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*-* - 1 . * ?i k. - .. ^v* '* ' \ 1 M * ' * " ? '.> w - *> ?*v" v' ' . x:".: "v *> .. - .*."** " 1 f k * ? . ? . . . . . "*<**% #2 PER ANNUM. ST.WiS^rr?v? IN ADVANCE | NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME HI. LANCASTER. C. H.. SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING.OCTOBER 4, 1854 NUMBER 3S age.l petitioner bail come at an inun*|>i- me* returned, ualiering in an old man, | ami team upon yvur telivlur fueling." | ami await in l?r?'at!il?'ss terror the <loniu l'r?.ni iL n .Inv m.i ?? ^ii..?i.. i ...... I '?m i:..i > i UDlill.. Paddle yonr own Canoe. Tiis following has the ?jvirkl? of oriiriSihIUv, and contain* some good advice. It i?? from tho pen of Mrs. Sarah T. Bolton, of Indianapolis: Voynger upon life's son. To yourself bo true. And where'er your lot may be. Puddle your own eanoa. Never, though tho wind* may rave. Falter or look back. Rut upon the darkest wave, Iamvc a shining track. Nobly dare the wildest storm, Stem the hardest gale, Brave of heart and strong of arm, Yon will never fail. When the world is O'dd and dark, K'op th.it aim in view. Ami tu?aril the b ucon-mark. Fuddle your ow n canoe. livery wave which bares you on, To the silent shore. From its sunny source has gone. To return no more. Then let not an hour's del ay Chest you of your due ; But, while it in called to-day. Fuddle your own canoe. If your birth denied you wealth, la.fty state and power. Honest fatne and hardy health Are s belter dower; But, if these will not sullice, Golden gain pursue, And, to win the golden prize. Fuddle your own canoe. Woul I you wrest the wreath of fatne Froui the hand of fate I \V- uld you write n deathless name, >Wlth the "good aod great? Would you bh-cs . ?Jir fellow-men ! I le..rt and soul imbue With he holy task, anil then Fuddle \ our own canoe. Would you crush the tyrant wrong. In tin- world's froo li^ht ? \\ ill) a spirit hrutro itml strong, II..ttli* for the right ; And to !?r?*:ik the chain* that bin I Tile in my to tin* few? To enfranchise nl >\ ihIi mind? I'nddlc your own r.inun. Nothing groat is lightly won. Nothing wo i U lost; Kvort good deeJ nobly done. Will repay the cost. I wave to Henvin, in humble trust, Ail you will t<> do ; llui. if )uii succeed you must. 1'addlj your own canoe. Ilect tales. From Arthur's Hume Gazette. GOVERNOR TENDERHEART. UY T. H. Alt MIL'It. Olio ploaaant morning in the pleasant ??i >ut li of June, Governor Teti'lerlivarl ?rowj t-atly, ami walk** I out, as wax Usual with liitn, to enjoy tin hour of quiet meditation. lie had j?ewd from his dooronly a few step*, when lie. was me' by an aged f inale, with soiled and worn garments, a he!it body, ami thin wrinkled visage, who c.iriied a jm|ht in her hand, which she instantly livid out, saying in a tirokcii voice and an imploring lone, *1 cr.vo your mercy, Governor." Now,Governor Tenderhoart was known au the ''pardoning governor," from the f.ct tlt.it hiring the three years in v liich lie had represented the noble state of in lite exectltiv office, pardon* had la-en granted to one hundred and Hlty criminals out of two hundred, who had la-en I <olearly convicted of high tuisdcuie.iuors gainst the state by intelligent juries, after 11.it.ent investigation of evidence rem dored by credible witness**. Beside* t!?e*e MU of dem?ncy, be h.v<l released tSe stste from a henry tax annually levied for the support of sundry cores of old offenders, who had been let lotrse O[<on society, to gain an honest or dUhonest lireiilioyd, whichever Came handiest. The. cmt?e<|nciK-e was, that the panv in poliiiui to Govennr Temlcrhenri, 4ndilgud iu pretty severe Animadversions ^wi mn [vr|",n w i|i* ?>inaai conflict. Ro wiiifa in.|? r.|, !?|.U the governor wa* heard t?? my that he would never do another kind net M long m he lived, see* tUtnt he got a? ere.lit for any thing, 'aa hut c4m day bafeaa ihnMhi* reao> >n had baan formed^ Of courae the ^ - & I .