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Farewell! us -.Jreams ae ill gth tse Hast thon oLe tender thought sf ps I my joys like summer-birds tuay By, My hopes ikoeslimmer blooms depart, But there' one fower that cannot die, Thy holy. memory in my heart; No dews that one Bower's cup may fll, -No sunlight to its leaves be given, Bv# it will live and flourish still, As deathless asa thing of heaven, -y soul greets thine, unasked, unsought, Hast thou tor me one gentle thought? Farewell! farewell! my far-off friend! Between us brand. blue rivers flow, And forests wave and plains extend, And mounttins in the sanlight glow; 'The wind that breathes upon thy brow Is not ihe wind that breathes on mine, 'The star-bean s shining on thee now Are not the beams that on me shine; .Aut memory's spell is with me yet- I Cans't thou the holy past forget ? Ti ittiteiars that thou and I May shei whene'er by anguish bowed, 'Exhaled into the noontide sky, May.meet, and mingle in the cloud; Andthus,my much-loved friend, though we Far, rar apait umust live and move, 9 Oar souls when God shall set them free, - Osnimingle in theworld of love. a Say-woud it be a joy to theeI -- A BID SPECULATION. oil THE DARK STRANGER. CAPTER . "Ah, Angely, I am ruined-utterly ruined1" exclaimed Robert Wilson to hig young and de voted wife. "Ruined ! why, Robert. what can have hap pened? I thought You were doing uoo well ia .your businesp," returned the a ie. witlI the deepest anxiety depicted upotn her fair features. - And so 1 am, amy love; but in an unimeky monenht, I embarked it a speculation which has proved unfortunate, and every dollar i pussets is gonae." -Why have you not told me of this before. Rotert 1" " I wished noct to p-sin you, love." "I fear yo~u have been imp'rudent ; nay, I will not. reproach you." " I have hoped that until now I abould be table to redeem myself. By rieaking a few hundred dollars.amore, I feel confident that I could re trieve my lossuee, and cei.me out bright again ; but alust I. have not ainothier dollar in the world." 'And he young hausband looked anxiously at .hijs wife. " What kind of speculation was it, Robert" asked hisa wife, as a slight misgiving erosaed her confiding heart. "0, it was. a strictly business transettlon, ,rathe conmplicat. d in its details, and I don't think you would unaderstatnd it if I explaitied it," replied Robert. I am not so dull of comprehension, that I ean not understuad an ordinary businmess tranasac'tion." "uNa., my dear, I kntow you would utnderatand it. better than ladies genesrally would, but ut Ls very intricate-very." Mj will not insist, Robert, upon knowing any ,thing you desire to conceal," said Mrs. Wiluon, with a gentle reproach in her torne-- but me ,thinks a wire ought to know the occasion of her ~husbsand's saorrowa." "ForgVe me, Angely," replied the hustband, imipritag a tender kiis upon her lips ; ''forgtve me and I will tell you all." "Nay, love, I tas'k it not; I am satisfied tnow. And is there no Iope T" '-If 1 lhad two hundred dollars, I feel perfectly confident that'l-should redeem myself." '-I there no risk. Robert I" "I will be candid, Ang~ly; "there is some I " will gst you the money, Robert." " My own true wife!" -This conversation occurred at the house of a Jyoung New York shopkeeper. He' had been pa rred to ayoung- gentle-hearted gui only a - year before, during which period they had lived in uttinterrupted happiness. - 35~ yGe wife had no suspicion -that the 0lou4! ~f-etsity were lowering over their joyo~shemp,'o9 .bti er husband had commnunica ted thte IeL -~ ~otr ' weeks, however, ste had noticed that Robert 4as tmoje than igga~ally dull. Ouee or twiece a treeI heta~d appeted biatoself frmher side in the- eyenhipg, lgig tat he iad buainelas demandidg hi autenation.' Angelipae Wilson, at4j1e tigaeof her-marriage, wsthb possessor of a qmail suui of mnoney, be.. queathed to her by her father. It liad been stct. tied upon her so that her husband could not con trol it, and could epend no portion of it. without her-sanctiaanl. ~The younaig shopkeeper's bausinenaa had pros pered bejond his' most sanguine expectatitons, so thathia devoted, wife, who .would satillingly have ~plaea hir littre fortune in his hands, saw uoocaston to withdraw. it from her uncle. In whosehaitia it was not only deemed to be safe ly infisted, but was produceing a handsome in terest. - .Robert. Wilson was y whole-eaaed young man, without'a selfish tylQtght iaj (as itypp tioni, He had mapjd Angehnea~ for hersel ginand had ha aq iesowed a gbgh upoI 3, ihad snaouo" hat 1porried him exceedingly. All the ready monee he cool command had been exhausted, and in hist ei tremity, the thought had occurred to him thm his wife could supply his wants. The idea c asking her for relief, was, to a man of