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The Spartan circulates larnc'.y over this and adjoining districts, ond otters an admiraUc medium t9 our friends to reach customers. Job work f nil kinds promptly executed. Blanks, Law and Equity, coutinuully on hand or printed to order. CAROLINA SPARTAN. ORIGINAL ESSAYS. Spartanburg Agricultural Society. REPORT ON 0Rf!IIATlD<J "Whether we reflect upon the vast irupor- i tance of fruit? its numerous uses in household economy?and the largo ndditions which it makes to human comfort and hap- f piness; whether we regard the adaptation :i of our soil aud climate to its successful cul- 1 tivation, or the pecuniary profit with which ; many kinds of fruit might be raised either for market, or for rearing and fattening t stock?it may well surprise us that its cul- s ture has in our section of the Stato rcceiv- c ed so little attention. Who that has had * his eyes feasted aud his palate regaled with a profusion of tho finer varieties of the ap s pie, the pear, tho peach, the plum, tho nee- : tarine, the apricot, the cherry, the fig, the 1 pomegranate, tho strawberry and the grape, 1 doos not greatly desire a repetition of . (he same?dcsiie also that such likewise c shall be tho fiequcnt, yea, constant, enjoy- ?ment of all his neighbors? Aud yet, not 8 withstanding the scarcity of all thoso fruits ' among us, if unquestionably tiuo that all t of tlieui aro s.-copiiblo of successful culture t in our climate; and most of them, with r very little trouble or expense, in tho highest 'J perfection and the greatest abundance. In ^ ii view 01 nieso tacts, your committee wouKl t urge upou every citizen the duty?a duty n which he owes at once to hiiuself and to 0 his country?ofdirecting his attention some- " what to the cultivation, of some at least of 0 these fruits, Every man idles away, or i spends in a less profitable maimer, more t time than would be requisite for crowuing M his board daily with most of these luxuiies ^ and comforts. Most men also have spare lots of ground, others have large waste 8 lands, which could l>c put to no other so o desirable use. Patriotism, health, enjoy- lJ inent of life, the untold delights of umbra ^ geous and fruitful grounds, of well filled f, cellars, and richly stored h.rders?all these fi unite, as strong incentives to this duty. In I1 the judgment also of your committee, men | of intelligence and means could hardly, at ^ this stage of our agricultural advancement, t do a higher service to their country and I their fellow men, then by procuring, from 8 other parts of our country and fiom abioad, 1 the best known varieties of these several j, kinds of fruit, and selling an example of the t most successful modes of culture. A Orchaulisls and Gardeners aro needed \ in different sections of the country?men who will rear, in abundant supply, all the c different kinds of fruit-bearing trees, shrubs, v vines and plants which it may be desirable d to cultivate, and furnish them at a moderate cost to others. But in the absence of ^ any such sources of supply, your committee h would urge upon each family the iinpor- a tauce of doing all that lies in their power t< toward an early supply by their own j efforts. If the choicest kinds cannot be at once procured, plant and raise the best you | i, can! The commonest kinds aro better than t'i .none. By all means, let each one plant a ; l' .fiDiaJl nursery?rear, in a rich spot ofground, 1 v a good supply of seedlings. These can be |( aftorwards grafted, if upon trial they be ?( found not to bear desirable fruit. Those n who have the means of doing so, would do ; * well to procure a few specimens of thechoi- i 11 cast varieties of ail the kinds of fruit, and j ^ f fAIV> lliaaA mi.lll.-l" -4 .? -II C '1 ?v?. vwuau luujh win, ior meinselvos , and others. Thus might our whole coun- j a: try, iu a few years, become an Elysium both ' n iu beauty and fruitfulness. The advantafes of this kind ofcultureto our population, ' ei oth in a moral and physical point of light, M' cannot well be estimated. Industry, loin- ; !il peranco, economy in the expenses of living, ^ attachment to their houies, cheerfulness and | " happiness?those are some of tho known j and certain results. Hut it is not to the tc family use, nor yet to Lbo immediate com- i n< forts of man only, that we should look, lie-' ei yond those, the cultivation of fruits largely te promises most important beneGls to our of country. The scarcity of meats, and their 01 enormously high prices, nro an alarming jo feature of the present state of things. As in the lands become worn and the consump- ti* tion of bread slutls increases by the increase lli of population, the difficulty of raising aufli- ar eient f/ram for the food of stock and poul- I to try must still moro increase. Fruits must in tupply t/iis want. They will grow on Innds j on too much exhausted, and too broken for h tho production of grain?will requite less fr labor also