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X $2 PER ANNUM We cleave to truth wlicrc'er <?lic leada ili? way. IN ADVANCE A .family anil political Smapoptt?Ctnotri) la tlir arts, Stitatts, littratntf, fkralian, agrirnltnrr, Salrrnal 3nipruarmrn!s, .fnrrign nuii Pouirstir Aims, anil llir jtaktls. VOLUME V. LANCASTER, C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA. WEiisusinv uoowrw u.v .. .o... lu d>rigii [ Writt Tl SENATOR O THE BELE OE BY W. M [Continued frt CIIAPTEU XIII. Nothing occurred, during the first eight or ten mouth* of Kd ward's stay tn Satan* tiali, lo ilowivu our especial notice. lie was studious and industrious in In* ii?b it*; applied himself diligently tu his la* bout*, and mm?u gained the confidence Mini esteem of Ills em plovers. Ill frset t liis 1 progress in the latter resjiect, was altogether loo f?*t for the secret feeling* of | the Uead Clerk, who regarded, with mis- | trust Mini jealousy, tin* evidently increasing ; kindness mid partiality evinced for I'M ward, liy Mr. fr'airiax; secretly fearing' thai, if mailers continued unchecked as lliey had begun, even he, in time, might las supplanted by this new, and what lie termed, uj start favori.e. It frcnoeutly! occurred to i.iin, that lie would ItMVe to | take this young competitor in hands, and by some stroke of |><?l.cy, damp the pro- | gr?*ss of his rising fortunes. Mr. Haskell, the lleud Clerk, was a ' man of |>erlMj?* ilnr'y-five or forty tears , of age; was tall and well built,'with hair j -l oiack, that contrasted strangely with Iii* pale ami somewhat consumptive up ; |?Hr?iHw. lli* geinral I't-ntiirii might have lascii cona.dcrcd handsome, Iim<I it not been lor the crafty ?i|fiwiun that InrLe i around the vurucr* of hi* thin and compressed lip*, ho ward had no cause of complaitit; lie wm progressing a* rapidly a* hi* bu*iuen* WuU.d allot*; ho could not but admit lhat ' lortuue had been propitious in hi* favor;, tyttd }??, the Miweiconie fact would stare . him in the fa?e, lhat it would require | year* of toil atiy\ ?>v^\"ice to accomplish \liat which ht* )OUV>2 hv;,rl had bceu *u l^iiguiftc u "pvvdy attainment, lie Could not disguise from himself the iruth, that however successful hi* career might , ! ??even if lie should ascend to the ul yjost summit that hi* business would allow, and receive the munificent sa'ary that the head clerk him*e!f enjoy ed, it WiO'l require year* of uninterrupted til<.cc* to acouire e\eijt a pitiful subsistence (;r himself and promised bride. Slowly and involuntarily these truth* forced ^ eius?!ves tt|KHi hitn, and if they di?l not iead hull to te|?eiil of hi* course ihav ? Utki lo?i hiui 10 roliect u|?on I lie circum stance* wU?vh iiMJnml 'y h?Joi?i it.? True, lie had lia.J great cause of umhiage; hi* fmk?r lnul treated liim wiih an ?u?t?,r"y that hi* own |.r >ii.| heart would ?<v\& hav^ brooked-?hml attempted to i? rce liia inclinations, and acted toward* him aa if lie wan not a discretionary being, hut ?till he was hit father ; and from hi* earliest recollections to the time of their disagreement, he could not remember one incident, llmt did not tend to endear that father to his memory. All his actions I hail evinced a paternal pride, and deep solicitude for the happiness and progress of his son. Kveti the last act, that had so outraged him was, perhaps, devoid of a se'.tidi motive, and urged entirely for wilfare. Kdward, we say, did not wholly repent i bis decision, and yet such thought* as | these troald harrow his feelings, and lead bim to reflect, that he tnit/Kl have been less hasty?he miyht have taken time to * deliberate; and, perha|? in time, a recon ciliation would have la*en i-Bwiel 1 regard to hi* betrothal, absence had n?