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john l. miller, (7 . ^ ~ ~~ ' -? ? __? &fc~~ ~ ? ^ _____ ^ ^ _ " _. = ^ sam l. w. ikiiton, | p _ _ An Independent Journal: For tlio Promotion of tilt; l'uliticp, Social, Agrieiitural and Commercial Interests of the South. J lewis m. grist, pnuidwr. YORKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1855. ' N"0. 17. ? 7 ' ? ? ??M??? Ctolcc ^oftri). WILT THOU LOVE HER STILL ? Wilt tli?.M 1 ivy her .-till, when the Miimy curls Tliat over her ho?om How, Will l?c In cm! with the silver tlirv:'.?l < f aw, Ami lii-r step fulls -rt.l ami h *.v ? Wilt tlixii love her still, when the .Summer's smiles On her lips r.o l.uijrer live ? ' I will love her >ti 1!. With ritrht a-s.ful will." Wilt that h.vo her - till"' then ?mr ehorisht-.l nrm To thy -hfl.'crinjr .it tit- we five. ?i:j^u i >vo n-r sun, wnen ner cnnnifoitn eye? If.iW j?ri?\vsi dim with sorrow's rain? iit'ii the li.foiii tis.it Wat> *;jfa,ii>?t thine own 'i"nr..o- slow with weight of pain? V. lu-n Ii't -ilvc-rv lanjrh filers <>ut no more, And van:-li her vniitiifnl charm.- ! ' Wit!i free ?.vvl will I -hall love liv-r still!" Tlion wilt love her-till then our doavo-t ono Wo jrivo to thy loving arms. Uosnomhor no grief lias - ho over known, Hor -]?Trit i< liirlit anil fr(o, N??!ie other. with fulterlo-- -top. lias pro-t Innermost -hades hut thco! Thou wiit iliou low ii -v -till. when the tho'ts of youth In their ldu-hinghlonm depart'! " Through good ami ill, I will love hrr still!" Then v.-'.It thou low hor still? thou our darling take T?> the joy of tliytioMe heart! Ken onthor. for thee doe- -ho smiling leave The friend- of hor early .lays? No longer to n!o>t their approving looks Not their foii'l. unfeigned praise Forgive her. then. If the tears fall la-t, An.l promise, to love her well. I will love her still. With right good will !'? Thou wilt lore her stillthen with peaceful tru<t We our vo)>hiti<r sorrows quell. When h?* t'ulhor i- dc;ld. nlid lliO cliW-ruM sod Lies on lnw mother's l>rea?r: When her l?riitin*r"s voire i* no longer heard. And licr sifter's hu-hed to re>r? W ilt th"ii love her >tii 1 for thee -he looks. Her star on life's troubled <oa I will love lu-r still. Thr- uirh jrood an?l itl With ni.irriajre vow on her youthful lip. Then, we irivc our ehihl t thee 1 ?i?mm????I? bb?i ? ?? mm 3 (TbrilliniT Slictck. I l'loiil iientley'sj MisceliatiV. THE MIDNIGHT DRIVE. I was ??no nL'ht in ?li?- i_vner.il coachoilke in the town of??. reflecting upon the mutability "f human affairs, ami rakinir a retrospective "la nee at those times when T ticM a very different position in the World, when one of the porters of the establishment entered the oilier, and informed the elerl: that the coiieh which had ioii_' ln\n expected., was in sLdit. and uy'dd he ar rfie inn in ? too ntiro? >?. / l.elicve it was the eld Highflyer. hut at this distance of time I cannot speak with sufficient certainty: The strange story I am about t.? relate, occured when s t a ire - c ?xi e h e s w e r e the usual mode of conveyance, and lotto be to re any in..v.- ovv.oditioU> sVstelU of travelling had ell tra-LTc?.l the attention of mankind. 1 continued to .-it by the fire until the e-ach arrived. ami then walked into the street to r??uut the number of the i .i-scnyers, and observe their .appearance. 1 was peculiarly struck with the appearance nt* otto gentleman, who had ridden as an outside passenger. He wore a la tee Mack cloak, deeply trimmed with crape : his head was covered with a traveliing cap. surmounted with two or three crape rosettes, and from which depended a long black tassel. The cap was drawn so far over his eyes that he had some difficulty to see his way. A black -cart' was wrapped round the lower part of his face, so that his countenance was completely concealed from my view. lie appeared anxious to avoid observation, and hurried into the inn a< fast as he could. I returned to the office and mentioned to the clerk the strange appearance of the gentleman in question, but he was too busy to pay any attention to what I had said. Presently afterwards a porter brought a small carpet-bay into the office, and placed it upon the table. 4-l don't wish t.? be personal." replied the man, but I think it belongs to and the fellow pointed at the floor. * You do not mean him surely '" said the clerk. ? Yes. I do ihi-uyh ; at any rate if he i< not the gentleman I take him for, he must be a second cousin of his, for he is the most unaccountable individual that I ever clapped my eyes on. 1'hore is not much g<>od in him, I'll he bound." I listened with breathless anxiety to these words. When the man had liuished I said to him? -How was the gentlemen dressed ?" -In black." -Had he a cloak on?" . Yes " -Its the man I saw descend from the coach," 1 said to the clerk. -\\ here is he ?" inquired the gentleman. -In the inn." replied the porter. -Is ho going to stay all night ?" I inquired. -I don't know." -It's very odd," observed the clerk, and he put his pen behind his car, and placed himsclt iu fro of the tire; <*vory odd." he repeated. M; don't look well," said the purler; not at all." Some other conversation ensued upon the subject, but as it did not tend to throw any light upon the personage in question it is unnecessary for me to relate it. ? .?. ,i . i ...i * ,i, A while aiterwaru, uio ohtk >hmh um> m*. hotel to learn, if possible, something more relative to this singular visitor, lie was not absent more than a few minutes, and when he returned. his countenance, I fancied, was more faudaiu than usual. 