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V I ' ** - , . *v . f . ^ . ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ CL.t fr" ^ -t' -C ^ ^ * I ANNFTM Turn to lln? I'n-w-it* (criiiinu' Mu-cIh <.iirvrv, | \T 4 1 \ \ ^ 4 TV t /m.i II *u w iA.it ivn ?1 in lUls ui(ll iho wolldc.w ol cm;ll |lllWlills <lay. ' 11\ A l) V A A (yJK il /aiiiilg nali political Alriuspnprc PruuM la tijr 3lrts, .tcirnrrs, lilrrnturr, tBnration, Agriculture, lialrrnnl ^inprnnrinrnts, /arrign nnit Pauiriitic #eius, nub tjjr jSlnrluts. V VOLUME VI. LANCASTER. C. II.. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORN I NO. SEI'T. 9, 1S57 NUMRER30. i frlrrt ~\k?\n\. I J'ruin Porter's Spirit ol the '1 imes. I THINK OF THEE. BELOVED ONE! ^ i;v risLKY Johnson. I think of Iht't', hviuved one ! ' Throughout the niyht niul *l:iy; t And {jive tlice nil tlie worship which i* . A poet's heart c?n pay. I And ott, tit iii)iIiiillit s solemn hour, Im waking dreams I start. 'l'o find tlieo, but a lancy flower, Still-i?lol of my heart. Ami O, tlioii bust, beloved one ! Iv.eli thought and w i ll of mine, f O. sav, have 1. for ti return, |(i One single thought of thine Life's joys, like summer bird*, may (ly, My eberisliM hopes depart ; i"1 Vet, there's one flower that dieth not? 'i'liy memory *.n tut beast! No devvs eaii bii^bteii its t.iir bli.otn ; Hut unto it in jiiu-n r 'J h< powrr t<> live .ami !loiiri-li Iiitc, To In* iyuowhI in heaven. ITIieii, while my every thought am! dream Is watered ptill ?iii thee, <), lismt 111 i not one tender tiiou^lit To Invinlit li ve, i ii mi' Tlumifh hit!i r lean vvi> hoth may elied, ? W hen hv minlorMMie h>u\i: Thotijjh si! 1 lite'* joys n.:?y htni-d he i lhirii'iitli liarl. m<i'i io\'s binoii'l; 'i lioa^h I'.ilu xhouiii never u?, dear one, * Ainl we hi .:rt must hit.ve. Ot.r .muiN. w hi n >IuilI si-t litem frvc, < ".?u livo in w nrliU <>l o. ^ |i OJi, I|u-?, iinlcctl, .Mi L " I'nUM \\ on Id bo In ni?'! I i ?S.iy, ill ..mil iiiH', ()|i, wtnilii it L? |j A livawnly joy to tin-! W iltiiuorc, M i , I So7. L Irlrnii iHonj. f The llain in tho Aft jilt 1100:1, I l?V VlltOiyiA K. TOUNKKXD. On I lie muiiy joys ol life In* imz- 1 Mill, with liu" l\o.- < ! cliil.lliotxl,? [il\r iti<>:>. ^ 'limvi r.:?! UiUM'tia ! !' Wrll, llla'l- I! .in V I li?! iniic, holt nit.I clear uaii!ire?l llltCllgll lilt! lull)/ ll MI i,ll tl (I llwWtl t'll! l.toml f! l I'M UM', to lilt' UeiltllMIK'll wIlO 81OOli ill !t- t'.ot. 'It's ^"iti^ ! > niv, nn.l lli<? nil's \cr\ ilnlilli. \ oil iiill.?li'l 11.It- out tvis nl.t i liiiuti. Now tiiiinl wlinl 1 hnc, clii.il.'? Anil ? lii' iiK-iil nl'ier, tl.o hwiti^itiy look ? * of l!.c h'.i?it sent a solicit mlu. L tliinooli t|K. |hi Mit > . 'N iw, if llinl isn't loo lii.l,' jacul.ttCil , U Strong, as she pettishly ti >-? ] down oil the table tin? m-w fall hat. which for the last li.nf Imiir had en^ro- < 1 in i attention, and walked to tins window. * J ;*t look nl Iter a moment, as *ln , stands theie, with (lie ciiiu*on curtains throwing a licli arii?t-aU>w over the fare he has diatvn close to the window j?ni:e 11 ir not a ban Isotne face? no heighten ing colors- no harmony of suitonuiliiigs can make it this ; (.nl it is piquant and interesting, and, I am half tt.clit i d t>> think, the pout that curves the full led I ps i? rather becoming than otherwise. Koweiia Strom; is an orphan and In r b} . rich uncle'* pel and he ire**, ller iduiiio ry can lo<?k over n?nno hall' * <.|?? oi war-, to the lime when h)>o lived in u little brow u hoti-e ill the country, willi her widowed mother. ^ Mi?. >tr <iio had married in opposition to tho w id oi tli t" 11111' v, and t' i mam ? year* there was l?ut little intercourse be |?md them When her hu-l an i died, | rtnd left her in poor health, with scarcely ft a:.\ mentis of support, 11.< widow w f too piotid to appeal to her relative* for 1 the aid she needed, fwo years went by, 1 Ult?l \I * Sf Uiltrr lav /vti /! I ?