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" n Qat9 lap N 1 W.F' *SE SN rpltn .D E IL . S. C. J UY2 . M'ALCOM WARREN. OR THE OLD MAN'S STORY, " Maleome, I wouldn't. go out to night Come stay with me this evening." " Not tbis evening Alice, I have promised to meet some friend this evening, and I must keep. my word.. F'will be at home in good season." - "I 'had hoped that I should have your compabj'. Come, why can't- you try and see it' icannot make you as happy as those cogpinions whom you are to meet ? Just this once, Malcom. 0, this once !" "No, no, Alice, I am going out. What; crying ! Now what's the use of that. - Can't a fellow go out once and a while without leaving a crying wife ?" "I can't help it, Malcom. But here, kiss me before you go." Thus spoke Malcon Warren and his young wife. Malcome was a young man twenty seven years of. age, and a carpenter by trade. His wife was one of the sweetest disposi tioned girls in: town, and she . made one of the' best of wives. She loved her husband with the whole energy of her pure soul, and she knew that she was beloved in' heart. her two children, a boy and girl, often saw her abed tears when they were alone with her in the snug little sitting room, and the boy was old enough to ask what made his mother. cry, but she dared not tell' him. Malcom Warren owned the little cottage I.i, which he lived, and he had paid for it all out of his .own hard earnings, while .Alie bad borne her share of the burden by pur obsing all the furniture. Malcom was stout and an- excellent workman, and he had nv er7et seen'the hour when. he- need to lay idle forhe'ant of work. A better hearted 6'6ot5 fired lAt in the town, and when, he l'ok th; ulo Alice for his wife there was many a ir iaidenwhose bosom gave place to a kindly', wistful envy. They would not have-robbed Alice of her prize but they only hoped that their own lot might be as fortu. aate. Why, -then, should a cloud come upon that house I Why should Alice weep' Ah, for the same reason that thousands of our fairest daughter's weep. 'For the same rea son, that hot tears are ever crying out their silent appeals for mercy-tears that run un til they make a flood that fairly shrieks as it 'rolls over -our land. Malcom Warren had a high social nature ,-.his society was prized by all who could "'uieui- it ;ind. be -liid been indulging in the' false smiles of the wine-cup for the last year, ke had been allowing his appetite to gain strength. At first it was only an " occa sional glass," then "a-glass or so once in a while," and then "one or two glasses a day." But lately he had gone so far as to spend his earnings from home, and for near ly two months past be had spent all his mo ney with his jovial companions., Alice saw all this, and she knew full well where it would end if it was not stopped. She knew her husband's nature, and she knew how surely I 'he. was falling. She had whispered to him her fears, and he had tried to laugh them off1 as idle whims. She had prayed to him to stop the fatal career while he had yet strength, but he had been offended because she should think that he would ever become a drunkard. So Alice-was afraid to speak all her fears. Yet she sawv with a clear eye all that svas coming. She saw the broad road upon which bet beloved was traveling, and her heart was ach'~ng. She knew that even now want was staring them in the face! It was -autumn, and she had asked Malcom for me. .iey to buy warmer clothes for herself and children, and he had none to give her. On. ly'a day before he had brought home a buck *et full of flour instead of sending home a barrel as he used' to do. He earned money, and where was it!i Alas! poor Alice knew too well Malcom's face, and she saw that its manly beauty was slowly but surely eating away. The large blue eyes were growing dim, bleared and bloodshot, the once fair cheeks were becoming swollenand bloated, .and the lips-looked .dry . and crackid. No *wonder%he knelt down by her bedside and prayed. * t was now Saturday evening! and Malcomn was going out. He was to meet some friends, and Alice'knew that he was to meet them at the tavern. He had worked only three days the past week, and he had the pay for these thmee day's work in, his pocket. That mo niey wvas needed at home but where would it~ be on, the morrow? 3' Maleom, 0 do not wholly forgot your fond loving Alice when you are gone !" But gIalcom did not answer. He kissed uer not as- he used to do, but kissed her mere. -~ because she asked him to-and then left isscottage. Anter he had gone Alice sat lown and wept. She could not help it. Her 'arling boy crept by her side, and placed his arms about her neck. He asked no questions uhe asked her not to cry. His little mind seemed to have some idea Qf the coming of' a calamity. .It 'must have been vague, but it - as clear enough to prevent him from forping ihe dread thoughtsaupon his mother. Once inore he asked her' not- to 'cry and then his h~wn little heart burst, and-mother and child 'wept together. 