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VOLUME VII. LANCASTER, a H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1858. NUMBER a.
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JMY FIRST LOVB.Ii*
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15Y MAROUFRITK BLOUNT. 1
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A tall, slender figure, with brown hair I JV^|
falling over the shoulders, ami a pale, res- i Jf
olute fare, clad in a long flowing dressing
gown, anj boMing a light high above it* cer
' nn<
Miead, ami looking steadily down at me, as ^ (
I ascended the stairs?this was what 1 j . .
saw as 1 went up to my room in the ,
Spread K?gle Inn, Giaceehurch street, . ,
London, on the night of the 18 h of Sep- 1 ^
leinber, 1848, as 1 am a Christian! i
I stopped short and looke 1 at the lig- ! . j
'lire, as it was looking at me. 1 had not 1 | ^
ibccn drinking, 1 was not walking in my ,
sleep, and, more than all, 1 knew the face |
ami form?but what, in the name of :>>in I .
iiioti seme, ?as a \ oiing lady doing in llie i ^ ^
jaissago of an old inn at that hour alone, j
a??'d in sncli a dress ! S!.e hlaslurd scar j jjj"
Jet as 1 drew near, and wrapped her dress j j.
iilg gown more closely around ln.r; but
the next moment sliu was palo as be ^ j
fore, and spoke to me eagerly ami bur
riedly, but in a very low voice. I
'Sir, are you the landlord of litis inn ?'
'I am not, madam.' .H
M>o you know where ho is ?'
'Down bta'rs in the cotfec room, 1 think. *e*
Jlut what's the matter f Are you ill? Has ,
anything gone wrong ?' I
She st mqud her toot slightly with itu
patience, ami looked mo full in the face
e'nio eves she had?blue and soft in gen- ,
ii i > * na<
enil?hut now they were l.lnz ng.
'Don't stop to a*k question",sir! Ilring
diiiu here at once; and come hack witli i
thi'ji yourself. Hrmg pistols, if \oti have ^
Ahem ; do you heai i An I run for your j. (
llife?lor your life !' she added, leaning ' .
over the baunisters, and -peaking in the
saHine low, hurried toue. I Slu
1 was away iu an llislant, though I i .
iiDciv no inoreof tuy errand than the man .
| .n the moon. Hut I should like to see , ^
the man who would not have done the ^
imiiiio. Apait Iroiu the fact that she was
, i inei
Claiming my aid and protection, there was j j |
-ki illiethiiur in it-" .? ?f il.? o.?..u I,.... ... '
* ? ?"W ..." t|10
ii ? h?, and the llu.-di of the eye, thai warn- | |( ^
vl me t'i il flie whs not to be trilled with.
^In- would imve inntle h coed general, IiMcJ
inv
- 4if Ikmmi ;? iiimii ; ami, 1 w ager my head, i ^ '
.not a soldier would have dared to retreat
Ihi ! slu- spoken as she did to me ilmt i j-' ^
night. Itni bef<<re I ttnish my story, I
rii 11 -i begin it. I am hut a blundering t . j
1'dl"W. Me wife always says, if amis
^ake eau lie made, I am sunt to make it; i
in I 1 believe I was going to tell von about
the landlord's coming, before 1 said what , J
lie had eonic; for. Now, then, I will coin ^
ilupuce the thing rightly, ?
I lie Spread K?gio Inn, which is still '
-.-landing, mid may lie seen any day, by
tho (Mirinus traveller, is a c!um*y ill light- 1 j ^
itj house, situated in the heart of the city o
yet keeping all its oddities, which were 1
jjlist iii the fashion some two or three liuii- { ,t*
ilred years ago- It is built around a
courtyard, shut in l?v gates, across which J
galleries are thrown, from one door to the 1
other, with the paved yar l below. It has '
ibalustrades and staiicsses containing sufficient
o ik to bniM half a modern nouso
with ; and deep window seats, and queer '"K
shaped, gloomy ronns, and old little cloa- 11
ets, chairs and pictures that Mrs. Noah Wc''
might have kept house with, in the aik : .
to nay nettling or I lie curious old c!;::ia " ,
<>n the sideboards, Mini the wine glaarcs (
and decanter* t<? match. To mii Englndi- i
man, it oiler* l ho snuggest of homes, and I 'lo"
tlio roa?t be?d and mutton there are tin- j a"
exceptionable ; while the waiter is na civil cai?
and as steady mm if he had l?ecn breath : 1""
ing the a'.ino?phore of the old place f>r ""
yeais. It makes one feel 're*pcclahle,' ',ut
merely to live there for a time ; and, 1 1
w ho had been a w ild enough college lad, ? I"1*
: found myself sobering Juwii day by day. ' "
as 1 pored over my manuscripts, or dined ^ol1
quietly by m\se!f,undcr the eye of Charles !
the waiter, otf my slice of mttltOn and '
halted potatoo*, my pint of porter, my ap- '
.pic or damson tart Quito like a family i HU"
man I felt, at time*- though my wife and ' children
were with my ship, and was to I *1**"
como home some day, and bring nie an ; wei
immense fortune. I did not know how ! wai
long the voyage might take, not ItiNiwii g 1 fan
even from what po?? the vc*?e! was to j heij
start; ami so I iived under the wings of p
the Spread Ksgle, and worked at inv mail j *p?
