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Selected Poetry, GODDESS FOR SLANG. I Wna courting a beiautii'il girl one night, Whoill I worshlippe44,l a aost diivine, Ani longell to hear her breathe the sweet little word' ''hat toil tie 11C woiI be inine ; I was pntising the wealth of her chesuit And her eyes of innichless blno, When she laid lir.r dear check on my shoul. der uild sail : iuriah 1 'ta' bully for you." I stari cil in oiiror, bul inanagedl to keep urom showing my intene suurprisc, An, pressed my lips lightly on brow and on cheeck, Andi on her meckly lomedt eyes I toll her my lov was us leep as the sea, (As I felt. her warm heart go ptit-patt r), I would worship her nlways if she wouldt ho nilne And site whispered, "Ol ! Thal's wh''s th1 maller!" I told her that her cheek would the rose put to shame, I1er le0h the faiel Orieniot pearl. And (lie occan'ts rich coral cold never cont pare With the lips of ilny- beuitliful girl Thiat het voice was like the music (lint comes to the ear In the night tine--nnd sweet was her tirn.i lo .As that of an angel, ani softly she breath ed, On tohat you ca.n just helt your pile ! In the bush of the starlight I still whispered on, And presi'sm her more clos to limy breast ; Talked sweeter tharm Romuco, dlearer l:,u1 Claude, And told her how ite love was bleI; ol bliss in a cottage, or flowers ani bi rl, (Though I felt, at times strange out of .joint), When she looked with a smile, aiel daintily lisped in ily ear, 41.1 rein't qut T.. t1epoint " I presie(l her till closely, I talked at ill more sweel, Call tile star ho look dovn oit otur love, lale love riiy io to dove, and kiss riiyie to Anil vowel by lie heavcis; abot1ve I'd be constanil, atl (rue i:; sh:e'd oily ho maine ; Pre'NIel her ips an1 ca3reN'Iett her lirowI When she intswerlcd m back, will a rich, (Lon he re ! a41 1 u lofter t/" rocks l" "tOLD TI MIE" 'la hc a nt i t'ul oag on (lie slumhorous ir, Thatltt thougnh tlit valley of .lr'eaiis T1. caiine; t'roi it clito whee the 44, - were, Atil a t itel'iti hirt anl high hrown hair That wavcl in flut norning! leuin. Softey, ot'a int anl i ye ot' brown, A.1l snoV n% hiue lorehi'ael. are I hee; A gliiuniering (rt'tots tiot a gliltering Lrown, A I hory hld anl a enilh of <lown, Lo hlu)1t4! antd leaItlt 1' prayer, A bret iih ofpring in the bre'y (ho w b 'Swee wvahts l'roml (lhe 4inivering .n 111i1 violt- eyt. s ltnueaith green Inois, A Imlle of brooklets. n swctt of' huis, Ililn!1 wable1Is al chud nhaiIi.Hung vilnes. A rosy wreath and dinipled hand, A ring ani a slighted oIw 'Three g htl n lnk fa1i broken bantl, A liny track Il ilh 1l0n whtite sand, A t(ar and a iile.,s brow. Ther a t m et ure of grief in tihe beautiful song That soloi on thet sltiiberous air, Atli lueliness folt in the festivo throig, -inha (11wn on1 the S 1u- as it, trembles along From a clinile where I lhe roses were. We heard it fiat ali (e dawn of ilay, Anmt it wingleel willh ustiin cimles, Iut, yeas lYu a We 'litanie. the beauti'ul lay, And its tbelnly flowet Ivtota hit' away,; Ani we Cnll it, now, Old Tiie. nYv Mlr:. l.Ait Un. GwY NN, iii 8. C,. At whot' alliroachl, ghotsts', wn tlering here iti iIhere, roop001 nie hioie 1o Chitireh.yail s Mr~hs. N----- wa an invunlnl when I first, k now ler. Sh ame tou us) 1) in theo ttpring~ of 1 S-, fiomn hier i far R obrn hieathhI. Slue hiad been,1 a woman of re mairkabhle personal :1 uraction s, aiid her foruiiand JIli thiotigh wvasted. atni (aded by sickness and1 aig, sill bio traes of a plenliar anid s nkinig b~ean tv. I ler f'ormi wais tal, gr'acefl' anld 'majestie still, and her fae wasi litno (enouigh 1for a Grtecian lulodetl. 1lir haitr----oiginatly black as midnight--wa3 now silvery 'with ago, but abundaint, glossy and curling, 11er coimplex ~ion, I though palo was smoo0th as8 polished male:~h; and her 0yos-her mlost, remarkah~loi feature line, full and1 idark, defined alike the ravagecs of' timec anid disease. Shle was then seve'nty year's obil, and suifferin'v from a pasintut and1( deadlty malady, yot her itervatls of comptaral ivo ease, hoe conlversation was aniateid, interestino.g Mrs. N--.-. was not a Chr'istian, and of tan spoke of' the Ililek and its bleOv erai ini a ve(in of* hittert :'acasm. I knotw nlot wvhat were huer religiotis opinions. S3he seeme~ld to believe ill the ex~isl(ece ofI an over-r nhlng Ieity ~-ani all perva. dogi spirit of the~ uniiveri.s--anlid oftein tnhcio of htr God tal s a becing !dupnior to the God oft thlo ]Bl, in) mer~cy and goodnecss. orsome muonthis after she cameo to us, she wvas able to walk andt ride a Id every !