1 Makod him if he hail timbered any further information. ' There is nobody knows anything eoueeru ino him," he replied; "tor when tiie servant.* enter the room, he always turns his back to wards them. He has not spoken to a single individual siiiee he arrived. There is a man who caiue by the same coach, who attends upon him, but he does not look like u servant." -There is something extraordinary in his history, or lam tuuch deceived." "I am finite of your opinion," observed tlio clerk. While we were conversing' some person- entered the office to take places by the mail, | which was to leave early on the following nmr! niiiir. I hereupon departed, and entered the ; inn with the view of satisfying my curiosity, ; if possible, which was now raised to the utmost i pitch. The servants, [remarked, moved more i silently than usual, and sometimes f saw two " i i or tlfive of them conversing together. .??/'<> rr,rr% as though they did not wish their conversation to he overheard bv those around them. 1 knew the room that the gentleman occupied, and stcalthil) and unobserved stole j up to it. hoping to hear or see something' that might throw some li?rht upon his character.? i i wa> not however gratified in either respect. *1 hastened back to the office and resumed lnV scat bv the fire. Tin* clerk :m.l 1 were i ; - -till conversing upon tin: subject. when on*' el ; the iri rl.s eat no in. and told mo that I was to get a horse and l:iu* ready immediately. ! drive a gentleman a distance of lifteeti or twenty miles, j '-To-night !" 1 said in surprise. ' Immediately !" ' Why it's already ten oVluck." i '-Irs master's orders; 1 cannot alter them," tartly replied the girl. ; This unwelcome intelligence caused me to commit a great deal of sin. for 1 made use of a number of imprications ami expiv-sions which were i|uite superfluous ami perfectly unavailing. It was not long before I was ready to i commence the journey. I eh ?c the fa-tot i and strongest animal in the establishment, and 1 one that had never failed in an enn rgem y. I lit the lamps, for the night was intensely dark. I and T felt convinced that we should require them. The proprietor of the hotel gave me a ' paper, but told me not to read it til! we had nrooeoded a few mile-tin the r.iMil a;ill inform. ed me at the same time in what dircctiou t<? drive. The paper, he added Would y'ive me further instructions. I was seated in the vehicle, busily cnyatred in fastening the leathern apron on the side <<n which i sat, in order to protect ii*y limits from the cold, when somebody seated himself beside me. T heard the landlord cry l?rivc on;" and, without looking round. T lashed the mare into a fast trot. Kven lew. while 1 write T feel in -otne decree the trepidation which stole o\\ r inc when I discovered who my e<m panion was. I had xi- r irouc far before I was acquainted with the astounding fact. It was as though an electric -hock had sit Idetily ami unexpectedly l eetx imparted to my frame, or as. in a moment of perfect Lappim---. I had been hastily, been plunged into the _rr?;it.-r dauber an i distress. A beuumiuin- cl.iiiii.v-Rill f fl IYM12 fl 111 C mxJ nir ru?M ?e#? ? became dry and parched. Whither was I to drive ' 1 knew let. Who and what was my1 eoinpanion ' I wa- equally i_noraiit. It w-.s the man div-.- d fantastically whviix I had seen alight from tie c- icli. whose appearance and inexplicable conduct had alarmed the whole v-tublishm nt : win -c character wa- a mutt..r of -peculate u to every body with whom lie had come in Contact, ' his w;i< the -ubi stance of my knowledge. 1' ?r auuht I knew. he i.ii ju be l>ut m? matt. r. The ques- ; turn that most cotic< r.ied me was. b.ow was [ to extricate myself from this dilemma : ? Which was the be-i course to adopt 1-. turn 1 i i ..?! t.... r l l ... . .5 t., iKlcK, :ui?i '.ociaie i ?'-ui<i ji'.'l n.nvi in ii 3 night. with < > strani;o a person, <-r t-. pro- ' ' coed on my journey i I greatly feared the ' consequences of the former step would be fatal to my own interests. Besides I should be exposed to the sueer and laughter of all who ' knew me. No : I had started and would pro; eeed. whatever might be the issue of the ad- ; j venture. i In a iew minutes we had emerged ir<.?iu the town. M y courage was now put to the severest | test. The cheerful aspect of the streets, and , the light thrown front the lamps and a few ) shop windows, had hitherto buoyed me up. but my energy and tirmuess. I felt, were beginning to desert me. The road on which t\e I entered was not a great thoroughfare at any time, but at that late hour of the night I did not expect to meet either h.-rseinau or ped: esrrian to enliven the lung and solitary journey. I east uiy eyes before me. but could not discern a simile light burning in the distance. The night was thick and unwholesome, and not a star was to be seen in the hcaveus.? There was auothcr matter which caused me ' great uneasiness. T was ?|uiro unarmed and unprepared tor any attack, uld my companion be disposed to take advantage of that circumstance. These things flashed across my ' mind, and made a luore forcible impression than thev might otherwise have done, from I * V i t the fact of a murder having been committed in the district, only a few weeks before, under the most aggravated cireuiustaupes. An hypothesis suggested itself. Was this man the perpetrator of that deed?the wretch who was eudeavoriug to escape from the officers of jusx* 1 ..... . M-itli + V??? fnnlncf itnl j net', mill ?>;?