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KSDRISOE& , r sEDGEFIELD, S..9 SEPTEOBERi2
DIFFERENCES.
- DY CHARLES MACKEY.
'The King can drink .the best of wiic
So can I! it
And has enough when he would dine
So have ! e
And cannot order rain or shine
Nor can I!
Then where's the difference, 1. me see, ti
Betwixt my Lord the King and me ?
'
Do trusty friends %nrround his thirne
Night and cioy 3
Or make his interests :heir own ?
- No, not they!
Mine love ie for my.self alone
Blesed be they !
And that's one ffllieece which I ee 1c
Betwcixt my Lowd the King and me! st
Do kives ar-und we lie in wait of
To deceive 1
Or fawn and Ilatter whn they hate,
And would grieve? ct
Or cruel pomps oppress my state
By my leave 1
No! Heav'n he thank'd! And here you see
More difference 'twiSxt the King and me!
He hashis fools, witI jests and quips, cc
When he'd play;
He has his armies and his ships
Great are they !e
But not a child to kiss his lips,
We;l a-day ! G
And that's a difference sad to see
Betwixt the Lord the King and -me!
I wear the cap and he the crown
- What of that ?
- i sleep on straw and be on down- C
What of that?
And he's the King and'I'm the clown- th
- What of that? C
'If happy I, and wretched ie, t
Perhaps the King woul! change with me!
(Londm IIllustra d Neus.
Y*I
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THE LOST CLASP RNIF .
D
TE MURDER-AN ARREST. in
It vns a wild, rugged scene, near the west
ern shore of Lough .eagh, in the county of
Tyrone, andJ i the northern part. of Irelaid. T
the left, stretching away from the banks of tiw
lake was a (iark bog, over which, nclose-tan I
gled masses, growr the ra: oaswidevoonl.
It was just at night that a way-worn pedlar en
tered on the-dubious foot-trauk that le i uioup:
the bog; and froi the conilidence with which
he walked it, one might have .suppu-:ed that ie
had traveled it often. Iii; way was toward .
Londonderry, and as he found hiniself in the
midst of the gloomy wildwood, he began to
whistle a slow tune by way of enlivening th d
scene. At some spot.<, where the fi-miknt oI
the little shrubbery vas quitearee, thtvsir. I I
trembled andshook beneath the pedlar as tread.
but he-felt sure, or knew that he was in the
right track, arid he kept steadily on. .
Not long after he had disappeared from si-:ht1,
in the intricate windings of thec pat hi, any one
standing upon the edge of .the bog nmighlt have
heard a sudden rustling of the distant wild wood,
as though some one had rushedl hastily -throug~hj
it. 'T.hen camie a scuile, a cry of pain, a fe.w
deep groans, and then, for a few mom:ents all
was otill.. in five minutes 'more there wig aniother
rustling in the bushes, a heavy lab, an" ere i.
a man emerged from the bog patl i awl -o.
f1.w seconds uponm t.e hmarci grond li wa
'he pedlar,.yet he bo'~re am 1 and to'- I
lar's ime' cti all wa-,i .,a he t.n.1 a
and bemra. -
little O-t, of thei
pe.-i.
.~ hong nL; tie ma;IIn adl lef It.e .mpt 1,e
pa. 'ercme Ciuptj Iro:a .: 0, : 1 at: ama o her
he reaeed suil: a -1.cc'i:ee laid, his burden
upon we ~ gr.- w.a tuie ijlouti corje. ofam
the j. .is.r.
"'oor Mad &ual !' a.unetri! the young man.l
* 1r '. ung' he wa.-- we, .:>i ,:ave had the
. hiear t to take youir lii'e? Tihere could. have beemtn.
* utt a few imore years for you on earth,:und sure
ly they might have left you taoSe. Anwi whatS
this 6 4~y pacek,as I live. Iholy saints, they.'ve
*takmen your last breaith for the paltry store you
carried ; and it canl't av bee long, either, for
your bloud' is.wanrml fronm your heart F"
The young mani knelt downm and pulled apart
fli]e bits of lace and'. ribbo'ns, ine pin-p~ap.er, and a
jie1o eu:-hionts, anid whJ.i 1he yet ga:?.edl va
taatly. tiPon'themi at the s:mie tiine murnnmmured"
sadly tQ himslfl he was startedi by a heavy
tread of feet benindI him. ilo looked up andI
saw three stout men .itanmdinig over hum.
" Coney Drake I" said one of tilem', im tones t
ofranknstoniishment.. "Good God, is thi you?" t
"Ye.:, it is me," returned the young itmani,
rising to his feet, " and this--"
IIe stopped and turned pale with fear. The
idea camne thundering upon him that he might
be thought the murderer, ie readl thc convie-.
tion ini the face of the men who had found himnin
hi rsent s;iuationI.
". gA, Coney, 1:o wonder you lieostate. We
ver could have thought this of youI.'
" 'Klelieye what !" widiy exelained the young
-:'Lok at tis!e slowly returned th~e othe.r,.
ont 'the body of the peolar.
eeit. it is poor od.dgnl;ntIu
notuirder him. I call on God to witness that
I id dhand in it."
":Do't e-all on God with a lie ini your moumtn, ka
.Coney$Dlrake. Look at your Iiand-;. Loo!; at f
yomr bnnd'g Thtey're alt bloody. And iNel t.f sn
the ebrps*-if'ms warwn." ,I
* ."1 found it in the .bog. I was coming lhome l
- rnu the oherside; and stumbled against it,:u amdi
*Irond t ir, u hei6.-.No hand of mmne harmed
* ~ J i e piclc y~ what were you doing
.#ithtat" - -
"And the things'? You were making mighty
-ce with 'em when we were coming up, Coney."
