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There are many ilrennnof gln<lues3 Tli.it cling nrounil tlie pnM ? Ami from tiie tomb of feeling Old thoughts coiiio thronging fual; Th.! forms \ve loved so deaily In the happy daienow gone, Tli'* be uiliful ami lovely, So fair to look upon. The bright ami gentle mnitlena That necnii'd to formed for bliss, To ? glorious ami too heavenly For sui-h a world as this, Whose soft daik eyes secui swimming In a sea of liquid light.. Ami whose looks of goid were dreaming O'er brows so suuuy biiglit. Whose sruile? wore like the sunshine In the Spring time of the year? Like the changinggleams of April, They followed every tear I They have pasted?like hopes?awav, Ami their loveliness has lied; Oh. mn*iy a heart :a mourning That th<-y arc with the dead. * Like thrt brightest lines of summer Tin y have fallen with the stein ; Yet, olt it i9 a lovely death To liide from earth like theuil And j*et th?thought is snd leuing To uitHc on siieh ns tliev. At <1 fep] (hut nil the beautiful Are passing fust nwuy. Tint I lie ft* i i- ones whom we 1<>vo Grow to tihch loving l> en-.t, Like *. lie t> mlril nf the clinging via1, Then perish with the rest. And v can hut thii.k of theso, In the s' ft ftiul g??it!e Spring, th" trees am waving o'er 11?, Ami (lie flowers ore blossoming; Bml we lcnotf litut Wii.'.er'fl coming, With h.i? eoM an.l sfoniiy ekj', Ah'l the s'orioue homily routl-'i i:s, Is building but to die 1 < ?o?. "BLANCHE DE COURCY; on, Female Accomplishments, <;Th Mr. TJrownlow "within ? Can I SCO llilll .'IKlvi'il il KWOOI". voif-o uiir>li as was seldom heard in the colossal hanking and mercantile houso of Brownlow & Co. The middle-aged cleric, who luid become respectably bald in tho service of '-The Firm," looked attentively at the fair young speaker, ere he j even took his reply into consideration J She was simply dressed in deep] mourning; but there was an air of evident refinement in the sable toilet, and the unconsciously proud carriage of the graceful head spoke so plainly of aristocratic birth and breeding, that Mr. Cole could scarcely doubt tho applicant's right to claim the interview she asked. "I really cannot say, miss. If you will give me your name, 1 M ill see if Mr. Bl'OWuloW IS Jlllla to Biwm vnn - - J?- - J I a lew minutes, but he seldom sees anyone, except on most urgent business "Will you toll him that Miss I)o Courcy will feel greatly indebted if he will see her for a short time. My business is most important, but 1 will detain him as short a time as possible. Mr. Cole's doubts scorned to clcar away, as the name of an old client of the house met his ears. Admiral Do Courcy had kept a pretty largo account at Browniow's, and they had transacted his business for him, till he returned finally to England. And so | the name was sufficient passport to the inner sanctum, where the head of the house ruled the destines of many a far distant family?wo had well nigh paid region?at his pleasure. "I am honored by this visit from Miss Do Courcy," said tho courteous old man, rising, with n, polished bow, to give his young guest a scat near his own ample chair. "What can I have tho pleasure of doing' for her? Any service I can render to tho family of Admiral De Courcy will give me great pleasure." The girl threw back her veil with a kind of desperate resolution, display ed a countenancc of uncommon beauty. "Uncommon," not (simply from its loveliness, but from the mingling of intellect and child-like sweetness it betokened. Intellect spoko in tho broad brow and large thoughtful eyes, while tho mouth was most infantilo in its full, soft led lip<?, and pleasing gentleness of expression. "It is a great?a very great service," said Blanche Do Courcy,in a lialf-chokcd voice, "that I wajit. But, indeed? indeed, Mr. Browlow. you shall never repent granting it, if you will give mo a patient hearing to explain tho purpose for which I need tho favor. The great mau's faco underwent a remarkable transformation at the girl spoke. From bland an.d deferential courtesy it assumed tho character of cold and doubtful formality. "Of course, I cannot refuse to hoar you, Miss Do Courej'; but I am little in tho habit of any romantic weaki nesses; and I am so pressed for timo, I'must beg you to bo brief." Poor Blanche's whole fratno shivered, and a cold, dull chill wont to her heart's core; but tho brave spirit conquered tho bodily weakness, and she Baid, calmly: "Mr. Browalow, tho service I need id that you will lend mo?or rather, mamma and mo?five thousand pounds," "Miss T>o Coarcy, I promised to hear yon^ but really my time is too precious to bo wasted in such trifling. If yon have propor securities on wbfch to taiso monoy, I will order my broker to attend to your'business: batif?" ' .."No?