his higi strung temperament, No highly repugnant, iho he only had the courage to hint at the servic she might render him. CHAPTER It. With the money in hi4 pocket, which Angel: had preocured for him, Robert Wilson hastene down Broadway. Awthe corner of Park Pliae he pasted, and CaSt a furtive giiane around himn evidently much agitated. He thought of hi loving wife at home. He had deceived her, and his conscience simotI him. She was all love and gentleness, and sin cerity, and confidence, and he had basely do ceived her. Should he not return, throw himself alt hei feet, and beg her forgiveness? Such a cour.A was certainly the most grateful to his erring penitent soul ; but he had made a " bad speco. la'ion." and while there vas hospe of retrie-ving himself, the demion of mammon within promp,. ed him to sin again. Turtling down Park Place, he entered one of those ganbling hells, which are the curie of en. lightened Ameriea. Again he paused on the steps of the magunificent establishment. to silence the upbraiding of hi.4 conucience. The beauti ful, loving expresion 'fi his wife, -miguishi.ag sway the tediouw hours of his absence in lonely Misery. haunted him,. &et the usual consolation, the oft-repcaaed rese~tion of i ise errinug soul: ", Only this -ine, and thewu i will rorever ab.ndon the way of the tran-grearii." cjamn to urge him on. By thp gs-lignt in the strett, he observed a lark foram, clo.ely mufflied ins the ample folds of t .-panish cloak, approaching the spnt where he stood. The stranger paused by his side gla need uently at him, and then entered the saloon! He followed him; the hall flashed with bril. intt hights, and the gay and rashitonable of the netraopolis thronaged ilie scene. Men smiled as hough the place was not the gate of hell itself. i'he ud aid repectable of the bar and forum, imd toe excnitt..e, were there. countenaeing, >y their present e ad example, the iniquity prae. ied within those gilded walls. Robert Wil.-on shuddered as he entered the aloon. Yet why should he shrink from a ,-cene. n which the respecuaibd men of the comuunity esitated not, to uingle! Poor, bimiple, yoiunug mani! his soul had not yet 'owe to believe that wealth, statioi. ud the ionor. of the world can sanctiry sin and hollow tiqubiy. in aut unguarded hour lie had been lured into " don'of anieves," by a man of good statidinig a soCiely-ti.e importer from whoom he pur. hase-I many of his goods, and who held his otes in payment of them. He had hazatrded a few dollars, though his oisucience smote him all the while.. He won; e was in the hands of those whao were expe e -.t o nf mipectin ?led with the fruits aof his unlhaltu-wed gain%.m infiated bv the aibition to become suddenly cl, lie went again. and again lie won. The deil lured him ot. With a firm resolu e1n to ab.umdn these visits when he should have dded the guinis off one more nigt to his pre ious tccumuailaii'oil, he went a Inird time, i lie ucceeded on this occasion as he tuad ilni tle two revions nights. he suaculd be able to pay the 11y note lue owed. The prospect of treviig ii.elf entirely troi debt, ..uitdeuly and Witl ut l.bor. tempied him to engg. once more in lie exciting g.tae. But the gamblers had permitted hiun to run -e whole length of his roje. On the third ighr lie. hlsa--lost a lie had before won! all Ilii fine tiacies were thus dawlied to the runtd. But lte hope of fhicig him-elf from ebt, iad. taken strong huid tof his imaginatiotn, td ie ciould not so ea-ily resign it. Again ne went, tru.tiing hat the chantces of it- game would ag.,in avir him-aaiu anid **iui he wet, till aill is available mteans were aeriiced. Taic gamblers adrouitly permitted hitm ii win a few dollars occasuially, anud thus hris opes were ke-pt buoyaunt. All were g~e but uhe passion if gaminag hid p.ined intensely as his wordly goods had melhed Uneasily lie strolled among the gambling tat ales, niow pau-ing to) glancte ant itnatat at the ame, atnd tieni hurrying niervously on again. Hie had two hundred dollars in his pocket end -humiliating retlectioni !-it had beetn giveni by als wife. 11i- must be careful of it; lie could ope foar nio tulore. As he paced the gaily thronged hall he dts -.vered the dark-lookinag stranlger. who hiatd con rrnnted himo ait the enitranace of the sahooni, alone, at ine of the marble tables. The eve of~ the dark beinig suddenly reeted harply upipon him. It was a dark, deepily, ex presnive- blue eye-it aeemned noit unitatuiliar to hint. The ghmee-.