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tlio Fisherman.
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A. DANISH LKGKND.
On the beach of Roskild, by the
dark green waters of the Cottage
walked Adam Wilb ?rg, the farmer,
at \ old liars lloiven, the wealthy
^1 i nowncr.
Adam Wilborg was a man of fifty, a
small larmcr, sadly pieced now and
then, ami he had much ado to keep the
ditch of bacon on the wall, afidj the
nn al-tub well filled.
One treasurer only had he^a blooming
daughter. JMargret by name,
whose cheeks were as red as the hearts
on the Danish banner, and whose
eyes were as bright as the steel pikes
that guarded the royal standard, when
Denmark's power carried dismay to
the insolent invador.
The farmer hard-working and poor,
ever engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle
with grim poverty, was still portly
in person and rugged in health;
while old Hans Horsen, the rich ship
master, the sales ol whose ventures
whitened all the northern seas, was
spare in form and sickly in a( pearanoe.
Perhaps the cunning merchant studied
too long in the midnight hosur
fiow he might get beforehand with his
lellows in trudek and gave devious
calculation il?? limnw < n >
wiiit deep HUOUltl
claim.
It wa? in little words that the spare
and cunning miser looked with a lav
orable eye upon the blooming Alargrot,
sole child ot farmer Wilhorg.
And now, as they walked along the
sandy shore, the man ot money bags
pressed bis suit.
.'Good farmer remember that times
arc hard and money worth much; the
winter is near, and crops are poor,' the
miser said. 'Now see what 1 will do
lor them, if thou canst persuade thy
dancrliter t o ?riv? i?i<? < i.<? - -
_ .? .,.. ~ ...v im auowiT i nai
T 1
I seek. I will loud ihee ? hundred
riusbank dalers outright for a year or
inure, and charge thee no interest. 1
will take your daughter without a
dowry, and in ways of trade, I will
ship your crops wherever you like,
at one-half the usual rate. Can I do
more?'
'Thou knowest Christian Arnholt,
the fisherman?1
llorsen nodded assent.
'1 fear that Margaret has a silly, lool
ish fancy for the lad.'
'But he is a beggar, so to speak!'
llorsen exclaimed, in astonishment.
'The sun shines as well upon the
smalest boat as upon the largest vessel,'
answered the farmer, shrewdly. ^
'And who may guess a woman's way?
Now, listen to me, neighbor, and i
will tell the nothing but truth. If 1
should speak ol thee to Margaret, and
she with the foolish fancy for the lad (
strong upon her, all the words thai
ever were spoken or written would
" ?
noi move her .'i tingle jot. Kirst we
iniiHt dispose ?>t the fisherman. He in |
to come to-night, to receive an answer
Irom me.' [
'Send him packing, then.' ,
'Without a reason? i\^ no, tli.it
will only bind".the girl stq/^tiolser to
him.'
'I have it!' excb\H ed the miser, suddonly.
'This t^Tistoan is a sturdy
youth, and knoU's 110 leur?' (
'So it is said.'
u
'Thou hast the legend of' Ilolger,
Lhe Dane, who sleeps in the caverns be
nen 1 h the Castle ol Kronborg, by the j
Sound ol Elsiinore?' ^
'Yes; the guardian genius ol Deuinark.'
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CIV ^ I - '
i nu icgeiut runs that the mortal
bold enough to,seek and find the cavjrn
wherein sleeps iiolger the I>anc, (
and penetrate the presence ot the
deeping warrior, will he rewarded ^
with countless stores of good. Many
nave tried, hilt none succeeded. On
jne night only in the year can a inor- ^
ad find the entrance to the caverns ?
lis the new year; that will he the ^
light alter to-morrow. Tell the youth
die legend, and ask him if he has the (
courage to seek the treasures of Hoi*er''
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lie may en Cooed/ said the larmer, ' K\
loubtlully. I n
4No leur of that. For a hundred I
vitig&yi.,, , '3
L t
.An Iridepei
VYliOKO. S. CmSATTJ
years, at least, b ?ld men have attempted
the task, but no living soul ever
returned Iroin the dreadful caverns
alive.'
