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* ? LEW1?";^ ^r'l ^ ^ " " | B5^K?ISI8Zfft' VOL. 14. ...:, YOBKVILLE, S. C? THUlijTllT, DECEMBER 3. 1868. NO. ^9. raid ytejfeaae teB me how I cm ** *?" tyshe, 'TWi m peiKeemau at the door, Md if m giro him the bom* he irffl buy oat ftryw." Than I went to the door and polled of toy hat id stated what I wanted. Says be, "fitw me ky cents," which I did. Then ?y? m, "you sod here." Then he went ki ted seen breoght it a little whisker in a tumbler, and I drank it in e street Then I slopped awfc3e In tee if there is aoy clnrage coioinft ?nd says he, rhat is you Wetiagrfte?" 8ml, "a Kttle mnw if mat nlflww ' Aanki'>tmaN hell; 3don'tnaftrnr!<! |HJmhmu Then I next e&oounteredajmwoii in * high ?5hofcfaHM^aGoe of both mat and booor uniriheftutefc to? 'OuiMtaawt, and I assure m he Hiked my phm. Sfbe. "We Northnpeople hsre no nse for negroes. We are wilwyott iboald he free, and hare freed "yon, bat i foroqarfty notiom, they a? all staff and Dooms. Do you reokaa yon oonld eat at my table ? o, you-cooM not oobm inside my gate. Yoa neroes uast learn to keepyoarpken. The South the beet phwe for yoa to lire ia If you come * orth you will starro, for we have do pkoe for you sre." a DO* ? ? wwww imaiea ginger, a squirrel a tau, prisma, conabs, -" to ...,; v;. .' A GEORGIA mt TKO?S E1P8MMCE. One Wiffism Smith, a Conaervntfre neftn feiing somewhere in Middle Georgia, eoncowed, a lort time ago, to travel North ana tiell die people ie truth with regard to his raee in the Sotfth. part of his experience in Washington is given a letter to the Macon Tdegraph, ftomwhreh we iota: v _t tf When I got to Washington I was tired Offtand in ted a dram. So J went' into a bar-room, aa I inlddoinMaoon.andaskedferone. Thebanaeplooked at me, raised his eyes; and said, says he, ?o niggers are allowed to drink at this bar.1' tysl,"l axes yonr pardc*H4 am s atmg* a ivefinar about and I waMa a dtink mkhtiiy, and lining puomgnfMio, w, ? ?.)? ?. 1 ofThem were returned to the original-writes/ ho either send an unsigned leftover who will ibeeribe herself "year loving Susie," or "yoar Fectionate Adie:" and ai the Govenncnt knows > first names, all suoh letters areoonaigned to the topping box and then to the paper mwto appear i white paper. ........ .. , Since wnuog thus a*. J have oeoe mp*o mted ie Dead Letter office, a visit that always mass eaeore and gratifies omrioeity. Here I wr cocks king about $600 admr oat of the leftem to proxeiy scattered over their, dodo, and among the mono articles, leceptl* taken oat of their eevelm, I noticed the fallowing:. Slippew, valenoes, a duck's head, thermometers, false pistols, ittens, fern leaves, false hair, laces, paper coirs, epaulets, horns, pipes, watch oases,, hoops, ills, (one of them two feet high?it must have quired a monster envelope,) butterflies, mats, edtcinea, ailrer goblets or full sise, ear-rings, ltter-knives, spoons, gold and silver watches, erv little /old or silver about them, however,) tells,purses,.soap, sugar, ^oofce^bowaaud It some fifteen or twenty gendemefr-fbr it fc a tot disgraceful to ^humanity that, females eefiwt e employed, so many ohseme letters poison the continually engaged hi opening the ftmr-er ve miUfOM of letters that annnafiy firf their wfjr I6T6. 1*1 ore man nrujen Lnounoa wtten are ' emptied on their desks, asking to beopened. iken rfctter is fonnd to We valuable oonfente, ion contents are indorsed npon it, tad the letter itnrnedto the envelope. A reooraismade ?fall ich'fetters, and they are atoneeietexned to their titer, without return postage. Soperfeettre the rrangements that it is Ittnfly possible that 1 valuSdedead letter, which ha* ooee reached the ofje, should fail of renaitfn^ ihewtiter, if k is in >e power of the Department to disrater hid. lormg the pate year tbirtyAve themaad letters, lekxxng $124,234, wem xeemved el this offim, ad nearly 29,000 of them, conteimi? $1$0,620, ere iteond tatbekeMHa Bat bolides these tooey letters, them were 21.000 dead letters, oooimag bills of exchange and ether saleable matr appraised at orar $5,000,000; over 49,000 ooo . V- : U. . .nJOTiWlMa. a*a .Inummafc: hb mvvflaljtplppiBinilip, under a^ watchfd arid eiacfa^ma^.