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From tho Argosy. "NUMBER 4 57." ' Number 437,' ever siucc his entrance into the convict jail, had always stoutly maintained his inuocencc. His name was Thouias Stephens, but this was not of so much'importance, either to hitnsoli or his wi>ftl;rs, ns the fact that a neat little budge with ? l^.S. 10 ' on it, squ stitched on to j his sleeve. In fuct, he had been slotted ten years of penal servitude for alleged embezzlement. A man of splendid physique^ with a light and springy step, which oven prison discipline oould not subdue, his bonds walled him terribly. It is not necessary be re to disconvictcd. Many persons doubted the justice of iiis sentence. It was certainly uncommon for any Lowmoor prisoucr to bo perpetually informing the warders, chaplain, doctor and A Governor?as 1 Number -157 ' did?that lie was entirely innocent. The oflieials treated his assertions with indifference. What did it matter to theui ? They very justly felt that they were not a court of criminal appeal. What seemed to exasperate Stephens more than anything else was the idea that such a mean offense as robbing au cmplcycr, could bo laid to his charge. Hut by far the most remarkable thing about the man, at all events from the point of view of the inmates of Her Majesty's convict establishment, was the resemblance fi<? lutri* fn flu* nrisnn ilochip A f flu* timn I?-v" ? v"w of which 1 write, many years ago, Dr. Drand occupied this position. He was a man who does uot appear to have been liked among the prisoners, although lie was popular with the warders and high officials, lie had a elear-eut, florid face, stood about five feet niuc inches high, and was of au athletic figure. In all respects Stephens was his living image, his almost exact counterpart, except that lie was about an inch taller. The likeness between the two inou was almost ridiculous, it served as a common subject of conversation in a place where there were few topics of interest, where life was an unvarying routine, and where Nature, for quite half the year, presented an aspect of gloom and mountainous bleakness not to be surpassed in any part of the Kingdom.* It was perhaps natural that Dr. Drand should not altogether appreciate his reseuit_i c.._i i.:? ............. UKim."1.' IU ?l t'UUV IL't. i.iui iji tli* 1110 uiuiauti was to all tlie prisoners, to Stephens lie was very brutal. The latter knew the cause, and he hated the doctor lor despising hiui. Hut lie did not hate him more than he hated most of the prison warders ; not half as much as he detested the Coventor, who seemed?so he thought?to take great delight in tormenting him. There is no place in the world, where, if a person in authority wishes to exercise a petty spite, he can do it with greater effect than iu a convict jail. Captain X , the Covertior at that date, was neither a good man, nor a goodnatured one. He mod>iled a great deal ! with prison duties which ought to have been left to the warders, and the latter, iu consequence, did not like him. lie was a ff martinet and a man who was culpably indulgent to persons who had gained his favor. The best road to this end was the adoption of a ering-ng manner and passive acquiescence in the wisdom ami power of the (lovcrnor. At a very early period of Stephens' captivity, soon after his transference froui a London jail, he had reason to regard Captain X w ith feelings of strong aversion. There was, in fact, a mutual repulsion between the two men, which is a dangerous state of things whore one U absolutely at the mercy of the other. In the wild, powerful nature of the prisoner. Captain X recognized a spirit which would never bow before him, which he would have to break, as he could not bend it. lie had a theory of his own as to the best way of taming unruly subjects. 11 is formula was this : ' If they're strong, brawny fellows, who ought to be out working on the fields, put them to stitching in the tailor's shop, and virr. rrr.?i; there's nothing makes them so mad as that.' No doubt he was perfectly right. After a fortnight of being cooped up in a stuffy room with fifty or sixty other convicts, all tailoring. Stephen*' powerful frame crave.' for exercise. The Coventor saw it. and was delighted. Stephens asked him to he allowed out-of door work. The only reply Captain X? give, was : ' Don't dictate to me ! You'll get double hours to-morrow in the shop for your insu fence!' Stephens ground hi> teeth together, hut said nothing, A week more of this discipline made him really ill The doctor phy sicked hiui with tho vilest drugs in the Pharmacopoeia?a practice of Dr. Hrand's when he chose to think that a patient was 1 shamming.' The next time Stephens had a chance of seeing the governor, he complained that he was ill, and that the doctor refused to scud him to tho prison infirmary. Captain X looked at Stephens, and thought he soemed retflly weak enough to be put 01 hafd, out-door exorcise?