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-1 ? ". ~ -1 ~- 1 ~ - ?e?l d UiiB?iG 7 \T >*>?*. e?t::rn *uJ? Km in A a./A TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. }. god and oxjr Country. { ALWAYS IM ADVANCE. VOLUME 4. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 26. 1870. NUMBER G THE OSANGEBORGr NEWS . Jlferta a-a*:ot? PUBLI8HED AT ORANGE BURG, 8. C. Erery Saturday Morning. ?i ?:o:? 'WAS. II. HALL & CO. PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. ?:o:? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Ob* Copy for one year. $2.00 " ?? " Six Months. 1.00 Any one sending TEN DOLLARS, for a Clnh of NfW Subscriber*, wiH receive an EXTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, free of charge. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS, far a Club of New Subscribers, will receive am EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of charge. ?:o:? RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 Square 1st Insertion. $1.60 ?? ? 2d " . 1.00 A Square consists of 10 linos Brevier or one iuch of Advertising space. Adminutratcr's Notices, .$5 00 Notices of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad ministrators, Executors, &c.$0 00 Contract Advertisements inserted upon the most liberal terms. ?:o:? MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, met exceeding one Square, inserted without charge. ?:o:? ?e~ Terms Cash in Advance. "?? F. It WANNAMAKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, W1U he at ORANQEBURG, on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. At LEWISVILLE on the other days of the Week. fob 12 tf Augustus B. Enowlton, Attorney A CouttHcllor at Law. AT LEWISVILLE.?Wednesday and Sat urday.' Resides at "Oakland" near Fort Motte, S. C. dee 18 Cm LAW NOTICE. DeTreville & Sistrimk, attorneys at law, OR A NG KB URG, S. C. W. J. DaTaaviLLB. F. 0. 5/Stbc5?k. ,^naal2 tf GLOVER & GLOVER, ATTORNEYS abb COUNSELLORS AT LAW, ? ORAN?EBURG C. il, S. C. Taee. W. Glovbb. Mobtimeb GLOv>:n. i?*2 ly H?TS0NS & LEG ARE, ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS. Will attend the Courts in Orangcburg, Barnwell and Beaufort, and tho United States Cearta. OFFICE AT ORANGEBURG. S 0. W. M. IIlSTiOH. W, F, Hutsc.m. T. K. Lboabb. Jam 18 e ly IZLAR & DIBBLE, attorney's and solicitors, ORANGE 11 CR 6', S. C. Jambs F. Dclab. Samuel Dibblb. fob 2* * ly MALCOLM L BROWNING, Attorney at law, OR?MOEBIIUO C. II., So. Ca aug 21 ly .A. J. SALINAS, factor and COMMISSION MERCHANT, CHARLESTON S. C. Liberal advances made on Cotton. Rxfbbrncks?First National Bank, Peo ple'a National Bank, Messrs. Jno. Frascr & Co.', Charleston, 8. C. july iM?ly INSURE YOUR LIFE. THE K?tl ITAKLi: LIFE CON ducts its business on the purely mutual all cash plan. -PAY AS YOU GO" is lbs safe rule in LIFE ASSURANCE as in anything else. Its NEW BUSINESS in tho year 1808 ex ceded that of any "CHECK," "NOTE" or "MIXED" COMPANY by upwards of Twelve Millions. ALL PROFITS divided among the Policy Holders annually. INCOME. C,000,000.00 ASSETS.10,000,000.00 The EQUITABLE ASSURANCE 80CIETY offers to the Public all the REAL ADVAN TAGE which con with sufety be conceded by any Company N. AUSTIN BULL, june20?a pi 8?tf Local Agent. FLOUR. WILLIAM II, HOWARD, FLOWER DEALER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Np. 2 Spear's Wharf Baltimore, M d. , 4>ood to choice FINE, SUPER, EXTRA and FAMILY FLOUR, suitable for Retail i?g; -rcvjfnntlv on hand, jan 22 dm OPEN AGAIN HUNTERS Photograph Gallery. ORANGEBURG, S. C. PAINTING FIRST CLASS FIRST CLASS HAVING TWENTY YEARS Experience with tho BRUSH, I offer my service* fo the public ns a House and Coach Painter. All work guaranteed to give satisfaction. Or ders 4ofl at the Probate Office, or Store of John 1). Stocker Esq., will bo promtly at tended to. fcb20?tf JAMES A. WILLIAMS. CABINET MAKErT AND UNDER T A K E R , WM. AIKEN BULL. Having opened a Cabinet Shop in the rear of the Baptist Church, is prepared to attend to all busincs in his lino, and respectfully offers his services to the people of Orange burg and vicinity. feb 1U 3oi NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED AND OFFERI\Cl LOW FOR C A s n BY F. E. SALINAS, BAMBERG AND GRAHAM'S T. O dec 18 tf M. ALBRECHT, ROOT AND SHOE MAKER, ORANGE BURG, 8. C,. TfVSSPKCTFULLY IN FOR MS TU E CITI JLV; sens of Orangeburg und Vicinity that he has opened at Ins NEW STORE on Rus sell Street, between Messrs. KriggniHiin & Co. and McNantara & Jones, with a complete Stock of LEATHER, &C., and that lie has sufficient Workmen to fill all Ordcit n win ed to him. Thanking the Public for past patronage, re. p<?