^ ^ (towards u a baakerVderit. * * . U*?i?t{?wo "Girard, jatKirm a: <hi*to|h safliwltulbni hb rer owned a Strip, and w' j?i?Ifr fainiiiii itk most of the coons oread prti 'lifcthi mr assumed a csnmto one of them. - -* uX < * vori^ o something creditably ;?nd :si$?hu5^r<Eniig our life, Wowi^od dw4UD^Im^ and boila le new capital West of the Mississippi? Well, len, go as apprentice to the beat carpenter or ma)h withm your reach. Do you. wish to bo a sculp>r, and yet cannot pay a master's fees? Instead f pining in your mother's chimney-corner, go to m nearest stone-cutter mod go to cutting tomb lones." ? + ? .?:? DEAD^ LETTER*. aUding and running steamboats, fi^irhtex be lt5n?SS8SRf?ji ^ nribab riHMSSSl ST^ OoaiS jttTr>" ikt a baakat of triikata- a?b nw> nwfca; mfl j> ^ +--rJ" _?it a? ^ "?*~ # Ergaro fun hukoc wmd? mytriba, aada*?y pitahaiiaa mojyHitfc voide in ftnrtk 1*111 iiwai# ?<fW* btfapeofo lorope and learned all abooi the mariraf 1* f&t, ' ?. ? r.. y, ?. I . / V ?*B ?> i?ib? m*n i 4ed Well might he be ?M*T6iW*l? inittr*?MiM&.7*''- n *** *?* ' *?<? ? ??TrtK>U-^ wj t-tnTmg mimn >m ..^i UMiaMo^AiMi Wfffi&i The fiulitliliwwi ufllmiiiiij wiiti opjiteeAiir ? fttyiwftfroiW Swwh^ ?tr*te kewpiM mrly ?noor ninMd,4?i art**, who ha* ?to^tbebeiBt i a late number of PaAtftd* JUbadfe ; nojr Kntifkibb weiil iwiti vl / nrtn'ijiii.y s qttafc'fol niimluMltwime fcr?tewi juiH BfcfB be ?et-trj> fcrhhnetffhr A certain nouse-Dreaiter was ouuuemueu, m me m atter part of the last century, in France, and an- qt ler peculiar circumstances, to a hundred years in he galleys, atid strange to relate, this man recent y made his appearance in his own native prov- er nee, at the advanced age of one hundred and <*] wenty yean, he being about twenty years of age St then the sentence which condemned him to such tn i dreadful punishment was passed. It is difficult ?( o conceive what the feeling must have been With phich he returned, as soon as emancipated from he shackles which had enthralled him for a cen- ar ury, to breathe once more the cherished air of the ffi oene of his infancy. Bourg, in the department st if Ain, was his native home, but time had so ?? hanged the aspect of the whole, that he reoogni- ^ ed it only by the Church of Bron, which was the ??, nly thing that had undergone no alteration. He cb iad triumphed over laws, bondage, man, time, w< verything. Not a relation had he loft. Not a ingle being could he hail in acquaintance; yet he ? pas not without experiencing the homage and the ~ espect the French pay old age. Fbr himself, he w lad forgotten everything connected with hit fmAf % routh; even all recollection of the crime was loat, ai ir, it at all remembered, it was a dreary vhaon, ** onfounded with a thousand other dvtfeiy Visions if days long gone by. Hirfmmily and connections, J or several generations, aO dead; himself a Hvii? fl iroof of the clemency of Heaven and the severity h< n m8 miaaay visiw uy uib buuuu *? mc uuc ^uu "On the groand of harboring the dog in thin tl ray, proceedings were taken against Mr. Trad for Pi he paymentof the tax. The defendant expressed j? lis willingness, coold he claim tho dog, to be re- ^ ponsible for the tax; but so long as the animal re- q used to attach himself to any one, it was impoa- tii able, he argued, to fix the ownership?and the n> xrart, seeing the peculiar circumstances of the ase, dismissed the summons. 'Bobby' has long n >een an object of cariosity to all who have become m loquointed with bis interesting history. His con- bt tant appearance in the grave yard has caused (v cany inquiries to be made regarding him, and ef- m brts out of number have been made, from time to j ime, to get possession of him. The old curator, ^ ?f course, was the next claimant to Mr. Trail, and offered to pay the tax himself rather than have Bobby'?'Grayfriar'aBobby,' to allow him his full . lame?put out of the way." ^ A HUNDRED YEARS IN PRISON. f * . i * /_ * ?.j j i.i__ . he was there again, and for the second tune was discharged. The third morning waa cold and wet, jj ihd when the old man sew the faithful animal, in n spite of all chastisement, still lying shivering on fl the grave, he took pity on him, mid gave