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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. \ TERMS I The "Ledger" is published every Wed- ' Bwdiy morning, st the low price of TWO ' DOLLARS per Annum, if paid IN AD- e VANCE ; Two dollars and a half, if pay- a aaent be delayed three months, and THREE c DOLLARS at the end of six months. j, ADVERTISIHG. c z Advertisements will bo inserted at scv- T ssnty-five cents per square for the first inscr- e tion, and thirty-seven and a half cents per ? square for each additional insertion. K Single insertion, one dollar per square. c $>plertrii CalesJ e THE CASKET OF JEWELS, ? A Christmas Story. c BY MRS. HOrilRONIA CUIIItlKR. Akotiikr scene. The youth of nineteen r at by an open window looking out into li the calm summer night. The soft delicious b breeze lifted the curling hsir from a brow n now slightly clouded, and the bright b moonbeams which fell full on his face tl found a single tear trembling in that dark, n thoughtful eye. Yet they were not all b saddened feelings which occupied him;for h riot unfrcqiicntly a smile passed over his il features, and more than once, as he sat b there, his eye wandered over the prospect u spread out before him,?the beautiful gar- ft den, the richly cultivated fields, and the p thick forests which stretch away far as * the eve could reach, and his li|M murmur- a ed, half audibly?"In a brief space nil p this will be miner* There was a slight rustling of tho bed t< curtains, and a low voice whispered?"My w aoii!" t< The youth stood beside his father. The ii insanity of the week past was gone; the glance of the eve was steady, though il a was losing its brilliancy, and the voice was g catin, though weak and tremulous. p "Hcrnard are you the only watcher at d Sue I! .? ??lrwl 1 -I H? you need more, my fcitherf" the *i v- ice of tlic yoonj man trciutilcd us be ti ^iuke. a! "Your half sister is us mueb my child d as ure you, Bernard! and Iter mother is ei my wife. They shoulJ have beeu here h with imf said the sick man. It "If you bid nic go from you, my futh- l> tf, 1 will oley!" and Bernard bowed his tl heud on Ute couch, "but willingly your son tl a ill never leave you." a "Ah, Bernard, they deserve not the " tnunt,?they went not willingly from mc. M The father wait silent for a moment, and then he addetl,?"Bernard, w hen the hod- *1 ily eye is dimming, the mental vision be- " comes more acute. Your ste|>-inotlicr f and her child has not received justice at ^ my bands. All may have been as you J aid, my son, and yet I should not have ^ driven her front iny house. I shall not die * in peaco unless 1 look on her again, and " unless I see you reconciled to Tier. Let r* her be sent for!" n The youth rose to his feet, and moved * nway from the bedside. His dying father n saw not the change on his feature*,?the N contraction of the eyebrows, the pallor of T lib check, and the firm locking of his J teeth, lib baud was on the door, hut there it rested, and he glanced stealthily T at the sick bed. lib father's eyes were ' closed, and hb breathing was deep; snd the son crept hack again to the open win- f doe. , "I will not disturb him!" he said to himself, "it were a sin to do so. An interview *' w itli her now might endanger hb life. A 8 gentle sleep will give him new strength." 01 But there wss deeper thought passing ^ through hb mind though he tried to banish it. "Will he live? b that return of ^ . .. (# ?? ? ** muran, iwturiimg met ? ill fie live to an- ~ ?to whst he bu donef or is that dwp, die- ^ tarbed slumber the beginning of thst j erbieb knows no wrskingr w Tbe young man put back from the window the ligbtenrtcin; the rustle of its silk- fll ? (XI, -? IX. iL. * : ' - looMMd Mil, and the whispering of the n eoft gentle breeze wu changed to a loud, tJ iStfui wailing, end m it swept through the m trees beneath the window, the leaves struck t| SqndMr with a bell-like sound. It seem- ^ ed aa if the throbbiags of his heart, eren, u night wake the sleeper. M The dock struck twelre, and the dying e mitt., again called hit eon. A great n sdMttgi httd passed over bis fcatftres during w <hal*halfW "B*sbs net eomeTlie asked, faintly; n Mx*i justice dull be done her and her u child. Bernard, Irgetnpellsd your step- b inotber te sign thatWoahtal to mv estate. tl The woman fcarwfff aha ftffsd te obey *?y eommasd, I would deprive her of her ?