< / . I|* " uiuin muiumii. mm *joveruor rentier- j \ heart could do nothing loan tlian take her 1 petition and read it over. * The paper went on humbly to represent to lo* Rtteellenev. that a certain Gn<l t frey Cllitner had Wen tried and convicted of the crime of manslaughter, for vs hieh the court, having jurisdiction in the esse. a had sentenced wait' Godfrey Olitner to sol- I itnry confinement in the State's Pris >n for t the term of ten years, but that since the trial and conviction, sundry palliating oir t cutnstances had become known that alter- a ed materially the features of the ease. I These palliating circumstances weie set v forth at considerable lungth ; after which a came the right proportion of "special ?1 pleading," and then, to give force to the whole, a long list of signatures, not one I of which was familiar to the governor's ti eye. ' a "Art* you tlift mother ??f tliis unhappy < young man ?" Governor Tenderheurt a>ketl,id ikxiii as bo had glanced hurriedly u through the petition, the inclination to t grant a par.low involuntarily arising in his t| mint!. t "I am, sir," was the halt' audibly an " while sohs ami tears followed the t! admission. "Come to tno at this time to-morrow " morning, ami I will give you an an- h swer." ji "O, sir, do not keep me a whole day in c suspense," urged the tiffhcted mother-? / The ease is a clear one- My poor tin for i> innate child has been deeply wrong- s ed" * t. "But I nr.Ust have time to consider, madam. Already I am censure ! and a t< httsed for the many pardolis I have gran- s ted, and cannot, therefore, yield to any new applications ini'il 1 ha*e maturely V weighed tin* reasons upon which di*v are < made. Of your sou's ea-e 1 know not It- ing, nor can learn much in so short a pe- u riotl as twenty-four hours. I'm for your sake I will give it immediate atnniion, nod piej are nysolf t ? dcci le hy Id-iimi - !. row morning." r The nllh.ted mother of a wicked ehil I I w hose alh-ettiou for him still eatised !? t<> excuse hi* faults an I to seek to sciceii <1 him Imuii the jn?t penalties of a violated |< law, would have importuned >? ill further, a but tin* flown w hich begot to o*it.ier up- li on Governor Teuderhejtri'a brow, warned lior to desist. Slowlv turning away from ? the executive uriveon', *lie pus-ed ?>u with ?, a haihlo, totternjg stop, o ' Tea yearn ! ton year*'military confine mo lit! Too bad ! too bad !" nunterod h the governor, resuming hi* walk. "Why I wull judge* act wiih Mich cruel rigor f? a Ton yearn! A single year would be e enough to kill me. I wish I had a few r ot their judicial reverent ?h heie 11 solitary confinement for a while. I reckon there 'I would be shorter sentence* after that!? It's easy enough to say three \eam, and g live yearn, and even ten, ti.teen and twenty yearn' solitary confinement?hot it's ii jiule another thing to end'ire niich hornbio punishment. Hotter bang 'em at tl onee, outright." a Thus soliloquizing, Governor Tender C heart pifVnuotl hi* walk for t he Usual period of lime, and then returned to the p limine and partook of a plentiful breakfast. From that lane until three o'clock, lie was occupied in vnr oua official duties; one of which was a visit to the HI ale prim c on, tor the purpose of taking a look at Godfrey Gliiner, who, to umi his own wrurda, had rather a cul-iliroat look; w hen, wdth a keen appetite, lie sat kown to a la- s. hie covered with the choicest offering* of he season. This last important Inainew b disposed of, afier an hour's diligent tip- a pli'Htion, the old gentlemen seated hireself cosily in it very large and comfort able r arm-chair, Hiiitahly cushioned, with the u peaceable intent of taking to himself a comfortable nap. In this, however, it seemed that lw? was not to be indulged, for he hail only been seated long enough to l?egin to feel inosi < drlieiously drowsy, when a stranger was s announced, who wished to seo him on bus I ilMM. "Tell Iiiin to call to-morrow morning," < sod Governor Tenderbeait. t i-s.? - - ? u? wnnri 10 J OH now, ihi>I will ] I not b? pnt off," returned the servant. l ' Tell iiim to e*!l in 4h?* evening." i "He says he mint see you now,** was ? itfe provoking rep!)-. fc t -Then show liiwi op,n said th?? governor somewhat testily.