>l abated his lure fur her. Her image reigned as triumphantly in Ins heart, an U bad don* mouths la-fore, and several times he had been upon the point of writ ing to her, and also to Kilen and his friend Ashley, but the thought of hia prospects deterred b'.U)h* could not teli tbem that hia probation would soon l>e ended, and tire consciousness that his hopes were a long way from being realized, deterred him from communicating the dreary bruspecU to thus* whom he loved. That Josephine would probably weary of his al-sem-e, he never imagined. Oh no! her love would last for years?the could never forget him, though all elae ou earth had ceased to re gard hit memory 1 It will not U? surprising, that the accumulated thoughts arising from so many <ircimut4?i?, served on many ooonaio**,i to cast a g'rmm over his actions; ami at tneh times, the daughter of Mrs. Fleming, >| fright eyed Jennie, would frequently attempt to rally hint upon his appearance, ami force hitu to a contest with her spark- i bug ait. Jennie evinced, and really fell, great interest in our hero ^ not that we i mil Itonj. tn Kxprtstly for the Luneatter Ledyer. IK AND SON; R, THE HHDSOH. CON SOUS. >m last rrrrJF] wish lo insinuate that the tender passion I ml anything lo do with Jeiut e's partiali iv, for such was not really the owe. Sh* p< mMsascd loo little romance, and too much go?xl sense, to fall in love with Edward, whose tmperor manners and ap|x'aranc? she felt lo beentiiely unsiiited to her sta lion iti life. Vet, as wu have said, Jennie fell a great interest in him. She thought of his superiority over other men that she had known?his studious and reserved habits ? his evident melimcholv ; and her kind and la-nevoteiit hear; naturally inclined towards him, i.iul to her, he was indebted for many enlivening conversations, and for many little comforts connected with his boarding, that but for her, might prohab'y have been neglected. There was, also, another clerk from the House ol Fairfax ?t Goodman, who board* ed wait Mrs. Ficiuing. This young man's name was l'ear?on. He was very \ oiintr, only twenty, with light hair and coin plexion, and a cast of countenance that presented noth tig remarkable, except that, on certain m-i-aninnj - . ; --v.. ming wc irwl :o displease him, ho displayed m peculiar twinkle ot the eye, ami a stealthy expression wmilj pats rapidly over hu countenance; Mild, perhaps, lo hi* heart, thorn to be treasured and remembered against tho individual who had ofleudetj hi in.. This young man, it wui known, ha?l long since pruleased an attachment fur Jciitifc; hut whether tliu young lady re ciprucaled the sentiment, was a matter ul conjecture, as her playtul and volatile niNiitiers wore often in eoulrast with her (eal feeling*. At 1 lines, she would transjM?r> liua to the lover1* extatic heaven, with her encouraging milts; and, again, he would retiouml to his mother Karth, 'from a well directed stroke of her sarcastic w t. To Use n Milgar expression, she L-ui.i : ' ? ? .. |-? > vi'uuiiuni imii. ?au r. Jennie ? partiality fur Ed war J stiinnlatcd hi* dis l.kc fur i ? littler, miiJ llie unfriendly fuel ing win increased with every frit.li aliention dial she bestowed upon him ; and caused Hi Ml (Nvulini twinkle of die *)e to weiiili.l.t^o upon tho- u.uvotMKiou* chum: ul Iii? misery. Otie even/Qg ?dward reached his hxlg ing* ratl/v; Inter (Iimii usual, hiiU whs passing nil to liin ruuin without stopping iii the lull, as whs frequently: b.>* VV.atolii to do. He Iih<1 just passed die Imll dour, which stood ajar, when Jeuuie'v voice reached hiin, exclaiming: * Mr. Carlton! please cvij 9 it/, for one inoinent; 1 have a most imporwt^b mailer to consult you upon." Expecting some misthief, he ret^ccd his steps, Mi.d entered the hull, Jennie met him in the middle of the fl.e.r,, ayd IVarson was silting with ill concealed, vexation, near the grate. "Sit down, Mr. Carlton, and I will tell yon," said Jennie, wri.h mock gravity.? ** This young man, (pointing to Itotieri) has just U:eu enlightening me into the state of ids heart; he represents it a? being in a deplorable condition; and now, Mr. Carlton, if you can advise any linn;/ lor audi a malady, it will bo a real charity in you 10 do *o.M "1 think you would piove the Ih**i pliVMctnn in thi? c*w, Mia* Jennie," Ed ward laughingly replied. "So h?* *a\i?, but I lliink he overrate* iny abilities; therefore, 1 wibljcd to call ? coiiauluiion." Edward did not wiah to enjoy the con fuaioii of the young men, Mini ?w turning to leave the room, but Jennie would not let him: ' You mwl not go, Mi^. Cnrlton, I tell you, Mr. Pearson i? really in a critical ait uation!" All this time, Pearson was ladling with rage. Edward was amused to tee the rapid twinkle of hi* rye*. Hising from hi* chair, he ?aiJ : " I did not come here, Mi??, to l* the butt of your ridicule, and a? it *eem* that you have formed a plan with thi* gentleman to iiuiyv me ?H "t>h! fie, Mr. Pearson," *aid Jennie, interrupting hiin, "we?