<?;:ti' 1 v P?lichs a Louiiii^anco of tho Mime. i ERMS CASH. fch "> oot 23 tf IS. S. HUnXlIAM, Sueeeesjor to It. W. liurnkam, ?121 King St.. Sign Red Mortar, just below Culhouu St., Charleston, S. C., OK A I.Kit IN Drugs, Medicines; Chemical?', Alcohol. Pure Win<-s and Liquors for Medicinal Pur poses, Perfumery, Soaps, Rrushes, Fancy and Toilet Articles. I oct 2 ly WM. 0. BEE & CO., Factor?* and COMMISSION M K KCl I ANTS. 22 ADCK/r.s WHARF, CHAR L KS TON, S. C. Wm. C. Rkk. TitKohOM D. Jkbvky. LIBERAL ADVANCES made upon Con signments to the above House, for the Char leston, New Voik and Liverpool Markets. Apply to . JAMES BROWNE, sept A?tf At D. Louis' Store W II I T E ' S }I ARB L E W O RUN, 117 Meeting'Street. Charleston, So. Ca. MONUMENTS. HEAD STONES, MAR ble and Stone Tile, Blue Flagging and Brown Stone Work, of every description. SCOTCH GRANITE MONUMENTS, Iron ItailingH. K. R. WHITE. B. 0. WIIITR. may 1 c I Jin EDWARD PERRY, 156 MEETING STREET, Opposite Charleston Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. S. DEALER. IN SCHOOL, LAW and MEDI Oal Books. LAW BLANKS. &c., BLANK BOOKS of all Stylos on hand and made to order. STATION ER V of all kinds. PRINTING of every description executed with promptness and at rea-onable rates. PRINTING PAPERS and Wade & Co.'s Book and Job PRINTING INK. oct 2 Cm p?. I3, toali:, Manufacturer of Door*, Sash Blinds, Charleston, S. C, .1.1" COMPLETE FACTORY in the South ern States, and keeping always on hand a largo and most complete stock of DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, Sash Doors. Store Doors, Shutters, Mouldings, &c, Ac., I r.m enabled to sell low and at manufacturers' prices. N. B.?Strict attention paid to shipping in good order. July 21 apl 21 \f [publishkd bt bequk8t.] rriIE GOLD-BUG. BY EDGAR A. POE. What ho! what ho! this fellow is dancing mad ! He hath bees bitten by the Tarantula. All in the Wrong. Many years ago, I contracted an inti macy with a Mr. Wm, Legrand. He was of nn ancient Huguenot family, and had unco been wcnlthy ; but a series of mis fortunes had reduced him to want. To avoid the mortificntiou consequent upon his disasters, he left New Orleans, the city of his forefathers, and took up his residence nt Sullivuu's Isluud near Charleston, South Carolina. The Island is a very singular one. It ' cousists of little else than the sea sand, and is ubout three miles long. Its breadth at no point exc-r?d a quarter of u mile. It is separuted from the main land by a scarcely perceptible creek, oozing its way through u wilderness of reeds mid slime, u favorite resort of the marsh-hen. The vegetation, as might be supposed, is scant, or at least, dwarfish. No trees of any magnitude are to be seeu. Near the western extremity, where Fort Moultrte stands, und where are some mis erable frame buildings, tenanted, during summer, by the fugitives from Charles ton dust und fever, may be iouud, in deed, the bristly palmetto; but the whole islaud, with thu exception of this western point, and u line uf hard, white beach ou tho seu-coast, is covered with a ! dense undergrowth of the sweet myrtle, I so much prized by the horticulturists of England. The shrub here often attains [ tho height of filteen or twenty feet, and forms nn almost impenetrable coppice, burtheiiiug the air with its fragrance. In the inmost recesses of this coppice, not fur from the eastern or more remote end of the island, Legruud had built himself a small hut, which he occupied when I first, by mere accident, made his acquaintance. 9 his soon ripened into friendship?for there was much in the recluse to excite interest and esteem. 