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A SIMILE ?*r ii. w. lowniLow. Slowly, ?lf>Wly, up the wall Wwli thaaunshlM, steals tbo shade, Evening dump begius to QUI, Evening shadows uro displayed. Hound me, o'er mo, everywhere, All the sky 1? graud with cloud?, And athwart the evening air Wheel the swallows home in crowd*. Shaft* of sunshine Irom the West Paint the dusky windows rod-, I Darker shadows dhepftr rent \ Uuderncoth mid overhead. Darker, darker, ttnd more wm? III my hreuat the shadow* (all; Upward steals the life of man, Aa the aunsh'.uo from the waH. From the wall into ti e sky, Front the roof xliug tin- spire. Ah, the souls of saint* that die Arc but suubentnslifted higher. From Gruham'a Mngarnc. SITTING IN ONE'S BONES. ^Ihero isn't r young mau in all Richmond wlto works us hard an my George? no. not one.' So snid old George Grantham, otto of the i mrtftl rntnnpinfl piti/.tnc nf Uiplnitnh I Vie. ginia, r good many years ago. The old ! man had once becu wealthy; but a series of luisfurlunea and a gradual decline in llio value of his property bad impaired his circumstances; and instead of leaving his only son a competency as ho had onco expoctod to do, he now looked-forward with considerable anxiety to his prospects of success in the profession lie had chosen. Young Georgo was to bo a doctor. His father could uot afford to send him to Liu rope to study, nor indeed was it then thought necessary; but no expense was spaicd to piocuro the young man the latest woiks and the best instruments and otherparapheruulia of the craft. As for Georgo himself, he was like nil young men of his age. lie was anxious to work, and quite resolved in his vAguo way to succeed in life, and make a name for himself; but lie did not thirst foi medical knowledge sufficiently to enjoy many hours consecutive reading. If the | truth wero told, lie pcrfotred a hard ride in j the country with his friends the Lindsays. I or a tramp through the woods in search of ! game. Bettor still, the rougo liked to j spend an hour or more of an evening by the side of pretty Lucy Prime, who?1 blush for the first families as 1 write?having becu left destitute by llio death of an extravagant father, had courageously hiied it. rr?nni 1?n r1 f etimb- #1?a door a little sign, "M i>s Prime, Dross-inaket.' Butofall those likings of his'boy George,' old Mr. Grantham, in tlio innocence of his hoail, know nothing. So far as ho saw, Georgo spent the whole of his leisuio hours in reading. So sedulous did ho seein, that at times it flashed across the kind old fa- ! thcr's heart that his 'boy* might be over j working himself; and on those occasions he | would himself insist on George's spending i n day or two in the country with the hind- j says, who kept faithfully tho secret of bi? ' frequent visits to their place. Theto was ; however one pel ion who was !e?* easily de- j ceived than tho old man; and that was George's aunt, Miss Betsy Grantham. As common-place as her nephew, Aunt Betsy's sojourn vu this planet was divided between the duty of worrying Mr. Grantham, his son and the servants and the recreation of dispensing charities to tho poor with cross , words and a vinegar a?pcet. If Mr. Gran- ! ilium had set his heart upon seeing Georgo i a great doctor, Aunt Betsy had set hers upon developing iu him the whole christian virtues of palieuce and endurance. His room was a small building in the rear of his father's house, communicating with it by a gallery. Opposite his window w.-s that of the aged spinister's bedroom. Ill the exerciso of her authority as housekeeper, she had placed his table iu such a position iu his room that she could i 6ee from her window whether he was at i work or la-t; and woe betide tho luckless youth if Miss Betsy's sharp e^e fell upon an untenanted chair when George was absent from the family circle. When this arrangement was first made, George had roused himself to protest ami even to make a show of rebellion ngaiuat it; but lately ho had submitted, ami Miss Betsy was forced to confess that at whatever hour of ih<> ?-v..n. . ing she stationed licrsell at the po>t of oh- | servatioii?and she dalle tied her nose : against the wiudow at least half a dozen times before she went to bed, and got up ; once or twice in the night to repeat the ; operation?George's ample dressing gown j and his smoking cap were to ho seen in the right place. It was some time after this victory of a tint Betsy's?ono evening between nine 1 and ten?that Mr. Grantham made the remark quoted ahove, to his friend and neighbor, old Mr. Tiinina. It is to bo feared that the simple old gentleman had a sordid oh ject in view in making it?fur Timms had the largest practice in the place, and was an upright and highly respectable citizen. Moreover, as he had recently married a young and rather giddy wife from New York, and was besides comfortably rich, everybody said he ought to take a partner. Dr. Tiintua had half admitted as much, as the lvv? old fellows passed in Grantham's drawing room, adding: *1 f I wero a bachelor btil!, Grantham, 1 shouldn't mind it. L>ut you see Mis. Tuuuis is a good deal younger than you or me ? she likes society, and I don't blame her fur ! it; but I sometimes think it riot rigbl f ?r . I her to be going to parties with young lei- I lows whom 1 hardly know from Adam, while I am out visiting my patients.' 