'This was another -drop in ge. peer wife's .cdp of amictiomi. Oh how palpab'e mu~ be the husband's danger. But bhe could onl clasp and pray more fervent. l y. And the~ little boy: wihen-his mother had 8one prayed, said, " Amen." . .It was a clear coot evening, and a Mal corn'Warren stepped opt into the street he seemed to shake himself as though he would shake of' the infinense of the. dear place he fras leaving. But he could not wholly do it. he could not drive fromi his rnind the fearfql 6'iuntenance of his fond and faithful wife, 'obi could he forget the look of earnest sm eII d'nguish be had noticed on the face of his~ i.- et he tried to crush the thouglte dbat verl thus springing into life. "Pooh I" saidl be, as 'e 'n fci hise wife forced itself upon'him' .' '.'.I. o j a little fun and frolic. .Whose'liiosiness isI G et out with yogr Donsense. nd 'ai thuseakine. the ytnghusband and father closed his hands as though he would hold upon the feelings he had tried to repress, and then he hastened bn. At length he reached the tavern, and here he found his companions. The Laugh and the joke com. menced, and ere long Malcon forgot all about his home. He satin the bar-room, and his sharp wit made food for much meriment. " Who says there's danger in the bowl," cried a young man, as he raised the glass to his lips. " It's the raven croak," said another.of his companions. " Here's confusion to the idea.' "Good !" exclaimed Malcom Warten, poising'his glass. " Poison in the bowl, non sense ! Look at old Uncle Adam, now. He's used it all his lifetime and here he is, the old. est man in town. Come, here's to Uncle Adam !" The person to whom Malcon had thus al. luded was an old, white-haired man, who stood at the bar with a glass of rum in his hand. His name was Adam Stanford, an almost ninety years had rolled over his fore head. His form was bent, and his limb trembled, and still he lived and his mind wa} yet clear. He heard the remark which tli carpenter made, and having set down his ut' touched liquor, he turned and gazed upon e youthful speaker. He knew Malcom W - ren well. " Malcom," he said. " Come alone, f I alone would speak with you. Come." There was something very deep and me' - ing in the old man's voice, and as he tur d towards the door, Malcom arose to foil . "Detain him not," said Adam, as som of his companions sought to hinder him. " Why should I go with you I" he as d. "To please an old man. I mean tddo you no harm, Malcome come." Passing out of the door they moved ac ss the street. Near by was the village chuch yard and thither he bent his steps. Arri ing at the gate he passed. When Malcon si. tated to enter, the old man said : ' Come follow me." Malcom went and soon they stood w in the village churchyardI And this % ite haired guide was the sexton, who for re than sixty years had made those beds f the childien of immortality. The pale oon shed its beams upon the place, and th hil ling air sighed mournfully among the' eep ing'willows that grew by" the hedge. The gravestones stood up like spectres amo the faded grass, and here and there ar e a white monument, like some more po erful spirit that-watched the sancitity of the lace. "Malcom Warren," spoke the old n, in a voice so deep that it seemed almost to ome from one of the neighboring graves, not long since yospointed to me as an ex nple how long a man might live who smiled pon the wine-cup. You pointed to me as on who had outlived all my companions, and t as one who had always quaffed at the in xica ting bowl. Perhaps you spoke tru , but you did not speak the whole truth, r the whole truth you did not know, and have brought you here to whisper that tru into your ear." Malcom Warren gazed up into old man's face, and as he saw how sole was the expression that rested there, he fo ot the bad company he had left behind at the vern, and his thoughts became serious. " Malcom," resumed the sexton, I can look back now into the past, and see score of young men who commenced the de of life with me. WVe w.ent to school an ve sat in church together. We loved to 1 rn the excitement of the insexicating cup, nd we thought not then of the dangers wer.e courting. Years passed on and I s those twenty mnen sink into the arms of d th, and I buried them all here. Malcom 'arren, they all sleep in drunkards' gray ! One after another I saw them fall, and length I was left alone of the party wvho i e wont to assemble around the bar room fi. A deep groan escaped from t young man's lips and a shudder ran thr gh his frame. " All gone 1" he asked. "Yes-all !" the old man utter " But this is not half, Malcom. Thei? 