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T 0:0 The night trni closing in dark and stormy, as a stranger, mounted on a ntnslCpony like horse, entered the wood through which tKe main road to the town of Dolivar lay for several miles before it branched off upon the river bank, tie had stopped at the taferu some distance back for several hours, which delay ho now regretted as he heard (he fitful waitings of the wind through the trse tops and felt in tlie heaviness of the atmosphere an indication of a coming storm Hut it was ne- , ccssary that he should reach Bolivar that uight : much depended upon hia promptness in reaching the village j before tuc fury of the storm should be such as to impede his progress. Strapping s valise which ho carried more firtuly upon his saddle-bow, u? urged his | jaded horse iuto a painful trot and ; pluugcd into the forest, the darkness in- , creas ng visibly with the suddeu transition. The per ton who journeyed thus was the ageut of a wealthy land-holder in an I eastern city, and was now bound upon an ecpediUyn of important business for 1 his ^rwetpsf. In Um WMiwa soou hia I saddle were stowed away ten thousand ! dollars in bank bills, to be expended in > the psroliiiae of lands in the neighbor- ! hood, from parties residing in liolivar. ' This ioug aud tedious journey was almost ouucludcd, and as he rode along I the narrow forest path his thoughts were ' up in the anxious watchers at his fireside i at home who would daily look for his re- ' turn, lis had thus far encountered no I perils, ?n l had scarcely observed any ; precaution io arming himself to meet . them should they coiue ; the kuifo in his belt being the only weapon visible on , bis per.sou. As he continued on bis way, there j suddenly flashed acryfu his mind a thought of imp tiding danger. In the hurry of his departure from the inn. he ^ now it1 suddenly arose before bis i magi nation, i clad in tb? aspect of a formidable dan- I ger. lbs thoughts reverted to the little parlor of the ion, where he.had been seated an hour before, waiting for his supper, 1 which kia hunger demanded ere he pr??- ' cceded on bis journey. As be sat by tbe round table, he bad unlocked bis valise, and taking the bundle of bank-notes j from it, tie bad proeee?lcd to count tham j over that he might be sure that all was ( safe. As bis fiugers threw these rapidly over and bis voice uttered their numbers in a low toaa, he was interrupted by tbe cracking of tbe door. Turuiog hastily be saw the ^ad and ahouldetn of a mau . hit eyes fined with , taHfe^^pon tbe money, | i ( "KNOWLEDGE IS POWIR, .rx w^vynoiM) i | un l p ure. Liuve tue t'> pcui.li ; If J HIC to liuj." > ^ T j Annette, the jouiitr i*irl wlio li id no long uliaia 111 the little ciitUgo I NO, f p >k* n of, piun.tl toe it iii'.ilit lit. h' i { the pile feature*, then ?lie said, 111 (J 'IV-Hcips y?'U have ?i m* wrong, po? iv:iu ; 1-ut wo are nil sinful. V ! si> k, utifTcrin^. D > K-t me lutd anca. to my home. J know nmo ?>no with- you?you lire, yiii mu>t luw bo oitat trouble. C ifLc ! My dear f. ... ?lio i* dead now,* tol l me licv r oc ? , < t'u si ' demot even tlio outc? V'our fit hex lowly. ? Ifhfl [ ' Irn otnim 41 should knov^^ ten year? since I wa^^^P these woodadiavu't altered any; ao<M tbey dou't cut dosw^tbe trees then th< Dallia'll be all the same tbey were theb Hut I mutt hurry : 1 haven't f.dlowcc thia agent over no much ground to looat hiui after all. lle'a got a beapof monej ? there roust be five or aix thousand, at 'CM,i it that aatchel of bis, that be'a ac careful of. If K?'ll ? ? ?- ?v ? gcw uiu iual"""WDV| then he can go ? if sot?' The man here drew a pistol from be neath his coat, mad placing a cap oo the | nipple, rcplaoed it and contined bin : search. 'Curious where that other path ia. 11 I thought be had tuisscd it 1 uiight dive straight through the bush aud run the risk ol losing myself and the bird too ; but that wont do. This here looks like it; those two big traek* with the bark peeled in a ring?yes, this is the one. Now tor tusking ap for lost time.' And I be rose to bis f*? t and darted swiftly | through the woods, his hand j>h?o.