> mij;uuiiio i??v IVU.W-. blackest crime that man could be guilty of? Appearances were aguust him. Why should he invest himself iu such a mystery ? Why conceal his fact in so unaccountable a manner? . What but a man, who is conscious of great | guilt of the darkest crimes, would so furtively utter au inn, and afterwards steal away under : the daikuess of the ulght when no mortal eye 1 could behold him ? If he was sensible of innocence. he might have deferred the journey till the morning, and faced, with the fortitude , of a man. the broad light of day. and the scrutiny of his fellow-men. I say, appearances were against him, and I felt more aud more ' J convinced, that whatever his character was? ' t whatever his deeds might have boon?that ' | the present journey was instigated by fear and ! apprehension fur his personal safety. But 1 ....... T 1.., tli., iii.trnlii.illt i.f liu HlW I IU MV IUV UI^IUIUIVUV v? \tv?* . v< t.uvv . Was I to bo put to all this iucouveuieuee in order to favor the escape of an assassin t The thought distracted lue. I vowed that it should not be so. My heart chafed and fretted at the s task that had been put upon me. My blood t ! boiled with iudiguatiou at the bare idea of be ! ing made the tool of so uukallowcd a purpose. i I was resolved. I ground my teeth with rage, i I grasped the rcius a tighter hold. I dcterI mined to be rid of the man?nay/even an at ' tempt jo destroy him rather than it lie said ; that 1 assisted in his escape. At some distance ! further on tiiero was a viver suitable for that | purpo-e. When off his guard, he con hi in a moment be pushed into the stream ; in certain places it was sufficiently deep to drown him.? ' One circumstance perplexed me. IY lie escaped, he could adduce evidence against me.? No matter; it would he difficult to prow that I had any intention of taking away his life.? Hut should ho he the person I cnei-ived, he would not dare to come forward. Hitherto we had ridden without exchanging a word. Indeed, I had only once turned my eyes upon him since we started. The truth i was. 1 was too busy with my own thoughts? :..x . 1 .! ! " 1 fl i uiu iir upon unviMnj.' -oiia' plan in liberate ; myself tV?<ni my unparalleled >ituati<?n. I n ?w ea>t my eyes futiwjy toward him. I shudder' ml a~ \ e.-ntemplated his p.Mxiniation to myself. \ l:iI ahvaily felt. his ? ?ii:i| timr influence. The rap, as before. v.a.- drawn t.vi-r his fare; the scarf mnfiled eh-ely ronml !ii> chin. :?): ! only sufficient -pace allowed l-.r the purpose of respiration. I was nn<>t ; sirmis of knowing who he was : indeed had Inhorn the Man with the Iron Mask. ' so many ! years incarcerated in the I'reneh lhotile, lie could -ear. idy havee\'-tc 1 a t:rear? r curiosity. 1 ih fined ir prudent to endeavor to draw him into conversation, thinking he mi-jht dr< p 1 -onio expression that Would in - one measure, tend to elueidate his history. Accordingly 1 said? [t's a very dark, unhealthy, ui J.t. dr." lie made no renlv. ! thi.n dir he ?ii"hr I ------4 v { have heard me. A had nivrlif for !" \ -h*>ur? .1 in a h'lid tone voice. The man remain-. 1 iu.:ii? . with-.at in the !ea-t dei^ninu' t?? i. .tie.- my rv.iti -!i.? lie either did n?.r u !-h J.-talk, or he wa- deaf, rf he wi-hed to he -iletlt. L Was contented to let him remain > >. It had not r-eeiinvd to me till n-.w. that 1 had received a t-aj.er frotn ti.e land!, rd whi-h wr-u! 1 inform ttie whither my extra- r-linarv 1 companion w..- to he ? ? av.-yed. My heart -addciilv receive i a in;\v in.pu'-i?it hi.it with hope and expectation. Thi- doetr.a. i.r mL'ht reveal to tin- M.niethin-_' nn-re th.-m I wa- led expect: ir midil unva.vl tin- labyrinth in which T wa- entrant;;. *1. an-1 exfi. ate me from al! further dilli- ui'v. I!nt !.-w wa- I to <1 -cipher, tin- writii;_'' There wa- t.-- < "iter means of J--in- than hv -t-.ppinir tie- \ hieh an-1 alitrhtinvr. an-! e:i-l -avoritio r- r- a i it 1 -y the ai-1 of tin-lamp, whi.-h T feare-l w..-,iid aii'-.r-i l.a: a very in.; - rf-'ct !i_dit. after all.? Uef--re 1 !ia-i r- eottr.-o f. thi- plan. I d- .-aa d it expedient to a !dr --:.c- n. r-. :..v tarn companion. . f ..wu. r i -T.!?" y . i" . I ii"|U:r--<l in ! i;-l a v.-ice that th- : i.?r<- -tarr. i ti -t , a ' .i-k -r pace, a* ti. 't_h 1 had '--en -peak::..: tu her! I rcccive.l n-- reply, and. witlmm fur-1 i jut uesuaimn 1 urew m t u rem.*. j mom ...< paper ir -in my pocket. and tiLhted. 1 walked to the lamp. an?l !i-M ti: paper .i? near it.* a- I eouH. The 1.:11: I v.ritin.- wa? uot v. ry h-criblo. a a 1. r 1.. liulit atf-rded 1.: w:i< * > Weak that I had -ivat difficulty to di-eoVer it-niem:ii!*_r. The \v >rd* wore few and p?>i:it*_*?.l. The reader wili of uv -urj.fi-c whou I read til.' }V'lh>\vil)'_' hlcliii' sclltellcO : Prive the ueiitleimin to < Irryburn < *liur? liVai d . ! wa- alarmed than <, .*? : : lay iiiui * -ho- k vi iloatly. and in an in-taut 1 'eh tla hliu.nl tiv ti'oiu my chock*. hat Jul my employer mean by imposing *uch a task upon me? My fortitude in <.<me degree returned, and I! walked up to the mare aud patted her uu the neck. j "Poor thin--?pomr thin.'!" I said; y -u j have a h !!'_' journey before y-u, and it may 1 he a dangerou* ulie." Hooked at my companion, hut lie appeared to take no notice of my action*, and seemed as iuditreront as ir* 11o were ;i corp*e.? I again re.*uined my seat, and in part eoii.*oled my-elt with the pro.-pect of being -pccdily rid of him in souk way ?>r other, as the liver I have already alluded to was now only two or time miles di*tarir. My thoughts m-w turned to the extraordinary place to which [ wa* t<> drive?