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beatj ^5*-fcvr *>** ?* Wwi^ upline ^handso^^ ^frft hffipInj^nt home in a country ^P^Eton ^^Cj8s*riMi?ctt!i, and his aged Br i^jklMent^ srj ^ ' fortune In the groat % ' ^npiof^M j where wo find him HK2|iw commencement of our story. i' - t. r Dm old ponies tend, the blessed old place ?; ^jthgre hlh'thildhwod had been passed, was |^yyPWp|c^ and it was to obtain money to p- -WUM the honxj of his parents from stranger B UlMlMllll ??"?" k'limi?..?J * -' >-0 * | | ^mi. j * iiiiKnwu ll>KI UIU UirV F ^well to those ho loved and joined the ?. grent stream of westerm emigration. Ilis gairfb?tjiat of a bricklayer?at first proPg *<Mirod Mm ready money in flattering quunMT 'titioaj but as the peopl o wero unsatisfied , with settling so far east as C , the _y*^. mechanic soon found himself de% tprivea of employment. " a^t would nave followed the current on * even JU> the shores of the Pacific, but an .attack of fever brought him to his bed, ntid he at length arose to find himself deprived of every dollar which he could once oall his own. On the very verge of tjMrvaiion, he thought of begging his way hack to his parents, but his pride revolted. They wero poor, and looking to him for the restoration of their dissipated fortune! ^Should they see hi in come back to them penniless and starving? No, not even if I he died in that great city alone, and for the want of bread! Ho could not go back to *thein only to increase their cares, and be hut an additional burden upon their scanty meaus., S Horace .Flintwood was thinking of all j 'this, while ailting there by the waning fire that chill November night, and us he | 'thought, despair crept into his heart. Out upon the mufiled air boomed shrill mid VI.,0- I?II - ?:-Li? . -v>va> mo uvii hi u uuignuuriug lower pealing eleven. As the last echoing censed, there came n short quick rap at Horace's door. Hq answered the sum moils, and a figure, closely wrapped in a black cloak, - strode into the room, and without a word s^jtoWa on tbe chair which Horace had "A wild evening, friend," Horace re. markod, to break tne awkward silence. ^cry. Are you engaged this even* ingt" The stranger's tones were quick imperative. "Engaged!" Horace started at the question, "certainly not at this time of night." JtAre you in want of money?" The un known bent a glance of piercing inquiry Horace, from a pair of black, flashW fhg ?ycs, set far back under cliff-tike "brows. "Sir, 1 am not accustomed to answer 'Questions concerning my private affairs." Horace drew himself up proudly, and .something like a frown passed over his pale ibrow. r * ! require a job of work done?done by * good iaithful hand?a discreet workman, 1 mean, and such is your reputation among f* C*o*e who best know you." Horace bowed. "It is a suiall job, but I wish it finished to-nighc-?to-night!" repeating the words ri ;- * "With startling emphasis," and you must ."Wcllysir, work would be very accepWaMoiome-?! need the money bad enough ~~ but midnight is rather a singular time to call upon the services of a bricklayer." j ? 4,Granted-r-but I ask it, nevertheless? . -and still further; you must be blindfulded, and conveyed to the place where you are j, 9o laNqn* in a close oarrioge, and return to yovw,lodgings in the same way. Moret>vorA you must swear never to reveal a single thing which may occur to you this k 10 any creature!" J ' The unknown had risen to his feet, and L stood Silently arid haughtily awaiting HorWr ***** ?TlJ R - The young bricklayer seemed much f -^etruckby the mysterious proposition of I bis strange visitor, t' . VCquW J but know that there was no- I fthin&Jfriminal, nothing " "wis enough that you have nothing to L dobu* follow my directions. All will be T' well witb you, and the pay shall be yours In advance, if you require it." He flung K down a purse, well filled with gold, upon r " the table. Horace's eyes glistened, but he [ > Was silent. k "There are one hundred dollars?they are youra if you consent." > "On* hundred dollars! impossible! ! i cannot accept It?it looks too much like a bribe for Committing soine horrid crime? aome?f* "Husk! my friend, 1 know yourcircutu stances, and your services tonight will K fully compensate me for the trifling sum. L Do you consent?' T Horace threw on his well-worn overcoat, I and taking with him some small iinplcmoot* of his trade, he followed tho unknown to the waiting carriage. Once within tho vehioU, a handkerchief Was hound tightly over his eye*, and the night - f blindness settled over evorv V, ; n and <>n rolled the phaeton over V" . vntfai1* Bridge, and past the oanai tollm ./-gate, over the brick pavements, out upon > s< plank road, until at Im4 the wheels rc? >i ved upon the hard gravel of a turnpike. k By-and-by, the way became rough and M[ atony, and Horace knew that they had lad the city and its environs far behind them. Not a word had been exchanged bv.tween tl?c"youngmechanic and the unknown; and the man who held the reins and guided the hfwe* was aileal as the grave, t ??r*gth the carriage stopped, and f waa assisted to alight. He was Hr itdocicd up a grassy path, and into aomo ' sort of f building?h? knew it by theoon| liti< d aV and heavy clang of doors behind Bte- him. With the unknown holding *aat to a?m, ha aaeandod two flights of stairs passed through several mouldy, I Blooms; then down a flight of ateps, Lang empty corridor; and then, dcaoeuding (bar winding stair, unhewn atone. The air |i as ihtf--twain pasoedL*] Mm*? entrance, and t"he doorotWUiK dull boav^ bang. Jjj i, ~Tho unknown paused, and drew oC^fLi hph^gge from Horace's eyes. mjl w They st<xxl in a long, low sides of whioh were of blaok.