than any other product of tho dt same value; and yet there is nothing better pi adapted to the growth and support of either ea wine or poultry than fruits of tho iichor th Baeck*rin? qualities. A model arrango j an ment of tho kind contemplated for thes? purposes may be thus described: A funnel lias taken io nn eight-acre field of thin waste land?grown over with persimmoi trees and blackberry briers?too poor It produce five bushels of corn to the ucre I'lioso trees?commonly girdled or cut dowr ?he not only left standing, but triimuec md trained them into wide-spreading tops 1'bo briers be left growing in clusters, here ind there, in large quantity. In tho re naining open spaces be planted applo trees, teach trees, plum trees and tnulliorry tree* ?thus filling up the whole field! Those 'ruils also weie of different varieties?from ho earliest to the latest of each. Thus rom the ripening of the May plum, to the ailing of tho last persimmon, lie had nn ibtiiidant supply of fruit for tho support ind rapid growth of as fine a crop of hog> is any planter need desire. Nearer his louse, in a different lot, there are similar roes, to which the fig and tho grape are idded; under which lliero luxuriated flocks >f geese, ducks, turkeys, common and "tinonimou" poultry?a bight and a possession or which wo may well suppose Appicius vould have given a kingdom! All this at ittio or no cost beside planting the tree? ind keeping up tho enclosures! This exitnplo is strongly commended lo all our armors. To some extent any of them might ulopt tho same plan of rearing liieir meals, ind at tho samo time improving their lands. Orchards bene fit lands instead of impoverishing them. Nor cab it be told how great mprovement might in this way be procured o those "wild fruits"?tho plutn, the periannon and the blackberry! Culture and lomcsticalion often produce wonderful reults. A distinguished chemist and bolalist in an adjacent State lias given it as bis pinion that under proper culture the i?cr iin mon would bccouic one of the most pleasml and valuable of all our truits! ll bus bis recommendation also, that it comes in liter most other fruits are gone. Mot only, hen, should the voice of our whole populuion be: "Woodman, Sparc that tree," but the ulture of that species of tree, from llio seeds >r grafts of those of superior qualities, hould attract the attention of our rural lopulation. The impression also has become strong lirough large poilions of our country, that he blackberry surpasses, not only as a luxuy, but in point of real utility, both us to its luiritive and medicinal qualities, any other init known upon the American continent! .Vital is most remarkable aUo about it is, hat it is not only an abundant beaicr, but loillicr tradition nor history can inform us .f the Jailure of an annual crop, no matter vhat the seasons may be! It is said that a ariulv ?>f this berrv lots Lii-lr lw-m .!;??*? il in Dickens and Greenville Districts, of liis Slate, double liie size of the common wry, and far surpassing it in saccharine ualrties. Wo copy also from a northern mper the following statements respecting nothcr variety of this fruit: "We have received from Drew French, 15 Barclay street, a very tine lot of Law ton f New Kochello blackberries, of which lauls are being cultivated very extensively n Connecticut, New Jersey, on Long Island, :c., w ith a view to ptovido a tutuiu supply ?r this market. As yet the quantity of ruit sent forward, of this variety, is coinaralively small, and commonly sells for weutylivo or thirty cents a quait. Messrs. ?eo. Seymour ?fc Co., at South Norwalk, 't., have six acres exclusively devoted to his plant; a part to fiuitiug, ami a part to lie propagation of new roots. The berries ;row to a very large size?sixty or eighty >eing sufficient to till a quart measure. "Long Island is the great source of supply for the common blackberry. During lie thirtty days ending August 21st, Drew i French received over the Long Island tnilroad 71,003 quarts, or 2,230 bushels, jr which al>out $7,000 was paid; the avogo cost being ten cents a quart. It is calulated that this embraces two-thirds of the in uie otnerwiso unprouctive sand-barrens uf tlio Island." Your committee would direct pub':c *tcntion to these facts. Even the common rier of our waste lands, if planted in lows i* or eight feet apart?kept thinned on: nd lopt of its straggling shoots?exposed i> the full action of the sun, and supplied dlh its approptiate manures?would prouco several hundred bushels of choice belies to tho acre; which either to man or enst would bo of great value. Theie is no nil brought into the Charleston niniket jut is more sought for, or more highly alued by njarge class of citizen*, than this i>oii colored fruit. Hitherto it has been ?garded as tho result of the original curse," and not only has it been wholly egleeted, but held "nigh unto cursing!" iow it is manifest that, under proper culire, it may bo turned into