1 found him well educated, with unusual powers of mind, but infected with mis anthropy, and subject to perverse moods of alternate enthusiasm and melancholy. He had with him many books, but rarely employed them. His chief amusements were gunning and fishing, or sauntering along thu beuch and through the myr tles, in quest of shells or etomological specimens: his collection of the latter might have been envied by u Swamtner damm. In these excursions he was usu ally accompanied by an old negro, called Jupiter, who had been man urn it ted be fore the reverses of tho family, but who could be induced, 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 uot probable that the relatives of Legraild, conceiving him tobe somewhat unsettled in intellect, had contrived to instil this obstiuaey into Jupiter, with u view to the supervision and guardianship of the wanderer. The winter in the latitude of Sulli van's islaud are seldom very severe, and in the fall of the year it is u rare event indeed when a tire is considered necessa ry. About the middle of October, 18?, ihero occurred, however, a day of remarkable chilliness. Just before sunset I scrambled my way through the ever-groens to the hut of my friend, whom I had not visited lor several weeks ?my residence being, at that time, iu Charleston, a distance of 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 I rapped, as my custom, ntid getting no reply, sought for the key where I knew it was secreted, unlocked the door und went in. A fine fire wuj blazing upon the hearth. It wus u novelty, and by no mean., an ungrateful one. 1 threw oft an overcou , took an arm-chair by tho crackling logs, and uwaited putieutly the arrivul of my host. Soon alter dark they arrived, und gave me u most eordial welcome. Jupiter grinning from ear to ear, hustled about to prepare some ui >rsh-hciis fur supper Legruud wus in one of his fits?how else shall 1 term them '(?of enthusiasm. He hud found an unknown bivalve, forming a uew genius, and mure than this, he hud liuuted down und with Ju-' ptter's assistance, a tctrabo. i? which he believed to be totally new, but in respect to which he wished to have my opinion ou thu morrow. "And why not to-nightK" I asked, rubbing my bands over thu blaze, aud ' wishing the whole tribe tf scarabati at tin; devil. "Ab, if I had only known you woro here 1" said Legrand, "but it's no long since 1 saw you ; and how could I foresee that you would pay me a visit this very night of all others? As I was coming home I met Lieutenant G--, from the fort, and, very foolishly, I lent him the bug ; so it will ho impossible for you to sec it until the morning.' Stay here to night, and I will send Jup down for it at sunrise. It is the loveliest thing in creation. 1" "What ??suurise ?" '?Nonsense ! no !?the bug. It is of a brilliant gold coler?about the size of a large hickory nut?with two jet black spots near one extremity of the back, and another somewhat longer, at the oth er. The antennae are?" ''Dey aint no tin iu him, Massa Will, I keep a tellin on you," here interrupted J upper ; "de bug is a goole bug, solid, ebery bit of him, inside and all, sep him wiug?ncber feel half so hebby a bug in my life." "Well, suppose it is, Jup," i? plied Le graud, somcwhut 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 uevcr saw a core brilliant nietalic lustre than the scales emit?but yf this you cannot jud^c till to-morrow. In the meantime 1 can give you some idea of the shape." Saying this, he seated himself at a small table, no which were a pen und ink, but no paper. He looked fur some iu a drawer, but found none. '?Never uiind," said he at length, ' this will answer ; and he drew from his 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 lie did this, L retained my seat by the firo, Irl was still chilly. When the design was complete. hc.laiid-<l it to me without rising. As 1 received it, u i ad ?n>wl was heard, succeeded by a scratch ing at the door. .Jupiter opened it, and a large Newfoundland belonging to Le grand, rushed in, leaped upon my shoul ders, and loaded me with caresses ; for 1 had show n him much attention during previous vi.-its. When his gambols were over, I looked at the paper, and, to speak the truth, found myself not a little puz tied at what my trieud had depicted. ??Well !" 