-w " I Viiow it i* we," said Pearaon abruptly, ?nd wilh an eiuphaaia on the laat word, "and that thi* gentleman baa lent himaelf a? a tool in your hand*, to be uaed Sgainat in*,1 " You are very much tniataken, air," ntkJ El ward, quietly, " Mr. his love affairs, are matters of (oo indifference to me to engage the sin part of my attention." " Your adieu* belie your word*, si swored Pearson, " ami tliis is uot lb time that I bare observed your int ence." ' Mr. Pearson," said Edward, UI you will not force me to forget my s spect, but if you cast upon me anot your disgusting reflections, I shall certainly chastise your insolence I" Pearson took the warning in time overflowing with rage and indign left the room. ' You are wrong, Jennie," sai?] ward, after Pearson had left, "see 1 a mess you have got us into." " Well," answered Jennie, carel *" I shall, at least, be spared any nam sentences for a week to come," Edward went to bis room, and l?v tliis little incident was soon forgottei CHAPTER XIV. ' Pearson's rage wa* not easily appi tie did not go to Lis room w lien h ! the ball, but lino the street, where 1 turns in the cool night air might ' helped him to expend a |K>rtion ? ! wrath; but it seems, that ti|K>n thit tic it till evening, Ins evil genius whs i ' ascendant ; lie was (lo use a fai I phrare) bent upon adding fuel to tin A few minutes walk, brought him tc | famous establishment, called the " ' nix." It was brilliantly lighted witl i which threw a bright halo around in 1 | ly omameuts, ami htv-iviuus ami d I adzing embellishments. lie ditl m j tioe llim1, Imwevt-r, imr the difleren ' | sons scattered through the rot.ni, hi ! lored with the air of a man, whosi ' j vocable determination was to " take thing'* to dMwn a sudden and 1 : whelming misfortune. An cbseqtiio ' ; tendaiit was not slow in placing ? , his reach the wherewith to graii ' ! |?ur|K>se, and I e was raising the j, 'containing the exhilarating tluid t ' l lips; his head being elevated to ' ! down the contents at a gulph ; win ! eyes encountered those of a certain 1 j \idnal standing a few feet from him. *i This was no o.her than Mr. lit the head del k, w ho w a* peering upt young una a stubbing glance, ai was readitig every thought that wa ! sing in his brain. lVarson, upon * I him, hesitated with a certain eotifusi . | his manner, as if he w as \,ot sure wh I it would 1h? l?a? presuming to ask > ' port.int a personage asihe " Head (J to drink with him, when the latter, ing his thoughts as clearly as they ^ conceived, fame to liis relief, with tl couraging expression : "Certainly, Hob! certainly. I will something, a raw evening like this! 'cess to the fair Jennie!" ?pliliir.ie after tilling his glass and r wjjiig it i lips. I'earson dtvV lUv loa*tv but bit twinkleil maliciously. 't BV tbe bye, Bob," continued the ' clerk, ki-eping his eyes fixed up ?i companion, " I hear you are gel lit fatuously in that quarter, aid tin fair dntni?e|le has no eyes for any 1 but you!' lVarson felt himself choking, bu bead dctk voy.iijwed mercifully ; "It was hinted thai Carlton is i candidate for the prize, but I give no it to that rumour; iu fact, knowing intentions, Carlton .voyJUl be too ho ble?u "!)?-n 0*rlt??n !** roared the ox rated youth, M lie is a villain! an had him lore, 1 would leach him Ik |UH'ddJo with t?,) aghir?!" The hr was beginning to excite his comhi nsas. " You surprise mo !" said Mr. list " Hut don't speak so loud," continue seeing that Pearson's angry words hi traded the allentiou of sou/# listener The gracious lainilu^rily of llie 1 Clerk, ami the brandy together, had their effect in loosening his tongue he was ready to disgorge anything the wdling ear of his companion, he i i a lo wer lone: 1.1 can prove to you that he is a v ? I can show you that he la not the orahle man that?" " ?op," said Hr. Haskell* " l?t i tire, where ?? caw, cower** withou; ger of interruption. We will order i vate apartnn til and refreshments." lV.toon cage tv consented; de'iu with the extreme condescension ol llend Cleik, and lltg. letter rejoiced a prosjwet of pultiug into execulic * heme w huh, for month* past, had the ruling sid-ject of his thoughts. Imd long regarded IVarson as a tool, he might mould to hi* pur|?ose, am incipient