"I only was looking to see what-"
" Don't he.itate."
" V ell, it was natural curiosity that mademe
ok at them. You would have done it, Phil
anaug-h."l
"perhaps T might: but I could't have found
'in my beart to have done tiat."
"Ohi! God. I dI not do it. You know I
uild not have done it. I fumil him mrei;red
the -og, and I brotugh t him up here, ad here
oRmi hi- paket t,r1n Open :i the tings ail
attered about. 'iS true what I tell you-aL
'uI aS holy v:it.
I hope it i-:, Cone, but tlie deed lo ks dark
;ainst you You'll go to tie vilage with nI .
ye-' :at' e in:end to :.'
Piil Kanaugh," said one of the other''.
V.i.,..t "1hall Wt. dNo with the ,d "
" Let it be tLei, an! one of you liit stay
id watch it. The CorT AmINI, eet i1. JutL
here we in it. Cuome. Co-:y.
Cone-: lir:.kc tou::ed one 1or look mI"r~31n the
urdered pediat. and he gazed upon hi.b -
We hCi oi.ns. lie :: tiie 111l flre
. t' Ith USi1 'erenus '-cttuder w :.ae ihe Ladl bein
und. iad he knew sui3mary was the iethi-I
which .,uei ca~es were disposed of in the
iurts.
CII. PTEfR.II.
INARY CPaL.AND) H1ER VI$1IT0'..
Mary Carroll was an orphanO. just lif'tia;; her
d into emniful- Volmaihooi. It va:;a at th1e
>ul of the eveing that :-he 3::t upon the dor
0one of h:r1eott:e. and over her fair lea
Tres was ;rea I a cloud otf (e-ipondent agoiy.
le hear'd folot -teps appnroachin-, and lifting.1 berl
-e<, she sav the dar:k 10orm) oh C..per Unag31o'.
ith a sIhudder she burned i:.to tile house, but
t-per f!!owedl her. Ile was a stout yiun
low, but he loo!:el uglyand rep:live. The,-re
as in L eV luineamen:t of his keatures a unrk
owl, and'his face bore nlmimerous scars t0:1t
Ld bee l t by the wounds lie had receive in
-:nvis; and drunlken ow.
4 A good eveiin3g to you, ilss Ma-y, 'a:d
liper. as ie unC-l1usly ent : red.
" Your prence mIake' it a ;)ad on0," reliedl
e fitr girl, in a firl Voice. " Go your way.
ispvr Bagroon."
" This is my way, darling, and he; I choose
stay for the presenit."
--If you stay here, then I shall go. Fre told
>u tine and aIain, Ca-per,'t hat I would have
ting to do wI I ye. Now, leave me in peace,
r I'l- m1iserable."
"N, 'Iary, I si;ani't itaye yolu. for I love you,
ad you au'w it, :md youshall b1 e ine. la
:e" Ira:ke Wolit lbe; ity rival any tuoIC. I
ighit have ad youl prety hand long ago if it
hl .ea hor hi-, w:ning ways aUd s:oth
i:.:ue ; buat h~e's do:.e ihr' nowt..'
Cadper ipOon)0, yul lit-ver could have had
Sha:d. I ue you, and I dways did. oniey
ike i.no gtuity of that murder, and they
n t'colojct i.U h Qur;fAY ad leave ine
"Ha! ha! ha! Mary Carroll, you don't know
bat VOU're Saying. C .oney Drake i- uilty ot
e n'mde.- hi~s been pro1vedl 6..
": it e. lie!"
i, ie. conviced, ondi MT. Igoig t) li. 1u.&
3ar; Crrzoll gra- t .'l 1n01.1 by the a;::I
.d140 .ihv into is r.
Slin't. 3 con. lie t3 me. C:; -per lhgroon ?"
nl ' e- e.: very.afteron and niex.t we'.X e
i.1u3 hn.'
--No!In,! ithe rbmohn hm"re. h
'Xe- le ~a;. il ~ii ''' CV'i'\ zz1i''
d~u, ttile ptir l l ey never. '' d*id iha m r
r. v n h.antii1r
i e e, Ic y ;oun: I ca nlitj tl. e no!.bh
-" hL.-lie can. iHe Cal "eevry tLi.
""But h a. thou.-." 3.ee it. da
Anl, *.t thle .-:mne timhrou -- :.iofuec
L........uI Itzl V .
ed gil v.ith rou:aoil-.Now i-ana .
ar arll;yuv go 3'' be3i. 1''m'
a hllIi 1.. ieo ! h ~~r e
:1ii iC. POl'r' 'ary was. frighene:. o.
Ly'. at L: i:-.'u and .ru -h ared. !, I~
UAI'i .ur .0 1
..- . noi atI..a-ne'
1 ?
n ei V 3'1~ it -
- r. v li:. .r (n~n r.* .
In de ti L1 ht- (a3... *. .a'' ]'t'
:3.~I ':13gCl'o'e3, 't a .:i e all t r h
dg:wN aghnin. -i ,-, . ,
. 1*31. , , I 3:.1, WIL .t h -.Ia.... tao' .ar.
