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[ Tf 1 But lore is like a luscious pen eh? ,' WttiO H;A trftfch Its btootn des'trbysV ; As beautiful its blushing cheek, ? As street its tasted joys. >?-.'? ..?tit rju'M) ffriJ ' ". ? '? 'v .Bot over in Its inmost heart ' A poisonTies, conceale:'.: And nllTts sweetness fades away ?:'Whtn jealousy's revealed. lid* vtlT Vuq rtf.i ?- i ?'?1 vsth-I a;V ? ? - And woman often breaks her teeth * ,,.,,{, Againstth^s,heart of stone, ? . Ana, disappointed, finds in Love,?.,-, [v, ' ***? <Bili bitterness alone. H ? ?. r' <-'?'( If? >? ????'; I Oh ! then, bfcWare! go not too far, Or Jsalousy you'll meot;? du.iL bruHh the bloom and taste the fruit, If you would find hove sweet. I j apjiipi ai t SELECTED STORY. [From the Chamber's Journal, reprinted in the ?Eclectic Magazine.] Z In a city bus. Few of the habitual dwellers in London havu' occasion tq visit tl|q city less frequently that I have. I liayenevgr so^foot'inside the mansion |bf .the Old Lady of Xhrcndncudlc street in iwy life. lTjUjtup,J>hc Sjjo^tHJqrJningo is a complete terra inct-jnita. Of the thousand-and-onc dif ferent methods of ooiniug;tuonov, as practised by merchants, bankers, brokers, and thnt count less army . which, flocks cityward axery wcek duy morning. from uinc till eleven, I know ab solutely nothing. Neither, to beat of my be lief, has the Money .Article of' the TttW? ever been read by ina front U^giuing to end. Yet, notwitlisVattsiiug ull this, it has so happened that, on certain raro occasions, 1 have been compelled, by "urgent private nfTuirs," to join j the throng, of city bees for a low hours and aim; my way eastward with the swarm. At | *tf?tiiue?; 1 liav? generally chosen tri surVcjij unkind froiiii the'box-seat of an omnibus, its om a l:coign of vnuttige" not to be surpassed, ud hardly equalled, for any oue who lovto [0 atch the wr?udcrfi?\ over-shifting panorama of ouduu life. On one ?uehv occasion?now several yenrsf *.f7-thetiiiorning, was so intolerably rainy lat r.^a.sjqbligod.to givo up all thought of my vo'rito pervh aloft with thd'driver, and cou nt myself with the humbler position of an iai.de. ;Af' that time I was only thrco-and lYcnty years old, and had been iu London bont a couple of years, having been sent up om my far-O&home. In one of the northern unties, to attend the cl<tBses of, and to study der, a certain then famous oualyticul chem is^- ;?n the morning to which I bare just re fc.i red, after waiting twenty minutes in the rain, I was glad tq. find a vacant placo inside oije of ehe nomerrms city 'buses that passed the cntj of the stroet in .which my rooms were situated. After having squeezed into my place, and been well scowled at for my paius, I proceeded to take rftook of my companions in misery. We were eleven men and OHO woman, j All of us men. Were more or less moidt; and each of us had a very damp umbrella. We had all put on our severe business air, and we wore all more or less suspioious of the company in which we found ourselves; and-?in conse quence, perhaps, of the badness of the weath-1 cr? we were all more than usually inclined to bully the conductor, and to poke him viciously in tho riW with the ferrules of our umbrel las! ? ? : " ? ?'' ? But tho twelfth inside J Well, she waB a lady, vouug and nicn-looking into tbe bargain ; and envolop?? w^tho" prettiest air of unconscious ness that she. >^ in tho company of eleven blocks of wood, rather that! iu that of as many beings of flesh and blood, not quite unsuscepti ble, let us hope, to the charms of female loveli ness. I have no doubt iu my own mind, thnt if she had travelled any length of time in our company, tho mero fact of her presence would 'havq softqned our manners, and havo weaned us in some measure from that touch-me-not boorishne8s with which, 23 a rule, all passen; gors by omnibus