~C)~ dany, but as thle summe(r iul. vanied, ahio waxed feebleri, and whein 4atun ibegatn to 'synlt e jiende ntia!I <hist antd ashe4s 1 on the cheOsnut's head," she wvas utumle to kaye heri Chain 'bor. Ono pleasant I 8ptembelir morin g, as I Bat 1)y her bed sidet, shoe attemptedl to )se unia~Sit ed, but. findinlg hierself too0 weak she sank back upion her pillow, exclaiomn: "I shall die soott. I am weaker tlhan 1 I havoC over been.ii I know liat mys timoe on earth IS short, and a fow morti days of pain will brinug mue to the end."' "Bnt you wvill live again,'' I an- v iwered, "'and t he grav e is but the pior- t tal to another and bet ter world."' "WXVho, imy friend,'' she exclai imed, li "'hath ben to your hletter worald, and c halth over riseta fromi Ihe grnv e, ti tell r uis that we shlul live againi ? Your b cave, teIm ii' not bo-' of I... ll-5m..r . f aniother life. Ais I sa:d, .1 hJl die Tr inan111y days will pas ; and if tllre ,e aniother state of exlstenice, I solemnl y promnso you that, ii IL pl i. dio 1 will rttiLi atlid reVe-d it to A Fow liays after tin cn 'ersp'lion ook place betwen uI, slhe dh d. I saw er form arayed4 iln lI grave cAilhes, ier aco bound Iin a alikin, and her muds and Feet (which 1. think a very >arbar-ous al revoitiing em filt-y1 >01nnd( togevther. I awher lie stilul arL k, in her coli n. I saw tho coflin oVere'l d into its last rittig place, al1 the Clod.] of the valley 1thrown over t 'The night, after her funeral, and the b11ird night after her death, I was suRi rinhg from a severe spell of headache. I drank a cup of Lea anl went early to ed. I left,a canidlt-wick lticeri1g in i Socket when 1 1a id mhyself duwn, ind I noticel that, the full moon hung ow over Chi horizoni, and cast its pale >caims through Lh thick branches of tn oak that grew j us t olitsido of imiv vildow. oinjg, rack ll by piiin andl unable to (-St, 1 arose about 12 o'clock and went mil into tihe mmoonligh t, h:>ping thait the :ool iughit air would r1ming mo some ro ife. Close to our dwelliiIg lies a dense, lark pino forest-falvoriLo place of re ,ort with mo-and thither now I bout ny stops. Tile wind sighed dismally n1 tho pinies, V1oe tall truinks and -Igged limbs racked an I creakod as if' bey were struggling with some mighty iibiile giant ; wvliie what strnek 1Me s Cceedngl) strange, not a breatlh vas stirrmlL the atmosplore inl which I mloved. illow long I walked in tis fore] I 10 not know, itt, us I l i.iied to the uoaning of the winil, and pamed to watch Lim writhintigs of the old pliles, LIere suddcn ly nrose before 1nV startled yQS a spetrte, at 'he recollection of which imly soul is filled with horror. jlist blow the tosinmg branches of the pilntes3 anld at little above tihe gromill, ,,dbld .--flhoated r,.ather-a tall, w it - robed form. Nel rer, nearer it drow owardis 1Me, an11d louder. anuud ludir s 3com. t1 011 the wind. Nearer and near :r i it emi le01 oil, until, distinctly, to ny terri4d 'aito, stood revealed tI,. iititrej o M I a. N TIe [y 1tht I. had zen chw1d in leatih gleutnd 1 up)onl me wVh a wiltld miw li-1igh. The loll", tafln. lke ting!ers e tenol t.owanli me, 3In5h. nlg al ojlollillig, onlly t~o vItali ng.till, na i eaIgr t * raip their prey ; w, the teeh galod, aid Se1e(ied L 'tea i.n ine withIi 1110o0 thal 1uo ttd 111. ) e aOonw of that 11 hou! I r I .strngIled to evade tliat d.-adhd;rp IL triel to lee, lit oin, cold clainniv 02neirled my wait like a vice, 11i hIl lily right iandll4 1i4 pioniinled to ii ! 1 strule d with the e-1rgy of, depair. 11n1)' m goy of tel i, I s !ie- r a blow with my hand ijn. abhoei the m Alld (r1- * vrm-op of darl hAood ocxd fr ',m the out, and, trie!d'I down her u e -helek, fell upon01 my1 arm. The wnh her voice hlis:mlg through lie eth ilhow and wild I, cloe to my ear, sh 'Th ere is anotherN worlI I a a witne-s-Z from it ; hit I have still power il i and upijon vou!1I" With a ruelna 1!'r, rn 11f11 from h1r. - r l: nt . wm.i to il 1et n a Ild hecari her v'oice~ one "'A enr2.0 upon)1 tho coing light ! Sreit lnot for ih 11m be-mii S I) mt dawn,' I, y'ou shioutld not3 have escap50ed me thu11." C lancin back, 1 hitlwM h er in (!ight also hiat.in g a way, mS Ie idirectice of the grave-yard where 1 li sell Ior imterred ; whi far avway m. thI e im~i & .ippef~ared the :c.treakly finge;rs of the1. m3orn m3g. I huriedI~i hiome. and to my altonishmed I be'gged . tim to qoe ihe gra ve mnd s~eie it any ampeartanc there Eli f ied imy belief that. it was imb-ci,\rs. N whomll~ I hlad sieen. I told t hemi of the blow I hom l itrck hier u'ponlt1 thefae amti s'iowed t hem th1e blood upon my sloove. AMter mnehc persuasion from 1me, theiy at last conisented01 to ha ve tho ave opened4. Al v husban~lhd said it could do no0 harm, anI m;iht po$uhiy drivo thme stanlge crot ict from nmy brain. 