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'Tr^lhus. with some, yet I am glad, Of such I .know but few, And may it ne'er be said, dear friend. Of either 1 or you. SELECTED STORY. A Ghost Story. At tho commencement of thb inte t'Vll B?n flict', Mrs-. ?'Turnbrook ?ttd licrtwo daughters rctlrb? tal cHwooa, Md., wlierc they hired a Very lmU?? omo, large house at a very itrifling rent. During their residence in this abode, tho lady received from her husba?il, General Krank Turubrook, a draft for a very consider A ble sum, which she: carried to the bimkdVofthe town, aud requested to have it eushed. The man, us was much the custom in those dAX*. gave her a large portion of silver ttiuxuhange*. As Mrs. Turubrook was proceeding/Mo pay some visitH>, -shu rcquestt&i 'thai I've linker would suuO "the ihoncy V.V:r house, of \vhieh she described tiro %rt\5rat??to\. ^'&4^?rrrycl was) instantly committed to the cure of a porter ; and, on the lady's imiuiring of, him whether ho understood, from her directum?, tho jd..cc t? which his charge was to he conveyed, the turnt | replied ibhnjt Veto jVcrfeV*"y :.Y\\' ;tvi tX the pki'Cc designated, and that it was culled the "Haunted IToufje.'' Tho latter pari of this r. us wer was nddreused to the bunker, in a low tone of I voice, hut \v..s overheard by Mrs. Turnbrook, f She paid, however, no attention to the words; and naturally supposed that the report connect-1 ed with her habitation was one of th- so which arc raised by the imagination of the Ignorant , rc.spccd\ing,cy^r^4w?')h^ which is long untcu anted, or remark.al.de for its antiquity. A ft**' Weeks afterward, the words we're re called to her recollection in a manner that sur prised brr- The housekeeper, with many apologies for being -obliged to incut ion any thing that might appear so idle nnd absurd, came to the apartment in which her mistress was sitting, and said that two of the servants, who had accompanied her from Virginia, hud that morning given warning; and ex pressed a determination of quitting her service, on account of tho mysterious uois*^ toy which they had been, night after night, disturbed and terrified. "I trust, Carter," replied Mrs. ] Turnbrook, '-'that you have too irtticli good sense to be alarmed on J'oor own account by any of these superstitious und visionary fears; ami pray 'even: yourself in endbavoriirg to tranquillize the apprehensions of others, and persuading them to eontin?o in their places." The persuasions of Carter were ineffectual. The servants insisted that the noises which had alarmed them were not the opcrations.of any parthly beings and persevered in their rcsclu 1]q]} of returning to their native country. The room from which the sounds were sup posed, to haye proceeded was at n distance from Mrs. Turnbrook's apartments, and immediately over those which were occupied by the two fe inaje scryaid.s, who hni) themselves been terri fied. h.y them, and whn?? report had spread a gcndr'fll panic through the rest of 'he family. To quifit M10 tflnrni, Mfs. Turnbrook resolved on lc.'tyjpg l,cr own PlmiHUOF lop a time, and establishing herself ii? tho ono which had been lately cjuittod by tho domestics. Thtl room abovu WHS a. long, spacious apartment, which appeared to huvo been for a very considerable time deserted. Ju the ppHtro of the chamber was a lr\rgo iron cage. It was |fh oxdvaordina ry piocoof furniture to fiud'iu' any mansion ; but the legend which the servants had collect ed respecting it appeared to he still nioro ex traordiintry. It was said that a late proprietor of tho house*, a young man of enormous pro perty, had in his minority been confined in that apartment by his uncle and guardian j and there hastened to u prematuro, death by the privations and tho cruelties to which he was exposed. Thoso cruelties had been practiced undor the pretence of necessary corrections. It was alleged that 'die was idle, stubborn, inat tentive, of tin ^ntoward dispnsiliqu, which