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wy?*?'vy~-* ^ < ^ , v?- - '-^-- """ '"**'JS? " *- .? ? ? ^ _ * ^ ?4<-. $2 -PER"ANNUM. cl,ASaf?SwTn I WE "SSftaSJ^E1U^REER IN ADVANCE NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. 1 OLUME III. LANCASTER, C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 10.1851. NUMBER,). p_4 | it. 4^ ?... A ?* <1.a tor^ I b O I trim *?.x /v??rt <.?? . - -t * 1 1 ' 1 ** ? ~ ~ ? ' Aiucrcu KCVVIUIII^ w ?! AVfc "? vvii^n-?>rf in ?uv nor I out, UT n. O tn the Clerk'* OlBcc of the District Court for South Carolina.) 5lu (Driginal $\m\. WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE "LEDGER." THE TWO FAMILIES, OR THE -A TALE OF DOMESTIC LIFE. til It. ?. UAILfcl. CUAFI'EK XXV. If ( hIihII be condemnM Upon surmises; nil proofs sleeping else. Hut what your jealousies await; 1 tell you, 'Tis rigour ami not law. Siiaks. Wixtw's Talk. 1 * IT.tore is an en I to.ill sublunary thing*, an J the brief space of time from the commission of (lie forgery an<l llic eonvo uiug of the court, I1.1J an en 1 alao. Tlic morning of tliut eventful day arrived, and found llenry Monroe in his cell, ealin and composed. The consciousness of liis innocence, impressed him wiiii a linn and unflinching countenance, indicating no trace* of fear, such as are ever stamped on the laces of the guilty, li id he known though of the abdnc1 lion and imprisonment of Ida, he would not hare been able to preserve audi a calm and comp^ed countenance. Ami what was the situation of Ida on thin I Horn ng I She was in her cell loo, hut her countenance indicated n heart full of sorrow and evil foreboding*. The manner of her imprisonment gave her now enu*e for alarm for the situation of her lover; if the could ho decoyed, ami then so secreted that her Iricnd* could not relieve her, she had ample ground t? believe, her )M>raeciitorn who alike were Henry's would ultimately carry their end, and bring the innocent to ?liaine nud p- piuibhiueiil. No wuuder then the bloom had faded from Iter cheeks, Mini tier eyes gave vout to ro ulcls from the pent up fountains ul' Horru?f? tears. M in. Wen', worth mix! other member* ?.t tin* household, | 1 ' exhibited in their countenances grief ami excitement. ^ Jmiie.1 li. Iitii ?ii<l?wv(irui| t(?i|iiivi llieir tear* by promising news I'ruui Idu tliis tiny, lb* rightly stipp jscd, slit* lutd boon nb Iiicto.I through Hie agency ?if II ik.-r and Arlliur. Mini lie presumed >11 dm (eriiiiiintioii of tilts trial, tidings good or bad would be bean I Iron Iter, lie also intended to watoh tlie aetioiiM of tlione two, and endeavor to trace lier prison bouse. There wan iiiik'Ii James II. imposed upon niuiself; be bad frequently as im oo ild, gone l> see Ilenry, and endeavored to cheer and console bun ; and yet, at the X time be was hiuiM-lf comscioii* bow much still more deplora10 I tie might bia situation la*. Ignorance in lbs case, was, if it could be |KM?ible, happiness more than Wis*, llcaidc* lais duty, James II. imposed other duties upott liitn?elf. He was unremitting in bis attt iilioiis to Mrs. Weiitworth and Ellen, and already might h ive la-en seen to a keen ibserver, tlie evidence of Ins reward in the bitter's looks ami conduct, liul it was (no busy a limn for James II. t? try, even were be then disj o u-l, loanable die fee.iig* of EiU-n Went worth 1 -kf.d this morning especially much was Loire done. He wrent m* 'to tlie lawyer and found bun ready, and we now prop >se to take the reader iulq the Court House. The prisoner w as arraigned at the bar, and in reply to the UtU.il intcrogatory, stated in a cl a and a .dil-1 - voice ' Not guilty." Tlie Attorney General ojiened the case, by rending the indictment, ill winch the prisoner was accused of forging Mr. , v Green's name to a check for fcJ.OOO on the Mechanics 1 * Hank. The prosreuting ollieer then wont on to establish the guilt of the prisoner at the bar. Mr. Green was placed on the stand, nnd he not only stated that ho. did not sign the note, hut that he did not know l|dn,y ....I ... Kt. tnAU.UI.?. I...I ........ I. t 1 a *?? ? J HHU %V RH'/n ?V'1QO IIM'4 HV1CI U*.IUIC l>CCII liiin. The teller of the Mechanics Bank wns examined. Henry Muuroo the prisoner, had presented the check oxhibited to theCourt, the writing ao closely resembled Mr. (ireen's ho hud no doubt of it* genuineness, moreover, ho had before known Mr. Munree nnd family, nn-I recogonised the young a man who presented the check as the k>ii of Mr. Monroe.? K In reply to thecminnel lor the prisoner relative to tlio character of the prironer, he stated, that he had never heard one , I word of censnre ever applied to h's conduct; that frotn his light knowledge of him, he had always esteemed him as a correct and exemplary young mm a.id one worthy of confi dence. The oonstable waa examined; lie testified to the fact of the money ftmnd in Menry Murine's purse to be, (w'th the I <excMst*ou of a minor amount) five ten dollar notes on MedianI ?ics it ank. The counsel fur the prisoner had no defence scarcely to ofI 'der. He was aasor-^i by the prisoner he was innocent, he the attereey believed him, lie had proven even by the witnesses for the State the prisoner's character to be above sits? 1 picion. lie had not heard one person any aught against the '/ I young man, he believed it was a rascally scheme to inveigle I him into difficulty, and ultimate ruin, lie liad no clue howI ever, possessed as he was of thia opinion, to investigate the I schemes of the (dot. It waa well managed, but wo be unto % E, the plotters; a dark day weuld overtake them, when they 'least expected it. That youug man, pointing to the prisoner, may be (bund I guilty and condemned to the Penitentiary, but, his enemies B .And I'lBllimil iJt Imam /LxmialwIL seei.l i k-. ?I. -? II- l - ?- m _ ? ? wumu mhiotv iibwwhi u?or? I long, or maybe in more elevated portion*. ^ , There ?a? a titter in the Court Ilouee, but a ?UJe of fear ijMMcdortr the countenance# of Baker and Arthur Munroe.1 Wk\ At the bare mention of it, Baker inetioetivelY turned u if he I would make hi* escape. The Attorney General brought erey concurrent eireum stance to fatten the guilt on the nriaoner, he elated tbet from g. en indirect aourvc he had learned the nnfortnnate feneg man jm wawpreae KHliat d?teM?Me miaow habit of gambling. Arthur ; B hadmeaaged to Imre thai information conveyed to thf Attorney | General. He recapitulated the fact* the cam to the jury. ? Ifarea jimiWh Wwn #a*irrrtHgnedaf that Kar forforgery. file ?.?i iiv vniw nit" mm sign me ciicck uui yet circuinstances were Jgainst him, he had presented it to the Bank and drawn the money and a portion of the bill* found in his possession. Who else could have dono it or if asy one else, how came he to have any agency in the matter) If he were an accom plice, he was As guilty as the principal? Nor was thia-all he said, the young man was given to gambling and disipation at least that seemed to be the impression. Could it be donbtod but part of the money went to pay losses at the card table? IIow remote frotn his mind was the fact, that a portion went to pay those w ho sought to assassinate him, the prisoner. lie , continued that he was sorry for the young man, he was sorry for the family, but the law must he observed, the rich and the poor, the exalted and the humble must all he governed by | its dictates, and yield to its penalties. lie was particular in rehearsing to the jury, the duties devolving upon them as citizens of the soil, who had promised on oath to be guided by tbe evidence before them. The case occupied but little time, for there was but li tie testimony to offer; it was therefore soon closed, ami tbe judge prepared to deliver bis charge. No one in the Court House j but from the faetsin the case,would be obliged to decide against the prisoner. It is true his appearance belied the charge, but . i llA.lt ullA ?l.? JWI..i.i !....._ .1- t i - i -i ? -* m ...