-hs knuew hot whl---riveted him to the .pot, atid ime sto'ad tremulously gazitg tt the straunger. The complexioni of the mysterious persnaige W.,aa de~cidedly whuiie. Hi< beard, jet black, en tirely covered the sides and lower part of the ace, eveni to the cothur ot' the muauahl. It Wits very lona anid enrled gracefully down over the chin. Over his he.ud tie wore a citp, from be netth wnich, long, blauck, glussy curl, fitated dowtn over his coat Lollar, lo .statute tne was below the meudiuta size. CHAPTER IUt. " Play ?" said the s.traniger, in a low, guttural voice, not u nuiuled with softntewas. Robert Wilson invol untatrily seated himsel oppoisite the dark beiunar. With htis glove hand the stranger pIlaced a fifty dollar bill on thae ltble. -Highest 'ins," said he luiconically, as he pushed the dice-box over to Ruobert. Tauis was certatinly an irregulair game. and atn irreguluar met hod ot proceediung-but it wats sim ple, antd ini thais respect was preferable to hint so lie placed a corresponidinlg amount by thet side of it. Robert shook the dice, and cast them -upon the table. "'Twelve," said the stranger, as he shook ulj the box and matde his throw. U gighuteeni," conitinued he, sweeping stake from thei table. "mattnxt throw Sobert won. The s'ake wal dobl; ;lhe wron again. Maddened by excite ment he place'd all tlhe rney he haid eut the ta ble. The dark-vuisauged strainger, withaojt moy inug a-muscle of his ,ty,',, envered ,it. At onis fell swodyi $$bbe't was penni~ei agai .Rising from the table in a pargaum .of disait pointmen', he was about to rugt froiy the ee,! I ta " said the stranager. " I have not a dollar," replied Sob,,rt, 141 terly. " Your watehi." - No," replied Robert, fiy" it isdmy wife's. " Your luck will change, again." The younir man hesitated. 5- tdnre to change," onitiued the stranger. With a desaperatte effort,:Robert drew th watch' frauis his pocket. a8.vmante-4vsa dlplars" staid he. tremnionsh d The stranger placed the amount on the table. .0 The dice deecended--.Rot.ert won ! it For several succeasive throws lie won, but f staking all, again he was onpe more peniailess. The watch was put down again.it was lost ! .t Robert was in despair. a "You have a wife T" said the stranger. "I have-God Forgive tue I" replieo the ruin ed husband, Irr a burs or bitterness. " or course, you love her not, or you would not be here" 'continued the stranger, carelessly. 1"I do lov-- her-s I love my own soul !" ex claimed Robert. pterplexed by. the singular turn the converftation had taken. The character of the professional gambler was too well known to him, not to suspect that i the dark stranger had some object in view in i these inquiries. Those fearless tales of gami blers who have staked money against the honor j of a wife, flashed across his mind. and he shud. h dered to think how near he stooid to the fatal precipice, which might hurl him, in his madness, into deeper dishonor. " You would have her know what you have f done?" aid the stranger cImly. p "Not for the wor'd " "Then play agiin; your chance is good." a I have not a shilling." L " I will lend you." a "On what security " asked Robert, trembling for the answer.. tc Mortgage ma your stock of goods." a "Y1.u know me, then 1" c "No; you are a shop-keeper." h " I will." 3 The stranger tlirew him three hundred dollars. w In ten minuies it was all l.,st ! "Thie mortgaige," said ithe the dark being. g *Can we m-ke it here ?" said Robert, over. whelmes with anguiph. . ni "No; I will go to vaaur house." a " nip8ssible I not tor the world." D "But I will!" vaid the stranger, sternly. ur "By Hea en, you shall not!" " Hist,! you shall be exposed." o, Rotbert was obliged to consent, and horns al down by the terrible auony thsat preyed upon him, he conducted hi. Mysterious compaiion to at his otice happy home. The clock struck eleven ge as they entered. 1c "Your wife is not at home," said the stranger. W Robert was surprised to find .that Angely was mi not in her accustowed seat by the fire. Full of th painful misgivings, why, he knew. not, he has tened to her apartment 1o see if -hte had retired ; there was no traces.of her to be discovered. tec Returning to the silting-room, he found the asranee ganibler seated by the fire. intently 10 poring over the pages of a book he had taken mji fromi the centre-table. wh " Left you, I should say,; women are so tame," sul replied the stranger, sternly. . tIH "Left uiel no!" exclaimed Robert, casting ir himself -into a chair, and' venting deep groans, the angui h of his soul. thi ."The portgage," continued the stranger, we sharply. out I will write it in my room," replied the in young man, leavi4g apartment. eo Wi in aw the choured in t a a biank mortga ro wil"princmu i ed to till it out.. The task completed, he u n to the sitting-room. As he opened the door, he started bac with 8 astonishment kt beolding Angely seat,-d by the ma grate, reading the last number of Hairper! he * Why. Robert, I did not know you had got do home," said she, risinga and placing a chair be- the fore the fire where his slippers lay, ready for him to put