lovo to cloak themselves. But fortunately or unfortunately, as tho case may , bo, journeys by omnibus are of short, duration, and our young lady asked to bo sot down at the corner of Ohcupsido. Previously to this, how aver, wo have stopped some half-dozen timos to lot down and take up other passohgors, all of thorn of the inusculine gcudcr, so that I wus beginuing to look upc-n myself quitb in the j light of an old acquaintance, when our young lady got up to leavo us. I was sitting next the door, as she alighted, and I could not holp no ticing 'how1 pule.she seemed all at bnco to have become. Without heeding tho rain that still kept falling, she began to feel for her purse in a trembling, nervous sort of way, first in ono pocket, and then in another. "I have oither lost my purse, or clso my pocket has been picked !" she said at lust, with a sort of gasp. The conductor, expressed no surprise, but merely put a fresh straw in his mouth,and then asked us "gents" to move while he looked for the purse, "which if youug ladies waB 'bus c'oiiductors," hp" murmured softly to himself, ?'"they would learn to take better care of their money." But the purse was not to be found. "If it really ain't anywhere ubout you, miss," suid the cohductor, as he emerged from among the straw, "then your pocket has been picked, flow much was there in it ?" "Half-a-sovcrcign and fife-and-six-pencc iu silver," answored the youug lady, with tears trembling on her eye-lids. "But that was not all. It also oontalnod a valuable diamond riug, the property of the ludy with whom I am liv ing, alid which I was taking to a jewoUW? not far front bcro, to be repaired." The conductor turned an eye of compassion I on her. "Well, I'm blower! !" he muttered; "to think of anybody in thoir seu.se being so grecu." Then turning quickly on the remain ing insides, he scanned us over ono by one, ending with a solemn shake of the head. "Can do nothiug for you, miss," he said. "You had better go to the police, and give them a description of your property. I knows most of my morning passougcrs for respecta ble city gents;' but there wusouc fishy-lookiug cove?him as got in at Kdgowaro Road, and sat next you, miss, all the way to Farringdou street?what I dhiu't like the looks of; and if your piir.se was taken by anybody after you got into the 'bus, I'll lay odds that was the cove that took it. And wasn't he a downydookiny Card ! Oh, no, not a bit of it!" And the conductor winked at mc potentously, to signify that his la,:t remark was meant for "sarkas uui."^' ' / . .. .. "But I hnvo uot even moucy loft to pay my fare with," urged the young lady. Haifa dozen purses were out at once, such was the influence of beauty in distress. "Never mind the fare, miss," answered the conductor, affably, as he mounted to his ?iVcK, , "A tannor won't cither break tho Co" o7 nuike it.i rbrtune. You go to the pol Leo^-t hat's What you've got.to <lo. AU right. -Joey ; go ahead." Thv 'bus drove away, leaving tho- young lady standing on the curb. She put dewn her fall, to hide' her wet eyes, ami was turning sadly away, when our conductor leaped nimbly down, ran.back to her, said a few words, and wus on his pprch again in less than two minutes. ??Thought it best to give the poor young crce tur my number," he remarked confidentially to mo, "and the address of our secretary, in case of anythink turning up. But that ain't likely, you know, sir. lAh,it ^tftb?^Whyr1?i1c|hg cove yoi\ ^y depend upon it." T was detailed in the pity till 5 o'clock. At that hour I set off westward, with the intou .