|id^ arched roof of dingy gray stone. Thp 4M& light vhich tho ununowri carried m Mar hand only served to make raose hid*c?u the dismal gloom of the plnoe. * H In the centre of tho rooin there was an 1 oblong box, of unpolished oak, screwed together by heavy iron samv*|.??d ? geueral appearance not untlkd' a Mfls. A thrill of superstitious horror passed through IToraoe s frame; he started"badh a few paces, still regarding witb distended eyes the object before him. * V ; * , "Well?" he spoke, itiqulringlyr - ~j "That box," returned the umfoolra, "contains a treasure, of what form it mats ters not to you; suffice it that 1 wish It placed here?he pointed to a wocisite'd} angle of tho wall?and theu'you are to build across the aperturo a solid Ibis of masonry?solid, mind you! two tiers of brick, breastwise, and a oust of strong plaster over the whole] You will find'a'l tho materials nocessary to your work, here; nnd at precisely four o'clock 1 shall expect you to have the job complete. Until that hour you will bo alone?then 1 wil^ come for you." Horace drew back. "I cannot, unless I know the contents of that casket. It may be that I am employed?made tho',instrument of some dreadful vUlnitl/Fnideed, indeed, I cannot go to work in this blind uncertainty." .. "Choose between it and death!** ctene through tho clenched teeth of the unknown, and drawing a revolver 1h>m his'breast, ho held it in frightful proxlmlt!^'to the young man's forehead. "Your decision!" His voice was low, but awfully clear and distinct. "I consent!" Horace spoke tho words without a shadow of quivering.., .. ^ "Enough! and now 1 leave you to yourself. If your work is done to my fatis*' faction, an additional hundred shtft reward jrou for the fright I have given ^ou!" He ugnieu an irun lamp wntoll hang suspended from the roof of tho celler, and with a courteous "good night," tho unknown withdrew, bolting the door behind him. Hornco was left alone io tho silent and mysterious chamber. A strange awe stole over him, and mingled with the overmastering curiosity he felt to examine the sealed box. Come what wovld, he determined to b?vo ? glimpso of "the treasure" ooooealod there, and Horace Klintwood, when once resolved upon anything, however perilous, was as immovable as tho eternal Hock of Gibraltar. Securing the great door upon the inside, with a couple of rusty bars which had probably been unused from time Immemorial, he drew (Vonrrhiv pocket a mason** email chisel and applied it to tho screws upon the box. Tbey yielded, one after another, and in a short space of time Flint, wood drew off tho opon oover. A sight met his eyes which well-nigh paralysed him. Tlie body of a girl, young*hnd surpass, ingly fair, robed in white linen, lay before him! There was death anon her brow, and eternal slumber upon ner lips. Her long chesnut hair swept bright and glistening down her wax-work neck, and the lids over her full, half-closed eyes, seemed but drooping before the fixed gaze of him who bent over her.' Entranced, enraptured. fascinated. llonM mmul nium ? " o? ? corpae. Speech* motion, everything seemed gone out from hWn?ait hi* faculties were concentrated into one sense-?that of seeing. The striking of a distant clock the hour of one aroused him to a sense of his condition. Ills thoughts came hack, and rushed through his brain with the rapidity of lightning. Wall up this beautiful creoluro in a cellar, amid the dampness and everlasting gloom? Who knew what fearfhl secret might be buried with her? Who could tell the story of bar death! What might not those lips?unsealed from their cold silence?reveal of foul crime and villainy? Could he bury her up from sigh forever with that dreadful mystery hanging around her? Would he do the deed? Never! God helping him, never! Immediately he set about an examination of the walla of the cellar, and by a careful sounding he was enabled to detect | the outer wall! Ho brought some of his tools to the side of the masonry, and iu fifteen minutes he had made an aperture the size of a man's body through the brickwork. Fresh air from heaven's outer courts fanned his brow, and the heavy -I - 1 " * * pi.mgc ui running water coukl l>e distinct ly heard. Evidently the building into which he had been so taatgtriy conveyed was situated in the vieinity of some river, if not upon its very