| daughter, otherwise site would never have dona It that pepcr most be destroyed, si and also the instrument which makes yWfc o? MflWfdMwtslSpl- Why do yon t look in strangely, Bernard! Yon bare I MMMr, my aoof Yon wfll not it tgbL MIWPW ?MHl I hsve told yon ti wt^tt^gMcejrs tnsy be ftmnd; Iwing me a II uis nenn, "1 win not give it up? nt hull share thin wealth with me!"?< o his own apartment. Even when years had passed, and c rimes had more deeply calloused >eart, Bernard Trask could not tl rilhout shuddering, of that night his I r died, when again and again he < Jong the dimly-lighted passage fron hamber to the sick room, listening tt [>w moan, and the whisper of his m ver hunter and fainter, till the last aj, ed adjuration fell on his car, ths rould not compel his father to go tcrnity with such a terrible sin 01 oul; nor could he ever turn away hi ion from the gaze of those fixed, gl yes, which, when fearing longer to < ey that dying call, he had opened oor, and stolen noiselessly to the bed >crc resting on him. In that cold, 1 xprcssion, thero was a deep renroi litter malediction, but the youth w lot seek to turn away the curse. Fo mile of liis idol he defied the frowi onscicnce, and that terrible regard 01 ountcnancc of the dead. Another scene rose up before the nan. lie sat in the neat parlor o tumble cottage, lie had often been t iefore; his portrait hung on the w all tame was on the fly leaf of those ri? ound books which were lying on th Ic centre-table; the rare and bcautifu nments on tlio mantle-shelf ho irought from a foreign land; the piano is own, and the sheet of music lyin I was his favorite song; the vines, c ering over the window so thickly a lost to exclude the bright beams of ill moon, his own hand had helpc lant and train, and even the rose-i i iiw counties* blossoms were tilling tmospherc wilh fragrance, had often 1 runcd by him. Kvcrv thing around the young i >ld hint of himself; but the langt rhic-li w as spoken he love<l not to li and he rose fr 111 his seat and p; npatiently up and down the apartir I'lie door was opened, and a young fair, delicate creature, with deep I entlc eyes, flowing golden ringlets, ale, sad face, which, in contrast with eep mourning attire, seemed almosl averous, entered the room. For an I ant she stood silent; from the look ol r-rtainty which pas.Mil over her leati lie might have been doubling the encc of her senses; and then, utteri ry of joy, she sprang A?rwnnl and tl er arms around the young man, res or head on his brv. st. Tbe fond race was not as w artnly returned, the to arm did encircle Iter form; and the ie head was l>ent down to hers, the ere motionhs.-; but tlie young girl ot heed it; lie was with her, and I'tned enough. "Oh, Bernard, I knew you would c gain!" *la*.?tclaimed. "I knew you c< ol forget roe. 1 would not believe 'port* which have reached me, thou^ > a long, long time since I heard I l?u. Why have vou Ix-cn silent so l< ear Bernard! 1 have been so * retched! Only the thought of you, ic assurance that you would some I Hum to me, has kept me alive. My < lother and sister died months ago, a eeks since iny father was buried, am lorrow I should have been homeless; II, all is restored now! Oh, Item hat deep darkness, what hitter an as your presence dispelled! with wh ood of light has it nuirounded me! ill never leave mo more-?you will n wget tno again!" "Forget you, Clarine!" said the yo inn; forget you, who, when that ten incase was upon me, atone stood nt cdside, risking your own life to save ii lid bv VfUlr linvcorvinn i.lnUU - 4 onng in? from tho death to which v lie else had consigned met No, Clai ratitude?" "Gratitude!" echoed the young mnging from the arm which did ?k to detain her?"gratitude! ?aacs to love w hen one begins to be gi il. Bernard Traskl" what anguish ere in her tone*?"answer the qucs hicb I cannot ask!" The young man could not answer neation. lie could not say; "1 love iber!" Ibr never more keenly than at loroent, was lie sensible of the vast tnce between that loving gentle h hich be was crushing to the earth, tat proud, hangtity being he was to m is ow n. Nevei could another bo as < him as was she, he was sure it ntus >; but while love to her was the su listcnce, it waa to him but a dim, sect ry planet. The unhallowed lignt \ hich he was seeking to illume his p ay through life, did pale for a brief tent, and he advaaecd a step towards > kneel at her feet, to clasp her to art to whisper, "Thine forever!" M love of gold triumphed. He took the pledge of betrothal wl te returned to him, and left her prose An hour after he stood at the altar, de the Lady Isadore. Tho rosy cli T the bride wore no deeper color, nor te long silken taehes