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-- - * t.; - --- JV. - --~ti - . .I E R ~ I; -. -- -_ t jrtc3Ond at. ot alntI to~ '.ouij cn fxiys dh iet fleit , W, "Ci due txiij mence - We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our L *lci and if it must fall, we *i1 PerIsh amidst the Ruins." W OaT W. F. .Dzi*RSOE & SOX, Propuietors.' ..: SETM E . . .-,-'', 2 .* . IAN.NY TALBOT. A TALE.0F CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. There -"'as a certain heart-sinking look ubout. the stranger as Mr., Talbott told him he was in need of no help in his ware-rooms,, which caused. that gentleman to look up agmtin. from his ledger an4 eye the young 'bih cfoely. V th' bll' iudiblj sigh, and with in air" of hope ss,stter iekondency, the object of his scr-utiiy had turned to leave the count. ing-room. --ent, young man-what can 'IYhiave never been accustomed to any. ind-of. business except that of. secretary, 4tl .possess an excellent education, and sufficient energy to undertake and- persevere an -wnv pursuit that may offer itself." . iere was a cetain. something in the oung man's - manners - that interested the goodMr.. Talbot- -So he. told him to take a sit. beside lin and answer a few qes. tHons. The young man -pleased Mr. Talbot. A methhl confidence springing up between then the stranger confided to the good mer ch n:in pressing necessities. e was a Pole by birth ; he had been des. poiled of home, fortune and country at one blow. He had:served -as private secretary fop-everal years to an English nobleman, but a misunderstanding occurring between diet, he fad come to this country, had been liere several months, but not being :ableto get anything to do,' he had spent his last peaiy, and had not tasted food for two days. - Mr: Talbot did not read him a lecture on the wncertainty of human prospects, but he rpjthis hand. into.lhis pocket, and handing a well-filled wallet to the stranger, bid him go ,and maake himself comfortable with good eeffer and then to return to the counting r6on, that he would take him in his own employ for the present, and that the contents of the wallet were but a part of his salary. With an expression of gratitude-the stran ger left Mr. Talbot, wallet in hand. There vas a something in the lustre of his large, earnest grey eyes that told the worthy mer chant that he had not misplaced his confi dence. ldo Sternberg entered into his new occu pation with a zeal and occupation that show ed Mr. Talbot had not over estimated either his mental or moral capacity. Sternberg was employed to write Mr. Talbot's most confidential letters, and to attend to his most private accounts; for the merchant at that time was deeply involved in several complicated speculations, all of which, if successful, were to benefit the whole system of commerce. After several months of unremitting labor, the schemes ended in a sudden failure. Af. 'ter honorably satisfying the calls of all creditors who were involved through the un foitoiitb speculatiobs, Mr. Talbot was ena bled to continue his regular business, though on &-very much reduced scale. " A professional friend of mine wishes a secretary ; will you accept the situation, Ildo ? The, salary .is good-far better than anything I can offer you, for just now, alas, I can offer you nothing. I mentioned you to my friend, ielling hit he could not find one mto~ecpable andl more unexceptionable in every way. than yourself." " I cannot sufficiently thank you for your good opinion of me, and of your care for me," r'#pulied Sternberg wvarmly " I will accept your friend's offer, whatever it may be, on your recommendation, and I hope the - rehult-may probve your good werd for me i an unjust one." - Mi-. k-edfield, the professional gentleman with whom Sternberg now took up his abode, was a lawyer of much repute, practicing in thecity, -and dwvelliug in much style, -a short -ride hr the country. "-Take care of 'yourself, Ildo, my boy," .said Mr, Talbot, shaking Sternberg's exten -ed. hand, and -looking upon him with the fondness of a father. " I hope you will not forget your old friends fuyout- new . ones," said Miss Tatlbot wi h apretty blush. " Father .and I shall expect . to .see-you as often as you can make it con ven~icat to give us a call." -Fanany 'I albot's bright eyes lingered wvith hiim as lhe ,entefed his new abode. They looked up frafua the paper on him, day after day is it lay. on his desk. They accom panied himi in his out goings and incomings, de~air.lighit,.had become the guiding star of .his life. But yet in his numerous visits to shp aerchapnts house, Ildo preserved the .amereapectful-behavior towards the bright Fanafttnrt--had marked his conduct from 4the fir-t Mr. Talbot iias .onge more prosperous, and leariiwisdom from experience, he pursjed th~ .beat.en