^no?not" exclaimed*the girl, snddonly recovering her energies, and with tho'trai'tn blood , thai had congealod at.hcr liQ^ tidipgover Cheeks and brow. VYou will?you mustheai ' ,'tpo 1" J cannot give npmy only, hope 1 : Mfr. Brownlow, yon know . my .fiithei I lived up to incomo: and?nndVpoot iptimma bad each refined tastes, and sho went beyond what lio allowoi her: and pleaso don't blamo her She had to borrow money, and i drcadlul man lent it*her on very ox travagant terms, and it went on am on, and now ho chiinis if. ??H : I1 will kill her, and bring poor papa' namo into disgrace; and 1 can no bear to think of it, so 1 catno in des pair to 3-011!'' Tho rapid uttcranco, tho forcct composuro, tho crushed tears am Hushed checks, told even- tho practi cal man of tho world that tlicro wa no effort at effect, but tbat all cam from tho heart, true and simple, am unvarnished; still his tono was liar< and unmoved, as he replied: "Miss Do Courcy, I am very sorn that tbo wifo of an honorable mai should bo unworthy of him, and stil mure bo that you, as an innocent per son, should suffer; but I assure yoi that even my presumed wealth wouh soon be exhausted, if 1 were to listci to such painful appeals. I really havo not livo thousand pounds t< throw away 011 such uucalled-for-fbl ly." "I do not ask?I would nottako it.' replied the girl proudly. '-Mr. Brown low, though 1 am unable to commaiu lhe sum, or the Ic^al security for it, at least oiler you some pledgo for it return. 1 havo seven thousam pounds left to me by tho will of m] grandmother, Lady Iledmyne; and . am readv and willim* T"vn,T r ..? f-> J v 1 when I comc of ago, and Iho interes till then out of my income." ''It ij illegal. You are a minor your future husband can claim it, atu it is not worth a button-toss," ho an swered. "I know?I know I" sho pleaded eagerly. '-Butean you not trust mo' Will yon not risk so little to do sc much'good, Mr. Brown low? I wil si^n any paper you draw up ; [and ] solemn'y dcclaro 1 would cut oil' mj hand that signs it rather than forfei th? pledge; and," she added, with s tlaftii of "iho archness of other days ' if I were to?to do what you sav' my husband must take mo with al my'liabilities, including poor mamma's and your claim." "Ami ii" you do not marry, you can not live on two thousand pound* child." said the banker abruptly. "Yes, I can; and besides, I ear leach. I know many things. I air not afraid," she said simply. "Bui jjive poor mamma. Sho is so nor vous and delicate, and needs so man) luxuries; and this mnu nearly lei!!; her. "Pity he does not outright," camc , between the bankers teeth; but he suppressed the spontaneous exclamation, and paid, in a kinder thougl gravu tone ".Miss l)c Courey,*I car malco no promise until I have cxamin cd moro fully into this matter. It tho first placo. I should need to bt assured of the title 3*011 possess to the money 3*011 ofiVr as security. In the next I do not feel inclined to this ras cull)'usurer, or let you pa)' what it his due; 3*ct I presume, 'there is nc chock 011 tho a (fair. Extravagant people like 3'our mother seldom condescend to keep an)' accounts, or know what they owe, or what the)' pay." 'I think I could," replied tho girl answering painfully. "You! Why I should not think thai you knew that there wcro debit and credit sides to an account." ^Indeed I do. I am very fond 0] arithmetic ; and I know there are a lol of papers in mamma's eabinct whieli might I do believe, show how mucL she really has had of this Ml*. Part ridge, and what elie?" ' And whether sho has ever paid him anj'thing," said the banker brusquely. "Well I will go so far uf this and no fu-uier, young lady bring j*our mother'8 papers bcro th< day after to-morrow, and if you car make anything like a satisfactory ac count to show the real state of things and if I can satisfy m3*wclf that youi little fortune is really at your owr disposal when you aro of age, I ma] then consider whether I should bt fool enough to trust your bond.? Mind, I don't give you any promise IlVyou liko to try what yon can do you may. I don't bind myself to any ?i.in~ ? And Blanche, with a heart tha well-nigh choked her in its tumultu ous beatings, and eyes that swam ii tears that threatened to bceomo sobs pressed the banker's offered han< gratefully in hers, and retired wilhou any further reply than her cloquen features gavo to tho proposal. "At twelvo, then," ho said as sh gained tho door; "and mind, be puuc tual." There was little danger of the girl* breaking the appointment. "J{cally, Blanche, you aro ver thoughtless to leavo mo so Ion"; alone," said her mother, frctfblly, a tho girl entered tho modest apart mertts which had been their sesidene since Admiral De Courcy's death. " am quite ill with a frightful, nervou headache, and llaiTIirre is so saue; since we came hero ill these miserj bio lodgings, and said she had s much to do, she could