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'niE llORllY NEWS, PUBLISHIO Kvery Saturday Hominy T W. BEATYy Editor. t O.vic Ykar, $2.00 Six Months, $1.00 All eominuiilrwtluna t?n<IJuir to -a.rve > private Intercut, will be charged lor w. s ndvertlweiueialto. Mr. Sprigging" Experiment, o I'll bet you teu dollars I cau!" said Spriggius. "And I'll bet you ten dollars you can't!" said I, emphasing the last word very decidedly. The moral and conscientious reader must not bo shocked at what lie may consider our gambling proclivities. The phrase, "I'll hot you ten dollars,"' was simply a cUucher or climax used by Sprigging* and myself when we had exhausted every argument and each tailed to convince the other that he vvas wrong. And fiince neither of us, except in rare in* stances, ever acknowledge ourselves in the wrong we had to bet ten dollars very frequently. Hut we never expected to pay when we lost. Indeed we never demanded payment, when the point in dispute was settled, but contented ourselves in saying, "I told you so." The point in dispute in the present instance rose about an item in a column of the morning paper. That item read as follows: "John Jones, a convict in Sing Sing prison, has fallen heir to two hundred and fllty thousand dollars. Effort# are being made to secure his pardon." "There," said I, "you see the power of money. That man was just as innocent and as guilty, before he was worth two hundred and titty thousand dollars, as he was afterwards; but behold what a change! Wealth hnngs him friends, who make efforts, to secure his pardon. Had tie remained poor, his 'friends* would havo pel milted him to rot in his prison without raising a little finger to secure his pardon. This world is a humbug, Mr. Spriggitis?a regular cheat; in the language of a poem I read in my boyhood, it is all 'hollow, hollow hollow!' " Ah I conclude this spiteful little sneeeh. Mr. SnrJorrrmera utMio-lilcnwl ~i~ * t ~r* *ob""b" .... ^..--?~ himself up ill n way he had when preparing himself lor a combat; and I knew we should liaye a fight, our tongues being the weapons. Without giving the argument pro and con, it will sufHee to say that the discussion was brought to an end by Mr. Springgingri proposing au experiment. lie was, bo it understood, a man of means, h business man of good business standing, but somewhat ecentrio, and the proposition he made was to go around among Sis friends and tell them he was absolutely insolvent. uIt/' said he, "I do this, and they freely advance money to start me in business, I win. I have no doubt 1 can jiorrow all the money I want, with nothing but my face as security." Then, as I stated at the outset, we bet ten dollars each on the result, and I awaited with eagerness the result of the practical test. I, howeycr, ventured to intimate that if he carried out the experiment he might weaken people's confidence in truthfulness; hut this only made him more determined than ever. So the experiment was tried. He went to Mr. Smith, one of Ids most intimate friends, and said: Mr. Smith, I am a bankrupt." "Indeed!" ejaculated Mr. Smith, very much astonished. "Aud pray, how has it come about?" "I?I?," said Mr. Spriggins, hesitatingly, for story telling?or, in plain English, lying ?was a new sin with him. "I?I went security for a friend, and had to pay the last cent of it." ''Too bad, indeed," was Mr, Smith's sympathizing response. "It I can only borrow a few thousand*, however, to get started in business again, I think I cau get on very well." Mr. Smith thought there would be no difficulty in getting the money, lie would be very glad to advance it himself, but he was "excessively short" iusc at the time. Mr. Spriggings ' knew that this was not the case, aud his opinion of Mr. Smith's undying friendship underwent a rapid and radical change. lie saw all of his many friends and renewed his request to each in turn but they all tfenod to be "short' just at that tiujon. After a lew days of unsuccess! , . uforts to borrow money, he hut** "'^ acknowledged he had lost hia hOjjjjfairlv. and that his face was not g| clacecurity among his iiicnds. Jonth, ... 