^.. ....v. v .ov iwui.j mi tu mwiiu ii. ui; iiiin aiso it ltuniuu Ol .1 *11 (no money. "What a fool" said a squint e\*e I cockney in the corner "to stay ' ere! IIo ought to lie hntifj, for not running oft ' just as he d rawed the money. Served him right." Not a man on the jury hut would be obliged to ackuowl ^ edge that though he had his doubts, yet his duty require"' liim to decide against the young man. James It. was in deep distress, the last spark of hope was . extinguished and he did not dare to cast his eyes to has friend to l>eliold the deep grief and suffering depicted in his counte- . nance. The people after coughing and changing positions which wj is ever the case at the conclusion of a speech,! he judge proceed- j ed to charge the jury, his remarks were evidently against the prisoner, how could they be otherwise, l.ut we leave hiin in the |r| midst of his charge to hunt up other parties we would have liked to see in the Court House. COKCLODKD Nr.XT Wr.F.K. fill - -? an Slashing About. II* The Judges often tell stories on the members of the bar, id- ?" beit they are much oftener "the subjects of stories themselves. 1,1 We buely heard one of the former illustrating the propriety an of "letting well etiotlgh alone," by the following anecdote: An affray case was on the tii d in the circuit Court of Tike ^ county, in which some six or eight peace breakors were represented by aliuoiit as many lawyers, each of whom, in turn, *w put the only witness for the State though the tortures of a tedious cross examination. Nat , a well known Montgomery practitioner, was of counsel for a big black feilow in I1"' the crowd, who answered to the name of .Saltonstall. As to C01 this defendant, the only proof which was elicited on the ex;t tn inatioti in chief of the wiUneses for the prosecution,was that J1'?1 ?to use the peculiar pharseology of the narrator?"whilst the rest on Yin was a cUssin' and clinchiit' and pairing off *? for a reg'lar r'yal, Sultoiwtall jest kept sloshin' about." This nS' I expression whs related a half dozen times?Sallonstall kept slushin' about. The Solicitor and Nat b >lh <o:istiu?d ibis to | mean that Saltonstall was only moving about, drunk, among j the combatants, and the former did not press fo*- an explain*)lion. Presently, however, it came to Nat's turn to cross ex- f j amine for his client; and us he had received quite a hand| some fee considering how things stood, be felt bound to make something ot a "demonstration." S ? quoth lie, with the air i of the aicngor of injured innocence : Come, witness, say over again what it was that Mr. Saltonstall had to do with this affair!" "J? "Santonntall f Why, I've told you several times, the rest oil Yin clinched and paired off, but Saltonstall, he jest kept slosh in about" "Ah, iny good fellow," exclaimed Nat, quite testily, "we J01 want to know what thai i?. It isn't exactly legal evidence 111 me shape \*ou put it. Tell tut what vou moan l>y slosltm' about!' Cil1 "Well,1* answered tlie witness very deliberately, "I'll try. You w)e, John Hrower and Sykcs they clinched and font.? That's in a legle form, ain't it!" 1 *'Oh, yes!" said Nat?"go on !" "Abney and Hlackman bit off a j?iece of Abney's lip? that's legle, too, ain't It?" "Proceed I" ,>K "Simjaton and I till Stones and Murray was all together on the ground a bitin', gotigin', and kickin' one another? ^re that's legle, too, is it!" Ani "Verv !?but goon !'' "And Salt'install made it his business to walk backward*, and forw ards, through the crowd, with a hig stick in his hand, and knock down every loot? man in the crowd an fatt as he "e: come to 'em! That's what I call sloshix' ArtouT!'* Nat is of opinion, now, that unless a prima facie case is rAl made out by prosecution, on the direct examination of their A witnesses, it is quite as well for the dofendant to waive his J'?| rignt to cross examine.? Montgomery Ala. Mail. ^ The late Judge Dooly of Georgia. Was remarkable for his wit, as well as for other talents, as the following anecdote will suffice to show. < At one place where he attended court, he was not well lflr pleased with his entertainment at the tavern. On the first |jr day of the court, a hog, under the natne of a pig, had been n||l cooked whole and laid upon the table. No person attacked |ar it It was brought the next day and the next, and treated lo with the same respect; aiid it was on the table ilie day on which the court adjourned. As the boarders finished their dinner, Judge Dooly rose from the table, and in a solemn j,6 manner addressed the clerk. 