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( onvenient to llic Greenville ami Charleston Enilroade and the Rnsinesa ])'*r?4??n of the City. Rate of Transient? Hoard?Two Dollars per Day. Regular Hoarders received at Reasonable Rate.. 'I .11 Zi A deo 10? , . tf. Whither, midst falling dew, Far through their rosy depths, dost them pursue r^o0 Tf a/JJJM* Thy solitary way! *%H>JS r , ? 1 ?? Vainly the fowler s eye Might, inavk tby distant;flight,to do thee As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, luTsi Hryfw** flo*tJ "l*??Pi ?-iVsi !?>? thsnplBsirTn?trt Of weedy lake, or marge ofji^ "-'the rooking billows r chofdd occun aide 7 3 r? power whose cat* sy nlongthat pathless coast,? The doscrt,and illimitable s>ir>? 'Lone wandering, but not lost. to T/.l All day thy wings have fann'd, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, j ? Tho?g*W:tlia dark night is near. ' ] And SOtrn that teil shall end; . Soon sbalt thou find a summer home, and resy, ; ? Ii\ fYA'A > i '' ' *01i* And scream among thy fellows ; reeds ahull baud, \k'll I 8 >.:i/ /? W ' H >l I Soon, o'er thy .shelter'd nest. /?.I../1I1 Thou'rt gone, the abyss of beaten | Hath 'swallow'd up thy form; yet, on my heart Doeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given. And shall not soon depart.. muVi IT/ cLyi* *H H'A /.I'" ?'* bfj: I . ? He who, from rone lc( tone, A A Guides through the boundless sky thy ?er-' tain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, THK FIXGEK OF FATE. ? V/./. I am g^ing to give you an instance of the desperately strong measures Fate will H^iutjyifrjBy?^|*f>y^yn eventshe has set her mind lipon. ? I am a middle-aged bachelor, of et aid fortubly '-of?," having an independent income of $400 :i year, and a Civil Ser vice IPvw lVflR lYy*! V|for nianyjjpflrjy 5L^e^if*?l^tJiei TOrtfcnt officcra' Shirt-Frill and Shaving-Soap Department?a brunch office uutler the Admiralty, Somerset House. ?mvc 1?) a, uuicrfvtdl r^ftP 'VaflF shunning "sortic?'' ?nj|s agjfest sjjffbj. and associating intimately with three or four other heads of subordinate popart; incuts, and with no one eine. * I am naturally nervous, amlj I am afraid, irritable. 1 hate bright colors, unneces sary conversation, useless noises,?such as vocul nnd^ iustruraoUl iupfjcr pud , the neighing* br lior^es^-i-sucl I eint bear to seo people in quick motion. If J had my way, no oue should speak to tne except on matters of pure ,business, and only then, when the communica tion could not be conveniently reduced into the form of a niemorandV*ra. Above all other things, I detest forward pie; und above all other forward pc I detest strangers, who address nie on immaterial topics in public conveyan ces. I had occasion, a few weeks after my retirement from offleiaf life, to travel to Glasgow by the limited mail, on uiy way to New York, it ia a long jottvner j to Glasgow?twelve hours?the train leaving Fuston ,S(|iiarc at nine, V. . M., and pi*oiUtting to arrive nf ni-?? a 1? um iicxt, day. A railway-journey to Glasgow is detestable, but posting in worse, and walking out of the question. It was a cold night iu April- There were very lew passengers by the limited mail. Thero were only four first-class carriages to Glasgow: of tlieae, three were occupied by tlireo ladies-?one in each Carriage; the fourth was a smoking carriage, and empty. I don't smoke; hut the train was Ou tho point of start ing, and the guard assured mo that it was unlikely that we tihould take rip any ?rst-claBA passengers on our way. It was a new carriage, and had: never boan j used. At nil events, I was safe Irotn J 1" uinfe intrusion ; so I jumped in. The train started, and I had my carriage, all to myself". The traiu did not stop till' we reached j llugby. At Kughy, a lady opened the carriugo door. She was a stout, plain, niiddle-ngcd woman?five find forty, I hhould say. She was