.Harriots. and wailed. to t
One day, the sitting-room next mine
,w?s taken, after it had been standing r"*
iiiaintv r.?r ft tt'Oiilf ft ttl T libtitrl itio t'oi.iok
r of hii old inan, hi* wife, and the fresh, "P
eiesr tones of a young girl. 1 often judge ,nM
people bv their voices before 1 see then), 'ho
mb?I I pictured the lady to myself, quite I
correctly. There wan a ring in her word* usu
a buoyant, lark like tone, that gave me : the
the idee of a happy spirit and perfect | tan
health. Now nnd then the vowi depecn in
ed nnd a dloned, and I knew that hor face I "lb
had Inst It* smile, and that aha was l.rok- tern
ing grave -perhaps sad. So I know that you
she had sum-red, and as day after day and
wont on, end the Voice crow familiar, I pat
judged that she had suffered deeply.? : age
There was something behind that natural siiq
gtiety, known only to hetaelf and God, it if ?
msy l>e, ami yet it throw a gloom over , the
her whole life, and wonld nlw*)*do so.? . I tl
And I thought I should like to see her, w.k
and judge if my surmise vrero correct. tho
I asked the landlord about the party, j Vet
He looked at the book, and read the hot
names?'Hev. Kdward Williams and lady. I ed
Mrs. Arnold, N^w York City.' the
'They are Americans, then!' I exclaim- bur
the
So it *?em? They came here tbree me
^eelr* ago Nr lha packet, and are going wh
Paris next month. Very nice people I did not talk to hiin, nor
iy seem, but they have queer ways.? were neither of us talking
I Americans have, I am told.' dom had many words togi
Yes?tliey seem odd lo us, no doubt,' pored over the Times stea<
aid, musingly, scarcely knowing what on political news, and I hel
ad answered. And then 1 went up to ser upside down before me
room, and wondered if 'Mrs. Arnold' , a thrill of bashful satisfuct
s a widow, or if her husband was still no longer indifferent to the
ng. If so, I felt strongly inclined to 1 NVeller, senior,?'Samivel,
mgle or shoot him, without any delay, vara of the vidders !' No
s very ridiculous?yet, also, quite sin- 1 changed mo in the twinkl
o?the feeling one man has towards and 1 was in love, as ho;
>thor who(as he thinks)hns robbed him reasonably, und as foolishl;
lomellnng which might hnvo beautified man of thirty could well l>
own life. 1 am sure tnanv a married 1 must now proceed to k
man would laugh heartily if she but Arnold's room was ou tin
sw the fancies that pas* through the juel above No. 40, aud loo
in of Iiv bachelor friends, who , Oracechurch stroet itself,
nires her, as he sees her with a child quietly on that eventful e
icr anus, oi her sweet face looking over hour of ten, just at the lit
husband's shoulder (stupid man!) as silting-in my box at the O]
poies over a dry newspaper, quite tin- : of her. Something made
Rcious of her presence. I Slio sat down at her toilet
While I sat thinking thus of Mr. Ar- kod awhile to tbo housukc
d, Mrs. Arnold, in the next room, ho- i come up with clean pillow
l to sing. There was a good piano in ked many questions about
42, and I had often hunrd her plaving the family. How they hrc
ore. But this evening she only seemed i ic, 1 do not know?but aft
[tiling snatches of sweet, sad songs, j began to think, and to spe
I 1 felt sure she was alone. Her touch strange phenomenon, cal
>n tlio keys was soft and drcauiy* i nipping.' ' bo k'tKk lan
teliines she was playing only with one brought upou the carpet
id, and then would come a long pause other stories told, till Sir;
ugh I had not hoard her leave her nervous, and laughingly
t. I would have given worlds to have would hear no more. Tl
n beside her, in that hour of twilight, keeper bade her good ni
t it faded ; and the cold wall ol in?" I locked the door, and began
in was still between us. I heard her j bed.
jiug 'Then you'll remember mo,' verv l I be room was large, ra
ly, and then the music ceased. If I bill of corners and recesses
I rat l>_\ invsoli' any more 1 am sure | tbe two wax candles on t
should hnvo been mad enough to go only served to m ike these
? the next rooiu ; so taking up my hat 'n Bieir shadowy gloom.
I gloves, I went out for a walk. The bigh, and hung about with
ir of No. 42 stood hnW war open, and curtains; the furniture of
n iny end of the passage I could see dark, loo; and the cushion
> the room plainly, for the hoy had 1 nM'' the covers ot tables rei
. lit the gas, and drawn the curtains, color which needs much lii>
> ws? standing over the piano, dressed j to advantage : it looked
leep mourning, though a wedding ring I t? ber just then. At one er
I its lie ivy guard shone on her left , 1 door led into a kind
id. 'Thank heaven! the fellow is , which was unfurnished, hi
d!' I thought ; and then the next mo "do the courtyard; hut tb
at I laughed at inv absurdity. She "do Mis. Arnold's roo
I the evening paper in her hand, yet that aide. Sometimes
ugh her head was bent, I could ice there ; and the liousekeept
face quite well. In only one thing been there that ewnin
i she different from her counterpart in "> 'be l<>ck, and the do
brain?she was not beautiful, ns 1 had Mrs. Arnold would have pi
uied she must be. She was tall, and ' J'0* she was too timid to c
>ight, and elegant in form; and her | just then.