-i nt n:. h:.oe o . .. o u 1:. iii... *]:l'3
-re's3 a lo I hUlI1l mei ebz utbIh
eee:tiits 0 a thoughat tht lo:e t ti...'nee
AI he noer de.-eMin.- upon .:c rym Leu arroo, r
er sudenvcah, : mdl~.;I 3. wul'3i t .en gllL wiu
ed,~i us. .cZ':the, ma beforeil "er. iy
'hu., hll ," 3 -.'ate .. litly. Wid 'i.tere ,
IaC Atu kni. 3'tlr iThe .'r i oo upon yen
-\i.tce ?"ut gailped .,aetroon, ino qui'
hol 'aml . "i'd hes isC3) noI blood erelu
Un 333).trickiry. Idy hii ore ci h u:m.nt
"net.'roaere no~t lea." l:i-i 1aryi :st land
astrntmge pwer, or aolltlwae.o
CU.. pe aron !"me ashe ried, and in~UlO
je pren of g m li wralh heo .hiran foulrwr
ad oa..ked theWI gil her mi'e byokii triuam.
"ik Now thoudght toudngue tie," eaed
forward, wound her arms about his ankles, and
with a sudden jerk, brought his legs from under
him. He fell unon the floor like a leaden weight,
his knife flewfrom his grasp, and, on the in
stant, Mary once more sprang. through the
doorway. She did not stop this time to open
the gate, but with a single bound, leaped over
the low pailing and gained the street.
CHAPTER III.
THIJ:. PMzboN INTERVIEW.
Mary Carroll r..ached the garden gate of a
neighbior's huse,:md tlicn he turned and looked
towards her own cot. She :aw C:q.pr R. -roon
just teppilg into the street, and she could Nee
tharo h tie dan twiliit that his hands vere
elmedl together, ad she thougzt she heard
bu.- ur-: idi m hi..: lip.. Ie cam ue not
a 11 ier, hoi ever, but fat:,l fl in the oppo
.,ito direction, and wa .soon los t to sig-:t in the
TIe re-'olute grl tepped a::ain into ie stc treet.
uLa -tily wended her wye toards the jail.
a-kd to -ee Coney Dra.,ke, but the jailor
refu-e- he-r. He said the young man w con
delinmed to ie, . Mid none but the prie:-L cld
be ada:1 ted to hi.< teli. She h:-ed and prayed.
hml th ilowr was inexorah.!. He toll her.
h vr tat sile aigh t pply 1 the She:i, and
that a p:a froi him would athnit her.
WiLh the fleetness of the wind, 3nry darted
oIf for the houe of the Sheril, whom Fhe had
the good fortune to find at home. She made
known her reqpie-t, amd lie at first refused.
- 1h. I muIst ree him." she Cried. " i ve was
a! :11!:e world to m1e. If he Iu::t die. 0. let m
.>-:t to-light," s:.d the Sheriff, but it was
pe:l in a waverh tone.
.e:, ye.-for the love of God, sir, ! TO
morro111W ma1ty be too iate. Coney lever comn
litiud that iuirder ; I know tihat. 1 w.n. I
his-1 should have ben hi wife. sitr, had1 he
ived ; and (', who knows Int that he n:ay live
yet. Do. do--Ohi, o. :-ir !"
3nry C:o! k 'ui. o her knees el.i-ped
her ha:. I:.: ten., rolled dow heir che'
iimil as the st era enrer ga:ed upnl her 1hu:. h~e
oild n: : find i in hi.. *.:irt 1o re6e I:er far
ther. B: r nnor .1. rer amne late a
ud:enie to ti jj !..an: .1 1len he handed it to
L.er .r:d-iI
.There, go n'd :ee him ; but you mt make
up youar mind that this will be your la-t visit.
I shall feel miuerable whein I han the poor
rot hI'I for. I haiveahvays thoulghtim nahli le
So Le is, loibe i. Yu sh)l noti .. him
--hv heavens-you shall not-! lie i:ever oiil ill"
'hile Sher:1' piLied the poor girl, for '.e th ight
the thing lad turned her brain. ie 1:rew not
that t.e hil was tell t:oes more .mtrung than
ever be-fore.
%1:1-y sougrt tihe jail once more. and she found
" to hulty in gailInIg aihnitaice.
Cair:liusDrAke set in hi-; cIl. ' v:t- not
Iore *t:ao ole and twenty-a nole looking
youth, with auburn hair and large blue eyes,
:d a co-lmtenance full of giodiess and truth.
md yet all knew that no one could have killed
the peillar except i:n cold blood, for old alagdulh
coldi ave no enellie.
.;rV Carroll emherd the ecL!. She :.to an
tiat' uon the thresd:i, and :promig !ward
;1I t1 w her arm- 1;boxL the Vrutti prisonier's
.r. .arV." he ri-1, " thl- ho saiznts
..iti.:.fo ti. I ':ammt embracedx you, drhing,I
SrIL i-e my '. m're e(ied'
ie evol 1: ~e .l a I e thiO :!dhut 'i'he tuha Vl
e VOn %%re :o be .", Ibt .-.wIorC vatoi t
(%'Id ill., ,.
' la itrd. ? :m it.
* ae t..:.e. - n : ,b:el.n in R t
. .i - l ' i l v 1 : f n(-L :- L. L I
nv%,
i.I : ..t w ia d 1. - 1.~a y
" i a I. lm:..i--l i-mi:m'--:v mm
a h le I t. .:: i. do ,,i ". I -i:
tie .
it: : i ih: lb t.i: *&. i" '
ret n om he La-l n1-. . .; '. e
-: . t'eIum - -r 6: -!lpd
- t......tl 1 ithe:, an:: ci. w t he p:ednr.