not eparo tim to batho my head and fan me, as I oi dcred her to do, for half an houi And there is another lottcr from tha horrid Mr. Partridgo. I am euro am tho most iil-uscd creature, an your father so imprudent to leavo m as ho did,- after scarcely allowing m the necessaries of life." "Dearest mamma, please do 11c talk so," said Blancho, quickly. " cannot bear you to spoak of darlin papa, who was so good and generot , to us, and always denied himself ever nunocossary luxury. Only try to fc happy, and get well, and I art cm we can man ago in some way. Whet is Mr. Partridge's letter, mamma?" - 'There, f believe, I really did p< read tt; of course it was somothln horrid. It's too muohfor my nerve These wretohed, vulgar.peoplo are t i coarse." pianche silently opened the iridfj naht and sharply Worded epistlo < ' tlio usurer, couched in all the tpOBt i gulling at>il severe language that il 1 . cession cotlld "warrant";' arid tho r - * v "J f Av 1 ecntly dawning hope died away at llio ! tor ri bio reality of its threats, n It was Mich a Blonder thread which hung betweoU tliem ami utter ruin I and disgrace. t Tho rest of the evening was spent s in listening to and soothing tho fretful t complaints and humors of her mothi cr's quorulous ailments and hardships; while tho poor girl's own mind was I lorn by tho ever-present vision of tho J horrors that awaited her mother, and - the cloud which would shadow the s brightness of her father's honored 0 memory, should her lust desperate oxJ pedient prove futile, and the forlorn 1 hope of such trustful and generous aid vanish in tho stern reality of a f probable rejection. Sbo went to bod ? heart-sick and weary, and when filio 1 awoke alter troubled and broken - slumbers, she felt almost scorn of her :i own bold presumption, to imagine 1 that such a favor as she had dared to > ask could bo granted by that stern i and prosaic banker. j It was with :i far more heart-sick 1- and weary step and mien than on her first visit, that Iilancho dc Couroy " once again entered the vast premises - of Messrs. Brownlow & Co. >Sho was 1 well nigh prepared for a polite refusal I of any more interference in tho :iflair s ?or, at the best, for a bare fulfilment 1 of the promise lie had given to inves' tigato the a flair. 1 "Mr. Brownlow will bo disengaged i in a few minutes, miss, if you will t pleaso walk into tho secretary's room," said a kind of half-clerk, half: messenger, as she entered tho large 1 portico; and, following her guide up - the wide staircase, she was ushered into a large apartment, not far inferior , in comfort and sizo to tho private t room of the mighty "chief." ) A gentleman was sifting at a large 1 table in the ccntro of the room, busily I engaged with formidable masses of * books and papers; and Blanche inL stinctively drew back, hoping that in i his pre occupation, he might not have hnnrd * lio unicn aP ? I " - ?? "V.ww vra. tuu 111^5 uuur, , and that flic might retire unperecived. I But her couductor at onco frustrated i this intention, by announcing in sqnorous, measured tones: "The lad}', if 3*011 please, Mr. Ern? est," and the individual addressed, at onco turned round, and left her no al1 ternativo but to advance into U10 1 room. t "Miss DcCourccy, I presume," said - the young man, with a frank, yet pol' ished smile and bow. "My uncle will J havo tin pleasure of seeing you alniC.st directly; meanwhile allow* mo > to introduce myself as his nephew, ' Earnest Paget, and do the noiiprs of; our poor oltico in his namo." 1 And, with earnestness and kindly 1 courtesy, that at onco reassured the trembling girl us to her reception, at 1 any rate, I10 placed a chair for her near tho blazing tiro, and insisted on ! relieving her of the small bag, which 1 was swollen beyond its natural dimen sions by the bulky papers it contain1 ed. "'Forgivo me, if I seem to betray - confidence," he said, as Blanche.'* timid, distrait answer to his remarks ' betrayed tho abstraction and anxiety ' of her mind; "but I cannot help assuring you that it is very rarely iny I uncle takes up any affair he docs not carry out io me utmost, ana 1 know ' that lie lias determined to investigate I thoroughly the business you have done him the honor to confide to him." f Certainly it was rather a danger' oub position for a young and romantic 1 individual liko Earnest Paget, when 1 tho bright, grateful 6milo of that beautiful and agitated girl came like warm sunshine on his senses; though ' assuredly at that moment lilanche > was sadly unconscious whether it was * as maturo a personage as tho middlc: aged clerk, or a highbred young fel3 low liko the banker's nephew, on 1 whom that smile -was bestowed. And - Earnest had tho tact and ;delieato > sympathy to return to his occupation, r and leave her undisturbed for the 1 quarter of an hour before Mr. TJrown' low entered, llo had on a great coat J ana ins hatwas in his hand, while his " whole manner betokened tho sharp ' decision of a man to whom minutes '? are worth hundreds. ' Miss Do Courc}', I seo you havo kept your engagement, and I will keep mine. My nophew will go over " tho account with 3*011, and if you 3 provo that you can reduce it to a tanl> giblo and intelligent form, I will do ^ my best to nave you from danger?if ^ I can do so to any real or permanent t purpose. Whon all is ready ho will give me tho rosult, and cro long you c will hear from mo. Take caro all is accurato, or I will wash my hands of tho affair." 