* \vm one ??f tho?e which change and 1 undressed slowly, sii
y with every shade of feeling ; hut on- voice, tlio song I had heart
edeemed from plainness by n pair of evening. As she bout dow
p sot and beautifully shaped uye?, boot, she happened to ens
use color, I found, when she threw '.he W;,rds llie closet (she had i
>er aside, was that dark, lovely blue, i ?"?'?). ?nd. to her surprise
0 irreiy ever se:s, except lit tlie sky ! R:IW 'l ,nov,J more distinc
i summer night. Just the eves 1 had | '?wer part of the rloor, for
amod ??f all iuj life?and yet there Pnc? enough not
r not the slightest chance that they I l',e '>UI' concealed tl?o uppc
.lid ever look at me,as they had doubt- l vvas 'topping, lite legem
. looked at Mr. Arnold, deceased, n "?,n *HW ll,e gre*t
usand times. Sho was a girlish widow under her bed, yet had I
'Ct there was something in hor manner i MaJ* 1,1 the room all the
ich betrayed like married woman?an ?'J with ',er ordinary ho
e and aj/lomb, which rarely or never , nithin reach of tne nssai
wh itself in a young girl, especially if ',er bnsbr.ml came, and she
has been furred carefully by a moth- e'^ "cross her mind, and ti
lli4lu| to act. She yawned luxi
, , , , . .< ropted hor singing one moi
might have stood in the passage ail ? . . y ,
. . , , ? , went on with a steady vol
lit, criticising her, had she not entered , . , , t , , ,
te i , i /.- i . ha?l preparer! for l?ed, si
ersolf suddenly, (tor her movements , . r . .
, i- i- i . * 1 dressing gown around her
0 all quick as Hushes ol light,) and . , , f ,
n , i.i i her hair before the glass,
en inn so hy surpuac, that 1 sin sure , , , ,
, , , J 1 . . - , . she could see the rloor n
would have seen ma staring in at tier , ... ...
, , .lit r i.i IbCQ, as if her visitor was
1 she not, luckily for mo, caught her . ' , . , ,
L in the mat as she crossed tlio thres 11,1 '?n,C ' .1 crert *e'
SI., .u.mbk-,1. .ml .?,.ld l,.?.
, . , . , tlie wall, as if to frighten I
en, hut 1 sprang to her assistance ami , . , , n
,\ , '.Tii , * land resumed tier occupation
glit her, ami felt her heart healing , . . i
r was over, she went to In
ok y .g..n.l IUJ- arm Joh. p.nted , whi,,, lU 10
li the sudden start it had given her, , , . , . . ?
, , ! . i turned it* bright contents
stood up in a second, ami just glancing , , , UP , ..
,1 . , , ,1 belore her. She held a spra
uu as 1 stood beside her in tlie dark ... , . .. .
. , . - ,-r. , /mi against her hair, as if to tr
sago, said quietly. ' 1 hank vou Charles. P , , J . ,
I., ' . 11 ' i /1 she clasped and uuelasped
light have luiit tnvsuf very much, if , ? , -.i i
h, , / * i i !i <*nd toyed with Iter rings,
i had not saved mo. Ami, bv lire | - , , ."
, , ,, , ,i . : i the door creaked again,
r. ?ul, v.... would U?? Ik... .lup.d , diamond Ml to tlx
11/ t AUtMl MitUC Ml' iiHAlu ?*ail AU/re 1
, \ ' ., ... atooping to pick itup.nl
night, and 1 suppose it will l>o my I . ? v , . i
? , 3 rapid glance, that n hurlv, i
ita tinu next. 1 ^ , , - [
i waa peering at lior from la
Hie ran lightly up the stairs to her ,ain, of lllQ Ueil Ue ,tftrU
ping room, laughing to herself an alio , ill(f i.j.ntelf discovered ; ai
it. -he had mistaken me for the ment of llorrjble nnxielyi>r
! lint I dul not rare, (though I wj,icli, for aught ah* knew
-a il.eiu was khii? difference in our la?,t?what did the do? f
ghl and air.) aiuce it had given .ae the i ,,ja |)reMhing dtatillctly, ah
Mire Hi hearing my own name, am! { }l(M. Beni,w ftnj
ken by her hps. I declare solemnly 1 s(ee| 5n jier lie.,rl . Amj ?0
lna day, thnt when Mr?. Cat heart (my | ?e|fR m(>clc1ng enrteav in
i) call.* me Charles. an odd feeling f,e|.* the diamond spray i
let over me, and 1 ace the hall of the I
end Kagle, and Mra. Arnold running | ']>ulchea? of Nemourt !' i
the atftira. while I aland in a state of | ,Amj w, ?ol f f ,l|<m|j
udm admiration below. tSo much for R coronet. I with my
power of AMocialion. ' dead !'
went to the Opem that evening. I 1 She leaned J?cr head u
ally apent my evening* there, or at and teemed to think. A
theatre, became I had no acqiiain- j ling told her that tho robb
cot in L ndon, and it wa? dull, titling j ing. Tlio door awung aol
my room alone. They played the , *|,e aaw it in the glatt?a
nheniian Ciirl," I remenilier, ami the tion waa taken,
or tang Mra. Arnold's a..ng, "Then 'Two diamond ringt ar
t'll remember me." And lite lights, i aprav,' alio mid, countiug tl
I the music, and ihe crowd teemed to riK ?h<> put them hack in t
a away, and leave me listening to her j rtibv and an ameiiryat hr
lin, touching the piano aoflly, and half ring, and a garnet. Hut
i.?B, ..mr i.mn wor?i", ii, | garnet necKinf*. t>v the w?