droop over tl kg*, Mil Hani, Mack ejrea, and the hat r smile aim wreathed that curttog r but she was a splendid eraatdto, su ig there In her qneenty robee, with am of costly geans ft earning, out t mid the wreath of orange I last inns wl Dund those raven tran*K and yeI M4IJH Iriiliinaitto w*>,Ml tm * her} he saw onljr thai face which k >one which rang thruugh the church as lie ut- riag< went tcred the words which made him a lius- ] form band, though it fell like the death-knell of ing i ?ther hope and happinoss on his car, was for- 1 togo his gotten when rattled in his hand the parch- i H link, inent which made him the owner of a fore fath- vast estate. It came afterwards?the re- j Mari :rept incinbrance of that despairing cry, but wren 11 his (Jlarinc he never saw again. from > the The next morning, when the creditorof dark anie, her father went to take possession of his in tl joni- cottage, he found it without an occupant. True it lie Search was made for the ill-fated girl, but who into what became of her was never known.? hear 1 his Some conjectured that in returning to her her I s vi- home that night, after witnessing the and assy marriage of Bernard Trask, for there were her diso- others who recognized her in the church, with I the besido her false lover, she had attempted "J side, to cross a bridge which was undergoing not 1 fixed repairs, and had fallen into the water, and stow c?f, a their suspicions were strengthened by the brov ould discovery, n few days after, of a femalo, will, r the some miles farther down the river. The my as of body bad been so long in the water, bow- tells i the ever, as to be almost unrecognizable, bad who the eye of affection rested on it; and tho Tl few who looked on her felt little interest as h old in her fate. wliic >f an that here And yet another. It was Christmas drov I, his evening, tho birth-night of the beautiful SI rlily- Marion Trask ; it was to be also her mar- alon e lit- riage eve. The prineely mansion of her eursi il or- father was opened for a brilliant festival, soujj had and as the rieh man wandered through in sc was those gorgeously-decorated apartments, ury g on a smile of pridu and pleasure lighted up was lam- that durk ami gloomy brow ; but the heart pro] a al- of the father did not beat lightly. That thin the only child was a worshipped being, but beai si to the old idol still kept the hrst place in his was trees soul, and to-night the last sacrifice was to into . . i ? - ? ; me ue niaiio ni its shrine. F l?ecii Dcrnard Tarsk felt tliat lie had but one "tivt more offering to make; and conscience over man wns repeating to him in no very gentle 'ong In5? tones the words that Isadora had wliis- wasPtrc(' ^er *'>''"8 contents, "Deal gent- CO:l': need |y wi(|| your daughter, and the crimes soul lent. yoU J,avc committed may he forgiven ; hut It girl, Bucritice her on the altar of avarice, and >'ucj henceforth the fuel of that unholy fire ;i Wl Hyo shall he the life of your soulnud | And vet the sacrifice was to he made. tr.vn! l.a He deafened his ear to tho voice of con- ^ 1 ^ science, as he had closed his heart to his P0** 1 daughter's pleadings, and shut his eyes to !e p that t?ale, agonized face which was turned ?r'- so duenairiuglv to his. c,,u' lie a 1 . . . ?"ui uvw ^*,r "on'0 weeks previous to tier mar- |(js ( timr 'K* '"K' avoided the sight of her us w< e|n_ much as possible; it had I ecu easy for him |JU u"h to *? ,',c ^!W ''"j" ras?; f,,r i',c young uoh ^H'on confined to her chamber lips ^.v brought on, he well knew, by did srh*nnd dri,,,ir-. , , aiiot ,|ia, 1 lie marriage rites were to be perform- ( ? ed at an early hour, l>ef?.>re the invit<d ^ omc gUt**ts hnd assembled. Marion had sought |?rtr< ,>uj4j an interview with her father Ik1 fore the wj? tjie hour named for tho performance of the j|JUj ,jt jt"ceremony, hut he had denied her an in- t|u, g "roin terview; and when she catne to the door jn in_ of the apartment in which he had shut j(Ut k.er' himself up, and begged, in that almost row and ^ronz'?'' lone, for ? moment's conference, lime l'? '>nc' only commanded her hack to her jlJuj Jear dandier to prepare herself to receive her tjie | c,w future husband. jJ;uj | t?e The young girl opened tho door, and sj?Cf hut sprang into the apartment. "You shall }tjA , ard, look on me once more," she said, "before from -onv giving 'no your final comiuaiid. You but ] hi a shall let me plead once more that I may Com< You l?c "pared tho commital of this sin!" and |,er,c ever "'??