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Vw"" 4-; ' ' ~A :.% '* " .* / ' - .; .- . " " ' A ^ .-A ..^V ' ; - ' ' ' - ." .' f*v>' $ ^ ^ vft"^ - / v * - # V*'.^ __ ^^ ^ '" " . '^* J - :: ' DBVOTiSD TO LITBRATUH1, THE ARTS, SCISKCI, AGRICULTURE, HEWS, POLITICS, &C., <kC. TERMS-?-ONE DOLT AR PER ANNUM,] "Let it bo Instilled Into tho Hearts of yor.r Children that the liberty of the Press Is the Palladium of all your Rights."?Juniun. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 3?NO. 47. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 15 1. THE MTDEPEK0E1VT PRESS I ci i ft???*<-? ? 1 1 - * ' ' "* ' rcBLienEo weekly, at abbeville, ?. a, AT ONE DOLLAR A. YEAR, HAS a circulation of nearly one thousand in Abbeville District, and is constantly increasing. It? circulation in this State if ^about fourteen hundred, and its entire list ol ^subscribers numbers over sixteen hundred. It "is therefore offered to the mercantile and business community generally as the best advertising medium in the up-country of South Carolina. nATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 snunre a mnnflia ... - * ' "" 4 _ ? - - - - - c i uu 1 square fi months COO 1 square 12 months 10 00 2 squares 3 months COO 2 squares G months - - - - - - 10 00 2 squates 12 months - ... 15 00 3 squares 3 months ...... 8 00 3 squares 0 month* - - - - - 12 00 3 squares 12 months 20 00 4 squares 8 months - -- ---10 00 4 squares 0 months .... .. lfiOO 4 squares 12 months ------ 25 00 6 squares 3 months ...... 15 00 5 squares 6 months 20 00 0 squares 12 months ... - . - 30 (jo C?T Advertisements inserted for a shorter pcninj biiiin nircc monuis will r?e charged 76 cents per square (12 lines or less) for first, insertion and 07i- per nquarefor each continuance. U55T" Any one advertising bv annual oraeminmutal contract, can change his advertisement monthly, if he desires. S5T Subscribers to the paper who do not pay their subscriptions within the year will be charged SI 50. [April iiO, 185-5 * Tmiscellany." " From the True Carolinian. savannah Valley Railroad. j Augusta, March 4, 1850. Dear Sir: My attention lias been callcd to your editorial in the 'True Carolinian,*' of the 28ih February, ult., Iicackd "Savannah Valley Railroad." It scorns from your remarks that my intentions, in the matter of the upper terminus of the Savannah Valley Railroad, are su?piciuiied by the stockholders of Anderson. From whence these suspoions come I am not advised. rv?? !P ? * ? ** - * * juv. 10 il <i iuiiuci ?ji uiuniciii to ine, as to whence they may liavo originated. Tliev are iwthout just foundation ; and I am suri prised that our Kto^khuldom of Anderson should have suffered themselves to be influenced to withdraw from such slight rumors. So far from having any intention of giving Anderson the go by in the upper terminus of our Iioad, I have never contemplated anything else than to huihl the Road, as our charter contemplate?, from Augusta to Anderson, as near as possible, just as it has been located. If Anderson or any other point on the Road, shall not be accommodated, it sliall not be my fault. Tim frtllu serve, may drive the Road from her. But even this shall not be done, if I can prevent it, until this fully lias become a fixed, fact. No mere vague rumor of their unfriendly feelings towards me, or of their inteution not to do their duty, in sustaining our common enterprise, will imluence me to entertain the idea of cutting Anderson oft', and substituting another upper terminus of ou~ Poad. You may be assured of another fr .ia"t should the painful necessity arise __t_ ? Ti 1 - .? ij cuuugc in our iioau, on acconni. 