'Mr. Clerk,' said lie, 'dismiss w|, that hog upon his recognizance, until the first day of next court He has attended so faithfully during the present term ?,.i (hut I don't think it will be necessary to take any se- lru c?ritT.' mi At another tavern at which the Judge boarded, there wrui C;U much complaint atnong the lawyer* and boarder*, that the eff, victuals were not prepared in a cleanly manner.?Judge d0| Dooly took the landlord aside and said Ire had something to communicate to him that might be of advantage to his house. 'It relate*,' said he, 'to your table. If you were to an have the dirt on owe plate and the victuals on another, and let your guests mix to suit themselves, according to thedif- ^ forent tastes, it rronW be a decided improvement in the en- no tertainraent.' Our adveseariee think they refute us when they reiterate their 3, owe opinions without paying attention to Mm to, Many persons will make striking rotnarks though they are by no moons productive. Hcnee they say the strangest things. ^ The world eaonot do without great men, but grmt saoa sr* very fronhiearune to the world. lar y 'if I 'Yf , -JiSx. tr</m the Star Spangled Manner. ikl MONEY FOR THE HEATHEN; \h Honesty is the Best Policy. rcnll regai ny OI.IVP.lt optic. "C "I CHATER I. ^ ' I have Called to See you about that fif- try t dollars," said Mr. White to his partieu- j|lcm r friend, Mr. lirown, after all those mi- ?jj >r subjects relating to the weather, the am0l test ne\Vs, and the s;ate of the country c,j id been fully considered. ??y lirown was uneasy. It was borrowed ?ler,| oney; borrowed of his friend White,under j, e pressure of extreme necessity?bor- por wed of him when all the rest of the ?rp jrld refused to trust him, and visions of wyer's letteis, the jail, and the 'limits,' Raj(j { are altogether loo probable of becom- up g real, to be in the least degree plexs- ?,y t for ot lirown looked blank. He did not hap- ??j{ n to have the sum of fifty dollars in his w),Ht cket. lie was a clerk; his salary was ily six hundred dollars a year; and he urv 0 ....! i: i-- i. ? juu iv vjvwTiiigij1 uiiiicuu w save up replie onoy on that amount. smile, But Brown had the reputation of he- j{r * a very nice man. lie belonged to no^ a e church, 'spoke' at the prayer meet- j(| tjie ?s, and was always'one of the commit- 0f|tjs i' in ull the charitable enterprises. He a nU)j is free, liberal, and kind-hearted to the ?.^ H degree; felt ten times ns much synthy lor the heathen of the Sandwi.h la- w;j| ^ ids, as he did for the heathen not ten C(j j,j, Is from his own door. Notwithstanding the shortness of his tcr>? ances at this particular time, ho was not i.p, extravagant man, nor a fast liver.? uy( 5 kept his expenses within his income, c^u^, d insisted upon the strictest economy aro his family, wLtch consisted of a wife ?cy d two daughters of fourteen anil six>n. But ho had never been ablevo pay paper at debt of fifty dollars to his friend, hite, thoitgh it had been standing some die nf 0 years. >?\\ "1 really want the money, Brown." ceired "I am very sorry that 1 iiavn't it," re- uj| ed the debtor, demurely, and with some collect jfuiion. ford, t "You have put tnc off now, for two irs," suggested White. which "I know it; you have been very kind .."pr me, and 1 ought to have paid it long rKWSOS . er. 1 "I am hard up, just now. ' gainst "So am I." ^ dono, "Can't we arrange ill" voted "I will do the best 1 can. I hope t collect ill be able to pay it soon." ?.yt "llow soon 1 claime "I:i the course of the next six months." "I have waited a good while." i.fl, "So you have, White, 1 am under a ^ no iushihI obligations to you. Bear with p, 1 a little longer, and I will pay thee prn . ? seenie* 'I will wait if there is any hope. WM a "You see 1 have only six hundred a |ia|f0f ir-" thereb "That is more than I get. article) "Well, I don't know how it is, bill I cf conl i hardly make both ends meet." 