* clasped his hand in hers, and sank c]a.S| at liis feet. "Father, look at tho jairtrait that ,ung ?n the wall; you placed it here, in your on ), rihlo private apartment, you said, that when 8Uffc iny life's shadows Ml arouml you, you might niigl Inn* Inftlr nn ulml ? /* ? II-..1 ?? -11 ? ? * ' ....V, ? ;v? V...VU .Ui.i <nuiniiv WW, llll'l i re- *ih1 gather thence a beam which would ham rery banish the last trace of sorrow and dark- his rinc, neas from your soul. And, father, look Wm on the fisco which it portrays! does it givo thou girl, you happiness to regard it now ! And if w | not the anticipation of this terrible evil has com* One wrought such a change in my appearance, w*u|, ste- wliat will its realization do! Father, look \ was on jour only child! Speak the word |)>0gc tion which will make me the happiest of mor- ten 1 tals,?which will make my heart hesitate T| the between the worship of you and of Ilea-* jng. an- *en I" it w, this A great change had passed over that |,c In dig. beautiful, joyous countenance, and the n,,t > eart father saw it; but not so clearly as be saw whic and the flittering gold which was to bo added Awa, iakc to his wealth. He went to his nrivato ?' Joar secretary, and taking thence a casket, in- |Qw i t be l**d with pearls and gold, touched a secret jntec n of p""?? ?nd displayed its Contents to the the | Hid- surprised young lady. hit ? a itli " Here, Marion,* he said, holding tip to der. sth- the light a bandeau, "here is half my to m ino- fortune; and this and my blessing shall be child her voura, when I ace you the bride of l>e thy I > hie Man ton !* drea< bat Marion rose to her feet, for an instant on tr bw eyes were fixed with a sort of fascina- iny * uch tion on the biasing stones, and thcu sho Sn nee. turned an incredulous look on her father, old 11 ,be- The gentleman put the ornament on her of th i?ek head, afd then stooped to kisa tho fair d <11 brow {felt Marion started l>aek| a deep audi mm crimaon flushed over those pale feature*, happ her parted lipa were firmly closed, eour- dark ubv age and energy looked forth from tho#e HI* MM* mournful eyce, and with a proud, qtif& whr* the step, she left the apartment, Mr. Traak hrilli torn aouled m the p*s*ed/rom hfc presence. fell i bich -Hhe haa cordbuerod her t.wlinga," ho Jxmiu the said to himself; **tl?? spirit of Isadora and I date dwells to her daughter I" Teste >ok? Aa hour passed away, and the ?arri- featu not agn which contained the expected tenia- bit A one law itop^nd Ixjfore ^bev dwcHin^g. Mr MOod mar a ted 5 ceremony was to have been per- i his ed, came a low, solemn voice, breath- ' Chr he words, "What (.iod hath joined lad? liter, let not man put asunder!'" ! gar e burst open the door, and thcie, be- and the eyes of the infuriated father, stood frail ion in her bridal costume, with the j broi ith of orange flowers holding back | and her radiantly happy face those long j whi : curls, llcr hand was clasped, not self tat of ]>o Manton, but of Edward turi y, the respectable, but p<x>r artist, to i rest in she had, months ago, given her hub t, and who was now, the father saw, j dar husband. Mr. Trask stood speechless ' feat immovable; but Marion, as soon as j I eye rested on his, approached him can calmness and dignity. { at I lly father," she said, "my soul was j rest ;o lie bartered for gold and precious j "Jo es! Take the bandeau from my fall r, and send us forth, as we know you 41 penniless into the w ide world ; hut ; sail disobedience is no sin,?your heart j I ai you so; let your blessing go with me tho< ii I leave your house!" Ma lie old man writhed in bitter agony 4' o remembered the terrible curses ano :h burst from his lips when he tore win rich ornament front her brow, and tow e her from his presence arm lie had gone forth, and he w as left I givi e?alone with his idol; and now the I bios o began to be felt. Wealth was Tra [lit for before by him, for the position I iciety which it gave him, and the lux- fell with which it surrounded him ; now it I the worshipped for itself alone. All his j bin ?erty was converted into gold ; one ) lool g after another disapiM-ared from that I Th< itiful home of his, till his establishment } onb uruK'-n up, and the dwelling passed lov* other hands. the i>r a time he kept himself in com par- de>< . ly comfortable circumstances; but the wel -tightening grasp of avarice had at tatt th brought him to where he now aid< ?that miserable garret, a handful of 'I ?, and a morsel of dry bread; and his The was in greater penury still. a pa was not alone, now, the desire of