(Jrayourn Churchyard ! What could the mail do there at that hour of tile night ' ? Uair he somebody to meet something t?> *ee ; or obtain ? It was iuconiprehensil.de?beyond the p- *-il ility of human divination. Was he insane l or was he bent upon an errand perfect ly rational, although for the present wrapped in the tuost impenetrable tnvstcry ? 1 aiu at i t i * a loss lor language adequate to convey a proper notion of my feelings oil that occasion. lie ' shall never arrive. L internally ejaculated, at Cray burn Churchyard : lie shall never pass l>e-' vend the stream which evcii now I almost heard murmuring in the distance 1 Heaven ! forgive iu0 l'or harboring such intentions !? but when I reflected that I might be assisting , au assassin to fly from justice, I conceived 1 was acting perfectly correct in adopting any means (jio matter how bad) for the obviatiou ' of such a consummation. For aught I knew, ; his present intention might be to visit the grave of his victim : for now I remembered that the person who had so lately been murdcr! ed was interred in this very churchyard. AVe gradually drew nearer to the river. I heard it* roaring w ith fear and trepidation. ; It smote my heart with awe, when I pondered > upon the deed I had in contemplation. 1 ' eould discover, from its rushing sound, that it was much swollen, and this was owing to the ; recent heavy raius. The stream in tine Weather, was seldom more than a couple of feet deep j and could be crossed without danger or ditiieulty : there, however, were places, where ii. : was considerably deeper. On the ocea.-iou in j question, it was more dangerous than I had j : ever known it. There was no bridge construeted across it "at tin- place, and people were obliged to net thro' it a.- well as thev could. 1 Nearer and nearer we approached. The night was so dark that it was tpiite impossible todis- < ; ceru anvthiutr. I could feel the beatiutrsof1 m \ i ! my heart against luy breast, a cold clam in v . i sweat settled upon my brow, aud my mouth ? | became so dry that I fancied I was choking, j i The moment was at hand that was to put mv | resolution to the test. A few yarJSyuuly sepI aratcd us from the spot that was t(t terminate I r--TV>- "" ? "??" m . mcajn?ia ' my journey, and. perhaps, tin? mortal earn r ( cct : | of my incomprehensible companion. The li?ht ; ho of tin? lamps threw a dull, lurid jrleain upon the \ pr: ! surface of the water. 1' rushed furiously past j ; .-ur?riii'_' and hoilin,-:'s it leaped over the rocks ntf I that here and there intersected its channel.? tin ; Without a moment - hesitation, L urtred the an ! mare forward, and tn a minute we were it! the eh midst of the str-'aim. ft wa* a ease ot life or , kn death! The water came down like a torrent av; ?it* tide was inv>hti)h\ Jfhcre was not a , soi moment to he lost. My "Wn life was at stake. | h:n i With the instinctive feeling ot self-preserva- am i lion, 1 drove the atii-iial swiftly thmutrh the j uui de-Use hod v of Wat !', ami in a tew seconds we 1 let ! had eaioed the i.ppesitfthank of the river.! i We were safe, lw:i ''''hJiuji ! ma i iiiwlf of my eoiiipatitoi'i rendered, hy the \ hoi *i-.i ' ... in,......:i..i.i, i .. iMllrlM'iMii'V oi I lie * "' '? '? ci.i'iiu. sai y I know not iiuW if was". 1 ?ut I suddenly In.1- i came aetuatod by a now i,epul.*e. \\ retell tin thoinJi In: Was lie iia 1 entrusted his safety, his , dis lire, into my hands I here Was, perhaps, *>till I -uiiie mm! in tli,' ii.an : by eiialdiii^r liiui to ! eseaj.e, I mi.'lit }> tli instrument of his i ter- wo mil -alvatioii. 11- had done me no injury, ' and at >?!iu' i<?-ri? 1 t' his life lie miclit have er . . rendered 1 oilier* t" ether*. I pitied his i liii ' ?ii latieii. and det.rained f.? render him what j a- i*taii,e 1 ceiild. I i:j plied the whip to the j ow mare. In a moin.nt *1 '^-eeined to be endow- I i d with *-i].ernata, ;1 energy and -wii'tness j ^ theii-h lie wa> a murderer?though he was 1 X' heinvf,,rth tu be driv.-n from s..eiety as ail out- 1 ^ ea*t?n?: -hould 1, ' ' < inserted in lii* pi'eSellt ? .,1 ' ? emergency. (Mi we sped ; hed^e-, trees, j hoii.-i-, were jia.*.M- i in rapid-iieee-.-ioii. .\oth-; in^ impeded our w.v. U'e had a ta.*k r<> per- 111 form, a duty to fiibil : da msr- and ditfiiultie.tied befiv us A htllii.ijf life dep.-nded Up?>U ^ ' our exertions, and very nerve required to be *? *irain? d for it* pr> *?-rv.ftT?n* t 'u. on we hurl'ied. My eiirliu.-i:i*in a&utued the appearatiee |'ir ,f madiie>*. I *i: iited In the mare till 1 was 1!l hoar*e. and broke tin; whip in several place.*. :l Aithoiioli wo eon.paratively tlew over the rc0 oroillld. I fallei, d A'.- did !!"f _o fast ellOlluh. ' "r .My dy Wa.*> in i: taut ill rbii. as though it 'hl w uid j' :.:t in.j :. ,u:r m-v. :..a;:-. My 1 i.'omp.inioii aspea.v * - !?-. i.-u-,.f mv intention.-, !n . . * . \r; in i. f r :i. tir*.t ti .r . -a inn d an intere.-r in 1 air pr |l,. iivw out hi.- handk'-reiii. f. I!'a :i!?<! a* it iiti ?ii:!v a.* : *i to "" -vi:r11. **. Ojr.var. we tic-l. We were ail ae* uiiit' '1 I'V tlie *an.e iii?'f:Thi, e..m-.-ntr:i ?; i < : i.-i, r_y _ne ;..jve ait.I vitality t.? ur act i> .us. "' * 1 tt?; iii_l,r li:i t Liner;.. 1 11 calm. Lit the r.iin iii.vv in--in r.. Ir.Mvii'l i;i ami at iur -rva!- w<- L?-ar<l peal* of thumler.? >:i:! w . we were not tv W hatH ?I. u'* ? > -tcrr?wl 4f'" * "ul" ->or fir-un. - l.a Pi.'f frier* of eoi*A?*? m e ro ..ver *.vith l',r .uiia/.iif.' rapnlity. rh:.r. at i?.?- ,tt* Went w !* ; at a -real ii.-:aii?-?*. in another w- r A': tva.-in.