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Onn Dollar nnil kift.v n?"<? -l "cription when p lid within thrt-r months, Two if oiiyraont is dolave 1 to (he clo e of die ?db??r5plio? yenr. \ll subscription* not clearly limited, will be coiui lerel a* mu le for all indefinite tilue, and eon in.m l till a U ^continuance is ordered and All arrearages fai l. A h'erti*einetit*'mjgrtci\ at 76 cent> pur square or thi first iiKertinn, and 37 1-2 cts?. for each j contin ii'd insertion. Liberal deductions made , -i? ? ,w ? uvi i iniiig uj i iic J cur. tar All (Jo umuiiicfttloiH should V,o a Mrcsscit t<? tlio Itiiblifthi'M jM?st pnM. ? ... , ,?rrt~;. ,1. : A Ji O OOTi^j. Lwing Nor Alnvayh VVa.hini. -r-Coi. Kemy .3, of llie 4 ii Reg nieut, was rmparkao!e for the studied pomposity oi his dictation. One day, obsj ving tlmt a careless man in the ranks h;?vl n nonnliaf ? |'VWM?..?I UIUJT nu Ci ! wnirh appeared not to ha/e been ! washed for a twelve-month, lie was | exeee iujfiy indignant at so gross a violation ot military propriety. "Take ii-m," ^ad i.e to tlie corporal, who i w is an irishman, "take the man and lave him in the waters of the Ciaudiana." After some time the corpora! ieta.ne I. "What have you done vv.lh the man 1 sent yon with ' 1 inquire.! the Colonel. Up flew the corp iraPs right Imnd across the peak of tyscap?' Sure, f?n't plase your (\ono:*', and didn't \er honor tell me to lada him in the river ? and there he is according to yer honoris orders." Thehy-standers, find even the Col j- ! nel h mself, couid hardly repress a smile at the facetious mistakn of il?p honest. corporal, wJio looked innorenc?itfcdraii(l wondered what there could be to laugh at. \?r ' ..I H*n ; A Grotcfii:t.'-^-uGo o jt :n the woods; Sambo said a >outhe;n master to one of his jiogroes, "and cut lyie some crochets l< r a fence?to stick in the groupd like Ill's,v making at the same an inverted A of two fin gers on the tat*?le. The neurro look his axe, went into the wood*: was #?one all dnv, nnd re-, turned at fyst with nothing but his axa jn his hand." ' Where are your crotches, Saunl o?' asked hi? mafeteV: "C'ouldn t fit d none, massa, no liow!' .' Couldn't find any P said lvs mas-' ter ; 1 wny there are thou ands of, them in thorn woods. i ?? ii(y iuwr\ ?u that tree: there arc ha'f a do en on that: roulHh tyou find any like that?" pointing to a forked branch on the trr?. "Oil, yes, mas: a, plenty o' dem ls!nd; but dey all rh> rh ?rr>?-fought ; you wanted dem k'nd that cro!ch dvion!i% ' ,1 A Dialoouk.-?1 Well, mv son-ran you gtVe mo some ffippoW" ' I reckon. not. Wo lmin< no meat, nor we haini no bread nor we Laint no laters.' "Well you can g:ve me a bed,can't you?1' 'fl ferkon not ; for we ha n't no feathers, nor we hninl no straw nor we ha nl no floorng fo our ho*ife.M "Well, you can give my horse tome*lrng -o eatf' U1 reckon not; for we ha'nt no corn nor we ham! no hay, nor we < liaint no outs ne'lher. ' . T * ** * * lit the name of human nature, i how do you all do here?" "Oh, very well, I ilsank you. Jrwto are <tJl your folks to hum} 1 Tom F/ wns death on a joke. I rero eet once that tie Professor rall*H? him up on a qi e .tion in as.tvonouiy on the eel p>e of th%sun.? >6m was somewhat fash oi>Wb!e amontf we seniors but was unab'e to g'.ve 'he desired information. I % k?Wfllt' Raid th*? Processor in his qui. -teal growl, ,"suppose you were | I n| pMii t'fl nslrjnomor general to the , [ n ie I Sia'ps, an! (lu;y wane I lo know the time of iho ?ext cclpje, what would you dof1 ? 'Why,' said Tom, as *>l>er as a deacon, "I d rets gn ihe office/1 | Said BiU to Tack,' how many lcf? - ? ' *-? --11' wwjru u. cusi nave cmi ng me vail * & * \^ i' iKPIIFiife," answ?*rrd Jack. *?No, PKbiild nt,*> t>a cl Bill, "for , o*lte?ltl nt makpii o, would nr pokW$i^. TO MARY. by richard uknrv wii.d*. Mary, farewell!?like tlic ill umed toll Oftoo-iin. rurfi w-liour or paming ball, Tbo?e word* ?