( ..." ? . tion of walking home. The rain had ceased hour ago, and a fresh crisp breeze was now blowing. Over tho murky city roofs the. moon was rising iu an unclouded sky, aud all the ; shops were ablaze with light. My rooms \vero in a. street leading out o>f Oxford street; but having one or two calls to make, I chose, this evening, to go round by way of the Strand nud Charing Cross. My calls are mude, 1 turned up St. Martin's Lane, as niy nearest way home, and was walking carelessly aloug that classic thoroughfare, when whom should 1 see a little way in front of me, staring intently into tho window of a jeweller's shop, but the "fishy-looking cove" of my frieud tho conduc tor ! I rccoguized him iu a moment, haviug taken particular notice of hiui while he was my fellow-passenger iu the morning. Not that there was anything either iu his appearance or manners thut made nie suspicious of his hon esty, but rather that he offered such a marked contrast to tho respectable well-tododookiug man, dressed in black ; with a hat and boots that had been carefully "doctored," and might still <lo some weather service, but which were \\\ calculated to stand the brunt of a rainy day. His mouth was that of a habitual dram drinker. His eyes were weak aud watery ; and his high-ridged aquiline uoso had an in flamed look about it, suggestive of many a deep potation. His chin had ovidently not felt a razor for several days; and the minute fragments of straw and chaff which cluug to his dress, and wore mixed up with his unkempt, hair, Hinted at the style of accommodation to which ho had been reduced during tho pie coditig night. Yet with all this, the fellow carried a jaunty little banc, which he swung to and fro as though he had not a care in the world; aud he had on a pair of dog-?kiii gloves that would Have looked stylhd? \f t|ipy ]iflu uot been quito so dirty. But was it ho who took tho youug lady'a purse? That was the question ; and tjip often* j or 1 looked at the man, tho more inclined I Jolt to endorse tho opinion of the 'bus con- | ductor. A brown morocco purse, con turning fifteen-and-aixponco in cash, an? ^ lady's 'diamond ring of tho Value of fifty guln eas?-not a bad morning'svork fur ft -'gentlehian in reuVtced, cirouuiBtantics. rln.s?ch , ?'case, however, al| tho.su^misiqg'in.^o world was of no avail. No ono had seen him t^yfhe purse, and ab long as he kept his own counsel, ho wasj bnfe"from detection. The grand point wan to} ascertain whethcr'hc really had tho ring dr a pawnbroker's duplicate for it about his person ! Buidiow to do this ? ^ ,r * This was the , problem that 1 kept turniug over and over in my mind as I cautiously fol lowed \tf> my man when he went on his way from the jeweller's shop. At the top of the lane ho seemed to hesitate for half a, minute ; then h,o turned, to the right, and went up Long Apre, I, still following cautiously about a dozen yardB in the rear. '?I will put you to a simple test, my friend," th?tight I; "and as you come out of it, so will I adjudge you innocent or guilty." Hurrying up behind him, I tapped him lightly on the arnr. "I beg your pardon/? I said, "bu.t did you drop this pencil-case Just now ?" i .. <? He started as I touched him, aud seemed for a few seconds as if he could not take in the meaning of my question. He looked at me with eyes full of suspicion. Whether he re cognized me ns one of his fellbw-passengors by the morning's 'bup, I could not determine. We had halted opposite a large shop, and the light from the window shone full on my silycr pencil-case, oh which, at length, when he was apparently satisfied with his scrutiny of my face, his glanco fastened greedily. ? "Picked it up, did you say V ho asked, as he bogan to fumble with thumb and &nger,.iu. his waistcoat pocket. "Just behind you/' I answered. '^But if it's uot yours, I shan't" L^her any 'more about it, but pocket it myself." ? "But it is mine," ho put iu eagerly. "How stupid of me to lose it!"