'ves and children have died, and they too, le here! how well can I remember the hr ht eyed, laughing, loving girls, who use to play with us when we were boys ! nd how well can I remember when I w them standing at the altar; and when t y turned away from the place they wer blushing brides. But a few~short years, a I began to gather them into the folds of des . They sank dowvn with broken hearts a crushed hopes! Some of them lived t be gray headed, but their gray hairs ca dowvn in sorrow to the grave ! See that aves; the one with the dark gray stone, Hie who sleeps beneath that mound was ace the happiest youth in the village, was a carpenter by trade, and he built e house in which you were born. He us to laugh and sing over the wine cup, and thought not then of harm. I once heard -young wife beg him to remain at home ith her, but he refused her the boon. Sh told him that she was cold and hungry, an that her children' needed elothing' but he b dod her not. A few short years after da that wife's heart broke and she died and her children. The husband and the ather 1 found one cold night lying by the ad side and he was dead! These are th graves, for I buried them all together, on can see the wife's grave next beyond he gray stone'of the husband's and those o little graves are where lies the frozen oy- and girl." The old man drew his sleeves oss his eyes to wipe away the tears, and bile he did so Malcom bowed his head, an roaned mournfully. " Malcom Warren," he said, " ore was once a full regiment of stout soldie follow. e;Napoleon Bonaparte into Russi There wore-many other regiments went so, but f this one in ~particular have I . Of thhil whole company of men only no soli r individuail lived to return to th onme of bgs-birth. All the rest died on the v ,'They were starved and frozen and they ropped by the way side. Now suppo some thouhtless youth should point to t single l.vi.. anlrl, arid ay tat amid t oetenni4 -snows of Rursia there was no. danger, be. cause that man had passed them all and still lived I Like that single fragment of the regiment do I stand here a living man." The 'youth gazed up in the face of the aged speaker, and new emotions were work. ing upon his features. "Come, Malcom, I would show you one more spot before.we go." The old man leaned upon his staff and moved slowly on among the - graves, and unvoluntarily did, the youth follow. At length they stopped .by a spot where two graves lay side by side. The slabs were of marble, and they glistened brightly in the moonlight. Malcom,'" spoke the sexton in a deep whisper, " I remember well when I made these two graves. There was not sorrow to fill the beds which here I made, -they who sleep-here died amid the sweet breathings of peace and honor. They were good, vir. tuous people, and when they were gone our -townsmen mourned, for our village had lost its most noble spirits. 0, Ilove to come and stand over those graves,' for I know that God smiles upon them ! There is no taint nor dishonor here. Malcom, do you know who rests in those-two graves?" The youth did not answer, nor did he raise his head, but with one deep, Wild cry, he sank down and there he lay across the graves weeping and sobbing like a child. His father and mother slept there! For a while the old man gazed "tea ally upon the scene and then he took the youth by the arm and aroused him up. "Come, Malcom," he whispered, " we will go away now; I 'can show you .o more." The youth followed his guide out from the church yard, and- after the gate was closed they passed on to the street. Here Adam Stanford stopped. "Now, Malcom," he said, "yo'u can re turn to your companions at the tavern, but let me pray you never use my name again as you did thisovening." When you ag'ain think of poor old Adam Stanford, think only of what he has told you in the churchyard, think of what he has seed, and of what you may welcome speak." The old man turned partly away, when Malcom sprang forward and caught him by the arm. " Uncle Adam," he utteret in choked and broken accents, "0, forgive me for what I have now said and what I have done. 1-1 cannot tell you all now. I cannot speak, but I shall go to' the tavern no more. 0, God bless you! God bless you !" The clock struck nine, and Alice Warren folded the hands of her little boy together, bade him say his prayers. Her youngest girl was asleep in the cradle.': The first words of prayer was utterred,--" Our Fath. er who art in heaven,"-when there came the sound of footsteps upon the plank walk in the little front garden. It's papa," said the boy, letting his hands drop upon his mother's knees, and bending his ear to listen. But the mother dared not speak. At last the door oped, and her husbaud en. tered. Alice cast her eyes trembling up, and saiv the big tears that were rolling down the cheeks of her beloved. Instinc. tively she sprang forward and clasped her arms about her husband's neck. "Malcom, Malcom, what has happened Tfell me-O, tell me I" Malcom Warren sank into a chair, and as he drew his wife down into his lap.. "Alice ! 