banks. A wild romantic plan?possible from its very impossibility?swept through his mind. Why pot remove the body to the shores of tnc river, and from whenoe he could, he felt convinocd, subsequently discover and take it away, to at least Christian burial? lie could brick up the recess, as his employer roquircd, and who would be the wiser? This plan, onee conceived, was carried into effect, without hesitation. By diligent labor he soon enlarged the cavity in the wall sufficiently for nis purpose, and letting himself carefblly out he rcoonnoitcred the premie*. The night was black as Erebus, and he could ascertain but Jittie beyond the fact that he stood in a deep drain which surrounded the mansion. The Ascent from this drain was stoop and precipitous, but Horace felt within himself tha power to do groat things, and he returned at once to the cellar* Replacing tbo cover upon the box, and lightly fastening tho screws, he sprang through tho aperture and drew it after him. With the greatest difficulty ho succeeded in raising the heavy, oaken box to the surface of the ground, for the sides of tho drain were wet and slippery. The gush of water could bo very plainly distinguished at but a little distance oft! and close upon the mansion, evidently bet icon Mru.attf the rivsr, rose a black cope^srood PwSWt ' * * \ '\,jf ^ ^Et'^Pq^' '^tftfM|flttKfl|||Ufllifl|M|fl ? j[*^wBp^g^^p^PiPJp^Hp^8^Pj^^6V^HFll8pMMpl unknown had ^?J4o?^d W^oSf w A sardonic sruilu gleamed Crocu 1 black, fiery eyes, for no other feature hie fkoe was visible. ' So you are punctual to Ike time, ti Jle apptoafihod and laid bis Iia upon Flint wood s shoulder, "Well, I > mire punctuality.* - And oew, as we ? about to go forth from hence, I requ you to swear eternal silence on the evei of this night-?silomosas unbroken? uamnessor tQe Win 01" The wild eyes flushed saVagely do\ into Horace's face, and though his vol did not tremble, his cheek become pal as he said, ,MI uwc&r.*' v'!J "Enough! A man lllrt yoa will kd an oath. Your work id done wellv "I tun happy to have pleased you. mnm thoughtful for you to select such ptaoe for your gold?the most otmni burjjtar would have hevor gncssed it/' 44*ou will lose nothing by your uxcc< ing cleverness," be said, as ho was.fixi | the bandage over Horaoe's eyes, "here, r friend, is a little present for you," and placed a parcel in the mechanic's hand. The same road was driven over, t same unearthly siLence preserved in t phaeton, and hoar day-break Horace w left blind-folded at the door of his Ich ing*.. He tore o(T the baudkerchief a looked wildly around him, but he saw or great crazy houses and smoky manufac ries. The carriage and its mysterious < cu pouts had vanished. He bethought himself of the parfeel g en him by the unknown, and breaking open, he found simply a hundred dol note enveloped in brown paper. Early in tho morning, subsequent to I events chronicled above, a boat, ooutaini two persons, might have been seen pi oeeding at good speed up tlie Dea P? river. Arrived withiu half a mile of \Vo< stock the way lay through or butw? high banks, which wero covered with thick, growUi of scrubby tnapje-s and U gled witch-hazel. - From the ovcdrmgl bough of a low tree a white hundkercfa fluttered in tho wind, and the signal / not long escape tho anxious eye of t toiler of tho two boatmen. 44 ' fie the very place! 1 know itl" no < claimed, triumphantly. In a few momenta the boat was resti in a little cove directly beneath the sign Flintwood, for the reader has probat recognisod our old friend, sprang upon t shore, followed closely by his compani? and after a brief search, the box coiitaini the mysterious corpse was placed in t boat, the handkerchief was removed fn the tree bough, and the light craft shot like an arrow down tho stream. ThrtV (lftiw iiritk. !miq? lift... ? ? J ? ? ?I' w./wwj ?twi < gwnj v Honrs* sail, at an obscure wharf in the 1 tic village of N - , and a carriage, wlii was evidently waiting their arrival, to them And their freight to a large old hoi I {situated a little out of the village. <FHntwood had the box conveyed to upper chamber of this building, and wh left alone with it, ha unscrewed the cot and looked upou the face sleeping wit! its shadow. As he gazed, he haw tl there was a warm perspiration upon t forehead of the seeming corpse, and tinge of life-like redness on the slighl parted Hps! The young man sprang from tho roo and in fifteen minutes he returned acco panied by a physician. The man of sciun alter a brief examination of tho body, ported "temporary suspension of auint tion, influenced by some drug while great bodily prostration." Furthermo the physician asserted that the body v that of Gertrude Winchester, tho belle a heiress, whose disappearance had eaus a groat sensation of grief and wonder the fashionable circles of 0 , soi three months previous! DiY'WeHmau suggested the most rij secresy concerning the mysterious disci erv of the body, and in the meantime, < erted himself to the utmost to restore t lady