The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, March 26, 1870, Image 2

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I' 11 M ?! ' . . /SM two doll AUS PER ANNUM. }? VOLUME 4. GOD AND O?R a^OXTNTIIY. { always in advancz. SATURDAY MORNING-, MARCH 26. 1870. NUMBER 6 THE OJRANGEBCJRGr NEWS ?:ot~* published AT ORANGEDURG, 8. C. Every Satnrday Morning. "HAS. If. HALL d> CO. PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. ?:o:? TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. ?ae Copy for one year. $2.00 l tt i* ?? Six Month*. 1.00 Any on* sending TEN DOLLARS, for a Clnb of Now Subscribers, wiH receive an EXTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, freo of charge. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS, for a Club of New Subscribers, will receive an EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of charge. ?:o:? RATES OP ADVERTISING. 1 Square 1st Insertion... $1.50 ?? ?? 2d 44 . 1.00 A Square consists of 10 linos Brevier or one Inch: of Advertising space. Administrator's Notices, .$5 00 Ifetiees of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad ministrators, Executors, Ac.$9 00 Contract Advertisements inserted upon the most liberal terms. ... ?:o:? MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, Bet exceeding one Square, inserted without eharge. Terms Cash in Advance, F. M. WANNAMAKER, attorney at law, Will be at ORANQEBURG, on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. At LEWISV1LLE on the other days of the Week. fob 12 tf Augustus B. Knowlton, Attorney A Counsellor at Law. AT LEWISVILLE.?Wednesday and Sat nrday.'. Resides at "Oakland" near Fort Mette, S. C. dee 18 Sm LAW NOTICE. DeTreville & Sistruuk, attorneys at law, orangeburg, s. c. W. J. DaTaavitxa. F. O. SfSTacxK. panels tf GLOVER & GLOVER, ATTORNEYS A En C?ITtf?ELLOKS AT LAW, ORANGEBURG C. IL, S. C. Taee. W. Gloveb. Mortimer Glovkb. ja?S ly ATTORNEYS AN"D SOLICITORS. Will attend the Courts in Orangeburg, Barnwell and Beaufort, and the United States Cearts. OFFICE AT ORANGEBURG. S O. W. M. II uts ok. W, F. Hutsos. T. K. Lraxna. ja? 23 e ly IZLAR & DIBBLE, attorneys and solicitors, ORANGEIi L UC, S. C. Jambs p. Iblab. Samuel Dibble. fob 28 * ly MALCOLM L BROWNING, attorney at law, OBAMGERUKti C. II., So. Ca aug 21 ly .A. J. SALINAS, factor and COMMISSION MERCHANT, CHARLESTON S. C. Liberal advances made on Cotton. RaraBBNCBS?First National Bank, Peo ple's National Bank, Messrs. Jno. Fr?ser & Co., Charleston, 8. C. july 81?ly INSURE YOUR LIFE. THE KtyUITABLE LIFE CON ducts its business on the purely mutual all cash plan. -pay AS TOD GO" is the aafc rale in LIFE ASSURANCE as in anything else. Its NEW BUSINESS in the year 1808 ex ceded that of any ?'CHECK," "NOTE" or "MIXED" COMPANY by upwards of Twelve M fllions. ALL PROPITS divided among the Policy Holders annually. INC?ME. 0,000,000.00 ASSETS.10 000 000.00 lue EQUITABLE ASSURANCE SOCIETY offers to the Public all the REAL ADVAN TAGE which can with safety be oonceded by any Company N. AUSTIN BULL, june20?apt 8?tf Local Agent. FLOUR. WILLIAM H, iion-aki>, flower dealer aNjj commission merchant, No. 2 8pear's Wharf Baltimore, M I). . -&hhI (o ?h?hte ?INE, SUPER, EXTRA and FAMILY FLOUR, suitable for Retail ing, constantly on hand, jan 22 3ui OPEN AGAIN HUNTERS Photograph Gallery. ORANGEBURG, S. 0. PAINTING FIRST CLASS FIRST CLASS HAVING TWENTY YEARS Experience with tho BRUSH,, I offer ray services to the public as a House and Couch Painter. All work guaranteed to give satisfaction. Or ders 4eft nt the Probate Office, or Store of John ?. Stocker Esq., will bo promtly at tended to. feb20?tf JAMES A. WILLIAMS. CABINET MAKER AND UNDER TAKER, WM. AIKEN BULL. Having opened a Cabinet Shop in the rear of the Baptist Church, is prepared to attend to all busines in his line, and respectfully offers his services to the people of Orange