9 "I tola you iJaiu I. But an unT^Jd-for trouble came upon him. Ho engaged to a very accomplished young lady. His truth in her wa* unbounded. He had often told me that it there was a good true woman on earth, it was hie intended. But her father, hearing of the insolvenoy of the sou in law that was to t be, accosted him, saying, "I underr stand, Mr. Sprigging*, that yon have I met with a reverse of fortune. I 44 Yes, sir," replied Spriggings sheep* 1 ishly. I 44Of course, under your altered cirI cumstances, you cannot expect to wed I my daughter." I Here was a new tutn in affairs for Be which Mr. Spriggios was not prepared. H He thought at first of correcting the falsehood he had himself started; bat the idea t-uddently flashed upon his mind that here was a good opportune 1?u. u n 11 i 11__ J? J,11 HOI VOL. 7. CONV ty of testing the sterling qualities ot his sweetheart. This frould be a triumph which would more than compensate for his defeats in other direc- 1 lions, 1 So ho replied, "Of course, sir, I have 1 a better opinion of your daughter 1 than to suppose she promised to be my wife for ^ho sake oi my money. ' Marriage for money"?and Sprigging ' was becoming very indignant?"mar- : riage for money sir, is a *ell degrada- fc tion, and nothing else, let the world c call it by whatever natue it may." "Of course, Mr. Sprigelus, mv 1 daughter thought something of you; but you know a mat) without means would bo foolish to think of marrying* "I havo a good education, and, I may say, a brave heart; and, though deprived of fortune, I can earn enough to support myself and another.'' "It is useless to prolong this controversy, Mr. Spriggins," said the old man. "As a man of honor you will certainly offer to release my daughter from her engagement. Of course, if she does not accept your offer of freedom under the circumstances, I shall havo nothing more to say. flood day, Mr. Spriggings; 1 arn in soma what of a hurry." "In a hurry, ll he?" muttered Spriggins, as his intended father in-law disappeared from view. "Seems to mo that everybody is in a hurry now that meets me. All! I understand it. > The sickly smile, the flurry and hurry, | means simply that they want to drop \ me from their list of friends. Well, j. they shall bu accommodated. !Jut there is one friend that 'stickoth closer than a brother, she will noi desert ine. There's great consolation in that." . So saying, lie hastened to seo her. If . ? 1 I. .... a I V ? .1 i? lie iowlid nor 111 tears. ror iiio iiihi time since engaged in trying his experiment, he tell like a very mean 1 man. Ho would have confessed at ( once what a great liar he had been ' making of himself, had not the confession been a rather awakward undertaking. "You have no doubt learned," said he, "that I have met with a suddo.v le verse of fortune. Your father tells mo that the only honorable course for me is to offer to release you from your engagement. Aud, while doing so, permit me to say that if, after being released from your engagement with Snriggins, the r:ch man, you will plight your faith to him as a poor 1 man, I shall be the happiest man on earth. I want to be an honorable man, and so give you your freedom." * . AIiss Dulcinea sobbed convulsively, * but finally succeeded in speaking so 11 as to be understood. "You are very kind, Air. Spriggins," she said. "I am very sorry that our engagement must be broken off, for 1 did like you so. well." And so the hopes that Air. Spriggings entertained were dashed to the 1 IT! 1*1 m I t grouna. ma isuieinea ntea nun very ' well, but liked his money better, and 1 so when she imagined that was gone, 1 she too left him. Without another 11 word lie strode oft* from her presence, f a different but by no means a happy 1 man. 1 "So, so!"' he muttered. "The en * gagement on her part has been a mere * matter of money. I am the same man ( now as I was before, I am just ris good and I think a great deal wiser." f "You are right," said ho to me. * "This world is a humburg. There is < not a man or woman among my friends that's wortl^, a pifich of ?nufV. i But I will be revenged. I have a I plau that will spite old Smith delight- 1 lullv." ? Mr. Spriggins seemed to have been < struck with a new thought. lie lelt I me abruptly, and I saw him 110 more < for several days. Meantime the news < was spread around that Spriggins was < not insolvent?that it was alia hoax. 1 The next time I saw him he told | me, with a sort of malicious pleasure, < that bo had got about