to life and consciousness. Ilia eflu were successful, and by sundown of tl day Gertrude was able to converse, soon us deemed practicable by the me I Pill nftrtnilunf #!..? L L 1 ? ...m.unur, mo omi j in ner aouuc.u from the dismal vault of the old count homo was told to her, and at her roqm Flint wood was called in, and she ga succinctly the following account: "Fifteen months ago, my father, Nort Wiifchester, died, and I by his will as wi as hy right, was made sole heir to 1 great property. I had neither brothi nor sisters, and my mother being docean some four years, I had no nearer relati than a maternal cousin, who is known Col. Glincs?Richard Glincs, of Woot stoek Downs. This man's envy was c cited, it appears, towards me, and thooj he was careful to Avoid arousing my si. picions, I soon oamo to know that he mil cd against me tho bitterest rancor. Pi I babiy this was, in some measure, inere; cd i>y my refusal to form a motrimoni alliance with his son?a djssolgto yom man?whom I eotild regard with no oth sentiment than-tho most sincere pity. "I have over been fond of oqucstrii sports, and was iu the habit of riding o very pleasant morning, on a horso wbh my poor father imported for r,.y apeci uso. On the last of August, as I wi taking my Accustomed ride?as it happo od entirely unattended?in passing throiq a foroot near W ?- Moor, I was scu< a _ ? . ^ th ^^^^tsod mo from thi^hurrihlo J&on- j1" h* wlltehding toward gaining my cotffcfem to jj^ as a marriage wjth Harwell fhines. ^ifemalu- m is- ed firm to this Ihsl, and ft>ceimVt?t return ad iW*#i?Y temerity an apartment under *v n, atmind, and securely barred and belted. he ThlS rigorous, unu*Ual confinement brought j_( ( on a lingering, feree, and I coOhl plainly w, lb wee that my persecutors intended it should M of .terminate in my 'death. I had taken no #n Medicine throughouttny illness, and there- lQ ?y 'fere you may well believe I das surpri*- Q( nd -prbod, when Gol. G lines brought me, ^ Ld-j ,one morning, a dark liquid.mixture, which re .-In said would make me well. 1 drank jn led' more from thirst titan from the wish of re- l|| tt?j vtvina to my dread life again, and iinme- ^ hd. diatefy a slumberous sensation benumbed cl # $vcry Acuity. theard voices in bontersatil tion-tthose of Col. G lines and his son?I ^ lee heard them arrange thp disposition of my ^ [Or ^body wheat the sleeping potion should have nj taken client, and with scarcely a thrill, 1 lj| learned that 1 was to Ihj placed hi the oei- ^ ep lar, and enclosed within a solid pile ef ma- se sonry, while yet alive! 1 remember no aj It more. It b all a blank and void till now." fa Gertrude Winchester fully recovered her ]k| ng health beneath the hospitable-roof of the kind boatman, and in due time appeared ^ >d- again to her astonished household who had Q1 ng mourned her dead., ay Col. Glhies had applied for local nosses- - he sion of her property, but owing to some . delay in the city courts he had not been .lie able to assume formal occupancy. j. be Irnrncdiately on (iertrud-j's re-appoar- . is anee, he fled rrom 14 Woods tick's Terror"* jn Jjg- with his sod, and no subsequent tidings of oj nd them ever reached C . Woodstock's JfJ dy Terror" soon became a ruin, and one night to- it was reduced to ashes during a violent HJ oc- thunder storm. Whether it was fired by ^ a bolt from Heaven, or ly the hand ot tf iv- man, was never known. K| ft | Gertrude Winchester naturally felt very lar grateful to Horace for rescuing her from a jtj dread fate, and she displayed her gratitude Jw lie in a somewhat singular manner. cl ng It was quits a romance, the newspapers ro- of the day said, and now it hud all ended ? in that comruon-plaoo utfair?a welding? >d- with eight bridesmaids, and a correspond- (j len ing number of groomsincg. I,, t a \Vith the full approbation of his bride, an- Horaeo Kliotwood w^itr^orthj and returnng od accompanied by hiJr Vontiy parents, c\ ief who henceforth through their lives found l0 lid a pleasrrtti home in the Itiiurious residence ^, be of their fcm and his ?fll-t>tf?nate young wife. at 2x- A Lmtlk Fabli; voa iarri.k Minos.? ** There is a long, dull, hard season ahen.l, * n<r <*n?l every dollar that ilia poor now possess w ;l? Wtll be worth two by-andlby, if tlisy should cj (|y keep it so long. Everything that you j'( l,c do not absolutely ueod iu tho->o times is so jn> dear at any price, and touching tbis we ng have a fable to relate: F( be Once upon a time, a vottig foinsle squirrel ?? went to housekeeping iu n hole in the crotch 0flf of?tho big elm tree which fends otf from ^ our dwelling the assaults of the sun during t wo the summer solstice. It was lata in the full lit. of tho year, and winter Vas close at hand, ; oh And a hard and long winter the older and | yji tnoro experience*! squirr-lls knew it was go- | ai ise 10 l>0- ibey rakyi hu<J scraped 10 j"f gether all (he nut* lt?y could gel, and an stowed litem away in their respective lene- (. ien ineiils for future use; and still llioy thought j ror thoy had not enough, for iliey foroitaw short m iiu coinings in the spring. Some of (he more (j( crafty, who had a stetk of ha/.lenuts (ea- H( h? teemed a delicacy by the squirrel race) and Qy a a few kernels of corn which they had IfU^jy ported fVoin our barn, without paying for w it, offered ((tern for said'to thoir less con- j |j( rn, siderale brethren iu exchange lor butternuts, j m. walnuts and acorns; buta* inore corn could j -n CC) be obtained only at tli^ expense of boing ,,| rc. shot by the fanner's bty, who was fond of ^ itt. squirrel too (?qutrre!