burg and vicinity. feb <9 8m NEW^??DS JUST RECEIVED AND OFFERING LOW FOR CASII BY F. E. SALINAS, BAMBERG AND GRAHAM'S T. O dec 18 tf M. ALBRECHT, ROOT AND SHOE MAKER, ORA\OEB1)RG, 8. C\. RESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE- CITI sens of Orangehurg and Vicinity that lie has opened at In? NEW STORE on Uus sell Street, between Messrs. Hriggmann & Co. and MeNamnrn .V Jone*, with a complete Stork of LEATHER, &0., and that he has sufficient Workmen totili all Ordtu nmn? ed to hint. Thanking tho Public for past patronage, re. pect! it 1 v Solicits a coat .nuance of the nitme. 'I ERMS CASH. feb uct 23 tf E. S. BURNHAM, Sueeeespr f<> R. W. Jiurnhom, ?i'21 King St., Sign Red Mortar, juBt below Culliouu St., Charleston, S.* C, dkalkr in Drugs, Medicines. Chemirnlf, Alcohol. Pure Wines au<i Liquors for Medicinal Pur poses. Perfumery, Soaps, llrushes, Funcy and Toilet Articles. ' oct '2 ly WM. C. BEE & CO., Factor? and COM MISSION M KRCII ANTS, 22 A DOER'S WHARF, CHAR L US TON, S. C. Wm. C. Rkk. TnitnrKma D. Jkavsrt LIBERAL ADVANCES made upon Con signments to the above House, for the Char leston, New York and Liverpool Markets. Apply to JAMES R ROW NE, sept 4?tf At D. Louis' Store. W H I T E ' S 91 A R R 1? K IV ORKS, 117 Meeting-Street. Charleston, So. Ca. MONUMENTS. HEAD STONES. MAR hie and Stone Tile, Rluc Flagging and brown Stone Work, of every description. SCOTCH GRANITE MONUMENTS, Irs;: Mailings. a. n. white. b. n. wiilTB. may 1 c I'Jm EDWARD PERRY 155 MEETING STREET, OppoHito CharlcKlon Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. S. DEALER IN SCHOOL, LAW and MEDI cul Rooks. LAW BLANKS, &c, BLANK ROOKS of nil Steles on hand and made to order. STATIONERY of ull kinds. PRINTING of every description executed with promptness and at reasonable rates. PRINTING PAPERS and Wade & Co.'s Rook and Job PRINTING INK. oc? 2 Cm IJ. IJ. TOALE, Manufacturer of Doors, Sash Blinds, Charleston, S. C, HAVING THE LAUGEST AND MOST COMPLETE FACTORY in the South ern States, and keeping always on hand a large and most complete stock of D00US, SASHES, BLINDS, Sash Doors, Store Doors, Shutters. Mouldings. ho., T am enabled to sell low mid at maftafafttoreTs' prices. N. B.?Strict attention paid to shipping in good order, july 3 I apl 34 ly [published dt beqdebt.] TItIE GOLD-BUG. BY EDGAR A. POE. What ho! what ho! this fellow iB dancing niad ! He hath, beea bitten by the Tarantula. All in the Wrong. Many years ago, I contracted an inti macy with a Mr. Wm. Legrand. Ho was of nn nncieut Huguenot family, and had unco been wealthy ; but a series of mis fortunes had reduced him to want. To avoid the mortification consequent upon his disasters, ho loft New Orleans, the city of Iiis forefathers, and took up his residence nt Sullivan's Isluud noar Charleston, South Carolina. The Island is a very singular ono. It 'consists of little else than the soa sanl, and is ubout three miles loug. Its breadth at no poiut exceed a quarter of a mile. It is separated from the main land by a scurcely perceptible creek, ooziug its way through a wilderness of rcuds and sliinc, a favorite resort of the marsh-hen. The vegetation, as might be supposed, is scant, or at least; dwarfish. No trcc8of any maguitude are to be seeu. Near the western extremity, where Fort Muultric stands, and where are some mis erable frame buildings, tenanted, during summer, by the fugitives from Charles ton dust and fever, may be iound, in deed, the bristly palmetto; but the whole islaud, with the exception of this western poiut, und a line of hard, white beach on the seu-cnast, is covered w'th a dense undergrowth of the sweet myrtle, so much prized by the horticulturists of Etigland. The shrub here often attains the height of filteen or twenty feet, and forms an ulmost impenetrable coppice, burtheuing the air with its fragrance. In the inmost recesses id' this coppice, not