points o( his hellish coiitpi was that night discussed ami e*| drank in am] seceded to, by lh* reven and disappointed lover. We will no low thetn at present; the nature of conference will be unfolded as the progresses. The next morning Edwar.I swoon IVarson in the passage that sepai their respective rooms. The latter i ed his hand, with an appearance of c fu!nc*a, and apologized for his rnd< and hasty display of temper the la?t I ning! Edward vjlin^ljr accepted much amende, and Jennie, who, to tell the truth lallcet really felt sonic uneasiness as to the resul of her mad cap behavior, was secretly re r, an- juiced to see thein descend to the break e first fast room on, apparently, such goca .erfcr- terms. One day, a few weeks subsequent t< hope this time, Kdward came hotne about th elf re usual dining hour, and w as passing up t< her of his roo n, when just as he entered th most passage leading to it, he saw Pearsoi coming out at his door. The latter rc ', nnJ marked, with some contusion in his man alion, tier, that he hud desir d a glass of watci and there t^ing none in his own loom, h I Ed had taken the lilwrty of entering Ed what ward's room, in search of it. Ed wan readily admitted the plej, which was si lossly, plausible that he had no suspicions, am s love the circumstance soon passed from hi mind. I,im' C11AITEU XV. I. At length came the anniversary of Ed ward's mi rival in Savannah. The da' cased, opened peculiarly brignt and propitiou e |ef( for our hero. Mr. Fairfax informed hiu a few that morning, of his intention to still fur have lher increase his salary, which was aires >f his dy unusually large for a clerk of only on s par ) ear's experience. He had been eiiablci in the t? wave a small sum trom his last year' niliirr income, ami he had that morning invest e fire, ed it, as he thought, profitably ; and, .*? i that he walked to Ins lodgings in the after I'hce- noon, felt an unusual degree of cheerful , ness. He experienced an honest pride ii cost | having earned something by bis own ex emor ertionw. but alas! bow soon was ihi nt no- feeling absorbed, by tbe horrid ntnhii t per that was about to happen! ut en- When lie returned to his place of husi B jrrt.. uess, instead ol feeing his fellow clerk some- busily employed, usual, the house wa over- HpluuetiUv dcs.utcd. Ilefonml Mr II .? us at- k"||, however, in flic office, who itiformci lithin I hint thai Mr. haiifax requested his prcs ly his ?lice in ltis sanctum. Surprised, bill h' ;??b!et "o means alarmed, lie entered the privat" 0 |,is room, where lie found the cleiks, t.i th take number of twelve or tifteen, all assembled n his thai is, all bill his lellow boarder, J'earsor indi- ?nd be, loo, presently entered, and ill , Head Clerk followed after bim, and lock e>k? 1!, *d the door. Two persons were in th mtho ritorn, Resides tU? member* of the house 1 if |,e tkic, K-1 ward recogni/.ed ax the Teller t ? pas the 1'?'* Hank, and lite other, he knew iceing by bis dress, to b? a police officer. Hi ion in fellow clerks, apparently, were all surpris ether vd? an J seemed as ignorant as himself o 0 iin. I the cause yt thus utittsual summons. Mt lerk " Fairfax looked e.\ceedtl "ly grave; tl.< read- Teller was evidently excited; but the po were 'ice otliicr and Mr. ilaskell, appeared a ie en- d nothing oulol the coin nun way had oc j curred. 1 take *' NVe havesummoned,you,gentlemen, Sue- said Mr. Fairfax, "lor the put pose of in d he, vestigatiug a very serious atlair. It will to his doubtless, be a surprise to some of you, t< know that the name of our Home ha i eyes beeu forged to a check <?f one thoiisam dollars, ou the V? s Hank, ami th head money lor the satue has been drawn.'' ii his The Teller here produced the dice! i<r on that had l>cen returned to the house, am ?t the by tiiein again returned to the Hank, a; laxly ? forgery. "It is so perfect a one," said Mr. fair I the faXj "that k in\sell, coul.J s-'a/ceiy recog lli{u it, such ; but that it is a forger) ilso a w? are read) to show, Leyoud the possi cred* bility of a doubt." your lhe Teller was unable to say who hat libra presented tins particular check. The) were generally presented by Mr. Haskel aspe or Mr. Carlton, and occasionally by soiiu I it I | Cst the other clerks; but this had licet >w to drawn several weeks ago, and lie could