-d upou ' the bait of his pistol aud hia eyes fixed | on the vista before him. | The agent had pursued his way amid the stortn which bud now aoioewhat abated ; and, as be calculated, was about ! tnid-way between the itin where he had stopped, and his destination, lie felt somewhat more assured as the first half of the way was passed without the happening of anything ill, and congratulated three miles more would end his journey. He was passing a luxate oak tree wliieb - fl?L , .. ..VU ??v cm w UJ a II ti#H of ~bgMning a moment before ntnrtfeffj the trossiug of two paths, when suddenly bw b orao reared violently and refused to proceed. lie attempted to soothe and encourage him but in vaiu : the next ' flash which lighted up the aceue, showed biui to h'lM horror and dismay, the figure of a man in front of bia borne, holding him by the bridle, while with hia right hand he preseuted a pistol at hia own head ! 'No words,' Maid the man, 'give me > that satchel and you may go?refuse and your lifu isn't w.>rtb a t^jpuic of time.' | That face waa the same that bad ap-?i pearcd to him Jwicc before : that voice the aatue that he bad beard in the iou ! Hut you don't wish to rob me,' said the agent. 'This money ia neither mine or yours, and?' 'I tell yon, no worda ! Whether it's mine or not, I'm detettuined to bare it; j an giro it up quick, or you die without ' mercy !' 'Never !, aaid the faithful agent. 'I will defend it with my life!' And he ' drew the knife from hia belt, but before be could atnke the robber, the latter bad , discharged bia pistol, and the agent fell i beavilv from hia a?^.tl- ,--J touched tho ground ! Ill* borne nuorted wildlj u the report ! I >f the pietol ?N betrd, end breaking 11 from the grasp of th? murderer, fled I eildly baok toward the inn. JI 'That's bad/'said tbe w as be gasedj | ifter hiiu. I meant to get away fronffM sere on his back. And here tburj fool forced me to do uroed bis ? . M . ^mE I _ ? ?W AND THE PR?" 3 HfV u r< t! o. v^ > A4i..a ??qjlBPiW leave to lica veil. | fcaelt wtii lie iMttllM Annette, your mKCIK^HH liii\e ?lie ni'.?v, "lie will iny roul, n.y heart toHfeTsj^%f mdly, sees i'. r>>rgel alt tbjft >r w??- do.- ubt hiT?*WWwPBB^B i are <lyinjff1 \o her stWI, you ullUa<Oltletliin4 tails |ie? 1 ?tT ematt pen ni lets*, bfHMtiH in all tfifeksrojlu, forgtalMHfl n ?i r^H Brnt up at ibis aR Hi William Larkia bad bsen^H H reared in the neighborhood, aoH H number of villainous acta, bad M H years before, after committing a rH H in tbio very forest ! And iov be IH H turned to the aceuca of bia youth H I end bis career by a felon's death t J H Forest justice ia speedy. TfctH ^ \ derer was in the bauds of_ll^H i woodsmen, and before ttcm lay tfl H ful evidence of his guilt. A roB ' noosed around his neck and paaaB I the lowest bow of the oak, ad| I tardy men grasped it, nwM I up the murderer at the signal. J I j keeper stood forth and addnB I a few words : ^ I 'William Larkin, hirel I j say why you should not haB I awful crime * Vou hare t*k?H a fellow-creature, unproeok^H H i bare jrou to saj iu dcfcooe of^B , odneM?' Notbin /?I would do ft|fl the chance 1 Haul hiui upl* shouted thefl 1 he rope was drawn, struggling in the air. , hi* limbs twitched in cooraH bia struggles soon offence was expiated. There was aomethin^^^^^^^^^^H There, where bis victiin^hi^^ tho^paicr by of which ho bad auffcrcS htorn code of tbo lynohci^^^^^^^^H forest path. LboE D.? Indian legend relatiee to of Wash! ngtooisfroojMo^H of tli? Ir<N^uuU. It is ouricl ing the estimation io which hi* country was held by tbftfl people, and their idea of ?'Among the modern be IB upon the ancient faith of fl there ia one which ia WQtfhu notice. It relates to cording to their prcseoV man ever reached the Indfl being created by the tlrea^B vi?iuu was made for him it thfl theology. He waj . OXoUhftlM heaven aud the place OTpanuH an exception was made (r ftaH ington. liccauae of his olence to the Indian, be atuoa^H above all other white men. year 1788, tbe Indians wanl by tboir British allies, and their own terms with tbe AbI ia vara otaaaara thaa thd-fH in (hair illiiaoi. At iMbMH Washington intsrfsrqtfj^j^H y^Aactor of IpdiAM Kr ^ V r~ f Pt JjlflflBh v5 * Iv ^ilf| 1b% F?E{> . j^MMMMM BRoir WHICH 8HK 8IT8, AH ?1?T'f * * ' Why mown in<; ~ - Mlut, be obwmd bis cnnrtJe not by Kft4 ia prayer, bet pushing a pole wi Bp tba water el Ike aide of the raft. lei F'Wkat'a that yer dote', Mike,' said he, he Bptdowwoopoa kweee wow, fur there isn't cri Binil between as mod Purgatory !' '11 V^W-aisy, Pat,' said Ike other, as he ee dj continued to paeeb Ike water with sti Bgaole; 'be aiey wow 1 Wkat'a . the use be Hntyiag wkea a fallow ken letch bot- ail ftjabjawde I' ? MfejfcMMd^apeciiecu of a aa , Mr. Liatf^n buys < Jn*?nWft? them into war vessels, | ^Htfgea the oary, and of his own volition , B eighteen thousand seamen to tuan < The Cooetitetion says, that "no tuau J , Bkall be deaeixed of his life, liberty or I ^Property, but bv the j<idm>?nt of b?