'Bui is not that akin to murder?'
asked the farmer, with just a little
touch of remorse.
'How so?' demanded the miser; 'lie
goes of his own tree will or not at all.
Does not the sailor trust to wind and
wave? The soldiers to uncertain
chance of war? B dd trouble yourself
not about that. Remember, 'tis
to your advanta^e.'
'My mind is easy,' quoth the farmer.
At night the fisherman canto for his
answer to the humble, roof of tanner
YV ilborg.
Tall and brawny ol limbs was the
fisherman, with hair like beaten gole,
and the eyes as blue as the water of
the Haliie, kissing a sunlit shore.
Cotdially the iarmer received him,
and the son ol the sea came at once to
the purpose ol his visit.
4I've a snug cot, farmer, done by the
murmuring sea, and Margaret there
w ill make iiiv as happy as any king
from lime to Ind.'
'I would not cross my daughter's i
,?;n ' .a . i... v. : < --
nm, v-lllli It I 11C Ml lilt I , III ii HIIIL VOTCl'l
'still circumstances force mi* to speak.
Times are bad ami money scarce, llad
1 a hundred dalers, a month from today,
1 should be a made man; without
them 1 lear that 1 am undone. If thou
knew ol a way to get them tor mo,
would Vhou do so willing! , V
413y M ngaia t's blue eyes, I swear 1
would?1 cried Christian.
'Hast thou ever heard the legend ol
liolger the 1 Jane?1
'Something ol it.1
'lie was once a famous Dane, who
lived in the days of t ho giants. W lien
hour ol dissolution drew nigh, Deat h
leared to grapple with the mighty
hero, so cast linn into the powerful
sleep. In the caverns hem cut h the castle
of Kronborg lie stays. ' On oaoh
New Vear's Kve he wakes lor a few
seconds, and his said that the mortal
who can reach the.cavern and change
words with the awakened warrior will
get vast stores of gold.1
'I've heard all this,' the fisherman
naid. 'The legend was, too thai
should a foreign loo ever invade J)? nin
Ark, llolger the Dune will wake
Irom his sleep and do hat lie with the
intruder. Well, tanner I'll take to
the sea at onee, lor it is a good hundred
miles from Koskilde harbor to the
Sound ol Klsiniore,' ^
Margaret accompanied he*' ^Xr to
the gale; tears were in Ihti^/ts.
'Fear not lor me,'Christian said, ']
mi a Sunday ehil born on the hoi}
lay, and spirits imve no power over
me.' /
Then Alarnc11^* flew to the stables
11'\i returned with a stout iron bar, a
yard hmg or more in length.
'Take this weapon,' she said; 'my
tears have 'Vhpped upon it, and that
diouhl he a charm against evil
hings '
Sad was 111 ? parting of the lovers,
iut the ei d came at last, and the midlight
miion shineing down upon the
remeulous sea, whitened the sail ?.<
lie fisherman's barque, as it glided
.orlhwnrd to the Caltegat.
At t welve o' the night, on the eve ol
he new year, the fisherman clambered
>ver the rocks below Kronborg and
altered a cavern, dimly illuminated by
he rays ol the moon. Ten steps in
md be beheld an aged iiv.n, with a
ong white beard, and clad hi ancient
this, seated upon a stone, and with
us bead no Wed down upon a table ol
ock.
The to k, growing with the lapse ol
line, had inclosed the beard ol tin: an- 1
ii-nt Danish worrier.
As the mortal entered, the koiglil,
*iih a deep yawn, hail unclosed his (
yes and raised his head; tiie beared, i
mhdrawtng Ircm the table, sp'it tiie 1
ock.
'Du tliey need mc yet ?is Denmark
ate?' he asked.
4AiI sale mighty lord,' replied the (
sherman, trembling in his shoes. 1
4Good, 1 may sleep another year, '
hen give me your baud.'