'Mrs. Tirnins is very fond of gayety,' said Grantham gravely. Why, yes: very fond indeed. In our time, we should have said, perhaps too foud. But then, Grantham, we're old fcl- | lows; the world's going ahead precious fast sinca we were young men. And I liaveu't i tho heart to speak to her on tho subject? poor child yoked to an old fogy like me.' And tho old doctor cleared his vo?'. j ouco or twice with energy. I sometimes think,'said Grantham, hastening to change tho subject, 'that George WArl's Iaa ! i 1 1 '* J 11 .wv, umu. i iiiireii i icii you ll?o number of hours he reads a day." 'Medicine,' replied the doctor, sententious- j ly, 'in a science which cannot ho mustered oven in a lifelimo of study.' 'No doubt; but you will admit that very few young men of George's age spend their evenings in poring over scientific hooks.' 'I know young men study much le?> ! than they used to do in my time.' You must except Goorge, doctor. It's not possiblo to work harder than he does, Now jusi come here,' added the old father rising, and you shall sco him. And despite a remonstrance from Timms, Mr. Grantham dragged him into aunt Betsy's bedroom, oven to the fpin&ler's win- i dow. Sure enough, there was George, wrapped as ummI in his dressing gown, nia Jk Jts. ? ! LW" bead buried in his smoktugoap a?*d leaning on bis band. Hi* lamp was burning brightly, and though bis back was turned to the observer?, it was plain be was immersed in the perusal of a book. 'lie's been there sometime already/ said Ms father triumphantly, *aud he'll not stir till past midnight, I'll bo bound/ 'lias he much practice? inquired Dr. 'Omnia. 'lie's always vLiting some sick person or other/ replied Mr. Grantham; hut ho could tell you more about that than I. I'll scud for him.' > 'Pity to disturb his studies.' 'Oh! not at all.' He'll bo delighted to see you. Jane,' bo called to a servant, 'just step to Mr. George's room, and say I'd like to *co him.* The two old gentlemen returned to the drawing-room. They had hardly sat down when the servant returned with the answer that George didn't say anything when she gave him tho message?didn't even turu his head. 'You see, doctor/ cried Grantham, dolighted,'wrapt in his book:?lost to everything else. Go back again, Jane, and rouso him. Tell him I want to see him.' 'Ho must bo reading very hard/ said Dr. Timuts kindly. In a few moments a shriek was hoard, and the servant canio running back, ns pate as dentil, and hardly ablo to speak tr<>m agitation. 'What's the. matter. Janet' asked Mr. ] Grantham hastily. 'Ob! sir,'gasped the girl. 'Speak, woman, has anything happened?' 'Mr. George, sir?' 'Well, whut of him?' cried the father in great alarm. 'He?lie's sitting in his bones, sir." ****** On that same evening, soino time beforo this strolling aunonucctnnt, Qoorgo Granthum took his seat on a stool i the mod est work-room of the dressmaker, Lucv IVune, and began with more zeal tlian skill to put her work box to rights. Where do these skeins of silk go, Miss Lueyi* said he. '< Mi! dear me,'replied Lucy, impatiently, do let thom alone. You always leave eve- | rything in such confusion, that it costs me ; an hour to set the box to rights when you i nro gone.' You see I think so much of you when I I'm lieu*. 'Mr. George, if you talk so foolishly, I won,I let you in again.' 'Mayn't I say I think of you, dear Miss Lucy?' You know very well I don't like it.' Very well. Hut I do, all the same, j When I saw the sun rise the other mom - , iiijj, just tipping those dear old mountains j with gold, as the song says, do you know what was my fust thought?'' "How should I kuowf' replied the young ; girl, with a downcast glance. 'T thought it would have been a delicious ' sight, if you had been there to sliaro it with j tne.' Mr. Goorgel' 'Oh! you needn't say Mr. George,' replied ( the voting inan with warmth; 'I can't help it. I'm always llduking of you. When I , sit down to read theso' prosy old books j about physic, i find my mind wandering away from levels and lotions to you. When 1 lido to the Lindsays, and talk to Kate, I , always fancy I am talking to yon. I've even caught myself U-ing civil to aunt Let- ' sv, under the impression that she was transformed into my pretty Miss Lucy.' 'If 1 didn't know that you were talking nonsense, Mr. George, 1 should bo very unhappy. 13ut you've made me waste over so much time, and I've got this dloss to finish j oy lime. i |<ii'in.M l u by lour o'clock this afternoon, tut 1 lost the day going to visit those poor people you told me of, ai.d Mrs. 'limms tvrv> so angry." 'Mrs. Timins! it's tor her?' 'Yes. Now let me work.' 'Very odd that Mrs. Timm* should want a dies* at nine o'clock at night. It's not an evening dress I see.' 'No. Hut what do you men know about dresses? If it's not done by nine I shall ' lose her, and she's my best Customer.' *1 wish 1 eou'.d sew,' sai 1 George with a sigh. *1 think-you'd better go home. It's get ting late. 'Late? Oh! yon'io ijuilc mistaken. It's very early, on the contrary. And I can't i go vet.* NVhv not, if you please?' in joired Lucy, raising her eyes and looking swachrugly at George. 'lie -ause l'vo something to say to yotj.' i Say it at once then?no,' she added cor- i reeling herself, and sewing very nervously, 1 'perhaps you'd better i.ot say it.' There was a pause, George walked ncross the room hastily, i hen Lucy broke the < silence by observing in a tirin voice: 'I change my mind. What you have to say, Mr. George, I atu ready to bear now.' *1 love you.' And he seized her hand and covered it with kisses. She was violently agitated. Ai last she said: * Now, Mr. George, that you have spoken, 1 will toll ion frankly, that?that you must ! not come hero again.' "Lucy, do you love my?' 