rvtravagantlv dressed in showy colors: Her complex ion was very dark, and sh? wore ? re spcetublc uioustaobo. This wouldn't do ; I cotiivf settle tt?r at all events, '!? beg your pardon, nin'oni, hut thi* is a smoking-carriage." Y;*?fcttySjj|loplieJ the lady, yP accent, 'belt I s|d iplied the ludr, with a accent, 'btit I smokes.' This was a contingency l lat I had ear V said the foreign lady. Here was a ehs nee of es oap-e? " V ifk 'W^^ ttaT^anj.' f Ah, dash V sue sold/ ??Bot 1 ou give me 1'ght And he gave her a light, ami then be no conse ? smoking. ' j lAh,' replied the lady, 'you obj stuoke^vStt duvel in im&lng -carriage Doiikey?jackass dunkoy !' I She aaid these, last.'three words wilh |sweCatr?rs%MiMNMlR done a short ad dition sum, and was stating tha total. 1 had never travelled abroad, but I knew that foreigners are remarkable for (heir politeness., ?.??< ; 'I ciitorcd this carriage to avoid the society of ladieo.' ,'Me? too' said. f|he. foreign lady. ?Vaah II hate lady,}, like go?tlsjafcfl Then she added us an alter-th^JbkH ' VTou are lruugh?y ofd Customer, but I likehyoa?rypiji ro^n^r #)hA ptfeepgef 1' I, wa< eifcetdla^y'shioiyed at thia 1 plume myself on my good taste in dross ? that is,to nay, L btudy to dress myself in such a way us to caljjbr no remark of any kind, which I hold }-fee!ton of^ood Taster my pearance is simply geutleuiauly; without any thing remarkable about it. It has been my ?obstaur study to be gentleman ly, hut usual; aild to be called a 'runtm^ old pa??cugcr' was, under the circuui staneetf, War irritating tiling. However, ( maintained a dignified silence. *l was a very coldL.oigtyt, and my fel low passenger had evidently a, strong "its'; so I J irritate hcrjif I let Accordingly I did to be the per ty personal ap liW^?, OW passenger.' she said. 'I liko fresh airs. I Met this one down [ too !' And she. lowered the other win dow. I couldn't*stand the draught, so 1 put up my window'?-und sho put up hers. I was-sulkily furious by this time In |;half nn hctfr we should roach Stafford, and L dcfefmincd to change my carriage at th.it station In thdmeantinic I tried ^to sletp, but tho foreign lady kept up such an incessant clutter, that sleep was out of the'question. 'Where you going, old passenger? You not fell ? Secret, eh ? Ah,' sly dog? You old cashier, pcrh..ps, bolt ing with bank moneys, eh ? Con?den tiitl clerk, with employer's cash box iu portmanteau, eh ? Old boy going tip north to marry old girt on She sly, eh ? l;i!'-';f:*;"i;,,f,irl;;,B' eh, you olor* passenger ? Bah I Bag man pond SB ' anybody else ! Never be ashamed?look at me! Me not blush at myself. Wdmt you say I am ??eh ? You hot guess. Duohess ? No ! Count ess? No! Lady of largo- property? wife of Glasgow picreiuiut 1 . i'evil a bit! Missionary woman? No. . i: tit rope daueer ? No ! Stewardess, on West t?^ukn'.'?feWfl?/^^ v it: Come homcf uijf months. Find big Aincti 'nn ship water-Jogged ?cargo 'notions'?nobody on board but pussy cat, you rummy old passenger?boarded her?Hullo! What's that.' I did not know what it was, but there wus a sudden snap, and our oarriage gradually slackened speed, and ovcotu- I ally stopped. I put ufy ltcad out of theJJ wiudow The coupling had broken, and our carriage and tho guard's Vau had been separated from the rust of the train. Tho driver knew nothing about it; and there we were; half-way between Stafford and Rugby at twelve, A. M.,| ry cold April night ? ? 'Great Hen Bavens*!' *said I, in the very grcutest alarm, 'the coupling has broken and wo are lefo behind' by the train ! j We shall bo smashed'by the next dowu trnio !' 