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Ib8 a'^heii8 .>.?.? j'l /(??#?/1V? r l I .n.-.** 'I f. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. |1 !? /?<.! 4-?^ VOLUME 5. .Hi JXI -A a307 ?j-HUH I GQD AJNTID OXJ]R TJOSTTRY. <{ ALWAYS IN ADVANCE tlH'I 1 3ttO f .o:i:-? .1 SATURDAY MORNIN& FEBRUARY 3, 1872. NUMBER 51 NEWS PUIUJSJJKD AT OBANGEBtJR Q ii Erery Saturday Morning. BY THE ?RANOEBUR? NflWS CfTATANY TERMS OF SUftSCRIPTION. One Copy for one year. $2.00 ?? ? ? Six Months. 1.00 A?y one Bonding TEN DOLLARS, fori (Mab of New Subscribers, will receive .An.! RXTRA COPY Tor ONE Yl'AR. free of charge. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS,' f?r ? Club of New Subscribers, will reccivoj. nn EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of eharge. RAT KS OF ADVERTISING. 1 Square 1st Insertion. Si.60 it ii 2<1 " .?. 1.00 A Square consists of 10 linen Brevier or on* inch ef Advertising space. Administrator's Notices,.$?"> 00 Bailee* of Dismissal of Guardian*, Ad niuistr.it or*, Executors, &c..$fl 00 Contract Advertisements inserted upon the mast liberal terms. MARRIAGE ami FUNERAL NOTICES, hit exsocdiugone Square, inserted without ohsvgo. ?:o:? ?fSr Terms Cash in Advance, "^?a *?-!.!_ . fe ..' i - - "- - -.! MALCOLM I. BROWNING ATTORNEY AT LAW, OBl> GEUtR? C. II., So. Cft nov 4 AUGUSTUS B.InOWLTON, (Formerly oi tue New York Dar.) ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Ii A W , onixGKnuRu, s. c. Inly 8 . tf TLUAL JUSTICE, Itcsitlcnoe in Kork of Iv.Iisio, *" pr?inpfiy and'carefully attended to. I july?3 ly DR. T. BERWICK LEGARE, SURGEON DENTIST, OFFICE MARKET-ST^ OVER STORE OF J. A. HAMILTON, METALIC CASES. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND ?11 of the various Si/.e? of the above Cases, which can be furbished immediately ou ap plication. Also manufactures WOOD COFFINS an usual, aud at the shortest notice. Apply to H. ItlQQS. mar 6?lira Carriago Manufacturer. REEDER & DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS a*r? 'General Commission Mui chants, Adner't M /of>y, CHARLESTON, S. C. Oswr.i.i. Rr.JE.pKB. Zi.xmeuauk Davis. OOt 15 Con T. F. Bkodik. U. R. Hwnoisa H. C HODUIN*. iBIlO?TJS ?fc CO. COTTON FACTORS and COMMISSION M EUCH ANTS, NORTH ATLANTIC n'IfARF, CHARESTON, S. C. Liberal Advances made on Consignment. Hbfkr to Andrew Simouds, JEaq., Prea t 1st National Bank, Charleston, S. C. may 21 weo tf WASHINGTON HOUSE IJV Mrs. M. W. Stratton, TOtlNKK (JKRVAIS ASSEMBLY STREETS COLUMBIA, S, C. Convenient to lue Greenville rfnd Charleston Railroads and tho Business porKon of the Cijy, Rate pf Transient Board?Two Dollars per Day. Regular Boarders received at Reasonable Rale*. dec 10- . Lf TO A WATE It FOWL. l\'hiiln>r, midst falling dew, While, glow the hcagms with the Ust stcp9 Far tlirough their rosy depths, dost theft pursue Thy solitary way ! i ? fj.ii'j ''T* i W ' Vainly the fowler's eye Might, mark thy distant flight , to do thee, wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure fluats along. Seuk'st thou t he plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or wheto the rocking billows rise and sink On tlio chut'od oocan aide There is a.power whose c TeH?hes thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimiiahlc ?ir,? Lone wandering, but not lost. All dny thy wings hnvc faun'd, At that fur height, the cold, thin atmosphere, j Vet alocp not, weary, to the welcome land, | Though the dark night Is near. And seou that teil shall end; Soon shalt thou find a sumtu?i' home, and rest, ? ! And scream among thy fellows ; recdS shall bend, Suon, o'er thy shulter'd nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Ilalh swallow'd up thy form; yet, ou my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given. And shall not soon depart. He who, from tone to zone, Guides through tho boundless sky thy cer tain flight, In the long way thnt I must tread alone, Will le.nl my steps urighu - ?'? - - -l l .J. - - - THE FINGER 1>F FATE. BY VY. S. GILBERT. * .3A footUB? I am going to give you sn instance of the desperately strong measures Fate will take in order tor bring about an cent she has set her mind upon. I am a middle-aged bachelor, of staid fortably ?