<- ! i Beers, or the laws of the lamb Mr. 1 Btiocoln seises and imprisons whom he Miaiea invades a ?;?>, ?j. ?nuj, | | IetU tod oocupie* cities with troops, | \ I in Missouri, attacks and captures the : t itarjr of a State, encamped according t a jksarders of a State, auJ, finally , ! i pa the whole, a Brigadier General I 1 Bic United States undertaken to put ' I Rio an the Legislature of a State ' c bpristiog money for its defence. It s HT merely as regards the Southern > Ha, but as regards tho Northern I 1 the Constitution of the United I 1 Bin abolished; and the Government 1 a He United States in its internal, as d |^?i ils external operations, is a inili- j g iKieapotiam. si there ia an avenging Nemesis, which ' Ree all wrong. When, in 1H50, a ]< ftadier-( ieueral of thu United States, j 1 ^^ordcrs from Washiugtou, issued ' n Hclamation to the people of Califor- ! y K'l ordered an election of the pco- : n Reconvention, by whioh Califor- ' in k be wrested from the South, a Washington up : ^^^^^^^^^^^^flaurpalion. It wae niged, J^^stituiiou?ff enooeesful, 1 d all for law or the w Rvc paramount to all constitution- { si ^Pftinta. It was submitted to. under ui pretence of saving the Hong and violence was inaugurated as v< | proper instrumentality to save the lr< ^Kton. The legitimate fruits are now ; fu Bu in an overthrown Constitution; and KMUtarj despotism to save the Cniou ci Ken throned in Washington. It i? true, re ? despotism is no longer over the y< Kith. It is the Government of the ! in Btb. It is c?t*blished for the specu- au Hive object of subjugating the South, p< ft its practical reality over the people *< the North is a inilitaiy despotism. j as The whole history of the people of tho ' K orth, since tho establishment of the to lalsa with the South, shows their uiter i ji Jpocapaeity to appreciate or to carry on a dc n free government. Their whole policy , us Hh baa been to oonaolidate and to uso power ! tit ?in other words, to crcite a despotism. ' ?h |Tbe houth was tho balance wheel in the tit H whole machinery; and now, that its con- ' qi jaervatism and regulating influence is 1 er j withdrawn, it runs down at oucc into a an B) I simple despotism. , he If tho Government of the United! I States baa become a despotism to the ! fir ^^^ poople of tho North, what will it become : ca I Kn tuo peopU of tho Sooth, should they ; foi B control their destiny? The liberty amongst j on i^^^BtiMwulj in alf proba- and PPMfTi rthrow forever the liberti*. nf < u/.. W. V* *1 fMM who shall conquer thera We Ka.-t ^Pl bare do fears of Uie South beiug con- Wea V* quered, but we hare not a doubt that the I M liberties of the people of the North are gent kO" already overthrown?Charleston Mer oivil oury. a rig E! A Talk Witn a Moral.?Once **on ? upon a time a little girl was sitting on Kj the mosey bank of a streamlet. In her jQ *gj W hand she beld a bunrh of rnaebuda, frotn # Qa| J wbiob every now aod then she threw one I into the at ream, aod with merry laughter ^^1 watched it, as it danosd upon the spark PI liatr watar* and knwi.J mm mj on IIIC 1*1 HI ivih current. It tu beautiful to ace kUdc Hj bar obiltiiak glee, for the day waa clear, deriv Bike tun shown bright, and the pretty muat ^Hbird* oarrol d their awcet songs in the atmo |e trees around. The streamlet, as it rip- a uui ^H| pled on towards the Cbsttahoochee hare roe mod also to ring a auog < f watci and the winning aepbyrs, laden with the the s B (Yagrano* of tlx* flowery meadows, fan- doaoe . ned the annnv ringlets of thia happy oease little girl, who throw bcr rosebuds ono wall c .' V BHTH&ONtl) MOl^LBCH." , j tjy3i^7^iR one upoo* (M laughing jraters, and Li itched tbera glide away, Bui at' i jgtb bar roaebuds ware ap gone? god 1 r happy begft became naA ^>b<-ti aha I led in anguish "to tne aarrft water*, i ring roe back my towers!' w^od ?tf i bo