-1 ?"V ,,r' ,w'" 1 Mid, when nil? looked ?>n Rowena, the wuwhii'i )iri<l0 j folded to the mother'* heart. S! (> wrote to her brother. A l\ \v peck* before, ho hud lain irjs young wifa u11 1 ei tbu summer grn*> ; and it was with a *<>ftr:ied hi lit lli:?t li.i Ini>teiud to the death I>f? I of hi* si?t*r. From her dying hands lie received Rowena, and pledged liim*?!f to he* in deed ?n?t in truth a father to lo-r. lie had fulfilled hi* promise well. R >wena hud I ec tno the idol ..f the rirh men hint, ami her life tin wed up to ita I Welti et h year, ft bright, picture*qiie, peaceful iiv?r. \ Howtna was by no means a rovel wriW ' ter's ilMfRStloA of all tepOMibls sivn-tMi new atid go-allies*. Hbe bad b<r faults, and lit r |wtl< d. luxurious like was not calculated to evolve the noble cbaracttiitlies <-1 her nature. * lint underneath al! the accidental or ' indigenous (mills of her riatniP, lay a warm, true heart, and a ru! stratum of good common sells*}. Ihtwcnn stood a tew uioiiu his, dubiously scutching the clouds with her hitie eves, ami then the < 1 irgo drops began to patter on the roofs. 1 'Well, tlo re's no Use ol betting about it,' she said, draw ittg t'.e curtains together \vitli a si_?h. It's going to pour ; that's p'uih emm-di to he seen, ami I lullst make the best of it. How provoking, though, ; when I wanted to wear out my beauty | of a new hat- so badly ! N* >t a soul will OOino iiorc tin* allerhoon, either, nn>l it', he a* dull as States prison ail llio after , ikkiii. I inn-t get hold of something to ] I road, ?>r I shall eeitaiiily die of ennui he' t ? undo Ilnrry fi*'18 hack' And she i IN**i*L to t!i\ Inl-lc aiid ilial<-)i )i*)*i th)* niK'Ut leaves of se\> i il iiingaz'*ncs that lay thereon. As she listle>>!v gl ,n(*t d among the pages Id r ryes lighted mi a Fundi sentence, an*l slu paused to translate the latter |?>rt:<>ti of it : 'Kt tjuif At/) f il <t ijiK j<ii t< i.iftt iin /unnUtr /u ui'uir > n )ii>i nr.' I wottih-r if that can ho sai.l of me,' imirimiiv 1 the young la.ly, as she laid down t!i<* l>uok ; and, folding her hands ; I,..lo),.I lo.r vl... .. ..'I I .1 I .)- II --- WV . | ? IUIi \ U|? and !>?wti the room. I.-is 6ce ; hero I am |wenty yours ol.l, a nl y?:t I ?.*:?li*L think I've over made one heing laa y happy in all my life. Ii makes me led h;ul lo say ii, l"r 1 don't l<clie\e I'm any more selti-di than other |? utile. I've given a good deal lo hog- j 'go-, iio.v and i!i? n ; and there's that pour tiiiinU that lived lolllul the alloy. I'.dn'l 1 ciotho 11ji .ili lite chiitiien in li v e, a al lit, r>j.11111 g ?!' lailles I he\" lookoii j i?l ifiiniv in two weeks, ihiiiiih, as it 1 !i nl.i*t touched tin in. Alio that llitcw id water on all my I eiievoleiil projects. It wasn't i glit to he discouraged ;>o ? .<! v. 1 - j -e ; I a', now I should na'iv like .u leel a? il I 'd peril a itied ue reailv good ut MHi.itltil ; tli it Wot,U1 |r,jU.r<: sell- . en'ai aiiii ucrti'ili ol> it>\ pari, ami " Just 11.i'ii tin ro Kin a knock at thiol iitil?"i I >,>r, :m I a iloiiiotic |>ut her i > hi an ins: !o. 'Holes a lot tor as lias just con e ! r \o, M.ss Ilutix !' I In.- \>>uiio l.?,|y caught it eagciiy, atnl j n slli a li t <? Mieain ol delight, recognized tin* i riii l \\ iitit>o. 11 \i is that <,I tier old -o'.iooiiM l", J i.in Oilman, hot ween whom ml Kowi tia ha 1 a. amis existed a waim ll.l.HIl \ . j The* h:??l know n i-acli oilioi wholi the ' 1 t'onrer hteil wall hor widowed mother, ii '.lie little la i a 11 collate ill the country, iii I iliti ct*: >J i.iVi'tti' ii LaU sti v\ iiii lljt.ii years. J.i.ut Wits the tliiiijjIiU r >i (lie village doctor, iitul >t count! her social notation \\ then sujtfiior t<> K>>menu's ; t It Ik I i ;t<) in n<? #iv millionct'?i l.< r choice of her friend, and when tin? frro a it cot: ago \\ i ox. litn^fl for the luxurious < its home, Jai.uY d- n'.crusted ; llrsS was fulls top Yd. Ifvi rv year, '.lie i?.