hhn some tl Tood. ' jj "This recognition of his devotion gave Bobby y the right to make the ehurohyard his home; and JJ from that time to the present he has never spent ^ i night away from his master's grave. Often in ? bad weather attempts hav+beat) made to keep him a] within doors, bat by dismal howls he has succeed- jj id in making it known that this interference is not ?J igreeable to him, and latterly he has always been jj illowed to have his way. At almost any time do- j ring the day he may be seen in or about the ai ihurchyard; and no matter how rough the night w nay be nothing can induoe him to forsake the hah ? owed spot, whose, identity, despite the irresistible J? jbliteration it has undergone, he has so faithfully ^ preserved. 'Bobby' has many friends, and the u ax-gatherers have by no means proved his enemies, al 1 weekly treat of steaks was long allowed by Ser- w jeant Scott, of the Engineers; bnt for more than ** lix years he has been regularly fed by Mr., John ^ [rail, of the restaurant, 6 Grayfriar's place. He ^ s constant and punctual in liis calls, being guided M ' MI 1? .1 O jffort on the part of tbeae clerks, two thirds of tie m irhofo amount has been recognized and accepted at j, ta face value. >; b A FA1T0FIUU DOG,, (J The Edinburg Scottvvxn says: "A veTy singular md interesting occurrence was yesterday brought * to light in the Hozgh Court, by the hearing eft the ? mmmoos in regard to a dog tax^ Eight and a hajf * irears ago a man named Gray, of whom nothing is * known, except that he bred in a quiet waymsotoe 0 obscure part of the town, was buried ill Old Gtoy- ? friar's Churchyard. His grave leveled by the 0 band of time, and unmarked by any atone, is now scarcely discernible*, bat though no human jptor- Jj Mtwo^ seem to uttaoh to U, the saesed spot-lops lot bees wholly discarded and forgotten Dt> ^ ring all these years thedead raan't ftdthfol dog has % kept oonatant watch and guard ovat the gr&*?, and it was this animal for which the collectors d sought to reoover the tax. Jamas Brown, the old snrator of the burial ground, remembers Gray's faueral, and the dog, a Scotch terrier, was, he says, g Due of the most conspicuous of the mourners. The u grave was closed in as usual, and next morning, o; 'Bobby,' as the dog is called, Was found lying on tl the newly made mound. This was an innovation ^ which old James could not permit, for there was an order at the gate stating, in the most intelligible characters, that dogs were not admitted. 'Bob- q by' was accordingly driven oat; but next moraing si xne pen una tiuii couuecteu wuu uw ouu i room" of this offioe is the admiration of a? %bo L bave had the pleasure of vritneesing it. It, a$ the ^ present time, contains orsr one hundred milluma at government eecuritwsC7e?E Derfif goHand Int is preserved here, until it sludl be decided ? what disposition is to be made of it Tin ade? _ ibont fifty by thirty feet, tod is thirty feet high, having tn iron gallery eitendibg around the roof, ? either,side of whieh are closets of find* steel g ind chilled iron. In these are oonfined United 3tates bonds, made into packages of fonr or fire a ajffions, aeourely wH, they weighing thir- ^ ty pounds esoh. The doors of the vault, the winter ^ ior of steel wire and the exterior of iroe twehe _ nches in thickness, sre massive pieces of work* K aanship, which cannot be opened without the/aid )f three combination keys, in pceacasioo of throe ^ rf the most reliableelarksin theoffiee. if* ^ TBI EEDKMPIOM DIVISION. The redemption division is one of the most im? ft ttrtsnt insdiotkms of this oftte. Awe, n&ed ^ iotas, filtkiy, greasy and torn, are received in ear- ^ hangefbranequalamonntofnewcnneocy. Sharp u ?yes sorntinise every note received, and woe halo R tvery-bogus one, for instantly it is bant through ^ irith a brand, bearing the word in glaring letfeetm, g. 