he trusted herself in utter them aloud, r>id of tne to mislay it I
y would surely bring leers wi'h them. hand's g ft, Ion I I wonde
longht of Iter constantly till the opera it in my trunk.'
i over ; and, the hou?o empty, I The trunk stood very n<
ught of hor over my hot supper at the closet. She went an
ry'e; and I though* of her as I went and tumbled its contents
ne along the deserted streets. ! look- floor, bending over it with I
up st her window to see the light , that man was within two I
re, as I entered the court vaid, It was ^ J wonder how she had the
ning brightly enough, and I entered Indeed, she said afterwards
house, and sat down In the coffee 1 that lie was bending down,
m a few moments with tba landlord, ' ?ng over her ahoalder at i
o waa a friend of mine, in his way.? the turned them ever with
ho to me?we and that her greatest difficulty was to ' thai
; moii, and ael- i keep from breaking out into hysterical ' stai
jther. Hut he 1 laughter, and so betraying that she knew the
dily, intent up- i of his presence. 41
Id the Adverti- ' The bracelet was not there. She push- 'J
, and tclt, with ed the things aside impatiently, shutdown chol
ion, that I was the trunk, and placed the caudle on the
advance of Mr. lid. Then she stood up, with her finger (
Sainivel! be- on her lip, and her head bent down. ban
: a widow had 'Where can the necklace be !' I sa
ing of an eve, She turned, as if to go by the closet, tiow
pcletsly, as un- towards a chest of drawers, that stood a cl
y as any sober in the corner of the room ; made one ang
e 1 step past it ; whirled suddenly ; nnd, .N
tale that Mrs. pushing both hands upon the door with > com
) second tioor, , all her might, locked and double locked pen
king out upon it in a second. She henrd a terrific oath iieai
To it she went inside as the robber threw himself against of I
veiling, at the it, too late ; and,snatching up her caudle, had
ne when I was sped out for lieln. She tounil mo no 1 *
^ t t . Ml * I 111 i.'
pera, thinking have described, while I was coming up she
i her wakeful. ' tho staircase, and she stool at the head j love
table, and tal- j of it. foil}
eper, who had 1 In three moments after she had spoken ' too,
cases, and as- to me, I came back with the landlord, the nine
tho house an?i waiter, Charles, the head hostler, and | nevt
inched the top , 'boots.' They were all strong men ; and kno
er a tiiue, they the landlord had his pistols, lioots, I wlit
ak about that now leiueiuber, carried the poker, aud I , I h*
led "spiritual snntched up a great carving knife from | won
e ghost whs tho sideboard. What did the woman ( tion
, and various do, when she saw our procession, but of r
?. Arnold grew burst out laughing ! stor
declared she 'You come as if you were going to , cclh
lien the house- join the army nt Flanders,' she said, after J
ght, and she she liAd related her dangerous adventure,
i to prepare for 'I have locked the man up safely, and \
you will frighten him to death with your l>e|
ther dark, as.d swage looks' I lYn
. The light of I colored up to the roof* of my hair, | ciGc
lh? toilet table i and gave iny carving-knife to Charles, i ?ofc
corners visible . and sneaked behind the rest. I believe, 'J in
The bed was At that moment, I hated her. Mc<
dark crimson ' It was a great sight to tee her inarch Gen
the room was ing before us, with her light in her hand. ?
* of the chairs An English-woman would have fainted at yOU
1 also. It is a being seen in deshabille by five men ; hut ' wii!
;ht to set it off she, with tho frank, free bravery of an nre
dismal enough ! American lassie, let the circumstances ex- obe,
id of the room plain the dress, and marshalled us quietly j the
of large closet, | into the room. There was her hook up | hjst
ud looked out ! on the toilet-table, and there were the rji01
lis door opened jewels glittering in their case?the con 8ePt
m, and locked tent* of her trunk as she had left them, rv H
linen was kert on the Iloor. nn.l ?1>a l<-w.L-.>.i -...i I
. | ? > ? -y j reap
tr had evident- lent. She put the key into the landlord's | ,nH|
g, for the key ' hand. Utl;
ior a little ajar. ! 'Help the gentleman out !' bho said, \ 0f f
refected it shut, lazily. I thei
:roM the rooin ' 1 tnmk she was the bravest woman I jna,
' have ever seen, and I could not help look I ti,0
ig'ng, in a low ing at her with admiration nr.d rasped. Vltrj
1 her sing that , She took a great shawl from a chair and 1 ]
n to unlace her wrapped if around her form, shivering ' pre,
t her eyes to- slightly, ai;d then stood a little aside and j,r0|
? vision like nil j waited. nrn)
and terror,she We heard the man hrenthing heavily, (j^,,
:tly?only the ! as the key turned in the lock, and the c|Hfl
she had pres- j moment the door vrni open, he made a j 'f
to start, and savage rush out, knocking the landlord j mjH,
ir part, as she 1 and Charles down, as if they had heen t,v t
I of that wo- ! two boys. Hut 'boots'and I caught him; j,'e
hoot of a man . and the hostler snatched a leatlrer strap t|je,
he courage to i frotn Mrs. Arnold's trunk, and wo had , eiijc
evening, going him bound in a moment. She sat in her , jRV
usehold duties easy-chair, looking on quietly, as if she
win's knife, till had been at play, and when his eyes mot | cuj,j
wassefe flash- hers, she smiled. 1 ernl
slight her how 'You see I was too inuch for you,' she 1 0f t
iriously, inter- said quietly. ilar
nent, and then lie growled out, exe<
ce. Aiter she 'You are a clever woman, by jingo!? i j.