-oj lo who lived ? ]? !>'>? le, saw the siveet fare of the doctor's j uhiiguwr ooainiiig ?'iu i?i koa'?n ?'# ciihiii*'?t wiiclowt, :iin| win.-ii tlie wiiitl cani'il i J!i r i? r*i?a tl n tiri. .# !i * a. .. t I ike a sudden outlne ik of inti-> . K tnoiiH I i >k- (he Peal, intTii:ii?lfn "I it* flow. ry device, and read eagerly llo* letter; Im (lie latter |?arl especially at , traded lo r a.tention, and thus it ran : ? i "Villi re milliliter, dntiii.4 Koiii iin, our i old schoolmate, Mattie Kni;ii-h. t an you not see h? r now, with her hrouse l?ro?n i eiirl>. and her eve* wearing ju*t tho color of chostmrs, when, in fro-tv autuinn nigh's tin v l.reak out of the hurs f \\ ell, I I.a\i a sad story to tell you of Mattie. ; "Alter her father ?1 !?*<1, the property was found very milch involved, and il i> known that for several years pact, Mr.". Knglish r.utl iter daughter have lived mostly on mortgages ol their home, which v mi are aware was the former's dowrv. * t !,sst month she was taken severely ill ; indeed, her recovery is ou;te prohlematir i * cal, pawn ?aj s. The mortgages on the old place are quilo exhausted, and they have now no means of subsistences I he neve it would kid poor Mrs. i.ugliah outfight to lea\o Iter old home, though Low they c?n long stay there is a mystery to ' me. "And oow I Lure a secret to confide to you,maehere! Mattic's Leanty has mora , tlihn tuitilled tlio r are promise of her childhood, and her face is a picture; a swtel, hut rather end one, with its clear Qrvciau contour, its iips like Juno rose binl? tided with nieaduav dew, and her hair and eyes of brown ? Lruuso and ha ! zel brown. "Well, 'Squire Allen?you remember him?has taken a fancy to her ! Did you ever hear anything bo absurd ?? J There are only tifty )e*r? difference in ( then ages ! Two weeks ago, the grayI haired gcnthmai. pro|??>?e<l to Maltie, at he did iorty dive yean ago to her yrutnl. iiio'/nr. Y'>? know lie is immensely wealthy, ami wouM suirouml Mrs. Knj;- ! li>!i ami her daughter with all the luxuries which their previous lives render nee* essary. "I ilon'i know hut for her mother's ?ike Matlie Kngli-di w .11 main M 'S<p:irc Allan ; hut I do know >lui had rather ilie titan <1<> this. I'.mr girl ! Mv heart aelies wlieiicvei I lock into lier pale, sail face. * 1 nt, dear me, liowona, I've qolten to the 1-ottoin <tl my fourth p ie.-, ami not f.-mnu ?.' (</ lei line you ail i have to snv, so??" n... i - it i >iii, n-;ii:?r, wo rnaruniiiv 111!?' r vmi are familiar null the c inclusions ??f !l;i11 Idlers. Sutliee it, tiiis one did not lack tin: usual saccharine demon is. K<> wcua read over the hist pug*: twice.? Then she resumed h< r walk. 'il 'W I widi 1 could help her ? deal lillle Maltic lhiyl'.sh. llow clearly her sWevt child lace SceUls looking down nil me new' ; and I can almost feel inv lit>eers winding thimigh her rich curls ! ? lo think ol her in.ui.tng that gray liaire 1, h -iil-r v< r wrinkled-laced, S.jnise Al ien?giving her sweet v<erli to his ago. It makes ine shudder. If 1 could onl\ prevent it in some way?even a l?*w hun 111 1 dollars ought do some good fir a i ml. i .. .i.. :i - -- t .....IV. i III IU II 1111 VI OH IU {*IVlmi: t!?:. ! r i:i\ii.it'. but i-miie to asking it tor ot'.'-r | !>!??'-?K /Won i ?!i > >!; lu-r iii-inl ili/'i'i!tu .v. '1 li.iMu't lull lift\ l>y nu* ; ? -ti>] -? \* ^ I h iv? 1 1 lion m :!i; t inclinnilroil iiiii-lo lbury jjsivu iue to buy a i!:ainotiil sot. It 1 *lioiiM toil him I'll cotl1*1 *1*1 oil to v. i-.tr i!:i- o.'l pi* ii i-*, ainl l.*-< p the tnotioi ui iiiiotlicr : ;i[ <*, lu*'il oiil\ piiu-li uii o.ir, ainl miV '1 M.f* .i i.-'iai.Of.i bio I'll.i' in i: \f ai. Ill- ..I ?.* i-! \ ilu-iose liio biiis iii '1 moii-1 bt.'iri to Mil'.tio, ainl in-ill oi sin* imr aii} iitu* oi>o woiiiil bo tlio WiM-r. Hut 1 W .till lout ibiuiiotol sol lotri'tily, to tto.