-^bw?) and the hazle ! M in bushes were bate, these luxuries ought to ! re, command, they said, high prices, Iluwev- i r rus ?r. lb? limes were hard, "they would be t t^ nd ?old at a sacrifice," eay one beautiful haxle- j ,e,l nut for u dok<mi common acorns, two charm- j * iu 'ng kernels of coru for four ordinary wal* j ne nuts, and othor things at the snine low (|] i rales. Tho young feijulrrel, who had just 1 jid gone to housekeeping, With a tolerably good : ,r* | supply of the commoti' necessaries of life, Jjj ?X- thought she had never/hoard of "bargains" , ^ he so tempting before, and, not withstanding j i-Us , that Iter aged mother besought her to I t|, lat I savo Iter provisions tbr future need, she u So ( exchanged half of her winter's supply for , ^ di- j a handful of the AJperfiuilies. Site had ; __ on enough, she thought, of everything now, I j|f ry nn<i prided herself vastly upon her smart j st tradiog! Long before spring, however, all ; ve her provisions were jpne, and when the j l)t grass was gruen ag4|n the was thankful to | on nihhlo it to save herpelfrfrom starvation. i ,U| us Dicsirui. ion ik New Yomk.?Those br "s who (Jo not visit our police stations at an t'-d night, know but little of lh?* vast amount to VC of buffering now j*xisli?g in the city. At j ex every ono of the twenty-two police stations to !* may bo found nightly from twenty to forty x* wrolcbes, wlio are profoundly thankful for m, |{h the privilege of Using allowed to sleep on a ! H|| ,s* bench or on the Mono door of tho lodgers' m re- colN. They arer frequently crowded so snl "?- much that there is not room for lliotn to ( m; ts- lie down at lull length; and, when the 4b nl places are thus Oiled to their utmost capael gr< 'o ty, the homeloss creatures may be seen on |{t cr any night crying whon refused shelter, and Wl Ibua forced to sleep in the ojmjii air. Many j 0f in of them would MarVh but for the loaves , ut given nightly at nearly every station house , w? cb to those in extreme i eed. Tho persons >0, al thus suffering are not usually drunken STt as vagabonds, but are, ii hundreds of cases, ; n. mechanics who would vorl; at any kind of jh labor for a merMul? ebo xl ,Atu> J"ori Sun. ' bit ' I \ ^ >' ^ ^' , r j I * got one of the beet oooa dogs la ?U (Ui {^M '* ' " UO* "Yoa uf you never beera Ull a* Unlike rfSSJS^K Sj silence for the Inst half haw. ' "Why. rtt.H udon't know onu^rpy^ii 'wn^lf ys, you oooldn^tWo j|^ ttbwivaltios weren't worth- a dar? with j?" ?that K we couldn't get woAlfcr 'em pay for the skinuin'. * ?.ro tf reoolleet ono doy I went out a'bee intin'. Wearier" I'd lumbered ebout n ??" tod while, T got kinder tired, &%1 so I *u ined up agin ? big tree to rest. I hadn't e ueh mono leaned up ufore some thin' 8r.e ve me one of the aliftrdest nine about the ut o' mr britches ( ever got in my life. I fvj. mped about a rod, and lit a runnin', and 'J 1 rpt on a runnin' for over a hundred yard*; hen thiol, sea I, ita 00 use a running', *ni id 1'ra snrdtebit, but * runnin' won't do wn my good. So I jest stops, and proceeded Pr0 examine the wound. I soon seed it was > snake bite, for tliar's a blood blister pinch- u | j 1 on me about sis inches ioug. mu "Think, ses I, that rather gits me! What ibe very deuce could it a bio! After linkin* about it a while, I concluded to go niM ick, and look for the critter, jest for the n iriositv o'the thing. I went to the tree wj id |K>ked the weeds and sluA* all about; it darn the thing oould I Me. l'urty ^ on 1 sees tho tree has a little split a run- n> in* along up it, and so I giU to lookin' at ^et iat. Dreckly 1 sees tlie split open about ilf a inch, and then ehel up agiu; then I ^ es it open and shet, and open aud ehel, ^ id open and shei, right along as regular Rn( i a clock a tickin'. Think, sea I, what in gor 1 creation can this ineau! I know'd I'd it pinched in the aplit, but what in thun- ?y< if wan a innkin* it do it? At first I fell wj 'fully scared, and thought it must be tome ling dreadful; and then agin I thought mouteu't. Next I thought about hauls gQ(, id gliosis, and about a runnin' home and i>iu* oolliiu' about it; and then I thought caa couldn't be unny o' 'em, for I'd' never jarn tell o' ibem a pasterin' a feller right open daylight. At last, the true blood wli ' rny anceslers riz up in my veins, and told mc e it 'ud he cowardly to go home, and not wh id out what it was; so 1 lumbered for my tuc ce, and swore I'd find out all about it, or ow up. When I got back, I let into the wo ee like blazes, and party soon it cum down cat id smashed all to flinders?and what do cr:i >U think! Why, it was rammed and mined pluiu smack full o' coons, from top bottom. Yes, sir, they's rammed in so ost, that every time they breathed they I ade the split open."