'Not a bit, you old strango one!! replied she, without even looking out of! the wiudow 'Guard at -r?d of trat:!. If we broke off, he broke off too.' The guard had in point of tact rushed forward, waving his lantern io'vhe faint hope of being able to attract the aflScMiou of the driver, but in vaiu. So he re turned, very excited hut very sulky ] rid are/ we t?' I yott at^d your old wo aok to^Bembridge to egrapb. fjomo, out yo ?But where are we to ^o' hard, aud we shall be 'There's a light yonder a moo. You'd better trot iJbl MakMk. An And off he went like lig 'His advice very good, said my companion. 'I and we trot. Come, rum There was no help for i ha d fi r. e faintest prov I lifted her up once, I twenty timce< Twenty stone is exactly tvo tons-- -which repre sents the wiight I lifted o tf Bembridge Common,th?| night. {I h vre since ?aidl reason to believe that her-1 fttual weight [ is fifteen stone three, but stone, because I take int?: the moisture with which h saturated.) tne.oom j^frere, you *em up. list here.' aTgii nine eld man,' your arm, ' succumb ilk over a Ulfa mile had a sitting at ; and if sixteen 1100 had attracted our ait en ti on. ed from the window of a tage. Wo knocked, und door was opened to us. time, my companion, who mo thatT$i^r^aniC was D sang negro songs in a d 'Wot is it V said the cotjlager. 'There has beon an nmident on the lioe, and we want shelter/ 'Wot'll you pjvel^ guinea,' say sixteen deration clothes were itnutes' diffi light that It proceed }tj etiiaJ lopA-. initially thn the mean :ad informed IVmeeoue, :*owtralto. ram otd curd in iss/^oi^te a g ilul ?. This .V 'Well, you can lie in thefstable. cottage is chock-full.' He took a lantern, IcdV tlii.- with mo, you o' my guinea a very untidy donkey. I at once de clined to share this stable with Dolly, preferring to risk a night in tho tain. I stated my iutention. 'Old boy is quite right. He's a rum my old passenger, but he's quite right. CtUttMyfcJetfg-. 4|i?aeav4ittlo old man?wo walk somewhere else.' 'Now, lookee hero,' said the man; wot's your game, you two? Wot are ycr hup to? Is this here a lark? Whole's my guinea ? (Jive us 'old o' my guinea afore you jjoea. Come!?be a gentleman afore you goes ! None of know ! Give us 'old Come!' 'Old wan,' said polly to me. "pull mit employers' cash-box, and give girir/c* like birds.' ?Wot'a this here about cash-boxea ?' said the man. 'Come, out with that guinea! We hears a good deal about it, but we don't, sec none of it. Come, let's see some of it. Be a man !' 'I shall give you nothing,' said I. 'You are an insolent scoundrel !' 'Wot'.' said the man?'wot's this here rash-boxes 1 Come along o' me !' he laid his bund up.hi my collar, oiiodn l V Hai a J, 'if i were a uui. r;j - ' 'Wot! assault tho perlico' My eye, here's a go ! Come nkrag o' me: I'm' tllO COaStnblo I ?II.?:--? -- -: I.,^",..-. So, it s cash-boxes, is it ? Come along o' me?both on yer 1' And be 1*1 ?T p'.a so/rare building at the back of his house, aud, unlocking the door, pushed us in. 'Now,' said ho, 'I'm a-goiu' to search you.' And he did; but ho found nothing exc ;nt a-few sovereigns?lor my money was in niy de?paf eh-box, whishhad bccli pluced in the luggage-vau. 'Now, said he, 'how about senrchin' your good wotuuu ? I uin't a-goin' to do it?aud I ain't got a missus. Lookee hero, suppose you do it?' ?Sir/ said f, 'this woman is a total stranger to me.' 'Ahl separate responsibilities, eh? Thn hold story/ Now, lookee here, ma'um, I ain't a^gdiu' to search you, because I've been-properly brought up; but I'm a-goiu' to shake you, to see if you niUaVy 'f jj I ? J Mi?s Forteseue niado no verbal reply but pulled uui a gigantic ciiisp kuife. ?All right,' said she. 'Cono on, po liceman ';' lie hesitated. 