*' 11 '* I The servant departed, and in a few min- j vtiose calm, intelligent l>r<?\v, ami mild nit penetrating eyes, at once inspired him villi reaped, ami even veneration. "Governor Tciderheart, I believe 1" said he at ranger, bowing reaped fully. "I ntn that individual, sir," replied the jovernor, bowing in leturn, as he rose, ind otiered a seat to the stranger. "May take the privilege of asking your j i a met" "That is of little consequence," returned lie stranger. "Our interview can be just is effective, and I remain unknown. My uisiness is to hold a hrief conversation rith you in regard to some of your ntfi ial ids. past and prospective. Can I l?e inlulgi-d in this?" "ft certainly," replied the governor, landly, though lie was begiuiiig !< fuel ineasy, for there was somewhat in the ve, voice, and manner of the old mini, bat he did not exactly comprehend. "I haveju-t learned," pursued tl e strnn;er, "that some person i have sent a petii<>11,to your excellency, asking for the parIon of one Godfrey Glitner, sentenced to en years' imprisonment for the crime ot nan-laughter, committed under most air Tainted circumstances." "You have heard truly, was the reply ; such a petiiiou ha* L?- ?*?? received, setting rlli a new set of facts, unknown to the nry, which very materially modify the .otracier ot lli. charge* against liiin.? hid, besides, his mother, nn aged woiii.tn t tlm bearer <>f ,hi? petition. It is hard, ir, to withstand the pleadings, made in i ars, of a mother for her son." "I Call not see what hearing a mother's cars have ui>??n the case," the stranger aid, Kotnvw hat sternly. "Perhaps if you were in inv posiriot, on would more clearly ja-rceive tlie lorce ifsii.h arguments. It i* no light trial, ir, to meet I he prayers and tears of a notle r, old and worn dow n hy sorrow, as lie pleads lor her only child." ' Even though that child have imbued lis hands in the hlood of his fellow, and i.hlied some other mother of an only son, j lie sinv of her declining years." "With that, 1 have nothing to do. The T cetl is done, and cannot lie recalled. No iinishliieiit that can Is' iiifllivtod will avail 11V liing. It cannot restore the life that as tied." "I can, however, prevent the commi*ion of another such horrible deed hy tin sine hands. The author of i". is justly onsidered, in the eye of the law, as an v ! heasi, whos? cruel propensities must e entrained hy exclusion from society, le has h en thus set apart, not, as I hold, i ngrily and vindictively. Inn under a solum conviction that the good of llic ? hole roil ires a to l>e done." 4 1 cannot sen it so," replied Governor Tnderlieurl, doggedly. "Chiino see it so !" exclaimed the strati er. "Nn, sir. I cannot see it so: and don't itend to sec it so." "Thai is more nearly the truth," a as lie rejoinder. "Hut I say that you can, nd must see it so. 1 >ou*l you believe this iodfrey Gluner to he a had man ?" "Not so much wor*c than other peole." "Hut he has killed his fellow man." "Under provocation." "No, sir. In cohl hlood, and with a onllrmed evil purpose." "Thai would have been murder" "Of course." . !? - - - - 4 i?iii even the jury ilnl not comrider it "A large portion of tlicm did, but fina'? v yielded Iwo.uiao there whu lio Iiojhj of n unanimous verdict." "Since ikiit, however, new furl# have nine to light, which put n different face pon the matter altogether." MlIow do y?ai Itno* f" "The petition mu them forth." "Who are the |a)titioner? I" "I do not know them ; but presume, of our*e, that they are resjn-ctable men, who el f trili nothing but what they know to pc true* "There you are in error. I know nil ilmiil t'.i" petition. It whs drawn up, at tin uiwilicr't inM?nrt, by la savor, who isf a fee, wiftild advocate thecaii^e of Sanri luuwelf. Then the prevailed upon x-veral per*on?, mont of whom were her winV former aneociete*, ?u?l nearly na bad M liiniH'lf, to aign ilie paper, winch doe* hh contain <>n? word of tfuih. Finally, llio old wmfiM fWtrtfalffljnJt 4wt toilaoinc lourney here, to try the force of prayer* "All this tn:iy or may ?.ot bo so,"rejoin ed tlio governor. "llttl it does n?>t altc my views of too matter. 