ' | iiow ealan and fearleea the stranger ' Mi. hta mihl. (1m? llmnat Nnintaal avm ! timed ea those of him mmd aessilsnt. i 'UleM the Lord, O niy soul, mod forpet 1 j not e(l bit benefits ' I Lew, yet thrilling *U the voioe in 1 ; wbieh theee wordm fouud minuet apoota- ' imum uileranet- t He bed taken ho fore- < ( thought M to what he should my. IJith er fi? hed some, *C the prom pting of doty, cad now, whoa m raging lien wm in bis 1 ! path, h? shrank net bmdk in terror, bat reeling in n diriae power, moved steadily ; i w a rd? MJlemv out from here, t my!* Tbe 1 vole* of Dictr Johee wsa eoferv still; yet 1 something of Its evil purpose vu gone. 'The Lord b my light mad my selvm' tiom : wheal ehell T war f Tie Lord ie my atrengtb cad my life: of whom ahmll t be afraid! Neither load nor in at If ceoAdenee wee thia spoken; eisewonhl it net beve fallen en the eenrof that evil-minded men with ' so atrenge ? power. ? J 'Why have you oome beve to trouble atef ue now we, before I do you harm,' mid Disk Joaaey greatly subdued | in manner, end sinking ioto hie chair aa i (be areteThe ool pur tear, moved Uea by thought j than impalee, opened the BUde which j had hewn elated da the entrance of Jones, 1 ad fome?Md finding. AH tttfl tow, ?*o the low. eloquent Wtatjg^ tranger, an bo rood from the fc?H J lb wifo, who hod etood half <MB rith terror in o dbkot pert of tb pi rhither on Impatient arm hod ooiog the Wonderful ohango thai meting, atole quietly to but* |m9 tending her heed, em m Ml id btenea, with on iloost eharmddfl ion to the Word of Ltffo, m fdW oon of Ood, who had folV tonee moral wilderness, in 9 *4 ae to?g dwelt. ?Imt -WV^y' How atraogo tbeee word# eoqj^H bora them, end by o ?om* I^^hj ould not disregard. Brief, jet eornoot, and in M? ;u?ge, won the prow, then hi oode, and reeponaed to wiMm Vben the *n?ea' woe eoid, ond^^H olportear orooe from hb knewl hauao had token pboe 1 The rognH tod hoppnn o lamb. strong,! d contemner of the good, ihi^! ad teachable u a little ebild. Oooe mora the colporteur read A be Holy Boob, while the men tadA rife listened with benl heeds, aid ?2 st, thoughtful feces. 'Shell I leave you this BibWf le, rising st length, end making ihumE o retire. A 'If yon will sell it to us,' se<t Dfol fenee. JL ? 'It is yours on any terms you hue rhe prioe is low. I here other goo< looks ; bnt this is the best of ell,for i God's own Book, iu which he peak o his erring, unhsppy children, syin{ 0 them, 'Come unto me ell ye the Isbo od ere heavy lsden, end I will giw yoi est-' Heed this first, my friends; rest 1 in the morning, ss soon ss yot rise nd in the evening before you retire lead it together, end, if you f^l si mpulse to pray, kneel down, andrleot j, if you osuuot speak aloud, say, ere be words of that beautiful prayw th leviour taught his disciples?the peje our mothers taught you when youww* Qnooent children?'Our Father, wkm4 n heaven.' In s few weeks I W*?!s[ his ?r.\y again. Shell I cell to sea^fl 'O yes. Do call,' said Jones, hijfl rembt'ng; though it was plain led herd with the flood or kyu sweeping owrMewufl 'May flod ? peace rest iH louse V The stranger stood wit^H lends end heed bent reverently forV ueut. Then, turning away, he p^| roiu the door, aud iu e few inowefl ras out of aioht. ? o * A month later the colporteur cad gain that way. IJnw different was hi eocption At the houso of Dick Jonts.rhe moiueut tbo eyes of the latter rcste ipou him, it seemed as if n nui/ueaa fe uddculy on his rugged features. 'All ie well, I see.' The colporteu poke cheerfully, aud with a raiiac mile- 'A Bible in the houso is a blest ng to fta inmates.' 'It has been a blessing to us,' sad tb tappy wife, her eyes full of tear* '( ir, we oan never be doue reading th food book. It seems, sometimes, as ho words were just writteu for ut iod the children ask me, many tinea lay, if I wont read to them about md his brethren, the three liffcre ihildren, or Daniel in tbo den of lhrn Jften, when they have been A il tatured and quarrelsomo that I jswl lo nothing with them, ham I a^ppc iiv work and sat down among|?Ui irith tho Bible, and began to read bw ts beautiful stories. O, it acted jlite :bartu ! All aogcr would die ioswdji tnd when I closed the book, and thelvei m their play again, 1 would not 4*1 igly word amonp tbcin, maybh % tours. And Richard, too,?