8 And with a look and smilo that redeemed tho apparent harshness of 7 tho words, tho banker disappeared. 5 "You aro given into my custody 8 now, Mis9 Do Courcy," said Ernest '* smiling. "Uowcvor, I liopo I shall 0 not bo a vory hard task-master. J When shall I begin our duties, my 8 fair pupil?" y "To-day, if you pleaso?that is, if l" you aro at leisure," she ropliod timid 0 ly. 0 "I do quite pleaso," ho said, in the samo half-josting yet kindly toho, * which inspired a strange confidence & in thft timid girl; ."only, as I think it 1 will sparo us both somo troubl,e if d you will trust that volamo to my .caro 0 and inspection, I would propose wo fc should bogin to-morrow, and, I dare. say, our task will not be a very severe >t one. Will that suit your convenience lX Miss De Courcy. g Of course there could bo but one is reply to tho proposal, and Blanche V den&rtad oneo more from tho vaRt. >0 banking hotise with singled fear and hopo and self distrust, that kept hor e waking daring the live-long night, and rendered her mother's querulous >t maundering woll-nigh Intolerable to g her pre-occupied mind., g, . # * * # * Krncfit Paget had been ft wrangler at Cambridge; and Blanche Do Cour- j g- cy had been educated by a lady, whom of a , high autthorjty pronounced '-the n- only ftroale' mathematician of the ?e day". And yet tl?o fr.n^led accounts e- f Mrfi. DcOourcy and Mr, Partridge ? -.WA^ U.JL JL * JLM. V \J? seemed lo present wonderful difficulties to their united intellects. Mr. 8win Ion, llio middle-aged clerk, who was mado "tiers" at tho consultation, for the professed purpose of taking on himself the young man's neglected <1 it Lie.-*, and perhaps also for the object of playing a kind of malo chaperon, used to enliven his dreary labors hy humming, sotlo vocc: "She showed him the way?sho showed him the way? sl?o showed him the way to woo." 15ut this was probably an old bachelor's test in ess, lor not 0110 word -ever passed between tho grave young accountants that might not havo been uttered in tho hearing of Mr. l>abbage himself. And at length tho "balance shcet'J was finished, and Mr. Partridge's claim reduced from ?5,000 to JJ3.500, even at tho most extravagant amount of interest that could have been exacted from an unsecured debtor, "It is perfectly wonderful, my dear uncle," was Ernest's remark, as lie laid it before bis uncle, nt the end of a week from the commencement of llieir labors. "Miss JJeCourey is as clear-headed and aecurato as Mrs Somerville herself, and yet as gentle and feminine as thc.veriest child who sports in thegrecn Kincsat Fernidale." Possibly," was the dry reply ; "but what 1 asked for from you Ernest, was a report of Mrs. J>e(Jourcy's affairs, and not of her daughters attractions ; and I would just givo you a bint my boy, that if 1 am to set the one straight you must not entangle vfinrunir ?m#I. n.n A? j WVI* Oibii UIU milUJ . 11 IIJ IlUllsense of that kind and J/throw tlio thing up at once." Ernest l'ugct was a portionless nephew of tho millionaire's, arid hud he been ever so lovo stricken, he could uothave extended the slightest aid to the fair "queen of his soul;" and as (die had no tangible reason to suppose Miss DoCourcy had bestowed one thought on him, s.ivo as the assistant in her difficult task, he wisely held his peace, and concluded his explanation in a more business-lilce stylo than its commencement. It was some three da3's later when Blanche was summoned to the presence of tho banker in brief, though courteous terms, which gave no clue to tho result of his deliberations, and her heart beau wildly as she was again ushered after a brief delay into his presence. "Miss PeCourcj-," said Mr. Brownlow, gravely. "I am a man of business, and seldom waste words ; so wo will come at once to tho point. From the account submitted to me by my nephew, I find that 3*our motherowes ... t .1 -nr. i'iii i? s-o^iyju, a uiu wiy, I am not far wrong in estimating lier other debts at some ?300 more, crc the and you would bo quito straight. Mow I am willing to advanco you ?4,000 at four per cent., which will be about ?100 per annum, leaving you somo .C200 to live on, and at your majority, which you tell mo is about a year and a