'Phov0 all behioved me1 to be maad ! Thel workmon0) were0 called--at myil req)nest, the0 same1 wh~o haid a few days beforo placed the cotlini in the grav. plhey wvent (to work, wvondering and hlnt stmIilig ati their stranigo task. A :'rowd of cenriolSus spectators g thered runid, amulong wh lom, and1 clolLe to the0 birmik of thi gre o , stood my htusband G radwd~ ly thei earlth and brieks w'ere removed rloum (lie gravo unil Ihey ciame It 110 comu i. Theln they pa~nse'd, for ley' had found overythinig just as the~y had left it---not ai brick remnoved froum it place. "'Shill we open the coflin ?" the)y ask e:or are y on al~l saiiti -d My heart. died within me as 0on ftcr m othter anuswered, "Wo ar sat is lied."W I (em ai if' upon the opening of tili 'otli lnd my fate. ''Open t, opeii t, pl ieade 1, and my hunsand, evim. alluhizmg with me 1 iln my; dlistress joi'ned TJhe crowvd once more1 crowuded around iut with a ei osity wich partook ltothing of' that whlichi all'ected mue. Tescrewy.1 that hldu down thle coflin id were q]uickh lyr ee; tho lid was fted up by Strong, firm han~ids--ed TJhe crowd fell back aghlast. The orkmen~l spjrang from the grr~ve with lees white as death. T.hcr4s laiy the lhving corpseo, wit-u rol n1g, glaring~ eyes, widel spent livid h;ps, )vered with foamI; andI jus~t a bovo her ght eye a purple spot--a sta in (of lood---the blood which my blow had rown. I growl, isted fromt ier ghastly lips, as the l'u1l rays of thu moorning sun f"1l into her grave. Thou I understood what sihe icant by the "accursed light;"for in a Ui.tant--ii the twiinkling of' an eye --tie quiverig form, distended jaws, billriiig eyesn-all, all, becamno a heap of dust. T'ih strong but kind hand of illy hin I gro;ped ile by ti armi, and with vig:,orouj shake freed ie from the ty ranny of' ainst diatresuing "night a1e.11 The candle still flickered in the socket the luun, still in the horizon, looked down through 0the saImue oaken braniches; and I had s"ifl'e all theio horrors th hawry of' horrors-in two or three .iicouiNi of' time. IFonn O!w o.n-cgso N'. Y., Palqdiu, 161h.] llorriblo Solution of a Mystery--A (bild Eate n by Snakes. In the carly par-t of he monti of August last at girl nminedl Elizat liummnd], about, II y (ears orage, wise Imrens live near Mhe town of We') MOr in this countiy, left her hioie cne imurning for the purpose or pickiii herries, aml never returnnedi. The ii->sf Idii -nt -earch wva, madle Ifor her by t-he prnt-v s :nll nigthbor. but no tractes could be fotill-I. Shin 1id not been idIown ed, for all pie's where there was Water wer CaIt'ully examineldc. CveI to VelF.s tnd cisterns in tile neighborhood, After weeks of frilies scirch anil inqir'y he illieted parents gave tip the chilli for lost. it. wias reported thlat a Iaild of vigrant.3 had been seen ncar the locality ittl. the time of the d isappeara lnce, atI tie opinion prevaildci that, the clild tad beet st>lvei and carried away by tle gy pie. Tie evenil, wfihieb eeafell a profounid sen. nii at Ir le time, ha,1l abiost pissed fron tihe nihll.' of'all 'aVe the :tic'keni pll'alits, when it waus painfully ecalled by a trecent ciiel'let lit. I( t iv. itiy last live or six uladl w(ent( ut lining inl thie vicinity, anud diir;g the day ctme upon a spot. where a i1,i'ge iiigitunir of blacIk siakC3 Iere dis coveeld and killel. The -ippearns;tli. of i he ropille in silufi largie niiiaib.r' ant at this seoln of'I tihe yoar, was considerable, and it wan; su:get ed by one of the pnrly that a breedmy it" nus-A be som~where near. At oanch wa.; immediately cormmnce which resu!:cl i a a miaitr far diffluee t froin their vx-, 1. t . :1i nIIs. lin the 'it. Of rh h.l ni'ar fho ide of a swanop ras founi a mort or opening, IVIthe, Li t lie il iiitnr, wa Csoncealed by 111ll grass ait1 iis1e'. In the op(nilng, wit foud a huu il . Iti'll fIom whiclh every particle ot' huh hLid hown aken. Mhe hone were as9 while Ii ivory atili aill perfect. Near by W!i a tli pul ii a i sted cliindititn and a I mn - ;p. 1ue 1 yswer terribly frighItenked ::I.1 Owe thlarml. The relmains were ' Mlu'.i Ih' uiut1 h of the udent, and an 0X*-uninA~~ t in ihw dthat tile plIaCe Ilt heen, :n*l probably now was a breeding ph for LlaunktThe_ h)..I Ios( (14 llate'l it) enl .er i n ( i ti rane. wieb wil, bir 'ieenough for the whtillo' li of it itntl's budy, grewN, nM''''1 :lui extended downwar.l. 'ighted lmi. tf lay soa''in keroye ' wre ilbrown ".vn";ihe cavity, awol ja loes 111:1n 151 mlinuites I m.it (y tu w ulke, ranging inl length fromt eli il. 'el were kill. I htIl and tit ('11, enyp we-re rv ognized by Mr. " 't. it ' ritL. 1 .ii or a .t e t ke n hi h iir c ib t e te 'oNot aay, for Ite .t ti i t I,.. The I 'y tells po n wo une-1 thfe re mion thoqu o au 'mle chiki, and there canl fel m d oubt lic l ut 1 h poorl gili, while lbcv hrra-s inl (he vi:inlily orfilhe spot, be.-a'i I i cd, t e-u l Sin-i'-i il t ho li of the qi ming t I bis horr de", and ia i I ile T .i.P's in -1 10.4 A . - in t'l i ntiiftl tinlosi . i tt 11 prat1ed the bM" l'rents, whwo hearts nre It'i.- tI. L " unt w I l hl tholi ght of'fi t e bibleHi atech depdied the of ther 11:'I t u' ir'd fo gnoll deat alidu ing Some ti.e pei aboit.l thet Iword of huinotles hanging 0ver thle head It ih 1 Sotnirsernat , attd Over pet .:ILul ast I ci's, andit to iiak it ie omi 111 11ng cer: untet s o r. i he ht ti e healli r ' of thi Ivi r.1 ar PitI 3'.o lesis~d', Ait th tuhitur sp ea tei.y, eand elns frane lthe iiCtinguiled otr Ilil on, whoi is sa ming fte South.b .