path. to wealth, leaving 4chimetas to the uninitiated.. It hutd grwn to he. towards the close of smner when -Ildo Sternberg entered the eior Mr. Redfield one morning some * batjater than usual, and told himnilie could no longer remain in his employg. In vain Mr, Redfield surged him for a reason, he dould give none, merely saying he had made up jus nind id.go to South America. ' rraloo an hoer after Ildo left the office, Mr. Redileld was summoned home; his el dest daughter' had heeni found dead in the gro of~ woods by the seaside;~- which had ever beeri h~er favorite walk. Her sister had seen her start in thfe direction of. the grove, -in .the, early morning, and had also seen young Sternberg take the same path a short Limo after, seemingly following in her foot. Isabel Redfield was a belle ; a dark,.will fi~ieiy, full of headstrong passion, and - from .bar wit and the imperious mistressof' - bothtfathier and mother, and in fact the en tie'hosweliald. Sorme of the - field laborers btsifsqy Sternberg closely conversing with IJhQ 66autiful Miss Redfield in the grove, and a theiaews of her death reached them- (for it spread like -wildfirey they eame- forward to aje i their testdmont One of the laborers -sail that the young man seemed to e ex postulating with'her, .supplicating.her to do something that she seemed very resolute in refusing. The testimony crowded in so closely 'against poor Sternberg, that a warrant was issued-to apprehend him, and so rapid had been all the proceedings that. he was taken on board of a South American Packet, within five minutes of the time of sailing p "Suspected and apprehended for murder," exclaimed-Fanny Talbot. "The murder of my- friend Isabel ? Oh, papa, how horrible! .but-he is innocent. - He never could commit murder. The court will fhtd the real mur derer and will acquit him," and Fanny Tal. bot spoke cofildently. " 1 hope so my child, but appearances are strongly against him." " But papa, you do not believe him guilty I" " My child, I will not. say what .1 believe. I dare not believe anything. My good wish. es are for the youth, but I fear it will go ill with him at the trial." - " Oh, papa; responded Fanny fervently, do not say so, even if you think so." Meantime, the day of the trial approached. Fanny Talbot had watched the tide of pub. lie opinion to discover that the universal voice was against the ungrateful man who i could murder his liberal employer's daugh- I ter. -Fanny also watched her father's coun. I tenance to gain some consolation from him as to Ildo's chance of acquittal, but she I could glean nothing there. '" To-day the trial takes place, dear father." " Yes my daughter." "You are to sit in the jury box-one of the twelve ?" "It is-a t'errible thing to decide upon the fate of a human being, and terrible must be the remorse of him who sentences a brother to an ignominious death, and afterwards when it-is too late. finds the murdered man as innocent as the one he was supposed to have murdered !" "How strangely you talk !" exclaimed Mr. Talbot, startled by .her words and manner. "Father, Ildo Sternberg is innocent." "Very like," gloomily replied the father. " And dear father, you must not permit his death; if all the other insist, you must refuse to be convinced. They cannot hang him without your sanction." "'But, my child, my friendship towards hin is known-niy reputation may suffer, may be ruined in consequence." " But then, you will have saved an inno cent man from a frightful death. And dear I father, no one can suspect you who, are so . upt ight, of partiality." " Well, dear child, we will see what can t be dono to save him." " Father you must promise me," exclaim. ed Fanny Talbot with unwonted vehemence; and then she poured into her father's ears the deep abiding interest she took in -the young man, also her deep seated convictions t of his truth and innocence, and the grounds i of those convictions, saying that if he were hung and could have been saved by her fa. ther, she could not live to bear the horror of the thought. Deeply affected by his daughter's plead. I ings Mr. Talbot left her to attend the trial, with a solemn promise to do all in his pow er to save the prisoner. The trial proceeded-the evidence was C all convincingly against the young Pole. 7 His own words were few and pointed ; he declined any explanation of the case, but I distinctly and firmly pronounced that he wasr not guilty of the awful charge prefered against him. His calm, majestic manner did much to. ward establistiing his innocence in the minds of some. But all the evidence being so strange and decided against him, the presi-r ding judge closed his speech with pronoun. 