half from this time, you will make over to mo tho principal of the loan, is this according to your ideas V" "Gladly?thankfully will I do all you Baj*," said tho girl, with glistening eyes. "And I shall remain your debtor till the last hour of 1113' life." "I hope not."' said the banker, with a grave smile. "1 should be very sorry to think your life would bo a very short one. But mind young lady, I shall expect a punctual fulfillment of tho engagement. It is easy to promise in excitement, but tho great thing is to perform in sober dull earnest. However this timo will prove." He rang a silver bell as ho spoke, and in another moment tho floor opened and "Mr. Partridge, sir," was announced. Blancho shrank back near to tho old banker, as tho dark, overhung eyes of tho usurer fell malignantly upon her, and his thin, loosely-hung figure advanced with exaggerated at fcctation of rcspect to the chair pointed out to him. "Well, sir, I havo sent for you to arrango your claims on tho widow of the luto Admiral JDo G'ourey," said Mr. Browulow sternly. "It amounts, I find, to tho exorbitant sum of ?3,500." "Pardon mc, sir, that is a slight mistake* 31y claim against tho lady in question is for ?5,000, nud I cannot take a five pound note less." "istnat yonr liual rcsolvo , sir?" "My dear sir?-consider?yourself. You are accustomed to business. Evon at that the delay and anxiety and risk roako mo a loser." "That is a pity," said tho hanker, scornfully. "Since, in that case, I fear you will ho really ruined hy tho result of this disgraceful business. In a few words, sir, you aro a usurious rascal, and have acted infamously in lending such sums to a married lady, without tho knowledge of hor husband. You may thank^tlio filial devotion and honor of this young lady for receiving ono ponny of our unconscionablo demand. Thcro is a check for tho corrected amount; and if you hesitato togivo a full receipt at once, I pledgo a word which has nevor been broken, that you shall bo exposed and punished for your nefarious dealings, and forfeit overy farthing of this illgotten gain. Thoro wcro few, perhaps, who could have homo without quailing the tern frown and determined tone of n man accustomed to sway Jthe mono tarv destinies of hundreds and thons anus among his fellow-mon. And Mr, Partridge's lips quivered, and his eye lids lowered as ho drew his chair to the table, and hurriedly wrote the quit tance demanded by the great man. "Thero, sir. begono 1*', was his part ing dismissal. "And mind I ncvei hear from you again, or you may noi escapo so easHy." Blanche De Courcy was not a gush ing young lady, nor Mr. Urownlow i demonstrative mau, and - yot, whoi she involuntarily seized his hand am pressed it to her libs, he brushed i suspicions moisture from his eyes witl his disengaged palm.; * * * * * * KJ JL. If^ujiww?mumamamnarm rmuwuBJtwwi. Knoew Months lengthened from winter fo siumncr, ami winter to summer again, and every quarter Krnest Paget vva,; sent by his unolo*to receive I?is inlorcnt IVoin the fair mortgagee. The young man marvelled, perhaps at dm comfort, ami even elegance, of the entire entourage which mirrounded two ladies whoso income only amounted to .CliOO per annum. .Neither ho, or any one save the worthy landlady who assisted! Blanche's filial efforts, cculd divino that tho luxuries which 31rs. J)eCourey calmly enjoyed as Iter J right, wcro purchased at tho cost* of j her daughter's incessant labors.?| uiancno painieu ancl carved, and worked elegant trifles in needlework, and wrote graceful little tales for periodicals, and in various ways, and at tho expenso of health, reposo and sleep, managed to earn enough to hide from the selfish cause of all this self-denial the eonsoquenco of her own folly and criminal extravagance. Nor did -Mrs. DeCourey observo that her child's cheek was hollow and pale, and her eyes becoming heavy and lustreless from lack of sleep and recreation. It was the mori.ing of Blanche's twenty-firsfc birth-day, ami a short note from Mr. Brown low had given her notice that ho would expect her and her mother at his oJllee at noon to conclude the business "which had gor.o on," ho was pleased to add, ' to his perfect fal isfaction." Perhaps Blanche prepared with an unaccountable sadness for an interview that would end all intercourse with tho brusque yet kindly banker and his nephew, who, alas for tho young girl's peace! had, all unknowingly to herself, won the heart, which, II vi un, ill; unj I UIV) IIV 1. IU'VI.T appeared to Beck. Poor .Blanche! The thousands she was about to sign away wero valueless in comparison with tho love that she had so innocently and so anxiously lavished on the handsome and intellectual ncplijw of tho millionaire. And as she assisted her mother up the staircaso that had become familiar to her, and entered tho room that was associated