lie ding wealth, which kept him in such mo1 etched situation. There were times, doc this night was one of them, when the he iiires which had so long given him Mr, sure, ho tried to forget he was the the essor of; for in the glitter of that gold elm aw dark, fiery eyes gleaming with 4 lish malice and triumph, and in the as >. iing of the coin in his hand, he heard tor u n d eor? -?, ?omI low, l>lucft4?Ht?li?. In "T! I reams he sat down, half-famished, at the dl-spread board, but the viands were per inn flesh ; and the brimmed goblet he ad< to his parched lips was filled with mis d. lie drew a covering around his din ing from, and found himself wrapjied not it with a winding sheet torn from the the Idering dead. her week since, the old man had lost a J a jsirtion of his wealth. The place rrc< relic had deposited a casket of jewels her been robbed, and though the rest of riau itolon property had been recoverd, no- | Mrs g bad yet Ikm-ii heard of his treasure; i dan ts loss add id not, to night, to his sor- 1 'I In fact lie thought not of it; lie was ' and thinking of that lovely form which J wisl been decked with those costly gems, bus licad on which that splentlM licndiire ' j>eo once rested. Twenty years had passed, and >, to his knowledge, lie had looked 011 1 [laughter; tioi had he, since she went Mrs i his house, heard aught of her fate ; moc liow vividly did that face and figure the b up to his memory, as he last saw thai lad in her bridal robes, with her hand fair ?od in that of her young husband, and soin look of calm,deep happiness resting exel or brow. What might she not have thoi red during those long years! what mat itshe not now be suffering! his e was a slight sound,?ho fancied a hnv I was on his door latch, nnd he lifted ! woi bowed head and looked aliout him. | was i there one in the wide world w ho tin i ght of him to-?>ight na he sat there von onely and wretched,?would there and a a face to auiile on him,?a voiee to u-r liim hnppino.s? wlu o. it wm out the wind, rattling the | hnd lied window pane*. He was forgot- turo >y nil the earth ! r tier 10 moon and stars still brightly gleam- ? What n beautiful Cliristbiaa night thci is!?it was Christmas evening when 1 i*t looked on his daughter* Was it was ill ft fearful dream?rtho twenty years f,,ro h seemed since to have passed I ditti fc t of tl Marion, my child I " he exclaimed, in occi ind broken, but frenzied tones; for the ttre iso cold was benumbing bis litnlw, and tvlu litter thoughts which wore occupying |,jm nind were causing his senses to wan- the "Marion, 1 havo done t-ruble wrong '[ any, but I can nnt have tffticd my ?),u from my doors ! Marion, come to (iot atlior ;banUh with thy presence this , thai iful phantasy; come'and fix thy eyes 1 tain tine ,nnd darkness will puss away from oull Conto to me, for I am dying!" ? irely the past was all a dream, or the |lcr nan was dreaming now, for the beams ver I e moon and stars were paling, and a one radiance was filling the apartment, rngt III the light stood Marion, -the sweet, * 3'' >y smile was on^licr face, and the u ,gentle eyes were resting on ]|pn. p( * a-as clad in bridal robin, 'from out c;,y ? folds gleamed many a flashing Ninii ant, and the long dark hair which lend n ringlets over her shoulders, were nam d by a w reath otanng# blossoms, dinH that diamond bftflNm. Her band d in that of a young man whoae A Cwerenot clearly discernible, for that waa half Avorted; and before them icaw 1 iMmtoM Ih clerical attire. rinu dNMnV . No, the old man keel paring at a acono be had looked on ahip e. It waa Wis own parlor wbioh was gin< e him, richly and beautifully deoor- earn m honor of the evening, and also for buil daughter's marriage. There was the istmas tree, blazing with light, and ti with its rich and varied fruits, the lands wreathed about the windows, the iniirirs in their massive gilt lies, the rich exoties which had been light from the green-house, every rare beautiful ornament, the disposing of ch about the apartment he had himplanncd It was a hurried glance lie icd oil these objects, and then his eye ed again on the features of the young i", but he dared not address her, hied not attempt to approach her, for ' the illusion might vanish, t was not necessary. The fair figure le tremblingly towards him; she knelt lis feet; a real, soft warm hand was ing 011 his, and a sweet voice hispered, y to thee this Christmas night, my icr!" And joy to thee, too, my child!" l:e I. "1 know not where 1 am, nor whot 11; but may Heaven's blessing be 011 e and