0, Alice !" he uttered sobbing and weeping as he spoke, " can you forgive me for all that has passed I" The gentle wife was bewildered at first. nay almost frightened, for the speech of her husband was so wild and incoherent she feared his brain w~as turned. But ere long he spoke of the resolution he had made. He did not tell of any trial he was going to make but told her of the iron will that had entered his soul. TIhe night of his tempta tion had passed, and the day of salvation had dawned.. A few groments more, and the husband and wife were upon their knees. Their emotions were too deep- for utterance-too wild and thrilling for speech. A moment they struggled there, and then wept -in si lence. Trhe littde boy crept to the spot, and threw his tinny handls about the neck of his parents, for even his young soul had caught the spark of nswv life that had been' breathed into exis tence within this happy home. On the next morning .Malcom Warren arose a better and happier man. fle was calm now and he told Alice all that had transpired the night before, and when it wvas all told they prayed as redeemed souls alone can pray. Days, wveeks, and months passed 'awvay, and Malcom Warren becambe once more the handsome youth that had been loved and cherished by honest friends in homes gone by. The flowvers of affection bloomed again about his hearth stone, and the angel of peace and joy made a home beneath his roof. People wondered when they noticed that Adam Stanford went no more to the tavern; but the story of that night's lesson in the village churebyard became generally known, and other men took it to their hearts and profited by it. It was a good seed sown in a fertile spot, and the fruit was abundant. The good old sexton never gave his example again on the side of mortal rum, but to the last day of his life glorified in the reform he had helped to work and the last hours of his life .were cheered by knowing that some of the happiest families in the village blessed him for the joys that dawned upon them. A city editor says that a man' in New York got himself into trouble in marrying two wives.' A western editor replies by as soring his contemporary that a good many men. in Michigan have done the same 'thing by only marrying one. SBusiuss before pleasure, a~s the man said when he kissed his -wif'e before he went out o make loe to his neighbor's. CI mmAILEg!YVRTISING. 'The follo ing sen6 le article recently ap peared as editorialilthe Baltimore Ameri can There seems, to b in idea abroad in the community that.a ll itable societies and institutions shoul.h be the free use of the colum of a. newsp r. to advocate their claims on public fav and that -all comma nications written by friends of such in. stitutions should be lished, even to the exclusion of the pa advertisement or the news of the day. i e is no class of busi ness men in our city 6 are called upon to contribute in mon o charitable objects once where the ne aper. proprietor is cal led upon ten times, a still if the latter de mand pay for the cimunications and no. tices daily and hourl ressed upon him, the* applicant goes away:, th the idea that the demand is most mon us and uncharitable. To write such com ications requires on the part of the writ t the occupation of a few leisure momen but to publish it in a newspaper .necessita the enployment of a workman several ho to place it in type, the'cost of its propo, on of the paper on which it is' printed, a above all, the exclu sion of pa.ying adver ments to make room for it in the column f. the paper. We do not admit the.justice any such claim any more than we would he claim on a carpen ter or bricklayer-for l bor and material used in building the house quired for such -insti-, tutions. The charitable:: :initutions of our city usually make anna reports, which they print at- considerable ost in pamphlet form. 'These reports are re by a few hundred persons, most of whom are familiar with their contents beforelhey read them, but the great mass of the.co 4unity never see them, and would scarcely ji of their existence were it not for the. vuntary editoriai notices. made by our differen city papers. The ex penditure in advertise ng of the same amount of money that is inquired to print these pamphlets, not one ten of which is read, would pay for their publications in two or more daily papers, Eby which means they would be spread befpfe-nearly' every family in the city. The .i;s for the printing of pamphlets are of codese.promtly paid, though of doubtful benefit .t the societies, whilst demands are made fofep use of the columns 4Wa newspaper, as i$'the. setting of type. paper; ink and space cost nothing to the pub lisher. When our ants, mechanics and. builness men will pen-their establish-' ments and deliver' ds " without tno neya.a40itions' , rde semkna_ ting from charitable societies, it will then be time to discuss the propriety of newspaper proprietors followinggtheir example. Such ed itorial notices as we deem proper to make of charitable movements, are of dourse without cost, but the publication of written commu nications, notices and reports must be paid for, and the writer of such articles cannot make a more serviceable contribution to the charity he wishes to promote than to pay for spreading its claims before the community. 