4 cing the prisoner ." guilty," and recommen ding the jury to remember the responsibilitiy resting on them and their duty to society. The impatient multitude without and within awvaited the decision or the panel for twelve long hours. At length they returned I and the crowd was hushed into silence. " We cannot agree !" wvas the response of the foreman to the usual question. The bench was perplexed. The presi- 4 dnt went all over the whole of the evidence, again dilating upon the point which proved rso conclusively the prisoner's guilt.4 .The jury withdrew, and thirty hours, time gas passed before they pronounced a second d'e'ision, and then the verdict of eleven was guilty, whilst the. twelfth juror firmly per. ited in the'belief of the prisoner's innocence, and solemnly avowed he would suffer deathi himself before he would assist in. his con demnation. Finding this man so solemnly impressed1 with the prisoner's innocence, and 'his argu ments in his favor still sounding so convin cingly in their ears, to the astonishment of1 all present, the eleven unanimously concur red with the one in a verdict of acquittal.4 'The prisoner being therefore set at libertyt narrowly escaped the lynch lawv of the infu-. riated mob without. A strong police guard1 alone protected him. ..1 Once more lido Sternberg stood upon the deck of a vessel bound for South America A boy whom he recognized as one in the employ, of Mr. T[albot, approached him and, placoed a letter in his hands. The captain's: orders meantime-had been given, the anchor was drawn up and the brig under way. With a cat-like spring the agile messen ger jumped upon the wharf, receiving a lustily cheer frorn the jolly jack tars who iinessed the feat. Ildd leaned his head mournfully upon hisj hands, and gazed abstractedly upon the re ceding shor-e. Sufddenly he bethought him of his letter. He opened it, 'and to his surprise a roll of bank bills fell from it. They were all bills of large amount.' The letter merely said: . "You will not refuse the enclosed from one who believed in your innocence. When you make' the fortune which I know youri energy will achieve in the new country to which you areging, you can .repay them, if you like,.to y~ur- sister- ia. - Three years 'after the above occurrences Ayaungmin la&nick to dath upnnkl his be raving in 'his delirium to see Mr. Redfield, the father of the murdered Isabel. "I am sorry to see you so low, my poor Augustus," said Mr. Redfield kindly. '" Oh, speak not-to me! It was .I-who stabbed Isabel!" exclaimed the young man wildly. . All were horrified at these words. His motber'and sister imputed them to the deliri um of the disease ; but w hen he grew more calm, and solemnly repeated the assevera tion, they were forced to believe him. Before his death he related the particulars of this unnatural deed. It seems that the proud Isabel, from the time the handsome Sternberg entered her father's house she had smiled less graciously upon her affianced Augustus Raymond. Stung to madness by jealousy, he had watch. ed them together, had heard Isabel, the even ing previous, appoint the.grove as a meeting place, that she had something very particu lar to say to Sternberg. Augustus repaired himself to the spot be. fore day-break, secreted himself-heard the passionate Isabel avow her love for him, and urge him to make her his wife. Stern berg refused her gently but firmly. At first he was angry but he soothed her into quiet, and left her after confessing to her that he loved another. She acquitted him of at. tempting in the slightest to gain her love, and as he turned to depart, she smiled sweet. ly upon him, and said she would try to for. let him except with the love of a sister, but hat none other could ever supply his place n her affections. Perfectly infuriated with passion, Augus. !us Raymond stood before her upon Stern erg's departure, and reproached her more ike a demon' than-a: man, with her perfidy. Her manner was so haughty and indig. iant that, insane with jealousy and passion, ier dibcarded lover plunged the fatal steel nto her. fair bosom, and then dashing into he thicket made his escape with the cun. ling caution that eluded the eyes of all, and ocking the fearful secret up in his own >reasj, he escaped without being suspected iven of the foul deed. The repentant lover died and the father >f the murdered girl wished to make repara. :ion to the falsely accused Sternberg. Finding the turn affairs had taken, Fanny 'albot confessed to her father that she knew he hiding place of the, acquitted Aldo. She iad corresponded faithfully in his exile. A few weeks more, and the now happy Ido return to his friends more highly in favor ban he had ever been before. . - It was with a proud and reluctant heart hat the fond father placed his daughter's rand in that of lido Sternberg, who, under in assumed name, had won both fortune ad fame during his exile-who had also roved himself in all ways so well worthy >f the trust now reposed in him-the sacred rust of the safekeeping of a woman's heart nd happiness. TAKIw A PosITIo.