'counterfeit" An unpleasant duty vras perform- ^ id by the operatives of this office not long since, a 3~ reference to which may Slastrate the point Da- ^ ing the late rebellion the steamer Jacob Carter, 9 baring on board $250,000m greenback*, was part- ^ y burned, and these notes were injured. The ? pneater part of the tmoont was much dawred, end y he rest could not be identified as money by per- B Ana raitaid a nf thn PenartmflntVf>L bv nntmnff L arrange them, previous to. the soma being piacftd pi >n the retired Hatfoe future net .? A\ fa Havi n g seen Spiaafer's fmo-siinilies?head ami fa autograph?on the fifty oeut notes, effiflr :fine can b aaaly identify him without thfi aJ3'6P? magdiiy- ci paaa. This amiable officer is known throughout b :he country as the "watchdog of the TraMOTJC,^ gj \ title earned and maintained in opposition totho ; "bulla" and "bears," contractors and other leech- ^ who have ineffectually endeavored to prey Upon , :he life-blood of the naHpnT He has iremarHSJeT ^ office hours. He is always the first at work in the ^ morning, and the laid to jedhrfitlfe'lWpirtment at n TTtE IKON VAULT AND CASH ROOM. I0T ffi mi a. U -IT - 1 ?ilr- tt^A n act numDer Ol notes cut auu lueir vtuue is ex- g >ited at a glance. The machine will not deceive t 11; nor can the figures fie; neither can the hands ; set back at the pleasure of the operator; con- t juently no fraud can be committed. Just as t >n as the sum of ten dollars is counted, this a tomaton rings a signal bell, and the amount is c mediately-removed to a table, where it is prop- c y enveloped in a package. This is the final ope- z ion in the printing business; for, properly given 0 i receipted for, the Treasurer of the United l ites issues the notes. e ISSUING DEPARTMENT. g Perhaps the most important office in the Treas- v j is that governed by the United States Treasu- r . Glen. Spinner issues all Government bonds, t tea and fractional currency, besides redeeming all j apidated currency, which bad seen veteran ser- c ? in millionaires' well filled note books, in mi- c s' coders, or in the poor man's pouch. These c tea are in themselves a study, requiring the ser- f <ea of some three hundred females to count and | j uiufactured notes, currency, bonds, and revenue j imps. | In what is denominated the "dry room" are enty-five hydrostatick presses, motived by hy- ( aoliok power. Turn a little crank, like starting ^ iter from a hydrant, and instantly twenty ton of f lid iron.noiselessly descends and kisses the steel | ate bearing npon its face the note engraving. i it a moment, as if to rest for the next operation, ( d this ponderous weight silently descends, and e note is executed, save the autograph of the ( easurer and Begister of the Treasury. So these } mt presses operate, uninterruptedly, day and ght. In the room all is apparent confusion; ( ;n standing next to these iron monsters, working ! if their very existence depended upon the numr of sheets printed?with bared arms, besmeared ( th ink of divers colours, and as varied as the 1 es of the rain-bow; young girls, with enormous t ignons, or magnificent waterfalls, rush hither J d thither with bundles of bonds, or other nation- ' certificates of indebtedness, for the deposit * )m; while the clatter of the steel plates as they . ik on the press beds, and the busy hum of voices, ! id a Babelish voice to the scene. Yet it is said, 1 is harmony here, and business is transacted th exact precision. CHECKING AND RECEIPTING. ' in order to protect the Government from the erations of dishonest employees, an elaborate * d comprehensive system of check and receipt 9 been inaugurated. The white paper upon 8 rich the securities are to be printed is counted at c at ten times by as many counters, who give re- ' pts for it, after verification, to the Superintennt of the "paper room." Having been counted a this official, and the number of sheets agreeing s th the original requisition, the white sheets are \ 3D passed to the plate printers, who are required receipt for them as so much money, i as t mey already manufactured. After the operation 0 printing the notes are counted, as before men- ? ned, transferred in succession to the "number"sealing" and "bronzing" rooms, until they E it, temporarily, in the "cutting-room." CUTTING AND COUNTING. In the last referred to room are four pieces of L iohanum, resembling the ordinary sewing ma- d ine, which are employed in separating the notes, t ey count, arrange in order of value, andjfyarate 1 3 notes, as if endowed with human intelligence, j ap one of the machines a moment then examine t 3 little dial with its quivering pointer, and the \ ? * 1 ?J iL.!