'pjie "You aro extravagant, jierhaps." satisfic "Far from it; I practice the most rigand systematic economy." ous wo ' There's a screw loose, somewhere." 'thing? "I don't think so." dint tj Brown and White were friends on the KjUgj ist intimate terms, and for some time, ftnd di sy discussed the matter with entire jn w|tj edom. There appeared to bo nothing dud ,c i ss in the atlairs of the former. 8j,e jia "I am willing to wait, Browr., if you wpom II set a timo to pay me." "1 will make a strong effort to pay you flUoU8 <t quarter day?three months hence. qqie rill do my host; for I am sure I had Grille her live on one meal a day, than wrong ? friend who has been as kind to me as \f u have, White." w" a ' Tiio creditor took iiis leave, satisfied of > integrity, if nothing more, of bin t>tor. Anc ttnd 13 OIIAITER H. gain ; Three months passed away, and quar- teeti! day cnine round again. lint when Poo own had paid the butcher, and baker, biitcbe il the landlord, he had not twenty do!- thit tii s left, *o, of course, it was impossible which nay White, as he had intended to do. lars, cH lirown prided himself upon his hon- Ilia y?upon the promptness with which for in discharged his indebtedness to those such a 10 supplied iiitn with the means of sub- long li nee. His credit was good'tbottth his his foi te to his friend remained unjpCl. It is quate le, it gave him some little trouble in his Wit nd, hut what could lie dot He waa his em ... f.. 1 i . -i i :.i. .11 i.v. _ aiui nuu Oi-VUUIIIICKI, M)U Willi HI II ? H H jrta be bad been unable to pay the lie bt. belies A few day* after he had thus rid him* cruah f of the greater part of hie quarter's sal* email i r, while he was discussing a benevo- they L it enterprise with his wife, the coileo- years, ' of the Missionary Society was an- what unced. of W "We hare assessed yon to the amount a trui ten dollars for the Lord's treasury, Mr. told hi own," said the collector, in a whistng debtl is. For "Ten dollars P eadaimed Ma. Brown, dotlan "Why not, srifhT asVod Oa husband, bejrgii sklng with astonish meat at her. permii "Yon on n not afford to give tea dot- aa>ary a," to ahr ^ * i*'"' ** ' ^ V blessed cause," interposed the col "Go, preach the Gospel to all , saith the Scripture.*' # ut the girls want new dresses?tl y need them,*' continued Mrs Bro rdless of the snivelling missionary. ), they can wait till next quarter." ndeed, they cannot; and ten doll more than buy all they require. G i dollars to the Missions, and I \ o make the other seven do >ut how it will look not to pay int they have set against me, pie r. Brown. V*e rated your income at six h dollars," said the collector. "Su b sixtieth part is hut a small offeri le Lord." rue." iut it is more than you can affor he wife." lien we must curtail our expenses re may do that; hut let us do it ti ir children's sakes." ut it looks so, wife, to refuse to p they have assessed me." thought the money was for the tre f the Lord, and not for the look d Mrs. Brown, with a nieani own was silent. lie felt thero v little affectation of 'good ?vorl ! idea of his giving sixteen per ce: income to one society, and that r ety of his charities, lid Susan, you know, is goinrr to t School, this month, and her boo ost a good deal of money," conti a. Brown. he must put it off till the next qm it it off, husband !" l's, wife, for I feel that the Lor< must prosper whether, my childr lueated or not." ou are right, Mr. Brown," sail t tor handing hiui the subscript! >wn opened it, ind run his eye ov t nes of the contributors. 