?PurUr't Spirit. it ^ ?r for Mice. Fanny Fckn on the A u kmc an kisia.? Well, I never! No. Snake* and 'acolela, darned (as stockings are darned, the >u know) if I ever did. Moses and Aaron! tin i it's us?us, women, ladies?us, the deli- a r ous little blue eyed tremblers, at whoso liny cvi otaicums you've been kneeling for nobody uf i.. i ? ?> * ..wo i.wtt s ua wiio nave eecu |y id done it, and got you all into debt, and Dpped your banks, and made jour bill* .ud for nothing but to light the beastly ter gars you're g??t on tick?ain't that the "F ord/ By L>iaua and the mischievous ur- mv tin I>an Cupid, that's what you've conclu- ml i*\ to come to, is it) And you call your- lac Ives men! If I could blush, I'd blush for be< >u; but I calculate it wou dn'l do no more inn kh! than emptying my teapot iulo the wo mighty Niagara. the And wbnt have wo poor timid slr*es A am doing, if it please my lords and mas- -?l rs of the creation to certify. Let us hear yoi ir chinos, anyhow. What! Buying loo hin any robos, and spending loo much in Kit vrelry, and perfumes, and soap, and gloves, of . id (lowers, and slippers for our dear little i?si otters. Those are the things which you pul 0 not adiamed to throw into our facos. rue rant ine patience, gracious Jupilor! while write such matters down. Why, a right- I inded man, not to say American, would jwii upon his marrow-bones to his wife, ^ id.humbly thnnk her for having, at all rents, got some pleasure out of his money full; hiie it lasted. And she, if she was a dear, <>Pt> arm, kitid, affectionate, sweet, good, dar- ^J<>' ?g little rib, (as wo all arc till you tnake 1 more t'other,) would say to him, shak- p,*, g her lovely curls over his face, "Sam," or f.>rr iill," or "Alcibiadcs," as the case might >, "[ forgive you," and I don't know?1 y I don't know, but if ho looked very rali inherit indeed, and was a handsome fel- oihi w ? I don't know but sho might just? rnni ere, it's out, give hitn a kiss?ah, and a '"r lod one, too?not one of the touches that ouldn'l make a dowdrop absquatulate from ;r rose-leaf, but one as if she meant it. Iiul sbu o notion of a husband charging his ruin ut?j >on one of those angels, who, in llie dia- ,nt'1 liso of wives, float about your homes, and J.'"r, I the air w ith essence of Paradise?well be j ere! "pai In course it's all our doing, too. No lit- *>"" s trifle of extravagance on your side of the 1 ble. Nothing about poker, or any other t|,0 lie gainNothing about racing, n bets thai i horses to bo sont over to Kngland, to wj?? ive their hearts broken by the cheating of >hn Hull's jockey., or to lie poisoned by J, ikes and marquises, for fear the Stars and nan 0 Stripes should bung the Old Country on ci ui 1 own Turf. No oysters and port wine, j d such like, monkeying tho aristocrats of rilain. Xo chests of cigars, big as um- able ellas. Nogumticklers, and neck-twisters, Oar d brandy-smashes, and bull's milk, and 1 rnc iiguoacrnpers; nor any otlior of your nasty j^r ou?es for Ji?|Uoring; when you'ro ashamed uves uall out, like free citizens o| the noblest ?p? ipiro in the world, for what you really I* Ban. No opera-boxes, that ain't always led with your own wives, but nro some110s sent as proseuts to somebody else's? iruj ino romark as to shawls and trinkets, my law, listers. Oh, no! nothing of all this. Ask ,e" out thcso things, and the lords of creation . T a as inulo as a dead nigger in a coal bole. ""JJ it there's something in all this, girls, not- j m tbstanding. i swear it, by the uiemory 3) St. Washington. P?r llut come, girls, up and be doing! If T i've done the mischief, (and my lords say r and therefore, of course, it must bo so,) j^-1" i must repair it. We'll hare a gocd liine. ^uf, The editor of a newspaper down east lias sun| mi bled to improve the circulation?of hs?? i paper. ami m in tke^m alter of traosportluf^Cemae m vJ&TS* m UlUaalka Kant T a ill a fl?Maa# *4 r appear*, ware the ^ 39m^ I ^ inf mummu|# from |}it he Tims* ofyeet?day seats thwdboaewf , B I 11 f'aiM iMi 1 it ^ *TjTdo*Me QilSit, &UttiMfol obstruction w>4 ??u? itkwH h? kl ila 4a>, aaA araat ao? war (o mnmH>?i| better naked ia the , U^,Spa actual wMu JTajj sis Jor tua ilapiloii of jEeosral bunimi. total aMikKm of th* tsoopynji's goewSU be brought immediately under dm iiol pfdw C'rowi ?nd P^inprat, ?ith . Ii machinery hf ad mi uut ration as shafl thought conducive lQ )la welfare. The ateU dependency of the empire will rere the benefit* of direct Parliamentary fervuioo and direct Ministerial rcspoasity. Under such a system we canaot ibt that the nation vrhicb ha* conquered 1 reconquered India will soon urge U onrd, witli new foroe, in the path of im reroent.?