_ t ; 1 lving fans* which work u> opposite directions, in e. chamber of which is placed at least, on each c&sion, a half ton of waste paper. Stead is set . this mass, and as the machine is continually reiving, and the paper changes position, it is soon averted into a pulp is white as original printing per, to be packed away or manufactured into velopes or writing paper. But the atmosphere re is too heavy to admit of a free respiration of t lungs, aqd'upwards you mount, winding your ly through the broad halls of the Treasury prop, ou either side of which are hundreds of clerks ring over colossal ledgers, striking balances, editing complicated accounts or solving difficult ithmetical problems which would puzzle a bank irk. In the "long room," in the United States Treaser's office near the west entrance to the building, b engaged three hundred ladies?some counting 1, dilapidated fractional currency, which had en. transferred to General Spinner for redemp>n and cancellation; others counting interest on mpound notes; still .more arranging bonds of fFerent denominations.'.. . THE PRINTING EOOMS. Above this door, higher up, just below the dome the building, are printing rooms, wherein are ?1 .. . I fading.; THE TREASUHY DEPARTMENT^ < The Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch is publish- 1 (.a series of articles on the Government Depart- * mts at Washington. Prom its article on the ' easury Department, we condense, as a matter of 4 ierest to every reader, the more attractive points j inflin the description of the great nationalwoik- j op, where money is made, concerning which tire > t side world knows very little. < Down deep in the caverns of the earth, where live like damp, is felt, where the dried bones of ad men should, rest,. and not live men toil and 1 eat, is the motive, power which drives the coloe- ? [ wheels and makes the leather bands whirr and < )tn jut thqy almost ceaselessly tarn in quick rev- < itinh. Twenty feet, under the building is a Hv- < I, bustling hive of humanity] men women and \ ap&gids not yet in their teens; somefeed huge ' rnaoes with great blocks of coal, making differ- < t coloured inks and drying fresh paper jnst made; I aers tracing lines on steel plates by the aid of i ificial fight; still more numbering bonds or ope- I ing upon bronzing .machines, which to a certain J tent resemble fanning mills. They apply the i ante. tp.all Government notes, from the insigm- 1 ant five cent note up to a thousand-dollar five- i enjty bond, iubadfy ventilated apartments where ' 9 dost flies around in clouds like snow-flakes, fill- ] i the clothes of the operative With gold dust i Rising a flight of stain, nearer the main floor, u enter the room containing that modem inven>n, the ''macerating machine/' which resembles ] yfiudrical-shaped tank, Having in its interior re- ( aabmrt to prooced with the ceremony, when the enfgdkdf dfeeoveredT that she was minus the kid rtfeg'tihieh Was so necesBary on sneh oocaedoos, lereopoa she requested her affianced to hasten wetoteitnd yhiwiire the indispensable kids, t?lig him to "be in a harry or she might change r mind." The derfflunur, witnesses and intend bride*tufted" BomfeJtiirie fbir fhe return of the nth'.wM the gloves: he didn't come. They Lited kinger, and still he failed to put in an apt arance. . The matter at last being really serioas d alarming, the dergyinih took hit hat and proed^jpoei; haste, in aeaffchof the truant lover, ^ihi he fbtind, iftera cKBgCnt search acid many iuifles, quietly Beafedon the verandah of the L*k House, with his feet elevated on the beck of shair, and very deliberately puffing a cigar. On Ing ad^d to explain hii 'ringtilsr cdadoct,he remarked that he "Iras waiting to Bee i ihe was going txrcbangeher mmd." They were 1 lmetf,1imfe^faiftartirohot!rs^ delay.? Ottawa ] The place had for some time been suspected, and 804 he decoy marked. On that night a detective had ?u ecretly followed the girl and myself, and, after as* ertaining whither she had conducted me, had has- er ened to bring a body of gen d'armes