-Joe Dovetail had t wife, a strong-minded wire. She looked ipon Joe as a sort of necessary evil, treat. ng him very much as the lady did her hus. )and on the North river steamboat who rentured to object to some of her arrange nents for travel, when she shut him up sud. lenly by telling him in the hearing of a do. :en passengers: ' Why, what is it to you? If I had mown you were going to act so, I would iot have brought you along." But Joe and 4rs. Dovetail never travelled. 'They wvere Iways at home, though Joe was rarely seen there or elsewvhere. She had long rained him to the habit of retiring under he bed wvhen company called, and so fa niliar wvas he with that retreat, it was a luestion whether in default of personal ser ice, a warning to militia training would iold him unless left under the bed ; as being is last usual place of abode. During the tay of Mrs. Dovetail's friends, he occasion illy thrust out his head like a turtle, but one ~lance of the loving eye of his spouse wvould end him under, with cold 'shivers rushing pon his back. One day as she was bob obbing over the fire wvith a friend and so ial glass, Joe thrust out his figure head, nd defied the shakes and frowns of his wife, till growing valiant desperate, he sang ut: " My dear, you may shake your head just is you please, but I tell you, as long as I ave got the spirit of a man [ will peep." SPLENDID PRoJECT.-We find the follow ng in an exchange: " Send me three million dollars. (As to vhat I want of it a word in your ears pri. ately.) I intend to lay down in every treet, court, lane, place and alley of Boston 0,000 miles of Iron main, 4 feet diameter, with 12 inch service pipes entering. each ich house : so far, so good. Trhen I shall sommence at the top of the White moun ains to lay a pipe ten feet in diameter into he groutnd six yards deep, from the said white mountains to the main in Boston, which will have been already constructed i before remarked ; this done, I shall build Ssteam engiine seven hundred and eighteen housand horse power, and (lean over this ay if you please, I'm afraid somebody night hear) force the freezing atmosphere rom the mountains into every house in B! ! Ihere's is no mistake about this-its bound o go ; and when its finished I mean to buy ne a pair of boots and go' in flat-footed'for line of pipes to the tropics, to pump hot ir into the houses in winter. These little ohs completed, and we will have our cool beather in July, and in January it shall be warm and comfortable, as it always ought : have beem; I guess Namrne's jig is about ip, ain't it I" When the enterprising patentee of the above invention gets through his job, he will please turn his 'steps in this direction. En importation from the North Pole would sexceedily acceptable about nowv. 0:' Mns. PanTraurOsv expresses great apprehension that the people in California will .bleed to. death, as every paper she piks up annonnces etannokae- eain-pnnaL " -Wi have rarely read, dyis jiEnglish writer, anything more simple and tooshb g than the follow ing contrasted poems. 'We" C ':asiertain .iej name of the.writer. They wal ple every reader, even.th,ose who can see no; , in really fine poetry. And we are free to howeyer hum bling to our sex, that the -plotsur e oo true. MAN'S LOVE. lien woman's eye giqwauil, And her cheek palethe, When fades the beautiful;; . Then man's love f l He sits not-beside her o Clasps not her fingers, Twines not the.damp hi That o'er her browling lIe comes bpt a-mement.i <" Though her eye lightensc ; ," Though her cheek, pale n n - Feverishly brightens; He stays-but a'monent I When that flush Uxsth, 'Ihough trude afFection'ul Her soft eyelid shadeth.. He goes from her chamber ht Into life's jostle, le meets at the very gate. Business and bustler He thinks not of her within Silently sighing, He forgets in that noisy diae That she is dying ! And when her heart is still What though he mourne Soon.from his sorrow chill Wearied he turneth; Soon o'er her buried bead Memory's light setteth, And the true-hearted desd. Thus man forgetteth WOMAN'S LOVY When man is waxing frail, And his hand is thin and k, . And his lips are parched an e And wan and white his e -; Oh, then doth woman prove. Her constancy and love! She sitteth by his chair, And holds his feeble'hand& She watcheth ever there,. - --His wants t His yet unspoken will' She hasteneth -to fulfil. She leads him, when the moon Is bright.o'er dale and hill,. And all things, sav,ethe tune Of the honey bees, are still, Into the garden's bowers, To sit midst herbs and flowers. And when he goes not there, To feed on breath and bloom, She brings the posy rare Into his darkened room; And 'neath his weary head The pillow smooth doth spread. Until the hour when death His lamp of life doth dim, She never wearieth, She never leaveth him; Still near him night and day, She meets his eye alway. And when his trial's o'er, And the turf is on his breast, Deep in her bosom's core Lie sorrows unexprest; IIer tears, her sighs, are weak, Her settled grief to speak. And though there may arise Balm' from her spirit's pain ; And though her quiet eyea Mlay sometimes smile again ; Still, still, she must regret; She never, never can forget!