- European Timxx. - ^ j |f we, K Prussian journal, of the Lower Rhine, a a very good story of a reiigiooe cominitT (horeon. who. nnnrMiatiiir iK* Iah* v - ? ? ri 9 ?"" "-? ! nblo services of their faithful minuter, nuiiuousty resolved, as a slight leslimo\ of the same, to proton! him this yea# of bountiful vintage each with a bottle of ite wine. Tho minister was, of eoftrse, ly sensitive to this delicate tribute of love J affection, as well as pretty proud of it, an ovidvnee that his ministry had not in altogether ia vain, and at considerable H'nw prepared in his collar a huge oroanted cask, at which, on lbs appointed r, appoared every member of hie flock, i emptied his bottle. But what was the prise of the minister, as well as of the lerous donors, on tasting from the new irflowing-cask, to find that it was not le, but water) A strange thing, certainand of which we have no other ex plans-, n than this, that every member of the iety was of the same idea, that one bottle water would not be policed in a whole k of wino. Wat3 and Means.?Two Irishmen' 0 were travelling together, got out of >ney, and being in want of a drink of iskey, devised the following ways and \ sans? Patrick, cab-hing a frog out of a brook, nt ahead, and tit tho very first tavern he ue to asked tho landlord what sort of a itur that was? IIo said 'frog,' of course. No, air, said i'at, it's a mouse. It's a frog, roplied the landlord. It is a mouse, said Pat, and i will leave to the first traveller that comes along a pint of whiskey. Agreed, said the landlord. Murphy soon arrived, and to him was 1 appeal made. After much examinan and. deliberation, be.declared it to be House; mid the laud lord, in spite of the deuce of his senses, paid the bet, iustead 1 giving both the thrashing thoy so richdeserved. The Pli nuku or Delhi.?A private letfrom Delhi, dated September 27, say*: or a description of the riches of Delhi 1 pen is inadequate. Cashmere shawl*, aid with gold, bodies covered with gold e, skirts of dresses, wntclie*, bars of gold, Is of silk and down, such as no noble ill's bouse in Ivtglaml could produce, you uld see the Sikhs carrying out of Delhi i first day, as if tliey were almost nothing. ftiinwi which in KnglMtid would fetch 00, they wore selling for four rupe*, Nn<i i in *y depend our fellows ware not held them. * ll is scpposed the lex would go to Knglattd with upwards ?1000 each, though Geiiornl Wilson Iiks , ied an order that the prises shall be nil i L together and divided. Most of our i in are worth upwards of 100 rupee." - i aAuoi'fiAi. or tmk Govksmos or Alabama.? i have rcfivrj A 0<>py ut the inaugural ivldrtiwirf r. Moore, of Alutmina. lie urges economy in , management hi the hAWs of the Stale, and , Iks that a ?urplui ill the treasury should be care* ( y guarded against, illustrating the danger of the , iante policy by the experience of the General rrritrneOL lie regards the subject of eltudiua ho public clueile a? of the highest importance, | recommends lire Sj^te University to the alien* , of the Legislature. lie has not changed hi? iter opinion that the notes of the State Bank, , ;n returned to the Treasury, should be ounuc-flt-d. j > ciMiimercial panic hku served lo confirm h ni . he opinion that the policy of Alabama, id srpa* ng herself from all conueetion with hanks or ( ft moneyed instituliuor, Li sound, and should be ntnincd. lie thinks that haulm, "if nco ?s?ry coininerce and (or commercial facilities, are ?r wry etilt," and that "sueli restrictions and [ten's should lie incorporated ia the charters as will, jusiblc, elTcvtuolly protect tlio people again* the so of their powers and privileges." Upon the ject of federal relations, ho reviews the move- , its of the I>l.tok Republicans, whoae manifest ! 1?ojio is "to exterminate the institution ol slave- ! ' He is not without hope that the Union may ' reserved, though he dors not regard it a* the ra i ount politicnl (food," and thinks that the ill should lay aside all minor quest one nud unite I csifttuucu to its N? rtheru a-?aii:wits. "A- st ; lent informed," he declares his disapprobation of ooiiduot of Gov. Walker in Kansas, and thinks the convention had exclusive right to determine ither they would or would not submit the Con- , itiou to the pen pie. 11a di>es Uol join, however, ' , lie complaint against the Administration for not oving Gov. Walker, "believing that Mr. Hucliaw.ll ho able to give satisfactory tenuous for the rse h? lias pursued." ( 'on 1 aus ror a Jukk.?In Mr. Memmingcr's ich ua the sus|h-iis;ou bill, lie ni.ids this remark ' , but true statement: Tlie cotton crop of South olina was worth before suipensiou OOO.tOO; es had fallen about one-third; Iter share of the would bo about $7,000,(KX(. Think of this, iters, and then remember that your re[r*?eHtai have voted to fasten ttiis worthless currency n you (or a whole year more, t another part ol hu? speech, ho said, a law, re itig to the suS|H-usH>n lit, tin. permits such vto n i f a contract, * s law which > l? honesty