andy not recollect the particular one who pre live seuted it. lie was quite certain, howev er, that it was no peison not Conuectec skell, wuh the llouse. All declared their inno d he, ceuce of the whole affair. The |>olice t f id at licer propoeed an immediate search, u i. wiucli uu uge objected 'Ihe search war dead jrerfonned l?y himself and Mr. Fan tax.? I h ad Edward f< It Itik |>iwin! blood rise to hit , anil temples, a* he submitted to the indignant into operation. It was toon ended, howevvt Said and no clue fout/d* '?lie Head Clerk alone remained,, and I hey w ere about ti illain paa* him hy, when he, i?h>, initialed upon boll* heing se trehed as the oihvrsL which wan accordingly done, is re- The pol.ee officer thcu r? .-^nested tin dan* addresx and keys to each man'* privati ? pri- apariment. The only one w ho demureil to tin* was Eilward 1 1 lie police otHcei rhted darted upon him a look of keen suspicion f the but he met it with a lolty calmness, thai t the was sustained by a consciousness of innis >n a ! ceuce. lie staled that he was not afraid Iteeu I they would find, any Uowg lliat would criinile male him, hut that he had certain pa pen that that he did not with should he exposed J the He remembered, that by the dolling* in racy, his Journal, which they would probably gerly examine, his real name and coiinectioiu geful would be discovered. Mr. Fairfax, win, >t fo| did not in the least suspect Edward, told their him that he would ntake one of the par tale ty, and if thay discovered anything in hii room that would not l>ear a criminal con tered struct ion, it should not he made public rated To this he pledged his honoi, and Ed offer- ward reluitantiy yielded, and delivered lieer- his keys, as the others had done, enesa Mr. Fairfax and the Teller acconipn eve oied the jsilice officer to the different 'odg 1 the uigt of ilia clerk*. Hefbra leaving, boa , i ever, they locked the door of the private ! I l I room; shutting in the clerks; ail except | - Mr. Haskell, who was si Hered to go at - liberty. ^ | ,, 1 Mrs. rieming's was the last bouse that j tbey reached. Tbat good lady was i j, o sligliiiy alarmed, wben the police tunc- j-j e tioiiary demanded to be shown to Mr. !( o Cat lion's and Mr. Pearson's rooms.? ' e Pearson's room was first searched thor- jc it oughly, but with the same result as bad ! jj !- attended the search of the others', no evi- J | i- detice of guilt couid be lound. I ? p, Lastly, .bey enlcied Edward's room. I f A secretary that w is also partly bis dress- I c |. ing case, wastiist ransacked. Tbey soon j i. J found the Journal tbat Edward oad so i ? n much dreaded, and Iroin it discovered s I that bis stitiiame was Malcolm. The [<o- 1 Si s lice ollicer immediately prmounted u a I suspicions circumstance, but Mr. Fairfax p was not willing to put that color upon it; | 0 and looking further, tliey found the cause " of his concealing a portion of liis name, I (] V and were enabled to understand the whole ? s history of his desertion from Malcolmvillc. s i* Mr. Fairfax reimnded bis companions of , ' Ins promise to Kdward, and tbey both ., promised secrecy, provided the cause of v v justice did not deinand an expose. f( l' They had s*arched bis trunk and every j s drawer thoroughly, and were about t'o u > leave tlio room, when the police ollicer s espied a pair of pantaloons banging at the I j, '* foot of-the bed, and partly concealed by j |{ the curtains. Tbey were a good deal I s II worn, and had the appearance of not ; ,t * having been used lately. lie brought 1 .. s thetn to the light, and commenced to turn | t. t the pocket*, wlie!) a roll ot Hank Hills J dropped upon the floor! The Telle! sent- I N '* ed tbefU with a glow ot joy, as lie recug- ; j s | iiiz d his treasure?the police officer ! , * evinced the pleasure lie felt at Laving de- ; x l* | tected, as lie imagined, an accomplished ! 1 I villain, and Mr. Fairfax was mute with < v ' I ustotii htnetit anil chagrin. lie could I, Y scarcely believe the evidence of bis senses ; | L> but the broad f:;et was befole bill) ? the j j e damning evidence against bis favoiile! i v I The police ollicer hurried thein off to ! . ? I secure his prisoner. Arrived at the- (louse, ' ? L* | lie unlocked llie door of the private loom ; | his <|ii ek glance soon singled out our lie I , e re, ami lading his hand upon his shoul- ; , ' ] tier, pcoinniiKcd these word*, which led J, '? t ike a scaring iron upon the heart of Ed 1 j ward : I s 4" Edward Carlton .lf<//c*J>// * I arrest !