'bite, two dollar*," said lie, as he pc the name of his friend, e is rather indifferent," returned tl or. "He says that is all ho can t hough we assessed him for eight.' ght! Why he owns the house ho lives!" uc; but it is not the extent of one sions, but the willingness of the gi 'robably we placed a larger sunt i your name than we should hat if we had not known how d< you are to the work," whined tb or, with a smile. >11 ride a free horse to death !" c: d Mr*. Brown, indignantly, ly, wife, do not get excited." ey assess the members of the soci t by what they are able to giv ' their willingness to contribute." wn to finish the interview, whiel 1 likely to Crtd in a storm?Brow man of peace?paid the ten dollar all the money he had in the work y depriving his children of noede % of clothing and of the opportunit ipleting their education, collector took his leave, npparenti ni with the result of his visit. . Brown, though, was a good and [i unan.and had a much better idea < i' than her husband. She believe le best way to advance the Lord om was by educating her childrei >ing berduty faithfully in thesphei cb she was placed. Slie believe barity begins at home,' and aft? d attended to the welfare of thoi the Lord had entrusted to her keej ic was willing to give of her supe store to tho poor and the heathen re were some pretty sharp words a collector had gone; but Brown wn eable man, and firmly believed hiir narlyr in a holy cause ! CHAPTER III. uher three inontln passed awn; rown went to collect his Malnrv ) but found that it had been trui r Drown! The grocer and tli xand the baker muni certainly wa rne; and even the Bible Societ; had assessed him another ten do Mild not be paid. Iienrt rose up into hia throat dependent of the mortification < n affair, it seemed to point to t of disasters, of the terror* of whic rmer experience gave him an ad) idea. h a tremulous voice be enquired < plover who had trusteed him ! rea his friend, White! was thunderstruck. lie had nev< *J that White waa one who woul a poor man. It waa mean an of him to do audi a thing, wb? ad met in the aireet every day fv and without saying a word < he intended to do I It waa cru bite to put him to the expense < ttee writ, when he had alwaj ita that he waa willing to pay tl tunately the debt waa only AO S and he hastened to the Uwy< iff him to ester the judgment ai I lorn to recdve the balance of ti . The coats and interest amount) ml twelve delist*, and Brown i 'iriVs TldMB1 III! >ii T Sbi lee ceived the balance due lo him, with a dena termination to 'cut' White forever. To his intense surprise and chagrin, in liey the evening, when he had seated himself wn, with his family, White dropped in as he hal been accustomed on former occasions. ars Brjwn was embarrassed, but White ive talked on ns though nothing had hapvill pened and with the most provoking coolfor ness. At last, ho\Vover, he touched upon the the disngreeable topic, and hoped Brown was ad- perfectly satisfied with the settlement. That was cool of White?very cool, un- Brown was not satisfied, and he so exire pressed himself. ing "An honest man, Brown, is the noblest work of God," said White, pointedly. 'You don't mean to say I am not an d," honest man ?" said Brown, aghast at the insinuation. "As a Christian brother and in the rst performance of a Christian duty, I feel compelled to say as much as that?but my do not misunderstand me." "Your speech is plain," said Brown, as- flushed with indignation, s," "Will you permit me to ask you a qtiesng tion I" "A dozen, if you choose," replied Brown ras sulkily. ;s,' "How tnuch money have you given ant. way this year ?" lot Brown didn't know. "Fifty dollars ?" lie "About that." ks "Then may 1 ask what right you bad in- to give away my money, and take the credit of it ?" ir- Brown stared. "You owed me fifty dollars ?" "Yes." ]'s "And you gave away fifty dollars, while en my debt remained unpaid ?" Hrnvvn W na ntfirrm.rml ? "ww wvl'bav' aiiv iuivi viivl he was obv ious. on "Now I contend that, while you owed me tifiy dollars, you had no right to give er money even to the loftiest charities. You gave away the money which belonged to j- me?which, if you had not given it away; you could have paid to inc. Ii was not jo honest, in a tnoral sense. The Lord loves if- justice and I question whether your offer' ings have been acceptable, in "You are right, White ; give ine your hand," '? "You did not mean to be dishonest; v- but when I s tw