thine, as mine will ever be, my rion!" And bless me, too, oh, my father!" and tlier female, a pale, delicate woman jiii he had not before observed, sprang ards him, and entwined her arms and him as he rose from his seat. For? the deception 1 have practiced, and s your widowed daughter, Marion cy, as you have blest her child." t was then no illusion. The old man back almost fainting into his seat, but assiduties of his daughter soon restored i to consciousness; and when he again ted about him, he saw more clearly. ! old home he had been gazing at was f on canvas. Henry Williams, the r of Marion Tracy, had well pictured scene her mother had so graphically i-ribed to him, and the young lady had I performed her part in the represenon. That casket of jewels had much xl the deception. lie old home was only on canvas. > painting was hung on the wall of the rttnent a ljoining his own, into which had understood a char-woman had red, the day previous; and through the ir u'ltifli li-iil I "-on ?? ?*' ? 1 v.. WOM UVVII unilMUUMy UIU'UIMI, I had obtained a full view of it. Hut | . Trask very quickly understood that actors in Jilie little drama were real iracters. 'Let not the scene end here," he said, soon as the position of his grand-daughand her lover was explained to hint. ie yottnir man's naintiiig has produced effect you hoped it would accomplish; form the prmise you made him!" lie led, addressing Mrs. Tracy. "It is a era hie place for a wedding, but a wed g, for a fairer and wealthier bride is given away in the city to-night, for jewels w hich adorn her person are all own." dnrion and Williams could hardly j lit the evidence of their senses, for of circumstances in life before her inai;e, and of the existence of her father, i. Tracy had never spoken, even to her ghter. lie marriage ceremony was performed, the clergy may retired. Mr. Trask bed that his grand-daughter and her band should leave him, but the young pie were too happy to see wherefore; they would not accede to his w ish. Jven with the addition of the articles i. Tracy had brought there, it was a it wretched place; yet perhaps in all city, there were no happier hearts u were throbbing in that garret that Christmas night; though the smiles of ie were, before many hours had passed banged for tears. One would have light,could the cxpiession of the old vs features, as lie lay on hisoouch with hand elasped in that of his daughter, e been contrasted with that it had n in the early evening, that Mr. Trask i the happiest of the little company; ugh lie spoke hut few words, for his :e was becoming fainter and fainter, his eye was fast dimming. His daughdonbted not but his spirit w as blest, :n; l>efore the light of another morning dawned, she gazed on the lifeless feu's of her father, for his last words c? The prayer of Marion is answered; c is joy for me!" 'lie will which had disinherited her, destroyed by her father an hour lie his dcatli, and Mrs. Tracy found no culty in proving herself the daughter be wretched old man w ho had so long ipied that miserable garret in It et, nor in showing, what no one else > had formerly been acquainted with would have suspected,?that he was wealthy ltcrnnrd Trask. 'he lady returned to the position in life had occupied before her marriage; and lry Williams is giving good promise I the hojics his mother-in-law entered ofhim, will, sometime, he realized. Jf WIien your wife begins to scold let have it out. Put your feet up cosily oIhc tiro place, loll hack in your chair, light of your best segnrs, mid lot the storei i on. Say nothing, ninko no answer to thing. r? asd Downs or Ijrr..?The I'ittshu g t mentions the fa? t tliat a mail in that is going from store to store soliciting *, who, twenty-five years ngo, wns the ing merchant in that city, and whoso e wan known to businessmen in all lea; marts of the United Suites. T?mmm .. - - -1 urn. omra,?11 is reported in Hew-York . the gentlemen concerned in the Erin, are so wdl satisfied with the exw ?nt that they nr? preparing U> lay la for several others and much larger a, to be propalod by the Ericsson en? At least six </ these ships, of the icity of 4,000 tones, will be probably t during the present yean 5lgriruituntL Is sloth indulgence? 