\o il sontlrtin is sot izt joltc n a et h ir. Cohiiott fonry night flawt, o the whit C'laie m1if tey enowittd he eir.,e4inot tou~t vot foraa~ tI Nrh the peeoben plalo te ofi b-lijitttsa lhiv t ot Oltunin to St hng of <s't~inp iotnl ,pki and palinsfo ingo I orils ih c lt, a fowanh lead fo leascar. liti'i'. cut'h (IilC nart r Wi(tOn)lt w'ould co hei vie loSwlet corn i t propers of ney luuis 0,111 aeIrtpnding. Now we t inkt en 'lune enoittof thve gupene swgordst 10d Isokc, aentiowil dopeciaywen usedsini tltii'll gad. for pari'tn o p litcaliuroses. I Lohl of' 11''Is pi'rile, hehieopleand al tter oui ofi ict i s n aeve w orste thran lia. 0'it. emcis a diltposiitiotoi' fxrnt Ne Oyran pli ie. 1a m ~avllers adt mak tie condtin of~ tr rtora tion the alpot of' ea par tieflr par1y baresds snehl threont tic entlyutlan isary asthe (rectnstrueeson a'dct ot- on re s a e ai d w e plcil the vile fation for therttgothn piole, and il tIhei cowlit'n on hihni te may be~ reitored.--iis t ut f. / le Cl. iti es hl A Nonseragto tov or.-The of tizon oIfl'tin d~liana Texas ae hetol a meiting, etffec o'('id tuobi 'graetranzatone and eetet ctI~Irotabt pn-oes ivKnoingt ahe IVsfering Ahc 'th, failureI of rps )tsk taled btid a ii on therpevou, dsttt eol dso l binia tondv erh, ad hinki No itherdu taishmn, an Wtd fowr yth e~t fordtu pro Ipi -' uaredo roe Iatoes tr istbtion. A Aloma the Loiuisille Journal. A Romantio Incident of the War, Never slutll we forget, the scene we wi nessed a few days siince, whet it was ot good fortuno to place in the hinds of fanily a dispatch fromi a son-whoim ti had long mourned as dead.-saying, "I w bo with you to-morrow ?" .arly in 18( when the read hand of war was thrustit I hoUsands of our once happy people fro their cinut hIones to become wanderers at fugitives in a strango land and anior atrangerts, a young iuan enlisted in the r gimnent iml which we were serving from lI vicinity of Cumberland Gap. lie was ti exemplary soldier, aud soon gained the e! teem of his conirade3 and contidenCe of ]a ollicers, 140 just after theshort, but terrible bat of Cross Lanes, Western Virginia, wi fought, an tinft'ort'lunat e oeticciurrecO, ipi caling himt in a crime, of which subseutte events hilve show nII him to havu been in1o ci, brought him beoijre a court martin aind hle was sentonced to be shot. lIiis pr vious good Charncter induced tle ollicers his regiuent and fle comnuanling gener to petition th1 President to commute h Metence to imiiprisonmti'it , which I elitic was granted, and lite aucirdingly sent on a well-known island prison, between ti coast of Florida and Cuba. lis fanmily, who had been driven fro their hone', were the)% resident t .s Of o city, and the intelligence of' his incarcert tion alnost Crazed his devoted mtiot her al sisters. But their confidence in his trut. honor and goodness oft heart never faltere< They felt ie was innocent and looked hop fully for the revolations of 'tomorrow" I provo it. In a few months, however, was annotunced in (lie mortality repo of the prison that lie had iiedI. After ri pentedly writing, hisa mother received i Contradiction of the report, and gave hi pill with aresignation t hit only seh cireun stances can vouchsafe to a seniative nothe "Down her cheeks towed the round drop And as we the t nhe it Silito hr'o' a showe 6o looked her beatteotus eyes, Casting fort h light. and tears together." A year passed, and the finly moved 1 theint erior o' t he State. Lut what mighi revolutions doesit a year bring forth. Ci Ctustances transpired which proi.Ived b) yond a doubt that our erroneously reporti deal coirado was innocent of' the crime f( which he had been imprisonel, snid lie w: promptly released. Iteing without mint he stolped in a Norn len City L wlorl writing to his former lmine o' his mntlie and then advertising in several of our Sita papers, but to no avail. The only inforn lion he could get. of her whereahotis %r: that she was living "somewhere in Ket ucky.' lie e:mne to the State and loc..tit In an adjoinin.g ; vilalge, cnt intued hits exe tions to tin. bis mittt Ca faily, whom i lad reason to believe were in dtiesitut ei ciustiatnces wherivor thry were. ' Now comiit i lie tiiili'. An :it ori'ud on rage on a ytung N:t y in l:AMtrn Mni nlck a few week since. ,ni account ofil which w: pulished in 11hw ./'uA!.cle U1141-e. 1 notice ot' ourl trvienld, and1 th'- ahlmos vivii of thle itindish aadonl inveslig'1ti was found to he his sister. We were th on businues in tt part, of the St at, at received the before imetioned disptteh, il placed it in I ho hands of thi muler. S I iTad the little ieSge, ;Larted, I .el eI se, and read conivulsively, and tetzmling ooked into tour cyJ, Seeminti-ly searelb ill the depths a' our- l, s.ink up:.n her kn'( land, with lupturel