4 6 PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF TILE APOSTLES. From St. Paul's expression, " before all," (Galatians ii, 14.) it is evident that his re buke of Peter 'took place on some public occasion. The scene, though slightly mentioned, is one of the most remarkable in sacred histo ry; and the mind naturally labors to picture to itself the appearance of the twvo men. It is, therefore, allowable to mention here that general notion of form and features of the two, apostles which had been handed down in* tradition, and was represented by the early artists. St. Paul is set before us as having the strongly marked and prominent features of, the Jew, yet not without.some of the finer lines indiestive of Greek thought. His stature was diminutive, and his body disfigured by some lameness or distortion, which may have provoked the conitemptuous expression of his enemies. His beard was long and thin. His head was bald. The characteristics of his face were a transpar ent complexion, which visibly betrayed the quick changes of his feelings; a bright gray ee, under thickly, overhanging eyebrows; a cheerful and winning expression of coun tenance, which invited the aproach and in. spired the confidence of strangers. It would be' natural to infer, froni his continued jour neys and manual labor, that he was posseis ed of great strength of constitution. But men of delicate health have often gone through the greatest exertion, and his own words on more than one occasion, . showed that he suffered much from bodily infirmity.. St. Peter is represented to us as a man of larger and stronger form, as his character was harsher and more abrupt. The quidk impulses of his soul revealed themselves in the flashes of a dark eye. The complexion of his face was 'full and sallow; and the short hair, which is described as entirely gray at the time of his death; curled'-black and thick round his "temples and his chin, when the two apostles stood, together at Antioch, twventy years before their martyr. dom. Believing as we do, that these tradi tionary pictures have probably some foun. dation in truth, we gladly takce them as helps to the' imagination. And .they. ertainly must assist us in realizing a remarkable scene, were Ja'daism andl Christianity, in the persons of two apostles, are for a mo ment brought before us in strong antagonism. Life and Epistles of St.'Paul, by Conybeara. ARsT AT CIrNCzNNATI.-It appears that not only the british Consul, but Aixteen others, mostly Germans and Hungarians, have been arrested at Cincinnati, in relation to enlisting in that city for the Crimea. The Consul is accused of hiring persons to enlist men for the war, and the sixteen who were taken into execution, had, it is .believed, en listed, as they were overtaken at the depot, with through tickets to Canada. It is sup posed that the Consul will be acquitted,'as it is said he has been greatly annoyed by ap plications from persons. who were anxious to join -the army in the Crimea, and from this circumstance his complicity waspehs PRAYER. In life, there is no hour io sweet From morning's dawn to evening star As that which bids, the household meet To ask God's blessing by a prayer. Sweet, at the tranquil.hour or morn, Sweet, at the solemn hour of eve, When on the wings of prayer uphorne, The cares of earth, a while to leave. Words cannot tell the sweet relief For all our wants, in prayer we find; What strength for care; what balm for grief; 'Tis prayer alone, gives peace of mind. What calm delight, is thus enjoy'd None to offend, whilst God is near; What comfort to be thus employ'd In making known our wants in prayer. How sweet to feel, the silent tear That bids us weep our sins away, Composed to every doubt and fear, If thus employ'd from day to day. Until I reach the Heavenly shore, May this, my fond employment be, Each day, my inmost soul to pour In holy prayer, my God to Thee. VERSES FOR THE YEAR 1900. Tell John to set the kettle on, I want to take a drive I only want to go to Rome, And shall be back at five; -Tell cook to dress those humming birds I shot in Mexico, They've now been killed at least two days, They'll soon be un peu hault. And Tom, take you the gold-leaf wings, And start for Spain at three 1 want some Seville oranges, 'Twixt dinner time and tea; Fly round by France, and.bring a new Perpetual motion gun, To-morrow, with some friends I go A hunting in the sun. The trip I took the other day, To breakfast in the moon, Thanks to my Lord Bellair, he Spoiled my new balloon; For, steering through the milky way, . He ran against a star, And, turning round again too soon, Came jolt against my car. But, Tom, .you get the car repaired, And then let Dan and Dick Tnfine with ten square miles of gal, I mean to travel quick, My steam is surely up by now; Put the high-pressure on, Give me the breath-bag for the way AU right-hey-whiz-'m gone. AMUSING. During the last cholera season, a newly caught Dutchman made his advent in the city of New Orleans, and set forth in quest of a boarding house. He enquired at the first one he saw if they had the cholera in the house the reply was "Yes," and the Dutchy moved his boots. He asked the same question, and received the same an swer, at three or four others. Finally he founa a landlord who assured him he had no cholera in the house, and there the Dutch ain concluded to "tarry awhile." 