your name on the mission a- paper for ten dollars, 1 was amazed, and ,-e determined to tench you a wholesome 8- lesson. Now, I will return Volt the costs te of the trustee process." Brown would not consent, x- "You see," continued White, "if you had pa d me that money, I could have giveu ten dollars instead of two, to the e- cause. But you have g<>t ihe credit of e, being charitable at my expense." "I see it all; you are right." Ii, "Just so. Honesty i? the best policy, n as well as the highest duty of u an." s, When White had gone, Mrs. Brown 1, ventured to suggest that it was not honest m1 to defraud the children of their needed y clothing or of their education. 1 "You are right, wife : it is wrong to y rob Peter to pay l'aul." 1 After this Brown acted on a different ii plan. The debts were paid and thefamjf ily provided for first, and the Missionary d and Bible causes did not suffer in the long | 's run. e The Circassian Cavalry. < Hid following is a description by a J r Prussian officer, of the Circassian Cavalry ] who are about to take a part in the com- , v ing conflict. He says: "Circassian ca - 1 r" airy wear a pointed steel helmet with a ! long horse-tail pendant from it. A net 1 ' of steel work hangs down from the lower 1 19 part of the helmet* protects the front and l* nape of the neck, and is loop< d together ' under the dim, underneath a short red 1 vest, cut in the Poiisli fashion. He is clad in a species of coat 01 mail, consisting of small bright rings of steel intervened.? f, His arms, from the wrist 10 the eibow, I *- and his legs, from the foot of the shin Irone #- to the knee, aro guarded hy thin plates 1 of reel. lie also wears close pantaloons ie and laced boots. Two long Turkish pisit tols, as well as a poignard, arc stuck into r, his girdle. He has a leather strap with I- a noose, like a Mexican lasso, hanging at his side which lie throws with great dex; terity over the head of his enemy. A >f Turkish sahre and a long Turkish inusket a are slung behind his back, and two cat u riue-hOTuer* across his breast. "The skill with which tlie Circassian , use their weapons is really beyond belief. ' >f I have seen them repeatedly fire at a piece . of card lying on the ground, at full speed 1 without ever missing. They will pick up ' if a piece of money from the ground while -1 d executing a charge, by bending themselves d round beldhv the horse's belly, and after >n ceiling the piece suddenly throw them >r selves back into the saddle. They form ?f the choicest body of cavalry in the Turk- i si i?h service, and I have watched them i r>f when charging, attack their opponents r* with a sabre in each hand, managing the reigns within their mouth; they will spring out of their saddle*, take aim and fire ij from behiud their horses, then jump into >f, their saddles again, wheel round nnd re id load their guns as they retreat in full calls reer. They aro perfect madmen in this I ed attack, and few troops could withsund the ** *tur recklessness of danger thay wtinee. ) , * . ' . .a Hood on Health. Take precious care of your precious i health?but how, as the lions? wife saysj j to make it keep ? Why, then, don't | cure and smoke-dry it?or pickle it in evj erlasting acids like the Germans. Don't ! bury it in a potato-pit, like the Irish.? j Don't preserve it in spirits, like the barba' rians. Don't salt it down, like the Ncwj j fotindlanders. Don't pack it in ice, likd Captain Hack. Don't parboil it like i gooseberries. Don't pot?and don't hang | it. A rope is had 'cordon sanitare.' Above all, don't despond about it. Let not anxiety have 'thee on the hip.' Consider Vonr health as your best friend, and think j as well of It, in spite of all its foibles, as you can. l'or instance, never dream, though yOu have a 'clever hack,' of gallop ing consumption, or indulge in the RJclto j nian belief that vou are going the o n e. | Never fancy, every time \<>u eong; \ u ! are going to pot. Hold up, as tin* slio.iter says, over the roughest ground. l??a pondencv, in :v nice case, is the o\erweight that may kick the