far from the eastern or more remote end of the isluud, Legrand had built himself a small hut, which he occupied when 1 first, by mere accident, made his acquaintance. Ilm soon ripened into friendship?for there was much in the recluse to excite interest and esteem. I found him well educated, with unusual powers of mind, but infected with mis uutbropy, and subject to perverse moods of alternate eutbUstaSUl and melancholy. He bad with him many books, but rarely employed them. His chief umusctueuts were gunning and fishing, or sauntering along the beuch und through the myr tles, in quest of shells or etninologicu) specimens: his collection of the lutter might have been envied by a Swatmner damtn. In these excursions he wus usu ally accompanied by an old negro, called Jupiter, who had been munumitted be fore the reverses of tho family, but who could be iuduecd, neither by threats nor by promises, to abandon what he consid ered his right of attendance upon the footsteps of his young "Massa Will." It is not probable that the relatives of Legraud, conceiving him tobe somewhat unsettled in intellect, had contrived to instil this obstinacy into .Jupiter, with a view to the supervision and guardianship of the wanderer. The winte s in the latitude of Sulli van's islaud ure seldom very severe, and in the fall of the year it is a rare event indeed when u fire is considered uccessa ry. About the middle of October, 18?, ihero occurred, however, a day of remarkable chilliness. Just before sunset I scran.bled my way through the cver-grcens to the hut of my friend, whom 1 hud not visited for several weeks ?my residence being, at that time, iu Charleston, a distuueu ol nine miles from the island, while the facilities of passage and re-passage were fur behind those of the present day. Upon reaching the hut 1 rapped, as my custom, and getting no reply, sought for the key where I knew it was secreted, unlocked the door and went in. A fiue fire WOJ blazing upon the hearth. It wus a novelty, and by no means uu uugruteiul one. I threw off an ovcrcoa , took an arm-chair by crackling logs, and awaited patiently the arrival of my host. Soon alter dark they arrived, and gave me a most cordial welcome. Jupiter grinning trout ear to ear, hustled about to prepare some m-Msli-hcns for supper Legrand wus in one of Iiis fits?how else shall 1 term I hem .'?of enthusiasm. He had Iound un unknown bivulve, formiug a uew genius, and mure thuu this, bu hud hunted duwn and secured, with Ju piter's assistance, a tcarut?tiiu which he believed to bo totally new, but in respect to which he wished to have my opiuion oil the morrow. "And why not to-night?" I asked, rubbing my hands over the blaze, and wishing the whole tribe of scaruboei at I the devil. "Ah, if I had only kaopro you wore here 1" said Legrand, "but it's no long since 1 saw you ; and how could I foresee that you w:;'.:!;! pay rsc - visit this very night of all others? As I was coming houic I met Lieutenant G--, from the fort, and, very foolishly, I lent him the bug ; so it will be impossible for you to see it until the morning.' Stay here to uight, and I will Bend Jup down for it at sunrise. It is the loveliest thing in creation.!" "What ??sunrise 7" "Nonsense! no!?the bug. It is of a brilliant gold color?about the sizo of a large hickory nut?with - two jet bluck spots near one extremity of the back, and another somewhat longer, at the oth er. The antenna' are?" " Duy aint no tin in him, Massa Will, I keep a tcllin on you," here interrupted Jupi'er; "do bug is s> goule bug, solid, ebery bit of him, inside and nil, sep him wing?ncber feel half so hebby a bug in my me. "Well, suppose it is, Jup," replied Lc grand, somewhat more earnestly, it seemed to me, than the case demanded, "is that any reason for your letting the birds burn ? The color," here he re turned to me?"is really almost enough to warrant Jupiter's idea. You uever suw u mure brilliant metulic lustre than the sealrs emit?but t*f this you cannot judge till to-morrow. In the meantime I can give you some idea of the shape." Saying this, he seated himself at a small table, on which were u pen und ink, hut no papor. lie looked fur some iti u drawer, but found none. "Never mind," said he at length, ' this will answer ; and he drew from hi.