-l. ali i in tin in-\r. i r"r far l- Iiimi.? ' Tim* we *|" 'l f'.rw.ir l?tiai* w. * -n.?-?I r.. an- '* niiiilati* *j a.-e :i!r<;!i?-r. We were :? ! w< ! with *nj>? rirunan imrri. ! n by an !" iiiij.U!??-. inv'.hmra'v irr< *i*til>!?*. M\ ni- i';11 j.ai.i.et boeaa.e vi li-nr. ami appear. 'i think 1 \w Ii I u -t trav. I . ui.-k . a- c_li. I r?.- aiee , < 1* twice tV'.'Iij hi* -.-at. ami attempt.-.1 to rake I'1i!?i* remnant t' tie- \?*!?ij from toy han>l. but I ' rc.*i.*tc<l. ami [>re\ aie'i uj ?n him to remain ' ijuiet. at i IIow I.inir we w.r of upie.l in thi* mail t-j l a.t'i iarinu'Hi Jit 1 -:i:iti*?r own ooi.j.etnre.? W 1 .1 if l.-i tii mil' i!. ,riieifi..n ; 1 :r. II?/ alas ! we ha.] U" r ?? '110 ?>. tliall the ill- p**i; valuable annual that had conveyed u? thirhc-r nui dropped down dead ! dra My companion n.:l [ alighted. I walked up :?. where the p. .or animal lay, and w.is busv hin deploring her fate. ' '. } u [ heard a strug-Jo at to ] a s 11 ii*i distance, turned ijuicklv round. ami 'like lie Id the my-tci! ?u- being with whom F had he ridden so fatal a j.-uru- y in the eu.-todv of two ma powerful-looking men. at i lla ! ha ! I thoiijir he would make for this h;n hero place, -aid on.;* of them. "lie -till has a hankering after hi- mother's grave. When kle lie' got away before, we nabbed him here." u'ei Tlie my-tery was - -n cleared up. The gen- <,;i1 tleinan ha<l escaped from a lunatic asylum, and 'ho wa> both deaf and dumb. The death of his IK'X mother, a few year* before, had caused the mental aberration. '1"; The horror< .f that nieht are impressed as l"'r vividly up.?n my luet'iory as though they had '-"d just occurred. The <xpenses of the journey ,l"' were all defravod. ami F was presented with a , handsome* gratuitv. F never ceased, however, b 1 to regret the loss of the favorite mare. -*>' Tom Moouk.?Alluding to Tom Moore.'as! Mr. Irving said that he took extraordinary lieu pains with all he wrote. Ue used to compose <Ahis poetry walking '-'p a snivel walk oth in his garden, and when he had a line, a coup- ! wlu let, or a stanza poli*he*l in his mind, lie would wh so to a little summer house near by and write tob. it down. He used to think ten lines a good ly 1 day's work, and would keep the little poem ( mu by him for weeks, waiting tor a .single word, j the On oneoceasfhu he was riding with Mr. Moure | Fn - -e ..,.,1 tli?. .rlo in a cay iu j-aris. ??.? .. drove into a hole in tho pavement, which gave ' woi the vehicle a tremendous jolt. Moore was , hui tC-SseJ aloft, an J on regaining his seat exclaim- dra ed : "By Jove ! I've got it.'' "(lot what?" ' cas said his companion. in some alarm. " My joii word," was the reply. " I have been trying ! of i for it these six week-, and now that rascal has bo\ jolted it out of me." h>n reaching his room, the Moore inserted the tford, and immediately the despatched the finished song to the publisher : the in London. " M^re." added Mr. Irving." , wa was a mo.>t captivhiiug companion, and the the ' V A AHA ' 1111, sweetest ballad singer i ever uemu. ;U . could turret him that heard him sing. wa ? | pk PRACTICAL PRAYER. I am Iu the vicinity of P lived a poor but sea industrious man, depending fur support upon Pe his daily labor. 11 is wife fell sick, and not I otli being able to hire a nurse he was obliged to (int confine himself to the *ie*k bed and family.? j pe< His meaus of support being thus cut off, he up soon found himself in need. Having a wealthy ' vij neighbor near, he determined to go and a.-k , for for two bushels of wheat, with a promise to hi? pay as soon as his wife became well enough in< to leave, that he could return to his work. Ac- en rdingly lie took lii.s Lag, went to his neigh- !*I r's, and arrived while they were at family : il ayers. I r As he sat on the du??r-sti?ne he heard the j " in pray very earnestly that (Jod would clothe T - naked, feed the hungry, relieve the needy, li d comfort all that mourn. The prayer eon- s< ided, the poor man stepped in, and made own his business, promising to pay with the il tils uf his lirst labors. The farmer was very s< ry lie could not accommodate him, hut lie d il promised to lend a lartre sum of money, a d had depended upon his wheat to make it s< t; hut he presumed neighbor A would d him have it. k With a tearful eye and a sad heart, the poor t; u turned awav. As soon as he left tlui *< use the fanner's little son stepped up and h d: e "Father, did you not pray that (lod would t< the the naked, feed the huiurry, relieve the ? : tressed, and comfort the mourners?" tl "Ves?why?" ? "Because, father, if f had your wheat I ( uld answer that prayer." $ rt is needless to add that the ('hri>tian fath- n called hack his suH'crinirneighbor, and ^ave h 11 as much wheat as he needed. o N'uw, Chri.-tian readers, do you answer your 11 prayers. * p flistcllancous taking J j; PETER FRANCISCO. ? K SA.MSi?X ??! Til K W'KhTKIlX IIKMISIMIKUK. 1 a As late as the year 1 "?) ?. there live?l in J icstem Virginia. a mail whose strength was ; 1? remarkably, as to win him the tith: of the j .. 'iririnia Samson.'' He knew nothing of his 1 i:i th or parentage, but supposed lie was born j ,^| Portugal, from whence he was stolen when ! hi liihl. an<l carried to Irelaml. His earliest ' ollectioiis were tlmse of boyhood in the hit- [ eonntry. While vet a la?l. he apprenticed to nself to a ?ea eaptain. for seven years, in : \V , :<>r a pas.-aee to rhi- country. < ?u his ar- 1 a!, his time ami sendees Were sob I to a Mr. 1 d iiistoii. of Virginia. in whose service lie re- \ ci iii.