'rho ladlord was a pious man, and always bad funily worship before separating for the ight. According to the custom, therefore the family assembled for .prayer. During the progress of the exercise, the "pater fmilias" groaned, and up popped Dutchy ith- ... " Oh Lort ! vat ish ter matter !" " Nothing," says mine host, and the eding of the Scriptures weont on. In a sort time, however, the landlord groaned d again, and again Dutchy started up with is eyes like saucers; saying "Oh mine Gott! dere ish someding do tatter mit you! " No," said the landlord, adding, by way f quieting the. Dutchman, " l'am a Metho ist, and it's habit of the members of that hurch to groan duririg religious exercises." Up jumped Duteby list and baggage, and iuddod along the street, at a pace that ould shame a 2:40 racer. Seeing a physi-. can's sign, he called a halt, and called the octor to run quick to No. -. " What is the matter there," said the doc tr, "have they got the cholera ?" " No, but mine Gott and Himmelf, dey as got der mettodis-more worse as der olera, and der landlort will die mit it be; fre you kits dare, if you don't run fast." TaE Rochester Union is neocuntable for the following: " A farme~r of western New ork married for a second wvife a lady whose ersonal chians and domestic virtues were in quite an* unequal proportionI. Among ther freaks, she had, whenever crossed in ny of her little oonceits, a decided penchant r suicide-at least, she often hinted at this s a long cobtempiated remedy for the oft. eurring ills of married life. Taking offence, n a time, at some supposed domestic indig nity, she donned her very best rig and seeking convenient place for the experiment, slip ed her neck into a noose arranged uconveni ntly for the purpose, and thuis ~suspended, waited further developments. As expected er husband soon made his appearance near he terrible scene, and was neither long or eremonious in relieving his beloved from er great peril. She was not so far gone, owever, as to be speechless, and exclaimed, ather .spitefully, " Stephen, Stephen! dont mss my rtuflles, so, for there will be a great many in to see me to morrow." Mu. Bfownr, of Lawaride, Illinois, has nvented a machine for sowing seed broad ast. A series of oblique cups are placed pon a rotating cylinder undermlath the opper, in combination with- distributing plate, which convey the seed from the hop. per in sueh a mannier that, it is sprinkled with pprfeqt reggjarigy apd- evenps over h. ,.h.1. gronnd traersed. by the manhine. THE GREENVILLE RAILROAD. We omitted to mention Saturday, in our notice of the Annual Convention of Stoci. holders in this Compapy, any allusion to the income of the road for the past year. The gross receipts, we learn, of the' road for the year ending 31st May, was upwards of $270,000-the current expenses for the I same period was about $150,000. The bal- I ante of the income was expended in reducing t the floating debts of the Company, and pay- i ing the interest on the coupon bonds of the 4 Company. . . ' t It is a fact worthy of remark that no ac- i cident of any serious character has occured, " nor a passenger hurt, during the past year, t and the arrivals and departures of the trains t have been made with the utmost punctuality. The condition of the road is now excellent, and is a most comfortable travelling route. t The freight and passenger cars, engines, &c. are all in capital order, and the prospects are I of a large increase in the receipts of the t company, from freight and travel. The report of the President, from which we understand the above facts are taken, 1 was highly satisfactory to the stockholders. I Mr. G. E. Walker, engineer appointed to survey the route from Ninety-Six to Aiken, reported that he had surveyed said route, and exhibited profiles and drawings of the sur vey. He estimates the building of that road will cost about 8700,000. We also under. stand that the Board of Directors will short ly order books to be opened for said branch. We- congratulate the Company on the pleasing condition of their affairs, and hope that the road may continue to flourish and prospsr.