heain and tl e bucket, I?oth at once. In short, as with other cases, never meet trouble half wav, but let him have the whole walk for Ids pains, though it should be a Sc-fth tni'e and a bittook. I have even known him to give up his visit in sight ol the liom-e. besides, the best fence against care is a 11a! ha! wherefore take care to have one nil around you whenever you can.? Let your 'lungs crow like chanticleer,' as muck like as gamecock as possible. It expands the chest, enlarges the heait. quickens the circulation, and, 'like a trumpet, makes the spirits dance.' Star Spangled Banner. . jt-gr A Cape-Cod man lai1 a wager that he would lie down naked on the salt mellows a quarter of an hour, and submit to the utmost furx of the m??squit??s for that term, without once wincing. Accordingly the wager was staked : he lax down in one of the calm hot cvetings of last August, on the side of a mar-lt where the mosquito* were flying about by millions. Thirteen minutes ami a bitlT lie lay in this situation without shriking, and put the whole host of the winged little fiends at defiance. One of the company, fearing at last, that the fellow would win the wa ger, stepped aside, and put the small end of a walking stick into the fire, with which lie returned and slylv applied it t<? tlie m in s nake<l back. II<* could hold out no longer, hut .shrunk 1mm the touch with sonic violence, taking it for the hite of a large flv. 'You have lost the wager* said one of the company. 'I have lost it, sure enough.'said he' 'but, if it had not heen lor that deuced gannipper, I should have won it I' A Story of Circumstancial Evidence, Some years ago, I went especially to Clonulel assises, and accidentally witnessed a trial which I never shall forget. A wretched man, a native of thatcountry, was charged with the murder of his neighbor. It seemed that an ancient feud existed between then a They had met at a fair and exchanged blows; again that evening they met at a low pot-house, and theliodily interference of friends prevented a fight between them. The prisoner .vas to vow vengeance ft* gainst his rival. The wretched victim lcft the house, followed soon afterwards by the prisoner, and was found next day 011 the roadside murdered, a d his face so barbarously beaten iti by a stone, that lie could only be identified by his dress. The facts were strong against the prisoner: ii inyi il whk iue sirongesi cast1 01 crrcumitancial evidence I ever met with. As a form?of liia guilt there was no dowht?* the prisoner was called on for his deferice-. He called?to the surprise of every one? the murdered man. And the murdered man came forward. It seemed that another man had been murdered?that the identification by dress was vague, for all the peasantry of Tipper iry, wear the same description of clot lies ?that the presumed victim had got a hint (hat he would be arrested under die VVnite Hoy act?had fled and only returned with s n ihlo and Irish feeling of justice, when lie found that his ancient foe was in jo ?psrdv on his account. Tin* Jiiilirn !??!.! tl?z* tl%?? It a- -a ..... .rf.' WW ?J-- J ? " "? nemury to charge them. Tliev requested permission to retire ; they retimed in Ibnut two hours, when the foreni ?n handed fiitn the verdict, "gniitjN1' Every hic whu ist niislied. "Good God !" Baid the Judge, "?f ??hal * he guilty ?" "No, my tord," snid the foreman, "hut f lie did not murder that man, an re he itole inv grcv mare three years eg Danniel O'Conncl. "Jim, I wa* awfully Iri.'teneJ the other lay. Did I tell yon about ft No; howf "Why, a c?p of coffee wna hmded to me the other day. ?*b*h ?ra??* iml* and thin, that I the't it waa the gh??at of aura ? I avilt once when my mother uauaht im at*J? lag moat off the gridiron. 1 ^ Payottiii Frrrch Amur.?Th? pay of French soldier la nine cent* Mid a half Cr day, fiindiag iheoMchwi fond. or wh..l the oonjA thing with f<?o and two w?nia & v? ^V' day postal money. Ota voter, <? Si* v': note* on Ameriaa* aaya an American b >v ?f 18 ytar* of age, got# mora pay for Ma labor thaa a aaptab^ tba Wtmmmk mrmjf.