-?l until tlie breaking out of the l!ev<.lu-; d u. Ib in. of an a'lve.ituroiis turn of mind. ' tr o iijlit ami obtaineil permission of his master te join the army, ami was et)ira:red in active ^ i.. ii, . .i,..i ... ?U_i* 'i'll ti,. i i i v: n U'/Ii: i.uiuv.ti. . *4* ?i j j j -trciiutli aii'l pi;r-?'ii:il bravery. that n?> ene- y, cuild iv.-i.-r hi in. He wielded a ?w? *r?l. , bla h; ?.f which was five feer in length, a.- u anil it had been a tear her. and every otic i came in contact with hint paid the t*?.riV-ir . 1 lite. At >t?.ney Point, he was one "f ,t ' '"rl"r" '> ?? ?" wlil.-Ji wtiM n<ivHi)i,ii(l Uicut . ay tlie abaft.-, and. n.?st to Major (libbolt. j* - rim tir-: a an t-? enter tile- w,rks. At Bran- ,. Aim*. and M"ijin-.utli. he exhibited the un.-t j, rh-- hrav- ry. and nothing but his inability u writ:. JCi.-Vented hi- prothotioU tea eolu- (| n. Transferred r-> tin.- South lie tool: .,] t in lie .-t of tile encasements in that see-;.,, n. and : .wards the cl-.so of the war, he was j ()j : i I in a c?iir??r which exhibited in a strik- j manner, his remarkable self-eoutMeiicc and i ]1( irage. i if' hie day. while reeonnoiteriiig. h- -topped the h'.use "f a man by the name of W . I refre-h him-elf. While at the table, lie was i th pri-ed by nine British troopers, who rode i a: to tiie house, and told liiiu he was their! oner. Sec-imr that he was so greatly out-! re ubered. ho pretended to surrender, and the 1 goons secdng he was apparently very peacely inclined, after disarming him, allowed fit a considerable freedom, while they sat down J tu partake of the food which he had left when in turned. Wandering out into the door-yard 1 was accosted by the Paymaster, who do- fit tided of him everything of value about him he risk of his life, in ease of refusal. I b? re n? thing to give." said Fraiiei.-co. <\-ou.-c : li< ir pleasure.'' Hlivcup those silver hue-j i. i -i. . a .. .... ..Ti./,,. .1, - II] YOUi -ii']*;.-, miu in*: uiau'JUii. --j.ih.-v i n re tile ixil't of a friend,"' replied Franciseo, to nl give them t'j you [ never shall : take i.-i m it'you will, you have the power, but T es er will iji'ic them to any one.*' Putting ov ,-abre uud<.r hi.s arm, the soldier stooped le en to take them. Francisco seeing the op- to tiinity, which was ton good to be lost, seiz- th the .-Word, and drawing it. with force from { ler the arm of tin.' soldier, dealt him a se- gi e blow across the skull. Although severe-! e.> iVoUiiJed. yet being a brave man, the dra-; e\ ai drew a pi-tol and aimed it at his antogon- se who was too <|uiek for him, however, and ' lie pulled the trigger, a blow from the sword it irly severed hi- wrist, and placed him horn . b< ro w hut. The report of the pistol drew the tc er dragoons into the yard, as well as W . i ij very ungenerously brougdit out u musket, in ich he handed to one of the soldiers, and I in lhim to make use of it. Mounting the on-, tr liorse thev could get at, he presented the j to zzle at the breast of Francisco, and pulled hi riitttC'T Vi.rfunatelv it missed lii*e, and 1 ei. " 4tov" ? incisco closed in upon him. A shurt strug- j hi ensued, which ended in his disarming and hs undiug the soldier. Tarleton's troop of four in adred men were now in sight and the other b< goons were about to attack him. .Seeing his \ II e was desperate, he turned toward an ad-1 fa ling thicket, and as if cheering on a party | lu lien, he cried out. "Come on, my brave w ;s; now's your time; we will soon dispatch ' rj so few and then attack the main body I" at IJ 1 same time rushing at the dragoons with ai fury of an enraged tiger. They did not tli it to engage him, but fled precipitately to ai : troop, panic-struck and dismayed. Seizing in the traitorous villian, W , Francisco pi s about to dispatch him, but he beggad and j of ad so hard for his life, that he forgave him, h I told him to secrete for him the eight hor- (J which the soldiers had loft behind them, h rceiviug that Tarletou had dispatched two p icr dragoons in search of him, he made off ti 0 the adjoining wood, and while they stop- w J at the house, he, like au old fox, doubled k on their rear, and successfully evaded their c< iilanee. The uext day he went to W si his horses; he demanded two of them fur fi 1 services, and generous intentions. Find- f; j his situation dangerous, and surrounded by t< eimes, where he ought to have found friends, p Vancisco was compelled to make the best of th t, and left with his six horses, intending to ar cvenge himself upon W at a future time, wl but," as he said, "Providence ordained that wi should not be his exeeutiouer, for he broke gr is neck by a fall from one of the very hores." 1 Many other anecdotes are told of Francisco, lustrative of his immense strength and per- 1,1 mal powers. At Camden, where Gates was f'11 efeated, he retreated, and after running along cei road some distance, he sat down to rest him- tC( elf- He was suddenly accosted by a British ragoon, who presented a pistol and demanded is immediate surrender. His gun being emp- ^ < y he feigned submission, and said he would sej iirrender, at the same time remarking that is gun was no further use to him, he present- j ID1 d it sideways to the trooper, who in reaching P? ?r it threw himself off his guard, when Fran- c" isco, (juick as thought, ran him through with an' le bayonet, and as he fell from his horse, lie jounted him and continued his retreat.? CU1 Overtaking his commanding officer, Colonel ty lavo. of Powhatten. he irave him un the ani- , tur ial, fur which act uf generosity the colonel at- *m ;rward.s presented liini with a thousand