iiothhrg h'xit ?cvbrity couldim'prov?." In his bo3xn,o?d, frcq'nont chastisement,continued ap_ plica tum, hHd the refusal of every iutovvul 61' reiaxaffbVf; ? were inivain essayc'd to urgo and goad him to tho gfc'ivKf Hhd iU place his uncle in possession of tho in'fidfiluHc'c. His constitu tion ?tr?ggiod1 tyranny *of his unnatu fal relntio'ii; arid winded aS it Was by tho un mitigated oppression; still resisted with an ad mirable vitality the efforts which were ingen iously aimed against his existence. As he drew nearer to the age in which he would have beeii: legally delivered from tho. dangers and impositions of his uncle, his dite was sub joctod to irlore violent and repeated severities. Every, even the slightest, offence was succeed ed by the most rigorous inflictions. The iron cago was threatened, was ordered, was set up in the upper ehambur. At.first, for a few weeks, it Fcnminod as all object Uf terror only. It-was menaced that the next transgression of his guardian's wishes wouhbhc punished by a day's imprisonment, in that narrow circle] without the possibiltty of rest, or the perini>sion of refresh ment. Twice the cage was threatened, and re mitted from an affected shoft of inerKy-.: t tie belter to cover. tituA UJ palliate the premedita ted enormities. The youth, who was about sixteen, from tho dread of this terrible inflic [ tion applied himself with Kleepless diligence to lubors difficult to bo avboiuplished; and ex tended?purpoilety extended?beyond the ca pacity of theSt??eilt-. H Irf?od? were exact ed ?dl iH j^W^WiWii 'to his ability, but his en deavors and his performance. The task-master eventually conquered. Then followed the im prisonment, aud the day without food. Again the imposition was set, again executed with painful exaction, again lengthened, again dis covered to be 'impracticable, aud again visited Witto the iron. cage, and the denial of necessary ?= libs is ten co. The savage purpose of thus mur dering tho. boy under the pretence of a strict attention to his interest or his improvement, was at last successful. The lad w.-rt declaY-eu to be incorrigible. There was a feigned ne cessity of more severe correction, lie was sentenced to two \&HMaA>f captivity and priva tion. f5o Itittfc? HA\ abstinence from food and rest "was more than his unfaebled frame and his broken spirit could endure ; and, on his uncle's uvrrru*-: vrlil. tl.o ?f ii', by^OC^UlCTit h:0 iene.v. an hour p^jVioAkJi to the appoinftid time, to deliver him from the residue of Iiis punish ment, it was found that death had anlieipat .1 the (alsj mercy, and h.ai forever cmar.cipatod the innocent sufferer from the tyranny of his oppressor. The wealth, was won ; but it war an unprofitable acquisition to him who had so dearly purchased it. "What profit is it," de mands the voice of Revelation, ' if a man should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" His conscience haunted hint. The form of the dead and inoffensive boy was con stantly before him. Iiis dreams represented to his view the playful aud beautiful looks that won all eyes toward him, while his parents | were yet alive to cheer and to delight him ; and then the vision id his sleep would change, ami he would sec his calm suffering, and his silent tears, and Iiis patient endurance, aud his indefatigable exertions in attempting the ac complishment of desperate exactions, and his pale check, and ( his wasted limbs, and his spiritless countenance ; and then at last there was the rigid, bony, and distorted form, the glazed open eye, the mouth violently com pressed, and the clenched hands, on which his view had rested for a moment, when till hie wicked hopOS had attained their most sanguine consummation, as he surveyed tlio corpse of his murdered relative. Theft) recollections ban ished him from his homo. The mansion was left tcnantless; and, till Mrs. Turn brook had ignorantly engaged it, all had dreaded to be come the inmate of a duelling which had been fatal to one possessor, and shunned as destruc tive to the tranquility of his heir. On the first night or two of Mrs. Turubrook's being established in her now apartments, she met with no interruption, nor was her sleep hi the least disturbed by any of those mysterious noises in the cage-chamber, for so it was com monly culled by the family, which .