<dT." having an independent income of $-400 a year, and. a Civil Ser vice ptnsion of',S7,Q0 a year. I was f<>r many years S< crotury-of the Warrrnnt officcrs* Shiri-Friil and Shaving Soap* Department?a branch office under the Admiralty, Somerset House. I tinvc led a quiet and retired lifo? shunning ''society" in its gayest sense, and associating intimately with three or four other bends of subordinate depart ments, and with no one else. * I am naturally nervous, air], I am afraid. . ;ta?de. I hate bright colors, unneees oan conversation, useless noises,?such as vocal nnd instrumental music, and the neighing of hordes,?and I can't bear to sec people in quick motion. If I had my way, no one should speak to me except on matters of pure business, und only then, when the communica tion could not be conveniently reduced into tho form of a weiunra'nuVrm. Above all other things, I detest forward peo ple; and above all other forward pooplo, I detest strangers, who address mo on immaterial topics in pubiic conveyan ces. I had occasion, a few weeks after my retirement from official 1 ifVr. to travel to Glasgow by tho limited mail, on my way to New I'oik. it ia a long journey to Glasgow?twelve hours ? the train leaving Fusion Square at nine, J\ M.. ami professing to arrive at nine, A. 51 , the next day. A railway-journey to (Jlasgow is detestable, but posting is worse, and walking out of rhu question. It was a cold night Iu April. There were very lew passengers by tho limited mail. There were only four first-class carriages to Glasgow: of tlJcae, three were occupied by three ladies?one in each carriage; the fourth was a smoking can .age, and empty. I don't smoke; but the train was on tho point of start ing, and the guard assured uic that it was unlikely that we trbould take up any first-class passengers ou our way. It was u new carriage, and had- never bu?n used. At nil events, I was sale from f .in|p intrusion ; so i jumped in. The train started, and 1 had my carriage, all to myself. The train did not s.top till-we reached Kug-by. At Rugby, a lady opened the carriage door. She was a stout, plain, mivldle-ngcd womuu?fivo and forty, I should say; She w*? ?xirava?/nntiy rjreksed in showy color*; }|<-r complex ion was very dark-, and sho wore a re spectublc moustache. This wouldn't do ; I could setf!e far at all eveuts, 'I beg your pardon, mn'utn. but line is a smoking-carriage." 'Dash ! I hate lady. I like geutlgu*!?. Thea she added us mi altor-thr 'ttxnctly/g replied the lady, with a "trdng'jbfeijl accent, 'bat I stnokes.' This was a contingency that 1 had 'You jtir/xUH light.- sari" Raid tho foreign ludy. Here wus a chance of es caped" lI have no lights, madam.' ? Ah, daah V sho sold. 'But, no conse quence,?G uurd !' Th .? guard came up. ] 'You give me l'ght V And he gave her a light, and then be anappearcd. 1 was nearly choking with tli3 fumes of her detestable- IIa vantjah; At last 1 could stand it no longer, and .1 Haid,? ,JL*\. msi^arjjfcijlidl objeQd smoking. ?Ah,' replied the lady, 'you obj smoke?you travel in smoking-carriage' Donkey?jackass donkey !' ' She gaid .dUpsj^lSeflfthroe words with lb c tor on#-who bad done a short ad dition sum, aud was stating the total. 1 had never travelled abroad, but I knew that foreigners arc remarkable for their politeness. 'I entered this carriage to avoid the society ot ludieo.' Me, too.' tiaid the foreign lady 'iou arc haughty old customer, bull like you?you, rummy old p?*.enger I* 1 was excetidiogly annoyed at this 1 plume myself on my good taste in dree* ? that is to say, I bli^cty to dress myself in such a way as to call for no remark of any kind, which I hold to bo the per I feet Ton of gcod ta-te. My personal ap pearance is simply gentlemanly, without any thing remarkable about it. It has been toy constant study to be gentleman. IV; but us-und; n'tul to be called a ?rummy old ptisHcugor' was, under tbc circum stances*, r?n irrigating thing However, I maintained a dignified silence. It was a very cold night, and my fol< ? bought it woull irritate her if I let down" the wiu.luVv. AccovdinJy 1 did ??TmivW'yot!, cml passenger,' she said. 'I like fresh airs. 1 Met this one down (no !' And she lowered the other win dow. T couldoVstand the draught, so 1 put up uiy window?