?I put the iponcil case in his hands without hesitation.?"I am really much obliged to you," he went on, "for your kindness iu returning it. As you urow older, young gentleman, you will fhf? that hon esty is thtil exception .in thia world., nnd not the "AVefrj Pnf glaa to have found the owner," F saftd, with a laugh. "You seem to value the case?" '? ?' "I do value io. youug gentleman/' unswercd the old hypocrite. "Less, perhaps, frem its intrinsic worth, than from tho fact ?htui it is the sole relic now left mo of a very dear friend. Friendship.ever let us cherish, A truly noble sentiment !" "Thon, if you value it ao highly," I said, "you can hardly object to stand half a go of brandy for its recovery." "Half a goof brandy !" ho said, in a horri- \ ued tone. "Young man. young man. I'm vorv j much arVftid??" I had taken out my watch, a valuable gold tavcr. As his eye fell on- it, his intended re monstrance came to an abrupt conclusion. "Well?ah?yes. you are quito right," he re sumed, "and 1 shall be happy to treat you to a go of brandy. To what place shall we ad journ ?" "To the nearest house, plcaso. I want to get home to my dinner." So wo went to the noarcst tavorn, where my new acquaintance ordered a glass of brandy for me, and half a pint of stout for himself.. Not to be behind-luiud, I ordered a couple of cigars. "Been in London loug?" asked my compan ion, as I was lighting my weed. "No, only a few mouths. Fresh from the couutry." "At the risk of being thought impertinent, may I just inquire to what particular line of business your talents are devoted'/" ? To no line at all, j?:at at present. The fact is," I ndded, lowering my voice to the proper confidential toue, "I had a little mouey left me about a year ago, and I am up iu Lon don looking out ior a sound business invest ment. But I've mqt with nothing to niv Hk trig, so far; in fact, I'm getting tired of town, ""'J have naif a mind to go back home, and take my money with me." I could sco tho old scamp's eyes brighten as he drank in my words eagerly. "My dear young friend, if you will allow mo to call you so," he began iu blandly persuasive accents, "let me couusel you to do nothing rashly. Thoro are thousands of excclleut in vestments in London. Hut what uou want is a until at your back who knows all the ins and outs of this great, city ; who knows how to separate the wheat from the chaff; aud who can distinguish, almost as it were by instinct, a sound investment from a rotten one." "All very fine. But where is a greenhorn like me to find such a ihan V The gesture w ith which my scampish friend bowed to uic, and laid his hand p? his heart. ha?l in it t\f touch of tho sublime' "It is uot for \\ modest mail like me to vaunt himself or hin qualifications, but T?mot qui cow parte? hrt-V? liYdfl ,u London all my life, and I have riot lived fwith my "eyes InW Although t am, jns?> now? Why"Wcitfpt! to''deny1 itfJ'-^rri ?ornei| measure ?ndelr1 n' cl?nd, :irijr 'fbrtJuh^r'jflji; proud to-say; hnViTSbt' ?lw^y^'Be'e'n1 at-:ifeoir preaont.lowebh:';aMy wifc^she is'Mfti rfew*, poor creature !?at one time*^ept 'hoV'brbiugh am and pair j and I had iriyhack' ibVtKe" p(arfc" and a hunter down ft Melton. But, those day a aregqncj never ^.retorn,,. (Drink up, sir, and let us;haye another .glass.)b J? was ruined iu the yeur: of,the great pc'iip,; All tho more, then, Vr^^J^^^^^f^mpfAnei through buck-si bitter experience,, tqjfill the part of a judicious Mentor To iue^pericqced youth, with capital at its back.,, Sir^ my h,pmbla. services arc yours to comiuaud." blida wiT *t>d ?v "Well," I said,' with a dubious air,.5'it-5is^j just possible that you might be able to put,me up to a useful wrih'kieru* two. ' ftiit in'anv case, I this is not the spot to discuss such matters. Come dnd haVe 'a bit or dinner w^V me at my roomsj and wo can'talk' things'o^vcr affcer^ Ward, with, the assistance of'a pipe and, a turn bier," ? tl'V? '?. "A bit of'dinner, a pipe and a tirnibler ! IIa, ha I, I will attend yon, my young friend, with the utmost satisfaction!" , ' (Concluded in our Next.