1 consider th laws far too severe. A m ldcrcode \votil< I am fully satisfied, be nnich more dloetti al in the prevention of crime. S > heliov ing, and from good grounds, I interims upon principle the executive clemency, t break tlie vindictive force of penal slat utes." "Hut you did not make the laws." "Well?what then ?" "Nor are you in any way rvpoii?il>! for the severeity of their action, as yot are pleased to leim it. It is your detv ti see the laws executed, not to hinder tliei action." "l?ut I cannot lienr to see men punish cd so severely, when it is in my power t< prevent it." "Then you regard your own feeling more than the good of the whole; tosavi which, you are ready to turn a villaii loose upon the world, w ho, in an hour at ter, may rob and barn yotir neighbor' house, or take the life of your fellow mar Spurious charity this?that regards on above the many ! The tnnn who trul; and honestly loves his country, looks t the good of the whole; and were he piac e l upon the bench, and his own son ai ruigueii it?r crime, would a* rigidly intlic upon him the penalties of ib<* law its upoi a stranger. Ami this, under the stori conviction, that it would he us good for hi son to he re*trniu^ from tiring evil, as i would he f?r society to bested its inliic lion/' *As for me, I don't profess to be quit so good a j-atrlol^i^lytit"; lb? gov^rno rejoined, half * altering at tbe old man' he instantly niose, looked the governo ?teinly in the face for a lew momenta, am then left the apartment without utleriiij a word. No sooner had the old man cloned th door after him than it was opened l>y th woman who had presented the petition ii favor of her son. She emne forward has lily, and falling upon her knees, urged lie suit w ith the eloquence <?f tears. 'T. rdon my poor hoy! O, pardon Lin as yon hope for pardon yourself,"' urge* the .ifllie.O'd mother. L'nahlo to withstand the pleading* hacked as they were by the tender mo ceptihilities of a tender heart, the govt r nor took the peii.ioii and signed it, w;th out its having onto occurred to him tha he had promised an answer to the petitioi in tlte morning. The overjoyed motlie snatched the paper from his hand the niu inent he laid his pen aside, ami bouudt-i wildly from the room, without so much a w ailing to acknowledge the kind aet. "A queer set, anyhow!" muttered th govcrnor. She might have at least thank ed me." And then lie leaned hack lazily in Li chair. When next conscious, he was stai tied l>y a loud crash, which seemed t come from below. Rising up and ruhhinj his halt scaled eyes, he discovered hinise to bo ill total darkness, while tliore reign ed around him tire most profound si lence. -I must have been dreaming," lie a length muttered, sinking back into hi arm-chair, in order to collect and compos* if :. i it i .J i inn iiiiii*i* in' it*m wi'ii iwjHU-tl III Us lo ottlv n minute or two, his eyes bcjrifinini to get accustomed to il.e surrounding dart ticss, when his ear caught the sound c footsteps moving stealthily along tlio }>?? sages. \\ Idle mill irresolute in regard t action, hi< door opened, mini a man ?*rit??r erl, canying a dark lantern in his ban* lie anihl readily distinguish the form Ht.i features of this midnight intruder. It wa tJodfrey (iliiner, tho pardoned crimina who had thus made so free with tho ex ecntive mansion. Seemingly aware that he should fin* the governor in that room, he di*l not lie* itate a moment after closing the door la hind him, hut threw open liia lantern, i order to render objects distinctly vinibh A grin of malignant pleasure distorted In evil impressed conn ten nee, as his eyt fell upon the Irightened old man, now a paralysed hy alarm as to l>? unable t rise. The u?xt movement of the robin was to draw a pi?tol, the sharp click < which wined almost like the passage < a knife through the governor's hoart.Then advancing he placed it nt his e? trith a look and air of determination tin made the trembling victim close bis vyt i- I lliat now scuiied inevitable. The robber, r however, npp-ared in no hurrv toeonsume j mate the murderous deed; hut stood, it I I v enu-il to fJovern >r