>f fenr ami misery strike the pouI With an unutteri.b'e mnx?Farewell! Fnrcwi-ll!?to me so love', to idolized, So prni*?d, en fluttered, humble ver e can toll. No novelty?thou kuow'st how much thou'rt priced. How imi? h thou wilt be inus'd and inourn'd? Farewolil Fart-well! farewell! the parting hour draw* ingii When silently the bursting heart must swell With nil that Earth hut utt?r> in asigli? Tho ccstacy of wrolche<ln?M?Farewell! Farewell! onro nv re-?how many an hour of yean Ara In tho -e wor 1??nh that tl>er were a ?peli To?avo thy breast from grief-?thine eye# from teur*. ^in i i coui i die ;n Drowning them?Farewell! ON MY BIRTH DAY. BT RICHARD HENRY WILDr. Ano'lirr ?'f my wii*'e<l vetirs ha? gone, And brought menenrer nothing but the grav?*; And thus they wax nml wane nnd one by one. Leave, as they foun 1 me,?Melancholy'* nla*e' Knob *tamp< it* wrinkled deeply 01 my brow? Kneli nlii?(h Um fro?t upon my scattered hair; Vlndtlioai* who knew me once and see me now. ?peak of me a-i Aiming "the thinyi that wore.' I've watched, through nigh', til! dawn; tho lingering pun? v It i? my f<>rtie<h inn?at length appear*, ilnd m.mih to quu.Uion mo? HWI?:?t ha-t thon done Through this long waste ofmi-crable year?! F!tc hi eighth lu^t**, gallant galh nt Surrey died, !?..? .1..:.. - i-r? i?i-!- - i -'" !> >, MjrnM. ii'ii in'iniri n ucmnio s name; 1 /A-'W. then, Oft hmior.ible pride-? ' No nob'e n piiation nf cr fame! Horacc nn l Vigil, Cicnr Seip'o lit Willi u'ory.erw thy yours, tlieir i-wonl or "age; Ev n while thou livilVt, Nn[>olc<>n, Hymn writ Their brief ami burning annaji on thu ag?s! 'Mnd t'lo-jl''--- B ill ir;1i! I know it all?t'n trual WaStiintf my lieml an 1 It cart on Lnra or Rliimo; WMlo tlio irrerocahla momenta flow. Ip ri^ho J, Bil l bequeathed no name io Time! ? ' ' J . BMfD Wsl'l1 A'(N)1?^$. The Chittete GatIo:ring.?A very interesting ccremony took place yes'erday afternoon on the p!a a. Ac cording to previous announcement, the Chinese residents of San Fran ci"Co assembled to receive, through ihe hands of H sHinor Mayor Geary, Frcd'k A. VVoodworth, and Rev. Albert Williams, some works, pri.ncij ally o' a reiig'onscharacter, which had been sent from China for the'r use. There we e ?.erhnps 100 of the Ce estia.s presen ?anil we have never seen a finer looking body of men co'.Iec.ed tnor??hf?r i?? yJm? Pre? cisco. In fact, this portion of our population is a pattern for sobrety. order, and obedience to the laws not on y to our foreign residents but to the Americans them: elves. The C'h nese were dMassed in the manner of their country, but appeared to have taken especial pains to rgout to the best advantage on this occasion- They were gathered in a circle upon the p a.form, the Mayor nia:i ouier gentlemen tieng n the ecu tre. Mr. Wobdworth sia ed the object of the meeting, wh ch was rendered nto Chinese hy a native. Mr. Wiliiartis then /nitxte a few appropriate remarks, which the Celestials appeared to received with a goad deal of sAtisfacti6n?and then the mayor put in t; s onr to good effect. A gentleman whom we H:d not know fo. lowed in iome e.oquent remarks about the heaven y home to which all who tread in the narrow way-are 'YUst hurrying- This and other me apliorn seemed lopu///le the Interpreter inio understandable Ch.ne e, which had ti e eflect to amuse the whiie-tro uers gentlemen mightily. After .he speeches were over, Mav or G^ary )riV?ied all t e China Boys,' to 'hke a place n the fuilera! proces>? to-day, which invitation was moat graciously accepted. jjThe New Testament and tracts were ihcndis* tribute'I w th a word of advice to ihe recipients* to make u>e of them as finge>|Obts to^.oiql ihe way toheav* evu an.I nllflrttwfilf If^m ino ar^vWi.. vmi iiiv .uiun^jo m m of t he crowd, which a Chinaman who 'speaHe* Eeng oese, interpreted l hut.