'You must not coruo hero again.' J list at that moment a rap was heard at j uie uoor. c?eorge had just tune to hide himself id :i close!, when the lour opened, nt.d Mis. Titmns entered th* room. 'I've Cotno for that dress, Mim? Prime,' ' said she, in a lone which seemed very , strange to George. *l*m very soiry,' replied Lucy, 'to have kept you wailing, ma'am; but 1 was delayed. It will bo ready in ten inmates, if you will take a seat.' 'Never mind,' said Mrs. Tiinms, faintly, 'I'll lake it a* it is.' Lucy looked at her customer, and so did George, from his hiding-place. She was strangely pale, and seemed ill. "Won't you sit down, ma'am? In live minutes it will be finished. I've only a stitch or two to make. I was in hopes you would i not want it till the morning. 'No,' said Mrs. Tunms, hastily, 'the doc- ! lor anil 1 are going to tho country to night. 11u's w aiting for mo at homo now.' Georgoliad so:no difficulty in suppressing an exclamation. Mo heaid l)r. Tininis say, j not two hours before, that ho would spend tho evening at his father's. Lucy had broken off the thread, and was folding up tho dress, and looking very wretched. 'Never mind folding it," ciied Mis. ' Timius. And after a pause, during which Georgo was convinced ho hoard her teeth chatter, she a.skod Lucy if Gio could give hor a gl?cs of water. Lucy roae, and passed into her bod-room. '' Mrs. Titnma, apparently too nervous to sit Bet still, followed. The moment they left the 1 room, George sprang from hit hiding-place, she and hurried down stairs. got At the door he saw a travelling carriage. Gra He hesitated. Could it bet She had been falli the town talk for weeks; her naino and inai young Melville's, who had followed lior from isht New York, wus in every one's utoulh. ?t The uight was very dark, yet ho could Kvc see the cairiago was empty. A driver sat mat upon the seat, and looked anxiously at of I George. The latter walked to the door of wit the carriage, with tho intention of accosting him. Ho had hnrdly done so when ( ho heard hasty footstups appraching along its tho pavement, lie turned aud looked. In rejj a moment or two tho new comer and on<j George saw each other. George would have sworn it was Melville. Tho latter? ',e seeing a man at the door of the carriage? ^ stopped short, and Appeared uncertain how to t to act. A few sccouds elapsed: then ho ^cr; moved towards the carriage. His mind thoroughly made lip, for lie 10 was certain he held the cluo of tho mystery, "or Geurgu boldly seized tho haudie of the car- lan riago door, and opened it. thi; The new comer stopped again?seemed cj(n lost in doubt?he crossed the street. f At that moment a female figure rushed "r out of tho house. Georgo hold tho car- 'f" ria^o door while the stepped in. Then, wai whispering to the driver, ho snrano in. i --1. , w ? ? a ? ~ o ?i notv seated himself beside her, and tbo carriage c|Jf] rattled over tbo pavement. Within all was dark. Neither spoke. ren George could bear the quick breathing of w0 bid coinpauion as ho held his own breath, liqi Those minutes seemed centuries to him. t;ol At last the carriage stopped. ^ o Where aro wcl' cried tuo lady, spring iug forward. r 'At your own homo, Mrs. Tim ins, wheio gor your own husband, the doctor, will soon dis join you." ci01 'Craved?saved!' gasped tho poor woman. ? 11 SO Leaping out, George lifted Mrs. Tiinms to the giouud, bade the driver drive houie j as if oid Nick was after hint, and in halt a a minute was sealed in the doctor's study. With peifeet coolness he untied Mrs. Tiinms' hat, unpinned her shawl, and di- out vested her of both articles of dress. She the had not fainted; but she seemed in a torpid wu state, inditlereul to what was going on. A ^ glass of water revived her. What a horrible dream!' tbo muttered. r''> 'L>ut I'm at home, am I not?' am 'Of course you aic,' replied George gay- Coti I jr. ' You've got the dress, and Miss 1'iiiuu . will be hero in the morning to finish it.' jir 'Cut if I'mnt home'?whispered Mrs. I jj Tiintn?, with it vacant gaze. j son 'You'll wear it the next time you go out ' with the doctor. Now, 1 must be oil. ! v Good-bye, dear Mr?. Tiinms. llow odd' l tI that 1 should have met you at the dressuia- j . ker't!' j jr.(, You met met?' I orl' 'Yes, just in time to see you home, wasn't | jirc; I ? I luu-t say, Mrs. litmus, you're a ' (]ri model of punotuality. ll you'll allow me j to tay so, 1 llriuk the idea of driving to a . dressmaker's at nine o'clock at night, on i the purjiobo to gel a dress, quite oiigiual. IIa! ! cio Ira! ha! I beg your pauloti for laughing, nai hut our Richmond ladies are not such [nil sticklers for exactness, by any means. Good nai night!' : rec And taking lenvo with as much furmali p,?? ty as if he had made an ordinary visit, George tan down tho stops of the doctoi's ten house, and hastened home. for ****** we When Mr. Grantham and I)r. Tiinms' me heard the servant say that Mr. George was toi sitting in his bones,' thuy burst into a roar of laughter. \\ hat do you meant' asked the former Vvh as soon as lie could speak. s.ul Cut the giil was too much agitated to renlv'- Sim li..liilil.-tl nrwl I.iiir!iii m > .t i V- ? o v,.'