-Carolinian. From the Baltimore Patriot. DEATH FROH CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISH- i RENT. t If rumor is not wholly a lie, one of the most cruel murders was perpetrated at Fort McHenry, on yesterday, in the name of military authority to punish insubordination; that has ever fallen under our notice. It appears that Louis Loup, a native of Swit. zerland, the oldest soldier at the Fort, who had served with great credit in the wars of Florida and Mexico, van found intoxicated; on Wednesday last, by Mr. Sergeant Mor. row. The Sergeant conceiving himself treated with disrespect by some remark of the drunken soldier, felled hint to the earth, , and inflicted on him the most cruel and un usual chastisement. The old soldier was then removed to the guard-house, where the beating was renew. ed, and after an exhaustion of strength, not of. passion, as thesequel shows, was left.t4 wilter in his blood tiff yesterday morning, when he was removed to the fiag-staff, and amid the most heart-rending entreaties, lash ed to it with his hands up. He.remained in this painful position for three weary hours, when the inclination of his head on his breast indicated that death had releived him. Information of the death of the soldier un. der these cruel circumstances was communi cted to Capt Miller, of the Southern police, who repaired to the fort, and returned imme diately and. procured the attendance of Coroner Benson, who held an inquest over the body. The information elicited has not transpir- c ed, but enough to induce Capt. Herring to t arrest Sergeant Morrow, and commit him I to answer. Morrow shelters himself behind 2d Lieut. Griffin, who, it is expected, will be arrested to-day, and have a hearing at three g o'clock this afternoon. We shall await the developments of the hearing. Since wvriting the above, we are informed a that the further prosecution of this case oft cruelty will be conducted by the United< States authorities, and that there will be a I hearing of the matter before the U. S. Corn. missioner to-morrow at 10 o'clock. THE Postmaster General of Canada' has issued his circular, 'explaining the provisionse of the new law abolishing the postage on newspapers in that Province, and wvhich. went into effect on the 1st inst. We make the following extract: , "Newspapers posted in Canada for the 1 United States wvill pass free to the frontier.t United States newspapers coming into this Province will be liable to charge at the rate of one penny for every four numbers to regular subscribers, and to Id each on transient papers, to be collected by the de ivering postmaster." Newspapers must be so enveloped as to show clearly that the package contains newspape.r matter only. On periodicals to the United States the postage is jd. if not1 exceeding 3 oza. in weight, and id. if over. The Canadian rate of postage must be col lected on periodicals from the United States at the office of delivery in the Province. DATrH OF A VALUABLE MAN.-The au thorities of the Smithsonian Institution have jsreeed information of the death of D..G.uegel, United States Consul at Leipsic, Saxony, in the 67th year of -his age, of apoplexy. He was also the agent for the Smithsonian Institution in Central and Northern Europe, and devoted himself un tiringly and with the greatest success to the promotion of its system. of exchanges. He called the Institution the " child of his alec- ( tion," and spread no trouble or expense to I mike its operations known through Europe, < and to secure for its library returns for the valuable packages sent from it annually, tot be distributed by him. We understand his son, Dr. Felix Fluegel, who has assisted him in all his duties for many years, received the appointment as agent for the Smithsonian Istitution, and that the system of operations it bas adopted in relation to exchanges, will. be enlarged* and vigorously- prosecuted by ' him.-Washington Star. HORACE GREELEY, writin~g from Pais, France, says that on Sunday half the stores e are open; that men are cutting .stone sud f doing all manner of work as on other days; a that the journals-are published,.ofiloes open, t and business transaeted, and that there is more hilarity, tgore dancIng, uipre drinking, more theatre-goiog,. and. sppre dissipation tha ~any on ther day af the week. DEATH OF A MISER.-A man seventy bree years of age, died in the Indiana peni= :entihry, at Jeffersonville, on' Friday last, of in affection of the heart, having on the day )revious performed his allotted work. The Louisville Journal says of him': " He leaves a property valued' .at $100, )00, and was incarcerated for the period of wo years for the crime of forgery to -the imount of $25! The old, chap was miserly n the extreme, denying to himself the sniall est luxury beyond the prison fare of bread Lnd. water and beefs head broth. At the ime of his arrest. for the alleged forgery he vas tendered counsel, who pledged. them elves to clear him foi a fee of $500.' To his. the old man replied that, if convicted, the entence would only be for two years, and he lidn't.think that.he could make his-expenses. nd two hundred and fifty dollars t year nt of the penitentiary, and it would. cost im nothing to live there, and he would save hat much anyhow." 