_ '* you in the name of the State, on a charge* j; ' of forgery !"* at.d taking a pair of haud ) ? culls from Ins pocket, dexterously slipped i r e tliein U| on his prisoner, before Edward j I had recovered sulHcieu:ly fr. in the slunk 1 _ s | his words had conveyed, to rightfully un- i | ders'ai d his position. | ll:s fellow clerks looked on, some with : 1 | pitv, others with indifference, and as he ! j was led tiast Mr. Fairfax, the latter recciv- ' I ed a look of such silent and reproachful 1 1 II j agony, as haunted him fui days to come. . ' | Thus was the Senator's son! led to a fel- I ' 1 oil's cell; fettered with irou? auJ threat- J1 u etud with a felon's doom !" i( I TO UK CON'TI Nt KU 1 *' k ' 1 t I THE PRINTER. | A printer is the ino-t curious being liv 1 n ; i g. lie rimy have a bunk and coin* ami ; e I he not woith a cent; have smufl cn/>s and ! r , have neither wife nor children. < MIters ' h . may run fast, but be gets along swiftest I ti bv setting fast. Ilejnav be making i nt - j n 1 /irc**it-n.i without cloou.-nce; may ti*u the ! t r lye without offending, and be telling the I a I j truth; while others < annul stand while j u ? t thev set, l*c can *(. Handing an 1 stand i jt i ; setting and do both at the same tirm ; j ? I ! have to Use furniture and yet have no ! i, dwelling; may make and put //rand si . n. ver see a pie, much less eat it during I his life ; he a human l*>ing and a rut at \ the same time; may press a great deal, and | *< not ask a favor; may handle a shooting j jt ? iron ami know nothing al?oiit a go r or pis j ] ? tol; ' e may move the lever that moves the ' ei . world, and yet l?e as f??r from moving the , Ji i globe a* a hog under a rno'e hill; spja-ul w I sheet* without being a house wile; lie may j m , lay to* fbrm on a iif J, and yet le obliged | ; lo sleep on the floor; ho may use 'ho f | fi } without shedding l>|oo?l, ami front earth lie 1 i may handle **; he ntay Im? of a rr iiivg j i disposition, ami vet never desire to travel; t) lie may have a sheep*/wit, and not he de- j) ; f<>r. ?ed; never he without a r> $ \ and know ? nothing of law or phviic he always cor- t< I i fitting his error*, and growing worse ever rv day; have em?'?a w thotit ever liav, inp the arin? of a la?* thrown around him; I have hi* form looked up, ani! a. the same time he free from jail, watch house, or il | other confinement; his office may have a kelt ill it, and not l*e a had place after ail; M i lie mipht l?e pitptiod hv the devil, and t| , he a christian of the IkM kind; ami what i is slrnnper still, he he honest or dishonest, rich or poor, drunk or sober, industrious t, i or laiy, he always * tariffs up to his busi- y ncam V" M ater," said a regular go-ahead, ac- h t live ami perse ering Yankee, to a lazy c uroue that was lounging alniut, scarcely <1 to la* identified by his motion, p ' !>id you ever see a snail I" I " Y-e-e s, I r a tlicr think 1 have," said * M r. I >rone. v "Then," replied Jonathan, "yon must have met it, fo; l-y Jerusalem, you never : overtook ona,H ' j fj IOW THEY KISSED IN THE OLDEN TIME. Tl.rce foreign travellers in England ir ave pleasatly remarked upon an oldens- r? r>m which would not be considered rnjre h onorcd in the breach than the observance, o lie custom alluded to is that of kissing.- ir Mialcondyles,the (ireek, who visited our ol vspccted ancestors l?elween four and five 1enturies ago, was highly surprised de I) glued, and edified with this novel mode, si le says of it: "As for Kughsh females and h liildien, their customs are liberal in the g xtnme. For instance, when a visitor n alls at a friend's house, his first act is to h iss his friend's wife: he is then a duly in- s< tailed guest, l'eisons meeting in the 11 tieet follow the same custom and no one ?w ees anything improper in the action." in Nicandar MucUis another (ireek travel- hi if, of a century later, also adverts to this y saltatory fashion. " The English" be V1 ays, "uuu ifest much simplicity and lack g f jealousy in their customs as regards fe- Ir nales; fur not only do members of the lv sine family and household kiss them on t< lie