*) , _ ,Q<ftl ' Mill! r. it uY.tifl V K VE'I "'6"tT Sv T ^ ; a.T/M<b%*! I r. Ut<\_; -):? ?? ? ??.-..>:&'; H ?? -l jHUJ ... ?? ?'< '/inn:ait i [From the Charleston Mercury j THE NEGRO CONVENTION* > 'thursday 6tII. M T. \\ . Lewis, outside white, proved. i^JUeL roll was called and the miuutcs , of. .Tuesday afternoon . and u cdue^dav moriiuig-.worc, rcadj and confirmed. ' > , ; J r ? r Maul aha obtained leave ofab^ence^ Q ( The' 5th,section of the c^u^ij^oual ^report Was SJ to a' third reading/, /Avps, NayS 1 / . ^rr - t_.._ The Commit V;uU Petitions reported , .unfa vourably on ? p?tttion for the du>trib\Uion of government huds amou^ descrying citizens of south Carolina; * orl 'the ^mid*' that' it"'was without signatures.' Adopted. Cardoza, Jjy permission4, presented tKo same petition in. proper form, aud it was referred to the Jivlieia- f ry Ci-uunittco. The. ordinance report-, el-by t&e Miscellaneous Committee passed- its second reading- Sections ti to 10 of the educational rcpnrt wore passed'to a third reluftng. F1UDAY Gth. Darrtngtion prayed, the roll was called, and the minutes of Wednesday attcrijoon -and Thursday morning read and confirmed. C. M. Wilden offered a resolution requiring all railroads in the State to charge the same | rates for passage and freight over their entire length. Referred to the Legislative Com mittee. Parker offered a resolution providing for holding municipal elections in all the "cities and towns of the State, thirty days after the 'j ratification of the constitution; Referred to Special Committee. The petitions of J. D. Ashniore and J. Kih ler for removal of political disabilities, were 're ferred to the Committee on- Potitions Sections 1 and 2 of the miscellaneous report were passed to & third sea.s2rog. *? Section 3 was rejected. Ayes 47; iwiys 50. Thcro was much talkiug. munoeuvoring and voting, but uothing further was accomplished. Tus Plain Truth, and Wuoi.esoaib Ad vice.?l'red. Douglass recently delivered au address to tho colored people of Akron, Ohio, in the course of which be discoursed as fob lows? liTbe negroes had no more reason to feel thankful to the government for their freedom than had the Hebrews to foel' thankful to Pharoah for their deliverance from bondiigol Tho government was driven to emancipate them, and did it as a matter of policy and not from any ehristuiu motives of right aud justice, that although it was possible that, naturally, they wore equal to the Whites, they were not practically. They must rise through their own exertions to a much higher degree or intelli gence beforo being allowed all the1 rights ortd privileges of the white race. Ho dfd hot blame them for beiug iu tho condition inSwhioh they now were, as it was caused by . jjjjo^ degrading influence of slavery. He should, however cen sure them harshly if they suffered themselves to remain so without striving hard for improve ment. That if fiftoen years hohco found them whoru they now were, their destiny was scaled, as they were now on probation, and if they failed (ii that time to uobly uequ.U vhoutsolyes, it would be almost impossible for. them make any advancement. A uew villugo has becd creoted just outsido the limits of Cvocnvillc, owned entirely by industrious freedtucn of that Wwii^ (, During tho recent oold weather, a man and bis horse, traveling in Southern Louiaiuna* were frozen to death. An uuc.mnnon occur rence tu far South. Soon after the late war. when ajB' amnesty OTth^mof^r^mrno^ oatb-^^aB'b6oyia^eoyby!Bo^*<g^^^5 "a thing of beauty" (?) which wo#&HaWfc# ' over?a long^iianfc scion, of the' C?nfWwKcy, clad in butt?rput deans, walkbdntnf^t4?<s> VHP vost Marshal's office at Clwrlott^lll^tqi&dftiiS' ^JdJ> vnitrnui bottir*i{r *o* wflf, : JfimW)fto^^ &?oVttv* ?