'IMPORTANT Dscovu.-A company has ust been formed in New York to carry into practical operation. a, recent discovery for' naking artificial stone. The process had seen patented, and bids fair to be extensive y used and of vast importance to the world, rhe mixture consists of only three ingredi. nts, as follows;..two measures of-common. each sand, one measure of grodnd phiater . md fbur.fifths of a measure of blood. The nixture can be moulded Into any desirablem orm, and becomes hard in a few hours, with U the -consistency of stone. A builder iv . rooklyn is erecting a building in which:th. tone work is of this material, presenting I the elegance of carved statery. The 'ost is about. three thousand dollars; if cut n the ordinary manner it would.oost twenty housand dollars. The great advantage of - he discovery is, that it can be easily moul:= d; and thus the most elegant and costly tatuary canJe multiplied cheaply, and come within the means of all.classes. BLEsSINGS or. Povxrr.- Heir what b listinguisied writer says on the subject: "Poverty is the -nurse of manly erergy mnd heaven climbing thoughts, attended by ove and faith and hope, around whose steps be moustain breezes blow, and from whose' ountenance all the virtues gather strength. ;ook around you upon the distinguished men that in every department of life guide ud control the times, andinquire what was heir origin and what was their early for ones. Were they, as:A general rule, rock. d and dandled in the Iip of-wealth No, uch men emerge from the homes of dceceut ompetsipesArjc tygglifng ity sharpens their faculties, an p'ivatio Lnd sacrifice brace their moral nature. rhey learn the great art of renunciation, mnd enjoy the happiness of having few wants. They know nothing of indifference ir satiety. * There is not an idle fibre in heir frames. They put the vigor of a reso ute purpose into every act. The edge of heir minds is always kept sharp. In the chools of life, .pen like these meet- the ofdy nurtured darlings of prosperity as the ro meets the vessel of porcelain." COLORED MI.ITIA.-There has been a ompany of colored men organized as miii Ia in Providence, R. I., and the Legislature as granted them the use of the State arms. CINCINNArTI, July 12.-General Sar eant to-day made a formal denmand on each f the military companies. composing the rish batalion -to deliver up forthwith all. thi, rmy nppendages ard accoutremenats in heir possession, which order was obeyed nly by one company. General -Sargeant hen qued out writs of replevin. and, the heriff took possession of the entireaon rements of the other companies. A similiar lemand is to be made on the German.Com. anies. Trhe cause of the demands is- alleg-. d insuhordination on the Fourth of, July. Lousv.I.,July 1.-The Board of [rustees of the Public Schools of this clky ' ave dismissed several teachers of foreign irth with Catholie proclivities. Their ac ion has occasionedI much feeling, and meets rith general condehnation on the part of, he members of the Old Whig party. A CoLOnsD TEFM PEANYCE IbxoTU16nR.-A 'hiladelphia paper says ; " Yesterday, a well-edue-ated colored man, amed William H. Jones, who has recently >een lecturing in favor of the Maine lawv, and ireacing, was arrested on the charge of be. rig a fugitive from justice from.kirovidenace, thode Island, where he is accused of break og into and robbing a store of several hu. red dollars worth of silks. A gold' watch, everal coats, and other articles which he sad pawned, were recovered." YOUNG A14ERICA.-The boys belonging a the Everett School, at Dorchester, (Mass.) ae elevated the "wmaster" in egigy. He. Lad advised them not to garticigste im the roceedings on the 4th, telliag thema it weald e better to attend a prayer meeting for the alvation of the country~ from the. urae of lavery. ________ TER Abingdoin Virginian 'learns that a sollege is about to.he established at Lynch urg, Va., under the patronage of the'Meth dist Protestant Church. This will be-the . ird College of high grade established by his denomination in the United States. -AN Irishman was employed by a Capt. of vessel to haul in a rope that was hanging rom the- vessel in the water, andrafter being t ita long time, was asked by the Capt. if e had come to the end yet; "-Och, no be, bers, some one has been athem getting the ud off, sure." SunE REUL.'s.--A good Sisenee aid:i Marry a pint of rum. tosa lump ofangar, nd in less than an hona there' wit spring rom the union a whole familpa dhillehhs nd broken heads. The IDSag etemo y can bd performed with. addy-stiek." If you. w~ish. hfe to' pa miletly away, Never be indeIbted jsthe IPrinter a day.