Tremblingly Christian extended the I
on bar. Tiie Dane grasped it, fell '
he hard surface with satistaclion, una :
uitlered; slowly: | '
4'1 here are men iu Denmark v?? ' i i
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then sunk again to sloop.
Olirintihi hastened from 111o. cavern,
1
and, Jas no emerged from it, the
rock closed solid behind him.
The ha?*, where the Dune had grasped
it horo the print ol his lingers, and
the touch hud transformed that put
of the iron into gold.
Christian with the precious bar, arrived
safe at Roskilde. lie gave the
bar, with i he golden end, to I he farmer^
and Wilborg consented to the lisher- >
eruianViiiarriago with his daughter.
The wedding was over, the bride
and groom had departed lor their
home. In the midnight hour the)
grasping tanner stole up stairs to look \
at the bar with the goldon end.
Oh, horror! the gold h.id changed !
hack into iron, and naught but the'
pressure ol llolger's hail remained to
prove that he had been visited by ;
Christian, the Fisherman.
PERSONAL SKETCHES.
J1Y I.ltUN OL1V12U.
Alexander U. Stephens.
Aiuoung the distinguished men of
our times there is ik> one. who. i:ilvin<r
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in lo consideration all the ci renin stances
ol 11in lite, is more deserving a place in
this series ol sketches than Alexander I
Hamilton Mhcphciis. As an example j
ol tho power ol will and intellect over j
physical weakness, he stands without j
a peer. 1 iis tenure ol life lor many
years has been so Iragile, that the an- :
nowiie.emenl ol Ins death at any lime i
would have occasioned no sui pn/.e,
and lor years Ins obituary has been
written and pigeon-holed in liie editorial
sanctums ol most, ol the leading
journals ol the land. .Many ol his contemporaries
in the councils ol the nation,
who were blessed wnl^ vigorous
health, and who, session alter session,
supposed they would be called upon
to participate in the customary ceremonies
over the remains ol Mr. biopliens,
have themselves passed away,
while be still lives. The annals ol
our Congress show several notable instances
ol the triumph ol lucre will
power over a lecble and broken pltys
ique, uinoung whom may ho named
John Kandoiph, i liiiil blcvens, ami
4lJarson' iJrownlow, but the ease ol
Mr. Stephens is ino most marked ol
all; ami it can bo truly said ot him,
that lor a whole generation he has
lived and labored in dehanee ol all (lie
la as which are supposed to govern the
duration ol human lite, and 1 lirmly
believe that any time in the past thirty-live
years, il ho had given up, and
allowed his lulirunties to gain lue ascendancy
over his indomitable w ill, lie
would have died in six months.
Mr, Stephens is a navive ol Georgia,
born in la 12, Hid was left an or
pn.iii in early childhood, one parent
avmg died m bis iiilancy, ami the
other w iieii ho was hut ten years ol
age. lie was in his boyhood vt ry religiously
inclined, and this tendency
impelled him to sludv theology and
prepare himsell lor Hie ministry. Il
he had adhered to this course, there is
little doupbt but that lie would have
been among the foremost l're-dj^ lerian
theologians in the Eolith, but he finally
chose the legal profession, and in
16J4, wuen nc was but tweniy-l\vu
years ot age, he was admitted to tin'
oar. lie veiy soon acquired an enviable
position lrom lue lael that lie was
successful ni gaining one ol his lirst
eases,(a very important one) in winch
lie was pitied against a celebrated attorney.