Tondorhcart, for ali . most an ago, with the cohl barrel of the - weapon pressing harJ against his ear.? e At last, the instrument of dea'h wasslowo j ly removed, leaving the governor as per | feet I y he'pless as if a ball bad gone through liis head?fear had utterly paralyzed him. The robber then took a small but strong cord with which he had provided himself, e and after having tied the old man's hands a behind him, bound him firmly to the ehair a in w hich he was seated. This done, with r another smile of malignant triumph, he lifted his lantern fr< m tin- lloor, and pro cceding to the secretary, rifled it of severa al t.undred doilars'in notes and gold, and then quickly left the room, s For a few minutes after the robber had e left the apartment in which he had found ii the governor, all was still. This silence f. was suddenly broken by a wild scream of s terror from the old man's daughter, a lovei. ly girl, just blushing into swoot seventeen, e accompanied with agonizing cries to h< r y father ft>r help. 13ul slie cried in vain.? o lie was unable to mnvu iV.im I.;. - Gradually these erica became more and - more feeble, and evidently caino from a t greater and greaterdistance. The robber n was carrying otf his child ! Il was all in n vain that he strove extricate himself, or cnk deavorcd to call aloud for assistance, ilis t struggles were feeble, and bis tongue re - fused to give utterance to a sound. At last, even the faintest cry became bushed, e and all was again still as death. His r daughter had been borne away by h a flend incarnate, and there were none to res>r 'While vainly endeavoring to frecdmn r self from the bonds that restrained him, a 1 low crackling soutid met his car, that, as * he listened, increased and became more distinct every .moment, an 1 was soui e accompanied by a faint rushing or roarp ing noise that could not he mistaken.? a The house was on lire! Already was the i- smoke beginning to oppress the air, an.I r now the glow of the flumes came clearly reflected beneath the door of the sparti ment in which he was cotifmcd. Cries of il terro began to mingle with the noise of the conflagration, among which was too i, terrible distinct those of his wile and cliiU i- dren. And yet he could not fly to their - relief, nor. strange inability, make himself In nrd. Hut the crisis was near at hand, t The door suddenly gave way, and the a flames rushed in, seizing fiercely, and w ith i devouring eagerness, upon every thing in i. the room. Governor Ten lei heart w as I soon surrounded by the raging element, s and all chance of .^cajKJ cut oil'. The tire was already upon his garments, when, e with a terrible scream, he sprung from his - eiiaii, breaking ike bonds that had held liiin fast, as if they were lighter than goss samcr. Instantly all was changed as by magic, u The governor was, indeed, in his study, jy and standing on the floor. But it was If daylight, and everything around him uui. disturbed by tire or robber. On glancing i. out of the window, lie perceived, by the |tosilion of the sun, that the day was du t chniiig. 4 "And can this be ail a dream I" he said e clasping his hands together, and looking r I around, half fearfully, to acd if there wore , not really attached to lite chair the broken . i'ui lis Willi w It ait be had been boiiliil.? ,f Hut tbero were no indication* \ isib.e ot' . lite imaginary violenceibnl bad been ?loi e r> to liitn. Mill, *o distinct wore all tbe incident* ia of In* fearful dream upon hi.* mind, dial ,| lie pulled the bell with a hltong and Ci-rs voil* jerk. I, "Lias a ly ono been to *ee ine, sime > dinner f' ho naked of the servant who answered tlim summon*, d "No, sir," was the prompt reply. k. "Not an old man!" .. -No, air." n "Nor an old woman?" 3. -No, sir." is "That will do. You can go, Thomas." at And, a* tiovernor Tendeiheart said tlii->, o be sunk down into bis great arm-chair, _ i : 1 f- J- ? u mm HIIIHIII>-U lur nearly IIMII UH Hour loSf. r in a deep reverie. if Ou llie next morning, when the mother 'if of Godfrey Glitner premtnled lierw-lf and ? her petition, the governor ??tid vNo,M id h r, tone and with a manner that at ? ice exxt | tinguinhed ho|>e in the mind of the lium?, I bio and dmlreaaed petitioner. pardoned l?y Governor Tenderhcart. If 'f?