one of our chief lessings. Groves also of fruit hearing trees, such j the English walnut, tho Wench chostut?a valuablo food for man or boast?tho eenn nut oml I : - ? - - ...... ...vi viii.u uuiii nig ther on our hills, or along the rugged opes of our streams, where the grounds ro too poor or too much broken lor tho ilturo of grain?such groves would bo ighly ornamen'al as well as useful. Returning to orchards: It is not tho inmtion of your coinmillco to indicate bg imc the particular varieties of tho di(ToI'll kinds of fruit which should be cullivnd by our oilizens; for ditrereut names are 'ten applied to the same variety in differit parts of our country, Resides, our obct is to lay down general principles, and duce to general culture. Climates, localise, soils and circumstances must indicate e modifications of which tho principles o susceptible. It is a safo rule for each procure such fruits as have succeeded best latitudes and localities similar to his vn. Wo would, however, Bay in general: ook out for large, luscious and hard;/ uits?those least liable to blight or carlg cag. 1)ilb-rent kinds also should be anted, and the different varieties under oh kind; so that if one should fail, alioer may succeed. Somo should be early, id some lato, and others very late! Hut i of apjilea, the Into ones aro by far 4hu most r valuable. Tlieso only uiako good cider; , these only can be kept for winter and early i spring use. For this htter purpose, look > out for those of inodorato size, thick skiu, ! Htm texture, and pleasant flavor, i As regards localities, modes of planting, I training and protecting trees, tho following . suggestions may not be out ot place: Low ) ami nobby yronnds are wholly un fit for or chard a. By far the best lands are those , somewhat elevated, gently rolling?of light, i potous surface, with a good clay foundation at tho depth of eight or ten inches. Tho i holes for planting trees >-hould be from a i foot to fifteen inches in depth and two feet i or more in diameter. They should then Ikj filled half full of light compost, of stable manure, decayed leaves, stale ashes, surface i earth, A-o. Upon this set the roots of the . tree?adding two or three incites inorc of the compost. Then pour on several gali Ions of water, which will cause the compost i to settle closely around tho roots. The next day, fill up tho remainder of the holo with suifuco earth or rich mould. Tho whole i top of tho treo should bo cut off at the height of tivo or six feel. The advantages i of tl.is arc twofold; 1-t, tho tree is far more certain to live than if it had n tall or heavy lop lo support; 2 1. It is thus caused to , throw out a top at onco low down and of , an umbrella shape, for the early protection , of the body of the tree from the injurious effects of the sun. It is a good plan also , to support or brace up tho tree with three small forks?kept l?y tho intervention of straw from chafing tho treo?until it is firmly rooted in the ground. By tho liist of May, or as soon us the sun becomes hot, three or four corn stalks or a thin covering of straw should ho hound around tho stem of tho tree to protect it from the sun's rays. At the same time a mulching of sttaw or leaves should ho thrown around tlio loots to the extent of throe feet each way, and to the depth of three or four inches. This will keep the ground cool and moist; and as it decays, will afford additional uouiishincut for tho growing tiee. With thirty young trees to begin his planting, any man may in this manner speedily rear a must valuable orchard?one that may endure for many years, and repay him a thousand fold for stll his labor. All which is respectfully submitted. W. BAlliD, Chairman. For tho "l\?r<>luia Spartan." VILLAGE LIFE. Village life! How tnartv nleasini? ideas does the term call in the fervid imagination j ?peace, pinny, cheerfulness, simplicity, kindlier, rural scenes, and rustic sports. The words have magic power. The chord of fix-ling is touched, and sweetly will it rihrato beneath the hand of the magician fancy. Hallowed by tho muse of Goldsmith aud of Crahbe, village life in decked with images tho most delightful. It ri-es up before us ever as they have painted itthe holiest, dearest feelings live in their pages?the religious, thu domestic, too neighborly virtues shine blightert there. Tho village church?the village school ? the village green! Sweet thoughts of gentleness and love, are yo a dream? Do ye only cxi-t in the pure mi tub which have so sweetly shadowed yo forth! Ah! how often has tho inhabitant of the busy city, worn with cares of the world, longed f-?r your sweet j >ys, dear village life? 1 low of ten has liio member of rctined society, m liated with gayety, longed f??r a letreat, which he thinks can only be (ound among your dear shades! Yea! the mourner ol departe.I j<>y>?tho innn or woman who has seen the lh-eling wealth of this world de ferred, seeks for obscurity and happiness in village life. LULY STAUL1G11T. Southkkn Cuockkuv.?Tho diseovorv ?