even with his ' "friends." Said he, "I know of an in- ? vestment that will pay, without ? doubts, at least fifty per cent. 1 called ou Smith and explain the thing to him. Ho was highly pleased, and offered to go into the affair. "But," said 1, "you have no mouey?you are i excessively short." I've called on the | rest, with a like result, aud now I'm i revenged." Mr. Spriggins really i laugh ed, but it was rather a disagree* i able laugh. "I met," said he, "the 1 i fithar nt hur vhnm T An/ia it>? , 1 ,wl ! V? T1 UV/IM ? WMV/V IIJVVUMVU VV marrv. He was very tiiendly' but I told him 1 waa in a hurry and could not atop to, talk, my time being too precious. And avary time those false hearted friends smile on me so pleasantly I pass on and tall tbetn I'm in a hurry/1 I suppose Mr. Sprigging has i bad ahu revenge: bat he is a very < sad man now. lie is an old bachelor, and vows that girls oare inore about money than a good, true heart. He says, too, that the love atones scat- i tared over the coootry are without any foundation iu real life. Poor Spriggins! H# has learned at great co*t tho trolls that Where Ignorance Is Who, His folly to bo . wise." ?i . es II iii^L? I. .11.1 . *'! I ?_> JV n Xndepe JAYBORO, S. O., SA lion to Keep Fresh Meat a Loiik Time. There is no good reason why far- J [tiers and t heir families should eat so! nuch salt pork, leaving nil the fresh 1 neat to the inhabitants ot cities and tillages, whsn the following method will keep meat fresh for weeks, even 11 the warmest weather. I know, for I have tried it over ten years; As soon is the animal heat is out of the meat ?lico it up ready foi cooking. Prepare i large jar by scalding well wiih hot tall ami water. Mix salt and pulverzed saltpeatre iit the proportion ot one uiblespoonlul ol s&Upealro 10 one teajupful of salt. (. over the bottom ot he jar with a sprinkle ol salt and pcp)t?r. Put down a layer ot meat, 'piinkle with salt and pepper the same it just going to the table, and con- i inue in this manner till the jar is till), t^old a cloth or towel and wet it in itrong salt and water, in which a little >1 the salt peat re is dissolved. Press he cloth closely over the meat and set n a cool place. He sure and press the doth on tightly us each layer is renovo'l, and your meat will keep tor nonths. it is u good plan 10 let the neat lie over night alter it is sliced jefore packing. Then drean off all the dood that oozes Irotn it. It will he lecessary to change the cdoth occasionally, or take it oil* and wash it ? irst in cold water?then scald in salt iml water as at firm. In this way 'a nil its can have IVesli meat the whole /ear round! 1 have kept beet that was tilled on the 12th ol February till the Msi ol June. Then packed a large ur ot veal in the same way during tilting days and it kepi, six weeks. This eceipe alone is worth the price c\l any lcwspapcr in the land. Cor. New York Herald. Perpetuating Ignorance. The Horry News prints an obituary, bvntien by a school teacher of that xmoty, verbatim cl literatim, and uses t as a text upon which to point out low great, a iit'wi exists tor more at.eiition to the qualifications of school eachem in that county. In t;otiii)Osi* ion, punctuation and spelling, the ibituary referred to exhibits a great ack of education, combined with an ,'Vident belief thai it is a very credita>le literary, eltort. 'l'he writer has joen drawing a good salary for two ears as a teacher, anil it is fair to say hat every dollar paid to him was worse than wasted. To call him a .cachet* is to tnisuc terms, lie should Je called a perpetuator of ignorance. We are sorry to know that this is no miliary instance. We were lecently ihown the correspondence of a county iehoot commissioner, which contained otters so absolutely absurd that one ergot the mournful significance of hem as indices of the condition of our ree school system in the enjoyment of ,he ludicnous combination of ignomice and egotism displayed in them. The Horry editor points out the tact hat, though tlie conservatives control he sell'?ol appointments in that conny, such a case of {competency is possible, and uses it as a text to urge greater care in selecting teachers in he future. We hope the advice will )e heeded, and it is equally to be delired that republican school officers should begin to