with such memorable ovents, her heart sank moro coldly and hopelessly than on that first interview when her "all" had appeared to hang on tho balance. ' Mr. Do Co arc}'," paid lI*o banker, gravely, when ho had conducted that lady to a seat near his amplo table, on which deeds and papers were strewed in confusion, "I have only ono thing to say to you before I finish my bnsL ness with your daughter. I consider you about the most fortunate of wo men ; first, to havo been tho choico of a high-minded and noblo man, and then to have been blessed with a devoted and rarely gifted child. Kow to business. You and my nephew can witness Miss Do Courcy's signaturo to the transfer of the ?4,000 to me, and I will then destroy her engagement to that effect." If iMi'b. J.)c COurcy expected any generous renunciation on Mr. Urownlow's part, sho was disappointed. Thc-wholo affair was formally concluded, and the whilomo heiress reduced to a pittance less than half her. intended fortune. And still tbe banker looked as calm and unmoved as if ho had been receiving a dividend from a Russian loau. "Now, my dear," ho said, more kindly, "we aro quits in a pecuniary sense; but you onco wero good enough to say that you would always consider yourself my debtor. Do you still acknowledge this unnecessary stretch of gratitude?" "lnueoa?inuccu I ao," -was tho earnest reply, f'l can never?never repay your generouB goodness." "Then, my dear, I believo I can give you an opportunity of discharging any such obligation, and turning the tables on mo, by making mo a very happy old fellow. Ernest can explain it better than I can; and if you will just givo him a few minutes in tho room whero you puzzled out all j'our problems, you can see whether this new task can bo as cheerfully undertaken by you as the less onerous ono you lir.vo performed." What Ernest said, and how ho mado the mystery clear to tho fair girl's mind, was never known savo to #tho two principally concerned. But wo may cnablo our readers to guess # 11 flint- l'a wonfln/f In /Infm'fa r\ this true and real history, by adding, that some threo months afterwards "Ernest Padget, Esq., of Fernidalo and Belgrave Square," led to the altar, "Blanche Mina, only child of the late Admiral Do Courcv, of Tho Manor, Southwold." And beneath tho plate of tho bride at tho splendid weddingbrcr.kfast, given by tho uncle of the bridgrooin, was a email packet, containing a check for ?4,200, as a free and uncontrolled gift from Mr. Brownlow to "his darling niece." "And, my dear," ho whispered, "if you havo nothing hotter in yonr little head, you can fouud a scholarship for young damsels who distinguish themselves in the very rare feminino r.ccomplishments of "accuracy and arithmetic.^' Washington, July 31 ?Tho Assistant Treasuror at Now York has boon ' instructed to soli $1,000,000 of gold on each Wednesday during the month of 1 August, and to purchase $1,000,000 in 1 bonds on each alternate Thursday during tho month?commencing Au1 gust 4; and $2,000,000 on each alter* 1 nato Thursday?commencing August 11. Tho sales of gold during tho month will thus amount to $5,000,000, ' and tho amount of bonds purchased * j -Will DO *ti,UUU,UUU. * Official adviccB from Fort Richardt son represent that a part of Texas is infested with Indians, armod with ro volvers, carbines and rift*, and well v mounted and clothed. Captain Mo* Clellan, with fifty-five mdn, fonght 1 Ihem.in Hayler Copnty,' loSfnff* two * and kilting fifteen. They- are .neliovi ed to bo ronegado Indians iVom How Mexico, to whom contraband triors on the border supply arms. / * , ' - V Viil THE 11IVAL BREECH-LOADERS Tho Nec'.llo Gtia ami Uiq, Chasscpot II' this now \v:ir do?:s not produce some other weapon hitherto known only to those accustomed lo inanipu lato it in wcrot practice, tho Chasse pot and tho Prussian breech-loader will ho fairly tried against each other. Cut thcro aro already suspieions or rumors that each foe brings into the light new weapons which will cotnpieto tho test. Thcro is tho j French mitrailleuse, it is said, which can rain bullets iika hail. Thcro is also tho Prussian kugelhitscn.? Whether hail or conical shot will carry the day it is impossible to say ; but it is noticeablo that tho war of the nineteenth century is transferred to tho artisan's shop, and that diplomacy and "tented fields" aro but agencies and instruments wherewith is obtained a trial of the inventive gonins of bellieo.se nations*. The Prussian needle gun is the invention of -Mr. Creyso, a manufacturer of arms at Sommcrda, who spent over thirty years in Irying to construct a perfect breech-loading rille. The cartridge i:; inserted at tho rear, and the ignition h produced by the intrusion of a needle inin 1'nl. minute attached to tlio cartridge. The barrel is oii.OG inches long, ami is rilled with four grooves down