'Look, policeman; 11' 1 walk out o And (die {HfT. I u what I d-nightt!' ' The policeman turned pale end ? ?Ai<,'t you goin' sJodk wu)u her, civil. $wr am hot Tpa* t?t'?gM| lyCre' ^irr^etTre^^cVripft flusntly, and locked the door en i??. .ygj, [j.? I could not ?leyp^-bdt,- Ut all, eteflta, I waB free at ladt from1 my prosecutrU. t was bo pleased, that I sang a mtty song, and earved mj name o*n the* wall with a ruaty nail, aa otifetr prisoners have done before ine. The -artst day I was taken before a magistrate, who dis missed the case at oboe, and I resumed my journey. When I reached Glasgow, I found that my ship was do the point of sailiog My luggage had been placed on .hoard, and my half-cabin was ready for me. Wo had dreadful weather at sea; we were driven many hundred miles out of] our course; and for three weeks after leaving Glasgow I was terribly ill, and did not leave my cabin. I believe I should not have loft . m. atll if 1 bad not bectf thrown. I of It by a tretnettdow lipilKfi stormy night. I rushed on deck, and found every thing in the wildest confusion. A fear ful storm was r'i^ing, and the ship bad struck on a sunken rock. Th re was absolutely no hope for bor, and it was impossible to launch a boat, even, if it could ?ave lived in such ? sea. I don't want to harrow anybody, so I I will content myself with explaiuing that amid the shrieks of three huudred pco pie, the vessel foundered. X always take the proeautiou, when et sea, of wearing a little india'-ruubor apparatus round my nook, which I in flate, and in that condition it prevents my head from going under. 1 inflated it hastily, and i found that it answered admirably. I was tossed about violently [4er some hours, and when' "Hi's gala at Isbgth -SHiiided) I was far out at sea. No labd Was visible; and aa I rose and fcli in the sulky loppiug sea, I felt that 4<ry^dtf TTj/itt'iilll^. ?l^ge^lcrl^l towards the horizon on all sides, in the vain htypA of seeing a distant soil, bat I saw nouc. There was, Lowever, one thing in view?a dark round thing floating oi. tho waves a mile or so from me. I struck out for it, and I was hor rified to &ud that it was alive ! Still I approached it,- reflecting that death from a sea-monster was preferable to death from starvation, and to my amusement 1 fouud that it was making straight in my direction. Ou approaching it, I was appalled to find that it resembled noth ing so much as a human head io a floating plate; and on coming within three or four yards, I discovered that it was the bead of Miss Fortescuo, suppor ted above Water by a ooutrivaooe similar in character ta the apparatus 1 have already described. I should add that her great fat bunehy body, and ([ had no doubt) h?r legs, were still connected with it. -Not Miss Fortcscue ?' said I. ? II uminv old passenger, by Gor V said she. 'What you doing here, aar ?' 'I am not here by choice. I was wrecked io the ' Auron. Borealia.' 'Me, too !' said she. ?You!'said I. 'Wore you on tboard tiro Aurora ?' '?Borealis,' added she. 'Yes?me atcWardoaa. flow am won V 'f am very cold, and this confounded thing has given me a crick in the neck.' 'Situation damp,' said she. 'Try this, you queer oue !' It was a flask of brandy. She held it to my lips until I had t-ikea a comforta ble draught. 'Two shillings,' said she, holding the bottle to the light to see' hbw much I had taken. 'llen> it is .' said I. 'Stewardess, a shilling?make three.' I determined to resist tMs extortion, for ou that Hue of packets tho steward's foe is included in tho' fare-/ I fold' her ?o. 'You mean old cuss 1' said MSslfFor tesoue. 'I give you nothing more'' I tried to look dignified and indifrci^ ent, but it War of oo use. You can't look dignified* Whoo you*arc'perpetually bobbing ap and- down on a loppiug sea, supported entirely by au India-rubber bag rouud the neck. Bbsidnfc I a**?' very hungry, and'she had'a large Water proof l>a-4.vi/ ob' tho arm. So I give her the shilling, which she bit and pock eted. "Now then,' said she, 'what's Io do next!' ?What afcAc you got there?' said I. ?fjifiniri aaosage?cucumber?carrot ?Aottii tiaxtey water?two tomatoes?a bloater?two eggs?one pound luwaroni ?head of endive??tick Spanish liquo rice?threo pounds snuff.'' 