to the place. Phe delay of the ruffians in their mnrderous de- ~n' igns had been just sufficient to save me. I scarce teed add that I never again volunteered to accom>any a distressed damsel on a secret expedition vhile I remained in Paris. ***! rei Married Without Gloves.?A few days no ince, a young gentleman and young lady appeared dil \t the parsonage of an eminent clergyman of this vie ity, for the purpose of having their respective sei lestinies united in the holy bonds of matrimony, no Everything being ready, the clergyman aforesaid vie iy this watch." ir~ Tbe villian then held my watch to the light and ^ felt indeed that my minutes were numbered, and . ecretly began to pray for the salvation of my soul, . elieving that I could not save my body. A death-like silenoe now reigned in that gloomy |_ partment for some time, and then one of the ruf- ^ ians bent down and lifted a trap-door, and from ^ he dark pit below issued a noisome smell, as it to night be, of putrid bodies. I beheld my intended yave, and shuddered and looked aspen. c But why stand there and die like a dog, without ?. single attempt at escape? At the worst it could . 0 e but death, and there was a bare possibility I in* aight get away. I fired my eyes on the door res rhich opened on the stairway, and with a single udden bound reached it, bat found it fast locked. Tien as the hands of the ruffians seized me with m? aurderous intent, I uttered a wild shriek, the door Jjj)1 ras burst in with a loud crash, and in a moment he room was filled with gen d'armes. I saw that ^ was saved, and fainted and fell. Su The four masks, the fair decoy and some two or ^ hree others concerned in that murderous den, were ? ~ il secured that night, and I subsequently had the Measure of giving in my evidence against them, nd seeing them all condemned to the galleys for ife. ' a roe quivercu, ttuu it was wiui uuuuuit; x wwu tand. jjjj At length the principal spokesman turned to me md said, in a cool and methodical manner: as "Monsieur has acted more like a gentleman than ^ my person we ever had dealings with, and if we ^ ould, consistent with our business, oblige him, re wonld be happy to do so; but, unfortunately, ^ re are governed by a rnle, which is a law with us, an hat dead men tell no talea, and we think it will a] tot do to make an exooption in this case. We ^ rill, however, in consideration of monsieur's gen- fljc lemanly behavior, be as mild and lenient as pos- jec ible in doing our duty, and grant monsieur five ajj oinutes for saying his prayers." wj| "You have then resolved to murder me ?" gaspdL "Monsieur nsesa very hard term, bnt we will it that pass. You have five minutes yet to live ?P - - ani aid a second voice. - ^ "Then I pledge yon my honor that I will, to- ' norrow, draw oat 5,000 francs and pay the amount >ver to any person who may apprehend me with ^ his boqoet in his hand," said I, holding oat the ^ lowers I had purchased of the ftur decoy. "And have him arrested the next minute, I sop? ur )03e* aj, "No; on my honor heBhall depart unharmed and ^ inquestioued, and no other human being shall be , nformed of the transaction for a week, a month or ? - uc i year. w "Let us handle what you have here," said the ^ iret speaker. 1 immediately took out my pin, took off my ring, Irew out my watch, produced my pocket book and ^ jurse, and placed them all in his extended hand. ^ "You make us a present of these, now," he ^ aid. "Yes, on condition that one of you will fbrthrith conduct me to the street above," I replied. ^ "Monsieur is a very liberal gentleman, indeed I" ras the response. w' They then drew off together, scrutinized the aridea by the light of a smoky lamp, and conversed P ogether in low tones. I felt that they were hold- ( ng a consultation that involved my life, and, to peak the honest troth, it seemed as if every nerve 1 1. ?j u ui. ?u.. T Ar I did not sit down, but I walked over to the bed, *Q rhere the patient was lying vary still?so still hi- m( leed that I oould not detect any breathing. The ft romao's cap was on the head, and the end of a ^ iheet ooooealed the face. I ventured to tthn this ^ town carefully,1 and beheld the eyeless sockets and ^ [Tinning teeth