> waistcoat pocket a scrap of what 1 took to be very dirty fools cap, and made upon it u rough drawing with the pen. While he did this, 1 retained my seat by the tire, f r 1 was still chilly. When tlie* desigt) was. complete. he^Vanded it to mo without rising. As I received it, a i -od gmwl was heard, succeeded by a scratch ing ut the door. Jupiter opened it, and a large Newfoundland belonging to Le grand, rushed in, leaped upon me; shoul ders, and loaded tue with caresses j for 1 had shown him much attention during previous visits. When his gambol.-, were over, 1 looked at the paper, and, to speak the truth, found myself not n little put tied at what my h ie ml had depicted. '?Well !" I said, after contemplating it for some minutes, "this is a strange mcarabaius, I must confess : new to me : never saw anything like it before?un less it wits u skull, or death's-head? which it more nearly resembles than anything else that has come under my observation. "A death's-head !" echoed Logrand? 1 Oh?yes?well, it has something of that adpearunco upon paper, no doubt. The two upper black .-pots look like eyes, eh? and the longer one at tin bottom like a mouth?and then the shape ol the whole irt oval. "1'erhaps so," said I ; "but, Lcgrand, I feur you are no art i.-t. 1 must wait until I sec the h.-cti.- itself, if I am to formauy idea of its personal appearance." "Well, 1 don't know," said he. a little nettled, "1 draw tolerably?should do it ut least?have had good masters and flatter myself that I am not quite a blockhead." "Hut, my dear fellow, you are joking then," said I, "this is u very passable skidl?indeed, 1 may say that it is u very excellent skull, according to the vulgar notions about such specimens ut physiology?and your scarabutut must be the (pteerest tcaruboetU in the world if is resembles it. Why. we may get up a very thrilling bit of superstition upon this hint. I presume yoo will call the bug scaraltoens oaput hominis) ur some thing of that kind?there are many similar titles in the Natural Histories. Hut where are the antenae you spoke of?" "Tho untenur!" said Legrand, who seemed to be getting unaccountably warm upou the.subject; "I am sure you must sec thu antennae. 1 made them as distinct us they ure in thu original insect, and I presume that is sufficient." "Well, well," I said, "perhaps you huve?still I tlun't see them;" an 1 1 handed him the paper without an addi tional remark, nut wishing to rumple his temper ; but I was much surprised at the turu aOuirs hud taken ; his ill humor puzzled me?uud, as for the drawing of tho beetle, there were positively no an tenna? visible, . ibu whoic did bear a very closo resemblance to tho ordiuary cuts of a deathVhcnd. lie received the puper very peevishly, und was about to crumple it, apparently to throw it in the fire, when a casual glance at the design seemed suddenly to rivet his attention. In an instant his face grew violently red?in another as excessively palo. For some minutes he continued to scrutinize the drawing minutely where he sat. At length he arose, took a candle from' the table, and proceeded to seat himself upon a sea chest in the furthest curuer uf the room. Here again he made an anxious examina tion of the paper; turning it in all direc tions. He said nothing, however, and his conduct greatly atitonixhed me; yet I thought it prudcut not to exacerbate the growing mnodiness of his temper by any comment. Presently he took from his coat pocket a wallet, placed