* 4 glanced towards her husband, w roiled, and she went on. 'And lUfcl loo,?I haven't heard him swear an d linoc you were here; and ha isn't an with things that oam't be helped, near if ton as he used to be. O, yes, indq sir; it is true. A Bible in the houi % blessing to its inmates.' 'If that were the only fruit labor, said tho colporteur, as he wP| slowly and thoughtfully away from ' house of Diok Jones, an hour lalor^ would be worth all the toil and **! I have given the work. Bui thia is i the only good ground into which 1 seed I am scattering broadcast, as it yrt has fallen. God's rain, and dtow, .J Ktnsbtne, are upon it, and it anst spa up, and grow, and ripen to the harvsin| u?? not grow faint or weary.' And with a stronger heart and a fl earnest purpose, be went on his way. To II*move Frctki.es.?The h preparation to remove freckles, wh> aro so common at this season, is ah JL-I I_1 fit. - - -J cwpiui m n<ua, soar mine, ana a quantity of scraped horse-radish. Lit stand from 6 to 1*2 boars, then jJC >* wash the parte affected two or three tin a day Another preparatioo is, mix hetf draehua of ammonia, two drachnu laweoder water, and half a pint of dirt' ad water. Uaed with a sponge two three times a day. A simple composition it, a quarter a drachm borax, half a drachm of *0* and one ousee of lemon juice. Mi* * let it Ataod for a few days then rub it oooaaiooally. He whom God hath gifted with a 1*3 ef retirement, ( otPe***, aa it were, extra sense ;j I % 1 I y *. _ V ^np|(|^! eleKaot! I ne vqg e*W uj. J ^ jes M array, with much ?vth?ajT P* K boauat **<W^/iij^gP^w' " IP femark ?MMd u elderly lady, R BtMldilS BMT lb* IMvllh MP M^inp^gi^^^SSftld i t' xetJ * forcanid m Is tsperb ; sod as for thf loath en, Bhiftg oould droop mors gracefully. ^ BmAin I mart bare it, cotuio, it* I , Be mother's life out. Won't the girls *' Vwfth obtj V she added,' turning to a Rmd who stood at her side. ?J B must my I admire the bat, bat I Hpld be sorry to hare that happen,' Kthe laughidg reply of the oo?M, as ! M HK two voting mUses left the saloon, '" after a whispered conference with the w hop-girl. . <8he most hare a very iujodiciou." mother, or she woold cH?m?w tbo ose of f* 1 each strong language ahtsl the occasion did nobdwupnd It, thought the lady, as * she sV?'-y>d into the street. Wl Jane, how long you bare been '* Co; d Mrs. Murray, fretfully, as * dn?&. sr entered thwbouse. *1 told ^ : yon to oome back soon, and you're been e< gone two or three houn. The baby ha* ? 2 cried half the time, and 1're had a house '! full of callera.' ^ Jane excused herself on the score of 1 1 that 'lore of a hat,' and tried to mako [ | up for lost time ; but the facts of the c*w were not so bod u had been reprc, sen ted by the parent; for she had Just m two callers, and the bttby had cried only P ' once. The daughter put in bar claims e< for a ucw bonuet, declariog 'that she hadn't bad one since she could remcm- E ber,' and poutingly added 'that the ous she then wore was not fit to be seen.' 11 Mrs Murray frowned, and said 'that * Jane would ruin her father yet, as she * hid had half a doxen bonnets within a 1 I year to ber certain knowledge.' 'Why, mother ! my straw and the silk ^ H only make two,' returned Jane, iu a poei- * Bftive tone. P ^^"Well, call it two, then; it dout mat- * ^^fcut you can gat it. if yon? falber * |P|t Ha II never forgive taV spR^igh, for giving my consent,' said tne Bray, tired with Jane's importunity. The latter was highly elated, nntwith- * standing the dubious words relating to " I her father's ur.rclcntiug disposition ; and P twben the bell rang loudly, she ran with unusual alertness to answer it; return- 0 ing directly with a letter, which she gave ' , to her mother. 8 II 'I deela.e, 1 haven't had a letter for i c an age!' said Mrs. Murray, as she eager- ? ly broke the seal. 