- . i I bt e p h b. ,:;y ' t . ei-ed ii ion
*a w!.c-radt~e a.,i e..w r-she.ly itIknor:.
eji. a e t :.ll tl-k. The e.-te voth in a.
-ot ii~ bon in te vicin iy in !:0~iidi Vent-r
--:'.: . I-Icr ft :. reee who.011L p-olled me
.I :;'tni i-. hiI.ry li.: i do . ea fo
wai ::. :md ,(. t he ale.mee of.I .1. th 1:eler
- -an~reti ,ell-nei p.e- he o nlis-o
-. o an:.e p h o tumy hi.-'ie e:cted~Tml hiseu
-.. 1L ih10 Che!irtil ie ; abl ofit -iknow!
II tioil.i.C
. Il-ry a do.', he d" ,it hrme. T aw
I t, 1d forioe tciihme- :and reainiied , and
li~.:t. Hi' flfl e. fohnot p ized niu, ulint lee
ti'i. -d ntl r her liit~ le in;'. .pa-..se: t an iifr
.t ti. :-,antdwheue atle hs ngt.he
t- i.- taltl bl ine- li fe- war salt omd lhin
Iu .-; n hae 't airite wniu ot i aae w lik
-c. CLe,til.,e.:. I bet.ie~vI Gotd homet ~ims
nut t- iroIurie truth int er.sea tpr an iter
shehen oi arthly i nuesthreg is lro1
Tof t C~tl ier aon e mic o iei ecottah, l
ind ba-L O .----" r il le ih o .
"o m!y ! ake ldare---" te ai grlt
is oll him o, etrembe antammecredi and,
na-ano1leod hol waed fle- il wics.-han
Wuahaf ien me oton:hrct, gr it emne qlea
late. She feared-no t'retui'n of Casper Bag
room, for her hearts -~been made strong by
the strange convict"' t she should succeed
in hcr cfforts. She .'ed her tinder box, and
having lighted a ca, se bolted her doors
and windows, andi 'ning towards her bed
room, when r eye gt an object that lay
upon the floor at the ther extremify of the
apartment. She w it- and picked it up.
It was Bagroon's iff!
In all probability; e. villian's -fall had so
thumped his head, t' e entirely forgot the
knific he had droppcdf lary knew it, for she
saw it when he pull .out 'tat same evening,
Al she had often s. before, and more than
all, she knew that ha 6 he people in the village
could swear to its ide ty, for there was none
other like it, Casper. ving mide the hahdle
himself from euriousl ed bog bak.
For full five minui 1Fary stood and gazed
upon that knife. The de was-open and she
taoughtnlly ran her uinb along its ouge.
Thei she closed it, a placing it carefully in
her ho:-om, she solh chamber. She laid
down upon heir bed. 1 t wns not to sleep, for
her mind was too b too active, too much
(cited, for that. It * not be lulled into
forget.!ne7s, nor yet dreams. It dwelt in
the land of facts and e"' caleulttions.
The nwxt morning ry was up before the
Aun, and throwing on. er bonnet and shawl
le hastented. off to th hou:e of the Siieritf.
(This Sheriff acted b4 In the capafcity of ex
Leutor and a Cori ner. he had to wait some
time for him to I appearance, -ou he
ame at length.
You her agiin' !" LCttLred with a slcepy
rawni.
4Ye, sir.-and I e important busincss
too. W'ere you not t Coroner who examtined
the aIwdy of old Magd .7?
The Sherili' opened is eyes and began to
wak tup.
" Was the body~ op -
N., f'cur.-e no6 The pedlar was dead
-...;;ahbed~ t-ice or tl, tiies.-we kiow who
'U I ii.'
You Inid not knoiV odid it, Mr. Sheridf;
Vou did nA , I s or you never would
put an innocent ui . M. and had him con
Vieted( of umrder. IA 6'ody bimled?1"
"Ye--over a weekl ;" etuirned the ofli
"Ir, looking upon the in a state of utter as
"Then it musit be up. Dig it up, sir,
11d Pl* prove to 3o t Coney Drake did
nlot do the blhoeody de6A Win you Io it, sir
'aIy, will yot do itV ?
Sacriii began be deeply .interested
n I he ma[r, for-ther sonething more in
w maniner of the 'r? n idle roving. .
" Mo t a-suLredlY,' replied, ," i you can
ive mu a good r Whnui do you sus
-If Iell you, b vcape.
"No, he shall be e .
"Then, 'twas C groon."
The Sher ilfeyea 'F -
" iup t u bodN 'nd see. God will not
uffer thu gwilty -tescape.. -Dig up the body
Ind let the (octor examine it."
Caperkagroon is a dangerons fellow, ut
teredI tile lIleer, " and I think him ju .-.'the
n to have' done :uc a deed. If 1 had rea
.oW! - 'd arre. t 1im 'his very oiv n.
A)Yo h:(ve :e't.ons I believe he did the
imner.1 cec.We hi Of ;1 ! Is not t.It
Ill :u.re-t him. by the Saints, I wil IIe
neddit logI r.
And: wil have the body dug up tWo7"
CITAIE.R V.
'cr)le er itr- vhell Casper 3a:Tool
.:i arr.,.ed for I tmuider of the pMar, but'
none :-or1Y. P.".h1o opiinit turnled like a
xether-c'rk crC the e'videoe ha: been pro
Th*e body .f t' pc. .-. was brm:. itth
our t, aII'the divtii or't wa ter t.'e--:aineu the
hi bo.: hee, :m-t features were diA.