*: 'We like a g >od deal to have the books, and shall no doubt futd them \ery ag eeable and Vdfy funny! th?-y quel iy Separated apparently with the idea ihat tho outside barbarian# fcre very g eat fr vM of La Chow, theaf^mDerof of China, A TIGHT RACE CGATSIDERIN\ !' BY MADISON TENSAS, M! DDuring my medical studies, passed in a small village in Mississippi, I 1 became acquainted with a family named Hibbs (a nom de plume of 1 course ) residing a few miles in the country. The family consisted of Mr, nn<1 Mr?. H.hlw nmt t'nn rPli*?*r I ...... . ?? W ? Itliu own* A Imj | ' were p'ain, unlet'ered people*, honest 1 11 intent and deed, hut overflowing with that which amply made up for J a!l their deficiencies of education, nimely, warm-hearted hospitality, 1 the distinguished trait of southern 1 character. They were orig nally ! from Virginia, from whence they had em graced in quest of a clime more genial, an.l a soil more productive than that in wh'ch their fathers toiled. ' nrn. i i i i . . i nun- semen mil oeen rewarded, their expectations reali ed, and now, 1 in their old a<*e, though not wealthy in the "Astoria!*" sense, still they had sufficient to keep the "wolf from . the doir," and drop something more j j substantial than condolence and tears ; i ?M i lin K'l' #Kri# i >AirnHhi J I > ??iv> urn uiai jiu?ui ijr iiciuua lumiu | for Mie kind offerings of hum .nity. ! The old man was like the generali- 1 fy of old planters, men whose ambi- ' ?ion is embraced by the family or J social circle, and whose thoughts turn more upon the relative value of 1 ' Sea Island" and "Mastadon," and j the improvement of their plantations, j hail 'he ' glorious victories of Whig gory in Kentucky." or the "triumphs 1 of democracy in Arkansas." The o'd lady was a shrewed, active ' dame, k nd-heartcdand long-tongued, hf?nHVnl?nt nnfl imnnrtinl. matim? liu? J - -"> - ? """ ?"Fl >"-l ' coffce as strong for the poor pedes- ' rlnn with his All upon his back, as ! the broadcloth sojourner, with his ' "up-coun'ry pacer."11 She was a ' member of the chiKch, as well as the ! danghter of a j man who had once owned a race-hoi>e: and these cir- . cumstan^e? gave her an indisputable right she thought, to "let on all she J knew,1' when religion or horse-flesh Wnu ttlf> ihotrio. At Ano mnmanl oli? ' .. A.w < MV 4 A v -UIIV IIIV/iUtIM <JHt< would bo heard discussing whether 1 the new "circus rider/1 (as .she al- ! ways railed him,) was as affecting in ' Timothy as th$b!d one was pathetic 1 in Paul, nnd anon (not anonymous ' for the old lady did everything above board, except rubbing her corns at 1 supper,) protecting dad's horse from the invidious comparisons of some 1 v:siter who, having heard, perhaps. 1 that such horses as Fashion and Bos- ! ton existed, thought himself qualified !f? dniihf llir- n'd inrlv e n<icnrlinn llmt 1 her lather s horse "Shumach" had j run a nrle on one particular occasion. "Don t tell me," was her never fai.ing reply to their doubts, "Don't lell we bout r'ashun or Boating, or ! any other beating 'Shumach1 a fair ace, for the thing was unfeasible; 1 lid nt he rvU a mile a minute by \ Squ're Dim s watch, which always stopped zactly at twelve, and did nt 1 he start a m-nut" mfore, and git out, ! just as the long hand war tfivin' its 1 nst quiver on ketcnin the short leg ' of (he watch f And did'nt he heat ev eryihing in Virgf nny 'cept once? Dad 1 and the folks said he'd beat then, if young Mr. Spotswood hadn't give old Srwage,' Shumach's rider, some of thai 'Croton water,' (that them Y( r' era arc makin' sich a fus.s over as ben* so good, when gracious Lltnu/tl nAlltin Kni UfKnt ihn rlnnliM-ii I call interconception cduld git met^ take a doe,) and jis fore the race Swage pr Shumach, I don't 'stinctly member which, but one of them had j to 'let down arid to dad's hoss got heat." The son I will describe in a few words* imbibing his parent's cor. | tempt for letters, he was very illiierI ~ . - J U_ I 1 ? 