>r a moment, the kinder feelings of hhs j nature began to influence, lie thought of Godfrey Glitner, and his terrible dream, and became as stern and immovable as before. ZE GRANDE PLANT on I A FRENCH BOKANIST "SOLD." UY TOM TWIGS. "Ah, ha '. mon ehcrc Ned, vere you been : niv boy. eh ? Me no see your boo-tiful countenance zis?let me see?one, two, yes, tree week ! Vere you been, eb I" "Why the fact is, Monsieur Grogorie," replied Ned, "I have boon employed for some time making little necessary atrnngemciits previous to my departure 1 for ." | "Ib-parlurc! Vere you go, Ned, my boy, tell me." "Why, is it possible you have not heard that I'm going to Turkey ? Yes, sir, in three days I'll bid good bye to you, for at least, one year!" j " No. vou do not say zat, Nod. Vy it J . * * is very?very strange I did not bear zat before zis. Yon you go, you say, my boy." " In three days, Monsieur," was Ned's answer. "Yell, I be not very glad, Ned, my boy, 1 >ut before you go, vill you not come to my liouse,ami take ze little dinner visum, I ho? Come to-morroiv, Neil, vill you inv boy r ' I Ned promised, and tho two Hopnralcd. I Monsieur Gregorie was a little voluble Frenchman, about forty years old?kind, jo-'ial, and possessed of various other excellent qualities* H? bed emigrated to this country several years previous/for the same reasons, probably, that thousands of others of his countrymen had for quitting la tulle France. I?ut unlike a larger portion of those same countrymen, Monsieur Gregorie had brought with him an immense "pile" of that artiele which contributes largely to the ease, comfort, and } happiness of man's existence. Monsieur I Gregorie was also an educated man? well posted up in the arts and sciences, j Of the latter, Hot any was his favorite, | and to the collection of rare plants, he not only expended a large porti >n of his time, hut an immense aiu<<unt of his ample for! tune, li s garden?which occupied nI bout three aires of ground ? was filled , with an immense number of plants?one would suppose, with every Botanical speci-1 men tiiat the earth ever produced. And | Mou-.ii ur <?. always took tho greatest do light in exhibiting, to every visitor the ' roost rare plants of all his collection, at i the same lime gii inga description of them in his broken Knglish, which was not a I little amusing. Hut notwithstanding the immense collection which Monsieur < ?reg! orie possessed, he was constantly adding to it?importuning every acquaintance . who might be going abroad, to I ring him some "grand plant." Thus he did with 1 his friend Ned, when that individual the next day paid Ids promised visit. As Ned was ubout departing, says Monsieur Gregorie? " Ned, my boy. bring tnc ze grnnde | plant?MOinesiug vat you not see here? I ? uicsing vary cxiraordinarie !" "Yes, Min-ieur, I will bring you someihing nice, ibq?end upon it," was Ned's promise, Weil, Ned dually went to Turkey-? 1 v\?n absent about a year. About two or three days after hi* return, while taking n stroll who should Ned come in contact with but lib old friend Monsieur Gre<rore: a . and then, for the first time si.ice he had J made the promise, Ned thought of the plant he was to bring home to Monseiur O, Ned was pii2/.led?he knew an acknowledgement of the fact would only incur the displeasure of the Frenchman, and he didn't choao to do that. Ned tried to avoid him, hut it was " no go"? the Little Frenchman eepi*d him, an ! running up to Ned, seised l?oth of his hand*, ami ap|?carcd to lie in eeataciea at .hi* old friend's safe return When you ooine, my l>oy?why you nooonie m'm yonr old friend, eh?have you brought ze j>lant, my boy I" were all uttered by the apparently delighted MOkie eur <L in a!in?st on* breath. The last question wiu what Ned termed a dead'ner. Lie was at a loss for a reply ; filiaMy, lis answered? "Oh 1 ye*, Monsieur, and a fine one it is too?the rarest one in all Turkey." i iiu niuo frenchman almost danced ... Witli joy. "Vero lie 'iui, my boy ??tell ine, I vill g<> right away oft'." exclaimed Monsieur, and it was with the greatest difficulty that Ned could prevail upon liini to wait till the next day, when ho promised to send it to his residence. "I rill vait, Nod, my boy, )ill ze morrow : seitd Mm to ine early?very early: you hear, my boy ?"