~ BE CAREFUL OF SMALL THING8. Irving, in his lire of Washington, dwells n the particularity with which the great ero attended to the minutest affairs. The Father of his Country, as his correspon ence and account books show,.was "care ful of small things," as well as of great, not isdaining to - scrutinize the -most petty ex pense of his household; -and this even while ating as the first magistrate of the first republic in the wvorld. In private circles in this city, tradition preserves Liumerous anec otes of this characteristic, which, if nces. ary, we could quote. The example of Washington, in, this re spect might teach an instructive lesson .to those who scorn what they call -"petty do tails." There are- thousands -of such indi iduals in every community. -We all knowj ore or less of them. Nothing, is worthyi f attention, in their opinioe, unless it can be conducted on a grand scale. They will ot condescend to the pennies, it is only the ollars to 'which they will attend. They spurn a small business. .They talk supercili usly of those who overlook the little leak ages that waste so much money in every onern. To bear, -one might think they: ere above the ordinary -affairs of-life, and that nothing was worthy of. their time ex ept discovering a California- or conquering .. kingdom. Yet no man ever made a fortune, or rose< o greatness in a-y department-without being - 'areful of small. things." As the beach is omposed of grains of sand, . as, the ocean a made up of drops of water, so the mil-< ionaire is the -aggregation of the. profits of I Bingle ventures, often inonsiderable in mount, Every eminent merchant, Girard and Astor down, has been noted for his 1 attention to details. Few distinguished lawv- . yers have ever practiced in thie courts, who have not been -remiarkablffor a bimilar char ctrltic: It was one of the most striking pecularities of the first Napoleon's -mind. The most petty -detiils of.Ais irousehold'ex 'penses, the most trivial facts-relating to his attention, as the tactics of a'battle, the plan of acanpaign, or the revision of-a code. Deinosthenes, the world's unrivalled orator was-as anxious'nbout gestures or his intona tioi, or about the texture of his argument or its garniture of words. Before such great examples; and in the very; highest walks of intellect, how contemptible the conduct of the small minds who despise. small things. TiE HOUSE OF -GOD. The gloi-y -of a sacred edifice lies not in its vaulted roof, and lofty spire, and pealing organ, but in the glory that fills the house tie divine- presence; not ir its fabric of goodly stones,, but in its living- stones polish. ed by the hand 'of the Spirit; not in its pointed windovs, but in its Gospel..light; uotin its choir.of singing .men and of sing. ing women,--but in.the music of well tuned hearts; - not in its sacred priesthood, but in the-great High. Priest. If every stone were a diamond, and every beam of -cedar, every window'a crystal, and every door a pearl; if the roof were studded with sapphire, and the floor tesselated with all manner of pre cious -stones; and yet if Christ and the Spirit be not there, 'and if the sacrifice of the heart be not there, the 'building has no glory beyond what.Solomon's cunning work men can give it, even the Lord God, who is the glory thereof." SAD SIGHT AND ITS MonL.-The Phila. delphia Sun of Thursday says: A society of some kind, the members of, which were unmistakably German in their appearance, white boys probably, for:they were all array ed in unimpeachable snowy blouses, passed our office yesterday morning, preceded by an immense barrel drawn by horses- and accompanied by a brass bana. The mam moth barrel was devoted and inscribed to Lager Beer; and was on one of the heads ornamented with 1 wreath of grape clusters, and an angel flying in the centre. At the tail of the cart sat a .fine.looking lad with a beer tumbler in his hand, from which' at in tervals he drank, bowing to the crowds on the sidewalks, as much as to say, " here's your good health." What a .lesson to teach a boy, and how significant the place of teaching, "'the tail of the cart!" From such a position many equally im pressive lessons have been given, ar.d many recitals in -olden times, when criminals