from the ready margin of the < reaiulot repeated ber word*, 'liriwg rar ck my flower*!' Hat the water* were lent, and tbey hurried alon^ for tbey j re anxious to jaip the Chtfuaboobttbe i iU way to the big Sea. AdU now, merry maiden wh* are IttgMuv lb" nrecioua hoar* ofl%our ^M^JUIVOU Wtikci M^^ extract* from a re*W^rrrom the Hon. C. L. Vallaniinghain to a committee of gentlemen who had requested ||ja opinion upon the recent condition of the country. After Jiving extensive extract* from the speech )t Stephen A. l)<>ugla*, in opposition to iu;- *>mt Wilier again* the South, made ^ ?di* 13lh March 1801, and beartilv /ndoraiug the auti-wat policy of Mr. Jouglaa, Mr. \ allandingham closes hi* cttor as follow*! 'Tbeae were tbe sentiments of the Democratic party, of tbe Constitutional .Joion party, and of a Urge majority of lie Republican presses and party, only >ix weeks ago. They were mine?1 mted them repeatedly, along with every democrat and I'nion man in the House. have seen nothing, to change, much to on6rin them since, especially in the eoesnion, within the last thirty days, of >*irginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Vnucasee, taking with Cliem four milions and a half of people, immense realth, inexhauatihle resources, five hunred thousand Oghling men, and the raves of Washington and Jacksou. I hall vote them again. Waiving the question of tbe doubtfal 'gality of the first proolamation, of April ; 5th, calling out tho militia for "three ' louths," under tho act of 17U5, 1 will ] ct vote to pay the n, because they had ' o motive but supposed duty aud patriot- ! in to move tlictn ; and, moreover, they | ill have rendered almost the euiire serico required ot them, before Congress 1 tall luoet. llut tiio audacious usurpa- j ou of IVc.ddenS LinoX. for which he cserves impeachment, in daring, against le very letter of the Constitution, and it- -i - i? * i * ....uu> IHD niiiinuw Of I.IW (O T?!K Itixl i tpport armies,' and to 'provide and uiutain a navy,' for three or five yean, y mere Kxecutivo proclamation, 1 will >le to hu-taiu or ratify?never. Mil iils for defence?not n uian or a dollar ' >r aggressive and offensive war. The war has had many motives for its tiiiincncement; it can have hut one suit, whether it lasts one year or fifty , jars? FINAL, ETERNAL SEPARATION, I SUN ION. As for the cou<|Ue*t and ihjugation of the South, I will not itn**ch the intelligence of any tnan among >u, by assuming that you dream of it j at any time or iu any way possible. e member the warning of I.#ord Chatham the liritiah 1 Vrliauieti^. 'Mv Lords I u cannot compter America. A pubiio ' bt of hundreds of millions, weighing! and our posterity down for genera?u*, we cannot escape. Fortunayj all we be if we with our liber a Indeed it is no longer so much a icstion of war with the South as wbethwo ourselves arc to have constitution. ? id h republican form of government xcaftcr in the North and West. In brief: I am for the Constitution at, and at all hazard*; for whatever n now be saved of the* i nicn next, and r 1'eace always aa essential to the p.'er vat ion of either. Hut whatever any c may think of the war, one thing, leant, every lover of liberty ought to ?m^d inexorably: that it should be ^^^^fe^^^tly subject to the Conatl- [ P^^^Tnittle while longo^^^NI^H F"out also, two or four more States, ] ^ two or three tnilliona of people, i (nay, iudcod, be the policy of the ; an i; but peace is a necessity to the ! it. be would have volunteered nothing, , I emeu, at this time in regard to this ^ war; but as constituents, you have ' t<M ;ht to kuow mv oniuMiua mil lu^ilnn . I W , r ? t ? J briefly, but moat frankly, joh have 1 i. ' 'b< y nnly.amwor to those who indulge ' nK a.der and vituperation, was given in i ow d of the 17th of April, herewith wed- Very truly, K? C. L. V ALLAN DINGII AM. ?o1 ? flH iil08< eny ?>r Kain.?To under- Up I the philosophy of ruin, a few facta drj ed from observation and experience be remembered :?1. Were the 1 sphere everywhere, at all times, of anj form temperature, we should never aoj any rain, or hail, or enow. The sin* r absorbed by it in evaporation from tob wa and ths earth's ajyfaoe, would her nd in an inipercepti^ vapor, or* am* to bo absorbed by ths air when it Tw too* fully wtnttod. Ths absorb- to i . _ _ _ . V " i^ # ? 