'What sre jour terms fof th*e carrot T ?Carrot very dear out herd, yotf pecu liar old cue. Carrota guinea.' ?HYpd it over.' I gave hor a guinea aud ate ttrtf crr \ 'Now/ -aid she, ?I go ?.caigbt on i? that direction for jbore. Como along, old onel' , , J ^ \ baM 'Never!' said I; 'I will take the oppo site point of the compass, and run my chance. Oood-by.' And I struck out vigorously in tho opposite direction. After a day and a halfs vigorovfe* swimming, I reached the point of a low sandy shore, which scetued to stretch for miles in a direction Aue southj as ( judged from the position of the sun. I [ was well satisfied to feel dry ground pn ! der my legs. agai n, and I lande* wft-fl urueh gratitude. t was extremely btfngry, and* T Wait ed fc*f mites along the shore picking up mussels and periwinkles, and eating tbem raw. I saw no trace of a human being of any kiud. and as the sun went down I began to wish myself in the sea again. Night came on, and I was hungry and alone. However, I still wandered on in a listless, purposeless way until I fell over something thai lay across ray path. To ttry intense joy I f*rund, on investigation, that it was a sleeping, breathing human f/feing. I could not tell whether it was a man or a woman, as there was bo moon, and the clothes he or she wore might- hate suited! either sex equally well.. I endeavored to awaken the figure, but in vain; so I determined to sit by his or her eido until morning. Accordingly I dropped myself into a* sitting position, When, to my extreme' ainatement, an explosion of fire took pfaco immediately under me I PBKfe itoriuVrMa nulled' across me'tnat the "rahind Was a mass of slumbering fire, only wafting for accidental co'tfiaet with an exciting cause to blow itself and every thing upon it miles into the air! , On closer examination, however, I found i that I had sat down npon a box of vesu viaus, aud that one of them had explo ded. It suddenly occurred to me to use these vesuvians as a means of iJciVt'ify ing nry companion. I ignited one, but it was not a flaming vesuviun; it smoul ded, and fizzed, and smelt, but afforded no assistance. 1 lit another, and held it elose to the person's nose, but it only illuminated a small circle as big as a half-crown- I lit a third, and this time the red-hot end tumbled on to the alee- j pcr's cheek. The sleeper started up. It was Dolly Fortercue ! I was not a bit surprised. I had brought myself to look upon Dolly as my fate. Dolly was not a bit surprised. She looked at me?grinned and apolfe. ?That dash hot,- you ocW one I* When mcrnfb'g brofce, we looked about u9 TlVc island we found waa about twenty-five miles long and seven broad, principally rock ? no vegetation ? no fresh water. The island was crescent shaped, the two horns being twenty miles asunder. I had lauded on one horn, she on the other, and we had nfef in the middle. Tho only native iuhabi mum ol Mio uiauti were pr-n win'lies and musscU. So v/o set to work to make ourselvos cbmfortablb. The object of this narrative is" not to give a detailed1 aeoo int of the highly ingeuiius manner in which we contrived to live comfortably, aud even luxuriously oh our island, but rather to oxhibit the caprices of a determined destiny. I detested- Dolly with all my heart, and' avoided* her Whenbver practicable ; but she paid' mo every attention and, notwithstanding her unpleasant appear anoe, she was really valuable to me. She christened tho island 'Fortetcue,' and crowned me its monarch. My first act ss king was to try her' fbr drawing her knife on'rtre policeman inrBembridge lock-up, and by that means breaking out of custody. She was fbund guilty by an impartial j?ry of Me, and sentenced to transportation for life cn the other side of the island. She weut, meekly and uncomplainingly?but, as she took all our rooking implements with her, I was obliged to follow. j his inconvenient 1 \ went on for thirteen years. At .? expiration- ol that period, my kingdom wa? vi? it cd I; y a missionary ship, which had drifted out oi her course. 