1 -? i ivui mm aa ur ii?.u nui ciijuyeu IflC i equivalent of in vel, was extremely igdorarit on all matters not relating j to hunt in# or plantation duties. He was a stout, active fellow, with a ' merry twinkling of the eye, indicative vf iiuihuii 'mh? {huuniujr ivm jm ?ii;uciii joking. We had HecOriie very intiitiaie, he instructing me ih 4'foi*e8t lore," ati-l 1, in return, giving amu* ' singsior d$, or* wfo#t Was as much ' 10 his liking occasional introductions tirhrrifllih p^ramvp!.'1 i tthll hra<s?ii/4 i ! with my fitory. By way of relaxu1 lion, and to relieve the tetiiun* tiki* . denl more or less to a .student's life, i ;l.YrouU&t<tk<?my gun. walk out to old Ifibb s sperid awiy or two, ami reiorn r*fr&hed tt> niy boo left. | One fine af ernoon 1 started ujfcift . hiich an excursion, and as I had on a , other for final] game. j| At the near end of the plantation i there was a fine spring, an a<Uaceht, < a small cave, the entrance artful', y or I naturally concealed, save to one. ac- < quainted with its I vality. The cave was nothing but one of those subter- ] raneous washes so common in the west and south, and called ''sink- j I holes." It was known on'y t'j young H. and myself, and we tor peculiar ! < reasons, kept secret, haying put it in < requisition as the depository of a jug I of "old Bourbon," which we favoreo, find as the old folks abominated 1 drinking, we had found convenient to keep there, whither we won d it p i v ]: to get our drinks, and returrt lo ihe j i house to hear them descant on the !; evils of drinking, and "vow no 'drap/ 1 'cept in doctor's truck, should ever come on their plantation.' Feeling very thirsty, 1 took mv I way;,by tnto spring that evening. As < I descended tlie lull o eKopping it, I ' beheld the hind parts of a beirslow'y < i . i . if ? - i uemgurawn 11110 me cave. iuy nean * hounded at the idea of killing a bear, ] and my plans were formed in a so.r- j ond. I nad no dogi?the house was ; Jistant?and the bear beconi ng 'small by degrees, and beautilul.y less."' Every hun'er knows, if\oi ' shoot a squirrel in the head when it 's '< siick'ng out of a hole, ton to one I hell jump out; and I reasoned that if : this were true regarding squirrels i might not the operation of the same principle extract a bear, apply ng it ; < low down in the back. Ouir.k as thnmrlit I lnvrl!i>fl mi/ i < afun and fired, m ending lo give him 1 the buck shot when his body appear-11 sd; but what was my surprise and y liorror, when instead of a bear roll'ng ' out, tlie parts were jerked nervously 1 in. and the well-known voice of young 5 H. reached my ears. "Murder! [fingins! h?' nnd kuck- j ' le-burs! Oh! Lordy! null!?nifl!? ' take hm oft.--Jis let me off Ins 1 vvunst, dad, and Til neve run mam s 1 colt again! Oh! Lordy! Lordy! all * my brains blou:al e'ean out! Snakes! ' snakes!" yelled he in a shrillpr 'one ' if rintQlKlft ? 1 nil dm nlll. i/ln fill I >? ^V|YUIW?V^ I .??! 1 11V/ WUIOIMI/ u.ll.l j snakes in the sink-hole* I 11 die a ; ] Christian, anyhow, aiui ifidebe- j fore I wake," ami out scrambled poo ' H-, pursued by a large b adksi a'.e If my lile had depended oui ti, I 1 could not have restrained my laugh-j1 ter. Down fell the g in au.l dow:i 5 dropped 1 shrieking convulsively.? ' rhe hill was steep, and over and . 