to Iho breceh, whore tho ehambcr, or bed for the cartridge, is smooth and si little larger than the bore. Tho bed enlarges slightly to the rear so a.i to admit tho cartridge freely, and t?e | lower part of the bore for a distance of G.17 inches is enlarged so that the bull is gradually compressed into the grooves. Tho rear of the barrel is conical, and is called the mouthpiece. Over this part there is a six-sided I cylinder, which holds all the mechanism of the piece. The air-chamber, next to the cylinder, has the needle, pipo screwed into its breech. The ball is spherico-eonicul. The charge of powder is uli grains. The weight of tho Prussian needle gun is 10.27 pounds to 11.3 pounds. The mechanism can bo taken apart without screw driver, vice, &c. It can bo safely and easily cleaned, and the gun being small is particularly adapted for use in the contracted spaco of loopholes, on horseback. A*e- Tim nl\5nr.ti/-?i?o the Prussian needlo gun arc tlio clangor of the' weakening of tho spiral spring and tho possibility that the needle may not bo propelled with sufficient forco to picrco tho cartridge. On account of tho caso and rapidity with which it is . loaded, there is also danger of a wasto of ammunition, as tho soldier in tho heat of battle, will often lire his piecc as fast as possible, even when ho knows tho firing has no cflect. To mske tho best uso of the needle gun, tho soldier requires special training. The Prussian army ! is very well trained to its use, and in J this respect has an advantage over the French, who have never been in a great battle with their Chassepot. The fircrfrm which has been adopted by the French army is tho celebrated Chassepot rifle, which is prob ably the most efficient weapon over put into tho hands of an army of infantry. Jt resembles tho Prussian ucedle gun, but possesses several improvements. During tho Jate war between Prussia and Austria, tho effective work of tho newly invented needle gun attracted the notico of all fighting nations; and tho French, anticipating that they would sometime be called upon to punish Prussia for her alleged arrogance and want of Imnil* inini nrlifltnlir ent (n .wvt.ttvwij UVW W ViiV 111vent a weapon that should surpass the needle gun in its power as an cngino of war. The result was the invention by M. Chassepot, after long and careful study, having tho Prussian gun to aid him and to improve upon. After tho now viflo had been tested over and over again, tho attention of tho Emperor was invited to it, and it was not long before ho was convinced of its superiority, and ordered its adoption in tho army. One of the principal improvements which tho Chassepot has over tho noecllo gun of Prussia is that its movement is simpler, and instead of being tightly inclosed in tho breach by a cylinder, it is almost fully exposed, and the employment of India rubber as an obturator. It is argued that tho Prussian gun, . after it has been discharged soveral times in quick succession, becomes hot and damp in tho cylinder, owing to tho inability of tho cas. which comcs back aft&r tbo explosion of tho cartridgo, to escape. Tho inside soon becomes dirty, and tho soldier is required to take his pioco apart and clean it. Tho French gun is always open, and whilo there is no gas shut up in a chamber to corrodo tho metal, it can in a moment bo cleansed from dirt or rust, and tho soldier is always ablo to quickly discover any accident to his rilie. It is claimed that this gun is not so easily clogged as tho Prussian necdlo gun, and is moro substantially built. Tho Chassopot is handled in tho following' manner: Whilo loading, hold tho gun in tho left hand with tho butt end resting on tho left hip. Tho lover Is then turned with but ono movemont, from right to left, and with another pulled back, after which'tbo cartridgo is inserted into tho opening thus effected. By a third movemont?pushing back I tho levor into its orierinuT nnmtinn? tho gun bocomos ready to bo fired off. The projectile is a rather long sing with tho end rounded and pointed like our rifle ball. Tho charge, whioh attached to it in a paper covering,*!? composed of a peculiar .pofadcr, specially manufactured pur* pose. Tho diatanco at wjpch this gun carrios with certainty, is yery considerable?oVer 1,000 mot^oa. JJoth th'o infantry and the chasg^urs havo only the one model, but UA bayonets differ in so far as thoae ojPthe chaSseurs are sword bayonots.ff Genorar^ra^ Sige! had twb of his ribs brokeow being rui?. ovor; by a darrisger in llfwuHay; New York, a few; days afnee^ The driver Was afrrcaUdi^fast driving*.. . Jtfirj uY V JLJ.1 IS?J. It). KJgBV?^ MWUi.L jaCBBMB?wwu?