>f the tine clay of w hich China ami giauite ware is made, in Si.uih t'ir..l.i... and Georgia, ha* introduced nmong-l another branch <?f industry, likely to provci of great commercial value to us. As cruckc- j iy is an article of almost universal con- I ' sumption, ?c may expect it to become an j ! article of extensive exportation. "The'"Southern Porcelain Manufacturing Company" liavo a capital of 50,000 dollars, | and own a bed of '2.5 acres of the clay, ; which is pronounced to be equal to the forI eign. Their works nro about six roiles be low Augusta and one and a half miles from Bath, near the South Carolina Kailroad. : Thoy have dug downwards some '24 feci ' I without reaching its bottom, and regard the supply as ample for years to cotno. 1 lie ! Company gives employment to some 40 persons, and now turn oil' sotnc 400 dollars worth of ware per-wveek, wbicl. will be in- ; crease 1 to 800 dollars per week as soon as | another kiln is prepared, j At present their operations aro confined | to the manu'acturo of pitchers, mugs and I 1 spittoons, but they will make table ware | in a short time. Their manufactures will , be sold as low as the same at the North, so that the expense of freight will bo saved to ! the consumer. Labor in combination with capital is (litis transforming a mass of worthless c; nth | into ? bountiful ami useful household article, ; diversifying our employments, adding to oui importance and wealth as a State, and ton 1 dol ing us independent of the world f >r another of the cvery-day necessities of life. Wo wish this company and all others laboring in the same direction ciitiie success, and . hope they and thu public will be profiled by their enterprise. Our poop!? should (eel a pride in sustaining all such oil ?rts, where the articlo is equal in quality and thu price the same. The Memphis Ragle says that,the friends of (Jen. Win. T. 11 a->ku 11. who was recently sent to the Lexington (Kentucky) Insane Asylum, have been informed by the authorities of that institution that strong hopes aro entertained of his speedy restoration to sanity. Philosophers say that shutting tho eyes makes the hearing more acute. A wag suggostcd that this accounts for so many closed oyos at church at sermon time. Wriltcu for ih? Carolina Kpnruti. |< JULIA WOODSWORTH; ' OK '' LOVE STRONGER THAN TRIDE. V I1V J. FORREST GO WAN. . CHAPTER I. 4| "I wonder what in tho naiao of common , ^ sense is tho matter with mo to-night," said |, Desmond, as ho paced the neatly-carpeted < floor of hi* snug liltlo parlor. Alas for Desmond! ho was among that 7 ti unfortunate number usually denominated |t , old bachelors, and Hutrered all the evils to ; f, which such a state justly condemns a man. I h To a mere casual observer his condition J ^ iu life apj?eared anything but disagreeable j( or unpleasant, llis friends were Tery select a aud agreeable: bis cottago by tho road side I beautifully situated; his rooms furnished j s< handsomely; and his own mind richly stored \ a with valuable kn mledgo. However, poor , ^ Desmond was ically unhappy, and however i p, gay ho might appear, when in company ' h with Hill Dumps and Tor.i Suds, ho was ! s over a sad and somewhat gloomy man " * e< j when alone. Desmond was alone now, and though ho had smoked some half dor- a en seears and drank about twelve cock-tails it ! be could not drown tho ri-ing emotions of 11 loneliness and desolation which winppod his spirit iiko n pall. Vainly was tho clarot pourod out and t e1 | drank, or tho fragrant segar lighted and j b | pulled, or tho poker applied to the blazing I 1 could in tho finely-polished giate. Tiiuro . | 1 ^ J was u weight upon D siuond's heait?a! n | deep shadow upon his soul. "1 "What is the in.liter with mo?" ho a^ain c< i | uvkod himself, as ho liatlo^-ly opc-ned the j | evening paper, aud threw bmisolf on his a j lounge. "(JuvLrnor Walker in Ji insas? t pshaw! how 1 despise this newspaper twang D j and bore about Kansas!" aud so saying, he lii dashed the paper into tlio fire, and paced ,j. the room like some vexed school boy. The e, llalllM fiom tho hiimiiiiT ti'inn. i*.ll - IV I nnu u Cl bright glare up >n a ii111 ?* pack .go upon the mantel, which Desmond had not noticed 1] bcfoio. "What now?" said he, as ho glanced u at the neatly penned direction, and tore ^ open the package in much iiupalionce nud J curiosity. "An Ambrotype! and a lady's too, 'pon my word!" exclaimed tho nston- K ishcd Desmond. "What a beautiful face! what eyed what a sweet mouth, and ' how come it here! Here, Tout! Tom, 1 bay! Tom! you gutta percha faced scamp, come here!" ci Tom, who was nodding in tho fuither ' corner of .ho room, rushed towards his mas ' ter, almost scared out of hi* sense*, and a with mouth open, face elongated, and eyes u almost bursting front their sockets, gave birth to tho sublime interrogation, "Whor a Iah!" * "Did you place ft package on this man e tol r 1 I "YoS, Mill." ^ i "Where did yon got it, sir?" '* j "In the post olli-, in iMtn." "l'osl ofiicc? I.ow in licit possible, when j, J there is no post stamp upon it? Coine, mi! answer mo this inoiuent, where did ,, I you get this package?" a "1 git urn (mm tiio oHts; massa, full trn." j s. "Imp of darkness," exclaimed Desmond, ! 