lie had struggled hard to acquire
an education, ami although he
nan known no real home since he was
leu )ears cud, lie entertained a strong
altoeuou lor llieiiuinble home that had
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once oevn nis milter's and Ifo devoted
iltu lirst iruils <>l his labors to the
purchase ot the ohi homestead, which
it.el :ii tile dealh ot his lather passed into
the hands ol strangers, and 'thus
secured, not a a heritage, but as the
result ol his oWn cllorts, Ins bu t hplaoe. (
ills signal success in Ins lirat elloris at
the bar, gave linn a refutation which
insured mm plenty ol ousineis, and ?is
a law yer lie was an undoubted success,
and proved lumscli capable ol coping
with tins oider and ablest men ol the
proiession in ins section. (
iVir. Stephen s brilliant success in the
legal pioii ssion Very soon attracted
Lite attention oi me poii.ieiana in and
about v>ruw'loitlsville, and lie was very
early in liisproieHSioii.il career drawn
into the poin icai arena, and lias, lor ,
nearly two scoie year?, been a pionn- : ^
mail ami influential participant either ^
in Dtuie or .National legislation. In (
lode ne was elected lot lie low'ei hoU*e j
111 tilt) K'gi.Ma Ul'u ol iaeoigla, to W hlell 4
position ne was lour Utiles re-elected, j
nerving in ad, live terms in Unit enpa- ,
/ity. in 16K' no was clccltM to inc- |
Mulu JSenaio and tho follow lug year j
lo i-oug?,tH>> by lliu Whigs, wncro Ik* j
li'liiiiiiKU tliiUi iooi). iio WHS kliowu
is u Vv lug, until itio breaking up of (
.iuit party, although lie was oppoa?;t' 1
lo some of tho measures of t! A
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izalioti, :inii upon it* dissolution and
tho formation of tho Republican party,
he took sides with tho Democrats, and
during t lie administration ol loichunan
was one ol its prominent champions. 1
At the close of tho itoth Congress, he
declined a .re-election. In I ho Presidential
campaign of 1800 ho was an
ardent advocate of Mr. Douglas, and
in numerous public addresses denounced
those who advocated the dissolution
ot the I nion in case of the
election of Mr. Lincoln, His love for
the I 11i< ii was strong and sincere, and
his speech bclore the State Convention
ot (teorgia, which p tssed the ordinance
ol secession, was beyond all comparison
the ablest argument for the preservation
ot the C nion, that has ever )
been uttered. 111 it he portrayed with
almost prophetic inspiration the terrible
consequences which have since become
matters of history, written with
a pen of steel dipped in the best blood i
ol the nation. North and South. It
has socmen to me that in that hour he
stood upon the summit ot a spiritual
'Ptsgah,' and that there passed before
his prophetic, v ision a panorama of the
bloody drama so soon to bo enacted
Certainly no orator, south or noith, j
ever so graphically or truthlully !
tnrpsh.idn wi-i 1 i t??? l./n it. < ...
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our country. lint ho, like thousands !
ot oihoc good, honed, and suita re j
men, lu-ld that iiis allegiance to his j
Suite was paramount to that duo to
the I'nion, and wlu-n the ordinance ol
secession was passed, he acquiesced
and gave his best cll'orts in aid of the
new confederacy, and by tongue and i
pen did kill in his power to make it a
success. I pon the organization ol the;
government ol the confederacy in* was
at first made provisional \ icc-Presi
(K ilt by its C'engross, and bubseipient- !
ly elected as permanent \ ioe-l'rcsi-!
ili-iil, isi accordance with the provisions ;
ol the Constitulion which they had;
uilopu ll.
As \ ice-1'resident of the Confe.d- ;
eraoy, Mr. Stephens wais not particu- 1
larly conspicuous. The otlioo is one
in wlfich the iuciijiiV)?*i?t has no voice
and no power in the adminisliation,
ami 1 will venture the opinion en />'($
mint, that, the vice-president should no
longer he a mere ornament, whose
power smd usefulness should only he
contingent upon the death of the 1'resident,
tmt that he should bet'# officio
a member ol the cabinet.
That there was little love or sympathy
existing between Jed'erson Davis I
and Alexander II. Stephens while they i
held their respective positions ol 1'resident
and Viee-l'resident ol the Confederacy,
is too well known to require
any proot.
During the war Mr. Stephens was
taken prisoner, and was lor some t ime
con lined in Toi l Warren in Huston
Harbor.