were donteyed to execution in such a vehicle, hie shown that drink and the passion for it instilled in early life byindiscreet and thought less parents, had brought the speaker to his last extremity. What a mockery too was the unspoken salutation of this really pretty lad, "your good health." What! would we place the worm in the bud, the serpent of the still around our hearths, and indulge vauntingly in an appetite for what the law as condemned, and expect health and hap. pinessI Sad picture in the City of Broth erly Love! May " He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," protect the boys of our country from such demoralizing influences. SosEBoDY closes a story on " Imprison. nent for Debt" with the following: Poverty, in short, is a heinous offence now-a-days. Commit a murder, and if you are a woman, Phariseeism will go on its kneos to secure for you the Executive clemency; if you are - bold man, it is a chance that your name vill be sung in heroic stanzas, and yourself" made the theme of daily eulogium and the popular admiration. A ppropriate the legacy f tihe widow and orphan, take advantage f the confidence of your associates, and issue fictitious certificates of stock, or obtain a public situation and turn out a defaulter For half a million-do any thing, provided ou get ricb, and you will be respected. Society will forget the sin in the substantial ature of its results; but never be suspected f poverty, as you value "lire, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." A want of mon sy is only another expression, in these times, For a want of charadter,. a. want of friends, and a want of protection from social injus ice and civil wrong. ACCIDENT ON TIIE GREENVILLE RAIL RoA.-The non-arrival of the Greenville rain on Saturday evening wvas a source of nch anxiety, until the sound of the steam whistle wvas heard early on Sunday morning. Upon- the arrival of the car, it was learned hat the train had run off' in Capt. Cochran's eld, a few miles below Cokeshury, in con equence of some miscreant having removed bar of the track's iron. There wvas abun ant evidence of it having been intentionally lone, and the tracks were supposed to be hose of'i wvhite man. The locomotive and ender, the mail and baggage cars were brown off' the track, but not the passenger ar, wihich had only the front trucks dislog d. We understand either the br-akeman or fireman had both his legs. broken, but theI mgineer. escaped. None others were injur d except' a- boy belonging to Mr.. J. G. ;ibbes,.w~ho had his aneles sprained from umping off. No passenger received any njury.-South Carolinian. ABUNDANT CROPS AT 'fIIE WEsT.-A etter from. Washington county, Ohio, states lnt along the banks *of the Ohio river, at miy point of which the farmers alwvays fin'd Sready market, wheat is selling at one dol ar a bushel, and plenty to' be had. Oats re held .at twenty-five cents, but wouldl tave to. fall before sales could he eff'ected, md. potatoes were off'ered. at presen>' at ,wenty-fiv.e- cents ; but- say~s the writer, the ater article wvill soon be 'down to eighteen ents, as the stock on 'hand is enormous. Anotherletter, dated--Terre Haute, Indiana,, lays: ' I " Corn, and all other -crops are wonderful ct in' this Western county; *Oats are dciwn 'rom 40 cents per bushel to, 15 cents.+ ~liet is at $1. Contracts have been made: 'or corn at 25 cents per bushel, deliverable ietween now and Janu~ary 1st, 1856. ."There is .one' stalk. of corn tied, to an wing post near my office, which measures ev~enteen.fectea'nd four inches in. length, and here. is nomw at Indinnaolis, seventy nuik's distant, a stalk measuring- eighteen feat two inches. Pretty "tall. corn." It. averages about thirteen feet in height throughout this country... Farmers -are grumbling at the prospect of a very large surplus." TIHE YELLOW FEVER- IN NORFOLK AND PORTS MOUTH. The accounts from'these cities continue to be of the mostigloomy.cliaracter. -Among.the many deaths, is that of Hun. ter Woodis, the mayor of Norfolk.. He died on thdiorning of 26th instant, in the 34th year of his age. A correspondent of the Baltimore Bwn says: " No man of his day had more warm per sonal friends, or elicited more general re spect wherever. he went. To know him was to love him. His appearance; the open and manly expression of his countenance; his full, rich voice; his mild and gentle man ner, indicating the warm heart and open hand; his brilliant intellect: his truth and honor; his bold and fearless spirit-all com bined to elicit the love and esteenm of all who come in contact with him. His loss will be deeply, mourned by thousands. To his wife. and numerous devoted friends it will prove irreparable. His funeral was attended by the largest copeourse of citi zens I have ever seen assembled togeth'er