-and sho put up hers. I waa sulkily furious by this time In half nn hefr we should reach Stafford, and 1 defermined to change my carriage at that station Inthd/rncan time I Lried to sleep, but the foreign lady kept up such an incessant clatter, that sleep was out of the question. 'Where you going, old passenger? You Dot "cl! f Secret, eh? Ah, sly dog ? You old cashier, perhaps, bolt ing with bank moneys, eh ? Cdnfiden tiki clerk, with employer's cash box in t portmanteau, eh ? Ohl boy going nn north to marry old girl on Jlje sly, eh? 15 ignmn, and schomed of it, perhaps, eh, you old passenger ? Bah ! Bag man yood as anybody else ! Never be ashamed?look at me! Me not blush at myself. What you say I am??eh? You not guess Duchess? No! Count ess? No! Lady of large property? wife of Glasgow merchant ? Devil a bit! Missionary wouiau ? No. . i hi rope daucer? No! Stewardess oo We.-i iiiuiaiiia'i, ?>[><-<lUlilg p.l^ : U" ?[11,11 h : it! Cubic bonier sit' months. Find big Anieri'Oii ship water-jogged?cargo 'notions'?nobody on board but pussy oat, you rummy old passenger?boarded her?Hullo! What's that.' I did not know what it was, but there whs a sudden snap, and our carriage gradually slackened sp'eed, aud eventu ally stopped. 1 put my head out of the' window The coupling had broken, and our carriage and the guard's vau hud been separated from the rust of the train. The driver knew nothing about it; and there we wt!\3, half-way between Stafford and Kugbf at twelve, A. M.,i on a very cold April night 1 Great Heavens '.' said 1, in the very greutest alarm, the coupling has broken and wo are lei's behind' by the train ! We shall be Bumehed- by the next dowu train !' 'Not a bit, you old strange one!' replied she, without fven looking out of the. window 'Guard at end of tr&lu, If we broke off he broke off too.' The guard had in point of tact rushed forward, waving his lantern in'the faint hope of being nble to attiact the attebtiou uf the driver, but in vaiu. So lie re turned, very excited but very sulky ] What in the ed I. ? : ? Ii W ?oT yott anjd your old wo ok to. egrapn. iJonio, out'yoi ?But where are we to golf It' in rkin ing hard, and we shall bo waked.' 'There's a light yonder atross the oora mon. You'd better trot ojter^hcro, you ao*Jy?r|4?"tvA'ol?Jnd sfbook 'cm up. kmujl m?h Mi* cJuntrj And off ho went like ligh 'His advice very good, Sty old man, said my companion. 'I tale your arm and wo trot. Come, rum tyisp.' There was no help for if, I succumb I ed, aud had a ' pathless and f'urzy couim in walk over a , half a mile iou had a a sitting at ion ; and if Ui'tcd her up mcs hixteeu diutucte knack, of tumblfel loSrtl tauaeat the whitest prov 1 lifted her up ouce, I twenty times. Twenty stone is exactly two tons? -which repre sents the wt ight I lifted c IF Bembridge Common thai night. (I h vre since had reason to believe that her-1 Actual weight is fifteen stone three, but Jf say sixteen stone, because I take into raonsideration the moisture with which he:j clothes were saturated.) ' 1 .cu! gthj aft< iag, wc ? mutes' difii light that It procced 'This had attracted our attention; ed from the window of a v? ry small cot t ige. Wo kuoekeJ, und l ventually the door was opened to us. ! u the mean time, my companion, who had informed me that her name was Do Hy Fortcscue, sang neuro songs in a dee^f^rnffralto. 'Wot is it ?' said the cottager'. 'There has boon no I'Caideut ou the line, and wc want shelter.' J * Wot'il you give ?' i 'A guinea; ^d^i.^FoA ruin old card giv'e a g iiuea.1 ?Well, you can lie in the/stable. My cottage is chock-full.' 1 SkVi He took a lantern, and I showed me into thr- '?tabl*,' whirli hut with Oro'TrflaiWRleFffTirrW a very untidy donkey. I at once de cline ! to share this stable with Dolly, [(referring to ri^i; a night in the tain. I stated my intention. 'Old hoy is quite right. He's a rum my old passenger, but he's quite right. CjUiUiwloog. ifrtMMP-little eld man?wc walk somewhere else.' 'Now, lookee here,' said the man ; wot's your game, you two!' Wot are Iyer hup to? Is this here a lark? ! Wheie's my guinea ? (live us "old o' n.y guineu afore you goes. Come!-?be a gentleman afore you goes ! None of tKi-. with me, you know! (Jive us 'old o' my guinea ! Come!' 'Old man,' said polly to me. "pull crtrf employers' cash-box, and give gtr'.r/c*a li'we birds.' 