0, take thy departure fioin my presence to the remotest corner ??t the room, and carry the j, assurance with you that 1 shall look into 1 > this mysteiious atiair for myself to morrow ; ijimning." j rt "Yes, suh," replied tlio mystified negro. 1 a "Leave me, sir!" exclaimed Desmond. J t| i "Ves, suit, l'so a gw ine; hut? "Hut w ha I" ; j, "Waitin full do insurance, massa." "Fur IV hat j" I jl "Knty you toll mo to lock do insurance j in ilo comer wid me?" ; ;t "1 regime, f.ii!" exclaimed Dofctuond, as ho jt seized a leg ot chicken f t out the pl ate hefolo ' him, and huiicd it at tlio astuuislied negro's j ,, head. 1 ho chicken leg mi ><od Tom, and lando 1 with its height of gravy in DoslUot. l's liew heaver upon tho talde in ibe corner. It ft was well for Join that his master did not ^ observe this. Tom retired to his neat in the comer in j dignified disgust with the human race and the ro*l of mankind, while his excited master drained a glass of malaga. !ight? d a so ! gar, and luxuriate 1 in pleasant reveries of |, uuwliisperahle pn -p a ls. Why does I hstu mil g izo so fixedly upon ,, that little miiialurc, ami what means that involuntary sigh, n . ho hru?h< s a toll tale ,j tear fioin his oho \Ya> there might in ;i thoso 111iI J bine eyes Migge.-two of badness, ?>r did he extract giiot fiom llio partly- ,, opened mouth o! th it b.-uuliful creation of 11oil whonu ininalurc ho s*? lifltnbling! v ? held? Ah! ;uy io i lor,these wero iiolthu reasons of 1 ><*-?Hion?Is.i lnos*; hut his he ill, in j its isolation and loneliness, yuainod for the love of a being so beautiful. ' |:I lie ha<l loved in early youth, hut she, upon whom his heart's wannest atl'oetions ftl hail been lavished, had r?jeete>l Ins suit w and disregarded his holiest vows, and had bold liei heart for the wealth of a more fa- n Voted suitor. r, Five Ion j* years Iiad been buried in the ,, abyss of eternity?years of woHiiness and u disguised |?riut* to 1 lesni uul; but ho discard ! ci ej the society < f woman, and only thought u of them as an imp >ed curse, which the fall u had iulliclcd upon society. ,.j Often, as twilight with her dewy fool, I caiue tupping from the west, or the stais n in their glory aiieniblcd mid the blue of T heaven, had he paced his little lonely par- <| ?r, ami wondered why lio could not feci nippy and contented. Every puliation of lis heart seemed to bring to his remein* nance that passago of Holy Writ, "It is lot good for innn to be alone;" and yet he 'ould strive to drown these calls of nature y recourse to the wine cup. Lula! how lieu had that sweet name stirred the leplhs of his heart, like tho melody of a lute o'er tho midnight waters. How he >vcd her once? how he loved her now only ioil knew?only Desmond felt. Header, tho Amb'otxpe found upon the lantol was none other than Lula's luiuia lire, and as Desmond gazed upon those >vcd features, n thousand buried and long. >rg itteii emotions sprang into life, and oxaled their fiagrnnco over his young heart. Five years had made littie alteration in tat sweet face, except to increase its lovelies-*, and beautify that which was before luiost angelically beautiful. "How much I would like to know who >nt ine this Amhrotype," said Desmond, s he gently placed it upon the mantel. With iiis head bowed be called to mind le oventful past, with its mingled associaons of light and shadow, until thought cranio oppressive and lemotubrauco agony, tirc-ly l.ula had not sent it, for she had >ng since become another's, and had ceas.1 to think of hi in. What could it mean! Such were Desmond's thoughts as he rose to retire for tho night. Every thing t his snug little parlor seemed to lose in re.-d to him now, ami even the licking of io little marble casod clock upon the man* '1 annoyed him. Desmond c mid not have slept that night vcu though ati uugui's downy wing had uen his pillow. Early the next morning Desmond arose itil a saddened heart, and seated himself L his breakfast table. Die cotfce was pro ouueed "pei feetly shocking," the buiscuits half done," tho chicken and steak "buruJ," and "nothing was lit for a gentleman > cat." Tom was one of the best cooks in io country, and manifested much dismay i his in.istei'a complaints. "lias the morning's paper coiuoi" asked >esmond, us ho aioso Irotu the scarcely Lstcd meal. Torn handed hiiu the paper in sileuce. ho very tiist thing upou which Desmond's t os fell was a flaming advertisement, head1 It. ... ... BrLtJiUlU AMBUOlVi't: UALLKllV." to rea I the eutiro advertisement carelessly ulii ho c.'tiuo to llio following hues: The *ruj>rietor has sent several tine specimens of in artistic ability to