? " < and shook lier liend ominously. j "Come along, Doctor, we'll soon sots <rr, what this moans," said Grantham, loading sov tha way out of llio room, 'l ust lot us too as-< wbother tho boy's there.' liaj And tho two, <prilo excited, LasUned to ;?la aunt Hclsy's window, Tliero was George drti as before; not n muscle had moved. wn W hat did the giil mean!' said Gran- d s tbaui. ; liv* lleforo tho words were uttered, an exclamation from Dr. Tiimna drew his attention | once more to the window. What they saw V" might well astound them. They saw dis ' ''r" titictly a man leap into the room, apparently by (be window, seize Geoige by the 1 0 ' throat, and with one powerful jeik I ft 1,1 |' him out of the chair, and throw him to the j ' other ettd of the room. 'Murder!' roared Timms. Purely two old gentlemen ( f their size and ago never ran so fast as did they to i " 'I' tho scene of the outrage. Gasping for breath, tho father huist open the door of; "lcl his sou's room, and both rushed in, prepui- 4'|M ed for the worst. 1 "l'hausy their fceliuks,' as Jcemos says, :l Vl when tliey saw George standing in his shin sleeves, in the middle of the room, as cool m.v as a diplomat?and on the bod, horror of I ,'"J honors! a skeleton a In Jiiauchcno, recent- 1 r'.N ly imported from 1'aiis, draped in George's ^ 11 dressing gown. What is this farce, sill' roared Mr. ant Gran than). 8,0,1 'Jlnsh! hush!' said old Timms; we're 'P1'" sold, and the less said the better. I.et me V"' advise you, as an old friend and a medical !< man, to be cniefui of vour son's health; he ! OVl.l.ltil It) ... I ... 1..'. I ? vtiuvnuj i caun lUU lirl'M. | , Long and bitter was thu lecture George |or had to endiire at the hands of Mi?s ltel>y w|tj next morning; and far worse to bear wore Sm the few wohL of reproach which It II from , jt j the lips of Ins kind old father. 'You have y;|, lost, mi,' said he, 'an opportunity on which (j0, I have been counting for your*. It was the ji;iV hojio of my old age.' \ Ami when, a few days afterward, old : few riinms called on his friend Grantham, and plie told him that lie had talked the matter over tuti with liis wife, and that they weio both of terf opinion that lie had hotter lake a partner, the and that they knew of no one with whom liar ho would sooner associate himself than the 'your boy < ieorge'?old Mr. Grant hum was pre.> fairly petrified with astonishment. Strait- the ger things than this csmo to pavn For 1 tho old doctor complained ? in a very thai ehcciy lone, however?that ho had no jd." sooner taken a partner, so as to go out tion with his wife, than that holy abjured socio- ! tuli ty, and insisted on spending every evening < reading and talking to 'an old fellow like 1 me! And Mrs. Timm*, with whom George ' ',n" had become suddenly intimate, camo over one morning, and notified Mr. Grantham *,n that hor husband's practice would be ruined ' CK; if George remained a bachelor, adding 'j that she had found him a wife? Miss Lucy >0jv Prime. lass Whatl a dressmaker!' shrieked aunt tut when Mrs. Timnis gave out that would cease to know any lady whoforto call on tho future Mrs. George inthaiu, and when George assured Lis icr that it was useless to talk of Lis rrying any one else, all obstacles van- 1 al, and tLe marriage was duly celeLratod lie old doctor giving away tlie bride, n aunt Retsy was reconciled to the tch, by tlie assurance tbat at least one diss Prime's ancestors had come over h Captain John Smith. Clerical.?The following rich joke had birth in New York during tho recent gious anniversaries, and was related by i of the preachers to tho body of which was a member. V committee of the city churches wished .rent the Old and Now School Prcsbyan Assemblies to an oxoursion among prisons, alms houses, asylums, ?fcc., uncharge cf the ten governors on the isds around tho harbor of New York. For i purposo they went to a ship-owner to irtcr a steamboat, merely stating it was tho General Assombly, Tho cautious, ot conscientious, owner declined. This i so extraordinary, that tho committee od fur his reason, lie replied that the iracter of the Legislature was such as to der it certain that a scene of dissipation n!d he enacted, and he could not permit lor to go on hoard his boats. Kxplana i, npoiogv, ntui laughter ot?suo*i, when 1 prudent man found tli.it clergymen and ; istian gentlemen were to bo tlio passen- 1 s, and lio rendily placed his vessel at the ' posal of the committee, remarking: The ' rgv, by .ill means, are welcome to her ' i?liquor or no liquor! l>oKSTicKK.? In his preface to a new rk (Plu-ri bus-tali?Longfellow ish) Do- j icks perpetrates a brilliant introductory 1 of the common order. After reading j late cane speech of Abolition Snmuer, feel convinced that tho two following racts from Dot slicks wcio meant prima j ' to intiodueo that speech to tho public, | 1 111at the wiltv author must linvo been : isulled in its preparation. Read: When I began this work, I assumed ti c 1 ht to distort facts, to mutilate the reds, to belie history, to outrage common so, and to speak as I ediould please, tit all dignitaries, persons, places, and nls, without the slightest regard for th or probability. I have done it.' I intended t" slaughter tho American p|c, cut the ' (iroat of the Goddess of Lib v, annihilate tho Yankee nation, ami ak tilings generally; and I ilatler myself A?I liavo done it.' I'lttNr it in Lkttkrs uk Gold.? A