Alter the close ol the war, he gracelully
accepted the .situation, and has
since,-as is generally conceded, labored
honestly to secure harmony and
good Iccling between the sections
which bad lor four years been engaged
:i ll.. iv '
in ((I'iiiiiv commit. Having li id In.- |
political disabilities removed, lie hats !
nerved u jiurt ol one term in Congress,
but during the last session lie went j
home 4to die,' and there was daily expectation
ol the announcement that lie ;
had censed to live. Vet, such is his
hold upon the alkctions ol his constituents,
that he has recently been re- 1
elected, although there is little probability
that hu will ever be able to
take his seat in Congress.
i\Ir. Stephens can hardly be called a
politician, although he has been prominent
in political all uis lor nearly lor- ;
ty years, nor can it he ? lainied that he
is a statesman in the highest acc ptation
ol what that fjieat word signilics
What ho would have been had In*
been blessed with a physical vigoi '
proportionate to Ids immenso br.tin <
powei, can only be conjcclud, ami ;
when it is remcmocrcd that as a child |
and a youth Ik was nnusii illy dei.ca e,
and that during a large portion ol hie t'
as a mail he has hardly been able to '
walk or stand without support, ami I
that during all these years he has been a
constant sulVercr iioin pain which ,
vv on hi have prevented ninety-nine out
i?i a hundred trom engaging in into!- 1
lectual labors, hi* achievements are al- '
most miraculous. As a thinker, a '
writer and uu orator, he has le\ve?]iiah ,
and lower sup. riois. JTl cannot bo
said ol 111in lliatlio 'looks the orator,'
tor lie is in 11is personal appeal ac e I
jiiu 01 the most insigiiilioant ol men? '
a mere physical pigmy, though ;iu in- '
Icllcutual giant, Looking at him y
while he was a prisoner at r'oit War 1
ion, the ihoiignt involuntarily arose, ,
Is it possible thai this* diminutive t
tkelilon, barely covered with a yellow 1
[iareliinciiL-like skin, is the man whose '
pni and tongue have moved and eon- I
trolled so many thousand*?' There i>, ^
fiowever, one leature in tno jitrsorml v
A litis remarkable mail which cannot ; 1
fail to attract tnu attention and the ; 11
idinnation of those who sc in him. N
[lis eyes are most expressive, they up- *
>ear unusually large in contrast with
shrunken lea lures, but theie is a 1
loft, 86U expression in them which is I
Icoidcdly fascinating, und makes one 1
} * \10tgei tlie features which are j '
with K^ies, that speak more'
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11 >< '? ! ..I j.? ? <i H?;uure tin- iin?t iui?i
1 I \ il? }? . .. li <h' -<vtjiit.lt iw>?*:tioii.
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t\hiti.ci iti Idovnn' oi tlisj-iuy t> |H : lt">* thus
nil inch v. hi he o u^o<l lot* a> x > j lu,. .
Man t?? 11 < > Ci ?j.
iX'illiu >' hi 1' : .?*?iij notices free.
ObllUHlK'1 ..I mc sqUUie t ei . o.. ? i <
suaro eliui ,c"i ut <i ivcruaiug i.uc.-..
lioli^ou* i.oi?tw?> ol one .v;u. i' ii? .
, A UlM'ial t ii lit Will L)?: lll.nl' H> ;i :
wliu&o aUMiUi?;ii:i?uls arc l?; l?e lo ^/i j i ! ><
icrin ol tlm months or lunger,
mmmmmmmrnmi *?? ^?>r? t*m w-zi** . - . . ^
eloquently than words, ot
Ltliuoii <111 <t u< ul?: sulteiing.
Morally. Air. Stephens is withoui
HUiin; deeply religious, Uiorow-u.?
IiC'UChL and sincere, bis whole i?.c
colli will testily that bu is that u: n -t
I) pi) Ol 111.Ill, l\ (.'lllUSri AN
MAN.
A lVrspicuoiis >Vitiics..
The scene reported below occ u
i J- .. .1
uuiore me circuit court <>; ; i.i
nia county, Virginia, iu the * .?. ? ?J
(Join mou wealth \s. luviii !y, ut>
charge of malicious slabbing J e
venue being impaneled and the
solemnly charge.i by the clcru, i -
Commonwealth's uttorm y called, . support
ot the indictment, the wiim ?,
I luck Briant, wiio being solemn, y
sworn the truth to tell, lesttlied .t*
follows;
QuuBtion by the,, commonwealth's
attorney?Tell, all you know about
the cutting of the prisoner at tno
t
uar.