the prominent citizens f the town, and respectfully request* that iey be returned during the day to No. 108 dug street." "This explains the whole matter," said >e*inond, as he throw the paper aside. Hat whore did he gel Lulu's liienes.f 1 last niako hoiuo inquiries." Desmond lighted u so gar, placed the prelous Atnbiohno iu Lis pocket, thrust on is hat, Hud hurriedly lu:t the house for 08 King street. "Hies* do Lord!" oxcUimod Tom, as soon s his master had loft the room, "mass Deiinn crazy I'uh tru." Dosinond hurried through the streets like niadmau, upsetting au old negro woman, nd running into au alderman, without von casting a look behind to ascertain the xtout ot thu damages, lie finally reached 08, and there, sure enough, was "Antonio wahhlesweetor's Gallery," in golden letters, ung over some very beautiful sjieciuietis I the l'hologeiiic ait. A most superb photograph, exquisitely aiuled, wras hung just in the centre of the n ?l!er specimens, which attracted DesKind's alleiilioii. It was Lola's picture, nd (J how peifcda likeness! "L i* Staiiis," iid the ^igu, and up stairs Desmond rushi. lie reached the gallery at last, and was | olitely informed that the pioptielor would j be in shortly." Dosinond sat down, and discovered what ; fool ho was in uiakiug such ado about ! uotlior man's wife, llo had forgotten ' ml Lulu had boon married live voais ago, | ? u>l tli-it his piuseul conduct was as repru ctioihlo as it was ridiculous. ' Well," said he, "I shall quietly return > 10 picture, and think no more ah ?ut it." j 'o.<r fellow! that was easier said than doae, ' n l his hj> quivered as ho said it, for his j earl lo|d him that it could not ho thus. Mr. Swahhlosweolor entered just as l)es- ; tond had in ide his resolve. "1 have called, sir, to ietu-11 this jiicture ' liich you sent me yesterday." "Indeed, sii," said the artist, taking it oin Desmond's hands; "you need not have een in such a hurry." "1 thought that I ha 1 better return it. as was passing," replied Desmond. "\\ hat ih' you think of it, sir.' ' "An admirable picture," said Desmond, "l liauk y oil, sii," said the artist, bowing : olilely. "What will you take for it?" asked Des- ; lond. "My dear sir!" exclaimed the artist," you | o not expect mo to sell a lady's picture to 11 entire stranger." "loll the lid V Is >l')t .1 ?lrr>n t.\r I.. . - - ",v? | . plied Desmond. "t'mnot help it, sir, you aro a stranger ; t me." "I'll give you fif;y dollars for it," said >emion<l eagerly. "No, sir!?not tiftv thousand, without the i ly's consent." 1 >osinori l saw that his offers were u?eless, n<l inwardly consigned the artist to very , arm regions below. Mr. Swabblusweoter, porcoivh.g that Dosioii I was becoming angry because of the ;fusal of his offers, and feaiiug that ho light lose a good customer by his appa ml stubb rrnnoss, proceeded to justify his mduct in the premises by the following asons; "I will tell you, sir, why I feel tin- | illing to disposQ of this picture. About ghlccii months ago, while travelling in onnessce, a lady ami gentleman cimu to y gallery and had their pictures taken, lie gentleman paid ma for them, and renested ino to finish thein up by the after ' noon, as they were noxious to leave the town on the following morning. He call- stat ed n little earlier than I expected, and as 1 era had only finished hi* picture, ho took it wh with him, promising to send for his wife's in 1 in tho course of an hour, lie had scarcely lha left my gallery ten minutes when he was ap| thrown from his horse and killed on tho the spot. bra "Awful!" exclaimed Desmond. hui "Twas indeed a sail affair," replied the nph artist, "and I shall never forget tho charac- slio ter of my feelings when I saw him borne tioi past my door mangled and bleeding. He che was buried the day after the accident; and sub though I made every inquiry as to llie rev* whereabouts of bis poor wife, I never have ; gro received any definite information until a ; line week or two ago, when 1 learned from a que gentleman, who had seen her photograph Lha at the door, that she was living in very des- for titute circumstances in 0 '1 "My poor Lula!" exclaimed Desmond. froi "You know l.er, then}*1 said the artist you eagerly, "l'erhaps you aro a brother?a utif relative of soino kind! are you not, sir? hav "None whatever, sir, but an old friend? cisc take this, sir;" and Desmond handed a well- as I tilled purse to the astonished artist. j "For what?" asked tho artist, indignantly. "For tho information you have imparl- A eJ." "Not a cent, iny dear sir!" firmly replied j the artist, as he pusheJ aside tho protierod purse with much feeling. "Will you sell me the Ambrotype then!" 1 The good-hearted artist did not reply; ^ ^ in fact, he knew not how. He carefully ^ ^ examined the nail on his little finger; then, as if not satisfied with tho investigation, he looked tip to the ceiling, and finally beat time with the heel of his boot. There was a deep struggle going on in