fa- i r whose soil was addicted to some vi us pi? pensities, bade the boy to drive a I into a certain post whenever he cornted a certain fault, and agreed that a I should he drawn out whenever he cortod an orror. In tho con se f time tho 1 wa? completely tilled with nails, rite youth became alannol at the ext of h is indiscretions, and set about reining himself. One by one the nails re drawn out, l'ie delighted father com tided him for hi* noble, self-denying besin. in five ng himself fr? m lus faults. ' I'hcy are all diawn out," said the parent. l (io itoy looked sad, and there was aj 'do volume >t practical wisdom in his j noss. Willi a In-,ivy heart ho replied: ' 'hue, father; but llio scars aro slid 10 " I'aretjls who would have their cliiMn.it , >w sound and healthy characteis must i r the seed at the fireside. Oh.ui'nble oeialions can reform t!ie man, ;.nd per . is, make a useful member of society; but >! the sens are there! The r< fornlwl inkard, gambler and thief i> only the ; ?ck of the man ho once was?which will , Hgure hi- character as lung as lie shall j. lite following specimen of the iKto nee of the liar,' in a not-distant WestState, was actually delivered, as wo j ?w from a coi respondent, as hero report- | in his notes. The case was tho trial of i-r.-on on a writ of inquirendo lunatico. lich lido the 'learned' and eloijiient ad ate was on, it is somewhat difficult to urtain lioiu his speech: 'Tho counsel on other side, sir, misapprehends the prifi- j e involved in this important case. Law, 1 is \oiv simple, if w? understand its . leulary principles. 1 he principlo of this >, sit, is to be found in lite horn books he profu -ion. 1 hold in my hand, sir, rtbim -of 1 ilackstone, sir, thfl great an r i f the Lnglish law: yes, sir, I bold in hand, -ir, that glorious nutynuscfuirtus, foundation and bulwark ol English lib , which was wrung by the illustrious g John, Kuwoard in hanJ, froin the 1 ttly I!,irons on tho banks ot tho pleasIh.nnytm de, on that momentous oecai! Hut, sir, 1 did not intend to make a eh, sir. and as I have not examined the I .-511, I U lO 11.11 ?ulirt \\ lilt to few ami incougruvial finai ks. | Knickerbocker. In eccentric fiien<l, who is u groat stick l'?r tlio Constitution, sa\* that the pping given hy Col. Brooks to Mr. niM-r was strictly constitutional." If | tad heen int)ict?Hl outside of the Sonata inibor, it wouhl have been unconstituinl, ami as Mich, ho thinks, ho might e opposed it. Ve voiilureil to solicit from o'.tr friend a of his reasons for the opinion. II? re<1, that "tho Cth section of the Conation exempts Mr. Sunnier from any in iwenco in going to ami returning from Senate; ami thai lie couhl not bo (pies icil or flailed 'in tiny other Jtlace, than Senate Chamber, tbe Constitution ex?-sly states, nuil it is tho supremo law of land." lowovor this may be, we have no doubt L Sumner considers it "ciuel and unu.suand violative of the phienoloaical porof his constitution.?Auyusta Contlionalisf. 'hey that deny a (rod, destroy man's ility; for certainty man is of kin to the its by Ins body; and if there be not of to Oral by his spirit, ho is an ignobiO kturo. lie aulphurot of carbon is proposed as a ent for scouring wool ami making soaps, i substitute for caustic alkali. Anecdote of a Fat Man. "Bridget," said a lady in the oily of Qo tharn, ono morning, as she was reconnoi toring in hor kiteheq, to hor sorvant, "wha a quantity of soap grease you have go thero. We can get plenty of soap for it hikI wo must exchange it for some. Walcl for the fut man, and whcu he comes along loll him I waul to *|>eak to him. "Yes, ma'atn," says iii idgot, between eacl whisk of her dishcloth, keeping a brigh lookout of the kitchen window, and no mo ving creature escaped her watchful gaz< At last industry seerued to bo rewurdod, fo down the street came a large portly geu llcmau flourishing a cane, and looking lb picture of good humor. Suro that ho wii ibo man when ho was in front of the hous< out she tlew and informed him that h? mistress wished to speak to him. "Speak to me, my good girl?" asked th gentleman. "Yes, sir, wants to speak to you, and saj would you be good enough to walk iu?" This request so direct was not to be ri fused: so, in a state of some wondcrmen up the steps went tlio gentleman, and u stairs went Bridget, and knocking at li< mistress' door, put her bead in and cj claimed: "Fat gentleman's in the pailor, ma'am So saying slio instantly descended to ll; lower regions. "In the parlor thought the lady. "Win can it menu, lliidget must have LIunde ed," but dow n to the parlor sbo went, an up rose our fat frieud with his blntidc smile and most graceful bow. "Your servant infoimcd tne, madati that you would like to speak to me?i your scrvico, madam." The mortified mistress saw the stato 1 the case immediately, and a smile wreatl ed itself about iier tnouth in spilo of ticrse as she said: "Will you pardon the blunder of a rn Irish girl, my dear sir? I told her to call i the fat man to take awav the soap groan when she made a mistake yon see." The jolly fat gentleman leaned back his chair, and laughed such a heartv hitig as never comes from vonr Innn ..????? " bv,,u; "N<> apologies needed, madam," said li "it is decidedly the best joke of lite seaso Ha, lia, It a, so she took tr.e for tho son grease man, did site? It will keep me laughing for month such a good j >ke! And nil tip llto street and mound tl