1 signalled aud my sig nals were auswercd. A boat full of ? Baptist missionaries put off to* us, bear ing many bales of tract* for our oonver sion. They were rery ion eh disappoin ted aod disgusted when they heard that we were Christians. Aul when we" added* ih*t wc were ProM.Uants, they m?bdily returned to their "tioats, and1 trreehanically began to put off to acs\ I screamed aloud in my terror at their contemplated departure without us. Their chief explained that their tuis njicn was to convert, and that we needed no conversion. wt ?Yon?" Ars 1a*01*sia*Un;1' *ald he? ^'Protestant,' and, os? doobb, Baptist. What can we do?' ;, o /? i 'No,' said I, as a ra* of hope broke through ths clouds that were gathering around us, 'not Baptist?Church of En gland!" ?Hal' said their loader; 'Will you 1st mo snake * Baptist ofyotf, tf we talcs yoar with us ?' 'I am open to conviction,* said I. ?Andyour wifeV said he. ?This iauotmy wifsr said I, in a f*ss*fti. 'Shocking, indeed?' said he. AY ill you marry her if I take you off?' 'Yes,' said Dolly, 'he will marry me, yCra melancholy old Presbyterian !' So he took us into the boat, and wo t?fc the island. We were married as soon as we feaehe'tt Eogfar. dl Id a week my wife had enough of me, and fled. The arrears of my pension amounted to something considerable, and she fan4 off with them, t ran oiler her, but I could never frod her. I sup pose, new that I Want net, I never shall". ?- 1 '"? :* Not A Satjsfactort Experi ment.?Here is a bit of grotesque hu mor from New Orleans r? Mr. Oray discovered a non'explosive illdmioating fliiid. To show-how safe the new compound was, be. invited a number of his friends to meet) him in. his rooms, whither he had brought o> barrel of the fluid, which he at ones 'ptmmMUst ai.jr .witii a ^swUhjaokex. As he went through the roof of his houne, accompanied by his friends, ho endeavored to explain to, hia nearest compaction-de voyage that the particular fluid in the barrel had too.much beosine in it; but the geutlauicn said be had an engagement higher up, oud could not wait for the explanation. Mr. Gray coutioucd his ascent till he met Mr. Jonetr,- Who informed him that there was no necessity for Him- to' go' up high er, a* everybody was coming down; so Mr. Gray BtaVtcd back to be with the ptfrty. Mr.'Gray's widow offers for sale the secret fur the manufacture of the non-explosive fluid st a reduced rate, as she wishes to raise money enough' to* buy a silver-handed coffin, with a gilt plate, for the late Mr. Gray. No cards. A- gentleman'Who had taken the horse cars for the' Worcester Depot in Boston, ihoutabered With1 manifold hags and par* eels, reached the bell-rope with an effort when ho wished to get off, and gave a vigorous pull; the result was a sharp ring from both bells.' ?What arO you ringing both ends for ?' was the discourteous add'surly iuv quiry of the conductor. 'Because I wish the car to stop at both cods,' was the quiet reply thai left a convulsed csr-load and dbwesflied (?nndnf tnr Fall and! Winter' ?orxls,! F. W. H. Briggffiann JJAS^jost received; a F?LL STOCK DRY G?tDS, CLOTH INO. FANCY GOODS, shoes, 1IAT8, kc. AM my good* is LOW in price to suit lav timet-V My nVrriio in srnaii profits and quick sales: My stock of j HARDWARE, CROCKERY WARE, GROCERIES, . LIQUORS, WINES, ALE. LAUER BEER;- Ac, Is of the first quatfty and low in'pKee.' COTTON and all ?tbtf iVcaat* bAughs at the highest market price. t. If. W. BR1GGMANH. set 14 ?et ? \7 OK ANGEBUKG ?1 n Common- ftfcj? Wesley Hottscr, A ilmr. v* Atnenia Speig+flcr *?nd other?. Dy order of the Court in this ?*?>b; I will sell for cash, on the aaleduy in February next, (1st Monday. 1 ?O acres "of land on the Santec River, which was of the Estate of Fly Zc-iglcr, deceased. Purchaser to pay for title. OKO. lIOLtVMt. Jan 12, 187?. j--lu-td ncf