-the other branch of tho taming process. ,tr t % - j nc doctor knows wbnt's best for you,' bo said. 4 You shan't go to tho infimary, but you shall go somewhere else to-morrow.' 4 Whoro's thnt, sir V asked Stojshons. 4 You'll drag yourself there, I promise you,' replied the governor, coolly exasperating. As he strode away, Stephens muttered, loud enough for him to hear : 4 I am bound to be even with you for this some day.' This, of course, was sheer outrage and impudence, and Stephens was severely punished. For one thing, ho was placed in a punishment cell for four and twenty hours, which gave him the rest ho was sorely in need of. Next day?it was toward the end of Sep' tcmbcr?no gangs were sent to the fields on the moor, because there was a local f"g prevailing. It was merely a thick mist, produced by a cloud settling on the moun'ain plateau, on which the prison is situated. The jail being at least live hundred feet above sea level, and surrounded by rugged chains of bills, the clouds blowing in from the sea often enveloped the place in a dismal and clammy embrace. As he lay in his cell the night before. Stephens had formed a desperate resolution. A man of violent passions, and now grown heedless of consequences, he decided to risk everything in an attempt to escape. If he could at the same tiiuc wreak vengeance on the governor, his oppressor, why. so much the merrier. It would be impossible to understand what follows in this narrative without some idea of the configuration or ttio bniuu..*of the prison, and the plau ul the interior. All the officers' quarters were placed within the second of the two walls which guard the place. The house occupied by the governor, a commodious, but not pretentious-looking edifice,stands close to the gate; the doctor's rooms, which he officially enjoys whenever he is in the prison, are a little further on, on the right-hand side of the interior quadrangle. 1 Ins, at least, was the case before structural alterations wore made. The whole space in the quadrangle was graveled over. The doctor's apartments were not guarded ; all that anybody had to do was to step up to the outer door, enter it, and then Knock at the inner door on the left. The governor was not quite so easily accessible. There was a warder always marching up and down before his entrance ?one of the so-called Civil Guards. If any convict, therefore, thought of escaping from the inside jail, he had two barriers to pass; the first was the gateway leading out of this interior quadrangle, where a porter was, of course, stationed. The second was the great main entrance gate, leading through the massive and towering wall which girdled the prison. At this gate there was always a strong picket of the Civil Guard posted?men armed with loaded rifles, who could be trusted to use them, loo, in case of an attempted outbreak. The space between the inner building and the outer walls, was occupied by sonic small sheds for workmen, and for the rest was bare. Ilere the convicts exercised. ...i... .? ..n. i ..... .l.,. c .i.i, 'in..... v? in n IJVJV .mwnru nut 111 IIH; IIUIUS. i IIVJ might bo seen any day of the week work ing in gangs, pulling trucks full of stones along to a part of the walls which was bo ing strengthened, or exercising under the control of a couple of warders. And always that ominous 'outer cirel of men of the Civil (luard overlooked what was going on?men standing watching all around the convicts, at a little distance off, their muskets resting under their arms or over their shoulders. Well did the jail birds know the meaning of that ring of armed custodial)'', ever attendant upon them. To return to Stephens. Nursing his furious and suppressed hate, he plotted through the wlnde night l?v dawn his i plans were matured. At six he was roused by the bell inside bis cell ringinu vigorously. ' .My irist day in this hole . he muttered to himself. What was his ilesiyii!' It was vvi'l known, that, as a rule, it was sheer inadinv for a convict to dream of Sreakin^ o?t Iron the interior of the prison. Escapes sometimes did occur, but then that was when the prisoners were in the holds, or porhaps under cover of a suddenly settling