'Wot's this here about cash-boxes?' said tho man. "Come, out with that guinea ! We hears u good deal about it, but we dnu't see none of it. Come, let's see some of it. He a man !' T shall give you nothing,' said I. "You are an insolent scoundrel !' ?Wot '.' said the man?'wot's ibis here about eash-boxe.4 t Come along o' me !' ?atiddie laid his hand upou my collar. ' You scouodrvl ,!' Had?T,'ifi Were a stronger niaii. f.d' ? ?Wot! assault tho perlice' My ere here's a go ! Come nkmg o' me: I'nV the en.iNtiihln I'll tri??- tmrt ? I.?/!..;??.? So, ii s cash-boxes, is it ? Come along o' me ?bot h ou yer!' And be led us to a square building at tin; back of his house, aud, unlocking the door, pushed us in. 'Now,' said he, 'I'm a-goiu* to search you.' And ho did; but he found nothing except s4os? H?vcreigus-?for my mooey was in my'dcspafeh-bnx, which had been placed in the luggage-van. 'Now, said he, 'how about senrchiu' your good w >mau ? I ain't a-goin' to do it?aud 1 ain't got a misaua. Lookee here, auppose you do it?' Sir.' said I, 'this woman is a total a!ranger to me.' 'Ahl sepnrate responsibilities, eh? The hold story. Now, lookee here, ma'um, I ain't r"g?iti' to search you, because I've been properly brought up; ! but I'm a-goiu1 to ;Thuke you, to see if you raufe.' Mi-s Fortcseue made no'verbnl reply, but pniied out N gigantic clasp knife. 'A? right,' said she. 'Cone on, po liceman '.' lie hesitated. 'Look, policeman; I? tell' J\u what I do. 1 walk out of this. 'Good nights!' fcn? she M - 1 n i ? p-H . The policeman turned pale and civil. 'Ain't you goin' ?long with nor, air V ?*id he. ?1 am not. I paw the night here/ He retirody swearing fluently, and locked the door on me. I could not alee-p?but, ttt ?11 even's. I was free at Janf from! my prosocutrr*. I was so pleased, that I eang a merry song, and carved my name on the? wall with a rusty nail, as other prisoners have dono before mo. The next day I was taken before a magistrate, who dis missed the caso at once, and I resumed my journey. When I reached Glasgow, I found that my ship wax nn the point of sailing My luggage had been placed on board, and my half-cabin was ready for me. We 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 left my cabin at all if 1 had not been thrown bodily out of it by a tremendous concussion one very stormy night. I rushed on deck, and found every thing in the wildest confusion. A fear ful storm was raging, and the ship bad struck on a sunken roek. Th re waa absolutely uo hope for ber, and it was impossible to launch a boat, even if it could kuve lived in sueb a .-en. I don't want to harrow anybody, so I will centcut myself with explaining that amid the shrieks of three huudred peo pie, the vessel foundered. I alway? take tbe precaution, when ttt sea, of wearing a little todia'-rii'bber apparatus ruund my neck, which I in flate, aud in that oouditiou it prevents my head from going under. 1 inflated it hastily, aud i found that it answered admirably, i was tossed about violently for some hours, and when tbe gale at length -ubfiided, 1 was far out at sea. No land was visible; and as I rose and leli in the sulky loppiug tea, I felt that httf lUit vyaJariUfltf. 'l^oOKed' eagerly towards the horizou on all aides, in the vain hope o?? seeing a distant toil, but 1 saw none. There was, however, one thing iu view?a dark round thing floating ot. the waves a mile or so from me. I strack out for it, and I was hor rified to tiud that it was alive ! Still I approached it, reflecting that dearth from a sea-monster was preferable to death from btarvat'* ,nd to my amazement 1 fouud that it was making straight in my direction. On approaching it, I waa appalled to find that it resembled noth itf? so much as a human head in a floating plate; and on comiug within three or four yards, 1 discovered that it wan the head of Miss Fortescuo, suppor ted above water by a eoutrivancc similar in character to the apparatus 1 have already described. I should add that her great fat bunchy body, and ( I had no doubt) h?r legs, were still connected with it. 'Not Miss Fortcscue V said I. 'Hummy old passenger, by Gar V said she. "What you doing here, ear?' '1 am not here by choice. I was wrecked in the 'Aurora Borcalia.' 'Me, too !' said she. 'You !'said I. 'Wore you on (board tire Aurora ?' '?Horcalis,' added she. 