-ii I * Mrs. (Jiiapuii ii's bi ulal II'* \ I W f. I I .V cti It 111!IIIt woUiii took Willi tin: lilli> l>l?' i>ie iit.t* ?.* I] ur\ }>I'<hiim'iI iii'* ! liiii tiii'ii tl.ore's j?>.>r Maine Kiig isli. I! >*.v coil >i 1 I t* ><> >ti.i>;i as to li ink "f : .iiik'1.?.U, wlieii In r iiU* a li.''[>j>ii?i*j>i i*. al >..il\'* ! A n.i li?*if, tuo, i.*> t no ot>i?<>rtunit \ 1 u;i? lon^iiiij I'.ii, i>t doing good, l.i-u it* J i.i.i'a .otter tiiiiif. ' i jil liu- siiii u to iiio, I Lii'iw llo litis, and I n ii l wait ninulier moment.' K'lwenn S'U'ii^ l ii rue! liUsliit to Iki writing desk, and there .%'. ? * light in her { iiio oy?*i, a l'i*iglitiie->s rising over her wlio.o i.iCtt w li'.< !i Ii ) di.l'uoluia toti.vi li i\o It. Hk- . ?*.1 al I ho v. ii.iiow. looki)!" out -ii1'I\ oti llic miii, that w a-. aocaiis licl.iii l llivj Itarc lull 1'ij'S. ll li tl licoii in: o! tliox. N Iiviml. i iin\> lli.il liaii" uiay, ui "iyv I'O.iJciiii.; uu ilio wluic akiriD ul' ttiuu-r, i.i. 1 i.uiv ilio waul wa? t< ? lining in i.iki* nj> il.'- tai iai s> i.g ul llic \ear. W.ili a low, shtu/i/utnj ci \, Ilio ii."in in r came .in .11 t."iu ll.ti uioUiila.iia, Mini wiiinioii-.l l!ii 1111 ilitr >li"l., lr\ jir.ias ut tin.* iih-I-. iwanil uj. iliiuii^li ilio lunnu. Ilio (jfiiy clou ' * itiickcned ivwliutlll. Nli null III tlic luce 111 it .1 licit out at tin* wanJow jjii-w sail. 1 w . Ii I i oii'.il ilcM'iiiiC il,w uli il.s clear iv cut jiroli. , us large, long lashed, uicl low eyes, ii? lull drooping hps, and ibo rich cutis llitit hni:g alt about it. Ab, iiio ! tins i? a faint suggestion of its beauty. The IioUm', largo, o!<l fashioned, but very respectable wooden building, stood in soino dMaiuo from liie mm.I, but the whole had a bale, deserted kino of look, which the season alone should not have given it. '//< will bo hero to l ight,' murmured M illie Kugbsh, still looking otl at the clouds. 'And I must decide my fa to.? God help me! I would rather go down 111?11 SfiiiiA L if innl i. vil i I.?.? /? !..? nr. nest drudge, i?lI i ho days of my iilo, than marry iliat rich old inwcr, Hut my poor mother ; she will starve, or be dependent on charily, it 1 do not do this. 1 know the neighbors (l?r. Oilman, especially,) have secretly helped us for months, and wo haven't money in the house to luiv another meal. 1 tear, dear mother ! When I think of her failing health, her former life of ease and luxury, I know I ought to sacrifice myself for her. It wouid kid me to see lo r sutler ; nod she cannot brave poveity with the strong heart and young health that 1 have. Hut to think of that old man's being my huitniitd /? llow it makes mc shudder.' " 'Uur home should he '.lie proudest in hII meadow Brook,' ho said, 'utid silks and jewel* should add new lustre to my beauty.' 'And with these I shall be bought and $o!d.' There was a scornful working of the pale, piotld f.ice, but the nuxt moment it softened, for another memory hstfeomo up lu her heart. <)!i ! what will J'ouf isay, when lie ro. turns Hinl hears of it!' Atul now she has ; la'ii her forehead agams* lite window, and the tears are struggling up to the Ion jladi.-d eyes. 'lie never told mo he loved me, with his lins, hut hit eves have a 1 thousand times. 1 know, ton, it was he eaiise his undo wantet. liim to tnarry that I> nslmi heiress, that he went on this long j' nrney. l'oor fellow ! Lie did in t like I" oU'eiid his rich old iiuclo Ly lefuhing i him; and he is poor, and had no home to oiler me. l>ut he meant to, before he returned, and then?oh ! how happy we might have been ' roatsol's were shaking th jmor-ill's frame; no?v, f. r a few Near.- ij> the t ! u rt.she .-aw a iittlo white coltagt, wi li gn-en \ines ovet-wtapping it, an 1 the groat stone house <>f the millionaire, will, its 1 ( ihie front, ami <?re? ::tn Malm*.*, se.m<*. 1 like a piison as it loomed no l>e lurcher. At that moment, a quick, emphatic call f the oM house knocker runs 1 Mat tie, ami with an exclamation, 'It will wa ken mamma,1 she lot tried to the dour, , careless of her tear stained fa. e. 