I: 1he el -:t :W(n ::t he 'ok not a.
nne of a: I ..1. ieme to Itor' ' '1 thi
I.'ry .prigin ihw 1
-: i i:ipoe he;l prdC'd.a''I.Iof
ii.: t wh-nt:e 1. the luiki- Iii!t t
af 9 he-I a. ro ebeen ie look:'t riec:e
-eid. the oto alrirlud:!I
[i!.-..:-! blrd!" erta Iide-, .a the u'tm
rpi.: a-epkif rm e oe."Yui
knwto 1whm 1uth belm:. lTyfi ! stry it!
kThepi*.le e2r ardedl. "erly' Carpard The
mhei, took. the ni~ etnd ofee 'it. Te po int
hrom iu'. 'hamle tof theV doctor aml apile itto
ume tu..n bladIe. 1uct~ (ited-t;c'I wao tiin
a liaiie haoa af wt'.Iidy, hefr hystc ,l
:roon.C ' ni:fte adde !"Lkif,21
my.\v~e , anid Marypin "aind h. dre itL upn
me '.11 ) L tn henrt ofl.l Tyre That
hadiI m:mt fr:mt to mycki hup aid inhtted ime
etmit~i meun bit.s Cokne thak im aldoen
tiCnitdr of(mder I trid t ileo upo himltr
but..e ;an-t whe adw tat kniblfe, an
~iped hmtu amd hn prlied a~ da't roppe
t.re I tl4 und11C it. Y knew it. h addone
is the real iturderer, and Coney' is free !"
The Sherif lYimay have tried to quell the noise,
butt lie certainly fatiled1, for thte enthusiasmn of
an Irish erotwdl1 iiot to be hushed.
The new trial went summnarily on. The iden
ily of the kniife wats prov'ed at the starting.
Piil Katnaugh swore that he met Baigrooni com
ig fromh the bog a short time belbure he came
acr'oS Cone~y, but he thought nothing of' it at
tte lime, nor hand it occurred to him since. In
less titan half tan hour the word "GUIILTY3
sotnded upon the ears of the villain.
" It is a lie ! Curse ye all !"' he yelled, andi
in a nmonient, when he caught the chance, lie
sprang towards Mary.
ie did not reach her, however, for Phil Ka
naugh pushted forward his foot and tripped him
up. Bagrooni was at full speed, and when he
was thrown ftrm his feet, fell with a fearful
impetus, and his neck struck the sharp edge of
an oaken bunch, An instant he remained with
h:s head looping over upon the seat, and then
his body rolled upon the floor. There were
two or three long struggles-a crimson stream
started forth from his mouth, and he was no
more! The fall had broken his neck! His
fair victim escaped him.
" Go] did I Iat !" cried Mary.
"God did it!" cried they all.
Mary Carroll held the order for Coney Drake's
release in her hand. She rushed wildly to the
jail, and an hundred young men and old follow
ed her.
"Fr-o! free!" she cried, as she fell upon her
lover's bosom. " Corney, dear Corney, you
are free!"
The jailor came and knocked.off the shackles
from the young man's feet and hands, but be
fore he could gain time to speak his cell was
tilled with men. They caught him in their
arms and bore him to the street, where they
placed him in a carriage they had dragged from:
the Sheriff's stable, and heating the heroic Mary
by his side, they proceeded to the fair girl's cot
tage.
Ere many weeks had passed away, there was
r weddin, .and Curney and Mary were the hap
py couple.
1ow vue Dcvrr. Losv.---The followin it
.i. too
good tobe lost. We clip it from an exchange
paper, and respectfilly call the attention to it of
:rtain persons who feel disposed to spread in
,he newspaper line:
A young man who ardently desired wealth
Was visited by his Satanic mn.jesty, who tempted
im to promise his soul fbr et.rnity, if he -could
be supplied on this earth with all the money he
:ouid use. The bargain was concluded-the dev
I was to supply the inoiey, and was at last to
avc the soul. unlt the young man could s pend
nore niouey thao the devil euid iarnish. Years
a~ssd away-the man married. wai extravagant
I hi.; liing, LoilL palaiec. speculated widly
ost ol gave my t ortune, and yet his coffers
sre ai:V1*t% III,.
He. ti-rt p-Alticio, and bribed his way to
oW anidi Iae11. wihi 'it redteing1 hiS "pile" of
Jl. -ie brai a -hiibuster," and fitted out.
;hips and armties, but his isanker honored all his I
rani. lie went to St. Pai to, live, and paid
.he usiml rates uf intere.st for all the money he
.u!d barraw, but thougzah the devil made wry
h'eus when he camne to pay the bills, yet they
vere all paid. One expedicut after another
aded-thie devil counted the time,only two years,
hat he must wait for the soul, and mocked the
-tforts of the despairing man. One more -trial
vas resolved up:m-the man star!.ed a newspa
rer ! The.dcvil growled at the bills at the end
R the firt quarter, was savage i s: months,
nelancholv in nine, and brhe, ".dead Lbrke,"at
.hend oi' the year. 6o the newspaper wenmt
lown, and the soul was savpd.
SruIMr.y Devo'rio.-Therd is a young lady
ivi ig in Saratoga who has visited the - grave of
sister every mrning oi'ut three years. A more
ouching sight.we have seldom seen, in this in
, nd ' tfularorld~ than-tis devout
er morning prayers. where none but God can
iear them. There-is a fanaticism of the affec
ions which one cannot but reverence; and the
scene we have nlided to makes the love of wo
mIan holy, even to those whose skepticism has
,eo':aeC chronie.