lie folded her I didn't think there was a woman a? could | jsftl(
, and brushed bring Hil! Nevins to this.' ze,?
In that mirror | 'Thank you, my friend ; I never had |J(,n
love now and I n greater compliment paid me.' per,
i getting impa- j We led him from the room, and the j lerf,
, cmesumeu, landlord turned to tier. j r;^,)
slipper against j 'Of course you will wish to go to Mrs. ;tV(>
F?wiiy the mice William's room,' said he ; 'or 1 can gire uee,
i. When that you one near the housekeeper'* !' WRj
pr jewel case, 'No; 1 think I'll stay here,' she said, j as "r
lilet-tahle, and j in her short, quiet, decided way. 'I sup- as j
out in a help pose you have not left any of your friends j |jeV(
iy of diamonds behind you, my man !' sho added, turn- , (|1C;
y its effect :? ing to the prisoner. j
I her bracelota, The fellow grinned and pulled at hi*
Meanwhile, ) forelock, saying, |tr<!
anil letting an 'No, my lady ; I was all alone.'
I ground, and I 'That will do then, (iood night, gen- (
ie saw, with a tlcmen ! Accept my thanks now, and I mn,
II looking man ' will offer them more suitably when I am or<],
ehind the cur- uot quite so sleepy.' |
?d bark, think She bow*.! us out of the room, and j con,
id in that mo locked the door behind us. Kvery one infM
-that moment ; was loud in her praise but me ; and as i lrv
, might bo her 1 for the prisoner, he swore with a more ,
the couhl hear emphatic oath than I shou'd like to re- ry%
arpened as all cord, that si* months or a year was noth- ( 2J (
t felt the cold ing after tha* , and that if he thought '
she made her- all American women were like her, he 1 >
(lie glass, and would crosa the ocean to find one in his littl
il?ove her fore- j own station, the moment ho was set free. ! ball
Hut I was silent. And when the house I bou
i?- I L.J ? : -
. vxmci iihh uvrii tuiiiijjiicu hi ma lenuor | J
look well with . mercies of the police, and the hotel was j ?
husband was | silent, ar.d I Alone in mv room, I scarcely , now
knew what to think. Such courage al- see
pun her hand, I most frightened me; and yet I rem cm ' nioi
subdued rust l>ered how pale she looked, and that she | 1
rr was retreat leaned against the mantelpiece at first, as "
tly together? if to support herself; so I forgave her 1 chil
nit) her resolu- bravery, and thought only of the beauty 1 are
of her eyas and the sweetness of her voice, nttc
nl a diamond and sank away to sleep at hist, with the I
ha geins aloud, firm resolution that another day should "
heir case. 'A not nass over my head l-efore I had told 1 red
acclet, a ruby her how I had learned to lore her. notl
where ia the Hut the next day brought its own j
y t How atu- erenta. and what was worse its own per tun
And my hus- sonages, with if. A carriage stopped be- chil
r if I have put fore the door as I entered from my morn will
I ing walk ; a tall, bearded man, with an
rar the door of honest, handsome face, darted into the J
d unlocked it, boaae, and up the stairs, three at a time. Flo
out upon the There was a cry of surprise on the second hai
tier light, while landing?a murmur, and a sudden roing- kar
foot of her I? j ling of voicea, that roused n?y curiosity Rai
nprwa f r, iIa it Inlllis liinlia*! rviml. I ?? ?? ?* - ?
? w w a *m?i ujf iv luj uwn j veri
that she knew room, and pawing the half open door of con
, too, and hrok- No. 42, there was my divinity in the arms 1 g?r
the trinkets as of the stranger (confound him 1) calling ens
a steady hand; Him '(targe,' and kissing him In a way I g*i
L made me long to poison hiin. Doxen ^
rs I wont, three at a time, and collared 11T]
landlord ill the hall. i
Who ih that man V
lust come ? In 42 ? he gasped, half Wearing otlt
Iced, and quite surprised. ai
^ , w . in i I EuiTona Son
captain Arnold?Mrs. Arnold a Iras- | . ij j.