'Here's a letter lor vou, ina'atn,' said the jiosld'o}, as he held it tip. c\<ii.gthe wet ?. I *?k , curiously. 11 was inaiIcil I'luin New Vmk, ami M.iU'.v fniiM in I i?'i ).MI,<*. 11.? lii'.icati but disgn d < u r?p.t|)ii\ Hi ?1 i*r :.d ire> . 5?l huiricd buck to the lialf-ii.uk- nc<l sit* lir.g luoiti, and opened her le'.lei by the , light "I tin; window. Severn, bills Ml at lu-r n et. Thine were eul}' thine weids ' on a sheet of nolo paper: " L sr f/n>c, anil 11o not Imnnj ' mi our 11.ill Lel'.ovin ? i'. was all a dream, ;be I gathered up the hills. There woie live hundred d -.1 ir>. S <uvly, slowly i.-?-th.conviction < I th- blessed tintii, into the soul ol M it! ;e I'. : z i-'i. < Mi ! if K vvfiui Strongeon! 1 otdv liavo looked it.t<> tii.il old room, w .id i.e iiiylit >!i:i? 1 r?^^ choking li|? tl.e comers, and m i-ll Mat lie Km- -!i, a-, faint witli that iVerw helming j"\ t she s ank <!?>v n on l.t-r kiicea tiiurmiiring,'S I ! mo-J ! lathi*r in lieaicn, Low shail i ihaitk li.ee!' Two \ oils had pa.-scd. I: was in the iate May, alei one lln>-e d:i\> llial Hie S|iiiiig's inspirations. The fresh, (Yagmnt wind oiinie up from the ' i tl Inand circulated through 11? * ^t. l.e.-m of the city; and tlio sunshine lay in goMeti folds ' all over it. 1 Jy tl>o open chan.l.cr window of a handsome hrivk duching, hi one of the pieasantest stieets, two yoin.o ladies were silliin', and i lie l - ' . . ..... i .i . o- - curtain.*, a lid showed il.cin K? the |ie?>p o opposite, or carried down to tin- paso i l?v, .-oiiio sweet Ml Idea outbreak ol giili-h laughter. Vuti would have known II Sironi? at once, reader ; but, tl> u 4It 1.. r face , had not lost us In. * I ', ) 'jn.iit tit nctcr, : it had toned down into an expr?-ssion o! womanly It cling at.d e iii.istne^s, which r< atlv liciol,teiicd i:> atti ictioi.*. I " , , Julia tiiiinaiia sindi li.uii' and sweet fttcu are opposite her, I no d? lit ate Saxon lea'.uies, the sin id nnjuiii, the slightly I tinted chock*, v. iili tin* blue eyes, ami rich, yellow hair, altogether, ?cein like an incarnation ol' young, bca rrt'ul girlhood. I ,v .. ." . " n>w, jtrtMiv, uamng, 'i is too had,' j auid Julia, in the tir.il pause ??f (he eon- i versaliuii which had n-t between them,an , uuiiiiciiuplcd current lor the last two hours, 'I must nut slat hue uuv longer, ? O ? i in this iliihiy travelling dreess. It isn't ' treating you with proper r<-*peet. 1 ah.ill Cfo ami chani;" it '.his nioinenl.' . ? t 'No yen won't, either,' laughed liowcna, Ha she pushed hack her frieud into the , chair, ami then seating heiselfon its mm, she continued, 'Now, 1 have told jolt ail ahoul Ch irac, and it is settled you are to i he the hrideVmmd. 1 want to hear a- * bout somebody else's in itrim ?nia! all nr>. i Veil leiueiuher, you wrote mo you'd a long story to toll, when you came, about Matlie English ami l'mil Siebbins. Julia's luce hrightem d. 'Oh, yes, I remember; but it's a great secret. You'll promise, solemnly, never to divnlga it I' 'Solemnly, never.' Well, you know that some two years atfo, Maine refused 'Sijuire Allen. Ail of a sudden she seemed to become very hnppy, end went about tbe house sinking like a May bird, and making preparations for her brother to go down t<? Maryland and pass the winter. Everybody von- 1 (Jered, but nobody knew where lliey ob* i tainod tin; money to do ibis ; but at ait events, Mrs. English weul S >utb, the old bouse was closed up, and .Mattio obtained n situation as governess in Mis. Mile's I family for the winter. She studied, too, ' very hard, all her leisure, and in the spring thero was an opening in the Ae?d?1 emy for an assistant teacher. Mattie aeci'pled :ho situation, an<l !a*t June her mother r? ttimed from tlio Soiuh with iv improved health, as papa j>i? ?!ietcd. 