the paper carefully in it, and deposited both in a writing-desk, which he locked. He now grew more composed in his demeanor; but his original air of enthusiasm had quite disappeared. Vet he seemed not so much sulky as abstracted. As the evening wore away he became more and more absorbed in reverie, from which no sullies of .. ine could arouse him. It had been my intention to pass the night at the hut, as I had frequently done be fore, seeing my host in this mood, I deemed it proper to take leave. He did not press me to remain, but, as I depar ted, be shook my band with oven more than his usual cordiality. It was about amouth after this (and during the interval I had seen nothing of Legraud) when I received a visit, at Charleston, from his man. Jupiter. I bad never seen the good old negro look sn dispirited, und I feared that some serious disaster had befallen my friend. -Well, Jup," said I. " What is the mutter now??how is your master?" '?Why, to speak de troof, massa, him not so berry well as mought be." "Not well? I am truly sorry to hear it. What docs he complain of?" "Dar? dat's it ??him neber plain of not in?but him berry sick for all dat." '* Very sick. Jupiter ??why didn't you say ut once? Is he coufiued to bed ?" "No, dat he aint ??be uint find no whar?dat's just wliar de shoe pinch? my mind is got to be berry hebby bout poor Massa Will." "Jupiter, I should like to understand what it is you are talking about. You say your master is sick. Hasn't he told you what ails biui ?" "Why, massa, taint worf while for to git mad about du mutter?Massa Will suy nofliu at all aint de mutter wid him? but den what make him go about looking dis bear way, wid he bead dowti and he soldiers up, and as white as a goso ?" And den he keep n syphon all de time?" " Keeps ii what, Jupiter?" " Keeps a syphon wid the figgurs on de slate?do qucerfst figgurs I ebber did see. Ise giiiiu to be skeered, I tell you. I lap for to keep mighty tight eye pon him UOOVers. I bad a big stick ready cut for to ejb him deuced good beating when be did come?but Ise sich a fool dat I hadn't de heart arter all?he look so berry poorly." "Kb??what??ah yes??upon the whole I think you bad better not be too severe with thu poor fellow?don't flog him, Jupiter?lie can't very well stund it ? but can you form no idea of* what has occasioned this illness, or rather this change of conduct ? Has anything un pleasant happened since I smy you ?" ?' No. massa, (ley uint bin uoffin on pleasent since den?'twas jure den I'm feared?'twas dc berry day you wat> dare." How ? What do you mean?" ,,Why, massa, 1 menu de bug?dare uow." " The what?" ?? Do bug?I'm berry sartain dat Massa Will bin bit souicwhere bout tho head by dat goole-bug." " And what cause have you, Jupiter, for such a supposition ?" " Claws enutr, massa, and uiouff too. I nebber did seo sich a deuced bug?he kick and he bite cbery ting what cum near him. Massa Will cotch him fuss, but bad lor to kt him go gin mighty quick, I tell you?den wus de time he must have got the bite. I didn't like de look ob do bug inouff, myself, no how, so 1 wouldn't take hold ob him wid my finger, but I coutch him wid a peace ob paper und stuft" pieco ob it in ho uioutf? dat was de way." " And you think, then, that your mas ter was really bitteu by the beetle, and that tho bite made him sit*; ?" "I don't tiuk Doffiu about it?I domo it. What make him dream bout de goole so much ; if taint cause he bit by de goole-bug f Ise heerd bout dem goole bugs fore dis." "But bow do you know he dreams about gold ?" "How I know ! why cause he talk about it in he sleep?-dat's how I nose." "Well, Jup, perhaps you are right; but to what fortunate circumstance am I to attribute the honor ot a visit from you to-day ?" "What de matter, masse?" "Did you bring any message from Mr. Legrand ?'