act with greater cirniniapectioii on the same subject. Our schools at least ought to be free rotn the blight of politics. They are, lowever, to as great a degree as oilier )flices, under its baneful influences, riuj county school commissioner is dected frequently to quiet the demand or some other office. Ho appoints i Mliol /ti>v t /? / not in .) til AX ft I I*1A/*I I I J I U III ,1 liniui D IU VVIIVI *?4 VIM |M VV'IIM/VU jo me one's interest. Ho fears to lemund too hight a standard of qualiication lor a teacher's certificate, because he will thereby cut off the means j| his party friends. Thus are the sa;red claims ol the next genereation saritieed to the sordid ambitions of the present. If it continues, the day will jorne when the enemies of education will only need to point to the remits ol our free school system to tind i potent argument lor iis destruction. The greatest sufferers by such a catastrophe will he the colored people. 1\? them education is the only force strong enough to insure the continuince of their presetit position in our political system. If it was certain that thev were to remain lor any considerable time as ignorant as they are to-day, there would not be a shadow ol a party in the United states 1 a voidable to the universal sullerage experiment. It is the hope of a speedy improvement in their qualifications thai makes their existence as |?olilical lactors tolerable to the masses oI the whites. It is with sorrow, then, that we are obliged to believe that they are in a great degree responsible for the existence oi so great an evil as incompetent teachers in our public schools. it l* wiltnn our Kiiowicug<3 uiav whore attempts have been made in some places to raise the standard of qualification the cry hrttt beeo raised thai tho result intended was to force colored teachers out and to bring iu the whitefl. Trustees, aud even parents, have been led to give credence IV ;hid shallow device of prejudice aud( K. I 1 - L 1 1 '1 ' 1 - ndont J ournal. lTURDAY JULY 10, political pAPrfion, to the evident injury ol the young committed to their cure. The near I at tiro Iiuh trials yet in store for those who have reeentlv uc quired t lit* suffrage, and lor those who have hoped ho much from it. The surest weapon of defense for both will he found in the prool that tune can be depended upon to render the objeo I to ins of their enemies nugatory. An eflieout, progressive system of cduw.v tion, having the hearty oo-oporat ion and warm affections of the rare needing it so much, will be the best anchor of hope lor a victory in any such con test.? Union* Herald. Origin of (lie Lacustrine Deposits. by 1'llof. hamulm. al oiiky, i'o. 1> , of ti1k statu univkus1ty. | nebraska, | In nyiny portions of Nebraska, the Pliocene Tertiary deposits alionud. They contain the remains of hog#* matntnals and a vegetation of colossal ; character. Those from the earlier | portions of these deposits are indicative ot'a comparatively warm climate. Towards the close ot the l'lioeene age the teinpralure of this region was rapidly falling. A huge glacier gradually began to creep southward from the polar regions, and in the course of Ages covered the whole West, down to at least the thirty tilth degree ot north latitude. It u as during this period that the glacier scratches and other muikings so familiar to the geologists all over the North tempeiat.e zone, were tuude. When at last the glaciers had accomplished their purpose in the economy of nattue, and owing to a change of climate, begn to tr&appear, a new forest lied again gradiptllly formed all over the land not coveriXi bv water. I have often seen this old forest hi (? ?tnicK hi nigging wells, in many parts ol the wesl. It i? found just above t lie glacial drill, and itcomposed ot black soil, and olten contains partially decayed and partially pcirifi< d timber. i?ut the character t f lliese remains indicate a inucls colder clima'e than what now prevails lit the same region. Over this old and now buried Ibn-st bed, the ext met Elephant and Mastodon roamed in company with the Reindeer and Musk Ox. lint the Elephant was clothed with hair and wool and otherwise adapted to a culd climate. A vast subsidence of the eontirter.t towards tin' Northwest occurred. All parts of' i lie Not th of the Ohio, less (hail live