corner was heard lite merry laugh of ti old gentleman, as ho brought down hiscat every now and then, and exclaimed, "Sue a joke!" NKWh.?A droll old fellow w as asked I an old lady to road the newspaper; and t king it up, ho begau, as follows: "Last night, yesterday morning, abot two o'clock ui the afternoon before breal fast, a hungry boy about forty vest oh bought a tip custard for a levy and thro it through a brick wall nine feci thiol and jumping over it broke his nncl righl off above bis knee, fell into a dr mill pond, and was drowned. About fort years after that, on the same day, an ol cat had nine turkey goblers, a high win blew Yankee Doodle on a frying-pan, an knocked the old Dutch chum down, an killed an old sow and two dead pigs i Hosting, w heto a deaf and dumb man w; talking Kicneli to his aunt 1'eter." The old lady, taking a long breath, e; claimed "Du teli!" Tnk Gukkn-Eyuu Monstkii.?A new ! mar ried couple arrived in B >->u?ti recently an I took lodgings ai one of the fashionab hotels, t?> pas-, away that delightful s?asu ?alas! too brief?known as the homo moon. Their liappint ss w as tho cmuso i envy among many, for not a cloud appca ed to overshadow the enjoyment of th passing hours, until a doctor was sent fi. in great haste to relievo tho ladv of a dor of laudanum which threatened t>> terin natc her life. The skill of the doctor save tho wife, and after tho brido returned t consciousness, sho was asked what motiv induced her to commit such a wicked ac She replied: "/ satr a Indj wink at ra httsband at the table, and I didn't want I lice." A Yankee has just invented a suspends that contracts on \oiir approach to water, s that the moment you come to a puddle, i lifts you over and drops you on the opposit aide. We would suggest that the same c a similar apparatus ho fixed for the ladies so that they, or their drosses and skirti would be elevated above the water as the approach it. A machine running ou pill leys, like a curtain at a theatre, or n coil trivanee like that used to open an uinbrellr would be very convenient, and if invent? would no doubt come into very genera use. We find tho fc-!!owing in tho Journal d Constantinople: 4,Our readers will recollec iho beaut'ful sculptures which M. l'lacoex lr.nl/-.1 will. .A inin.li . I, 11111 .. f-? ...... S* V.\ . I MllUVUIiJ ? I ''III Hi ruin* <'f Niuevah, and which were unforti nately sunk in the Tigris by the burstiti <>f iho skins which upheld ihe rafts tha contained litem. Wo are happy to be nbl to state that most of tlc*e sculptures ar now being raised under the intelligent sn perintendeiice of Ncssoud Bev, aid de cam of the Governor of Bagdad. Some of thei arc monoliths of colossal size." An Editor Ooiin kiied.?A city e litoi who i-> a bachelor, having said in his las issue that ho really wished ho h:ul a son s that lie could drevs him up in the faslrior, was called up<>n the next day by his adora ble, to wtiotn he had been paying his at tentions for the last two years, and aske< him if ho really said that. 'Certainly I did, my dear?' Well Billy,' said she, 'why dou't yoi make arrangements for one!' ( Mir friend says it was the first time h was ever cornered. He was so mortifies in.n iiu mill iiwiiy 10 ute parson. I>ivil a lie did you ever catch cominj out my mouth, Katharine," said an Irish man to his bettor half. "You may easy say that," retorted Kat< ' for they o >m? out so fast thai Sathau him golf could not ratch Vm!" Wife! why, in the naino of goodness,di< you not inako tho washerwoman pulslard in my shirt collar?' 'Why, my dear, thought it a useless waste of the nrt'cb for I can get your choler up so easily with out it.' A light gliding of gold may he pat 01 polished iron, by brushing it over with solution of gold in sulphuric ether. Th blades of knives, die., are often gilded 11 this manner. a. h. kirby, 3XTo. a i f8 now receiving and opening it 1 x IIW STOCK ok ?mass m?: s'otiass GOODS, I CONSISTING OK ? French Cloths. Cossunetcs, ??'d J>rap d'Ete, ? * Italian Cloth*, Black Satin Mild MursalHm Vwt- j.' ' ings, Unen Coating, lLavy Twilled mid Duck Linen. Bareges and Tissues, Printed Organdies, I r Swiss mid Jaconet Muslins. j ^ i. Fine (S.uuhmns, French, American and Kngn lisli Prints, Kino Black and colored bilk M.iniil- ^ las, all of the latest stylo an J fresh frsnt Now ,v * Vork. lilies and Gentlemen's Colored Silk, Kid and >r Tliread Gloves, Hosiery, Ac. ALSO Ladies' Grass and Corded Skirts. ' Black nud Colored Silk Gingham Purusola and U mbrellns. rS Fancy Paper, Feather, and Palm-leaf Fans. / Irish Linens, Linen Cambric Pocket Hdkls. j. Hollands, Brown and Bleached Shirting and M . Sheeting*. ^ C ' Fashionable Summer v }r Hata, BooU and Sltocs. m ' ruR URNTLKMEN AND BOYS. SC Black ami Colored Kid Top Guitars and ki ? Bootees of various kinds for Ladies, Misses and tli Children. *r?. FASHIONABLE BONNTS. !.j Ribbon* of various styles. Drees Trimmings, &c. dee. es r; HAH.dwah.EI, v CUTLERY. CROCKERY. 