11'ey rented tin.! old homestead, lur it was theirs no longer, and M illie's lips were always as fuii of sniiies as her brown eves were <?f 1 i<?ht 'Hut the cream of my story is to come, i r^n-t winter 1 anl Stclbins came home? \uti retuen her Ihiul, Kowena ? lie was the handsomest 1 oy tit the Academy. ?i?n-u ion it l Hi 1 Weill lo I! HJ (IIV.IU'I school. Hi! soon beO.nne a daily visitor at Mis English's, 11 is uncle was terribly angry when it came to his ears, and j threatened to cut Paul oil' with u shilling. Put l is sj.iiiti-il nephew informed him ho had obtained a situation at the South, in M ine mercantile htisines", which would ' supple ail l.is and M at tie's wants.' So ti e crusty < I I bachelor had to | swallow his chagrin as best he might, Had as i'anl i- his favorite, will doubtless nialie liim his lo ir. They wili Lo married next month, and this was the reason Mattio could not accept your in nation to attend vonr wedding.' "it httow old 'Squire Allen has tnartied ;i Ih'ston l.eauly. People say it's the one Paul's uncle designed for 1 :in.? La-t weeli M illitt and I lode past their new, sp.ended stone dwelling. 'I laughed, and w hispeied,'Mattie, you i?.%\?_ : t i n ol a.I that ina^tiiticeiK'u 'She Hiih\\?'fc ] w ill, a -lui-M ir, 'Yes, itul I sliotiM liavt-1'L'vti, l ul for oih1 ii iiiie- , i... 1 f.' ii . ?t i i <v i. < > w u 11 ii lh I. \\ !i-?t !.? you mean, M 111i?- ?' 'She luok<.I :it inv eariu st'.v, :**nl lior y?s li!! -?.! with tear*. 'I have never I*he.! it Ki any>he ? i. 1,'1 :.t nt a inn a :?t. I I'ati! ; h.it 1 v\ i. 1 ttti.il you, J n'.ia.? It was j.i>t ai sun-low ii, (how veil 1 remember il !j ami I was ?'n| oolin^ 'Squire Allen llint <^t>?r it was t,..- >ne lie h nl uporifu't],) 1 i It u itiv .lecisii * whetli i I wouhl i i' t:is wife."" 'Mv ni-itl.rr was i!vin<? slowl\ ; starvation w ;,s siai hiij tis :n the lace, atei t sahl? ii inv disparate n, I wiii .-are nr. niathti; . . .. * 1 wiil tiil ii in I w.ll la* hi-. \\il>. '.las', then, a letter came ! r mo. 1 Mifiiutl .l,ai?l It >11 ii?l fnt /min/i til </< // or.*, Willi these wollis, '/'. ( ih is o a J i/o mil ntmn/ ',^ifiiii f Allnt"Hit* letW r hor.* ti? ??lli?-V date or name. That money was ti>y earthly salvation, Y' li know, Julia, al! it elilll led llie to ?.]<>. '.\;.<1 ioil. it unknown fiieiul do I owe it, that I sint not lh:> day tin* wretched wife ot tl.at or ay looted old loan, the ' lino ral !e ini.-:r? >s ol tender ^.le.it 111:111s on ! 'Oil, how I have j?r .\ t ? f r the. '^ivei ofllial how 1 ha\M longed to see liiin ol' her, and sav what 1 tee!, and know to whom I owe all the hiias ol the |>reseiit, all the ecstasy of thinking J -hall he P.mi's wife.' 'An.I don't you expect evej- to know ili.s, Malta- ?' 'Hardly, Julia, till I learn it up tln-re,' and hercjes v-hy, Keetia, \? *.! arc c y ng.' 'leant help i', Julia,' ami liowena's tivau dropped <>n In r Iiictid's shoulder, wh.le teal* o( e\.|Ui>itC joy rolled do\\ Ii her cheeks. Julia had a sympathetic little heart, atid 'he .-ob> came up to her throat so last she could not finish her story. At last the door hcli ratio loudly. Ilowenu spuing up, wiih blushes rolling over her cheeks. 1 hat is Charlie,' she said ; '"I always know his ling.' 4Aiid 1.ore's my travelling dress ! 1 I ... I . - 1 - !- .1-1 * 1 \ >111 i i'<- inocmuii u> nun m iins, men Julia, ami with :i little shriek ill the hare contemplation of so terrible an occurence, she hounded toward her trunk* in the next room. .V ir Unveil, Cunnrclicut. Kit an u t.i s Askiso ton woitk.?When qu te a you'.li, Fratiknn went to London, entered a j.noting oil ice, and inquired if he could get employinent a? a printer. "Where are you from?" inquired the foreman. "America," was the reply. "Ah," said the foreman, "front. A met ica ! lad from America seeking employ meat as a printer! Well, do \ou really understand the art of printing I Can you set type ?" Franklin stepped to one of llie cases, and in a very brief space, sot upon the following