hi-s feet ito. lil The dark straiger was not there. h Li "What is the matter with you, Ro1bert, h.ow .e strangely vou alpear," cotti.ued his wife. In "Do i!" and Robert itaried and looked round an, him in wil.anitzement. Where was the sirangei? al -I did not know you were here, Angely," go stammered he. miL " I htave been out awhile, this evening but at came in just as the lock sirnek elrv n " "bo did I." tnswered he, more conf-used than Ye before. '-Wher in ir - the gemienan the who came home with me?" "'I have tnot seen any gentleman~." " I came in at eteveti wih--" ' Wha~t time i, it now. Robert P' ab The watch-his wife's wnt#gh-it was gone!. -"Your watch-I left--" isea " I have it ; it is half-past eleven," said An gely, taking the watch from her pocke. -- What is the maatter with you, Roberti you wI are crazy, I should say. " The watch"-Robert pau-sed. l1t " Welt," said Anigely, beginning to wear a ha mvaterious, mi-chievous look, " how goes your ha apeeulatiion ?"w -Badly. may dear," replied Robert, with a look of wonder. - Whatt paper have you in your hand!?" - Nothing-that is-I will put it in my aeere- ra tiry," arnd he left the room to get the ugly doco- e menti out of the wiay. C He was not absent, more than five minutes, iu but when, he retu~ned ilhe dark stranger of the gambling hell sat at the fire. Robhert, began to think he was dealing with the devi.M " The mortgage," said the aranger, in his low,M deep tones. a SWho are you, siri man or devil-who are ai you ?" exclaimed the bewildered young man, w rushinit toward the dark form. at But befo're he could reach it, the form shook d, off the cloak, atid the whisks-s and the wig, and his Wife stood before him ! The spell was dissolved. He understood it all. o, " Are you cured. Robert," weiid she, snilitig i wnischievpusiy. Atid theni using the deep' tones of t he dark strange'r, she contiinued : " You have t1 a wife; of contri-, you lotve her not, or you al w..nld nout be here. Ah, Robert, that alone aved you ; yout e~onfessed your love even in t your gamablinig hell. in m::kiteg haste to he rteh, a you have been led astray. But I forgive you, H,.bert," and the getntle-hearted wife twined her arms around his tteck. aid kissed his cheek. 'A " Always foirgiving as the spirit of mercy.- o 'I do not deserve y..ur forgiventes., Angety." bi TNE NEGROF.s IN Tlt NoRn.--The ve LI York Express hia the following sensible re. marks :-As a People, we of the North are. more prejudiced agatinst the negro thatn are the white men inhabiting all the slave Atates ti I of the land. We neither like their looks nor. 'their odor. We only tolerate themi in polish. i ing our boots atnd faces, ini running of er rands-curling ol hair, cleaning clothes, a scrubbhing, atid in all of the muost menial oc - cup tionis. This is nor phuilanthropay in prac ties, wile we hotwi about the negro's w.riongs, and shriek for a freedom which we pnage lby our own acts more galling than thet ivors pssibae sleyery. The ntegro of the . -Nar'th 'sduo r aeaR s~e a freeman, and if a .hehasa a api 'a Ie e et he .pust reel this to be tiue. The preTjudMie.5 aga~ntt a .him, and this on the part of professed Fien4s especially. make him feel tat distance of a caste and color which Is the line of separa tion. He encounters it wherever he goes, * and to an extent whic~h weighs and oppress- ; es just in proportion as he .bas syifjt agt ig tellect to fe IAho contempt, 0 Let's - i-coal 84 'm layii - *Yes, I0. niud no- - - -met a vhet'llia. :.'- t'tlher vay, thi - ne, or I "] iverthe. - - - sfell in- ed o the now-- tic uess it - e young to 118n VeE - .1 Well, I tic an't he - ir whose mi uilt 'i . Ia It ha iy wif - j it the he Pheelbi., -fault- an Viho is family I il poo - 't own fob Im an - . ntance. ho ve had - ars, and tie ways ' - irting his ha: elingv. - - nor's io- al inn 1 1 -a Some drunk, upi rid abt i ed to be est izzi . no time ted go. - - - - she used liti, I put - -J kiss me, issi id c When I are Iames e out of beg ire e "Bill, soi >u di - Cier you; "h re - .ihout let-. ' th. leg, she's dut tS a trood bill, lin ither -- - - - 't pass- for tave* ' drunk. Sot 111n ' -ast Sat. Can day ink. cha ,tz - tmes i'm of all - ty much fore over. - -cket, out mer te..* a outra- con nsli - --en she's of I judt - rself. I ry mdler clothes; as y h ,3 fault's E it - - ys- avoi Sw..'. . ntoxica. te I now e. . ecellar. The ere'! -on't get time de: ; .?, one of settl C 0;,.,.expect, h.ve en I-- t foanew mosl I 5,.''. t A1ev day, tion I -'- per mill. mon he I've bad the . sh~j-I - . ajd it lien n't People the ] ht t - .'