5 aHOOERIESj ! Oi ? (shMWure, &c. \v All of which will 1* stld on the most reason- ! able terms for Cn?h or to prompt-paying cust om- j ers. A |*ril 3 6 tf ! g S. " SI'AU'i'A.NIiUKtFS,f "APOTHECARY'S IIALL" TUB NBW MEDIOINAl., -j iT, DRUG AND COMICAL STARE, P, IB LOCATED IN 81'AItTANBL'RO OFP061TE ^ THE corftr HOl'SE. in rPUK subscribers rcepectfuVy rail the attention r|( JL ol the citixens of Spartanburg, uii<l of Uie ' adjacent districts, to their KKW DRUG AND CflEMICAL tri'OUL, lotatwl in the village of Spartanburg, where will alwaye be found a full n. supply of i> FRESH AND GENUINE MEDICINES, I < ntbraelng nearly every article usually kept in Drug | is, Stores. Mr. HENRY K. UErNITII will havo the a l0 entire management of the store, ami nil P1IAR- p MACEL'TICAL PREPARATION will be made c by himself, or under his immediate supervision. Cj This gives to the community the nstmranco that til all art tries front their store are genuine, and in ^ neoordaneo with the prescribed rales ot the U. S. o< Pharmacopeia. iy They desin: ?Lo to ?tato that their connection i J, J. with the WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUQ ESTABLISHMENT at Colombia will i ^ ennMe them to receive and .upplv large orders ut > J*" very low prices. Physicians, Planters and Mix p| i- chants, will do well to call and examine th? stock tli J, and prices, and judge for themselves. )? w THEIR STOCK WILL CONSIST OF ? < tc, X>T"LTXC3r?. ic lc MEDiniXES <fc CHEMICALS,' % -v DTE W00D5, A.\D DYE-STUFFS, \ OILS, PAINTS A- PAINTERS' AP.TICI.KS, v y YAliXISIIES, ,] Wiudow Glass and Putty, Glassware ,, ' FRENCH, ENGLISH U ' TS A * * "A ? ,? J:,..z, a. A IK KIN L TOILET AND S1I V\ INU SOAPS, FINK 1IAIP. AM) TOOTH HIirSIIKS, TAINT BRUSHES I SriKJlCAL AND. DKNTAL r INSTRUMENTS, t, If& SU.PPIte^iiLaS o, le O K A I. T? KIN 1)S, ? SPICES. SN t"FFS, MAXI*FXCTURED TOBACCO. All the Patent or Proprietary r,.1 MEDICINES OF THE DAY. Sviporior XtiItc e, ? PURE WINKS AMI IKANDIKs PORU i- MRorciNAi. FCnrowiw. a LAINTDDHETII'^ ? CKLEItU A I ia? (J\KDKN SHEDS. - CHOICE TOII.KT AND t? F A X C Y A li T I C I. KS. 1 | Wc maky oar pnrchniics for rash, a ltd offer | ~ _p?vl> equally a? low as they can l>c obtained from " any aiiinhjr nlablirhmmt In this section. ir?ira?^rf to be Freeh, lfutr arid Genuine. j f OaWrt from tin- country promptly filled, nnd : r ?ati?laAt'on guaranteed, with regard both to prior ' | o -?nd quality. it FISH Eli <te UEINITSII, t. t Pharmaceutists and Dispensing Chemist*. Jan S 49 tf >r I . i _ . ' BOOKS! BOOKS!! > i ..^ r|~MIK *ub*cribert?kesthi? method tniiifortn the ^ l' ; A evil/ens of the Village and aurroundirp country, that hrta now re citing a pood stock nfNEW | _ BOOKS, at In* llook Store, No. fi, Main-street, e I opposite the Court House, such n* arc generally :t used ia College*. Academies and common English ' Schools. A large variety of 1 e | MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, J l- ,-mbra. ng HISTORICAL. IMOORAPlllCAL, li tr (#KOLfKJKJAL, MKCI1ANICAL, Poetical and | n It ' Musical w ork*, of various si?'-# and price*. | 1 Sonic light reading (in the tvay of Novels.)? lll'TII HALL. Fanny Fefu's writing* ; TU.M | 6 JONES* COURTSHIP, Ace. tV". i- , 111.A NR. BOOKS. A number of II ) MN p HO<>KS, uuod by the d.lUr. nt denomination* of , Chriawaus, together with a large assortment ul FAMILY BIBLES, prices from 00 to $1<) 00; small BIBLES, front J ..it cents t i irl.OO and >'*J.00 ; TESTAMENTS | '' irotn liftcen i tils to j 1 .no. I'll A NEK BOOKS, j J o j tit various price*. | b ?, ! A1? > n variety of ?mal! religious books, toy hooka ;. t and Primer*. IA good Jot of Koolacnp, Letter, Commercial ami Xuio Paper. Enrdu|K? bom cmiidoo to the lineal 1 Black. Blue mid Red Ink. u NEW MUSIC FOR THE PIANO. -i 11. (#?M .VO and 1,000 now pieces for the Pi ) J 0 ano, from the beat composers, the greatest variety 1 n 1 ever offered In the up-country, (We hope the la- i 1 <iiv? will oall and supply themselves.) S I have made permanent arrangement* withsev- li oral largo Hook House* in Philadelphia and New u ? York, to exchange my Musio Work?tho ' n SOUTHERN lit It MOW. at CASH PRICK, Tor their Hooks, Ae , nt cash ' prices, nett. I will, therefore, be able to ssll Hooks i ami Stationery lower than they have ever been aold in Spartanburg; and a? I ties re to do an entire aaoh I uainene, if the people will onll with their mo- I u l' ney, I think they wlilbe sutialicd that they can buy p h R ?<>' <*, ?Vo , from me. nv cheap as they can (at rc- ' ?' I ; ail) in Colombia or Charleston. B >, jar CALL A XV SEK.^r J WllMAM WALKER. A. 8 II CI IW 'School teachers Kopplied on liberal terma. P. S. Ii any perron should evil for n Hook or r> U.Hiks. that I have not got, I will mimed nttly or- ~ ^ I dor them if they desire it. Q ' N. H. Tue New Edition of the Sotimeaw Hah- ' "I MOKT. k<-p'. oonstintly on hand, wholeaalc RIM * J 1 , 'a?t, at th? CASH HOOK STORK. R j May IT IS tf t .(/t) ^ . ujdf?T UAJN^^/Ui WJNU&gmgSteiiJJHtJCERiKSllENER. AZFY DRY ooods, HATS, a$W 1 SHOES, AND CLOTH- -^K| J*", , $C. :^, i BUYER OF COTTON V 1 AND OTHER COUNTRY PRODVCE} ' j ? now in afore one of * ??* lnn;?wt,iiitd most varied . m? 1 oti of Goods in South liim, uud la prepared ' V I otter to hie numerous (ri?j??la and onatamera, 1 rat inducements which cannot fail to prove to | uir internt. I aui always in the market for the ] rcliaao of COTTON and COUNTRY PKO- ' | L'CK generally, and planters fin.! i; giicr^i- r to tkeir iu tar cat, by calling on mo before funking elr arrangements elsewhere. S. f. AGNEW, Importer of English Hard war*. . Oct. 18_ S5 tf ODD FeLLOWS' SCHOOL^ . /J \N Monday next, agreeably to notice, tit* Odd J Fellows will openfheir SCHOOL In the Old ale Academy, under the control of DAVfD R. UHCAN, A. Tl. ' ~ ' ,l-jH *j Mr. Duncan is a son of Profsawtr Donenn. *f 'ofibrd College, and a graduate of Kandylpfc neon College, Virginia. Hia testimonials of holurthip nod moral character are full and satisctory. In starting an euterpi iae of the kind by e Ixxlge, it js indeed gratifying that <<ne so tliovigldy prepared /of t!w oiSce of teacher c: JSV. uucau has been selected and consents to tak* targe of tho scbooj. The established rotes of tuition hnvo heretofor* toluded nuiny from the advantages of education^ i'ith a view to benefit such, aud all who may roil themselves of the facilities of a chenp and lorough education, we append the following tab!