uiist, ouc man might elude the vigilance of his guard. Such incidents, evou under circumstances like that, were rare. IIow would escapo from the double girdle of stono walls?the warders in the interior quadrangle, aud the strong guard at the outer gate?be anyway possible for Stephens '( lie know he had ouo thing in his favor ? thjs was his resemblance to tho doctor. If.he'could only uso that deftly, he might escape his guurtfinns. He determined to A IT- t--- --'A ? try. as enow mat viiDia m nour, when meats when a man might make a move without being seen by the warder. Surely lie would have time to-step into the portal near the doctor's room, rap aud enter. Then?woe to the doctor ! An exchange of garb, most likely of a compulsory character. must take place. As if fortune favored him. on the day for the attempt, the mist 1 have described enveloped the mountain prison in its almost impenetrable fold. The convicts were delegated to different kinds of work within the prison. Some had to put up with the solitude of their cells. lu pursuance of the (lovernor's orders, Stephens was not one of these. As ho could not be drafted out on to the fields, ho was set among the gaug iu the stouo yard. Ho had become used to degradation. Yol, now that he was forced to drag a heavy cartload of stone along, yoked with villains whose countenances betrayed them, the ?? ?.:? : .?.J i.:.. i...... aiiuiiii; ui uir? IUV.IU?I^UU ma juiiglli^ to escape. And he was weak, too. tcrnbly weak ; the work demauded of him strained every liuib, every nerve. At last, the half-past twelve bell tinkled, which told the men to cc.'.sc labor. Very soou they wore marshalled in files, and wore ready to inarch back into the interior quadrangle. When they arrived there, it was the business of two warders to stand near and superintend the entry of the convicrs. iuiu < Tit * UV 111 vi? i ???. like agigantic factory builTofstont,, vAicfo' the cells were placed. Stephens contrived, in stniting, to be one of the last men in the file. lie knew then that when lie got into the quadrangle he would be very close to the doctor's apartments. l>r. Brand's little surgery was irreproachable on the score of neatness. The doctor was there now. having done his work at the infirmary, and was preparing to leave the prison, as ho usually ili?l at midday, lie was whistling to himself, whoa the door opened. Ho was standing with his back to it, and was surj risotl that the person, whoever it was, had not rapped. Wheeling around, he beheld hiuiself facing bis second self, but in convict garb ? the fellow Stephens, 'Number 157'?the man against whom lie bore a stupid and unreasoning grudge. There must have been something of menace in the man's louk. 1 What business have you here V the Doctor ejaculated, fiercely. And at the same moment he involuntarily glanced aside to see what weapon lie had within reach. Stephens saw the movement. If he had sprung forward and grappled with hi; enemy, he might have overpowered him but Dr. llrand would be sure to shout, ant bring all the warders in a swarm into tin room. To persuade him bv entreaties t< consent to exchange dresses, would be, lit felt, utterly hopeless. All this whirled through his mind in ; moment. Tno next, he caught a heavi glass bottle from the nearest shelf, an | flung it straight at the J lector's head. The aim was perfect. The victim fel with a thud and did not rise. Stephen | stood, wondering and petrified for the mo incut, and perhaps half remorseful. Then recollecting the imminent danger he we in. lie knelt down to disrobe the prostrat man. I5ut there was no need, for at that mr incut he caught sight of the inner sanctun and saw a coat hanging oil a peg. It w:i the l>oetor's own great coat. It woul completely cover the prison trousers that h was obliged to wear, and a pair of thic hoots, not of the unmistakable prison ci: was under a chair. It was hardly a im | uient s work lor the oonviet to put tlicf bouts on his feet, to button very chisel around liiin the Doctor's great-co.it. ami I ; open the door and walk boldly out into ll J ijuulraiigle. I Apparein Iy his ab-enee bad not bet discovered No Wardel' Was in sigli i I '1'herc were the two gates to be passed b foro oscapc could bo effected, but Stephens had something else Jo attend to beforo he thought of escaping. There was his account with tho Governor to be ?- tiled. In that strange, wild nature, embittered by suffering, and maddened by ill-usage, revenge seemed even ewCfeter than liberty. Assuming as uearly as possiblo the Doctor's walk and manner, Stephens sauntered up to tho doorway of the Governor's hniiRf* Tim ?