?very early. Au rcroir/" and Nod was glad to seethe little Frenchman depart. "What shall I do?" soliloquised Ned. "1 mint "soil the Frenchman, that's certain. But how's the que-lion. The fellow is acquainted with every plant in existence. What the devil shall I do ? I have it!" The next morning Nod despatched his s mint to the residence of Monsieur (i., with "ze grand plant" and a curious looking one it was, too. It was about six inches long, a little thicker than a pipe stem round, and tapered off to the point. Not a branch or blossom was visible ott it?nothing but a sort of fuzz, which, if it had not been of a greenish hue, would have been taken for tine hair. It was planted in black soil, contained in a pot about the size of a quart measure. Alteg. tin r it was the most singular looking plant that a Botanist ever admired. "Sacre ! got tain ! vat is zis ?" exclaimed the Frenchmar, when Ned's servant handed him the present. Boo-tiful, eh ! By gar! I sees nosing boot-iful?it is von tain 'uinbu^. I vill not tat ?* -J" I send 'im back !" Monsieur G. was evidently displeased with his present. "Vat is zis i" he suddenly exclaimed^ observing a note attached to the pot, "vat is zis } 1 will read 'im. Let mo see," and Monsieur G. re id the note, which Ned had addressed him, as follows: "Mv 1>kak Kkiknd:?The plant which I send you, you wiil doubtlessly observe, possesses no beauty, but believe, sir? when 1 tell you, that in Turkey it is considered one. of the rarest of the botanical species of that country. Its name I disretneinber, although the Sultan who kindly presented it to ine, informed mo at the tune.? it blooms el cry live years. Three months from now you will see it in its full bloom, when I feel cei tain you will be better pleased with it. Yours, I Ned The perusal of this note seemed to dispel all the dissatisfaction that the little Frenchman had before evinced. "From ze Sultan of ze Turkey! By gar! it is m*vjniJi'/ue?one grand curiosiiie. 1 vill keep 'im. Let me see?tree months! by gar! zen 1 vill have zc (/rande ruriatite. Yes, sair, I vill keep 'im," and Monsieur G. was profuse in his thanks to Ned for ze present. Monsieur Grogorio look particular pains to make known among his friends the fact that Ned had brought him a rare p ant from Turkey, and of course a'l were I anxious to see it, hut not a sight would the frenchman give until the six mouths had expired, when he was certain it would blossom. The throe months expired, and no blossom was vissible. Another month went by, and still ze graude plant was the same in appearance as when Ned presented it to him. At length the Frenchman became impatient. He was anxious to learn the name of the rare plant, and for that purpose he applied himself diligently to his books, but in vain. If it would only bl'wsom he would be enabled t?? gratify bis curiosity. Or if 1 e could onlv see the root of it, that, he thought, would enable liitn to learn its 8|>eries. But ha w.is afraid to disturb it?fearful that be would destroy it. Well be waited another month, and no tfloMoms appearing, he was determined to gratify his curiosity by a sight at the ro >ts of the plant. So one morning, after be bad partaken of his coffee, he went to work, carefully displaced the dirt in which the plant was imbedded. Suddenly ho started up with an exclamation peculiar to excited Frenchmen, and horror, amazement and rage depicted upon bis countenance. Seising his hat, anJ placing it niton his head, out of th? street door he rushed. Down the street he went like a madman, astonishing ail who met liiir. Turning * corner, ho mntn in contmt with a friend ; tip to him be rushed, tkc'aiming, in an oxcited tone? Are you seen '?m ?jde scoundrel ?xe ?te?'are vou seen *tm tarsf "Who?who do yon m?*n, Monsieut V 4 asked hi* astonished iriend. T -M