lips with complimentary salutations vv ud enfolding of the arras around the si mist, hut even strangers w hen introduced si How the Millie mode; and it is one which w Iocs not appear to them in any degree itiheoming. g The third commentator is Erasmus, and d t is astonishing how lively the iHilehman h iccoines when expatiating on this ticklish "l abject. Vriting from England to An- h rel.' us in he says unctuousU ;? r? '1 hey have a custom, too, which can nev- *i r he sufficiently coinnicnded. (>n your I irrival you are welcomed with kisses, i! i tl on return, the embraces are repeated.? |'t to you receive a visit, your first entertain- ^ nciit i-. of kisses. 1 >o your guests depart h ou distribute kisses among them. ? l\ hercv.r \ on nio t them they greet you n villi a kiss. In sln.rt, whatever wav you I n urn, there is nothing but kissing. Ah,' ? '\austus, if you had once tasted the ten-I .1 Icmcss, i!s?? fragrance of Il.ese kisses, you ivould wish to stay in K'gland not for a en yours' voyage, like Solon's, but as long h you live." 1 leave to the bachelors to pronounce ;i ijKin tin* merits of this custom ? which ti nust have had its disadvantages too?a n |iialith'il remark ? which I the more fool n ound to make, ns, w.-re I to join in the j a estatie huulation of the grave Dutchman | n ?why, to use I local's words," I have my cars about my ears ; I'm not a single / nan."?[ f/nlits mnt win.? Mr. Jio ? ?l? <i :he minister and the fiddle, j" A responsible fneiul is the voucher for " he truth of the fo'lowing capital storv: Haifa century ago, or l?.v>, the pious ml somewhat factions 1 >r. l'oml dwelt in | he <|iiict ami out of the way village of ^ V in the Stale of Steady Habits.? I'he I UK-tor's ideas were liberal?much J norc so.than many of his congregation ; ^ pproved ; iiev eeiheless be kept on the! veil tenor of bis way, and disregarded | he prejudices of some ot his people, lie | ^ ad a son named Enoch, who ai an eariv | ^ ge inaiiilcstcd a remarkable talent for inisie, which the father cherished and j ultivated with care. In the same village I osided an antupiated maiden lady^who * aving no cures of her own to occupy her j imy and attention, magnanimously devo ed herself to those ot tier neighbors.? ?nc morning she called at the Doctor's ii<I requested tw see iiiiii. When lie en- "j ered the room where elio was seated lie | erceived at a gl iilce that something was miss, ami heture he had time to ex- ^ Kiul to her the u>ual " How d'ye do ?" . lie began: "1 think, Dr. J'ond, that a man of I our age and profession might have had w ami-thing l etter to do, w hen you were , i New London last week, than to buy Inocli a fiddle ; all the people are ashaiiiI that our minister should buy his son a ddle. A fiddle! <>h, dear what is the * orld coming to, when ministers will do leh things {" 1 "Who told you 1 had bought Enoch a ddle?" inquired the (doctor. 11 " Who told me ? Why ever) body says r?, and some people have heard him play ii it as they passed the door. Hut ain't | ; true, Doctol (" ^ " I bought Enoch a violin when I went i ^ ? Now London.'' "A violin! What's that ?*' " I'id yon never see one ?" ' " Never." "Enoch," said tlie ih>ctor, stepping to ic door? "bring your \iolin here." Enoch olieycd the couimaiid but no joner bad lie tillered with It's instrument, p inn the iatly exclaimed : "J,*! now there why it is a fiddle!" "l>o not judge rashly," said the l>oc- j8 >r ; giving Ins son a wink ; "t ait until ^ oh hear it " | Taking the Enoch played Old Hundred. (| lu- iadv w as completely mysicih-d ; it , siked liku a fi? Id is*, hut then who had ver" heard Old llutidrocl played on a 6dle! It could not be. 8o, rising to iU>art she exclaimed, jM " 1 am gla<( I came in to satisfy myelf. La me ! just to think how peopU n, rill lie ! cj ? ? ~~ %i You cannot pursue solid learning and jrolou* ph-4*ures at ihe atnc tiigo, ?1 I ill D Li l\ 14. MRS PARTINGTON ON KANSAS. Ho for Kansas! exclaimed Mrs Partlgton, taking her pipe from her mouth, ?sting her elbow on her knee, and putting er loot rigorously, as she glanced sternly ver her spectacles at Ike, who was remdig 'an appeal for aid' in the last number rthe 'Kuneoml>o CJulltrap, and Herald of eitiocracy.' 