-be had been induced to expect by the representations of the departed servants. This quiet, how ever, was of very short duration. One night she was awakened from her sleep by the sound of a slow and measured step, that appeared to be pacing the chamber overhead. It contin ued to move backward and forward with nearly tho same constant aud regular motion for fath er- more than an hour: perhaps Mrs. Turn brook's agitation may have deceived her, and induced her to think the time longer than it roully was, H at length ceased; morning dawned upon her; the lady naturally felt ili.s trcssed by the occurrence of the. night; it was in every point of view alarming. If she doubted its being the ofloct of any preternatu ral communication, there was only another al ternative, which was almost equally distressing, to suppose that there were means of. entering tho house, which were, known to stia;igers. though concealed from .the inhabitants. ?She went down to breakfast, after framing a roso.lu ? ' ! '?-v"?i?i??:"ir7i~." -tt?:???n?-"Tt ; . tion ? jnofc tq luou?yn the event. Mri.- Turn-' bvoo^ftd nerdaiigutors had nearly completed tlicir-ibrcukfast, before her son,' a yodhg man v?'ho littd lately Returned? ft?rii sea, descended from' his apartment. "My dear Charles,'J-said* bis mother, ??I wonder.you sutfviuot u?haincd of yuur^udolcnco and your want of gallantry, .to suffer ;your sisters aud myself to,finish ?tfr breakfast before you arc ready td join us." "Tudoed,' ihaddfih," ho replied, "it ?s not my fuulcH? I 'am lato. I have not ?itad n?y sleep the whole uight. There have bcou people knocking-1 at my door, aud, pooping iuto my room every half-hour since I. wont up-stuirs to bed. I presume they wanted to sec if my lightens extinguished'.1 If this be the case, it is ifcally very distrcssihg/as I certainly never gave you arty caufio to suspect that 1 should be careless ,:iu taking so necessary a precaution ; aud it is not pleasant to be represeutud iu such a character to the domestics.'' ''Indeed, my dear, the iutorrupfion has taken place entirely without in)- knowledge. I assure you it is not by any^ order of mibe' that yovtr room has been looken inttJ: I caniiot think what could possi bly induce any servant of mino to be guilty of such a liberty. Are you certain that you bavc nut mistaken the nature and origin of the senn^s by which your sleep has been disturb ed "Oh ! uo. There Could have been no mistake.: I was perfectly awake when the in terruption first took place; aud afterward, it Was so frequently repealed as to prevent the possibility of my sleeping." More complaints from the housekeeper; no servant would remaiu; every individual of the family had bis tale of terror to increase the ap prehensions of the rest. Mrs. Turnbrook be gan tip be herself alarmed. Mrs. Atkins, a very dear and approved friend) caihc on a visit to Uots! She cohtinXuuCntuii lite subject which had so] recently disturbed the family, and re quested her advice. Mrs. A.tkius. a woman devoid of every kind of superstitious feat , aud of tried courage, understanding-, and rceuui tion, ^determined tit once to silence all the s^U'ic^ that bad been fabricated respecting the engu-ado'm, and to allay their terrors by adopt ing that "apartment fur her own bed-chamber during the remainder of her residvueo at (Jlon WtHldj;.. It--"""' ? *" ?lM?.vlA \..... nirunu. ' T^rrtexUirc-u tVi.it Iii"? half-measure could be equally efl'ecfuiil : that if any of the family wore to sleep there, though their rest should be perfectly undisturbed', it would have no effica cy iu tranquillizing the