* "No, inassa, I bring dis here piasel;" and here Jupiter handed me a note which ran thus : My Dkar Why have I not seen you for so long a time y I hope you have not been so foolish as to take offence at any little brusquerie of mine ; but no, that is im? probable. Since I saw you I have had great cau-'c for anxiety. I have something to tell you, yet scarcely know how to tell it, or whether I should tell it all. I have not been quite well for some days past, and poor old Jup annoys me, almost beyond endurance, by his well meant attentions. Would yon believe it ??he had prepared a huge stick, the other day, with which to chastise me for giving him the slip, and spending the day, solus, among the hills on the main luud. 1 verily believe that my ill looks alone saved me a flogging. I have made no addition to my cabi i . * net since we met. If you can, in any way, make it con venient, come over with Jupiter. Do come. I wish to see you to-night, upon business of importance. I assure you that it is of the highest importance. Kvcr yours, WILLIAM LEORAND. . here was something in the tone of this note which gave me great uneasi ness. Its whole style differed materially from that of Legrund. What could he be drenmiug oi ? What new crochet possessed his excitable brain ? What "business of the high t importance" could Ac possibly have to transact? Ju piter's account of him bode! no good. I dreaded lest the continued pressure of misfcrtuue had, at length, fairly unsettled the reason of my friend. Without a moment's hesitation, therefore, I pre pared to accompany tho neuro. Upon reaching the wharf, I noticed a scythe and three spades, all apparently new, lying iu the bottom of the boat in which we were to embark. "What is the meaning of all this Jup?" I inquired. ''Him syfe, massa, and spade." "Very true; but what are they doing here ?" "Him de syfe and de spade what Massa Will sis pon my buying for him in de '.own, and de debbils own lot of money I had t) gib for em." "But what, in the name of all tnat is mysterious, is your "Masse Will' going to do with scythes and spades ?" "Dat's more dan I kuow, and debbil take me if I don't blieve 'tis more dan he know, too. But it's all cum ob de I bug." Finding that no satisfaction was to be obtained of Jupiter, whose whole intel lect seemed to be absorbed by "de bug," I now steppt.\ into the boat and made sail. With a fair and strong breese we soon ran into the little cove to the north ward of Fort Moultrie, and a walk of some two miles brought us to the hut. It was about three in the afternoon when we arrived. Legrand had been awaiting us in eager expectation. He grasped my hand with a uerious empressemmt which aiariucd me and strengtuciied ihe suspicion already entertained.?His countenance was pale ev.m to ghastliness, and his deep-set eyes glared with un natural lustre. After some inquiries respecting his health. I asked him, not knowing what better to say, if he had yet obtained the tcaraboeua from Lieu tenant G--. "Oh, yes," he replied, coloring violen tly, "I got it from him the next morning. Nothing should tempt me to part with thai scaraboem. Do you know that Jupiter is quite right aheut it t" "In what way ?" I asked, with a sad foreboding at heart. "In supposing it to be a bug of real gold." lie said this with an air of prr> fouud seriousness, and I felt inexprces* iMy shocked. "This bug is to make my fortune," he continued, with a triumphant smil?? ?to reinstate ma in my family possession*, la it any wonder, theo, that I prize it t Since Fortune has thought fit to bestow U upon me, I hare only to use it proper ly and I shall arme at the gold of which it ia the indes. Jupiter, bring me that tcarabotus !" ?'What! de bog, massa ? I'd rudder not go fer trubble dat bag?you mua git htm for your own self." Hereupon Legrand arose, wits a grave and stately air, and brought me tue beetle from a gloss case in which it was enclosed. It waa a beautiful