01 detault on its part, I should not leave the matter as a point of conjecture, but in a plain and straight-forward manner, would deal with it ashonesty and good faith demands. The money of no portion of the ! country not interested in the Road should be taken from them, without their conscnt, I to build a Road for the accommodation of /others. . : / Let Anderson and the other portions of our Rosld do their whole duty in this matter. and notwithstanding the glpom and embarrassment through which we have , passejj, and may still have to pass, I have an abiding faith that our Road'will be flllllt in?l Qa tf Kao Kaon ln/.aforl frnm All jjusta to Anderson. But to do thus, our people must lay aside their petty contests abpyt local interests, and their ready evidence of >vb?perod suspicions against the L -good faitu of, tbo?e who manage the affairs of the^odd..' A generous confidence must be extended to those who labor for * /fthem. In lieu of these suspicions, and *' '.' small squabbles about local interests, let the > ^absorbing " policy of our people be, Who can do the most for our common cause! "You may be well assujred, that to build our ' 1Boad; af| our united efforts will be required. each man* wiirdojiis duty in this work, -Vjiblft'piU ba*e no time to ^itten to idle ru; 3Bor?, pnd to growl about local petty inter**Augusta will nofr- buifci ^be whole ROa^l, ana to "insure the bafldfijgtifsOoh a , ? * ai will no.t aink our stock to 60 or 26 oent~ and that^we noa* be able to ppint r '"to it as a monument of our liberal and en-lightened wifclotn, we:must bet prepared to I -?V raise not le^sthan 9750,000, mr addition to . ''%*? th^ city of: Augusta. With 'I an amount of B^ock raised, in caali will have a road tljat will / ,V:;&* &d\*4enfa*o .<w>n#>ttd * * wu.uvivuiiy jjrviu 10 ure me pattcnccot any one. In this .>11 my pains of labor, all my paticnco, and all my faith lias been taxed I to the fullest extent. Whilst, however, , grappling with these difficulties, incident to ! tho work I have undertaken, and at the r very time, too, when I need all tho encour agement and co-operation of our friends to sustain me, to be met with suspicions of my motives?to be embarrassed "by opposition from those havin<r a common interrst in nnr enterprise?ami to be compelled to listen to the oft-repented complaints of those whose gin-houses, &c., do nut happen to be touched by the Road?is almost the last, grain of j sand that brenks the-camel's back. Yours, respectfully, JOHN A. CALTIOUN. Rather Tough. The following story was told in Sandusky, Ohio, and appears in the Massillon News, which says : A parly of yonug men in that ancient city amuse their leisure moments at the hotels in drawing a long-bow, or telling wonaeriui yarns to each other for the benefit of those apparently verdant, who may happen to eonie in from other parts. They tried the effort of a few extraordinary wolf stories upon a venerable and sedate customer not long since who had conic to spend the night at the best hotel, and ho listened to them with much apparent surprise and interest until their stock appeared to have rim not nii^l !??? ~ J- 1 * .mi: buint'iNiuuu nagged, w Men lie remarked that he had been much intetestcd in the news llicy bad given bim, relative to the primeval inhabitants of the country; but regarded an event in his early life as more peculiar than any tbev had named. Said he: "When a young man, I was travelling in Western New Yolk, and late of a stormy 1 night applied at a log cabin for'lodging.? The occupant, a woman, refused it, saying i that her husband and sons were out hunting j and if they found me thcr?\ would murder i me. I preferred the chance to the slorm, i and she consented that I might lie down < befote the fire. In the night I hoard them ; coming, and scrambled up the chimnoy. "Thinkiner I was ?:>f- *??s wpi * stepper! over the roof, and, jumpin down atg j the back of the cabin, jumped plump into i a wolf Imp. A. scream of pain brought j the man and the boys out, and they declared I deserved a more severe punishment < than death, so they kept ine both in the trap t and in suspense until morning, and then, I heading ine up in a hogshead, with no air ] or light but through the bung hole, they i put me on a sled and drove me some four < miles up a hill and there rolled me off to I ti,:~ t i~..i it-. -i?i-i i ouiiiv. x mo x uiiuuiii'ifui^ eiiuuiu uavu i j done but for a very singular occurrence. I The wolves smelted me out and gathered j i round 4my prison, when one of them in:: turning round happened to thrust his tail into the bungliolo. It was my only chaneo. j I caught firm hold and held on liko "grim |i death to a dead nigger," which frightened j i the wolf, of course, and he started down the' hill, followed by hogshead and me. It was :, a very uneasy ride, over .the stones and i stumps; but I had no idea how long it was j until the hogshead striking a stone fairly, i the staves, worn by long travel, were broken | in, anil I jumped out to find myself away down in tin- lower end of Cattaraugus coun-; ty, some thirty miles from the scene of the! disaster. Good night, gentlemen?I did j not express any doubt of the truth of j-ouri stories, and I hope you will not of mine."