agitation of the family, since the servants would naturally accuse cither ' Mrs. Turnbronk or her son of being interested Witnesses, and doubt, the fact of their having rcp'osed in the centre of the gii?st's dominions, without undergoing any punishment for the tcuieritv f?r their invading them. Abed wok accordingly placed iu the apartment. Tbc cage-rooiii was rendered as comfortable as pos sible on'so short a notice ; and Mrs. Atkins retired to rest, attended by her favorite spaniel, saying as she bade them' good night. "I aud ihy ilog. I flatter myself, arc equal to compete with a myriad of-ghosts'; strict me entreat you to be under no apprehension for the safety of Ponto ami myself." Mrs! Atkins examined her chamber in every imaginable direction; she sbuuded every panel of the wainscot to prove that there was uo hol luwness which might argue a concealed passage; and having bolted the door of the cage-room, retired to rest, confident that she was .secure against every material visitor, and totally in j vrckl?lons of the airy cucroachiucuts of all spiritual things. Her ?.'"surance was doomed j to be short-lived : she had only been tf few j minutes asleep, when her dog. which lay by the bedside, leaped howling and terrified lipon the bed ; the door of her chamber slowly opened, and a pale, thin, sickly youth came in. cast his eyes mildly toward her, walked up to the iron cage in the middle of the room, and then leaned in the melancholy attitude of one revolving in his mind the sorrows of a cheer- ( leas and unblcst existence. After awhile, he again" withdrew, and retired by the way he entered. Mrs. Atkins, on witnessing his de parture, felt the return of her resolution. She was reassured iu her original belief iu the im possibility of all spiritual visitations; she pcr ! suaded herself to believe the figure the work of sonic skilful impostor, and she determined on following ito footsteps. She took up her ! chamber-lamp, and hastened to put her design into execution. On reaching the door, to her hifinite surprise, she discovered it to be fasten ed as she had herself left it on retiring tu bed. On withdrawing the bolt, and opening the door she saw the back of the youth descending the staircase'; she followed, till, on reaching the foot of the stairs, tl.o form appeared to sink into the earth. It was iu vain to attempt con cealing tlie occurrences of the night; her voice, her manner, tho impossibility of.sleeping another night iu the ill-oinened-chamber would necessarily betray that something of a painful ami mysterious nature had occurred. The event wns related to .Mrs. Turnbrook. She deter mined to remain nu lodger in her present hab itation. Tho man, of whom the house had been engaged, was spoken to upon the subject. He becaim* extremely violent, said . that jitjwasi rrp titnd flft the- Virginians to Hjdulge'ihcir inj uginatidns; insinuated" bowStm^grWe hiw, tftrdbade fcer, at her"peril, to drop'R ?joghs ex pression toi-ilio injtiry of 'LiB- house. ; WHlh; sho. remain/ad,in M.arWu?f4 W> wor.dr \tu$.^fc?cd upor>tlro;^uWtfet; She fraiflefl,. art e*t'<fce her abrupt dcparluro ; another rcsidortce .wasi offered in the vicinity of ftfcr.wood, wnic'n she engaged on tho pretext of its being bctier cal culated to the sike of h?ir family,'nh\i at OHeb reliuqitishcd btr ; habitation, ?od with it every pretcruutuial occasion of a?ftj?ty. The land lord, of course; carefully concealed the true .state, of the Case; and it is only .within the last mouth that any attcm'H. has been hiade to solve the dark mystery in a rational wa// As yet Ho cluo'has been discovered. 1? : V A R I 0 U S, lVho Can Vote. ^ jfrJo !/a-)?. ? ill ?' fit j ? '11 mithi ,iovm t A ? ft?'jf, atxil ..' : . * ?? ' i';'>! ,'j-Miivit - Maine?Every male citizen. New Hampshire?Every male inhabitant. 'A'crniont?Everyman. 'Massachusetts?Every male citizen. >m li lthodo Island?Every male citizen. ... . . Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri. Iowa. New Jersey, Ohio^ California, Oregon, Nevada. West Virginia, and Colorado?^Evcry white male citizen. New Vork?Every male citizen, butncgrocJ; required to own $250 taxable property. l'cuusylvuuiu?Every white frcomau. Wisconsin?Every whito person. Minnesota?Every male person. Kansas?Every white male adult. DchtWorc^---Evcry free whifcinale citizen. Mafyland^Every free white male citizen. Teuuessee?Every free white man formerly, but now uegrocs.votCi , >. i. lit those Slates which WcVo cug'.tjired. in, J.he waV, ami which arc governed by the 8o>ca*led reconstruction laws, negroes are allowed to vote and hold office. ? U h ??Touch kd Bottom'^?The {ample of tho South are beginning to receive congratulations ?-* bair^rj^niets.?injt. on^iccount of,nny clou r ly dfseerned iinpr'ovofiTenTTn?' ttieir ^lfnarioii, but because it is believed that they have got ae hiw down as they can get and that therefore, any change must be foi the better. The N- Y. correspondent of the.Augusta Constitutionalist lately had n conversation . with a leading mer chant of Now;. ;<.York, who; lia.d.^ust, rctur.ne.d from.a Southern tour, in wjhjeh the New Yorker expressed the opinion tiltit the South was better off than the North. His reason was. that the South haa ' touched bottom." and will rapidly rise in prosperity, while thorNorth liko a young bear, has all its troubles ahead of it. ' There never was." said he, Jisueh an oppor tunity for the investment of capital as t'tMpoitth how offers." This kind of consolation is md VCl-y inspiring, still it is better than none; for if it could - bd depended on, the idea of having secthe, worst of our,ivoublcs would nervo us to . moot man fully, those that repiain.. But .jtJL'v ul>I^'? advisable not to "ludlor buforo we gpfc out of the woods" When the capitalists of the' North show a desire to take advantage of tho tempting opportunities for investment \Vhich theNy pro fess to see at the South, then we may begin to indulge in the hope ol a better time Coiu iyg? J'orkciUc ICutjtilrrr. Paks Him AnoUND.?Our exchanges in this State, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida aim Teuuessee will confer a favor and render assistance in the "Capture of a notorious thief, by stating that Hob Thompson, a mulatto, escaped from custody on the Oth inst., by jump iug from the passenger train on the Urceuville and Columbia llailroad, between Alston aud. Littleton. He is about 20 years of age, five feet () or 7 inches high, blind in one eye and the lid partly closed; has very black hair, resem bling that of an Indian, and cut short; he is considerably marked by sninll-pox, espcciall) on his nose. He is a well known burglar and horse-thief and has btokeii open several stores and stcdeii horses in this State and Florida. Had on a pair of hand-enffs when last hoard from. A reward of Forty Hollars is offered forhim-by John R. Cochrnn, of this place, and any person arresting him will confer a favor by notifying him at once. Newspapers copying this notice and causing his arrest, will bo liberally reward ed.?A riitcrson Jntalitucm'vr* A ModkIj l'u ay kr.?A family consisting of the father and three sous, iived in ouo.of the Southwestern States, and led a very worldly life. A good and perhaps eeentrie minister labored long and hard for their conversion, but apparently1 in vain. They nil sceided quite obdurate and unimproved with his appeals and warnings. He gave them up in despair, lu this state of affairs, ho was greatly surprised ou receiving a call to go to tho house and offer prayers for tha son Jim. who had been bitten by a rattlesnake, and who expected a fatal resu "AVc th'anlcttmc^^ ftc* sing^'H^VliaM ?faimkc?A We thank theo tha^o*. n^tLasuako JruAtytyw j;iiJi..fWc-pr.a$ tbc*nt)M4L-JUge&er to bite Sam. We pr^tJ^s^taliw to bite Jack. And we pray thee tb scud the biggest kind ofifl fittleshake to bite' the- oM man, f?$r Wmyar?p W4*^t*haft<iavl4tJ?g- ?bort 9$?