AccIDN T.-A iewr days; ago, Dr. C. Wheeler,
f Weton, in coTiplanI with his two sisters,
vas ref mning in a buzgy from the residence of
Dr. irns, and when opploite the Narrows, on
he Wc.,t Fork river, the horsC l)carae fright
ed ndl took a learful leap down a precipitmus
mb11 ankmlent somiie thirty fteL into the river.
1he water at this point is sonie tell or t welve
eet deep. :il the herse and buggy went entire
y unde. iTie horse :.:Ool arose, and guitled by
be.Doctor. soon succeeded in swilllming with
e ouggy into shzalileo water, froi whi:b. with
a.wtance of -everal o our generous citi
.en:, who were fortunately ne.ar the spot. thme
Letor 'z .uf.tceeded inl landhing tihe huie .safely
dili. unijuredl upon time sh;ore.* Wit :he exceji
i a.foeabf.wih a rkn no U Ia
vias done to) the butg'. vWl(i ihicho tntelfy re
:::nuedl right Mie up1' while in the w::mer. T~
can o t hit a et into~ the river. theObu h:rem of
.vb V2en is i uih rock-ii and tie enl:e
a e--e~y.-- .ri C( ( a.) ikatl.
*e2 i. o~vr issad o -: dcare a
heprpretr hd irctd imo,' puti ont
beblsIta oe was: pii nty, and' pep
gnelt isueatv ill. .[httl thati
*a nhoetrdasta th prset I I.i
hat nme !Yinihatstat..i I 1 seem h a ul
mdho reolvev .uid to riednotilhstningthe~
hrpp tio ail udiredlitiso 1everydegree,'
mhe in.: th e.>-Opaion w of aprenly clry
;-an, th pal three mounited latea illor a nd set
iere the itesh col b sitoemfirsenithtn
isor r fighicr was dicver andle then itheres
lhags tas toc moun01ting, ain ill. andt han
a hoest o a hn the psin ef Yungt. in
Aniain. ThX ver Madtheir apitl pstor
smhr th os f byalXiapproachin unersy imand
let ae tei i se the spure. Bt ees ther conie
bm. c~ Iii as evien~t hyiou l a d oo beIap-!
ture, wen a liciton inutp irioro te maid et
"tork. a inds e at Ui h on e vmend he ritua.it
All p'atiesr "t covered he'ulmlves:~, l hit ir,
aetrn uL aseld' th e lut hehrbid
itheclrgya po one r the oever.m
whatr hafbenioht wa ismnelneduu toen furius,
buti be ing ia gah~latld lo, andi~Z mirin hasm
din ac tionPi Ohm t soo (eeioncue to forgii-e
ras, ein odratieomnt ofthi tidme endrh
novel l'aur th iniswhichappeychingumphedimover:him.
;aetr Ihosen the sa r Yax it--yohn P tGcroues,
ofiC IVo.'tt Mssr a iOlatlyl am en awarde'd theo
feirt zas vidintt he wonldsrvatire oy
ale, hn ;ru elm.oes ilprlo mak te ainr
neto ofEroe ai.n cmpnyith itlfVu am cee
heir1 nkinnds linen01 a re unr he tul
nI~SCELMAfOSITE8---R CT, hD~iT
S' Frederick the Great wrntth
generals: "[send you.with 60,00fI0e
the enemy."- On numiring'id th4
found there were-but 50,,0. *The
pressed his surprise. at suchi mnistakle
part of his aovereign. Frderfck's ri wa f
"I counted you for ten thon e "
E Ta SUGAR PROSPFCT.-A letter r01>1
the Parish Plaquemines,-Louisiana, in the' N
Orleans Picayune, says.that the Sugar plantes -
of that State will have no cause tocomplamif i .
this-year's crop. - The.cane. will MAture earli
this season than usual, anthe new sugar. wiIL
be manufactured and come into market.twoo 4'
three weeks in advance of -formeer. sobs
S Wa~isZTEY INCOR.-At
1iiconsi -. heo*ubject of, contruve* " " "''l
demijohn of wLisker, which ia's. orer 8 be
brought into court.. The defendant Gita
and so was the whisk'ey,-irg otIer w the
wii.key wa.i .1ruik and so was tfiel
Z Un -.pnistie-ted boy-" M pa
is getting very rich, isi.t he 7" - .
Mamna-" I dor't lnow;';.whi,*c dl
Unsuphisticated boy--" C nie'egi u1d-so
much mnoney. -Almoitd every mor grafter
breakfast, when-Sal biveeping thui ar e
sives me a sixpence to go out :nd i n.he
Battery." - .
Sally received a short .notice to euit
A A happy commbnt on the annil
of time and space by loomotive ageneyIV
foliows: A little child,.who ide fifty iles
a raili-oad triin, then took a coach tqa.hequcl
housei,,some five miles further, was'aiketon en
arrivaitif-Ahe came by the cars. ,"Weme.
little ways in the cars and then4U lhliet
the way in a carriageb -
2 ~A F LL E P6Iikn.a
New Jersey has a cat which .he triane-to
accompany him in all his..hunting exedii'
She will start up birds rabbits,,squir
with the same sagacity'as a dog, and " ,m
them almost invariably' with.succes.
naturally soft and sly in her.movements sh 's
regarded as more valuable for game k-iik y
dog couldi be, since tpe best trained canine wil
sometimes becomes boisterous, and thus'iopis.
chief. The cat is regardeda curiouity in the"
neighborhood.