passage from the first chapter of the Gospel of John : "Nathaniel saith unto him, can ar.y good thing coiue out of Nazareth ? Philip sailh unto him, coine and sec!" It was done so quick, so accurately and contained a delicate reproof, so np* propriate and powerful, that it at once gave him character and standing with all io tho office. jliisrtllnnrnus. A COURT SCENE. Action tor vvoik and labor done in cutting a ditcli on defendant's land. L'lea? 1'ay incut, and sot oil in bacon and corn meal. l'iaintifT's son on the stand. Recollects the ditching perfectly, bat seems to foigct all about the bacon. "You say your daddy did all this ditching J I in you know what ho got in pay lor it inquired (Jul. C. for defendant. "Jle never got nothing that over I heard on, that's what lie never got," an sworeil tlie witness. "I>idn'l your daddy got or.in and ha* con from defendant in pay fur tliat ditching r Novor hoard of his getting no com or bacon." "What did your daddy and his family iive ?>n last buuiuier ?" "Vittlcs, mostly." "What sort of vituals !" "Weil, moat and bread, and some w hiskey." "Where did he get that meat and : bread ?" "Well lirst from one place and then another." "I>:d lie not get some of it from defond nit ?" "lie m night." "1 know he mouglit, but did he ? that's the question." "Weil lie moaghl and then again iie lllollghltl't." (Willi considerable exciteincut an J in tunes of thunder.) "Answer the question, sir, ami no more of this trilling with your oath. Did your daddy or did lie not, get corn and bacon from 'be defendant ft-r ditching?" "Well now he moughl ; it dont occur adzactlv, \<>n know." 11. re his honor intcrfeis, and with a ?Uni injudicial frown, addresses the witless thus : "Witness, you must answer the question or the Coint will be compelled to deal with you. Cant you say yes o: no I' "I reekin." "We!! then answer yes or no. Did, or did not votir daddy get corn or bacon from the defendant at the time referred.-'1 impiircd the Court." (Now fully aroused and conscious of lii? danger.) "Well, .1 m!I can't adxaclly remember, you know, seem' as how its all (luti, bin ^kiio and eat up; but, (planting himself tirmly as one doi icnnined to out vsitli it) to the best of my i el erection, if my memory serves me | light, he lilought and then again he lllUllghtll't.'' I lie p'aiut.tr saved his bacon. YerJict accordingly. C.\t j?k of tiik \Y.\u ok 1812.?The manner in which a pig caused the war of 1812, was as to!lows : Two citizens of Providence, 11. I , both of tie Federal School of Politics, chanced to ipiarrol. They were neighbors, and one of them owned a pig which had an : inveterate propensity to perambulate in the garden of the other. The owner of the garden complained that his neighbor's pig>ty was insullicieht lo restrain the pg, and tlio neighbor insisted that the garden fences were not in good repair. One morning, as the | ig was taking his usual } ramble, he wa> sui ori-e.l in the very act 1 3 of looting tip some valuable bulbous roots; th.s was the "last feather," and the ; ow ner of the garden instantly put the pig to death with a pitchfork.? At tlu> coming election, the owner o" the garden wni. a candidate for the Legislature, and I his neighbor, who but for the quarrel would have voted for hint, voted for the Democratic candidate, who was elected ' by a majority c?f one. At the election ol It I niteil Slall'? s.il.!