scarabocux, and, at that time, unknown to naturalists?of course a great prime in a scientific point of view. There were two round black rrrtta near one extremity of the baek, and a long one near the other The scales were exceedingly hard and glossy, with all . tho appearance of burnished gold. The weight of the insect was very remark able, and, taking all things into con* sideration, I could hardly blame Jupiter for his opinion respecting it; but what to make of Legrand's concordance with that opinion, I could not, for the life of me, tell. " I sent for you," said he, in a gran diloquent tone, when I had completed my examination of the beetle; "I eent for you, that I might have yoar coun sel and assistance in furthering the views of Fate and of the bug"? " My dear Legrand," I cried, inter rupting him, "you are certainly unwell, and had better use tome little precau tions. Too shall go to bed, and I will remain with you a ft* days, until you get over this. You are feverish and"? " Feel my pulse," said he. I felt it, and, to say the truth, found not the slightest indication of fever. II But you may be ill and yet have no fever. Allow me this once to prescribe for you. In the first place, go to bed. In the next,"? " You are mistaken," he interposed, "I am as on well as I can expect to be under the excitement which I suffer. If you really wish me well, you will re lieve this excitement.' " And how is this to be done?" "Very easily. Jupiter and myself are going upon an expedition into the hills, upon the main land, and, in this, expedition, we shall need the aid of some person in whom we can confide. You ore the only one we can trust. Whether we succeed or fail, the excite ment whioh you now perceive in me will be equally allayed." "I am anxious to oblige you in any way," I replied; "but do you mean to say that this inferno) beetle has any con nection with your expedition into the hills?" ? It haa?" ''Thea, Legrand, I can become a par ty to no such absurd proceeding." '?I am sorry?very sorry?for we shall have to try it by ourselves." "Try it by yourselves! The man is surely mad !?but stay !?how long do you propose to be absent ?" "Probably all night. We shall start immediately, and be back, at all avents, by sunrise." "And will you promise me, upon your honor, that when this freak of jours is over, and the bug business (good God !) settled to your satisfaction, you will then return home and follow my adviee impli citly as that of your physician ?" "Yes ; I promise, oud now let us be off, for we have no time to lose." With a heavy heart I accompanied my friend. We started about four o'clock ?Legrand, Jupiter, the dog, and my self. Jupiter had with him the scythe and spadea?the whole of which he in sisted upon carrying?more through fear, it seemed to me, of thrusting either of the implements within reach of his mas ter, than from any oxcetss of industry or complaisance. H is demeanor was dogged in the extreme, and ** dat deuced bug" were the sole words which esciped hie lips during the journey. For my own Cirt, I hod charge of a couple of dark oterns, while Legrand contented him*, self with the Mcaraboru*, which he ear-, ried attached to the end of a bit of whip* cord; twirling it to and fro, with tho air of a conjuror, as he won*. When \ observed this lost, plain evidence of my friend's aberration ol mind, I eoaldi scarcely refrain from tears. I thought it best, however, to humor his fancy, afc least for the preceut, or until I ooojdl adopt some more, oo+rgetio measures, with a ohanee of success In the mean, time I endeavored, but all in vain, to. sound him iu regard, to tho object of the expedition. Hav^.g aj*ocooded in in ducing me to accompany him, he seemcr) uuw-illing to hold ooAvcrsatton upon aujr topio of minor importance, sod to all my I questions rr.ushrafed 3c oWW* rrr% tha*\ . "we shaii tee i:* I {To he fjkil^O