1 jvuri wem, mini my neaq suiK ng a 1 stump at the bottom, stopped me, |1 half senseless. On recovering som^- ( what from thn ^tunning blow J found ( tlibbs upon m.1., taking* s i is'ar-.tion , Irom me for having oioWn out h's (1 brains. A contest ensued, an J IT. : J finally relinqu shed his hold, but I |f saw from the knitting o' Irs brows, < that the bear-storm, instead of being J over, was iust brewimr. "Mr. T<>n- ! sas," he saul withawfuT .d'gn'ty, l l m sorry I put into you Yoi g you cum to, bui your'e at yourself now, and as you vc tuck a shot at me, it s no more than iar I should ha.ea chance ; fore the hunt's up.' It was with the grea'est diflfiou'ty ; that I could get H. to near v/.'h me until f oviJnntiiil lli/? i".. I'll-'- K..? ?~ I >.? ( m iv.*i *?i\i ni?omiyi'> uui (19 soon as he learned it. lit; broke out ( in a huge laugh. 1 Oh, dod busted! 1 lhat's "nufT; you has niy pardon. I ; ought to know (1 you didn't k-nJ it; 5 'sides youiis soiapcd ihe skin. I s war wus sneered than hurt, and if i you'll go to the house and beg me off;( from the old folks1 111 never lei on J you cuddent tell copperas breeches !' from bar-skin." ;' Prr?lY*ia'lnrt tliot I 1 ' ? ??->* my in* ] fluence, 1 propoie i ta inj a ci nk, i mid ihat he should to I me how he had incurred his parent s anger. He eisscnted,and afler Wvj had inspected the cave, and seen thai it he d no other serpent than the one we crave.I we entered its coo! recess, and II. commenced. "You f-ee. Do-. 1 heard bomttch from mam about hor dr.d s SSiumach and nigger Swage. and the mile a minute, and theOoton wate* that was gin him, and how she b eve.11 Lhat it it warn t lor bettin and ilie ( cuse'in' and fightiri runn'ng rare-hor < ses warn i the sin folks said ii wai; j1 and if they war anyth ng 1o make her ( Wet gellin religion and jn;n th;i ' Church, it war cos she coyldn t tend I aces, and to nave a rare ro.t of * tier own to comfort her clip n years, I 1 such as Her daddy had afore her, till < ihe gQit me; so lcou dnt rest for ' wantiir tP s?e a horse rare and go j' khairM. r? rans. m ti?<? rr<\i aim ?!???.< I t Y l~\ ** r ' " P" , l r. " ?? wisbin'for. And then I d think what < sort of a hoss I d want him to I q? J a quarter nag, a m.le critier, or a hoss , w<j^#au|d run (for all maui says it PjMj't bo djpj a whole four mile at a ] itretcti, SometiiiK s f think I d rathMr 6v?o a quarter nag, for the suar ? : . t. v*' iSPI-w; >' v. '!.|!"|'_*'.!|Wj!gfj nuji'.miiuuji'i a? pense wouldn 1 long be luing, and Ihen we cou^l run up the road to old Nl-;k Banner's c >w-ncn, and : Sally is almost alle.s o r tliar in the cool of tbe evenn'*, and in course we wouldn't be sc: cruel as to run the poor critter in tl e heat of the day. But ll en agm, I'd th ilk I d rather have a llliU'l4. lor th? citcnnont . would be greater, and we could run down the road to o d Withers orchard an his gal Miry is frightfully fond of sunn.ng herself thar, when she spects me long, an 1 she d hear of the race, certain; but tl.en thaiwar the four imles to my thinking j ind I d knew d in such case the cite- ! inent would be greatest of all, and | you kiu.w, too, from dad s stable to ! the grocery is jibi four m;les, an in ! a e of any spute a.I h nJ.-> would be 1 wiliin io run over, even it'it had 10 lie tr ed a do '.en t mes. So 1 never : sould 'cide on which sort of a colt to ! wish lor. It was lust one, then toiling, till I was nearly 'straoled, ! in I when mam, makin me religious, lo;d me one n glit lo say grace, I ies shut my eyes, looked pious, and l'p|!pil r?nt- > ? ..".I -? ? III mill ill , bout five m'nutes arter, came kick- ! 11 dad s slnmak oft', under the tab e ! Ihinkin 1 war spurrin my cr.ttei in ! i tight place. S > I found that the i t)est way was to g ?t the hoss fust J ? ?;! then termine whether '?should i e S.\tlv Banners, and the cow-pen; Miry Withers, and the peach orchard; ar Spillman s grocery, w.th hald-iace. 1 ' You ve seed my biack coil, that )ne that dad's t'nfh??r nr'n I?? > if ? ? ? 111 mo Hi IIIO [ t will when lie died, and 1 sped the j eason lie wrote that will war, that war, that he in ght have wun then, or it s more than he had when he was alive, for grannm was a mon- j >irous overbearin woman. Theco.t' would ourn up in my mind, evdfo line 1 d think wliar 1 was to get a | lose. 