since the pestilence broke out. No other man among us, be he high or low, rich or poor, could have had such a funeral, in times like these ; and the death of no other man-among us could have added so ~much to the geriral gloom and distress." From the Norfolk Argus of Saturday. SAD! SAD! Truly our soul is sickened and depressed at the gloom now hanging over-our devoted city. The sword of the Destroeyr is still suspended above us, and ever and anon descends and sweeps from our midst some of the noblest of ourspeople. All that hu man effort-all that the self-sacrificing spirit of the few who remain with us, can accom plish, has been done to turn aside the devas tating progress of the scourage, which the Almighty in His wisdom has inflicted upon us. Mercilessly has it taken friend from friend, parent from offspring, offspring from parent, brother from sister, sister from broth er, husband from wife, wife from husband; sparing neither youth, nor age, nor loveli ness. There is nothing to relieve the dark ness around but the exertions of those gal. lant spirits who seem determined to do their duty with a self-devotion which will ever refleet-honor.-npon their efforts, May.-hey reap the Christian's reward. THE PESTILENCE. To one who has never witnessed a city suffering from a pestilence, I can convey no adequate idea of the weary .desolations of Portsmouth. It looks like the fallen city of the Arabian Nights, in which everything was suddenly petrified and frozen into silence and death. Closed stores, perfectly deserted streets, window shutters everywhere fasten. ed, and nothing to relieve the frightful and unnatural blankness of the scene but hearses and coffins and corpses! We are humbled, scourged, bowed in the dust before a power in whose hands the strength of man is weak ness and his wisdom folly. Doctor S-, of New Orleans, who has himself lost three children, I believe, by the fever, and whose experience of its ravages is second to that of few men of his age in the world, perhaps, informed me a day or two since that, in his judgment, yellow fever wans a bane for which no antidote had yet been discovered, and that human skill was entirely inadequate to it~s management. When I tell you that such a disease is seizing our citizens at the rate of ovgr'6fty a day, in a population of certainy not more than tyventy-five hundred, you may have some idea of the fearful nearness with which death stares us all in the face. There is no civil government, no printing press go ing, scarcely a store open, no bying or sel ling, save for the trade in drags, no banking,. no legislation, no visiting save death's visit ings, and, worse than all, no hope. TIhe following letter appears in the Nor folk Atgus of Wednesday: -WnITE SULPHnUR SPRD'oS, August 23, 1855. A. F. .Leonard, Esq.-Dear Sir .-We have just held a meeting in the ball room, on behalf of the afflicted people of Norfolk and Portsmouth. Col. Pickens, of South Carolina, made a stirring appeal, which was responded to by an immediate voluntary offering of $900. Gov. Manning, of S. C., is the chairman of the committee appointed to procure addi. tional contributions. Thomas C. Tabb, of Norfolk, is the Treasurer of the fund. Col. Win. B. Whitehead, of Nansemond, and Dr. J. P. Tabb, of Gloucester, deserve much credit-for the energy they displayed. TImE CURRTON ACADEMY. Eleven miles from this place, by the plank road, on a high, pleasant and healthy pine grove hill, is situated this temple of learning. In the midst of a community justly celebra ted for its morality, piety. -and virtue; sur rounded by a society pleasing and attrac tive; and conducted by able, efficient and unexceptionable teachers, the Currytonin stitution possesses advantages, and offers inducements equal to any school in the country. The inditution merits, and should receive the patronage and support of the entire district, for certainly there are no schools in the district that can boast superi ority. over it; and every citizen of Edgefield should feel interested in advancing her edu ational facilities, and -in building up for her, a reputation for learning and for a love of the fine arts, commensurate with her wealth, her chivalry and pride. It iir alarost culpa bli to~ go' off to other districts or States in senrecl 'af'shools, w~hen we hi'e iia sur midst, and at our very doors, such sperior advanitages, as~ are presented by' this Acade The i\Iale. depamrtmnent is noi conducted by Mr. mme... leya c~netlemani and a' scholar,,...whose-thacter aga-techeg|God . t well known to need the brightening -of ab.: mendation.. Tihe is ale' der the control 'and' mi e6 oIti P: Butler, assisted by iss Arhu;. . Bat ler. is a gentleman, oftiih. hracteref great literary' attainments, and posesweein an eminent- degree -the extraorlinaty poirbra of imparting -instruction 'to" the mind -'e virtue to the heart." His- assistant, Miss ' thur, is a lady 'in every way ' apa5le Afi worthy to instruct the daughters of ,Old Edgefield, in all the arts, sei'ences' ad- c complishments-of their highetbM. asrliohs. A beautiful' little villa is 6r P QQ~, Curryton, and several 'bordip5 hng seuo first class, are now open there for the, Noep; tion of young ladies and students. Parents, of Edgefieldreend your childrer to -Curry ton Academy, build up Your own instittioans, the glory of your birth the- pride offybdE heart.