'Yes?mc stewardess, How are you?' '1 am very cold, and this confounded thing has given me a crick in the neck.' ?Situation damp,' said she. 'Try this, you queer one !' It was a flask of brandy. She held it to my lips until I bad tiken a comforta ble draught. 'Two shillings,' said she, holding the bottie to the light to see how much I had1 faked'. 'Here it is ' said I. 'Stewardess, a shilling?make three.' I determined to resist this extortion, for ou that Hue of packets the Steward's fee is included iu tho (Vre. I t*old' her so. 'You mean old cuss !' said MisTf For tescue. 'I give you uothing more'' I tried to look dignified and indifrbr' ent, but it Was'of no use. You can't look dignified-Whoa you*arc'perpetually bobbii-.g ap and dovru on a lopping sea, supported cutirely by an 1 ndhi rubber bag round the neck. Fesideft, I Was very hungry, and* she had'a large Water proof haskvjtf o?' the arm. So I g-ive her i hi .?billing, which she bit and pock ctod. "Now ?lien;' said she, 'what's to do next V ' 'What have you got there?' mid I. 'German Hau sage?cucumber?carrot ?bottle barley-water?two tomatoes?a bloater?two egge?one pound macaroni ?bead of endive??tivk Spanish liquo rice?three pounds suuil." 'What are jour terms fof tire carrot r ?Carrot very dear out here*, yod pecu liar old one'. Carrot a guinea.' 'Hand it over.' I gave her a guinea and ate the car rot. 'Now,' said she, 'I go straight on in that direction for shore. Come along, old one 1' 'Never V said I; ?I will take the oppo site point of the compass, aud run my chance. Qood-by.' And I struck out vigorously in tho opposite direction. After a day and a halfs vigorous" swimming, I reached the point of a low sandy shore, which seemed to stretch lor miles in a direction due south, as I judged from the position of the sun. I was well satUGod to feel dry ground un der my legs again, and I landed With* much gratitude. I was extremely htfngry, and I walk ed for miles along the shore picking tfp* mussels and periwinkles, and eating them raw. I saw no trace of r. 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 that luy across my path. To my intense joy I f4und, ou investigation, that it was a sleeping, breathing human B*eing. I could not tell whether it was a man or a woman, as there was no moon, and the clothes he or she wore might have suited cither ser. equally well. I endeavored to awaken the figure, but in vain; so I determined to sit by his or her side until morning. Accordingly I dropped myself into a! sitting position, when, to my extreme' amazement, an explosion of fin. took placo immediately under mo 1 across me that the brand Was a mass of slumbering fire, only waiting for accidental contact with an exciting cause to blow itself and every thing upon it miles into the air! Ou closer examination, however, I found that I had sat d >\vu upon a box of vesu vians, aud that one of them had explo ded. It suddenly occurred to me to use these vesuvians as a means of identify ing nYy ctnnpanion. I ignited one, but it was not a flaming vesuviun; it smoul ded, aud fizzed, and smelt, but afforded no assistance. 1 lit another, aud held it close 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 slee per's cheek. The sleeper started up. It was Dolly Fortcrcue ! 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 mo?grinued and spolre. 'That dash hot,- you ooM1 ouu !' When mcvrrfbg bro?e, we looked about us. T !'.'?*. island we found waa about twenty-five miles long aud seven broad, principally rock ? no vegetation ? no fresh water. The Ulaud was crescent shaped, tho two horns being twenty miles asunder. I had lauded on one horn, she ou the other, and we had ni"e6 in the middle. Tho only nati?c iuhabi ?..??? ?c.u--i.-- ? ? ???' ... r-Yff;*** mussels. So v.v set to work to make ourselves comfortable. The object of this narrative is" not to give a detailed' acconut of the highly ingeuKus manner in which we contrived to live comfortably, and even luxuriously ott our island, but rather to exhibit the caprices of u determined destiny. I detested Dolly with all my heart, and'avoided' her Whenfcvcr practicable ; but she paid mc every atteution, and, notwithstanding her unpleasant appear ance, she was really valuable to mc. She christened tho island 'FoHeibus,' aud crowned me its monarch. My first act as king was to tYy her fbr drawing her knife en the policeman in lictubridge lock-up, aud by that means breaking out of custody. She was fouud guilty by an impartial jury of Mc, and sentenced to transportation for life on the other side of the island. She went, meekly and unconiplainiugly?but, as she took all our cooking implements with her, I was obliged to follow. 