1 said, after contemplating it fur some minutes, "this /* a strange scaraba ut, I must confess : new to me : never saw anything like it before?un less it was a skull, or death's-head? which it more nearly resembles than anything else that has come under my observation. "A death's-head !" echoed Legrand? ' Oh?yes?well, it has something of that odpearatico upon paper, no doubt. The two upper black spots look like eyes, eh? iiiid the longer one at the bottom like u mouth?and then the shape oi the whole is oval. "Perhaps so," said I ; "but, Legrand, I fear you arc no artist. 1 must wait until 1 see the beetle itself, if I urn to form any idea of its personal appearance." "Well, 1 don't know," said he. a little nettled, "I draw tolerably?should do it at least?have had jjood masters and flutter myself that 1 am not quite a blockhead." "But, my dear fellow, you are joking then," said I, ??this is a very passable skull?indeed, 1 may say that it is a very excellent skull, according to the vulgar notions about such specimens ot physiology?and your srarabwu* must be the queerest tcaraboeiu in the world if is resembles it. Why. we may get up a very thrilling bit of superstition upon :'?<* hint. I presume you will call the bug scaralioeu* oajrut hominia or some thing ol that kind?thero are many similar titles in the Natural Histories. Hut where are the anfeuac you spoke of?" "Tho antenat ."' said Legrand, who deemed to be getting unaccountably Wiirin upon tho.Subject ; "1 am sure you must sue the antennae. 1 made them as distinct us they arc in the original insect, and 1 presume that is sufficient." "Well, well," 1 said, "perhaps you have?still 1 don't see them;" an 1 1 handed him the paper without an addi tional remark, not wishing to rutnplo his temper , hut I was much surprised at the turn aiTuirs hud taken ; his ill humor puzzled nie?and, as for the drawing of the beetle, thero Were positively no an tennae visible, and tho whole did bear a very close resemblance to the ordiuary cuts of a death's-head. He received the paper very peevishly, uud was about to crumple it, apparently to throw it in the fire, whep a casual glnnco 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 cuutinued to scrutinize the drawing minutely where he sat. At longth he arose, took a candle from' the table, and proceeded to seat himself upon a sea chest in the farthest corner of the room. Uere again he made nn anxious examina tion of the paper; turning it in all direc tions. He said nothing, however, snd his conduct greatly astonished me ; yet I thought it prudeut not to exacerbate the growing moodiness of his temper by any comment. Presently he took from his coat pocket a wullet, 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 awuy he became more and more absorbed in reverie, from which no sullies of .. inc could arouse hitn. It had been my intention to pass the night at the hut, as I hud 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, he shook my hand with oven more than his usual cordiality. It was about amouth after this (aud during the interval I had seen nothing of Lcgraud) when I received a visit, at Charleston, from his man, Jupiter. I had never seen the good old negro look so dispirited, und 1 feared that some serious disaster had befallen my friend. ?Well. Jup," said I. " What is the matter now??how is your master ?" ''Why, to speak de troof, massa. him not so berry well as niought be." "Not weil? I am truly s >rry to hear it. What does he complain of?" '?Dar? dat's it ??him neber plain of notin?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 ??he aiut find nc whur?dat's just wbar de shoe pinch? my mind is got to be berry hubby bout poor Massa Will." "Jupiter, I should like to undcrstuud what it is you are talking about. You say your master is sick. Hasn't he told you what ails him ?" "Why, massa, taint worf while for to git mad about de mutter?Massa Will say iiofliu at ull aint de mutter wid him? but deu what make him go about looking dis bear way, wid he head down and he soldiers up, und us white as a goso 7" And den lie keep a syphon all de time?" " Keeps u what, Jupiter?" " Keeps a syphon wid the figgurs on de slate?de queerest figgurs 1 ebber did see. Isc giltiii to be skeered, I tell you. llap for to keep mighty tight eye pon him noovera. 