'Git out! Sl?flUjit lust?he j lever could run, an.I sijyjwit lie could, nam rides him now, an he s too i.d lor anything, 'cept totin her and join1 called mine; for vou see, thomrh ------ n - - i ie war named Colt, yet for the old ;uly to cull him old, would b 11 like lilt liar iecting contempt for the rabbi , on account of the shortness of r,s tail. "Well, thought 1, it does look sor- j er unpro.n sin, but its coit or none; sol termined to put him in trrimn he lust chance. Last Satu day, a'ho shou.d cum ridin up but the lew rirkut preacher, a long-legged, ,veak y, sickly, never-con?enteu-on - . 1... 1 ioo- mic- iit5ai-uii"iiie-p:niiiaiion-warwoked-fur-him sort of a man; hut 1 iidn i look at him tvv.ru, his hoss ,vas the crutcr that took my eye; tor ho minute I looked at him, I knew l.m to he the same hoss as Sam Spooner used to win all his splurgin limes with the folks said, and wot he J lsed to ride pa>.t our house so fine on. i he hoss war a heap the wnss fo ige and change of masters; for prea-' 'hers, though they re nvty ticular Itoul thar <*wn comtort, seldom tends ' ^ i ^ ... w 11kmi noshes; loronc is privit properly and tother generally borried. : I seed from the way the preacher rid hilt he didn t know the aii'tnal he ! ,var straddlitl'; but I d.d, and I 'tor-! nined i wouldn't lose sich a chance jt trainin1 15olt by the s>de of a hoss ! wot had i un real races. So that n gl.t, irler prayears and the folks was ( ibed, J and Nigger Bill tuck the bosses and carried them down to the jastur'. Il war a forty-aker lot, and | consequently jisl a quarter across? I or] thought ii best to promote Colt, i >y degrees, to a four-miler. When >ve got tlmr, the preacher s boss show :d he war ti iWin ; but Colt,dan# h m! or?monced nibblin1 a fodder stack ; over dm fence. 1 neary cried for icxmcnt, but an idea struck me; I titched the criucr, and told Bill to f t on Colt nnd Mid. tight v* hen 1 fvlhe word.?Hill got redd v, and inbeknownst to h;m I pulled up a xinch of nettle8, and as I clapcd hem under Colts tail, yelled, (if*!' Down thut his graceful like a sleelrap, and away lie shot so quick an'! "ast that he jump! clean ou* from un-' ler Bill, an l got nearly to the end j )i ine quarter lore ihe nigger torli he ground iie iiton his head, and in oitrte warn t hin t?m> we cotched Soil, and 1 mOnn ed him. "The next t>me 1 said go" he show id dial age hadn t spiled Irs legs or memory. Bill an1 me rf*e< d we Miuld run him now, so bill moun'ed Treacher and we got rea ly. Thar ,var a narrer par? of the track Itween w?? whivm, mil hn ii war near me enu 1 >f the quar'.er, I spected <o pass 1 I'reavher Tore we got tha#? mo I ( warn t afraid of barking my shins. 1 "We tuck a fair start, and off we i ivent iike a peeled ingun, and 1 ?oot j seovered it wurft't such and ea$v natter to pass Preachy though - ' I! M HI! Ul. II I M II ? t'olt dun delightful; we got rtigliWr* trees, and Preacher warn't passed yet, and 1 'gan to get skecred, for it warn't more than wide etnutfh for a ho98 and a half; eo I liollereri to Bill to hold up, but the imperdent nigger milieu ins piciur ami aid, *no ci be cussed if lie warn t go:n' to play iiis hnn rut.1 1 gin him to understand he'd better fix for a foot-race when we stopt, and tried to hold up Colt, but he wouldn t stop. We reached the oaks, Colt tried to pass Preacher, Preacher tried to pa s Colt, an\ cowollop, crosh, cochunk! we ali cum down like 'simmons ar? ter frost. Colt got up and won the i wv-v/, A lunyuci ii ion uci' u IU I iw*i Uiit one leg hod got threw the stirrup, an* lo her m in the head stall, an* he had to lay still, doubled up like a long nigger in a short bed. I lit on my feet, but Nigger Bill war gone entire. 