'tis a toil, Enervates man and damns the soil. Young. From the Soil of the South. Clover at The South?Crab Grass. Trsc.vi.oosA, Oct. 2G, 1?52. Mii. Editok: As you solicit informa li<>11 upon the culture of clover in tin South, L submit, for your consideration a few observations that may be of scrvic to those who take any interest in thi branch of agriculture. For thirty years past I have cultivate! this grass in the neighborhood of Tu-i caloosa; and this long period of attcntioi to it has satisfied me that our climate i not unfavorable to its growth. Asuitnbl soil, proper I v prepared is fur me, material to the quality and quantit; of its yield, than the particular climat or parallel of latitude in which it may b grown; nor is it important whether th soil be red, black, or mulatto; if it be i sufficiently rich and calcareous earth, i will produce abundance of rich hay. 1 lime is not naturally, it must artificial! be made an ingredient of clover land? for of all the constituent parts of a rich so! perhaps no one of them, singly, is s necessary as it is, to the growth of clovci In preparing ground for this gras, i should be first subsoiled as deep as poss bio, then compacted with a heavy rollci followed by a harrow. If it is not the roughly pulverized by this process, i should be plowed lightly with a scoote or bull tongue, followed a second time b the roller and harrow. The seed shoul be sowed by the middle of February, c earlier, and never brushed or harrowet but imbedded w ith the roller. It is a fnti error to sow clover with any of our sma grains?for if overshadowed and checke in its incipient growth, it will be overru and distroyed in the spring by crab gras a result that will always follow its coi junction with grain. It will do well sowc with orchard or tall meadow oat gras singly or conjointly, and perhaps wit other grasses. When sowed alone, si quarts of seed should be put oil nil aer it* in connection with any other grass, foi quarts sufficient. If infested by wect they must lie mowed down, and if bush ! spring up, shrub them. These latter t potions cannot!?? omitted without serio j injury to the crop, as no grass can flouri* I or be mowed and propelv cured nmoi wools and bushes. 1 have now given y< (lie host method of cultivating clover the South that I have been able to colk from a long experience?a strict adheren to which, has in every instance yield* mo an abundant crop. It docs of late seem to me, howevt that the object of Southern agriculturist in their efforts to grow clover and oth< foreign grasses, to the utter neglect, an even abandonment of every indigenot grass, is not only an unauthorized infringe ment upon home products, but in itse impracticable. It is certainly as well to cxpcriinet with the grasses, as with the fruits an grains of other climates, many of wliic when transplanted here, seem not to d< teriornte l?y the change; but I incline t think the aim of many of our liusbam men is to discover a grass that will mnk rich hay in large quantities 011 poor Ian It would he an enterprise quite as rationa and in the end no doubt as successful, t search for and import an exotic soi which, without rest or manure, wouli yicded hay in perpetual exuberance. There is no escaping that first necessity of vegetable production; it is not only a fixed as the laws of vegetation or graviat ion, but it ps imprinted and may be rem upon tbo surface the world over, that tin n-.,# :~.i: .-...11.. .1.:? e. 1 ?Air*v iuuin|n-|io<iViu tiling; IUI 21 giXIU vroj of linj* or any otlior product, is a rich eartli the second a ricli earth, and tho third i a rich earth. Yielding a strict obsorvano to this law of every land, I must sat, aftc a fair tri-' 01 the foreign grasses of an celebrity, I would not give our own fanii liar home-growing crab grass for them al ?not including lucerne. If properly cul tivated, it will yield more hay of goo< quality than any other grass ever grow in the South. Very respectfully, 11KN J AM IN WIIITFIELD. From the Marion Star. Keep it before the People. Mil. Eihtor.?Having seen Whoa Flour recommended in tho pajrera as i remedy for burns and scalds, 1 was indue cd to tiy it on a recent occasion, when witnessed tho instantaneous effects of th same in removing pain. 1 hoj?o you wil therefore give tho mi|?oan insertion ii your pr.per, for tho Ireneftt of those win may Is- unfortunate as to meet with ncci dents from tiro. Take the dry flour so soon as you cm got it, and sprinkle over tho whole surfac of the burn or scald, and it will act like i charm in allaying tho warn ; then wrap th parts up loosely, as to keep the flouf on ; ii a little time the tiro is out, and nil you htiv i . I ? M ho 14 U> heal tlio raine. Were it not for the J^jifln-nlty there j in making peopld believe Wl A new rcmc <ly audi ft* tlte nbore, I beliovo man children might bo aaved that din annual ?