hundred leet above the level ol the great lakes, were entirely submerged. This depression was much greater than that immediately following the disappearance of the great glaciers. Now a polar sea swept over these regions, vast icebergs were driven south wards, and as they stranded and melted, left their debris to lorm the boulder deposits that cover so many portions of Iowa, Nebraska and other Western Slates. Thus it is seen that the early controversy concerning the origin of the drift had on both sides, abundant proof to substantiate its positions. It was wholly caused neither by icebergs tior by glacers, but by both acting at different eras. It was during tlie latter centuries of this era that the Lacustrine deposits of Nebraska weie formed. This portion of the continent was slowly rising, but the greater part of the region drained by the Plat to and i?s tributaries, was covered by a huge fresh water lake. This lake was connected with l lie olio into U'liie.li tin* Missouri river also tell, an J they may be considered to have been one vast iiody ot water. The Missouri nver is yet to day, one ot the muddiest streams in the world. 1Stit ii we ascend this liver, and observe closely the deposits through winch it is passing we cannot wonder at iis character. These deposits are <>l Tertiary and Cretaceous age and are the most (liable in the world. The a'renins which poured into this great fresh water lake from the West, (Missed through similar deposits. The Ternary is largely silicious, and the Cretaceous is both silicious ami calcareous. In fact in many places, the Missouri and ith tributaries flow directly over the chalk beds of the Cretaceous deposits. From these beds the Lacustrine deposits obtained their huge percentage of the phosphates and carlKXiates of lime. Flowing through such deposits for a thousand miles the Missouri and its tributaries have been gathering lor vast ages; that peculiar mud which filled up ibeir ancient lakes, and disiiiiguisues them from all other streams. Being anciently as now, very rapid mt.reii.ms- am soon as t.hov ?-mt ii d l hem selves iuto these great l.tke basins, and the waters become quiet the. suspende?l sedirr.cot was dropped to the bottom. While this process was going on, the last ol the glaciers had not retreated lurthor than the head waters ot the Yellowstone and Missouri, and souic ot their tributaries. The accumulating lorce ??| tin so mighty streams was then aided by il?e erosive action of ioe, and therefore must have been vastly more active than anything of lite kind with which wo are now lamil jk 1875. NO. 27. iftr. 1 lad a river like the Missouri, or even like the Hatte Mowed through i the northern ehnin of great lakes they ; never would have been known to civilized man. They would have been I completely tilled up with sediment, and the tributaries of the St. Lawrence would have traversed the regions which tlicy now occupy. Alter the great Nebraska fresh water lake was tilled lip with sediment, it existed m?? ' a longer or shorter tunc as a huje marsh. Gradually, different pottions j of it became entirely drained and dry. It wan now that the necessities ot diaiuage began to produce the channels niid beds of existing streams. Hero then, wo have an explanation of UlC KOlitf AT10N OK TilK Tl.A'lTK VAI.I.KV. The general inclination of the region was eastward or became so by the gradual elevation of the Kooky Mountain legion. As this great lake had become dry, the water would How eastward. This eastward How gradually scooped out the vast trough that now constitutes the 1 Matte valley. The amount ot material which has been carried down to the Missouri, and from thence to the ocean, is prodgious. This is seen when it is recollected that the Valley is about live hundred miles long and Irom three to fifteen miles wide, averaging in breadth at least five miles. Here then, arc several thousand miles of sediment carried away, showing the enormous geological forces that have helped to chisel this region into its present form. In the earlier periods of the history of this valley when the drying'up process was just beginning, the Platte covered the whole bottom from bluft to hluif, and only when tins portion of the con iiiKMii was nunuu m ;? mm mgun mvel, <1 id the volume of water dimmish suflioioiitl y in