his bosom be- ^ iweon feeling and principle. ' j "What aav vou!" exclaimed Desmond, , J J cou impatiently. >ea "Can't sell it," said tho artist. "Iiul, sir, it will aid me in discovering her whereabouts, and I mutt have it." j ( "Sould I loan it to you," said tho artist, ^ will VOU Dromise ma to ratnrn >1 o* " ' ? . ? "I - (? "" * wel to its owner?" "I swear ill" repliod Desmond. . "Theu take it," When Desmond reached home be somewhat surprised Torn by ordering him to pack his trunk immediately, and put the j horses iu the carriage. "Gwiue way, Mass Desmond?" "Yes, Torn, I must bo in 0??? by to i morrow aftoruoou, if I kill roy horses by lhe l,iP M . ., cou "Lula in destitute circumstances!'' said j Destuond, as soon as Tom left the room. ] "Poor girll what may she not have sutfered r for the last eighteen mouths, while 1 have cj? been iu tho possession of so many luxuries sou and blessings. Fire years ago, when [ was , a poor youth, and she an heiress to a large ^Jo fortune, 1 told her of tuy love, aud offered Wi)| her this baud and heart, but she spurned uj- ( the offer, and viewed it ouly in the light of r0j an impudent presumption. She married t|ie WuoJsworlh, and gavo away her beauty, lQ ( youth, nud wealth?all but her heart?to a tj10 man whose only merit cousistod in '.he aris- ( tocracy of his family, ilow things have hea changed since then! I atn a inan of wealth |ne and position, while she has become per- a(] haps a beggar and an outcast. Poor uula! j ' L must help her." Such were DesinondV thoughts as he looked upon the beautiful miniature before him. There was nothing of selfishness in his intentions; ho dreamed j not of winning her whom he so much loved et) to his home and heart. The rainbow of c<jr hope had long ago died out of his heart, so far as Luia was concerned, aud he loved ] her now with a kind of religious love, lie sir would approach her in disguise, would see Kn iii.u 8iio was well cared lor and comfortably Jui circumstanced, and then quietly return to liel his htlle cottage, Arid pass his life as happi- Th ly as ho could. Such were his plans, and tw< though a sense of satisfaction and gratitude the stole over his heart at tlie serv thought of in saving Hula from destitution and want, net there was a lingering pang that brought a eqi tear to his manly cheek, ami made him feel till unhappy. Header, we can guess the cause tw< of that pang, can wo not? on [TO UU CONTINUED.] 800 FK.AST AT AS IC.NOI.ISII FYNKKAL IN OL- ,jU: DKN Ttuii.? It is related thai, at the funeral ?U fe ist upon the death of Sir John l'astor, of I which was celebrated at H oinholm 1'iiory, 1 | in Norfolk county, in HOG, one man v\a- mil kept engaged for throe continuous days in i ha' no other occupation than thai of t] tying beasts, and provision was made of fourteen barrels of beer, tweiit) seven barrels of ale, ing and fifteen gallons of wine. All these, roc however, proved inadequate to the demand; an for it is stated that twenty bu?heU of malt 1 the at one time, and forty at another, were j elu brewed tip expre.s-.ly for the occasion. Meal, qui too, was in proportion to the liquor; the ?l country round about must have been swept his of geese, chickens, capons, and Mich ? r ail tier gear, all which, with 1:100 eggs, twenty gallons of milk and eight of cream, and the e* i foiiy-one pigs, forty-nine cubes, and ten nes "iieto" slain and devoured, gi?e a fearful ted picture of the scene of festivity the abbey cot walls at that lime beheld. No less than low i . - ... was cuangeo iroiu gold into small 1 lli< coin, that it might bo showered amongst' wii the attendant throng, nnd ?17 in copper ! hai had been used for the same object in London before ilie procession be?,?n to move. A barber was occupied live days in getting an' llio monk* in trim for llio ceremony, and ^,w< tbo "roke of tho torches at the dirge" was i an' so great that tho glazier had to remove two panes to permit llio fumes to escape. l'" The National Intelligencer thinks that ' be< Ire-rides Minnesota, Oregon and Kansas will wa apply for admission to ill .1 Union this win. qu ter. If these are Admitted there will then to ho thirty-four States in the Confederacy. It It is prohalde that Arizona, Decolah and , tin Cars >n w;ll soon bo organizes* as Terrilo- bri ries. Those mammas inust regard their daugh- ox< lers as mere dirt, who aro desiious of get- to ting them otf their hands. Mr Fue Latest Marvel.?Referring t?