of a human skull! QQ I started back in horror, and at the same lime he door by which the girl had left wad thrown ipen, and in inarched, one after die other, fbur ah human forms in black gowns and masks. I 5^ inew at once, then, that I was to be robbed, and fiv| trobably murdered. I wore a heavy diamond pin ^ nd ring, carried a very valuable gold watch, and _ tad in money about my person some 500 francs, tut not a single weapon of any kind?resistance teing, therefore, out of the question. I felt that oy only chanoe?if, indeed; there was a chance? f ras to conciliate the ruffians and buy myself off. eQ Vith a presence of mind for which I still take to Dyself considerable credit, I said at once: - ^ "I understand It ah, gentlemen, and you will ( ind me a very liberal person to deal with. There ? a one thing I value very highly, because it is the ^ nly one I have, and I cannot replace it?that is ^ ay life. Every thing else of mine is at yourser- tw iee, even beyond what I have with me.'* - ; They Wert undoubtedly surprised to hear me jjj peak, in that cool, off-handed manner; but ftey aarched forward and surrounded me before either ?turned a word. ^ "How much have you with you, then?" inquired : -( i no, in a civil way, but in a low, gruff tone. ? I immediately mentioned the different articles of ^ alue and the exact amount of money; "all of ^ rhioh I shall be pleased to present you with, if ^ *ou will be kind enough to escort me to the street .bove," I added. m "You said you had more, monsieur." M "Yes, gentlemen, I have 10,000 francs in the ^ tank of France, and I will willingly add a check ^ or half that amount" fk "Checks don't answer our purposes vejy well," ? "Is it possible youKrein a^pbiselike this?" *wi add I, secretly wisbingmyaeif WfHyoht l yj "In Paris beggars cannot1 beriSbosft**1 replied gfc iegiri- 1". r: ?l "Bttt even in Paris it is ndrneeeseary for tho to rvingto take up their abode flr 'iSpoJehres! " I lie joined with some asperity, being wed myself he or suffering my good nature to lead me into a den de rom which I might never eomjjoutal^e. $ To this my fair gni<fe> deigneg no reply. On wi caching the foot of the stairsshe jmsfcedopen a pe loor into a small, dimly-Hgbted ^pojn, and l fbl- an owed her into it with some rhere was a bed in one ooi^er, aqd on itappeared #1 o be a human form lyittfJWfuIl" "I have brought a doctor, said the Pi prl, as she closed the doojr heboid me. As there a < ras no reply to this she / be "Will Monsieur le Docte# pmiM -to w seated a & ninote!, I think my moth^iiaaleep/1 , .. if "t beg mademoiseBewifl bear in mind that lean mi mly spare a few moment* in this q*m to-night,, as j[j! [ have another call I with to make immediate!^,'' ? e returned, feeliDg very anxious to depart from hat subterranean quarter as quick as possible. K Monsieur ;sball not be detained long by me," re- ?3 oined the girl, passing ont of the room hy another ul look. "Pray, follow me, Monsieur le Docteur." v She turned at once and moved off at a rapid pace t lown the street, toward the river Seine, in the di- I ection I was walking when we met. In less than five minutes we had entered a t vretched quarter, among narrow streets, old, tot- a ering buildings, and squalid looking inhabitants, ^ ome of whom seemed to glare at us as we passed ? Jong. ^ ]; "Is it much further?" inquired I, beginning to eel uneasy. t "Only a step monsieur; it is just here." 8 Almost immediately she turned into a covered c jassage, which led in back among habitations that t [ should never have voluntarily visited in the ^ )road light of day. A distant lamp served to make s be gloom visible, till she suddenly stopped and E >pened a door into total darkness. "Your hand, Monsieur le Docteur," she said, v it the same time taking it and leading me forward. I was tempted to draw back and refuse to go any urther, though I mechanically followed her. a We now went through a long, narrow passage, a n total darkness, and after two or three short c urns, began to descend a flight of creaking, rotten c itairs. ] \ . "A large sum." a "Monsieur will remember it is winter, and flow- c srs are not plenty." i "To aid you, I will purchase," returned I, hand- v ng