d. Just come from a voyage to India. j(8 lQ w,lich j n
y, sir, no more midnight adventures ;n .. mon
, I ?up|.0.01 You u.v.r .ill I,... ; lliat,
?ance to play the part of a guardian 8,ftVW wkh lheiT
el again?eh, sir! think so, sir ? |eM there is* ra
ly hand dropped from Ins collar and | tem of ??ricll|lur<
ugmeg h.m and Captain Arnold to ! SlR(e8 wUhin lhe
lition 1 walked away. A week of an(, w? be obligl
rt sickness followed, and, at the end i 8?arve
lint time, Mrs. Arnold and her party j
gone. 1 hear she is in America now, J TJ|0 abov(j exl|
lew York And I have no doubt j bjjoralion of the
wdl read this story, and Uugli till her t,J0 mosl iln()0rlll
ly blue eyes fill with tears, over my m vfti,linft ?(
, o?c- ?... ?.,ow U 10 ner husband, l 11, is a subject em
ami Ar w.tl Uugl.. Never ,n,nd : foUndc?t uJlind R
lt Uko caro ,lhal N " C*ll'oarl shHl1 fear in the ranks
sr see it ; she nt least must never ! , sllK;ect. ?]
w what a tremendous falsehool I toM 1 . , ...i
r i . j i : excepted, i he s
" 1 BWOr? on, ,ny bended VT' V1 tl.e South is doii
u nrocr loved any woman before (she ^ olhorcause, lo
ildn t imirrv me on anv other condi- , ... , , y.
i ,* , . i 'institution, iso
s)?and thereby nlone can inv peace i ? i ,i
. . -. .... * ,r i he should upon tl
bind be ensured. And thus ends the , ?
/ *t v . r u if %. , arriving at the c
y of My burst IReynolds Mis tem of?agricuUun
1HV' wo Br0' hevoml a
The Newafrora Utah I j''0.
. * | t.t brought from tin
.stters have been received at the War . -.. . ,
. f c 1 I . .1 t Within the last i
lartmcnt from ben. .lolinsion and the > . .
. . f * i ami Us owner for
ice Commissioners, confirming the pa ... . if.
I news from Utah w hich we have hero- , ?V
. . . , , . testify of things I
ire given in telegraphic despatches.- |nHv ,M) g(j, ^
i Commissioners, Messrs. I owe! and Am| jf ft . tH(j
.ml loch, write from halt Lake City to .. .
ii. . , . r i .f. i the short space o
I Johnston, under dale of June 12 : anl8 ',1RVO
We have the pleasure of informing i from\Uem lo kec.
that, after a full and free conference lhc 9R|nc CR1|90
i the cW men of the Jerrrtory, we j , H? ll(e ,an,
informed by them that they will yield u,al js 9ub
Jience to ilie Constitution and laws of ... ? '
tt , a . i.i -.1 that, too, m the
United Slates ; that tliey will not re- I o ?
the execut:on of the laws in the Ter ro i . t
t *- i i.i i r i, trli, let us, for
rv of 1 tali ; that tliev checrfullv con- r . i
-. , . ., n. - , . our system of pin
that the civil oflicers of the lerrito- .
i ii .ii i / i 1,9 1u,l moving,
hall enter upon the discharge of their . i 1
, .' ii., ! old cotton growi
>ective duties ; and that tliev will , . .
' , - - , | elsewhere re mar
ce no resistance to the army of the . , , ,. ? ,
. . ... ... , ., home Let them Ii
ted States in its march to il.o vull..? I
, , , . . ; prove the oUl red
salt Lake or elsewhere. \V o have 1 ^ imptove lll0
r assurance that no resistance will he ! , v f i
United Stat<*s in the exercise of their l ors t|(e iem.,jns
ion# functions in the Territory of Utah.' ; yjle|1 ?nj nol UI1
ii consequence of the Mormons ex- b l0 y stn
?ing a fear that their persona and j H|| j,
verly would not he respecteu by the y(
V on its arrival at Salt Lake City,
i.Johnston issued ti e following pro-j Hinds Co., Mis
nation :
'o the Peopi.r ok Utah : The Comdoners
of the United States, deputed
.he ['resident to urge upon the peo- j
of tliis Territory the necessity of oho- ; A New Plan of
ice to the Constitution and laws, as , ou!
lined hy his proclamation, have this Messes Eorroi
informed me that there will ho no covers the peach
.ruction to the administration and exe- ing them with it
on of the laws of the Federal Gov- for drying is a te<
nent, nor anv opposition on the part the loss of" much <
he people of this Territory to the mil- i of the fruit, a j
y force of the Government in the both of these ol>
lution of their order : I therefore feel dried fruit as go
leumhent on me, and have great sat- fact even better
ition in doing so, to assure those cili- i supplying of whii
* of the territory who, I learn, appro- table to all who r
d from the army ill treatment, that no ing this excellent
ion whatever will he in any wise in- tahln use. A lad
ured with or molested in his person or has found it out r
its, or in the peaceful pursuit of his him, Bn'^ ho will
cation* ; and, should protection be a tolerable strong
Jed, that they will find the ariny (si boiling them in
s faithful to tho obligations of duty) after neing bo'.le
early now to assist anil protect them ashes settle to tlx
t was to oppose them while it was he- the lye. Then
ed they were resisting the laws of ' dried in this, war
r Government. ! to cook them an
A. S. JOHNSTON, while. Then tal
Colonel Second Cavalry and them in clear cob
vet Hrigadier General, Commanding I will take all tho
Uepartiuenl of Utah, loaves them as sli
>11 June 17tli the army took up its tarines, with notl
ch for S:dt Lake City in the following them. They cut
sr : Peaches dried iu
Irevet Col. C. F. Smith's battallion, to he very sweet,
itituting the advanced guard ; 10th tages of not lo?ini
ntry and Phelps' battery ; 5lh infan- ?esa of peeling?i
and Reno's battery; Cel. Loring'# fruit is generally
allonof mounted nllemen, Istcaval- i We have eaten
3d, Gtli and 7lh infantry ; volunteers; peaches, and can
urngoous, constituting tut rear guard.
low is TiiK Timk.?"Not ret," sa-d a
e boy,as he ?m l??i?y with hit trap and Oct
; "when ! grow older I will think a Men should bo
t my soul." occupation, wealtl
'he little boy grow to bo a young man. virtue, intelligenc
Not vet," said the young man; "I am members of lh<
i about to outer into a trade; when I cititens and men
my business prosper, then I shall have i occupation, wo
e time than now," ' useful, honest call
tusiness did prosper. merits of a man.