<4i(ru ."iliitn.! ?" - ? * ..W wv|(ti J uuiui^u IIIUIj UUU VUIO gavo him groat tmcourageuicnt. lie asked the servant whi came to the door, if the Governor was at home; 'No; ho has gone to Dovcton for the day, and is uot expected.back till late.' ggflgy* Snqtrrttrargl^nOdtoO^O^ a J?*?7 /ct'urncd. Then he felt u^flfd1 be uothing but madness to do so. Yet he hesitated, for the idea of revenge on hit oppressor had taken deep root in his morbid imagination. No ; revenge must be deferred. Perhaps some day he would get his opportunity, bus certainly it was not now. lie had better make good his escape. Hut there was the gate to the inucr square. That must be passed. As he approached it, he remem. bcrcd the I>octor's usual habit, aud so he began to whistle. 'Now, Mr. l>ay,' he said, speaking in a deep tone, as like the Doctor's voici as he knew how to assume. The porter emerged from the little don, gave him a quick glance, touched his hat, and said : 'You are going out very cany, touay, Doctor.' 'Aye. aye,' said Stephens, and the gate swung open. One-half of the peril over, he thought. As he stepped out to cross the open space up to the main doorway, he lclt his limbs quiver beneath him. Weakness and excitement were beginning to tell, lie knew that he was in full view of the windows of the kitchen, the back of the (Jovcrnor's house, and some of the warders' room. Kvery moment h > expected the cry of 'Stop him !' would resound through the prison. ( To be continual.) ? . .? ? StAl.K.s on Tim Farm.?There are , 'a-auji-a who ilo not uropcrlv estimate "the.^luo of being able to weTgfi' Tpcn the i..?? icii in n uuiuvti uiujf uu |fiuuuv/uu liiLituu, especially tliat portion to bo sold. The dealer iu stock, who comes to your farm to buy, >s estimating and weighing daily, and becomes so expert that he can guess the weight of an animal within a few pounds. The majority of farmers cannot do this. The dealer is going to buy as cheap as be can. lie asks the farmer his price. The reply n oiten made that he does not know what it is really worth; what will he pay for it. 'fhe reply is, he cannot buy and sell; you must set the price. If the farmer is really ignorant of its value the dealer soou discovers it and acts accordingly. Last fall 1 bought a Hock of sheep to raise early lambs. Not having kept sheep for years, I was not posted; but I raised line lambs. Some buyers were looking at tbeui, and i priced them for the whole lot; ' this was claimed to be too high. A few days ? . ? i 11.1 t later mo snccp weie yarueu, 10 do snorn, s when a number of the lambs wore weighed. The next day otic of tin village butchers met mo and said lie was just coining to sec * iiic about those lambs. 1 told him to go and look %tlicui over; he spent an hour I among them. You found sonic line lambs: < Oh. fair, he replied. The lirst lamb ; dropped was on March 20, the inajorit\ 1 after the lirst of April. Now, in view ol i their age, arc they not more than fair: i lie admitted that, lor their age, tlicy were j very good. 1 asked him what some of tin best of them would weigh. Oh, abou ^ forty-live pounds, lie replied. I smiled and asked him if he did not know 'an; I better, remarking that it was nselcs to beat around the bush, as 1 was postct II on their weight, and that seventy \va s nearer the mark than forty-five. 1 sot 111; price, and he bought them, i, The next day I met another of tli s village butchers and told him that I had ; e welh'M and that, as 1 only wanted to kec ewes. 1 would sell it. 1 told him !?."> was mj )- price, in answer to his inquiry, lie sail i, lie would give ."?0. if a good one, hut 8 is was out of the question, lie said he wouh d give Ic. per pound, < IJ is the prescn o market price;. .\t ins lignres tne slice k was worth * l.sn, at the market price 10 it 'J'his spring, in selling some grain, o- weighed the last load. The weight at tli ?o warehouse and my weight did not agrcr ly I showed my figures ; they looked agait to and found a mistake. It paid me well IV 10 weighing.? ?'// . (jirmmiloirn 'frhyrn/>) ii Wallace Thompson, of Coder drove, >s t. (V. aged 70, died front cancer on the lac e- on the -<)(h. > A South run HkroiSk.?Thcfollowiug incident was first related by tho writer in a memorial address delivered in Newborn, N. C., many years ago. The name of the lady has never been divulged for prudential considerations, but it has been placed < on record that her descendants may know who she was, aud. if worthy of her, be i proud to cl iiui their descent from so heroic i and daring a daughter of the South. 