^.' tostu worn o?xf sufJ I ... ?r> tore wooughtl?rk?b?r.'^' ^niinidT ..xtitutta The;worst pun. ever unylc is that ?|r^c 5^3f just about to beVnarriet?to'lici*cig^iiTi nu^and, rthc prcvirjiis hSvtrtfe^afeaS ?at^fc iniiftttttfA^fiffttm^ HA. .?9?t ? , .? ?--ctrt vd bw. ?T-fao aov .afdairr? Thcwif?ot^Toni Gordon hi a *>h#t*rWf^l?'ftflr? agilinry ailments* und is;never...so content* when ^yijrSai^^WB te^i!Aif^'lHHui& I*0* medical adviser,y^ ?*\?S "^.f?^ftSr stands her whims and oddities so well that Jrae* imagines , v 'latawdd ,9ta et Mau?'. .11 .jr. humors her in every caprice j if sue im: rbcumh'tisni lH?S c5mpln1nP^^ic0^"rt!e^ her nndqiresolibes .some harmless -poti?'ti; '?'"if. sliu thiuks hor.jlppetitfc^i^asiijg, sotojfc bjffl& pills keep bcr.hi^qp^ ^ir^jtt.pj^ ^fl^oje$ symptoms of some oilier disease induce her to* send again for him. ' -'faring' the las! lour1 yWM ^otil^la'al5 ?ftCn wiehfed thai IrtlWlflFt&utd-? Jffll tfowfco*trf?k and break; her Tool ish bead. for. the reason-. .t4tfl? fcl.^phyahfiai^Sraird ^no^?J\^Ilb^*iki*?W? se.rions inroad \?P04V!||}f i'i^unc* TOirc three buttles of different eoiupound.%' all- h&?tf>J> less, but ratHerf Qlc|>Cn?iveill?oi??i4';i &i y,tteq a cure is a. little rousing.,, Although your nil ? little cticrg)1! aid vmi^ bcr,rbiwc-yo?frtjc*/'?f ' :!' h ??'.Iriioiiolita I After t he *hu-tor 'had ' rot ircd. the - jiatlcatf iaucied t^a-Wit; legt somite serious:MisoW^VtR*? beginning to manifest itself, au?\|^?jkj?B fooli sh.: wont to bed in despair. ? l^Wg ?sj)cri?Stte?^ aftdfeaid rifttrtHlfy* - She wants roasiug, docs; she In YVeR; I'll) give hor.a'. surprise; that ^eri^startJ^ feec,,'f, ?yj-jA - Mrs. Hake an attractive widow, was engaged* to act in the capacity of yurso to/M-rs. (x. widow is young,' Duxbni, ahn?Dle;"and Tora thought hor attractive rrahlitife'&i^V1je^tife available iu .giving .the patient ?he~ necessary rojisiug. . ;'. i v itujiaanvoq ? bam A abort considuj^ cd in the arrangciucnt of a _ plan-,* tho ?secutio^ of which was to induce MVS., ^rl *to- feiJeveff Bernards inf^S^y^ic- fo^iKb^^ 84ir,*M*^ Uato in the next eventng,' whifc1?*"1 tfit?dSP ; Wds fretting and gronlfiin^,'and- aottOUbtiiagt it?rf intention.of gijjHjg.up the_ gh?s.t. , Tom .'called* Mrs. Hake aside.and saidj^uyr in.a .pteteujijj ;ded whisper, but loud enough to .1w Ibc^^^te J the invalid: , " 1 I "Poor l^nViy^ho^ ahoiit 'tiv Mh^ht^tM* and f<? yon and 1 \uAy ns!WfeiV atriinije "fbVWf marrhige." , ? - ?? ... . ,:-.iv bum fljoni threw a gJancoixtVXiivi^s^hojaldetr ?Silw; spoke, and obs^^ved.,t)iat.t,tbe^,<}ytn$.]^Um^ ceased her groaning and began to, rouse her : . . F emm. ?? ?rtifaajt uT-u' a iris* self. ArKsiug <plicKiy-to- a .sitting posture in. tho bed to note every word of thc'co^v?rsafiwbv.1 she s?irod at thorn with ciye^aB= bffe ??wh?jt' onions b.oiled^ ?? .h^- a'w** ?? "Twill be a relief to her,' contin^e?^'|(iltt^ ?for she has always been an invalid. .1^ too,. have suffered a* well as she ; but with you, the , picture of health, as nty ^?ife, happitiess '^o^kl bcAJomploto." d .' ! 1o n>! The widow threw her.-elf upon To'tHs. IshoiUder, her uiiiks s)bputrliis ncck,-,and began to chew his vost. in mouthfuls to smother her , . ., i ? '??? M'TWil"' t ???Giio.rTh laughter. '?How soon shall \vc get married after she1 is dead "f" askod Tom,'passing hisnrw i^iuV.^' tho widow's substantial waist. 4iI suppose you will be willing .Jte^;,?ral|btb week or two?", simpered Mrs. Jlake} as shq Jeaned her head on Iiis shoulder and took ,mk; other mouthful of vest. Tho invalid uttered an ' c^clainati(hi;WSfn5F landed on tho floor. . rrii- >; I. .?*j?c;fX bee "Voii think 1 .uuii*o4o^ to dinj do you?w. she exclaimed. "I'll live to^pitq .jeu boll|^ signing vixen : 1 11 act as my own nurse, hcmiftor/' V ' ,iiWli<l?f<})^lj h'row that day to this,'Mr?. (r. haS-^njejI?1 good spirits, l-eeausc ho haH not had a dootor'a bill to pay. Ho knew fhuw, to cure her '., \fyt\ sho only needed ro,u.sipg, aud Tom rouscd^h^Cs