! It is currently reported tbnt the "sell" I club of Sandusky has not had a full meeting since that occurred. Homicide on the South Carolina Railroad. We learn from a passenger who arrived in the city yesterday morning, that a man I by the name of Thomas Sparks, was shot at Landon's road, on the South Carolina Railroad, the evening before, and died in a! fniv minnlM '-"TIlA slmt l/mlr nffu/it iln.ir. ' the Ride of tlio'head, and as the muzzlu of j thv gun was but a few feet off, tbe wound was frightful. The deed whs perpetrated by one Myer Bull. The parties had been disputing for some time about a dpg, but there was no evidence of excitement until the act was consummated. Sparks was a native of North Carolina, but for some time had been ^ogaged in cutting wood at Ladson's Turifrfrut, and was married to the sister of Bell. Bell, or one of his bro there, had a trial in the Court of Common Pleas to determine his status, and we bc. lieve, the result was against him, but subso. quent proceedings were had to the same ; end; with the results of which we are not asquaintsd, and we are in doub^&h'erefore, i whether he is in the condition oT^wliite > man. .r i_'; When thc gun was fired, a gentleman iqj : the vanity rushed to the spot; and found I SpBrlcs still alive,^wbile Boll was walking , off from him. lie died almost immediately, > as we have said, and yesterday the officers of the law were prepanog to hold an in?; /apefit, at the time the mopping train passed. I Td? verdlct haa not yet efrm^tq^baod, but - Hr will doobUe* be 4d accor^i^jfw^th the i ?bore fact& . Beli bad noi ofynVrrmted. Good Night. Good night ! Every labor now is through, E'en the day bows silent down, Quiet reigns throughout the town, Till the morrow breaks anew. Good night I Go to rest! " *>iosca our wenry eyelids all, Still in{nll within, without. Watchmen only arc about; Durkucss settles like a pall.'; Go to rest 1 Slumber sweet! Dream ye earth of Paradise! Those who'vfi felt love'a sorest wounr May Klyaian seencs suriouud, Fair as lovcul ones to their eyes; CM t - I oiuuiucr sweet I Good n4[?lit! Slumber till the dawn appear* 1 Slumber till the new born morrow Conic* n^ain your cares to borrow; God ia watching; ceaac j-ov>r fears J Goo I night! [Fnnii the I.nurensville Herald.] Letter from Hon. P. S. Brooks. House of Representatives, ) March 4th, 1850. f My Dear Sir: I regret to seo in tl Iferalcl that you failed in the Couventh movement in Laurens. I must believe tb it was because the people were uniiiform< of the real issue, and because the oppo; (ion had their forces trained for the occ sion. It scorns to me that these two propositioi ought to convince and control any mm: 1st. That a convention of Democrats wi assemble at Cincinnati: 2J. That Rout Carolina will vote for the nominee of tin Convention. These propositions no sano man \vi Jeny, and if tliey are truthful, it strikes ir, as a suggestion of common sense thai n (irho are to take the nominee at all eventi should be present and contribute our infli ince to the selection of the candidate mos xeceptnble to us. 1 hope the friends of the Convention wi lHUi^ ?nrotnvi vmn r t?n .icir*r-vtir? -ou i meeting of the friends of the Conventioi *nd urge in the call the importance of" full turn out of its friends. The election or non-election of a Demc :ratic Constitutional President, is to settl .he question of Union or Disunion. I b< leve tliat the principles of non-intorveiitioi popular sovereignly, (by which is meant th right of a people to determine in tlioi organic law when they make their Stat Constitution nnd when authorized by Cor ajress to do so,) States Rights and the dot trine of States Rights, as applicable to tli non intervention by Congress, on the sut ject of slavery. I believe these principlt will be established by tho success of th uemocratic rariy. 