'lie f>r Kansas! Whyon' a little while ago it was a fight for Kanis! Well. Tin as readv as anv bodv to . * * . * elp my neighbors when they're in the rass, but Kansas ain't no neighbor of line, and if be wants any hoeing done e'li have to bring it along, or do it liitn If. There's that rotton lazy varment, 'ill -Sniggers, lias been high tip f<r l\ants ever since he found out there nau't olhing more dangerous than hoeing to e done; says 1 to him, t'other day, Kill, if ou fell anv more like work this year than ou did last, you'd belter hoe that little oober patch of'your'n In-fore you go auing for Kansas, you know that's the on' crap you etcr plant, and all you have > to niton to buy powder and shot, and hiskey, and (ishhooks and other necesuries of life, ami you let it run to grass [> last j ear you could'nt find the goobers, lien you went to dig them.' Kill swelled up and turned as read as a obler. Says he, 'Madam you do not unci stand the interest* of the South,' and c left, slamming (he door so that a heap f daubing fell out o( the bouse, 1 put my eatl out of the window and hollowed af r liiin, ' I understand, though ,' says I, t's evrt-ybody's inte-est to mind their own utiness.' 'Maybe tho',' and a bright liought seemed to sirke the old lady, n-ivhe they're going to fight with hoes.? V. II, hoes is a bad tiling to nght w ith, lit not nigh so had as them sharp ritlcs lid hagoncls and sit h like, they are a inch more specific weapon, and folks aro ot half so likely to commit suicide on ach ollu-r w ith thein. They liettor tako fi>i ami skull?but let us see how that i, lb-ad on, sonnv.* OLD BUT GOOD. Soon after the revolution war, Capt. P. I W-- 1 It? ? - L'. omve i hiikcc omcer, was hi rsi. j'etersurg, in Kussia, and while there, accepted n invitation to Uitie; there whs a largo lumber at the table and among the rest n English lady, who wished to appear one 4? the knowing ones. This lady, on understanding tb*t an tun liean was one of the guests, expressd to one of her friends a detei mination to uiz him. She fastened on him like a tires*, making many inquiries respecting iir habit*. customs, dress, manners, and uojes of life, ediuasion, amusements, etc. tc. To Iter questions Capt. 1*. gave answers lint satisfied all the company except the n't; she was determined not to he satiacd, and the following short dialogue took lace. Lady,?Hate the rich people in your nun try any carriages? For i suppose Livre aie sot. e that call themselves rich. Capt 1'.? Mv residence is in a small >wn upon an island, where there are hut ;tv carriages kept, hut in the larger towns nd cities on the rna:n land, tlo-re are a umber kept in a style suited to our ?euhlicHti manners. Lady.? I can't think when* you find rivers?I should not think the Americans i e.v how drive a coach. Capt. I'.? We find no d'fljcultyon that tcount, in.uluai- we can have a plenty f drivers l?y sending to Kngland for inn. Lady.? (speaking very quick)?1 think le Americans ought to dn\c the English istcad of the English diixing the Atucm ins. Capt 1*.? We did madamc, in tliclast ar, I ui since peace wc permit (hint to rive us. The lady half clinked wi h J.ugej, stood iule a minute, hiiJ then leit'die nr>li| hispering to her friend, the Y'ankicsarp >o much for us in the cabinet as well as i the field.* A gaunt looking fellow, hailing from own Kant, pass through this village yes relay, en routf for Texas, lie is derila-d to have been al?out six test six, in w oiiarter pumps, and possessing ? linen > bold and lerritu. as that of the Alkali* is lion. When qoerii-J as to his char :ter, name, Ac , at uc hotel at which he Jt up, he is said to liHve returned an nr?ver something similar to this: 1 hiii a real catastrophe?a small creaoii. Mount Vesuvius on I he top, with d hot lata pouting c ut of the crater, lid routing nations; my Hms are the ;?H'ke>* limnntaiiis; arms, liberty poles, iih iron sj rings Every step I take is n earthquake, and every breath 1 hreatho a tornado. M\ disposition is Lhipoiil's i*l, and goes off at a flash?when 1 last, theiv'll Ire nothing left but a hole tree feet in eircumh fence, and no end to ? depth ! Texatis, y?u ?ill hava j>ro&? amongst you. M l'ray, Professor Kchnewkxe, what is a ftripliravis f*1 * Madam, it is simply * ?Jerl.mlnrt>U>rf nd elastic cycle of oratorical soncr'aity, rcumstribing an ati tu of iiltalily, L*t \u irbal profundi!j." that's it, is it I?wall, U?-W liore."