face, exclaimed in la guage that will e-vr reverterate Oil o bprain: "Fathier, I thank liee for to-uio Mon: or Um II :iinoVnt'S iiC, thlie New York' /crdis disgstted wit b I clerwno% indaeoent "chatrge." Of th-at ri uAA I t1101C . ,. ...t ;i . "The cbarge of J.ilge JnderwooI to 11 Grand .Jtiry in Itichnon'l, on Monday, witloit !a parallel. With its whining e-a of tuartyrdLlom, its hitter curset'is OfI theV ftol mtott11(1 aluse et' tichmond, witlh its 'yi gan anid lilyt holng ical ileas of li:tccu Maltmnn and Mars,' its illusioins to .11 awid anW atheistii past.' of Mtchmond, at, one 'hiliHg ot everlasting gnalite' ilh stood unhirmed atind thegreat elila.r-'' to withI its inpluttin g poetica') l quotal iltm fathier of sucesesivo Congress,' ne:knowledl ed' to hb Sot withI 'ai deferen'Cet whih y hi'l Clay, Fox, the Pitt:a, nor even Cicero h: evel' knowvn ;' wvith all itsa angry antd riidic lious rheatorie, t hi.s char;;e is the Iteitt! mtixsturie of' drivel atnd furi ous tone, ever dlisgraced ihe btench. in get Iiig lii sellf up ambhitiously, to 'aict well hhi: liar Ju tdge tUnder woold mut ht tave Ib-'il U coniftut' notion of' takinig tor' miodls~. Jetrevs Pa soln hir)wlo~w and1 ltoberi Shiiltow, ' 1-ih Justice ot' thte Peace, aitul t'Un-am nniti ii lorumn, amut liut o-Cormati, too. Nonto ii somen of Shtakespear'o's quteerest origit chiar'acters', it re'vie t o-daiy, couLld uit such a far'ago otf rant and fustiant as tI unprecedent ed chalrge." Tu'ni S-rnta~r Can Qmtlan'oN IN Nnw Yon --So tmuch ado has been tiade of late abo the oeluisionL of nogroes f'romn the ste rail way oars of Sont hernt cities, Ihat I fotllowintg fromi thaut hlsradical sheet, t he N< Yor'k J.'iln'ing PostI, of the 13tht inst., rat her astonishing: Abtout eleven o'olock t his miorninug eleanlhy and well dressed negro boy, a pp 'ettly toturt een years of aige, at temupt ed get into a Fifth Aventue stage on lmroadwa but thle driver', with gieat rutdentess, pi vented him frott dointg so. TIhie occuipat of the stago were ontly five in numbuter.--o lady and four gentlemen. As soon tno t driver saw thme color of thoe boy hte shut. I door, so soon that the ohtild could not g ile the stage and called to huin i titmt anger to climb on Ltp of Ithe stage. T boy who was btdeod with a mioroco satchel, with ditliculty tr'ieid to elimb ov the wheel totheo dt'iver's sent--whicht by way, Is not itended for anty person buti driver. TIhme boy d1it ot st'uee in (I1 etl'ot, either thrtouigh thle opposit ion of driver or some othier reasn. lie decendt to t Ito pavemnent anud again ttried thie dlo but with maniny objurgatins the driver at. held it L'ast, whtipped tip his horses, at dr'ove down the street. i'SCAP't OF Patisogins.-On Wecdnesda afternoon last., totn prisonters bt'oke out. time jail at this place, bmy wroenching 11 hinges from thte doors. bturstinig the lock atndjuimping Ihe fence of the jail lot TI' t~epttty Shieriff' hatd boont at thte jail jui about a half houtr before, andi hind left. f the pur'psso of gettinig hIs owna ditnner, wIt thle pt'isoners, in ianI icreidibly short spa of (mine, broeke ot, andt~ muade otf wit h su rapidity, that the river swamtp wvas 'eachi b'y themit beforo pursuit couild be inustitute Fortuinately, tho three most despei'ate thte ortmtinals were carrvied to Colutmia thme Penitentiary' omn Monday last: amnd i burglar Nelsoni Is still at Columbiba, tnot ha lng yet been returinedl to thist district fot' new tria1..-Orangcebrg News. P'AssToN.--ThO torrent and( the blast er soar thte loveliest sootnes int nat tire. Wa witht his rustless hand, may rival the oh monts In their work of destrutiomn, biut It. passion alone that lay wauto the htuma~ heart. The wvhilrlwmd and the floodls hay dutrat Ion in their exIstence, and have biount for thtelr fury ; thto earth re.coovers fr'otm 1: devastation of the conflict, wiithi a f'ertilit thtat. pems enriched by (lice blood of it victims ; bnj, thiere are4'eolinigs that no hut ant agenicy can limi'it, and muentil woui which are bevond theo art of ma n tohe,. Anothor Negro Riot. The Police A ule- r!Oj~iers Sreere . P 1!!ll'undk-l-The Militatry/ Aixperto me Alob-Two ENyrues sut. IL About 10 o'clock on Saturdtay night Po y licinanii Sweeny arrested, near tile corner of It 20'th and Main streets, a drtnkein negro 2 who was very boisterous in his langurge jg atil <lctnon;trations. Th negro resistedl in Mr. S. anl struck hirn severalt times, when 11 tet oflicer gave lini an ailninitory to over g the heal with his baton, which induced the a- negro to aceouipany hiin without firther C resiance. While passing a group of ne ,n groes, it whito lnan, so-callei) natmed 5- Williata Hlolloway exclaiiel, "the police is are Iaking a colored man to I e cage, let's. rescue hit," aMi accompanied by live ne e Igroes inde an att tric on Mr. Sweeny, who Vi who knochel down four ol tho assailants i- with hisi billy betore l'olicetnen O'Dwyer, at Enigle anul Ftanklin carne to his aid. . The Jour policeinen were then atacked by 1, a largo th1ironig of negroes, whose munumbers C- inotueitarily increased, and whose language it' was tuIost insvulting and seditionsi. 