. for l' We oly o.i ugh my infu thes - e. dpe , or- I.: v stout, and it is. - at as a than tei pox. My Soul ,t hat has be 6 guard fAr a in- snee v pane that wt, %out t'tIther mgriing at and invitation of a brickbat. It's gettin' we I i down here; wonder if I ain't able lo Stat nh. If I had a drink I could think better. init t's see; I ,ln't got three cents; if I was sou a tavern .1 eould sponge one. Whenever T rbody treats and says "come fellers." I next ays think my name's " fellers," and I've the : too good manners to refuse. Well, I grot st leave this, or they'll ar'est me for an eriai enipt at burglary. I ain't come to that acti, . Anvhow it was the wheelbarrow did no I harm-not ie. in s TRIAL FOR 51EPING IN MEETING,.s Jstice Wilson. What do you know that ut John Wadeigh's sleeping in im'eeting ? ther Wness. know all about it; taint n w ~ret- to lI I. Then tell us all ablout it; that just dIre at we want to knoiW-.a W. [scratching his head.] Well, the loa g antd short of it is John Wadleigh is a snr r- working n an ; that is, he workantighty his rd doing nothing, and that's the hardest thetl rk that is donie. It will make a feller thei ep' quicker than poppy leaves. So, iti, Lds to reason that Wadleigh would nato- try ly be a very sleepy Sort of a person. elI, the wveather is sometimes naturally sari niderabile warm, and Parson Moody's ser'-la in is heavy-like - met J. Stop, stop! No reflecti'ons on Parson nody ; that's not what you were called for. can W. I d-'n't 'cast ino refleetions on Parson ls nody. I was only telling what I knew dea sont Johnt Wadleighi's sleeping in meeting; id it's may ospinion, especially in warnm cot aher, that sarmoins that are heavy-like, o id two nouars long, naturally bave. a ten-. J. Step, stop! I say. If' you repeat any mne these retlections on Parsotn Moody again, thta I conuit you for contempt of e'urt! div W. I don't'cast no reflections on Parsonsa osidy ; I was onuly telliing what I knew nut Johiuo Wadleigh's sleepIing iinimeetinig. lat 3. Well. go' on; and tell us all about Ca at. You wceren't called here to testify d. >out Parson Moondy.ke W. Tlhat's what I'm trying to don, if-you ,v old'nt keep putting me out. And it's tny for pinion iin w arm weather, folks is considera- g I apt to sleep ins meeting. 'specially when te te sarmim-l mean,' 'specially when they Iv c pretty tired. I know I find it pretty .ii rd work to get by seventhly and eighthly .'II Sthe sarmon mnyself'; but if L once get f, le, I genierally get into a kind of waig h aiti agamn, and make out to weather it. But isn't so with Wadleigh. I've generally oticed if he begitns to gape at ueventihly. nl eighthly, it's a gone goose with him efore he gets through tenthtly, anid he has t to lo'ok out for another prop for his head umewhere, stiff- enough to hold it up. And -em tenthly to sixteenthly lie's as dead as a oor nail, till the amen brings the people uf Sprayer "and Wadleigh comes up with a C rk, just like openaing a jack-knife. i A man was ojnce arrested by a farmer for nn tealing duks- The farmer said. he should th saw them anywhere, anmi went on to e- tel cribe the peculiarity. " Why," said the wi nonsel for ths prisoner, .." they can't be wi ueh rare breed-I gasve some like then) in tal ra yard." *" T.-at's g.ery .Ii l~y, sir," said N he fanmer ; " they ar's uat thg golg ducks [f have bad~ stolen latelf." '' p1 Ax AwKWARD MISTAKE.--A gentlemai om Virginia, hearing that a friend of hi 11m Orange county, in the Old Dominion as in Washington on delicate business imely, a runaway natripnonial match-a ice sought him out, and volqnterred hii rvices to assist in the important cerem% ias; an office which, to say the' least, wal licative of solicitous kindness. It ap. ared, however, on ioquiry, that it .was nol friend who has to be married, but the erseer of the gentleman temporaily in the itropolis,. But, as he had evinced so ich interest in the contemplated hymenial )eeedings, he was entrusted with the busi. as of procuring a minister. Accordingly, hurried off for that purpose, and, making luiry on the way, he was directed to a tely residence, and was met at the door, response to the bell ringing, by a more in ordinarily well-d'ressed male servant. s the minister within !" hurredly Aske4 hp >omsman, (we suppose he was acting this portant character.) " He is," replied the vant.- " Then I must see him instantly," itinued the interrogator. 