> lb* tement of tb? Rochester (X. Y.) DeinoI, of a flower, resembling a China Aster, ich grew from the body of a sick youth Ithaca, the Philadelphia Bulletin denies t the case is without a precedent, and ?ositely cites a nearly parallel case among curious medical experiences of the celeted Baron Munchausen. While on a ting excursion, the Baron met with A jinlid buck, and not wishing to lose a., t, though unprovided with any animuni* i except powder, loaded his gun with rry stones. The deer escaped, but was sequent ly recaptured, when examination eaied the fact that the cherry stones had wn up through tho animal's back into a tree, laden willi blossoms which subseinlly matured into fruit! So it seems t the case in question "bath uot novelty merit." The Bulletin also gives another instance n an old English ballad, in which * ing gentleman and lady who had been brlnuale in their ante marital relations, ing died, and burial taken place, pre* tly the same phenomenon was exhibited .bat described by the Democrat: tor i lyvrcl was hurled in the church tower, Lady Nancy was buiied in the choir, aid out of It s bosom there grew '< rose-tree, And out of Lady Nancy's a h:inr. jKoal Decision'?Farm WorkonScxr.?A girl was engaged as a field band Eglin, (Scotland) for a half year. She i ordered ou a Sunday after the sowing be crop to scare the crows off a field of i>, at which occupation she had been eu>ed for the three previous days. She re* ?d to go on a Sunday, slating that the rk required of her was not one of necee-, and she was accordingly dismissed. ? brought an action against her employer payment of wages. It was proved in rt that it was the regular practice at that ion of the year for out-door workers to re the crows on Sundays off newly sown Js, that so destructive were these animals lhat district that much of the crop would destroyed every year if tboy were not >t off by firing guns (which was done n on Sunday,) and other methods, and t consequetly it was a work of necessity, ich the girl was ordered to Derform. The irt held that it was a work of necessity 1 that consequently the girl, having disoed the orders of her employers, was Dot itled to wages. iVlI.1t THE PlRSONS ike At. JollD Van ren, in his speech at Tammany Uall, acinted for the falling off in the New Eng> d parson force as follows: Lie wished to say one word to them in ard to the position assumed by Mr. Buinan in his recent letter to the forty pars. They recollected that last year there i an address to Congress by some three usand parsons, and he was sure they old agree with him that it was a subject :ongratulation that that number was uow uced to forty. We had come down in Kansas excitement from three thousand forty. The Rev. Mr. Kalloch and two <usand nine hundred and fifty-nine other sons teemed to hare taken to other busis than having charge of Kansas. Forty n, in their address to President Buchantook him to task for the course he bad n fit to pursue in regard to Kansas af-s, and he replied to them :n a letter ich, though brief, was as conclusive and inswerablo in bis (Mr. Van Buren's) gment, as any production that had fallfrom any statesman during the present itury. Prevention ok Injury from the Tur Fly.? Mr. T. L. Thurlow, of Guilford, L'land. renorls tint ?? !???! ? 1?? ?? c. -i w^g.miimg "? y, of last year, lie drilled a nine acre <1 with half ruia bagas and half turnips, e fly took the whole of the turnips, not five remaining in the entire field, but left i ruta bag is. He tested the turnip seed pot? and found it good. Thinking it :? >?& try "to do something/' be set oif three al plats in the field, and having had a lo hand dusting machine made to take > drills at a time, he, while the dew was the ground, had No. 1 plat dusted with t; No. 2 with soot and lime, in equal \ntitics; No. 3 with lime. The total unity in each ca*e used for dusting was rut 3 12 bushels ja?r acre. The result the experiment wa?, that the fly left No. [dat undamaged, bat injured No. 2, and I fuiiher injured No. 3, taking about f the crop Iroin it. Vine Pkesidknt at IIomk.?One morn; (?nys the Philadelphia Press) the court, un at Lancaster was unusually crowded, as important jury trial was going on. In l midst of their proceedings. James Human, the President of (he United States, etiy, and alone, walked into the court that Tory court before which he earned early reputation, and in which he prac* ?d for nearly forty years. \s soon as he was recognised, the judgon their seats, the lnw\ers, the jury, wit-.e*. sprMalors, and all, rose, as if actually ore common feeling, and stoood un? red tj welcome iU..ir ..1.1 1 ? !? it >viMi mm ml" ' citizen. The IVosident kindly saluted ie :<In hi i him, and, after shaking hand* h the judges, retired, apologising for l ing interrupted I heir proceeding*. Koonomy in lir.EAD.-IVenty ?ii pound* I thirteen ounces of good bread here in made from fourteen pound* of flour d one aim! a half pound* of rice, by the lowing method: Tie up the rice in a ck linen bag, allowing it ample room le ell, boil for throe or four hour*, until il some* a smooth paslo, mis this while rin with the flour, adding tho usual amity of yeiut and salt, allow tho dough rise near the Are and divide into loaves, is affirmed, on high authority, that floar i* treated will yield fiO |>er cent mora iad than by the ordinary method. A French wit said of a man who era* Ti-edingl v fat, that nature only made hint show how far the human tfciit would otch without breaking,