the old river l**d and it-4;ye the inaghificeut bottoms on each* side dry m.'i'l- Wo can therefore, only now in iinaginalI?o picture the sir.e ami majesty of the original J'latte, when it was a turbulent stream, Irom three to lilt-eeu miles in width. The ineiiiflK glaciers at its sources, the vast floods of water caused by the iuwr.cnao rains, produced by the moist* climate that lucn prevailed, and the present form ol the river bed, are some of the reasons that induce these conclusions. We are apt to speak flippantly of these changes, so much like scenes in a shifting drama. Hut to u? the icons of lime in which they were accomplished are simply incomprehensible. Probably, then, on the whole, nature was as stable as now, at least so far as we have any means ol judging, and yet, gradually from year to year, little by little, all those vast revolutions on the lacd were accomplished. The Largest Farm in the World. Mr. Georgia Grant, the enlightened founder of Victoria colony, in Kansas, who has been spending a couple of days in this city, le't lor Kansas last evening. The owner ol 570,000 acres of laud, embracing the County of Ellis, which is larger than any dukedom in Europe, he is entitled to the credit of a public benefactor, by the introduction ol the best blooded stock, and showing, by example the best manner of rearing, feeding and improving the foreign and domestic breeds of horses cattle and sheep in this country, lie has just wintered 7,00 sheep with a loss ot loss than one percent, lie wintered 537,000 cows without feeding them, except on several cold nights with hay, with only a ] loss ot lour calves and one cow. Uis success in this respect is due mainly to good shelter. The secret of saving feed and preserving stock is shelter. During the past year, Mr. Grant c.\- ; pended $0/200 in constructing shelter, and he has such faith in its advantages that lie will expend double the amount during the coming season. Ife has $250,000 invested in stm-k, and is the owner of the thorough-bred English stallion Flodden, \ alued at $25,000, the lather ot which wen the race in 1800 at Derby, in which half a million dollars changed hands. Mr. Grant has just returned from the East, and has oil the way to his farm thirty odd brood mares, jiurehased in Oluo, Virginia and Kentucky. Mr, Grant is disposing of his land to actual settlers, and sells only to such as can afford to purchase a mile square or upwards. Among the large number of resident colonists and stock, raisers who have purchased laud ot him, and are now raising in Victoria colony, are many youug nieu of prominence, both (u this country aud England. The Hon. Walter Maxwell younger son of Lord i r l.i 1 ir l Harriet*, oc uvvruigiiura paric, iorutthire Kugl&od, uwiih iwo sections, aud 18 comlortably Mfttled dowu to the healthful life of the rouober*. Then thoie are three bachelor sons oPa Derbyshire clcrgymau, and the nephew of the Karl of Wioohelsea, who is now ou his way over from Kogland to take up his home thore. Two ucphews oi Mayor Guthrie, of New York oily, and two young tthjelds, of ttoaton, are also among the number. St. Louti Republican. ? \ 1 .. , X i XDVVAi'n&iiA&STiA i Jtw??ne?l ?? per square for first, ainl t> cent* /.?r fafli OikMt;queul inyjrlioU. . . Oiiu in? '? ?]?*< \A*III constitute * square w hot her in brevlsi or dinplny type; l<vu< than an Inch will he charged for ah * squire. Marriage notice* free. li'jMlh* aiitj Funeral nOticee free. 1 Miun.it i notice* of one square fr.?e. A liberal discount will be m a tie to thoee wIkiw advert i.tuuieuts are to be kept in for three month* in longer. California fMtU The gold ol California was notw;?A by *urly Spanish explorers, and wan I a^aiu discovered on the Colorado lvi\er, just a century since, in 1775, but attracted a ? attention till it* rediscovery early in 1848, when Una ; existence ot v? ry rich gold alhwiurmi ; was made known. A rapid iiniuigrution to the ivgion at once (followed, and it reported in August ol that year that the daily prod notion of gold >vas Irom *30,000 to *50,000. ' it was not until lrt51 that the gxddi bearing veins were discovered, and the larger part ol th? gold ol California ! has boon got from th^ nJaeers, as tho alluvions ureca'led. it * * itfOm the "partial exhaustion of these ?bat iTne productions