'Your name, "Never mind that; I must see the sister without delay; my business is of h a character that I have no time to wait cerenony." So the gentleman was invi. into the parlor, when the minister enter. making a profound bow to his vititor. re you a miniister I" he inquired. " I am, !" "Then I wisht to engage your ser. is. I want you to go with me to the erican hotel; you understand-a couple n Virginia are there in waiting, and your sence is requited to make their happiness iplete." "You %ant me to he present asa less." No, Sir, I have called upon you ie the knot; to marry them-to pro nce them man and wife." " I never did : a thiig in ny lire; I am the niimiter i Fraice; not a minister of the gospel!" groomsman apologized, as well as he Id, under the circmstances'-said some g about wrong infornalion having been n to him, and, stumbling over a chair, uated the premises in double-quick time; foreign minister, with a bewildered look, ing at his extraordinary pedestrian per. nuces. There was " von leetle meesteek." GREAT CoUNTR FOR A LAZU MAX. HeBean, in his lecture on Nicaragua, londay night, drew a picture of what I be doie in that- country by 'a man was not disposed to waste much time bor, and yet wighed to live independent, Goveramnent gave him two hundied and acres of land, and the'first necessity a house. This want wkis quicklyoup. Sin ablundance around, A ver with mud. The roof was then thatch ith grass, and the bonse was thus coni td. Little or no furniture was needed, mnock answering all purposes of a bed seat, and almost any kind of earthen vis weould answer to cook in. le next care was to plant about a dozen ma or plantain trees, which needed no ir care, and about fifty yards of land ild be hilled and planted inl yams, wbhil, operly placea, would yield enor:lously. Cm101s!1) frijele and ima beaus woqld v with the yama, as well as a variety of r vegetaiales, and the natis rpita f the stry were almost all indigepous. T h tains andyamns would yield mor gh-for the subsi-tence of an ept re iy, and garge of v~ery variety coasd'i :alnmosi tiria the door oif the hous. 'The nte was such ps to render |jtiIp or no0 hing absolutely necesgry, and thus, with muonth's labor, a map an. fix himself comn ably for a yesr. IEn't that the country a inzy man ---N. O. Pic. )VERDoING TH B TH[ING.-There was once lethodist preacher traveling in the suim -.There had been a protracted drought, earth was piarched and dry, aad vegeta Swilted. At night, our Methodist frieaad ped ini front of' a house which beloniged i widow lady, and asked permission~f to y all night. The old lady told him breasi s scarce, anid that coran was still ni're re, and that she did not knowv whether could spare enough to feed him aand his se. The traveler answered that he was inister, and ii she would 'jllowv him to y all night he would-'pray for rain. LEpjon i sbe consented, sq (liat iglit and the it aornai'g the minjster put- Ap long gud wet prayers for rain, and agamn went on way rejicia!g Th'e' rgbn after he left re canw uip a treg~idpeop storma. The l 1dy on getting up je tpe amoraning, found -garden fieoded, hepr fenices swept away, -plaqtationi washed ia gullies, while ruin 1 dhyadt'ion stared her in the taco. rinig to one who was standing by, she d:" Plagne take these Methodist preachers &always nv -rdo the thing. I was afraid this night before last when. that felloff pt i.raying so loud!I IMeORANTr IF Taus.--.Tits 14ondoi araing Chronaicle annaounpet an iniportant covery. It is stated that a great expers nt~twas recently tried at Vincennes, intthe ~sence of Geni. Lahitte and the officers of fort. The secret of comnpreesinug and vering electric'ity is at length Nq'overed the sole motive powver heniceforward :-- h d. A small mortar was gired by the in ntor at the rate of a hundred shots a min 3, without flashing, smoke or noise. The me power cain, i' seems, he adapted t ry systemn of mechanical invention, an~ detineal entirelv to supersede steamn, re irng neither machinery nor combustion vssel propelled by this power is si' imj the water like a bird, and to fear ni rm nor buricane. The inventof ha'd adv petitioned for a line of steamers enry 'Olent j/ Nrorfolk, In te UJ~iited State. ich pessge he promiases Sq gggish ir ht ana pry hours!" TH3 happiqgs'period of a man's life 1. en he has a prgtty little wife, one beanti I child,- more g~ady .cash than ase'wel iwa what to do irill, a good leonscienudd ad s. not .e in 4ubt far his newsaaner, JINSAS VIRCURAR FFIC. LAFAYETTE KANSAS EIONArIoN fr ICIETT, LAFAYaTTE COUNTY, Mo., March frl 25, 1856. w >the people of the Southern-States ns On the undersigned, Managers of the or aafayette F!pigration Society," has devolv. se -the important duty of tuilling the atten. .lf n of the people of the slave.holdng States, InI the absolute necessity of immediate ac. pt n on their part, in relation the settle- hil 4)t of Kansas Territory. 