acres aU( f land in Kentucky. P,J1 The following anecdote exemplifying his eaeeful nature and his strength, is also told f Francisco. How true it is, we cannot say, C'K ut we tell it as it was told to us many years P,J1 go, while he still lived in Buckingham couu- kin Virginia. wo' One day while working in the garden, he no( as accosted by a stranger who rode up to the eVt .nee and inquired of him if he knew "where ver man by the name of Francisco lived." rlu. Raising himself from his work, and eying [ is interrogator, who appeared to he one of the I roa half-hurse half-alligator'' breed of Kentuck- , tru us, lie replied, "Well, -tranger, I don't know kea f any other person by that name in these parts bra ut myself." * tu 1 Well, I reckon you ain't the mall I want, big want to find the great lighting man I've head 11 so much about. The fellow they say can :ire hip all creation and Kentucky to boot." bar "f can't tdl you. stranger, where you'll find iat man, I don't know sueha man, said Fran- Wlt -co, resuming his Work as a hint to the other ot^ iat the conference was ended. But the Ken- l^10 t.-kian was not to be bluffed off as he would p'a rm it. "Look 'ere, stranger," said he, re- tro irning to the charge, "what might your given p'a line be "My name is Peter Francisco, at *tr< ?ur service." ro^' Ah returned the other, "you're just the 0Ut ian I want to tind," at the same time riding ab( isiJc the fence, lie dismounted and tied his 1111 uimul?a rough ungainly Indian pony?to one fthe post-. ca^ .?lv 11 ??. II ,, .. 1] ilij, 1 ot i*./>n <)1<1 Ki.ntuek. I am the Kentucky liiekeii. I am. I can out-run, out-hop, out- ' mI , i i i .1 i I <1:1 imp. iciiock down. - ring out. ana wnip any j ? lan in all them diggings. .So. as I hearn tell S1; fa fellow down hereabouts who could whip i ml >1 creation. I thought I'd saddle old Blossom, | Pul ad just ride over to see what stulF he's made I ^!" f. and here I am. And now. stranger, I'm I el? **n< ?und to see who's the best man, before I go | ' nine. It's all in good feeling you know, and ^ rc you lick me, why I'm .satisfied, but " t'.10 Stop a minute, stranger," said Francisco, Vl>1 you've mistaken the man entirely, I'm no out ihting man at all, and if I was, I've nothing j"011 rainst you to Unlit about." 1,1 * "Well I don't know; is there any other Pe- 3'et r Francisco in these parts?" >*0. not that I know of." "Well, then, you're the man, and joumust w^( ?ht. I've come all the way from Old Ken- ^iei ck, and I ain't agoinga-back without know- seV( g which is the best man." raaJ "Put I won't fight. I've got nothing to % \ :ht about, and I tell you I won't Jhjht." ' "D d if you shan't fight, stranger, I'm ,sv-'s> .und to lick you if I can. if I don't you must Pou ;k me." ' ' -?" 13y this time Francisco had became angry at 'Jl*r e importunity of his visitor, and determined ^iel put end to the scene. Seizing his antagon- t*?r t therefore by the seat of his buckskin breech- ene , and the collar of his shirt, he threw him Wlt er the fence into the road; then walking wer isurely to where his pony was tied, he unfas- f w ned him,and takinghiui up by main strength, w c fro: h!hi tifh ,' his discomfited rider. The lventuekian raised himself from the *,;al oilud, perfectly dumb-founded by such an luu chibitiou of strength, and after rubbing his ,:X'' res as thouirh lie thought he mi edit not have in en clearly, lie mounted lii.s pouy remarking. \\ ell, stronger, I reckon you'll do. I reckon 's about time for me to make tracks. If any- *ts >dy asks you about that great fight, you can 11 'em you licked Bill .Stokes most ly." I' ranvuco \nw u puiviirl'ully m?n, / >>? <] t.H'i g six feet and one inch in height, and weighg 200 pounds. His muscular system was ex- scr aordinarily developed, and he had been known "(:r i shoulder with ease a cannon weighing eleven u ^ mdred pounds: and a gentleman of undoubt- Pcr 1 veracity Cstill living in Virginia,) who knew )'ar in well, says, "he could take me in his right ^ md and pass over the room with nie, playing y head against the ceiling, as though I had j11 ;en a doll-baby. My weight was 19o pounds." ^ is wife, who was a woman of good size, and ' ir proportions, lie would take in his right ro ind, and holding her out at arms' length, 3 ould pass around the room with her, and ear. Va*. nn r.n/1 il/.tirn cfolfw- in fhcif nAcih'iin ? OWI jl?;i u auu uvnu .7iuuo <u iuuu |^/i?vtvu. , . :c would take a barrel of cider by the chimes, 1-V id holding it to his mouth, would drink from tnc ic buDg, a long and hearty draught without rov* ly apparent exertion. w Yet, with all his strength, he was a very ^n< 2ace fully disposed man, and never made use " his power, except iu a case of necessity about is usual vocations, or in defence of the right, j01*1 >u occasions of out-breaks at public gatherings, e was better at rushing in and preserving the a ublio peace than all the conservative authories on the ground. Although uneducated, he .e as a man of strong natural sense, and of a WI1 ind, amiable disposition. lie was withal a ' unpunishable man, and his anecdotes and 1 lories of the war, of which he possessed a rich ind, rendered him a welcome guest in the tirst ' uuilies of the State. His industrious and 4U 2mperate habits, together with his kind dis- act osition, made him many friends, and though *01 eir influence he was appointed Sergeant at nis of the Virginia house of Delegates, in lich service he died in li>30, and was buried th military honors in the public burying ound at Richmond. IOW THEY MAKE GUNPOWDER. A correspondent