Answer?Well, gentleman, it was
election day, 'twas a dark, cloudy,
wet sort ol a drizzly day, and says J
to my old woman, I believe i will ?.o
down to Kinggold and 'posit my \ olr.
And, says my oid woman to me, wed
lluok, as it is a sort ot dark, eloudy,
wet sort of a drizzly day, says sne,
hadn't you better take the umbrill/ Say a
J to IJ ?o old woman, I 'sped 1 hud better
take the umbrill. i. took tin*
nmbrill and advaneed on to warn?
Kinggolvl; und when I 'got down tii .r
Mr. Cole coined, and, says lie, I n< .?
Buck, bavo you seed any tiling a
neighbor Harris? Says I to .Mr Colo,
lor why? Says lie, he's got my
nmbrill.
The witness was here interrupted
by the court utid toid to cnutine In uselt
to the actual fray between in??
prisoner ami Cole, the prosecutor.
In unwer to this the witness umarked,
in u ton <.>1 indignant re n usl
ranee:
'Well now, Mr. Judge, you h !.l ont
lor i am sworn to l.ell the truth, uu-i
I'm gwiuo to tell it my own way ? ao
'taint worth while for you to sa uoihin'
about it.'
Whereupon the Common wealth'*
attorney, being anxious to get rid ot
the witness upon any terms, tohl hi u
to go on and tell iho story h> owa
way.
4 Well, 1 was goin'on to say, 'twas
on election day; IJiehunan and l'ilm<*
was running lor the legislature, ami ?
says i to my old woman, 1 believe 1 \i
go down to Ringgold and 'posit my
vote, fhtys my old woman to uit^
says she, Hack, as it is a sort ol a |*
dark, rainy drizzly furl oi a day,
hadn't you hotter Lake your utuhnll?
ways sin,'. Says J to my old woman, JL
'.spool I ha I hotter lake iny unibrib;
ho I took the umhiiil and advanced Ivj
wards Ringgold until 1 arrived tit.i '?
Well, the licst think 1 did when 1 lj<m.
Lhar was to take a drink of lluclun .a
whiskey, whioh was monstrous gou u
and, says 1 to myself, says I, Old li >.*
you leel hotter now, don't you? An i
while ' was advancing around, .Mi.
Uolef i came to m *, and says he, I .j
cle I'iuok, have you seen anything <m
aid neighbor Jlarrir? Says I, lor why*
Says he, the old in wi has got iny u u\
? *
k/im. ilia*! .1 wu.iu j posit my vott^
md then Mr. Cole uuJ mo advanc. J
back toward home, and Mr. (.'Mo w uh
lighter than 1 ov.er saw him. And t.
ivc advanced till we i;ot whar i'?
road and path torked, and wr I :
ho path, uh any other ooutMm-a.
ivoul 1, and artor advancing a whim
ivoamv to old neighbor it ims aituu^
j'\ a io_$ with Iho umorill oil his arm,
vnd about that limo Lthpih (
the prisoner) came tip and a iianccdl
>n till we arnv at Elijah's hou uKlijah
i-> my noil", w an ? nkovvi.m
.on-in law. iJc marrie I my da?v r
Jane, which U ne\i to Mally, Arw; , ?
,vo had advanced to Ei^ ih's house, o
itood in the yard a wu.io a J.ia,.,
nesoiitiy somebody* riuo up on 4
iorse, winch was Johnson ana \Y.,u
it>hl (h?s?:nHv 1 it. I W O..1 1
j iu?,uviu uu>4,
viah Cassauy bomg tuo name. K,.4>4 *
vas drunk, and he and Mr. (.'olu out
o cus. in1 oho UtiOlliui* about public
md I nd\ ancc-l uao I no liotws h <4*r
V as Klij Hi's wile, w bun i , ,nv d u u r