'II5 crisis is at Oav ud. Prompt and decisive measpres rpust ml adapted, or faruwell to Southern rights " I independence. pri Thbe western countries of Missouri have, ne the last two years, been heavily taxed he h in money and time, in fighting the bat- 1ri of the South. Lafayette county alone, ma expended more than $100,000 in money, " I as much, or more, in time. Up to this thE e, the border dRunties of Missouri have *I ild and maintained the rights and inter. gr< i of the south, in this struggle, unassis. i"| , and not unsuccessfully. But the Aho. ser mists, stakiag their all upon the Kansas co e, and heitasting at no means, fair or foul, sir. moving heaven and earth to render that mi utiful Territory not only a " Free State," ule talled, but a (ten of negro thievei and for gher law" incendiaries. ted lissouri, we feel confident, has done her ed, r, and will still be found ready and wil. " A to do all she call, fairly and honorably, sir. the maintainance of the integrity of the .vtc th. But the time has come when she Ami no longer stand up, single-hand, the lone1 fror inpion of the South, .gainst mnyrnidons prel he entire North. It requires no great Coi sight to perceive that if the "higher law" wit' succeed in this crusade, it will be but the to I nencement of a war upon the institutions lOu he South, which will continue until slave- sue al cease to exist in any of the States, or fron Union is dissolved. The ow, then, shall these impending evils he coul ded t The answer is obviotis. Settle thin rerritory with emigrants from the South. give population of the Territory, at this ev8i ,is about equal ; as many pro.slavery the era as Abolitionists; but the fanatics .atari emissaries in all the Free States-iin al- fon every village-and by misrepresenta. A and falsehood, de engaged in collecting Dr. ?y aidenlisling men to tyranize over lIouth. is ii in the nature of Southern " to submit without resistance, to look to cou iorth for their laws anld institutions I Jo not believe it! If, then, the South is iall maed by a spirit. of self respect and i t e dence, let societies be formed to assisty rndThose wb.. an Ant emigrate. as, we can induce more people to easgrate, we are able to Aupport. If the whole gd o h would adopt this system, we would ed v ved; Kansas would be a Slave State, P the slavery agitation would cease. If R ha oermit the North to make an Abolition and 3 of Kansas, the whole Soth must sub vess :o be governed by the North. Will the , :h help us? balm he great struggle will come off at the fmrd electio n, in October, 1156, and unless shon South can at that time maintaim her . nd, all "ill be lost. We repeat it, the T s has arrived. The 'iine has come for in-bold, determined action-words will Ih anger do any good-we must have igePn .asas; and that too lby tells of thon-il Is. A few will not answer. If we Id nee~d tenJ thm.nn. iand lack one of number, till will counit nlothinig. Let al,'so I, who can cnome, do so at once. i'hosecli ,cannot comie, must give their imaney clotI elp others to conie. There are huln. I of thousand of broad acres of riech fort I, worth from 85 to $20 per aere, open for etdlemenit anid pre-emplttionl, $1 25 tier ., Let, then, the farmer come and bring ( slaves with him.-There are now one a isand slaves in Kansas, whose presence mei e strengthens o ause. Shall we al- the these rich lands ud this beautiful coon- io; to be overrun by our Aholition enemies I g know of a surety that they have emis- to es and spies in almost every town, vil- st ,and city in the South, watching our wa ements, and tamperinag with our slaves- sea us, then, h~e vigihi~nt anid active in the shet se ; we must maintai our ground. The hr Sof Kansas to the e8uuthi, will be the a ni t knell of our dear Union. .sta issnuri has done notbly, thus far, in over- thi iing the thousands who have beeni sentne ly Ahbolitan Aid Societies; we canniot .e d out much longer, unless the whlet his th will comie to the rescue. We need thie mi; we nieed money ; send us bocth, and Iold tquickly. Do not de.lny ; come as in. he: iduals, come in companies, comie by thou- her ds. .at) Jar hearts have been made glad by the Ti Sarrival oif large compianies fromaa Souqth sa rlina and Alabamia. Trhey hiave rain- th I roimptly to our call for help.-T'Ihe ni.- of Ba ford is already enideared to our hearts ; ke love him, we will fight for hlhp, and die himt and his comlpanh(Ior. Who will fol r his examnple i We"'tell you now, and M you frankty, that poless' vou come quick- dii atad come by thoosands, we are gonie. e elections qnce lost, are, lost forever.i en fareawell to oar Southern cause, and t~h ewvell to aJur glorious Union. We repeat I cry, " come over and hep us." as Wa. H. RUSSE LL, e MARTIlN SLAUGHTER, w 0. ANDERSON, ut G.W. B.'aKF.R. EDWARD WINSOR, e NATHAN CORDER, i WM. SHIELDS. -q AN AXPna APOLOY.-A gentleman was sk Led upon to apiologize fair words uttered sti wine. "1I beg pardon," said' he, " I didl re t mean to say what I did ; baot - I've had 'L niisfortune to loass some of my fr'ant-w ~th, and words get . every now and then e; thout my knowledge. He was going on, en a friend pulled him down by the coatI 1, saying, "Don't say one woard more. wl ver was there a more perfect apology. fa ou add another word, you'll spoil It corn- kr tely." . . - b - I Tsp VrroniR-The man who ise s to know everything,. tell all, he know ,;amnda al guess at the rest. to- niiake oath td his e]iO>j good character, .estalilis* the reputation!if. his neighbots, and elect Al candidesset. ..fce; to-blow apeerybodyuimit everybody, apd p vr914e M~g J i gf other, and ijat.