'Were going to have 8 || company,' she added ; 'draco Andrews, 8 an old school-girl acquaintance, is com- * ' ing to-morrow. Hut I shall be glud to 1 see her, if she u the biggest old Hetty 1 , that ever did live, and does talk so very 1 correctly. You'll have to ho very par- * tioulur about your dress, Jane, for I * never saw a bit of dust or dirt about hor * person in my life, and she dreads a " ^ slovculy person as she would the cholera.' r Mrs. Murray's advice was not much 8 * needed, for Jane was a neat grl, and " ' untidiness was not one of her faults; * I and we must do her mother tho justice . to add, that she was one of the uioat 1 notable, industrious women m the neigh- c J MmmL ^ 'Thomas, if you tease me any more, 1 | a will punish you as loog as 1 oan stand !' ' X M rs. Murray, to one of hor children, J' ' d?y3 efter tho arrival of the ex- * Htfced visitor. 1 S^^^ILhy, Mrs. Murray, what a strong i \r -t t . v a * i Issiou ; i ou surciy aoo v mean wnai * remarked Miss Andrews, re- ' fell, perhaps I don't, exactly,' re- ' the mother, coloring slightly ; 'bat ' 'ft manage my children, witboat ' g right up and down ; they don't ' me no more than they woald a ' V key eeem quite yi^fttfigiWP>obedi- '' am tare j but I think that less alio language, and more firmness of i r Would be quite as effectual, 'are so aoeustomed to bear you ? ten measures which they know will i be 'resorted to, that yoai words, ler severe, are not regarded.' lan't help it, for my patience is |y gone. Now look at little Joe ; Zovorcd the carnet with bits of IB |B emd Charley Iim rubbed hie tiugPRWill orer the window.' t'l see just four bits of paper on the floor, and there are but two finger-marks on ooe pane of glass. Do those include the J 'whole ear pet J* and 'entire window ?' JP naked the lady with a soiiTfr to *Wh*' of course, I didn't mesn that, | exaotly,' replied Mrs. Murrsy, smiling in | return, as her words were repeated. -a 'Then, why not nay what yon did; 0f mean ?' inquired her companion, mor" jj. seriously. 'You will not be o Tended or when I assert that such a courts will bo | far more benafieisl to your children, than I 0f whole days of talking \ aa your example r%T has neoesesrily more or less iafloeooe t i I unnn thsm. na | ~i oa I 'You arc a dear, good hearted crra- ; I turo, Grace, and just to please you, 1'U . try r?ad follow your adriee the rest of j ?*o| the day ; hut you're got to bear the an* blame if tho chiidreu distract ur with 4 Boise. I ^ , I aft* A * < Bp 0 % . jr.,-. * *? .<* t" . .IP AnTtfelorroa ptesc, wj! 4ir Or* ?ly don't rrpubU iBb to (Mtoo 1 ord*,' vu tko good-oatarod if ply ! *. m ike IfUuvolj pwtwi ir sowing. A lileoM of ererml ndotii HWfl ,A Baa^aAAl tarn la <l? ? atuJl 1 ^ www naansw* _Vt1Tv ?che? ihookiflglv ; I < trdly hold it up I Yet she contiou ?r needle work as though the felt to] dy comfortable: 'Yon HeatN to be supporting it with' uch effort, as I <**> ^sJcaife,' obeen ittfl Andrews, significantly. 'I io?l!y forgot jtlt about ray promi id your presence; but I do thitt* t horrid weather f >r a porson'a hei aa the apologetjcal answer. The force of habit t% v err atmfo* ; i hope you will topke m? attempt irnewt.' *aid Tirana, . earnestly; * iKeva me ray friend, thai a tendency ilargj beyouod the ttwtb, is u aerie ut too common fault. . You are " ware of It, perbapl, but nemrlJ- ew mtenoe you niter, signifies mcro tl on meafl to hnwe it; and as jou va jjphatio language on -iriies, jou hi o suitable worai< to use when re* nportant and uuusual casus deuii toui? Did yuu ercr think of it, kJ lurraj F, > ^ v 'O, yes, dear Graec, but I sin twe mcs loo old to learn n new way of t* sgr; but you ahull have Jaqe for a pu rid teach her just what yoa please,' lied lite lady addressed, good-hun ilr. And Mis* Audraws did'Cry, until " atienae wtp nesrly exhausted , arte, whoso * old habit vu dt treugtbeued by her mother"* exauv ould aot understand why it was i proper for ber to say 'that she < uite frozen,' as that she fslt very o r why 'baleful' was not just as gO?i prm to express dislike, as disagree*! 