> \ our*, trtilr, _ R.W.TIM MONK ?' - Mr. tkmk h* aaU bmdtody to on of her boarder*. ' Will you do vor to help the btHtor" " Shan't Ho It ? curtly rcmnrko**w hnpfturablc Mr. Bmifl " Why not Mr. SmithFaaliad the bhpn prietor of ?h# eatnhllahroent a Wfcy," no retorted Mr. Smith, "bcrnnae Ha urim\ monjrh to help itndf. The humorous vein, strong souse nnd simple stylo, - May tench the gayest, make tlic gravest smile. q (Jowper. '' Ruling Passion Strong in Sloop. s Almost everybody who knows books and the publishing fraternity in general, of New J York particularly, must know a long, slab'* sided, hatchet-faced, rushing business man, I named Burgess, or as the trade would say e ?Boss Burgess. Boss made a fortune?all but, in the first run of shad, in way of light v, French Literature, and the flood of Amcric can "ynller kivcrs,n that followed the French o flimsies. Boss got religion after he got e about as many dimes as ho seemed to roil tptire this side of Jordan. Boss, in comt mon with other Booksellers, attended tho ' trade sales, and was noted for taking tho y ba)lances, fag ends of invoices, &,c. ~ One evening, during Boss' religious excitement, under the pressure of a heavy argumeut preacher, Boss fell into a dose. Tho t preacher whanged tho pulpit, and brought i_ down the scriptures, lie grew vivid nnd vigr crons as he proceeded, and at last, havingnrt rived at a junction of peculiar emphasis, ho it paused at the words? i' "And another invoice of precious souls )' goes?goes to g-l-o-r-y ?*' " After a pause of some seconds, he rcpeat'r ed,with an emphatic rap upon the holy J hook? il _ ? II " tioes?goes to? j u Burgess ami Stringer 1" sort of gutter^ it ally grunts Boss. s, t )f course there was some commotion; tho l- youthful were inclined to 'snicker out,' while ?I the sedate ancients looked daggers towards S the pew of old Boss. '? ' (iocs?goes?goes?calmly reiterates lx the pastor. 1' u Burgess and Stringer takes the bat|ir ancc " quite loudly, says the Boss, whoso ' dose had inculeated the idea that he was in es the book mart, instead of the conventicle for llH human salvation. ,|() When Boss realizedthe distinction, and ig met the grim countenances of the ciders a?u bout him, he left in a very confused state of )? consc iousness, and looking cheap as trash at a trade sale. CC imt m mil '' Begging for Boarder*." *"* r, A roott woman living in this city, haa . boon in the habit of going very often to a L'r wealthy and charatabie lady, nnd asking alma ll' A week or two since, she made application, s as usual, for bread and meat, putting on tho pittiful to an alarming extent The good lady, who had been handiug out to our beglt ger, freely, every week for somo time, reJ monstrated with applicant for coming so ofh ten, and told her that she could not help her to-day. Beggar looked sad?bewildered, 0 and hart, and with n long drawn sigh repliI" ed : *1 ' Oh, madam ! I do'no what I shall do ! <br 1 we've c;i)t boarders, and nothing for dinner!" o Girmfe. J l'-&~ The celebrated Henry Ward Beecher, spent a Sunday *at Grecnport, not long V since, nnd of course nreaehed n ishmb s turning from church he passed a number of * specimen* of " young America," amusing ' themselves with a game of marblca, rather c intimately mixed with fancy swearing. ' " .My boy," said the Rev., to an interesting J youth of eight years, "My boy, I am quite e frightened." T " Are you I" said buttons quite naively, y why the d?1 don't you run then." II Done For. j A war, a few years since, procwcd some i, eyewash of a quack occnlistin this cMyto l>? applied to a glass eye which h? wore.? The occnlist not being very sharp sighted, discovered there was some defect in the eye but thought it so trilling that he warranted a euro or no pay. The wag took the wash, ( and departed. In a week or two after he re1 turned with the empty vial, and apparently in great distres. I * Oh, Doctor, Doctor," said he, "yout d?4 c stuff* hm wholly destroyed my eye i" at the II same time opening the lids of the empty n socket with his finger, to the horror of the gaping and staring occulist. I- is f.. u 'JiLu I I ?T -e ? n wfHHw! "0Xclnimod the pye^inkwtr. '* S iwver know 1 my medicine to operate no Mm. Well, t my dear air, 1 pm dj| fcewtkan ? ? . . turn you yeur mortoy." , Hut yon moot Ho What b five B dollar*, to be compared to lite loutf an eye? If yon wilt ghee mo two Jtncdred ilolUra. I will sign a pledge never to eipooe you, but - if you do not, I tWP provocate you fnrthwttfc ' and you are u mined man," %