*' f charges, so reduced as to make it available, rintary Department?including Spelling, , ** ?' Heading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Primary Geography, per aeation of fit* months, #6.00? ' econd Department?Philosophy, Grammar, Algebra, nnd oil tho higher branch- * - * es of English education, per term of fiva months, w ith a continuation of any of the pro-enumerated studies 8.00' liird Departmeut?Classics, with a review of any o( the previous studies, per term of ftvu months 14.00 lontingent fee, per t< tin 1.00" TIIOS. O. P. VERNON, Chairman Hoard Trustees. ^ Jon 10 li S. W. GILLILAND. GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT. KEWBEltET, S. C. KESPECTFULLY offers bis s. rviccs to all - ^ those who trade at Newberry,as iheir General lomriussiuii Agent, for the dis|>o*al of their, Cotton 11J other produce. Will give his perrons! att-.fi011 to Receiving, Selling. Storing or Shipping of I tlon and alt kinds of produce intrusted to his ire. Having made arrangement* with different IIoo??, he is now prepared to make liberal advsnccs II Cotlon shipped to Chsrh riun. '' Will also p*y the hipbwt market casti prices on L-hvery for all the \V beat. Floor, Corn and ether roduce that can be brought to this market lor lie. j *1' An experience of several years business at this act-, in all its various forms, indue* * hint tu belie** uit lie oan promote the interest of planters, and jpvs by prompt attention to merit a liberal share patronage. Charges for selling or shipping olton 2 * cents per bate, all other trnusactiotis in eordancc with custom. Tito best of reference* iven. Until the first of January next he may b? found tout ihc it tore Iloom foi niorly occupied by Messrs. v\ (I. tic J. F. Glen. Nov 15 39 tf ^ Fisk's Patent Burial Cases t [MI E subscriber is n?r? nt for thesalcof FJSK'S ** . PATENT BURIAL CASES?Cloth-eo red or Bronzed?in w hi. fi a body can be kept cr ansported any distance, without danger fr?>m de nipositiun or rcrmm. Cabinet Making:. HE is also s C ABINET MAKER, nr.* preired to furnish Ne# CaMhet Ware at *h?ftnoik', midaliwt u> repair old furniture on r? ^>?i ai le rms, and solicits a esll at his rooms i>u [lartnuburg,below tin- Court JI?'ose. Also a line assortment of PAbl/lR CI1AIRS, in-taiilU ou hand. - . Sept 20 til tf 8. V. GENTRY. . , $500 REWARD. ~ r \\ 11,1. jay the nbovts reword to any one whs L will bslge my negro nirnn HA MI'm the JsH I Spartanhnrg or Union. Said l*w has been sH hi irvin vi?j pmaintinn nrar Ho ! irn? rl)' klongt'J In Sarnh Burwtt.i^l-i'art.nliurv >;rtr?et. Ile:? well wet, ?l?out forty Vr>'t*uld. j> hrt 0 in Ik * high. blind in one eve and a bfcicksn>ith g tiariv. ROBERT BBAT7. X 1 fViI.lwcll, tTnioa District, ltro. 2f> 44 tf, ' MUSIC ! VVERY largo selection of the ^??5*^9 bent and latest improved PI.NOSof all kinds can be had at tl ? H J B RAMSAY'S A NO FORTE AND MUSIC STOKE, COLUMBIA, S C He invites a special examination of the late pa ;ncd improvements in IialU-t. T>a?i? A" Co's.eeie rated Piauos. Every piauo i* guarantied. June2S 18 ly Commissioner's Notice. 4 I.!. Guardians, Trustees, Receiving C?wn' \ mittecs and otlier Persons authorized to make nnunl returns, are hereby notified to make op and ejHirt their annual accounts to p?c on or by the iwt of March next. The items of expenditur* itust be vouched. Roles will be issued against all Kfaulteis. T1IO O. P. VERNON, c. t. i. o. CiMiir'a Office, dan. 3 45 tf. K. D. OWEN, r TAILOR, HAS RETURNED TO STARTANBURGr wheat uk intends to LOCATE PERMANENTLY.. He may be found nt No. Brick Range*, on Chereh street, whore he will be very jjpj.y to see hie old friends, and ready TO RKItVK rnEM niEAP TOR CASH. ^ Nov l 37 IN EQUITY?Spartanburg* Vm. A. Youog, Tolly Turham, and others, vs. Lucinda I'arhuui and others. Bill for scoi tint, Ac. FT npv> ring t" the satisfsotion of this Court1 thai I Lueinda Parham,.widow ot Wiltiam 1 arham,) nd George Tarhnnt, Richard Barbara,and Joseph 'arl ant, minors, resilient beyond the limits of this tutr: It is, on motif it of Bobo.Compla until*' Socitor, ordered, that they npi car and plead, answer r demur, to Complainants' Bill, within three tenths from the date hereof, or the same will be iken pro confesso npmnM them. THO. O. P. VERNON, c. e. s. n. Comr's. Office. April 87 3m India ( bologogur. VN unfailing remedy for bevtr and Ague and other Biiiotw Diaenacs. The speedy and munncnl relief afforded by the CHOLOGOGUE rises front the prompt and healthy action upon tlio ifood, cleansing it front bile and restoring it to rarity* Thus striking nt the root, it# tendency is nt simply to Ku?)>end disease, but to remove the I use on which it depends. Sold by FISIIKR & HEINIT8H, May i \0 tf. Druggists. I:?ibroii>I:HIEI. TNlXii Worked Col Ian, Chcomyites, Under P Sleeves, KJging:. gs, Flouuoiitfa, anda, Infants Dresses, dfce Just received by A pril \0 7 Sp, FOSTER JUDD.