11 wicse principles at established, then the slavery question is se lied, and we e?? live in the Union and nt in dishonor. It" we fail, rather tha exist in a Confederacy as an inferior I at ready a to break it to pieces. I have written to you very hurriedly an in the midst of frequent interruptions. Tl: point 1 wish to impress upon you is, tin we have now an opportunity of making th Government for all future. time a Cm stitutional Government, and I feel it a hig duty to contribute all our influence in th noble struggle; and should we fail, that v can enter into another contest with a coi sciousness of having done all that patrio could to avoid an issue, which, as patriot we may have to make. 1 am very truly yours, P. S. Brooks. To VV. R. Farley, Esq. A Lucky Fellow.?An old saying rui something after the idea, that it is better be horn lucky than rich. This is brougl forcibly to our mind by the good fortune Col. Fremont. It is said that the flnal d cision of the Supreme Court of tho Unit< States, confirming to the gallant Colon about seventy,miles square of the best go diggings in California, makes him, beyor oil /'Amno i-ioAn tVia <>ct man in 11 ?... ....... world ! Besides the gold, there are et braced within tfie lin.itB of the grant 86 eral large towns and thriving villages. Ti Col. has the patent in his pocket. TI claim- was purchased of the Mexican Go ernor of California in 1845 for $3,000, ai is now worth, probably $300,000,000. Bakes.?There are said to be 1,31 banks in the United States, which in h January circulated $117,157,41% while coin in circulation there was $185,109,6( Bhowihg actually a greater amount 'of cc than bank notes to be used in the trasiiti of the country. The whole amount of rr ney in'circulation waa $359,205,017, a ing to each individual an average of $ 30, ,and showing an increase of abc $60,000,000 in the Jast ten years'. lawyer*, by Betting up a pW of Baoity, saved Fyjei\ wbo n^urder^' b^ Lator from Florida?Mora Indian Outrages The steame Florida arived at Key "^est on the 7th, from New Orleans via Florida ports, brings the following iiM.ellia:ence, which wc take from the Key of the Gulf: "Col. II. V. Snell's house, at Sara Sota was attacked by Indians on the 3d inst C_?:ie of the Indiana came on ahead and seeing the black man on tho outside, asked him if his name was Simon ; hu told him it was; tne Indian recognizing tlio body as an oM acquaintance, with whom he had often drank liquor, told him to go or ihe other Indians would kill him. They then rushed into the house where Mr. Owen ' Cunningham was in the act of kindling a fire to cook dinner, and killed him and set the home on fire. Col. Snell was coming from the field with his horse and cart, when he saw the house on fire, and thinking it might be Indians, he hid the horse and cart in the palmettos, and crawled through the bushes near enough to satisfy himself that the fire was no accident, and then left and came into Manatee, distant eleven miles, where he found Simon. The Indians took a gnn, a pair ot blankets, and rifled the crib of the corn. The settlers around have all come ir. to Manatee, and on the night of the murder and fire, took refuge on board lie the sch r. S. F.Bradford. The light house jii keeper and assistants at Egmont Key be- ' at came alarmed and left; there were no lights id shown from the light house on the night of I ii- the 4th inst., but they were returning to the < a Key when the Florida passed out. "There are now five men missing from ] ;)s Sara Sota, they having been absent five days ' i : without being heard from. Fears are enter- ' 11 tained that they havo been killed be tlio ( It Indians; a company of nine men liavo left < it Manatee in search of them." * \ 11 More Murderh in Florida. ; le By the steamer Gordon, Capt. Harden, 1 e we have received Savannah papers of yes- f ?) terday. From the Daily Journal we copy ' i- the following: r ?t Latest Indian* News.? Thrilling Re- ? port?Jfiight Persons killed?Houses t i! Wcltfifc foliowing*pnfnful Intelligence from t1 i, the Peninsula: a News had just arrived at Capt. Ken- >! nnct ?