^ftSpwn. Rfc' .nolljgt j: Jtffl? ?cfi^ro J? .RbaHsO <ISea "The dapper mtle- "iudivnul ' presiding p^cr the efetabiMmbht Wp'iiedf inWu^8bc oath here." .*oUn*tw ?.UuMereut'b^'Wu^^^ ?tifed into; the iu?titution^quiek?'rn'hS-liicinr^?Wicn^ a.jffsH-hert".Uo'ho?sJx:? vn*t >* ?^a v(tb Reb's name, rank, regiment; ?aiuL'Lphicorof' ing suddenly aro jnd. as if he had forgotten, something, addr&s^Hf?lFfa W'&^fe. ? fnnotitfrfary.Mo ?? ?ttr-oH & rJwnO? j ' -"Say ?ap{'b,'irm' ik&8rttfirOTnfo^ I?" .ioHhv.?** a ajrir ?II .o-nTalA?<2 j/i^es, S>r," yeplied^the ofjpwf^bh- djglsu^.. ."Weih." with;^jq,uizBed Jooki "i'm as gbod a. - : 1 "Yes, Bir. you are." .HttolUitm v^taafi? Cap h?T.iu.tho Valley?r . , , r _ ?/Uifh-.Lno'w fair vaapud o^td* .'}}jfi*Xl *tc?" ? ply, but it is presumable he thought it was a striking 'c^mpie^-thc'* ,<r%rrf??^5Ron4h ' donth.'^ ;atxoKiaq r.aiiwt-m botwd .ffEJ^''?^1" j n;.. t \... ...? i,..-^y^K.K fcg^ ^.oiti J mnoV How that Cnlf got Through the AugCT1 .^iir J?n*??n ><l juiiJftTrooriB.*?>?!if vrf^*tb divtf certain town ia Virginia, concluded to build a. stand, or store, on one of the main streets, for t W purpose, Ofvending rifcr f&rW,^v{ti?* rt&; budding1, lie l^ntl#^S^w^|ra^ offif0 sign it would be beat to p?'t up ibr' the' ^dr- ^ . pose of attracting attention to his new. estatv lishtncnt; and for days aud wepks he was.ser^*^ ly 'puzzled pu the subject; ;.Se^e^^v^^ (Wcrc adopted, and, on. further considexation|.?j rejected. At last a happy idea' struck him.'. Ho bored arranger hole through thc*8b0r post nnd stuck a calf's tail int?? itf1riilX-w$^vfafSr* end flaunting out. ad ItytoSKttirf* e?C Aftetawbile, he noticed n 'gjravV Wa^nc*8? personage standing near tho door,:wit!i4%J?e^la'*<s?l clcs on, gazing intently on tho sign. And there he continued te stend gazing and gazing until Vfc the curiosity of tho tanner was greatly exoi?*At>c* in turn, lie stepped out anxl addressed, ??the.:^. individual: . ^va 194} ' ??UoQd ?uon,h,f" =aid he(l , ? '-Mormus, su.,1 the olh^j^f^,?^ hiB.6yes[fr<Sm the sign. ?tt99iw ''You waut to buy leather?" said the store keeper.' " ? "'" ' aU ^ ^'No."' ^Do.yon..?inhe?Mll;li[idesf^'-> ~u -,] ojloi"' '' '?'"?''??''-??"^ n?i*?ll *<fS? uAke jotta.ijwmer ?."'-^^i ^','r*, ^ VNo.V HtKt rJi iHisiw **>t?i& UsJ-iffvl "Arc you a merchant ?" ? 'H ^ "Xo-" ... - .-?:?.::?/ aoate^ ^wkifi v ''Arc you a lawyer?" ^ m4w "A?e you a m^f*****0* ^f*5 ?Xo." * ' .ii Ica-nSo 'fWhat the d-1 are you then ?" .&0&,1H& "I'm a philosopher. I have been standing , here for an hour, trying to see if I could'-ascqr tain how that calf got 3>r^jSyjp^?-^P^^^faf^, and I can't make it outrto s'aVe my ftfel- ^ ? i i Neaiikst tHk FntE.?Dnringf the sittihg?T?f*,,t^ n court in Conneltieut uot long aga on a^M?ty^^ eold evening, a crowd of lawyers had gathered round the open fue that burno^ c^ecrf^O^ 015^^ the hoarth in tliQ ^bar-rooin, which a. tr^^or^y^ entorcd. benumbed and cold;?but noo?cy?jpUjfatfR to give him room to warm his shins, so ,U(i leaned against tho back part of the gOQm- impft ml \6> Presently a sharp limb of the law MPjftMMtd; ' him, and thd fblloAiibg dfe'lbgWfeflfi &t$l "Yotfldok 4ik^t>avelet.J' *? <&&a "Wall,11 BUppose l am^ $4oln^all*<no w^*??^ from Wisbonsin ? >Vhat atdistahe? W ctit8&0& a* pair of legal" 'I*'*? T** ;-"\Va?l. 1 done it anyhow/1' ' <"-4^ ?? =? Did you ever para .through.. heU:M'riJWyer?filT . yaut travels V ? w&tifo ^losSt ?ttU "Yes, bir ; I'vo been thrugh the outskirts.^ ? ' Ml thought likely. Wcli, what arojjyup|9t uors aud .eustouisX Spui$;q? .jgpjyjd^j^%<ftl?la!0 ku?w,,,i ^ .!t;,, nOAmiot .tK *?rfi Im "Oh, you'll find tK.ni much tho samo. asxiil^h ?if this place. The lawyers sit nearest tho fire/*' ?I_? iUttfd ???? t:l >t? '? ?' Tho pinpoXt of..1 Dornapjgiviag birth to ftwxj^i^ ohildren at> oabe ifti?t.-Ajouis-,' tt first thoaglitt;a^H to bo a hoax, turns out to bo an actual factv Hundreds of Jadiea have visited the mother^ .