Not yet, said the man of business; "my much respected a
dren must have my care; when they i another. In a
settled in life, I shall lie better able to equal rights, it
nd to religion." weakness and w
le lived to be a grey beaded old man. deavor to eatable
Not yet," lie stiil e?i<?d: "I shall soon raslet among our
re from trade, and then I shall have ference of occupa
hing else to <|o but to read and pray." patiou is necessai
Vn I so lie died; he put otf to another j peritv and grea
e what should have been done when a ; worthy of resj<?i
d. lie lived without God, and died tends that he is r
bout hope I age to live indep
?i i the mechanic to
V Plucky Govkhnob.? A letter from i who says he is n
rida statee that Gov. Perry recently his service?-go
led '.he stage on the line between Mic- and the convener
lopy and the terminus of the Florida til he can givo *
I road. and requested the driver to di- holdincr from an
gen few hundred yard* from hi* There are va
r?e, to take ahoad *ome lady paasen are neceaaary to
a. Jehu obatinately refueed, hot word* ir.ed community,
ued, and the Governor pitched in and direraity of ta*t
re the fellow a nntitid drubbing. I ha* a right to I*
m
' II | every man is filled foi some one of these.
imilUlUL (Occupations. Let each select that which
best comports with his taste and talent*
??? :?-?? I ?for which he feels that he is l?est fitted
Land !?Deterioration ?>n which he can obtain an honest !iv?
id Ruin ! i lihood?let him pursue it with industi.
rutins Cultivator 'I nn^ hitelligence, and so far he is entitle
uonstrale, would the'lim- to our re?P?-'ct- be <? ? useful member o(
iust necessarily confine "*>ety, let his calling be what it may.?
th!y agricultural pHper | r"<*e occupations mutually assist and
)ur present number of. ?uM*?rt other. Wo are all in toresnatural
increase, will, un I tetl 10 1 ,e of agriculture, whetlidical
change in our sys- ?r mechanics, merchants, or it ,n other
wear out the planting call"'g*, ? well aa Armors; and all are
, next 50 or GO vear? '"^rested, fanners as well as others, in
^ to abandon the.n or ! prosperity of the mechanic arts am.
sciences. The prosperity and greatness
Du L D MERCER j of the State depends in some degree upon
!.- ~~~ everv useful oaeimiifioii a?wl 5?? !<
?v? I'l Hi^ii IU mu t'UU* j ' . ~ " I'-*-*" *? ",,v* v"*v"
Southern .people, one of PP^opriate place is useful to all tlio othnt
subjects to ho found j era- %Wc are R" bretbern,' 'many memagricultural
philosophy. ! bers'>'ot bnt 0,10 body,'?no*, the same
inently worthy the pro- member#?but all necessary to the syw
nd should create more I melry? health ar.d perfection of the whole,
of our people than any a,ld ?f ea?li other.
Northern aggression' not 1 >? one respect tlie agricultural
ystem of agriculture in c 8 ,nuy bo considered tho most imporng
more than any and tant' because the most numerous of any
pull down our peculiar '"the community. Whatever tends to
man who will retlect as 1 e'ev:ile the farmers, as a class?to increase
?e subject, can help from ! ll,eir Profit a,ld lheir enjoyment, facilitate
onclusion, that our s\s ll,e,r operations, and to render their res
must bo changed, or 1 ,WR,d ot' " orel certain, would
II question, a ruined peo- ' 1,RVe R w,der and moro beneficial mfiuof
plantations have been enco than if applied to a class inferior .n
a woods into cultivation """ibera.?farmer.
50 years, and loom out, r"
red to leave it or starve. \ Save YouhTrers from Canker Wo ail.
hingsthat we know, and ' ?We observe that these destructive inlhat
we have seen'?no sects have begun their ravages in various
I it?it is Clod's truth, neighborhoods. A gentleman, in whom
on has been exhausted in | we have the utmost confidence, informs
f a few years, and the i us that they may ho destroyed in this
absolutely been driven simple manner, "lake a mop upon tho
p from starving; will not \ end of a pole, dip it in tar, set fire to it.
iroducO the same effect and hold it under (he tree when the wind
d in cultivation in the ! is still or when it is blowing gently,
jeot to deterioration, and so that the 6moke from burning tar shall
life time of some lhat ' pass thoroughly through the branches.?