( on i ....1- i... #!..> t ?'u ?? <1 UIU A n V" till UIUIU1V UJ IUC ll)Ulitll?, ' >- on tlie settlers on the Alafl.i, about thirty o t: miles east of Tampa. ~ v J" Four men, one woman ami three children 8 b were killed and scalped, their houses were c ,e burnt, and all the outrages and bnibarities that savages could invent were committed. 1 c The Journal makes the subjoined remarks j oil the above news : 5~ Indian Difficulties.?The reader is " e referred to the above announcement of an- t } other Indian outrage. It consists of the :S murder of four men, one woman and three _ ^ children, at a settlement on the Al.ifia about e thirty miles cast of Tampa. The usual * Indian barbarities, such as scalping the shrin ( i j and burning their houses were perpetrated n | by the savages. Our statement is derived 11 from an extra of the Ocala Companion dated j . March f2th. The editor's informant was ( Col. Fame, who had just arrived from the t ^ South with the intelligence "that while ho ^ ? was stopping at the bouse of Lieut. VYil* Ir> liams, on the Withlacooche, on Sunday IJ" evening last, the gentleman, in company . with another, returned from the post at 18 Cupt, Ivendrick's, bringing the report." ,0 Wo are told that the Indi;ms who per- * n" petrated these butcheries are supposed to be J the party who attacked Col. Snell's house ' 8> near Manatee, and Murdered Mr. Owen 1 Cunningham, as already published in this c paper. It would seem, says the Companion, ' that most of the men from AInfiu settlement 1 had gone to the protection of their more exposed neighbors, believing their own fami- I lies comparatively safe. 1 The Edgefield Informer learns that a live South Cairolinian?a native?and the son e" of a large slave owner in Chester District, ^ of this State, is employed at Lawrence city, Kansas, editing an abolition newspaper. I^ It is said the man's name is Miller, and that he graduated at Princeton or some other Northern College. ~ n- ^ . ? v- If any ono speak evil of you, flee home lie to your own conscience, and examine your he heart; if you be guilty, it is a just correc>v. tinn if miilro if ?c a fain inolrnntinn <w vivo f i* mvv ^vinvji iv 10 ? ??? ? man in iiyu i | id make use of both; bo shall you distill bon- , ey out of gall, and out of an open enemy j make a; secret frieod. [jq - 'j?,"? * m , lgt From J^vaw.?The schooner Pago which of bad arrived 'at. San Francisco from Japan, jg reports the destruction of ttfe city of Jeddo, (j0' by an earthquake, on the 1^-th ojt November. M One hundred thousand houses, we're destroyedr and .thirty thousand lives lost; * '* I? anyone can convince mo that I am l? wrong in any point of aentiment or prac> tioe, r *ill alter it with all my heart; for it : u troth I seek, and that can hurt nobody. , It ia^oflly persisting in error or ignorance j|| ojir^en^^a cxMlus.and ^eii ^ ^ " - ? . I i Catching a Mall Robber. We lake the following thrilling narrative from a Into work entitled "Ten Yeara Among ^ the Mail Bags," by J. IIolbrook, a Special m! Agent of the Post Office Department. The tb; book may bo had at Duffie's book-store, ap' Newberry C. H., for $1 25, and the reader co who desires a rich repast will do well to order a copy.?Eds. Press. nc The close of the year 1839, and the opeloin ? kui ioiu, were marred m tlie Foat- an Office Department with frequent and start- rig ling announcements of the loss, by mail, of I * valuable letters from Southern Virginia, and cei Eastern and Northern North Carolina, di- to rccted to Richmond and other commercial iui cities farther North. it i These cases, as they reached tho depart- gu nient, were duly prepared and submitted to the Special Agent for investigation. Search oui and inquiry were promptly instituted. But 1 for a time the utmost vigilance failed to obtain any clue to the supposed embezzlements, sup The cases of loss continued to multiply ; otl and at length the Agent's attention was hoi particularly drawn to the Distributing Post- ' Office at P. ?"