1 looked up in the forks of one or the oaks, niirl thar lie war silt in \ lookin1 very composed 011 surroundn nature. I couidn t get him down till 1 promised not to hurt him for disobeyin* orders, when he slid down.? We'd 'nuff racin for that nigh*, so we put up the bosses and went ta bed. ' Next monrrigthe folks got ready for church, when it was diskivered ll.? 1?. I I T * 11 11117 liu-srs IIU'I KOI out I. Hll 1)111 started ofTto look for them; we found them clear oft'in the field, try in1 to git in the pastur to run the last nights rare over. old Blaze, the rcverlushunnry mule, bein* along- to act as judge. ' By the time we got to the house it war n'gh on to meetm' hour; and clad had started to the preachm1, to r-u.~ ? - ? ten nit; twins iu sing on, us pre?cner and mum would be 'long bimeby. As I lie passim was in a hurry, and lmd been comp'siwiin' lhat hiscreetur war dull, I suadfc I him to nut on Uncle Jim s spurs what he fotcn from? Mexico. I saddled the passnn'shoss takin' 'tieu'ar pains to let the sad l!eb'anketcome down low in the flank. Bv the time ihe-n fixins war ihrovv. mam war head nigh on to a quarter. lWe must r'u\e on, passim,' I said, lor the fo'ks'll think we is lost.' So 1 whipt up ihe mule 1 lid, the passun ehirrupt and chuct to make his orittur gallop, hut the animal didn't m ud h'hi a pjc. 1 'pan to git vext; sudden he thought ot his spurs, so he ri7, up, and drove them tvw in his boss's flank, till they went through his saddle-blanket, and like to bored his nag to the holler* By gosh! hut it war a qnickener?the hoss kickt 111 4 I 11.1 I mi me passim nan io nug mm round the neck to keep him from pit chin' him over his headi He next jumpt up hont as high as a rail fence, passun ho!<lin on and tryiri' to git his spurs?but they war lo"kt-his hreech es split plum across with the strain, and tiie piece of wearin tniok next 4i i.:? i - " ujusKin umue a monstrous puny nag, as the old boss, like drunkards to a barbaoue, streakt it up the road. "Mam war ridin slowly along, ihink<n* how sorry she was cos Chary. Doiin, who always led her off, had sich a had cold, and wouldn't be ab'e lo 'sis her singin to day. She war praetisn1 the new hymns, and had urot as far n? wlu<r it snv?;. *1 hnv? a rare to run/ when the nassnn hr'v in sight, an in bout ihe clodgin of a, d edapper, she found thar war truth in the words, for the colt, hearin the hoss nnriin up behind, began to show signs of runn n : hut whe" he beards the passim holler'wo! wo! to his hogs, he thought it were me shouting'goP and sure nuflf off they started jis as* the passiin got up even; so it war a fair race. Whoop! git out, but it war eg'rstin?the dust flew, and the rail-fence appeared as strate as a rife. Thar war the passim, his legs, fast to his critters ilanx, arms lockt SI IT)lin<l Ills fa/>a uo nnlo ou o aaiw nwik^ ?v?v % - ?mj J/UIU UO *r? rabbit s belly, and the while flag streemin' far behind?and thurwhr Mam. fust on one side, and then on lot her, her new caliker swelled up around her like a bear with the dropr cey, the old iady so much surprised sheeuddent ride Btcdkly,and tryin' to siop her edit, but he war too irain&l lo stop while he heard lgo!' Mam got 'sited at last, and her eyes Van 1o glimmer like she seen her daddy a ghost ax:n 4if he ever trained up a r* 111l/i ni' (l 6?n^/i-linoo tr\ I\r\ 4\.?a*4 ? ?.'? f. WI ? V?$\/V I|V?10 %\l UV IIUIU l/l u small brush on a Sunday,' she, commenced riding beautiful; she braced herself lip in the saddle, and beg'n lo make caikcrlations how she war lo win ihe race, fot it war nose, and nose, and sho Miw the pawun spunr rin his critter overy jump. She tuk aft her shoe, and ihe wav n nnmher ten goto meet hi brognn commenced ? hoss particular were n caution to hoss-flc '' itkept nose and no: lRtti6q?n? wwcaryyin too fmicfo-^c'gut t'orc<>lt H. ,'g V*'*9 ittoywr' *> *