--Vally. Pioneer. ITMS FOB THE iULTITiD. NEWSPAPER- SUsPENisoN.-A '4is souri editor announces that the-publication of his paper will be suspended for six weeks; in order that he may visit St.. Louis -with a load of bear skins, hoop pales, abinges, oak bark and pickled catfish, whiclae had takes for subscription. :' A CONTENTED .WIra.-;.-It is a lessed thing for a poor man to have a' contened; loving wife: .one who will n.jrisl.olive in a style beyond her husband's incomi,.jua because her next door neighbor does: one who can be happy in the love of her h4s band, her home, and its beautiful duties; without asking the world for its smilesor . its favors. OW' IN contest among-men, the party doing the most wrong is commonly harder to be reconciled than he who has sufrered most wrong. The reason is, he has a quar rel with himself, which makes him doubly irritable. O"' AMoNG the- calculations witirreajd to Sebastopol is one in the London Moninj Post, which says that the 'terniination of the siege is no longer a niatter of doubt but may be exactly estimated. The calculation of that journal is that the place will be taken year after next. 7" WELL, Sambo, what's yer up to nor-a-days I" "Oh, I'se a carp'nter and jiner." "He! I guess yer is! What department do yer perform, Sambol" "What department; I does de alar work." "What's sat g " Why, I turns de grindstone." "G'way." O AN APT SIXILE.-A Roman Catholic Priest some time since, in Germany, on= en. tering the pulpit took a walnut into-it. He told the congregation that the shell: was tasteless and valueless-that was- Clavin's church; the skin was nauseous, disagrees. ble and worthless-that was the Lutheran church. He then said he would show them the holy Roman Apostolic Churoh,-he cracked it and found it rotten. 0 A B.AUTIFrL thought this which 'we find in an exchange : " If there is a man who can eat his bread in peace with God and man, it is the man who has brought that bread. out of the earth. It is cankered by no fraud; it is wet by no tears, it is stained: by no blood." (I? DoNs'T READ Tiis.-It- has beenm ascertained, says a contemporary,. thiat the' people who paythe printer are seldomsti'uem by lightning. If this be a bona-fidle fhet, we have in our mind's eye. a few who. ougha to procure lightning rods instanter i O&7 MEN are like bugles' the more bras they contain, the further you can hear theulk Women are like tulips: the more modess. and retiring they appear, the better you lone thenm. og"' "Now, papa, tell me what is hum bug?" " It is," replied papa, " when mamnia pretends to be very fond of me, and pats no buttons on my shirt till reminded .of it a dozen times." Queer definition,. that;. atiB there's some truth in it. 0Wr" WHAT's whiskey bringing 1" inquir ed a dealer in that artiele. " Brmngig men to the gallow's," was the reply..-.,. Oz A Yankee has invented a. dilh'6g machine. which not only drills wood, rocks and iron, but is useful in drilling military companies. OWTExAxvE.-Woukd y'ou have 'yone children to be temperatei h e tensperaib yourself. Would you teach them to abhor all vulgar habbitsi let them hav~e no domin ion over you. Your wife might, talk from May to January upon the evil influence of tobacco. Your boy may see you but onee,. use it with a relish, and his first penny wilt go for a quid, such as an intelligent beast wvould eschew. - OW H AVE the courage to prefer eomfort and pi-ofriety to fashion in all things. OW A client once burst into a tIood of tears after he had heard the statement of his counsel, exclaiming, " I did not thinkI haiI suffered half .so much." 0zW PRESERVE few secret from )Ily, wlfe; for if she discover them, she will grieve, not that thou has kept from ber thy secrets, un thy confidence. - - 'Jm. 0&T THERE is a man in Olney, Illinois, so dirty, that the assessor puts him down as "real estate." p7'THE following notice wvas at# ' i a shop. in Leedse "This Ouse fS Lett. Hinquir Necks Doar." - 0# Tzz doportentsbhave tedn' tbi' prhetine af. piteot tnedeigi now. print scripteaflnjnntions g fencs. Agentemanwaslately start reading upon a fence, i" Take- Hobensseks Liver Pills," and direcl bnut i - pare to meet thy Godl - 0W NEw R D .-5&1e ng lie," is now rendeed "-at1lpSinatiogonlarga