'or ouc, she shouldn't csteeui it i raise at all to boar a person remark I ucb and such a tiling was 'very bs her toueh srT lnneiuoou was obscured, and ky cloudy of au y veuiog, to uae ber < xprl'ssion 'it was dark as pitch;' i f tho contrary, 'it was as light as d ne might ace to read as well as n i plain person was called 'hideov gly,' and cue gifted with regular ures and attractive manners, 'as 1 ouio us a picturo. If the music a oncert pleased l?cr, 'she was perfc ncbant?*l with Mntifcwie H.'s dii ingiug sud if the performances wer nv decree tedious. '*Kp ?u Kr>r<?.I ?n <1. rich such insufferable attempts.' W icr appetite asserted its claims, she almost starve! and if slightly tbir nearly choked.' If an individual ouicwhat out of temper, be was 'as c ,s u bear and if in a pleasant hut too good-natured to live.' At ono ti be declared that 'any number of g ats ware soampering about the olo* t story which waa reduced to reaaoni luueuMoas by Mias Andrews, who illy remarked that alio had seen great rats,' which proved to bo one KHXHit little mouse, who had veoti tut of bia hole to nibbie a bit of br _)n another occasion, abe stoutly m ained 'that the bud narrowly oact xiug ran over by a runaway boi bough the animal was a dozen yi Voiu her, and leisurely pursuing *ay But we will not weary the readei recounting more of her foolish cxagg .ions. Miss Andrews persevered, to :nd of her visit in trying to eradica habit of representing thiugs beyond truth. For a time, she nartiallv seeded with both Mrs. Murray and laughter; but the habit bad bcci long formed, and was so difficult to c souic^y^yM^iind mure especially Into the way^^^^^mgTwhat, every person taste known to be true, that approp language is always the moat czpres Prortkct of ub0on8tauctio: The most miserable delusion that entered into the minds of men ia tin the return of the seceded States to Coufedciwcy. Au intelligent Virgil who has thoroughly traversed t Stttea, expresses the opinion that I is about as much prospect of their rt aa there was of the return of the-lb Colonics to Great Britain, after battle ef York town. What ahould return ffir ? Who will bring < ba<'k t The Border St*n-|, wlusK" deserted them in their hour of't Now tbht tbay have worked oat owu salvation, aud solitary ?ud a established their independence, aril a 1 ^ Wl a _I1 uoracr onvu, woo nave nuug an while as a millstone upon their necV able to coat them back to their yoke of bondage T Tbej would 1 try k. Having pasted triumph through flames of martyrdom, tbej not likely to come baok, like a that U washed, to be weltering ia mire ?Richmood Pi*patcU Yer mooters Itte to a great ago, well known There ere two me there so old that, they ,^?ve for^ who the* are, aud tlioiw tire uo ur?g living who cin remember. .4 *& 1 " Ji*-'" -<Cr --. -# _ -Cf-A. "" > ^--f*. <*^ *- 'a * #/ ^1 . : T "" " * - "" v * '- * jj* ^? MMM Jb# ^ ***114 V * bMi^t llni <J^qftSrini.7 tn W m? that tba Uw U" ^no4lr enforced; JJ iiH)wfM|?o ?wiwr oar pom plain er* authority of the ?me). Thai no permit halt be considered aa antheming the absence of a alave from hia or her ltH* outet'i premises, unless said permit abaJJ (leMgnatw the plaoe or plaec* Which ' Mid slave is allowed to visit, and the j * time digriug which be or ahf la permitted to be abieat. Provided, That tbia Aot . rAall not apply to slaveis resident in aa* mX incorporated city or town, while withiu j* the incorporated limits of the same, -r during the honre wbeq, the municipal ' to regulations do coit forbid the free passage ** ? of slave*.? hot the Senate House, the twenty-eighth erT daj bf January, in the year of our ,an Txrrd one thousand eight hundred and v sixtv-one, and in the eighty-fifth year h"? of the aorrreirntjr swd independence dlj of the State of South Carolina. ??d WILLIAM D. PORTKK, i * President of the. Senate. JAMKS SIMONS, nty Speaker II on so of Representatives. ilk- ? ?.? pii, Hoeeible Afvair.?