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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