> SCRAPS. The President will bold a Cabinet /meeting beforo going to St. Louis. Tlio yacht America, now owned by l.lio United States Navy, participate? in tlio regatta for tho Queen's cup. iSir.ec tbo beginning of tho ycur, small pox lias caused as many as five thousand deaths in Paris. Tlio war fever is dying ont in Xew York, but all anxiously await .tho news of tho lirst battlo. There is immense exultation in "England at tho success of tho Cambria in the international yacht raco. Princo Pierro Bonaparte, It is said, lias been dissipating over slncc tho murder of Victor Noir, and strong drink threatens to kill him. Ttrn I fi /in 4 na a P <1aa4Y. - ? ' * - U. 11 V wt VIIIVWVWO VI MViitll 111 illU San rraneisco coroner's oflico read; ' Dod iVom rapture of tlio head," and "'juJlbcatcd irom eating poison." Louisa Mulilbacli lias an evident spite against Mrs. Napoleon, as alio lias just, completed a novel which sho calls' ISugotiie; or, Mistress and Empress." Charles C'ostun, colored, of Baltimore, murdered his wifo on Thursday l?y cutting lier throat with a razor. The murderer lias been arrested. It i.i is believed that ho is insane. The debt statement shows a decrease of over $17,000,000. Coin in the Treasury S 10!{,000,000; currency $38,000,000An English lifo insurance company lias liaid the insurnnno for 11?o /Inoiu of .a man one hundred and threo j-oars old, who took out his policy in 171)0. It is said lo bo tho first instance in which an insurance has over been payl on the life of a centenarian. The Jacksonville (Fla.) Union Bays: A livo nlligator thirteen feet long, captured at Nolusia bar, xip tho river, was brought to the city on the Darlington, Thursday, and shipped North on the Dictator on Friday. The great 3-acht race for the Queen's cup, won by tbo America twenty years ago, lias been fixed to tako placo on Monday, August 8th. A number of tho fastest American yachts and tho English yacht Cambria will compete for tho prize. The Courier oflico has been 'fmercifully presorved" from destruction by tho timely discovery of a shell, whih had snugly cnsconccd itself in a neighboring chimney-flue, that has luckily not been used sinco tho war. A servant <rirl in Philadelphia rob bed hor employers and then turned on the gas in till parts of tho hnn<?. so as to suffocate l'.:-.mi. i^iic \\\\- ov hai*. lwJ. Two boys have died in ilirv.vr'mee, Kansas, l'roin the c-U'ceta of over-exor lion in climbing a greased poie oa the 4th. Tho Carlist movement in Spain lias been abandoned?Don Carlos having given offence to his adherents by 01foring to serve against Prussia. Senator Spraguo says there aro 12,000,000 sets of corsets imported into the United States annually. Thcso will pay, by a recent enactment, $3,000,000 of revenue tax. The late M. Provost Paradol promised his Paris publishers n completo "History of tho United States," which he intended to writo in this country. Tho j-acht Cambria, lately ongaged in tho raco with tho Dauntloss, has been sold to a member of tho Royal Thames Yacht Club, for 5,500 guineas, deliverable to tho purchaser in Docomber. A special ambassador haa been appointed to Franco by tho Chineso CJovcrnmentJto offer satisfaction for tho l'ocent outrages to French citizens. Tho Emperor of Russia appoints John Archimandrito and Inspector of tho Ecclcsiastieal Seminary of Moscow, as tho Archbishop of Alaska and tho Aleutian Islands, to resufc> either at San Francisco, Now York or Sitka. Tho ealax*y will J>o paid from tho Imperial. Tho Revenue Department Is seeking statistics in regard to tho tobacco Manufactories in tho United States, in ordor that a comparison with tho amount of rovenuo from tobacco, may show tho extent of tho frauds practiced on tho government. Tho Now York Tribune says: It may relievo tho pious minds of thoso who fancy that Chineso immigration will make idolaters of ns, to learn that tho Chinese shoomakors at North Adams all go regularly to charoh on tho Lord's Day, and that tho leader of tho company is a zoalouB Methodist. Making Newspapers.?Every column of a newspaper contains from fivo to twonty thousand distinct pieces of metal, according to tho sizo of tho papocand type. The displacement of a single one makes an. orror. Is it any wpricfor that errors occur? in large offices professional proor-reatf* ors ate kept, whoso praotioed eyes, passing twico ovor dveryliqe of proof detects most of the errors: a boy, kept for that purpose, tii tt?o same tlmo reading the copy* aloud. Still mistakes are frequently found after coming through'stfoh hands, nod probably no newspapor or book was .over published without errors that might bo detected by tho morest novice. In bpbk printing it is estimated that proof-reading -costs -one quarter aa much as the composition. In country offices tho editor has to be 'his own foreman, job pftnter,; book-keeper an<.i almost everything pise, and if tho name cft^-Q bad'^o bei oxeifoisod that is, eeetnod> indiepensaVlp on Books, tho country newspaper opttJ&'-fMM* pub-, lished at boeanse o? %fc.?pejwe*