*? A circle of numerous facta pointed un- we mistakcnbly to this spot as their centre and "ot focus. It was here that the lines of circum- bia stantinl evidence from every quarter con- the verged and met. The post-office at P., eml therefore, became an object of special inter- ler jstin the eyes of tho Agent " However, investigations in this direction ton proved at first no more successful than else-, to { where. The high integrity of character hav or which the po9t master was distinguish- use ..1 J .. :u, ana me excellent reputation of his lion slerka, stood like a wall of adamant in the spli vay of all evidence and all suspicion. 1 The agent seemed destined to be briflled olci it every point. Yet a stern truth stared tool lim in the face, and fixed its immoveable A inger over the Distributing office. Every urcs nissing letter, although reaching P. by va- robl ions route?, had been mailed at points in a South of- it for points North of if. Here ton, hey must all conccjUrate. and Jipr? ho losses could have occurred. Several days were passed l?y the Agent thus n P. and the vicinity, quietly pursuing his investigations. No person knew the secrct mor f hi3 business^ lie became acquainted I th rith the post master and liis two clerks, ing. tudied their characters, ami their social note ircumstanccs. ' mai The first was a mnn of position and com* ictence, whose honor no breath of calumny he a md ever dimmed, and who could not possi- 1 >iy have any motive for periling the pcacc ilie nd prosperity of his family by a dishonest seer oursc. Neither did tho unflawed respec- of t ability of the clerks betray any chink or that revive in which to harbor a doubt. post The elder of these, and the superior in lie 1 ffice, was a young man of education and Dep efjiieinent. We will call his name Carle- 1 on. Ilia face was fi ank, his eye steady ban nd clear, his manners always self-possessed " ititl easy The Agent liked and admired beg iimfrom-the first. He learned too that he "i vas a favorite with all who knew him? had hat his connections were among the first a amities in the State; and that by his-talents nd high-loned generous impulses, lie hnd ? o far nobly sustained the fustre of his fam- tj,c ly name. are -rvnuiuci cuuuuibumcu wus gicuuy HI 3arlctou's favor. Although descended from me. he "aristocracy," the fortunes of his faaiily " lad run somewhat low in tho latter genera- kin: ions; and now, his father being dead, be felh levoted himself zealously to the mninten- " ince of bis aged mother, and the education lore ind support of his-only sister. ? The junior clerk was a youth of minor " intensions. He was uniformly retiring in ] lis manners. Although by no means a per- this ion of forbidding aspect, there wna some- cacl :hing measured and guarded in his move- for iienta, far less prepossessing than the free e0ci incl chivalrous bearing of Carleton. Thisjedi apparent prudence might arise from various gpe jauses. 'i'he Agent could not believe that Th< it was the result of a secretive and diBhon- hav est disposition. If such was the case, how- Ag ;ver, that same discretion had effectually the succeeded in covering the poverty of his n i moral character from public scrutiny. aro Foiled at every point where he attempted too to hang the sad burden of criminal facts, < the Agent resolved upon striking a bold Ag and hazardous blow. He sought a,private ma interview with Carleton. nei "Do you know," ftaid he, "that I am hero of on verv delicata and oeculinr business!" atoi "I had not thoughtfcof euoh ft thing," ro-li 6< plied Carleton. '*$'?