-On the ?8th re- ult., the wife of B. B. Cooley, living In tor- Fredcriok eounty, Virginia, wm missel from home, and discovered under most her extraordinary eireumatancea. A letter but to the Alexandria Q&iette says : cily I>arkncto approaching, and the lady pie, continuing to be absent, caused considenot rable alarm, and the hands who had was then come in from the field, instituted a Did, search. On approaching the meat-house n! a groans were heard emanating therefrom, hie. and, as the key could not be found, auy attempts to break down tbe door wore .hat begun; but while these were in progress, md- the key was found in the dwelling boose, a- the door apMod, mud tfraJMlfa is. S mmbet piece stsi? of mubiv, wa* fownd sitUng tbe on tbe floor, with hoi* hand* cowering >wn iter faoo, and perfectly irawninna and Some of hor clothiug was hanging from ay j tlio uicat books iu the lufuin, suit butiie ot.' was strewed about tbe floor. A salting isly tray was almost filled with blood, appafon. roll 1117 frri^klv rat ll?.l \Urlr. .... v ?- vwhij W f ???VV?. Armm^ m<jy i v nv B1 ???1 bling those made by the pressure of fint a gers, were upon her arms, and her head, otly neck, and sides were horribly mutilated rino by what appeared to be a bluot poiuted e in puncturing instrument. Her ahoea and >ath stockiugs were found ander Iter bed, in hen her chamber, saturated with blftod. wis Medical aid was promptly procured, aud sty, ! e rything done far the unfortunate lady was j - * acienco and skill could suggest, but roaa ?H was of no avail. She lingered in tuo nor, 1 tame helpless condition in which she was wo, i found until Saturday last, when death roat ! came-to her relief, Her husband, who nt * I had Mtarted from his kniiiA on thi> froicdif. i -f ? r* iible 1 train, of the Mauansns (jap Railroad, with qui- ] Chttle for the city, on tho tame day hi* the ; wife met with thia terrible calamity, wan in- j telegraphed to return instantly, hut roired ; turned just iu time to see his estimable cad. I lady expire. No*cluo haa oh yet been tin- obtained for the solution uf this most ex iped ' tra<?rd.uary oocurreueo. m> | ard's Gun. 'Jackson tiik Skcu.ni>. Aj?l,ij pallki* at TIIK C'ooT.?The Moctfornery aorrcapyudurit of the Charleston Iveniog News tolls the following, show-era i i,4g bow tho prospect before him sickens ; the Old Abe. Will he wait now for his ito a 'tn as tecs' td stop him, or will he slop of the | bis own accord ? sac- j Wm. Browne, Esq., Assistant Secreher of State, has returned fro-. Washingj so ton? where ho went to bring his own >ver- family. He reports things as wearing a ' tho muab or taoro pucifie aspect, and thinks o|?i ' there ts strong* pmtmblflty ofths Com- 1 i 0( ' missioners being received. This is the riate ' policy of Seward and the conscrvativo sivc 1 W'UK 'J the Republican party, but the radicals, each as Chase and Blair, may n.? | thwart his plans. ever (Ion. Scoott it appears was applied to, at of ? to furnish an estimate of the number of tho i meu and ntnount of monev ni cp.ti.orv to nan, | enable U?- Kail-Splitter to recapture the hose | forte, amenals, navy yards arul other pub* there w Uo property seined by tbe seceded State*, turn , llis roepouec was five hundred and thiriti*h ( ty live thousand rucu and one hundred the millioQs of! dollars to oommeu6c opera* they , tions, and na much more subsequent tbem uvi-uts might sell far. Tlda it is sai<l have completely staggered old Ab.- The rial ? 1 soldiers would drain the North of every their Wide-A wake in her borders and allow lone, the IVinoarats to earry the spying clcc* 1 the tions by dcfaoU, and one hundred mil* 1 the lions abstracted from the treasury would is, he not leave a stiver for the hungry rate, own who are clamoring for a crumb from the letter public crib. suily * " ~ ^ * '? , art3 l>uriog ike anamination o( a witness, auW as to the locality of stairs in a house, the i the *ouM?l teked him, 'which way the stairs ran V ..XhOrttaes*, who, by tha way, was a as is noted wag, replied, that, 'One way they n up rau up Metre, but iho other way they otten ren down stairs.' KL>rt The It'SPliOil Anlliuwl i? in Vint In .tli i v I* u faii'l tiifti took a L'A at the ceiling *