1 The South was full of such heroinos, < i -i - - - uuu 11 is uuc 10 incui tnat their deeds be published. Tho writer trusts that the t narration of this faet will cause hundreds t uiore to be written. The 'Hoys iu (Jrey' a wore not alone in glorious deeds ; their I mothers, wives, sisters, daughters and c V' "??1 a -l the cnusc, Aftd their good works should bo i preserved and handed down to posterity. t In November, 1862, news was received s at headquarters, Kinstou, X. C., that two t geucrals of the Federal army, one of them il commanding iu North Carolina, would on o a certain day pass from Morehcad City to v Newbern. It was desirable, in view of t certain contemplated movements, to capture c the train and secure tho officers. At 10 ! o'clock P. M. I received orders to proceed 1 at once to Trenton, take a detail from u Major Nothcrcutt's command, and if possi- t ble, capture the train. At 2 A. M. 1 f reached Trenton, to find Major Nethcicutt '? absent on one of his usual scouting expedi- fi tious. Awaiting his return at daylight 1 r made myself comfortable, and was about to o indulge in a morning's nap when the clat- 1> ici ui tuc itt.u vi ? ??v?o? caused me to step to the door of the Court- 1 house, of which I had takcu possession tor a the night, to see what was iu the wind, t The sentinel on dutv had halted the rider aud was rccciviug from him a paper to be 1 delivered immediately to the officers in 1 command. To my ustonishtmnt the note bore uo address, and upon being opened ' the blauk page of a half sheet of letter paper met my eye. The rider, an elderly 1 countryman unknown to mc. was breathing 1 his jaded steed, preparatory to return, lie could give me no other information than 1 this : About I o'clock A. M. he was aroused ' from his slumbers and going to his door 1 found a lady on horseback, who gave him the note and told him to take it with all 1 SpUCll H' Ti-rntvu %4 lo uiiy ( federate officer he should llud on duty there, as it contained important information. The rider was known to be a good Confederate and his statements were entirely to be relied upon. In a few moments thereafter I was in the private room of a citizen of Trcuton. and l.is kiud wife was wanning an iron for my use. Applied to the seemingly blank sheet of paper, heat soon enabled me too see what I desired. (Jen. Foster had returned to Newborn two days sooner than anticipated, and was to leave that very morning with a force, most accurately detailed on the sheet before me, on an expedition having, in my opinion, the railroad bridge at Wcldon for its objective point. The object of my expedition ^ being thus frustrated, 1 returned immediately at full speed to Kinston, and gave the information procured through the intrepid daring of one of Newborn's daughters to the officer in command. Stops were promptly taken by the officer commanding the department, and such an array ot troops was placed in front and on the Hanks of the Federal general as caused him rapidly to retrace his stops. The lady's , name appended to that note has never been told?her secret has been locked in mv > . . breast : my superior officer, respecting my J, motive in desiring to keep it, only required , my pledge that the writer was worthy of credit. I am sure she never knew into whose hands, her note fell or the good it accomplished, till she heard me. several years thereafter, relate the incident. She was sitting in front of the speaker's stand, * and a gleam of pride passed over her face j the incident was 'old, and she knew the good work her night ride had accomplished. When I state that she was a young lady, ^ tenderly reared, and then in the very morning of maidenhood, her ride at inidc night, at. great personal risk, to convey such useful information, can be properly I' appreciated.-?S'. !>. l'o<>/} in Jialch/h Chrun' ich. 1 :> Tii k Sknatokiai. Pf.i.kcation.? ^ Washington, duly ?The following S n' ator, who wore requested by the \ iccP President to represent th i Senate at CJon. 1 (i rants funeral, have notified Col. Canadiy. ' sergeant-at-arms. of their intention to ato * i J. . c. t. I.. 4* . c M :i i .i... ~ [ ICI1U iiiu nnn'i.u. .nnun .'lurru, mini " Sherman, .John A. Logan. Matt W. Ilansom, ' .lobn.I IngalU, Francis W. Cockrcll, Wado 'r Ilampton, .Joseph Iv Hrowli and ('has. F. 