1Bricks it nl paving stoles were lhowet'i on the po i1 liec. Mr. O'Dbwyer was severely wonnded in 11 the head, breast aml leg, Mr Irankl in was 0 knocked down, anid Mr. Elgle received to wotntids whichi have confined hin to his bed. Fining t hat. their lives were endatgered in aut that the in-groes were drawing pistols ir itul knives, 'olicemen O'Dwyer anIl Engle, its a last resort, tired into the throng of I assailants each woutiiding one of tie violers, i, and ininiediately at'eir a squad o' soldiers I. coining up, the mob was dispersedf at tlie 3- point of the bnyonet, and tha Following 0 ring-leaders arrest cei : Vm. liolloway, it white, Dr. lanks, Aaron Iort, Iob lard rt grove, l'hil llankh .J erry l'nige, Bill Aec!oy, )- Beverly Skipworth, Iob Lee, Eiiond an I dolph, Win. Lee ant Moses , iegroes. in Tie soldiers diselargeul their cduty firinly I- it in atitairahle style, ant ar entitled to r, tht highest credit. for their 1irompt niess and tiioderat ion. . eorge Wylie, a colored man, sidedi with t lie police and uAlight tIant'tlly in behalf of law antid Order. saving, in all prohabi.ity, th lif of one of thei1 forco by lis gallaitry : and ipresene of iind. ' The prisotters will alalpcar before his Hoti or, ftie Mayor, t hisi inorn ing.-Richmond n' Ts S.At.T N E.ssEi.- av roU Y Ol ? 01IT "Caift'ori:ia Rr //enwurna/" .ysayp: "SomeI( eighteen(41 Yea. r,4 sinec:, whil living at Tangier, in the empire e of Morocco, we sreit ilto the intierior of - t ele p rP to pulrcha.e of a1 trihe of Be dotins, who were famous for tiei choice and rare sock of harbs, or A rab lore-, on1e of their fine Larbs for our own uls, e which we were so fortiunato ais so ob lain, after nut a little man:-verin an-1 diplomacy. As a mIatter of coinre, we m11ad! a ra wof h. ; at1- almost s the first ibing we 01'i-ru him, as a con ie diinit to hi.; f-ed of bar!ev and straw., In (tIh timiver-al food of t he i Iorses ol that cooi tV. ) wras a l1. indfl of sai, ; but, In our S'rpri16,- h- wol not touch it, but trin. up his aristocraltic 110o at it, e0a s if le fel. a big Iisgs i.t at such, to him, un o-ov'ry 'o-e. IUn makingc further ili. iii, al expeimenting with seeral bards Litt, we owned buijegitly. wO fotid that uei:Iler t hq \ors nor \rabs ir ever gav salt to their hcorse, eatle or shep. A:a 1yot lire are n hiorSW n the wVorldl v(111il li valtifull vigor, inl ni wers oF it' ira nce, or' ibsticity of 1 0Vemen01t and robu--t conistitulion, to t can i any v:ay teach their wivesi, t- daughtersX, or cooksli, to kh-p the litati ash olit of thir bre:il, all t.he Vellow Sole, especiatlly the yvellow ci'.dren, Itwio are stipposed to be turine'd ve ol)w by it the fever andi, agU, W.1 Lilliuis fever , It wilI ,o:m be titil witie. It i a geat ln~anke to suippose that the yellow countenances ILof theI Wet. comno f'ruii of f earl ash in the breadl thaL is reffed. ed thiroughi the~ skin. Juread is the stauif o(if it is sati'l-and( Sio it is--biut Iiiih stal~drf deal h, too), ini thisi cotuntry. llad blo ilsabout. as mantuy pl5l here its bahit itum. So manyI pitei nt pioiiso r. pearinsh for bread tiat. thev dIie by ini e, cihes. D~yopsia tat great mioisster isOnso.i of thu country, that deranges ithme hver brmsOnl (csti venessiii tnd ts or finally kifll t lie hiuman victin, is half the is tim "aO'pearlash"' 1loro in the~ iasit out of Neow Eniglanl--we haiivo driveni off the pearlaishi-sahortatuts cooks, but niot t.altogether. Pearlash lives here yet, int: ttbread, but in cities and townsw, we lie hiave unearly whlippedl out the murderers. w In the distant Western Itowns, bevond is the good hiotels of the lakes antd rivers, Pecaiish, under thie name of Sa loiratuis, Sis Kimg. ItI is a ny wonimder, then, Io hat the people of the West, oicketn, y, inot of fever and agile, billious andl con e- gestive fever, hiutI of pei aa three timues 18a day.-- Journl fApuedC/msty o l MILK IN TiII': Coo A. NU. et. The Philadlelphiia Aqo is not at a loss ah to account for Rad ical activity at the eo South. It says: ro "In regard to thme votes of the negroes, er here is thuis fact that shonld not escape publ'ic attention. The RI.adicals have is spr no exertions to keep the ,iotth beo ern States out of the Unaion, until the au blacks shotuld, unider the law, exorcise the privilego of sttf'rage. They htave it nt, ilowever, displayed aniythinig like the satii mtterest of energy in negro suffrage in [lio Northerni Sta tes. This 'wouhl at first Seemi iniconsistent, and ofmlconisistent it would he for any oilier tha\a Alboition party. It is, however, me stisceptible of explanmation). TIhae Itadi xt cals have counted certainly upon the ri votes ohf thle rnegroes of thme Sothern iin flnasso in their favor. They wr tafraid to trust to the negroes of the iNorth, who had hived amon~tg [hemn and 1 . unlderstood thtemi too wvell, to vote as fthey did. oEAoER F"OR WVAR.