of the Xew York Tribune, a letter from Wilmington, Delaware, gives 2 following interesting sketch of the pross of which powder is made at the cclcbra1 Mills of Du Pont, in that city: "Of course, of the details of the business the Messrs. Du Pont, even if known to me, jould uot make meutiou, unless by their couat. but the nrocess of manufacture is in re __7 A ty no secret j every book of chemistry treat, g of it to some extent. All know that guuwder is composed of saltpetre, brimstone and arcoal, but few have any idea of the trouble i labor gone through to have these watcriof a proper quality. The saltpetre, as reved at the yards, has the appearance of dircoarse salt, tilled with a short tibrous mat; by a process of refining, two or three les repeated, it assumes the appearance of a table salt, in which state it is lit for the vder mill. (Ireat care is also taken to have : sulphur pure. But the most labor and forciught seem to be necesary in procuring the ireoal, which is all made of the willow and dar, the former being used for the best ids of powder. To procure supplies of these uds the proprietors set out yearly, in every )k and corner, trees, which are hewn down ;ry three years, and the branches arc eonted into charcoal. This method of procug the wood gives a singular appcrauce to eriiintrv far in liinnv ilnnfruirlu j , .... ? j r--? ? Js or by the .streams may be seen old tree nks, standing but little higher than a man's id, and topped only with a bunch of small nches. I saw some trunks that appeared be forty or fifty years old without a limb gcr than my wrist. ["he mill buildings in which the materials ground or mixed are scattered along the iks of the stream, each one containing a I. They are built of stone on three sides, h heavy walls, strengthened with piers; the er side, facing the stream, is of wood, and roof also slopes toward the stream. The n of construction is to lessen the damage m explosions, for should an explosion take ce the lbrce would be diverted towards the jam. The mills consist of two heavy iron lors on wheels, moving in a trough. I saw j pair, each of which weighed 15,000 lbs., >ut seven tons. The materials being well xcd up, and pulverized iu these mills, is ghtly moisteucd, when it is pressed into ces till it becomes almost as hard as plaster Paris. These cakes are then broken into II, an operation which, on account of' iTs uger, I was not permitted to see. After inulation, the powder is taken to the glazing 11. Here G<'0 or 700 pounds of powder are t into a wooden cask, revolving moderately t for twenty four hours, there being six or ht of these casks, and close by each were ) pounds more, ready for another charge.? mi the glazing mill the powder is taken to drying house. Ilerc, at the time of my t, were nearly four tons of powder, spread on trays, while close by were two furnaces ring away at the rate of a ton of coal each ,wenty-four hours. Danger there was not, I could not but think of Sebastopol and story of its mines. From the drying house powder is taken to the packing house, ;re it is put in barrels or canisters, and ncc taken to a magazine, of which there are eral, built with the same regard to non-dare in case of explosion as the grinding Is. Vliilc standing in one of the packing liouand just as I had given a kick to a hundred nd keg of powder intended for his excclita Anna, Mr. Dupont called to a man to lg him some powder in a scoop shovel, and rein I inspected about half a peek of puwdestiucd to knock out of this world some my of his said excellency. The unconcern h which this was handed me, as though it c so much wheat, struck me as remarkable, ould not convey the idea that carelessness ustomary or allowed, nor was the incident ?.!l a Wan-'IUDD u<;i/, lia UUUCeUIJie :ure ;iri>in<r rather f >m the beat of my own id. On the contrary, the greatest care is rciscd, the yards and various buildings beunder the direct and constant supervision some of the tirui, and to such an extent is i supervision carried that one of them vistho yard every night at one o'clock ; while discipline of the hands is more efficient, L re heard said by those who ought to know, ,1 ? . . 'JL'dsdn tritit IL tern of liberal rewards for long and faithful vice, and for acts of bravery in case of dan, has so lessened the liability to accident of langorous nature, that the proprietors feel feetly safe, and a stranger visiting these ds feels comparatively so." reaits of To Day.?There is a tear of joy [ a tear of grief. The tear to-day may not forced by the same cause which overflowed eye yesterday. A tear may be sent up n the heart by joy or by sorrow. It is the ic liquid diamond in either case. A little -drop on the cheek has a language of its i. It speaks to persons of all nations. It ntcrpreted readily by persons of all couns. The tear of to-day means joy or sorThe face adown which a tear runs tells [jther it springs from the fountain of joy or jf. A tear draws forth deep sympathy be<it if Ja nn /kf T.hV/? II /mn /%* 1(;V AW .J WIA ViMU?WM V? AAW ? V J V? VI VI icf. When it is grief our pulse beats fas, for our heart is agitated and touehed deepThe true feeling of the heart is seen in a r whieh lingers in the eye, that little bright idow of the soul! The tears of to-duy, if y do spring from grief, may to-morrow be >ed away by the rainbow hues of peuee, jpiness and prosperity. Ni despe rand urn. ver despair.?Fireside Journal. Starvation in Kentucky.?In conseenee of the short crop of breadstuff* last ison there is said to be great distress in no sections of Kentucky.