1 his inconvenient life went oo for thirteen years. At the expiration- ol that period, my kingdom was visited-bya missionary ship, which had drifted out of her course. I signalled und my sig nals were answered. A bout full of Baptist missionaries put off to us, bear iog many bales of tratet?* fur our conver sion. They were very lunch disappoiu ted and disgusted when they heard thaf we were Christinns. Aul when we added (hat we were Protestutits, they moodily returned to their lioats, ami rtfeohanically began to put off to sea. I screamed aloud in my terror at their contemplated departure without us. Their chief explained that their mii mion was to convert, and that we needed no conversion. ?Yon are a Christian,' said he? ??'Protestant, and, no doubt, Baptist. What can we do?' ' ?No,' said I, as a ray of hope broke through the elouds that were gathering around us, 'not Baptist?Church of En gland r1 'Hal' said their leader; 'will you let me make a Baptist of yon, rf we take your with us?' 'I am open to conviction,' said I. 'And your wife?' laid be. ?This a not my wife V laid I, it* ? pftAfrou. 'Shocking, indeed?' said he. Will you marry her if I take you off?' ?Yes,' said Dolly, 'ho will marry me, y<ra melancholy old Presbyterian !' So he took us into the boat, au J we reft the island. We were married as soon as wc fattened1 England In a week my wifo had enough of me, and fled. The arrears of my pension amounted- to s->mething considerable, and she ran' off with them. I ran aller her, but I could never find her. I aup pose, now that I Want her, I never shall*. Not A Satisfactory . Expiri me.nt.? Here is a bit of grotesque hu mor from New Orleans r? Mr. Gray discovered a uon explosive illbmiuating fluid. 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 a barrel of the fluid, which he at once .^nraota-dad to but, .with .a -xpt?j&wkfx*-.. As ho went through the roof of his house, accompanied by his friends, ho endeavored to explain to thin nearest com pay mm dc rayaat that the particular fluid in the barrel had too much benzine in it; but the geutlanian said be had an engagement higher up, and could not wait for the explanation. Mr. Gray continued his ascent till he met Mr. Joneir,- Who informed him that there was no necessity for him'to'go'op high er, as everybody was coming down; bo Mr. Gray started Lack to be with the patty. Mr. Gray's widow offen for sale the secret for the manufacture of the non-explosive fluid at a reduced* rate, as she wishes to raise money enongfr rfo* buy a silver handed cofiiu, with, a gilt plate, for the late Mr. Gray. No card*. A gentleman'who had taken the horse cars for the Worcester Depot in Boston, iuou'mbered with manifold bags and par cels, reached the ball-rope with an effort when he wished to get off, and gave a vigorous pull; the result was a sharp ring from both bells.' ?What are you ringing both ends for ?' was the discourteous arid1 surly in4-' quiry of the conductor. 'Because I wish the car to stop at both ends,' was the quiet reply thai left a convulsed car-load and discomfited conductor. Fall and Winter'?oods^ F. W. H. Briggffiann HAS jnst received a FULL stock of DRY C,oM>S, CLOTHING. FANCY ?OODS, MIO ES, HATS, kc. All nsy goods is low in price to suit kW timer". My mtttto ia small profits and quick selsr My Block of 1 Hardware. CHOCK BUY w ARE. groceries, * LIQUORS, WINES, ale. LAGER BEER. Ac Is of the first quality and lew in pHet. COTTON and nil othff I'rcdoee b6ugki at the highest market price. p. ir. \r. bRicgmanm. oet 14 oct y lj ! OBANGEBUKG?In Comm- v P\nu& vTeslcy Heuser, Adm r. ya Amenta SptMfctfltr' 'and others. By order of the Court in this'drk**; l will sell for cash, on the s'?U-duv in H^btaary next, (1st Monday. \ .~>0 acres of land on tho . SatatM River, winch was of the Katate of I Fly Zciglcr, deceased. Purchaser to pay 1 for title. OKO. UOLIVRR, Jan 12, 13?2.?1C?td Rctrev.