1 bud a big stick ready cut for to mb him deuced j;ood beating when be did come?but Ise sich a fool dat I hadn't de heart arter all -hs look so berry poorly." '? Kh ? ? what ??uh yes ??upon the whole I think you had better uot be too severe with tho poor fellow?don't flog him, Jupiter?be can't very well stund it?but can you form no idea of what has occasioned this illness, or rather this change of couduct ? Has anything un pleasant happened since 1 saw you ?" ?' No. mussa, dcy uint bin uoffiti on pleusent since deu?'twas fore deu I'm feared?'twas dc b^rry day you was dare." ?? How ? What do you mean ?" ..Why. tuasjsa, I mean du bug?dare now." " The what?" " De bug?I'm berry sartain dat .Massa Will bin bit somewhere bout the head by dat goole-bug." '? Aud wliat cause liavo you, Jupiter, for such a supposition ?" " Claws euuff, massa, and UioufT too. I oebber did see sieh a deuced bug?he kick and he bite ebery ting what cum net r him. Massa Will coteh him fuss, but had for to let him go gin mighty quiek, 1 tell you?deu was de time he must have got the bite. I didn't like de look ob de bug mouff, myself, uo how, so I wouldn't take hold ob him wid my finger, but I eoutch him wid a peace oh paper aud stuff piece ob it iu ho mouff? dut was de way." " Ami you think, then, that your mas ter was rc.lly bittcu by the boetlo, and ibat thu bite made nun sic* fu ' "I doo't tiuk ooffib about it?I uoso it. What make him dream boot de goole so much ; if taint cause he bit bj de goole-bug f Ise h .erd bout dem goole bugs fore du/' "But how do you know he dreams about gold ?" "Howl know! why cause he talk nbout 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 of a visit from you to-day?" "What de matter, massa?'' "Did jcu bring ? r;y ?mmmmtgi from Mr. Legrand ?'4 "No, massa, I bring dis here piaael;" and here Jupiter handed sue a note which ran thus: My Dear Why have I not seen you for so long a time ? I hope you hare not been so foolish as to take offeuce at any little bruxquerie of mine ; but no, that is im probable. Since I saw you I have had great cause 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 auuoys me, almost beyond endurance, by his well meant attentions. Would you 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, so/ws, among the bills on the main laud. I verity believe that my ill looks alone saved me a flogging. I have made no addition to my cabi net since we wet. If you can, in any way, make it con venient, come over with Jupiter. Do come. 1 wish to see you to-night, upon business of importance. I assure you that it is of the highest importance. Ever yours, WILLIAM LEORAND. ? here was something in the tone of this noto which gave me great uneasi ness. Its whole style differed materially from that of Legrand. What could he be dreaming ol ? What new crochet possessed his excitable brain ? What ??business of the high ?t importance" could he possibly have to transact? Ju piter's account of him boded no good. I dreaded lest the continued pressure of misfortune had, at length, fairly unsettled the reason of my friend. Without a moment's hesitation, therefore, I pre pared to accompany the ne^ro. Upon reaching the whari, I noticed a scythe and three spades, all appareutly 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 ?" "FIim 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 f> gib for em." "Rut what, in the name of all tnat is mysterious, is your "Massa Will' going to do with scythes sud spades ?" "Dat's more dau I kuow, and d^bbil take me if I don't blieve 'tis more dan he know, too. But it's all cum ob de bug" Finding that no satisfaction was to be obtained of Jupiter, whose whole intel lect seemed to be absorbed by "de bug," I now stepped 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 throe in the afternoon when we arrived. Legrand had been awaiting us iu eager expectation. He grasped my bund wil'. ?. norat.us ttnp:csssmtMi which alarmed me and strengthened the suspicion already entertained.?His countenance was pale even 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 acaraborus from Lieu tenant 0-? "Oh, yes," he replied, coloring violen tly, "I got it from him the next morning. Nothing should tempt mo to part with that scaraboeu*. Do you know that Jupiter is quite right about it?" "In what