--Iotters fromi SParis state that tho -French oflicors are aeager for war, and affect to bl)Cie~vo that withinl threo mouths after the begmuning ~n of tno camipamn a F~rench army would ,occulpy Berlin. On tile other hand,.,tho Prussians are even mioro confident of nIsnecesrs, and Speak of' making at prome enadlo mu franco as theo -would of taking is a walk before break fas t. Boeth parties a would probably find in thme event of war 3' that each has uindirrated [lhe military Sstrength of the other, and that neither s flerhin nior Parist was to 1)0 captulredt without some tnrrill f'iielg. . oiantic. One of the most beautiful act re.ses Lof th Boulevards, PariI, received daily ror about a miionltli it lit o penniy ho-pleti Df violets. Shet found the bopi et, in the box or with the doorkeeper every oven-< ng, as the play was about to begi, and Lhis siiple offerling of iin uikinuwn love :fheeted her in spite of herself. . While acting, she looked carefully F trouiid--at tle boxe, the pariIe I, i (vei 1)ehind the sentes--bti, to no t durpose ; "he saw nothing by which to I ecognize the man of boquets. A nd' Lereupon she gave her imaginat ion reo rein, and the imainatiliation of an actress < s very similar to that of other po- f Was lie a foreign Prince, who vished I .o captivato her heart belore placin. at. ier feet, his crown and t rcasures ? Or was he an artist, too bashful to declare his passion ? S She interrogated the box keeper, the 'ier woianI--in short everybody cm ployed in the theatri ; but, nobody knew I inytiing about it. Stili tle bouqets "Do they tell us that. constaney is a limera ?" murtnui ed she. One evening as she intered the thea re, she received It fresh bouquet of lower:, and this time the flowers were ' iccompalied by a letter. "At last. !" 4he said, and o(pelling it by tle Iight of .he reflector, she read as 1ollows : "Madenoiseli.-! have loved vou , or a long time ; for is it not beloldiig uid loving you the same thing ? Every lay I collie to admire you, to applau'd ,ou, to delight InSeIf with tihe bright VOess Of U eves and the charm of vi; ur "Ita must. then be in the house,'" ihoight the actre-s, and she petied brouight a hole in the curtain. The ai. litnce had just cmmenedl to asm ble. Ile resuined the reading: "Of your voice. Yoii are indeed cautiful and chaIrming, and happy are hey who imay ap1proach youl. \Vhatm , voubl 4 i n't gi ve to be near vou ahva vs? \Vould the4' treasures of all tO world )C Wor) otno of your smile.,? N . "Ah1, that. is nice 1" she siled utid turning the page, she contillu.' "No! And vet T dare to lovo you -to teil you that I love ou sill more voenitre to beg yott not, to <.e, ct, lily "Ile be-ins to explain him-lf.'" sali 1ws to her:!lf. "and r Shall k o " 111(i she voI inued-"mvny h-mm . I .is expression of my lore does '"ot of 'end you, place thiy boqpit of ViMoets iW or b~oim. Oh ! then I shall be the lappie-st of' mll." "Well," said she "no swigntr, no tume given ; but let 113 See---hic is a )oit ser'i t." ".. S.---If you are cnrious; to know X1ho writes t*o you, loo'< up to tih ouith ar ; 0i legs (1i ang over! Tle to!e dripped from the hand of thIf e!rm, andmit hr arms.3 neIrly dr1op1pd A. ew year ago, wien the )laine Li- t 1lu0r Law vwas in full force in ler niont., Jud].e C., of --, was on a j.urney. lie stopped at a tirn in the town of --.fr the ' . AC Ar :1ppr, the Jud-e W t 1sk Io worty huullord for a "glas f i fth landmlori-d sa-id he wais sorybe "I amt oblig'ed by law to 'vcep a empeIlfranie hoi use."' .It wasI late, i-o thle Jmigo:~ could nOt :to on tI ht; ni;ght, but tuhl t he luitnd he would leave earily next mori'i t b4 eore brea0kf st'. .' "Very well. I will carry',r va.' l1em ad, show you to your1 room1.' TUhe dJ ud go was taoken to a very fine room.i Thei landulord si : ",I hope you will be comtifortabull e.' Jlhierie wasi ani oen stove in the room,~ whteire Judge C. found a bot~itle' rof brantidy- Ife thien wenit to) his waish irtand mad opened it ; lhe f'ound a hot.. heo or guin waoter, glasses, &e. Tlhie J1udge', afteri helping 1himutselfI, went down and told the land lord lie would niot leave early. After breakfast next mnorning iJudge C., paid his bill, and said to thec latnd lord: "I1 have been at great oIlpOser of' tII~emplerac hIouses, anid I always refused to stop at one ; but I like the hang of yours, and will call whener I comlo th i way' Thet land lord said: "Pm sorry I could not help you to soegun last even ing ; but the laws ist so strict, and my ncighbors keep a close watch, so I am obliged to keep a tomnperaince house." ..A yongt lawvyor, who had long paid Ills court to a lady withonut miiuch aid vaeeing hiis sui t, accused her one day of being inlsenlsible to (ho power of love. ." t does niot follow,"' she arch ly re plied, "(lin t I am so b~ecatuse I amt not to be won b~y the power of attor ney." '"Forgive 1me,'' replied (lhe suitar, "bnt you should remiembler that the votaries of Cuipid ar~e sol icitoirs."' A simiple looking frood mani recently pres~entedl himsei4lf' at the "irieamu" mn a Souttlhen State, and~ expressed a desire to 1h0 marriedl. "All right fetch your sweethcart along,'' w'as the replly. "I hain't got nlone, mnan'or," wvas tho reply ; "doy tolo mle it. was your bis'ness t) find mie one." Wilson talks to the South like a 'schoolmarm' to an urchin. 