?S'OUT of fity failures ind suspensio s
recently reported, dnly three are of flrmaltrelie
slaveholding States, while twenty eight are. in '.
the city of New~ York alone. '.
s' A tailor in London has a -
waistcoat on therprinciple of Colt% arev -
garment with four fronts useful to secure
charm of variety or to concea Islibliior'
grease spots, but particulariioni efet Ai1
ieningluggagei by reducingfour-w*e
Ig"Hmn.i huridea
in the Methds ynBokis
"In age ad P8ebltesetmiit'a
Who shall a helpless worm redeem? -
Jesus I my only hope thou art,
Strength of my failing flesh and heart,
0! might I catch one smile from thee,
And drop into Eternity !"
r? Two and a half million feet of pine
tumber were used in making clocks in Connecti
:ut last year.
VjFl At the Westboro', Mass., show, was
exhibited a Holstein cow, Jenny Lind, with a
ig calf by her side, named Barnum.
g The best description of weakness we have
!ver heard, is contained in a wag's query to his
wife, when she gave him some chicken-broth, if
fhe would try to coax that chicken to wade
through the soup once more.
8 Brown is a married man. A few days
ince lie thought of taking a trip to Paris. One
,f his friend.- meeting him in the street, in
niired: '-Wel. Brown, my boy', whena are you
>)f ? " To-imo rrow." " Do you take your
vife with you ?" " No; it is a voyage of plea
r& Li-:e so lung as you mafy, the first twenty
pe3rs iroa the greater part of your life. They
p r.so when they are passing-they seem to
Ie ben so when we' look back to them-and
bey .' Ie :: 'e r .1 m our memories than
d thec .vumu-, whM' -ur~eed them.
a.: - rlating his marvel
- o u . v::.n thirteen of his
n - ' m-.ttio'g of a
- - -.\ud how udid
~:sthe lautchimman's
to th " ton".in Sem
:o -- 4.ee er eig - hn r years.
pg- til., I've21 in rea estate a ie,, .
atel.y." " el -John, ui.>w nimch have you
lippedl in ?" - }ougiht a lot inu the cemetery,
wd a hailfacre for a residlence lot just north of.
t"" Just no'rth ! whart the dieuce did you go
o far north for ? Going to live there ?" "Yes,
Bill, I wanted a homec beyond the grave l" Bill
looks solemn, and both vanish, whistling a mel
chioly air.
13" O. cf the fair sex writes, rather spicily,
that, though a few American ladies live in idle
ness, or worse than idleness, the majority, as.
yet, work themselves into early graves, giving
ien an opportunity to try two or three in the
course of their own vigorous lives."
& By doing good with his mpney, a man,
as it were, stamps the image of God upon it,
and makes it piss current for the merchandise
of heaven.
gr There is a young lady, up town, who"
says, that if a cart-wheels has nine fellows, it is
a pity a woman can't have one. Sensible girl,
that-so we think.
[T A Miss Curtis, of Hartford, Conn.,,gave
a. good specimen of rifle practice, at a shooting
gallery, in Saratoga, last week. She fired at
the distance of 65 feet, hitting the bull's eye
eleven times out of thirty-one sh'ots; every
ther ball she fired struck within two inches of
the mark.
g "You say, Mr. Jay, that you saw the
plaintiff' leave the house. Was it in haste 1"
"Yes, sir." " Do you know what caused-the
haste 1" "I'm not quite certain; but I think
it was the boot of Mr. Stubs, the gentleman he
bea-ds with." " That will do, Mr. Jay. Clerk,
call the next witness."
W A good wife, according to Plutarch
should be as a looking-glass, to repr et hi.
husband's face and passion. If he'behpleassnt
she should be merry ; if he laugh she-.shol
smile; if he look sad, she sho l.fitdath in
his sorrow, and bear-pati-s in;,and so'
hould they continue insmm tualloveone tow'ard'
From the Rising Son.
THE DRAM.
Whilst there have been many opposers of the
Drama-men too who have stood, -and stand
high in the world, and whose opinions have
been htuded down on the subject; there is
equally as powerful authority in its favour;
authority which must' and will command re
spect and attention.
Mtar..ns Aurelius, an emperor, distinguished
for his piety, says: "Tragedies were firat
brought in and institutedi to p!t men in mind
of worldly chances and casualities. After the
tragedy, the Comedia Ve us, or ancient comedy,
was brgught in which had the liberty to inveigh
against personal vices."
Martin Luther, on the subject of the .tage,
says: " In ancient times the dramatic artL has
been honored by being iade subservient to re
ligion and morality; and in the most enli<en
ed country of antiqlity, in Greece, the theatre
as supported by tbe State. The dramatic na
ture of the dialogues of Pluto has always been
justly celebrated, and from them we may cou
ceive the great charm of dramatic poetry. Ac
tion is the true enjoyment of life, nay, of life
itself. The great bulk of mankind are either
from their situation or their incapacity for un
common efforts, confined within a narrow circle
of operations; of all amusement, therefore, thI
theatre is the most profitable; for there we see
important actions when we cannot act impor
tantly otrselves. It affords us a renovated pic
ture of life, a compendium of whatever is ani
mated and interesting in human existence. The
susceptible youth opens his heart to every ele
vated feeling; the philosopher finds a subject
for the deepe -t reflections on the-. nature and
constitution of man.".
In another work, Luther says: "Christians
ought not altogether to fly and abstain from
Comedies, because now and then gro~zs tricks
and iallying passages are acted therein; for
then it will follow that by reason thereof we
should also ab.itain from reading the Bible.