way?" I asked, with a aad foreboding at heart. "In supposing it to he a bug of real gold." He said this with sn sir of pro found aoriousne a, and I felt inexprces* ibly shocked. "This bug is to make my fortune," be ! continued, with a triumphant smile, *'to i reinstate me in my family possessions. Is it any wonder, then, that I prise it ? Since Fortune has thought fit to bestow it up >n me, I have only to use it proper ly sad I shall arrive at the gold of which it is the index. Jupiter, bring me that acaraboeua I" "What I de bag, massa ? I'd rudder not go fer trubble dat bug?you mus git him for your own self." Hereupon Legrand arose, wits s grave and stately sir, snd brought as* the beetle trees a glass case is which it was enclosed. It wss a beautiful acaraboctu, sod, st that time, unknown to naturalists?of course s great prise in s scientific point of view. There were two round black spots near one extremity of the back, and a long one near the) other The scales were exceedingly hard snd glossy, with all. the 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 s gran diloquent tone, when I had completed my examination of the beetle; "I sent for you, that I might hsve your coun sel and assistance in furthering the views of Fate snd of the bug"? " My dear Lesjrand," I cried, inter rupting him, "yon are certainly unwell, snd had better use Some little precau tions. Ton shall go to bed, snd I will remain with you s low days, until you get over this. Yon are feverish snd"? " Feei my pulse," said he. I felt it, and, tossy the truth, found not the slightest, indication of fever. u But you may be ill snd yet have no fever. Allow me this once to prescribe for yon. In the first place, go to bed. In the next,"? " You are mistaken," he interposed, "I sm ss ss well as I ean 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 sn expedition into the hills, upon the main laud, snd, in this, expedition, we shall need the sid of some person in whom we can confide. You are the only one we can trust. Whether we succeed or fail, the excite ment which yon now perceive in me will be equally allayed." "I am anxious to oblige yon in any way," I replied; "but do yon mean to say that this infernal beetle has sny con nection with your expedition into the hills?" ' It has?" ''Theo, Legrand, I can become a par ty to no such absurd proceeding." "I sm sorry?very sorry?for we shall have to try it by ourselves." "Try it by yourselves! Themen is surely mad !?but stay!?how long do you propose to be absent ?" "Probably sll night. We shall rtart immediately, snd be back, st sll events, by sunrise." "And will you prcsisc ir.o, upon your honor, that when this freak of yours is over, and the bug business (good God !) settled to your satisfaction, you will then return home and follow my sdviee impli citly as that of your physician ?" "Yes ; I promise, aud now let us bo off, for we have no time to lose." With s hesvy heart I accompanied my friend. We started sbont four o'clock ?Legrsnd, Jupiter, the dog, sod my self. Jupiter hsd with him the scythe snd spades?the whole of which he in sisted upon carrying?more through fear, it seemed to ue, of thrusting either of the issplsraents within reaoh of KU ??an ter, than from sny exeess of industry or complaisance. His demeanor was dogged in the extreme, and ?* dat deuced bug" were the sole words which escaped his lips during the journey. For my own Cirt, I hsd charge of a couple of dark n terns, while Legrsnd contented hin?? self with the icaraboeux, which he ear. ried attaohed to the end of a bit of whip*, cord j twirling it to and fro, with the sir of s conjuror, ss he went When J observed this last, plain erkfcaee nf my friend's abet-at ion of mind, I couldl scarcely refrain from tears. I thought* it best, however, to humor his fancy, a* least for the present, or until I coujd) sdopt some morn, onergetio measure*, with a ohauoe of success In the mean, time I endeavored, hut all in vain, to. sound him iu regard to tho object of the expedition. IIuYt-Q sacooeded in in duoing mo taaooompnny him, he eeemct) unwilling to hold oojweres*ion upon any; topio of minor importance, snd to sll my questions vouohssfed no other reply than ? "w* shall ?**!" (7b bf Cbntinunl.)