has of lato years coosderubly diminished. In 1848 it was estimated at * 10,00),000, and reached its maximum of *05,000,000 m 1853. in 1070 it had fallen to *25,000,000 and reached *J9,000,no0 in 1873, hut rose * again Ui 1874 to *20, 300,000. The total yiehl, since the opening of tho mines in 1848, a nounls to more than * 1,000,000,000. The working ol the gold* bearing veins and ol the deeper alluvions or placers has of late been systematized and greatly improved, and Irom the ahu.idance' and richness <f these, and the persistence of tho veins in depth, tins region may b? exjHjeted to produce great amounts ol gold for generations to come. "]?)?.?;ksi wiikk fiiwa uatchsd.** ?Kx-Senator Nye has been failing for ? * *|5 many months, hut up to very reoeotly has hipl lueid intervals 'd a lew moments duration, in which were almost pniulully appaient Hashes oi his o 14 self. When Senator Itooth went Kast last *|>ring, uu; uaugnt/er ot oeoat??c Nye, in uu ctlbrt to amu^e hnn, b?n4 over I tie old statesman and sabi."Father, Senator Dooth haw reached. Washington* lJo yoa rduetuheit" him?" "Doolli, I Sooth!" replied ik?s lailiug chief; 4tis he not of California:'" %4YfH," tnud the daughter. *'/)o yoa. reniemher him? Sirs friends in California think lie is' the coming man.** n Tlwt beginning to lade in the uid eagle's eye, leib be answeied as lie ^ would ot old. .Shaking lift head siow^ ^ Iv, he HjHike: 44 Iboy are mistaken* / Dooth in like a squall?he wan biggi?t when lirst hatched." J "Iffjifj /'it ( V/y Ifnter}>rtMe. d While Lady Franklin is lying on the sick-lied I rum which it is believed that she will never arise, asti-ainoi sails out of Portsmouth harbor, equipped at the joint expense of ibis noble woman, ot" Capt. Allen Young, anil ol our valiant coulrymun, Mr. James Gordon Dennett, to continue tho search which has *niplo\ed so many years ot Lady Franklin s career. J>h* lias devoted a ?j nailer of a century to the pious task w liicli thus employs her latest hours, The expedition ol MoCliutock, in which (Ju pi. Young bore a conspicuous part, koived the long sought secret ul ?>ir John Franklin's tale, and this voyage ot the Pandora, it may !>cconfidently hoped, crow n will Lady Jane's laliorH, hy bringing home the last relies ot tin: distinguished navigator. Will the loviug wile be on earth to receive liuj burden when it arri vc?? , - - m m * - u vk'wioc Mauuiko ink vicr Nor a. W f L1|/ Ilk I Ulttl \ I r? 1? J# III k?? A I..11 ** mm; iv. im i ??* i n. i-xwi'-i ii.nn iril^ wife u! George J. Amndell, of Albany., obtained ;iu aloulute Uecree of divorce from hiiu, and on ike :*d vt June, I >74, nhe wan remarried t?> luu\ by lie v. Dr. llridgciiian, ami mow , according to a o>U)pl.ii111 tiled iu the county clerk \? office, il appears thai, although lw it e married, Mr*. A. j* not legally a w ife. , 'I'lle compiaint u<Uege?t Dial, alter t'ho second manage, she w an yci'MUbdcd Uy Atundell to Hiirreiider certain valuable papers which put Inr iu possession ?d property, and -that i-be is advised ly 1 counsel that the Her on HI tn&rruge .:a out! and void, an the decree ot-d1vuroc ju'ohibitcd Aiended M'nui again uiarrjang during Die lite <>i Ion wile, and j ?he, therefore, prays the euu.rt, U* itmuu au order to restore her the p.tpes* gran. ted her hy the decree of divorce, and surrendered by her to Am* loll alt, r the second marriage. I "Mighty Ousurliu."?Gu the lenry, boat crossing the Mississippi, ruotuuUy, mtere an old couple Irum Lo mamma, ; couruio to \ i^it iricud* iu Vicksbirrg.. TiH) old gentle viae wa? walking around, despite bin witc'n predictu?na that Komeilnng would happen u? htm, i and be suddenly found himself iu th?* river. She heard his yell aud Caught, sight oi hun, and leaning over Lhe rail she shouted: 44 There, Samuel, didu*C I LuJi vnu ho' Now. thou. work, vour log*, flap your artus, hold your WrcaUt and r?j>e.u the Uwd'a Prayer, tor il'a mighty outtoruu, Satauol, whether** you'll laud iti Vickaburg or eternity." Llti lauded al Liic iofo,i*?r? Appreciating hi* loCturc osj Priday night of last ve?k, the Jewitfb element of KtieigU presented Uovonw?r Va/K? ?u Haturday laafc with a handsome gold watch. Tbo preoewtslioo wan nad? hy Mr. M (Jrauwwao to atfr* qwent maimer, aodth* gill was MMoiwMl %/ ho (ioYCfuor iu hb uiual felicitous stylo.