& '. ^ jfol "Well, sir, 1 will tell you. I;"am convinced that yon are the very mai* to aasist veil me. It-you will, you may do me pnd Ul#e Jris Pest-Office Department a signal service.1' anr "fcdo jnot uoderetand you. "No^lHrtv ou will. First, however, give cm raetoarpledgo that what! have todivulg? ' ? daOfbe jieki io tnotest tpnfidenoo ^nil ??? ' -4e -T"h W'' "Havo you mentioned the subject to Mr. I " ho asked. t "Not yet; he is the nominal post r, it is true, but you have a far more intiite knowledge of the details of the offico rin he hns. I have another reason for not :eaking with him. I dislike to disturb bis -CJ i!l uuueiice uuiii me esiannsnmont ot strong oof renders it my duty to do so." "You can speak to mo with perfect plainss," said Carleton. "I trust so," replied tlio Agent. "And I 1 sure you will do all you can to set mo ;ht, if I nm going wrong. Nor will you, un convinced, suffer me to injure an innoil person in your estimation. To come the point, then, I wish you to open ydur nosl thoughts, and tell mo if yuu regard as possible that your follow-clerk can be ilty of these depredations upon the maila." "You shock mc"said Carleton, not witht emotion. "Speak freely," continued the Ageut. >? Wk?T T ..l-l -> . .... .?..j, m. uuuiu anuosi as soon unntc dl ipecting Mr. B. himself," exclaimed the ler. "I believe Howard to be perfectly *> nest." "Certainly, I know nothing to the conry ; and sincerely hope your judgment in II founded. But," continued the Agent, ir public duty should not be altogether sed by private opinion. You will not, refore, fail to unite with me in tracing the bezzlements to their true source, no matat whose door the blame may be laid." I will do all in my power," said Carle"Althougb I would be almost willing iledgu my own reputation that the Lomes e occurred outside of the office, I will every exertion to discover any derelkv, r..? -i~._ ii * > ii urn uiuj- mat may come tjiUjijj jny ere of obscrvntion." "lie Agent expressed his thanks for ii?e k's ready promise of cooperation, ftftd w his leave. lean while he did not neglcct other meav . mm nu nau adopted for tracing the jeries. By a singular coincutence, withn hour after this conversation with Carlehe was able to^seize a. y.gyt/iin ?? ?n his return to the hotel, the landlord i addressed him : You asked me if I could give you any e large hills, in exchange for small-ones. ink I can accommodate you this mornI have a one hundred dollar bank,(, which, if you are sending money by ^ 1, will he very convenient." 4 "jr*. Thankyou," replied the Agent: "it will great accommodation." 'he landlord passed the banknote over counter. One can imagine the Agent'? it. et triumph on discovering, at last, one lm litllo l\n tt> r* o i n a/>a h/iIi of v ? Vl^ t? UO III OVAIUU Vlf MIIVJ . had been lust in n loiter passing that .-office only a week before ; and of which , lad an accurate description from the artrr.ent. Laving made the purchase, he heM the k-noto up to the light. i [ suppose you will warrant this paper to / ennine ? " he suggested. Of course you know front wJkmh you it?\ "v To be sure ! I took it of-one of my v ; rdcrs this morning, Captain Wilkias ? " ".} r I have no doubt the bill re good," said Agent, putting it in his poekeft. "You sure you had it of the Cnptara f" > ' O, yes! 'twas an hour ago lie gave:it to'v-*'?5>x, j* By the way, who is this Cftphnti Wil- :^ i ? lie's u very gentlem?nly*aj>poaring )W," O, he's a capital follow !n said tins land--" ! * What's his business? ' > ??> lie keeps ft faro bank." :Si> ^ ro ft Northern reader, the tWfcliftww of -v stntcmeut mnysecm inconsistent with ? bother. But allownnce rtmst'jb^nuidd the freedom of Southern ?nd iety. To bet at a faro bank is consider iiv ociivuo oium u|iuu iuo uuiiur ituu. nr ^ ctability of gentlemen in Southern titie?<< ) keeper of a faro bank may pass, as we , e seen, for a "capital fcflow." ' - , ent fcltpaincd to knot?from \vbat aotiwSey^ landlord had obtained the t>ilf? Already lark picture of temptation'- and so before his eves. It i? a^8ign\fie?nt;^^^' * often a t ram ?d word?-the Fan)- Bap V, Daptain Wilkintf had g6i*e to ride. ** ent pretended to transact ? Kttle busin??j,i>' iled two or three letter^ ntt&read^tbe^' ' v^pnpers until lifa rettfrij. a light-wheeled ..foggy before tbef. KoteJ;';-"'''. *? announced theuerhe<^?rrifAU:^^^r Captain Wilkios?a .soberly-drcsaed and lie; indfvidua|, whora ;:one might h ave t?V^r,^,dergynfa^tep^^^t]^v . ii<^,^6companied ,by.af ' 14ifcbtl^a,fresh cicnr atilt? bar&L