'i. Mauderson. The cominitteo lias hcen requested by the sergeant'at.arms to meet in , New York at S o'clock on the evening of v (ho tiili of August, at the Fifth Avenue ;f> 11ott I. w here quarters have been engaged lor thcui. The town of Cowpcns was thrown into a tumult of excitement last week over au abortive attempt at abduction. Mr. Henry Whittak#r, a youth of Cowpeus, became deeply enamored with the charms of Miss Kate Stalling?. a maiden of fifteen Summers, residing in the same burg. Hut the illtnnnn iliil nnf mnAf tn?l? *!%?% .?1 ?f MKVV v?sv? uvfV UIVVU ?? llll IIIV UV ?ll Ul Katie's relatives. Nothing daunted, howjver, Mr. Whittakcr romantically deterltined not to suffer the desire of his heart 0 be cruelly thwarted. Arrangements vere made for the nuptials at the house of 1 fricud, and the presence of a uiiuistcr lad been secured. Softly the -Young lovirs .slipped off from Sunday school and Mtehful brother of the maiden" La J notVco^ ~~ heir departure and mado pursuit. As tho crviees were about to begin he arrived at he gate,-forbade tho ceremony and dcinauled his sister. The young lovers escaped ut of the hack door and again lied, and tore pursued. The groom defended his reasure, and with a knife and barely missed utting the throat of his hetrothed's irother. A fiiend of tho groom. Pat Vceks, come to his assistance and with an ipuftcd knife held Mr. Staliings in subjecion till the lovers escaped. Hut "the best aid schemes of mice and men gang aft glee." llelbre the young couple could ind another minister the groom was attested for ahduelion. While in the clutches 1 me law tits laity love was sent away he liicw not where. He gave bond for bis ion, but a subsequent warrant for assault mil battery with intent to kill euused liiui ,o 'bide out.' The next day Mr. Tom IVhittakcr came up IVoin^ Trough Shoals .0 thrash out Stalling for tlio affront offered ,o bis brother in refusing his alliance. J'hc expedition resulted in aline of820 being impiscd on Mr. Whittaker by Trial Justice Tanner. The most intense excitement stirred the town ofCowpens. dividing the community into two hostile factions. No less than ten applicants for arrest warrants were made to Mr. Tanner. It is to be hoped that love will not be the cause of deep-seated haired, and that the strife will uot develop into a deadly vendetta.? Sjmrftnibur;/ I/mthf. Dkatii ok 11. W. Ukttis, .lit.?Trcu ton, 8. (!.. July *20.? l>o:ith has cast, her gloomy shadow over our town and Trenton village mourns the loss of one of her most useful and beloved sons, Mr. 15. \V. Uettis, Jr., who died at his father's home this morning at 7 o'clock. Mr. Ileitis was a law graduate of Washington and l<ee I riivcrsity. Lexington, \ a . and began the practice of law about eight years ago at Kdgofiold Court House, his native County. In a remarkably short tinm !.e became one of the most popular and successful lawyers at the I'M gc field lnr. In 1SS2 he was unanimously elected County Chairman of the Democratic Committee, which position he filled with credit to himself and honor to the Democracy of Ivlgelield County up to the time of his death. Many of the best citizens of the County urged him in 1SS 1 to enter the field as a candidate for State Senator, but he declined to give up IH? l.iw } # I ?I v: i it'U I 'il a pin -?u u luiuuuuialivi! and in ore annoying. 1] Icefield has never produced a yaun3r mm iipnii whom her people looked with greater pride nor of whoui si e expected greater achievements. l>ut alas ! the slender thread upon which life lias been suspended tor several weeks severed and his noble spirit took its flight to that abide where all is peace. In his death Kdgefield has lost a distinguished lawyer, an honored citizen and a faithful work< r in the cause of Democracy. An affectionate son and a devoted brother, a kind friend, an elegant gentleman, he maintained that propriety of conduct which commanded the love, respect and admiration ho so-richly deserved, and with the dignity and the fortitude of conscious rectitude he lived a life which every young man would do well to imitate, 'lie would rather be right than to be President?rather fail than to bo wrong."?('"I. Jhyi ffrr. liVM IIKI> I'll! A III >1 NO II 18 \V IFF.. Atlanta, July ? A dispatch to the Cons/it it (ion from liraiuhridge states that Thomas K. lJrautley. a young white man, who lr.nl mi fried tin- widow ?#. a prominent physician, was taken from jail ami lynched on the Alabama side of the river and his hody riddled with hull-Is Ha had committed indignities upon his wile, which rou-ed the immunity to desperation. The competitive exmiinit. m lor the West I'oiul appointment luun the Third District resulted in the m 1 ctioii ol l'\ G. M.iuMiu of I'ieken . wiihT. I*. Harrison ot Milway .s alternate.