st nice. Will tho people hear it in in nd that a ofity of representatives have voted for saoh n a law to eel hotn-aiy at ditiauce??Chtrate Ua? lie Onlonngan Miner givri nn account of an itiae c4>ji|ht nugget dieeowred in the Minm-on- i line. It* greatest length ie furly-eii feel, with I euu wtdlli of l'JJ feet, aod average thickneee ot feet. Citbio content* 2,000 fret. Purity 20 ovtil. Weight 500 tuna. Value $300,000. ho ahock of an earthquake waa felt in Circen-? county, Virginia, on the night of the I0>h int? in the samo county, at the anme lima, a large elide took plane, and the end of a mountain i way, and waa precipitated iuto a river below. he f^tndno Time* estimate* that the aggregate of the iiabiliiice of the nwruanlilo firm* wltioh i failed in Loudou n mounts to between thirty forty uiiiliona of pound* sterling. gPtf4? . v . isWJfc i.. * i gnu ^j^, pj^iy^v Dr.PC. McLane's Celel " glu^&Z. ^ I sole proprietors, pitts** 4rsl burgh, Pa., and take no other, as there are various other preparations now before the public, purr porting to be Vermifuge and Liver ' Mis. AU others, " in comparison with Dr. McLane's, arfc worthless. I - The genuine McLane's XT_ .'f -1. J * * y criimugc ana LIVff Pills can now be had at all respectable Drug Stores. FUSMIHO BRO S, SO Wood St., Pitts ohms. Pa. i Sole PnprftctciD SCOVIL & MF.AD, New Grltaiw, General WlwtwMlr Affnii for lb* bhi a all ?ilni muM be iddrctM^I. SOI.I> BY v < FISIIER Se IIEINITSJt. Sparta?bart.So. Co. OK,AN Sz UOOLHilON, - M ? " A. TOLLESON, M * K. KRCTCH, Greenville. ? ? KKKNAN A NORR1H, Uo.oarilU, * ? JOI1N II. HENRY, L.ur.aariMe, ' * f gj W. F. PRATT A CO.. Nvwberry, " " L. P UARN KTT St CO., YorkeilU, S. C. J. W. II ARRIS St CO., Kutliwrfordtoa, It. C. - *i }r Rogers' Livcrworth & Tar on TtIK CO Ml' LET t? Cl'IlK OJ'COUU6, COLU INFLUEXXA, ASTHMA, BKONCIMTIS, OPIT' T1NO or BLOOD, a ALL OT11KR LCXOCOM* _PLAINTB 'ISKI>IS(1 TO COSSLMITION. '4 t; ^ ^ 4 4 4 4 4 4 This preparation it getting into na all over ?? iHiHwtH'I' Flip Hbim rniia U lt. r-w n? our various ngcuis, informing us of cures fffecuA in their immediate neighborhoods, warrant us ia .tying it is <>oe of tlie best, if cot the aery Asst. Dough Medicine now before the public. It almoa iararwAJy relieves, and not on frequently cures t As rrry worst cise4. W hen all other Dough preparations have !*iU-d, this has relieved the patkul, as Druggists, dealers In Medicines, sad Physician*, L-an testily. Ask the Agent fly our nearest town, what has been his experience ot tbv effects el this medicine. Il ho lias been selling it for any length d( lime lie will tell you IT IS Til K BEST M EDigiNE KYTAKT. llelow we give n few ox tracts front letters as have received lately regarding the virtues af this medicine. Dr. 8. S. (hllnl(>fKniiivill?lOa.nyr, list* been using year Liverwort and Tar tserf eatensteely in my practice far tkres years past, and. it is with pleasure I stats my belief in its sure, Kioxrrv ovaa all othsb jbticlks tasfh which / ssi act/utuuted. far which it is recommended.* Messrs. Fitzgerald dt Renners, writing from Waynesville, N. C. say: "TAe Liverwort ami Tar is becoming daily mors papular in tkis Country, a so WK think justly so. .4id ieko kmrt tried IE it speaK ia commendable terms of t, and say it is eery beneficial ia alienating the complaints fat which il is recommemdea." Messrs. Fitzgerald A Be oners, writing front Waynesville, N. C., say: Tke Liverwort and Tar is becoming daily more popular ia tk\s Csan try. AND WK THINK Jl'STLV SO. All Wkt katS tried tl speak ia commendable terms af it, and say it is very i.-official in alleviating Iks mm* plaints for which it is recommended." Our Agent in Pickens District, S. C.. Mr. 8. It. Me Kali, assures os "that As uses it with great benefit in his own family, and recommends it to Ms neighbors." He gives an inatnnoeofa Negro woman, in his vicinity, stiur hud been sefiermg with disease of the laiugsfor years, alien dud with set vere cough, who was relieved by the UntrVst and Tnr. ^ Such are the good reports we hear orfiTia Midi pine from all parts of the South. For a report of the surprising cures it has performed in the West- i U ern nnd Northern and Kxstsvc States, we woald a.- ?df -i? ... - - - unit 11.11 UIILnnjf pa.w-ni ?o rnfl tha (Wmphlat which accompanx-a each bottle. To all w* Hjf, Ur? kff, Inw knpe' ? TRY THE MEDICINE! J BRWAKilCDin NEAI9M, Beware of Counterfeit* and Base imitations : The genuine article ia liglw) Anrnkw R?aiU lh? engraved wrn|>per around each botlla. Price $1 per bottle, ?>r aix bottle* for BuH ^ >' wh"l?Ml?>Bd retail bjr 8COV1L 6 MIAB. >nl 11 Charter* St., b*t. Ooutt and 8t. #. Soi.k Adtnt# ro* yiie Sovrwaa* t* aliotn all order* and apptiaatiwa far Af*a<*ta mual b? addreaand. , '*?3' ? SOLD A LHO BT , KJSHKR A IIBIN IT8H, Rpartanbatw, 0#, Cfo M DKAN ? (lOOntilON, " 44 W. II. WATSON, OmeaaiHa ? ? ly k. vnirrcfi. j?r?f 44 1 K B NNON" A NORTHS, UnWmatUjaL ? -v+m e. H. I USURY, Uorenavuia ? S|H| Job Println.* L'KOMrT'. Y KXBOUTt*), I -". J