4 81. [No. 17. '? ". pg power of the atmosphere, and coulequeotly its capaqitv to KUin hamidiit, is proportionately greater in warm loan In cold air. The air wear the inrface of the earth is #anwer than it ia in tba region of tha cldods. The higher wa ascend'from the earth, the colder do we find the atmosphere. Hence the perpetual mow on very high mountains . in H* hottest climate Now, when, from "continued evaporation* the air highly Maturated with Vapor, tboughiK^^ be invisible and the sky okmd lees, iuj^^ peratura to %uddeiilv redauj^^^B the Net^^^S^ni ful state of harmonyf^h^^^^YSP editorial camp : Massa Greeley in a Rage.?The Hon. Maaaa Greeley, though a small beer philanthropist, is a m m-troui big liar wheir the truth is against him. We say big liar, because the qualification of this charge in dainty phraseology with GrecX wofu^ ^ Jibe casting pearls beforu twine.' In holding up before the world tho identity of bis views for weeks and I n,t>nths on the question of secession, and 1 the views of lihett and Yancey, we have I piancd ou" abolition ooutemporary to I tl?? wull ti? ?? , . r J... I ...? ??? nrijyjirs lUtl IWIRtS like I an ugly worm un a bodkin; but thcro are philosophers who, even in this position would stick to the truth. Nut do with Philosopher Greeley. He flies into I a rage, against the Herald, the Herald | editor and the Herald office, he hangs a string of falsehoods together like a string of outoas upou a wisp of straw. Having changed from a legal advocate of secession, into a military defender of the Union, Maaaa Greeley is hot upon the trail of traitors, lie would like to find one, wid gloat over him, in the midst of * riotous mob, like the Chevalier Webb. Hut when justice gets her dues ?when the chief offenders in the work of bringing upon the country this civil war shall he punished?such abolition and disunion agitatois of the last twenty years as Greeley, G rri.-ou, and Giddiugs will be among the list of traitors hang up like herrings to dry in the sun. Greeley, particularly, has been a great sinner, and withal a very dirty one. Let ~ hiiu be washed, or let hiin retire. - I'LKANt RK8 OF CoNTENT.MKNT.?I have a rich neighbor who is always so busy that be has nc leisure to laugh- ; the whole businens of his life is to get money, and more money. He is still drudging on, snying that Solomon says, 'The diligent hand makctli rich.' And it is true indeed ; but he considers not that it is not in the power of Tiches to make a man happy ; for it was wi-cly said by a mau of great observation that 'there may he as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them.' And yet God d? liver us from pim-hing poverty, and grant that, having a competency, we may he content and thankful, l^ct us not repine, or so much as think the ' iiniuilially ita,U, it "C ReC another abound in riches, when, as God knows, the cares that are the keys that keep ,k :-i ? ? * - - mtrsc noucs, uang onen so ncavny at lue rich nun's girdle thut they clog hira with weary days and restless nights, even when others sleep quietly. NVe see but the outside of the rich man's happiness ; few consider him to be like the silkworm, (hat, when she *t*:nis to play, is at the same time spinning her owu bowels, and consuming herself. And this many rioh men do?loading themselves with corroding cares, to keep what they have already got. Let us, therefore, be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience. th i n u undone. I mm lost ! 9 Perhaps be said, 4It is not plea it to cooped up in church. What harm is ore in Uking a stroll into the woods? hat hariu in earrying my fishing ;klc, and sitting on th# bank to fisA ?' hat harm ?' 'Why, the harm is that m! is disobeyed, who says, Remember 3 Sabbath day to keep it holy.' Tho inicnt a youth determinas to have his n way. choosing bis own pleasure fore Cod's will, that moment be lets his rudder, his compass, his chart; thiug hut God's word oan guide you sly over the ocean of life. (ov? that and you get bewildered , you are fting ; you are lost I PnrvrNTATivit or IeTKjAW ?When F one runs a nail or sharp iron into F part of tha body, take a common >kiog pipe, light it after filling it with aceo, then place a cloth or silk hand cniei over the bow' end blow the >ke through the etcra into the wouod o or three pipeeful will he lufftcieot let the wound diechergieg.