'If' you ire good b)oy, and(1i md me, you shall uavo a eako ; biut If you are disobe.. hent, you shall be shtut ' up in the loset.'." "Mother," said a child, "' his book ells ablout tho anmgry waves of thte >CLean. What makes the oenn get an ry ?" "Bec0auso it has booni crossi co >ften1 mv oil" Atin.:tr.:n oN iTu.: C(Aumii.O COIN. 1:w- m . -l l~ Id wlite, aw11 wo colored tell, toned Nat Tradowell uid Ieury Taylor, all of Cohitnbia, S. ., were etoninitu-d to jail, Saturday, in the charge of passing coLmterfeit nonvy. The paties wvro arre'ted by ho United S: tes Depity Marslial, at Voluimbia. The count Celcfe1it mony, coni. isting of two U'iitcl S, ates .2 legal Cunder ntote:s anil three fifty cent fiac. ionul Currency nole.4, was fun'id in thi >oSisseson of Traiewell ad TVaylor, -ho stated tiat they reci vel it, frota Idr. lBrid', in pa mtoctt. fo)r )som1o hickenis bought - froil them by I hat :(I I I m lan. The latter who is a we :own an1d respectable cit izei of Coh1tm. 11a, politively denlils ho statellent of he ne.r uanl d et his emoire igno.. -ne1 of the exit enet. of atny such mion-t y'. The Counterfeit bill rare in pos'-ses iol of Mlajor ). ''. Corbini, United lte Istrict Attorinoy. They aro -41ry poorly excentedi, on i ea l lipefor, auitt may be easily d'etcted from he geliuine notcs. A preliminary ex. ulination will Ii. heIld bef .ore Cnullnis. ioner Iorlbecuk. to day, ABOUr ToM roEs.-Wo 0 Se01110 uce4"r questions propounded by cor -e.pondents in some of our exchanges. \ow there is Ito itnf'ormliation inl all his except tho superiority of thie Fee ee1, which wo Cordially Ilgreed to. ltis latter tolina to, ill our judgeii ti, S the oily one tht we have sten real-. y diktiuet from the ot hers. It. is of ditlerent color and taste. The Treo omanto is distinct in habit, has more tcid than most, (1 the others awl ij lot likely to be cultivted except on teeounllt t-f, thi it, , which is rather ingular. We have fouid all kindo to be nearly equ11illy prouitctIiN.ve. A riend tils us that by selecting per eut slecilelns 41 the old red varietv IN selctin Y )ain the bet of tialt r tuttul, It h r. rist" i toimato nIot o"l, inlarer than illthe Tilden, but ear .itr iand equally solid.-Uc.. 7. fou __1 I -,& e, 94.- tV - vill "l4:l. C H. ~ . -I i.4 eturiotus, o say nothing." mol o observe wohi ,vat ni::omimitv tihe IP!Idical press hav ' tro; ::1! Wh t he stories of Sotlthteri >trageQ. We he' nothi I . O bu 'horning lsool hr, "mured.d're'l I'eedimn ," "e-xplbal C.'ionist :," andl I!N tl.,! varied1; caifw fcrimes. Char ;ed upnl 1h11t. S th with) whicl th Col. IiNi o f I lval preSs tjeimed o ir nonths. Kntuckiv now s.Veenv.s to be 1 focus (d ui..licai amuld t. e are oWl IKt"nArL are killvl." "Union nOrd mt nl nd Stat-S SWl.. lirs r t ' ' a l' " e pirit of th 1'h1 cry will be tak en Ip, hil ve i t l b onI a1Ll I 1.-'r to prpe l fo rt01 C n11. Stre ional in teli 1 wi t .ht Stat o vhIeb vnyr to a iove an ov erw Inuing . the Radial tick io1. --WVi the Kont ulky vvIo, w end atl gruha l g to th lorthlidern 1-ry. l 11ve. fully rediemett 1omr plwmi;-s to thema. ~W e standl. >ilt helOer them . We b hM iltm t. Is g i t iiori- v, but to it m, a"ili"- b their.f~ J Piiet, takin drav hitiumph tris nofir l't. The poeoulor :ot'lvet1 Wo i'to -md sto. A.i umt4r 1 ti ex * I. of ourI ) nuno , pow. ran pracv i ~ o~ ticduwreste tfoth by1 il oltfltltand wll rigtl t le ifev.r )t i hll iv s: strengtth anod the~l op oriniity ttotI aciveP s1 holy ae pur on ern Cagnol A i.snruv f to Thrsda ightc.S, af t 10 sesin o luleI over ho twtoudayi i Ac timtoi. ltargs amoun~t of busness was ~ispglatch d.Its debbertions woro 011 1114 presie mgShedt or hVils aties agis toitrr.tto rons were1C~~ t deltre pb Rtev A. A holt.r Iev R. ii'go Il Reido r- l Ty lil, Re a. t. toi0 (\brse, and RthaJ' hto conut waseoo highWl plesed. our ton hota-eom heldo ts nmlu ehd uty int a,on timeond te hndloo .10.ha tiha benfrou eet.-..i. A fmil witrhou. afwspr~f.Nrs FA]. r1iior.-Thetid Wasio orrespnden love altim oro111101 , co fnd eIlinil, itponiD~~. n the n ouncmn thatMarc Kof y, oPnnlvaniah,ha glon odbtl >Ae Olrno loes ( int a ofrlinp. .enamgtr Wilson01 etogs h the lni .ahe' ournast~ hae comt to therescu ifa~ deaor Wiuskn, againt Coiliti nOn rii xres" in the~' pbishe card - 111 and biteator' Wlondi 'fsicrjud on id ra letr ub e n he midso