- ;~epjte~ph ~ ~ ~~ stone, " Here he ies hi last R is a loconitive running on the'tri A he notoriety; his'lever is is pen, is filled with ink, hil i . Visa#sa and his driving wheel is. ptabji opn"..e whenever he explodes A.* caqse4. lyi non-payment of subscriprios, ise pected to work for notbing and boart4 self-and if he is unfortunatev ni have a family, he will either have to rIunltIE - 42 debt for their support, or take lodgijpid the almshouse. I'oor fello~w he is nobi1 -nothing but an editor. aES saoxz OBJacT "i rpan,.rch or poor, ought takave mome ab sorldn purpose, some active oosgMOeint whjphbill main energies aridevoted. enjoyipent htt 4qty, daily duty, musbel t - aim Qf ph'life. No man has a right to 1iW upon this (ir earti tareathe its-air, to eo sunie its fq64, to enjoy it beauties, prodige ing nothing in aptu'rn. Re' lias no rihta enjoy the blesqings of civilisation,ase - and of civil liberty, yitoi 0iie ar nest and self-deqying j fAv to the welfare of ia . eU man can be truly religio,s 1o .m ification, as distinct frau self-enyine eer tion, the great object of life, ind th Idler,* puts pleasure exactly ip f:e place of duty. Exchange. CONCERNnG Eove.-At breakfast obi morning, in a quiet and comfortable ord;1 anr- t a foreigner made quick dispatch with kh #t eggs. Thrusting his spoon into the midd be drew out the yol devoured it, and Pa on to the next. W nlhe hadgotto hisuev* enth egg, an old farmer, who had ilre.dy been prejudiced agaiqat 14onuieur by. his'M1s tarhios, could bear the og ,o. longer, and speaking q ip.1ai4,9 - you leave all the white) How is MMe - wood to afford to provide' breaklj rate 1" "VV," replied -the. outside. bar~plan you wouldn't bab me satIe vite ! . DY "the shicben ; do vYe de fedders. Am tf make von bolster of my belly I" Thefar ' er was dumbfoudere. Riorm Nona,= oF DET.-A so A er o'" duty at the palace of the Epperor Petersburg, which was burnt a few .e ago, was station and had been to if. el, and returning, he was bapq F T try. who musit, in a ey Ag . pore 911,19 suffcated. "What do yqq wpp"err the priest; " save 3 ourseif, or you will 10 lo't " I can't leave," seplied th sentry, because I am unrelieved, but I called tq you to give me your blessing before I die.'! The priest blessed him, and the soldier d,ie at his po?t Lgpul ga.-LaUg on, a!I gerar mim4 the eensgre of pmes. Jog a ne of the Grea j 'R414ces qf "ei p braces thq ncrvep, sn1e~ the psarq dance to pleasant' muip, and the yery soul ring again witk armonion's sounds. It is the delight of tho gnf, maes sunshine when there would la ill shadow and glom, promnot 'oesti happiness, drives awvay sorrow, an~ the mind for -the exigencies of tile fgre; 5a laugh on, buot laugh discreetly, and in' de season. Exuberant mirth does notbecom any one. .- , A Dowx cast papoagives the-MaiRRg quor Law a thrust afer the following fashion , A friend of obrm had arrived labe at a ho. .:.: tel, and asked for some spirits. "Stranger,' said the landlord, F' 0o foti get, I ;uest you are in the Stae of lialne. ife'vg lig spirits here, bugt ye hv soome tar-. ' Telopd y e peqe to,- brought and tasted. ' ernq5g eggs half-whiskeZ and hialf water. ' " This is ra er pyserful lemonade," sai4 our irienud. "1 hy, yg, it Is," said the landlord, "bu - voq see bl~ranger, the weather is hot, and to Ieep ppr lemoniade we are often obligea t4 mnike'it cruel strongt." Doctor.' maid an old lady the ether day tq~ her family playcician, kin you tell mue hogat.~, is that some folks is born dumab ! 'Why, hem! why certainly, wamanrepli4 the diactor ; it's owing tg the~ Fact that they come into the worltd t refwer o.f speech.'- - 'La, me!i repmarle4 the old lady,!t now jt - see wijst it'iso flave'a phyme edication; ;' ,, o4 myold mag gienre'n a hundred thiat ar'sauge thj, endi all I go i e A looker ow at a gambling-table, ayn observed one player very groalchlr another to.k the " pigen" asidg 4n l8 *'.Good heavens" r'hve you not beew how villainously that man 'h 1 the cards!" The other smilingly answ e-. " Pray don't he l"eistconosen' about thiat;t I inter" to ~ pokii oon as he has 4wen ~inyi.. Loi y 1'idea ofngsto. is rich. "'fj fe," sai4 hie, speakia Y'' aw'htr6Iadl orien befr'endd 'ob Ieji thsanked, " is like lo i.'4en pating acorns, which never tht'k j 4l s n; qp to see where they cotefupr. - I man'japoptly9or t~ Spnrceliasejphnn ng toid l y n u T late I'gislat .anew libel, law. T'he,1 reter the tiaieMt asia b* no .t*felbl -