Therefore, it is of no value that some allege'
su'ch and the like things, and forbid christians
to read or act comedies."
We might, if we had time and space, intro
duce numerous paragraphs from the writings of
such men as Philip Melancthon, Rev. Dr. Knox,
Lord Bacon, Dr. Philip Sidney, Dr. Gregory,
Sir Joshua Reynolds, DIsracli, Dr. Isaac Watts,
Archbishop Tillotson, Potter Porteous, Percy,
Warburton, South, Watson, Paley, Ridley,
Young, with hundreds of others in defence of
the Drama. The testimony of such men-men
of character and tone, is such as must speak in
its favor.
The Drama "has been supported from the
earliest-periods, and for a long series of years,
lias met with jthe protection and encouragement
of government. Wi uld this have been the case
if there had have been within it the seeds of
evil? If it had been found injurious to the
well being of communities? assuredly not.
The DrapIa has met with sulort And fayor
from christian'inistersan en., Profes
dranfas. Apollenaris wrote scriptural tragedies
and comedies, together with Dr. Edward Young,
author of Night Thoughts, Rev. C. Maturin,
Rev. Dr. Coly, Rev. II. Milhnan, author of the
Li.:ory of Christianity, Addison, Dr. Johnson,
Milton, Coleridge, Thomnrson, Goldsnith, Miss
Iamah l Moore, Mis Joanna Ilaille, Miss Mit
lard, with numbers of other.s, whomN we might
introduce, as noted for their pious qualities-as
their great gifts.
As to the character, position and standing of
actors. erroneous impressions exist; some may
be inclined to tliiiik that they stand outside the
pne of society. But this is fllse. It is with
thei as with mecmbers of every other profes
;on. Those whose ability, conduct and talent
enitles them to respect, are always esteemed.
The profession of an actor was highly estein1 I
amniong the Greeks. Eschylus held command at
Mairathon, under Miltiades. IHe was an actor
a111 author. Sophocles held command under
t he reat Pericles. Euripides; was a distinguish
ed oieer. Roa::cius was the intimate friend of
Cicer.. Laeliusi was the friend of Scipio Afri
eavm-: Ini modern timoes, Mrs. Chive, Garrick,
Cii.ber, Nemle. Kvean, Mathews, Cooke. Q in
awml Mr;s. biddo:is, downm to McCready and For
e-t. of the pr'esenmt day3 have bee.n the especial
l~tvorites os mnonarch s :mdi hipim digniitarie.,
have b'een received~ in the highest society and
trea ted with nimthed distinction.'
N:::ier'ms of lovely "and acc'mli.,bed wvomen
:1. .jin;ia lIca U iye, 31*- .wat Mrs Sid
-oli t'cre dothn .-- ti.t ThI hve beIen I 'ne
..,sol' Kings ii: u.a 1 ble--of Re~publien'"
I t isi true that, to muany of lhe TIrofeissi *n, d.
m:.y b le atuncahedl and th'e Iinger of' ren io:'y
tve teHl ip m~iniist ; buit this is co:amon lo'
immbers; of eivery detnoiniationi, otf~W ev er
ni'. .iom-ain every comnmuni ty antd landt-but it
cani no nmre ihe heldl up or shown as a blemish
upo;5 tho.e who hiave nmerited no msuch reproach,
tan the tyranomus, cruel and unijust administra
114on oa one to.ln could -be brought up to injure
ad darken the athministration of his successors.
M~or,.Assr:.s vno JImIAN Cons.-Mr. George S.
Kintzi, of' Exeter townmshipl, Berks county, Penn,.,
called at the otice~ of the itending Gazette a day
or two ago wi th two sampie of syrup or molasses,
onel mlatde from the comuan Indttian corn and the
other fromr the Chinese sugar cane. The first, it
is statetd, was of the colour and consistene~ of
the~ best molamsse's, and had a p!rrasanut swee~t lla
vor. Mr. Kinmtzi tr'ied but a small experimnit in
making this svrup. He took eight earn stalks,
cut off' at the~ ~root and at the car, crushed them
in a cider mill, anud pressed thme juice out with
hi-; hand~s. A quart of sap wams thus obtained,
whch, aller hailing thirty minutes, yielded one
pint of beautiful syrup. The Chinese sugar cane
was subjectedl to thme samc process, and yielded
about the same quantity of syrup, but not so
thievk nor ofl so fine a flavor as that made from
the coumondian corn.
Tu'mi :~hx wuto BIIors -ut TEi.EGR.Wic CA
r:.::.--The letter of' Prof'esor Morse, which we
publ~ishedt, gives a peCrfectly clear and understand
able explanation of the cause of' the breaking of
the Atlautic: T1elagr'aph cable, and fixes thme blame
ot' the disaster where it probably belongs. Mr.
Iright, the lheadi enmgiacner, who had the laying of
the c'able under his sole direc'tioni, ai~pears to have
been the culpr'it. IHe had put thme blame upon
"a mlchiei," bmut P'rofessor Morso says that he
ordered one of his subordinates to aipply the
brakes, the " mnechanic" hesitated, Mr. Bright
"enuerously" gave a certificate exonerating all:
persons on board the ship from any blame for
the disaster. Another very important fact stated
by Profe~ssor Morse, is that the cable was running
out but very little faster than the rate at which
the ship was going.
D1Y' Advices received at Washington, state:
that Brigham Young threatens war and a sep.
aration 'of the Union if the United Statestop
.na ar t n~Trritoiry.tIOP