>ln> '? I lr.ninn.al .. ... rdiosen liy a majority of one; ami when (lie question of war with Kngland was hefore the Senate, it was declared by a majority o( only one. A traveller in iho wilds of Nebraska st\ s: ' Wc got ofT our horses, hitched them to a collonwood corn-crib, and went in, \\ e a>ki'd for supper. \\ e got some haCon. inolnses, broiled pumkin, and corn* dodger. We ate heartily. After ineal was over, the woman said to the oldest girl?Now, Jane, you have just got to keep that old slut and them 'ere pups from sleeping in this 'ere meal-box any longer. In making this strangers corn bread I was almost pestered to death pickm out tiie small hairs and dead Ileus that came out of them jpesky pups, and if the slsep in it a week longer it wou't ! ho fit for uio." luirirhj. Unpleasant?a lirst rate appetite and nothing to eat. Quite as agreeable? plenty to eat and no appetite. "vviiais wuisKey tmugmg 5 inquired u dealer in that article. "lbinging men to the gallows," 'whs the reply. "1 say, Pat, what are you about? sweeping out that room ?" "No," answered Pat, "I am sweeping the dirt, and leaving the room." An editor out west calls ou tnaidensto take courage; because the census shows that there are half a million more iner. than women in the United estates. A lady cleared her house of lues by putting honey on her husband's whiskers when he was asleep. The tlies stuck last, :uiJ when 1/ > went out of lue houso ho carried them. "Miss lJrown, 1 have been to learn how to tell fortunes," said a fellow to a brisk brunette; "give ine your hand, if you 'please." "La! Mr. White, how sudden jou are! W ell, go ask pa." A gentleman who did not trust to his memory, wrote in his memorandum book, "Most be married when I get to town." "Johnny, does you love me?" "Well, Susy, I does." "llow do you know \ou love me?" "K.ise, Susy, whenever 1 looks at you, my heart jumps up and knocks agin my stuiniek so that ! don't have any appetite for a week alterwaids." A western paper tilers to write "Mr." liofore, or, after llie names of such of its subscribers, m directing their papers to tl.ciu, ns will pay 20 cents extra, or add both of sai< 1 liantlios lor 00 cents extra. Cheap enough for a luxury. "Tough, madam?tough did you say?" ! said tlie irascible boiudu to the landlady j as lie was trying to carve what was ostensibly a chicken?"Ves'm; and were I to give my ojiinion on the fowl, I should say it w.s old enough to have scratched up the seeds of original sin when tliev were first planted. "l>o you sells pies i" asked a green looking fellow as lie lounged into a conIcetionoi's in Wellington street. "1'ies, sir?" replied the gentlemanly proprietor, "yes sir, all sorts sir", what kind ol pie will you have, sii {" Well I think i'li take a mag-pie." 1'uriiig the last illucts of l?r Chirac, the celebrated blench physician, he was ; attacked with delirium, on recovering I from which lie felt his own^pulse, mistak1 nig liimse'rf for one of his patients. "Why was I not called in before I" said he. "It is too late; li?s tlic gentleman been flcdl" Ills attendant answered in tlic negative. "1 lien he is a dead man answered Chirac, "he will not live six hours;" and his prediction wa? veritied. ? 1 "i.i. Tiiink of Tree. Though other voices greet me, And other tonus I sec, Though 1 may never meet thee, I'll think of thee. When bitten by noosquitos, < )r tortured by a ilea, Or plagued by rats and bedbugs, 1 II think of thee. Veuv TorcniNo.? Hero is a touching description of a moodlight^scene: After whirling some time in the clastic mazes of a waltz, Cornelia and myself stepped out unobserved, on the balcony, to enjoy a few of those moments so precious to lovers. It was a glorious night?tho air was cool and refreshing. As I gazed on the beautiful being by my side, 1 thought 1 never saw her look so lovely ; the full moon cast its rays over her whole person, i K?i>ij( m i n iiiu'i ungate appearance, ami imparling to her curls a still more golden ' hue. Olio of her soft hands resting in I I mine, and over anon alio met my ardent , gazo w ith one of her pure confiding looks, i1 Suddenly a change came over her soft feantores, her full red lips trembled with suppressed emotion, a tear drop rested on her long droopiuj lashes, the muscles around hor faultless mouth became convulsed, she gasped for breath, and snAtch* ing her hands from the warm pressure of I my own, alio turned suddenly away and ' sn?eaed I