; By this means the worms are suffocated
goodness sake, cliamra i and hilloil Tl?? Mmo,!.. ? i-i
^ t n. I .IV iv*ncu> ?nn nc^lUVIIinr
mtation economy. Let j ly discovered, and has been put in pracLet
the planters of the ' tico in Salem and its vicinity with the
ng districts, as I have ' most beneficial results. A plan so si inked,
feel themselves at pie as this, and one which promises to be.
ill up the old gullies, im 1 efifectunl, should he tried at once by even
hills, prune the old orch- ? one whose trees are the least affected.?
old homestead, enjoy . F. K. Farmer.
.1 friends, visit the old { - ? ? ?
irch, m whose yard slum- ! Mmd what you say Before Children
of long departed menus.
til then, will the South I . A genllci.ian was in the habit of ca Imger,
and her institution | !"?,Hl,'4 ?l'bor 8 and the lady
nmovenblc basis. had always expressed much pleasure in
ours drc " ' seeing him. One Hay, just after she had
G 1> liAIiMON remarked to h'ln her happiness from hiss
May 1858 ! v'b''? l'ie little hoy entered the room.?
[Southern Cultivator. ! Tl)e ^?H???*n took him on his knee and
^ ssked him:
nnTho Louisville Journal. \$r0 ^ \? T !*** G<SOTg9
. No, sir, replied the boy.
Drying Peaches With- 'Why not, my little man ?'
t Pealing- ! 'Hecause mother dcn\ want you to
w :?As the furze which I come,' said George.
is objectionable in dry- i Here the mother looked daggers at her
on, and as peeling them | little son, and her face became crimson.
lions process, and causes 1 Hut be saw nothing.
of the sweetest and best 'Indeed ; how do you know it ?'
plan which will obviate I 'liecause she said yesterday, she wish
jections and give us the | od lhat old bore would not call again.'
od as i( peeleJ, and in i The gentleman's hat was soon in requi.
is a desideratum, the ' sition, and he left with the impression that
:h would bo very acceo- I 'erent is the truth, it will
ire Hi the habit of dry- < Another child looked sharply in iho
and desirable fruit for I face of a visitor, and heingasked what he
y friend of the writer J meant by it, replied :
ind communicated it to j 'I want to see if you had a drop
here describe it. Make j your eye; I have hentd mother say that
hje with wood ashes, bv you have frequently.'
water; letting it stand A boy once asked bis father, who .t
d sufficiently until the was lived next door to him, and w hen ho
j bottom, when pour off j heard the name, inquired if he was a
put the peaches to be | fool.
m, but not bot enough j 'No, my little friend, ho is not a fool,
iy; and rub them in a ! but a very sensible man. But why did*
if them out and wash you ask the question ?'
1 water. This process 'Because,' replied tho boy, 'mother said
furze entirely off, and the other day thai you were next door to
ck ami smooth as nec- a fool, and I wanted to know who lived
liing but a thiu skin on next door to you.'?Globe.
off and dry as usual.? i i ? ?
litis way will be found j Acquittal of Jim Lane.
and have all the advan- , Tho Kansas correspondent of tho Cing
any by the usual pro- i . . ? , .
fa the sweetest pari of c,ni,RU 0("eUe< frec ne?ro W?r' wntes
that next tho peeling. n8 follows concerning the lato acquittal of
pastry made with such the notorious Free State lender in Kansas:
speak from experience j ..Though Uli, reiuU
was not unexpec.
' ' ted, yet it has excited great indignation
~ tn the better and more intelligent class of
mpationa the community, for tboy know just how
respected, not for tlieir i 11,0 wa> *n*de out; but the rowdies,
li or station, but for their who are all Lane's friends, are in great
e and usefulness. As i 8'?c.
i same community?as T'he cause of the quarrel between Laue
?whatever may bo our aT,(' Jenkins, arising from the disputed
are all brtthem. No 'ant* claim, was carefully kept out of this
ing, can detract from the investigation by Lane's counsel, and, it
A person should be as nr.ust be confessed, that without this, the
ind valued in one as in case appears much better for Lane; but
land of inteligence and to those who know how he provoked this
lietrays a contemptible 1 quarrel, by making a vexatious claim to,
ant of patriotism to en- 'nn(' to which he had no tillo, how Irs
?h petty distinctious or I tvied tp compel Jenkins by threats and
citizens, founded on dlf- ! otherwise to compromise and give him
lions, when everv occu- | half 'L and how, when lie found it
ry to our national pros- WM impossible to frighten Jenkins into
tness. Isn't the farmer i Mn>' compromise, bo finally provoked him
st/ Let him who con- >nl? hostile attitude, where be could get
tot, go hungry and man- Rn ?*cuse for killing him. To those who
endent of farmers. lan't know all this, it appears almost delibe
I .a vruaasiA/l f T Li ' rut a mnr/lar I
vo i vbj/ccicu i l4vv iiiii1 * .iimiuw.
ot, entirely dispense with U? kn?'r t,,ere w*s no J>o?*ibfI?tV of
without house, clothing, 1 asking *"7 srrangement with Jenkins ;
ncea of civilized life, un- I W',I? bim hi" ca*e wa* hopeless, hut may
i better reason for with- ! not h? 80 w'lh his administrator* or rop>
y useful man his due. resentativee.
rioua occupation* which ?
the prosperity of a civil- 1 To Catch Mick,?On going lo bed, put
There is also an equal 1 a few crums of cheese in your month, muI
e and talent No one i lay with it open, and when a mouse's
1 idle and useless. And whiskers tickle your throat, bite.