her the requisite coin; "for, though I love t lowers, I would otherwise hardly indulge in the t uxury to-night at such an expense." v She thanked me, and seemed about to pass on, t mt hesitated, looked up to me, and said: 8 "Could Monsieur direot me to the house of a r ,rood physician, who will torn out to-night and see l patient at a small recompense?" e "Any friend of yours ill?" "My mother 1" with a deep sigh and downcast 1( ook. b "Where does she reside?" "Only a short distance from here." I "What is the matter with her?" s "She has a high fever for one thing." fc "When was she taken?" "She came down last night and has not left her a >ed sinoe." "Why did you not send for a doctor at once ?" ^ "We hoped she would get better soon, and it is D 0 expensive for poor people to employ a physi- o _ >? !ian. I am myself a medical student, with consider- a tble experience among the sick of the hospitals; h md if you are disposed to trust the case to me, I D im at your Bervice without charge," I rejoined, al- ^ eady feeling deeply interested in the fair girL 8 "Oh, how I shall thank monsieur!" she ex- 1 ilaimed. with clasDed hands and an upward, grate- c rhat I had gone through; and I saw the last of ny friend Osborne when I left him safe at his j ihambers on that eventfally July evening. ' A THRILLING* ADVENTURE. ' g I was a medical student in Paris at the time the itrange and startling adventure happened which I r im about to record. Tired with long lectures and c lard study, I was out one evening for a walk in t he fresh air. It was a pleasant night in mid- f vinter, and the cold, bracing air, as it touched my everish brow, caused a grateful sensation. j Passing through a rather lonely street, near the iver, I was surprised at meeting a young and i jretty girl, (at least so she appeared in the dim i ight of a rather distant street lamp*) who carried s n her hand some three or four bouquets, which ihe offered for sale. f "Will monsieur have a bouquet?" she asked, in l sweet, musical tone, holding out to me a well ( irranged collection of beautiful flowers. I "They are pretty," said I, taking them in my land, and then, somehow, I could not help ad- ? ling, as I fixed my eyes upon her's, "and so, I hink, is their fair owner." y "Monsieur will buy and assist me ?" she said. "Do you really need assistance, mademoiselle 1" > "Why else should I be here at this hour of the light, monsieur?" 1 "And why here at all?" quickly returned I.? t 'This street is little frequented, and it is about the i ast in the world I should have selected for dispo- s ling of a luxury most suited to wealth and fashion.'' i She sighed and reached out her hand for the s jouquet, which I still retained. "What is your price ?" a "Five franca" landkerchiet' aronnd my Weeding nana ana enter 1 be ball-room, when she rashes after me with the * ipring of a tiger, shrieking, with foaming Hps, the ' amefearful 07 of "Blood! blood!" 1 Poor of the muscular attendants seize the lithe, 8 trugghng figure of the poor maniac?for maniac * ihe was1?and bear her, in spite of her terrible t hrieka, out of the apartment . 1 "I'll never come to these asylum balls again," V iaid a nervous, corpulent old gentleman, who had ' >een a near witness of the scene. "I thought ' hese violent ones were never allowed to he pres- c mt I shall see after my carriage at onoe. Too md?too had!" [ I understood it all now. The little practical E oke, so pleasantly arranged by my friends in the 0 norning, was to take me unwittingly to the asylum E >all, that they might extract a little fun out of 8 ne?amuse themselves, in fact, at my freshness ind innooent mistakes. I went up to them, and 8 ras on the point of seeking an explanation of the 10 rhole business, when 1 stopped short For the r irst true in his life, Osborne was not up to a taunt >r a sneer. His hps were bloodless, his whole as- 0 pect that of a man shocked to his very marrow; nd as I reached him he fell senseless to the v [round. v The unhappy girl I had so strangely met was J lis sister?the only being he had ever really loved. 8 T woo >q mou ha imnonned much shaken bv tod my heart stands still with terror. A passing t load' had obscured the moon, and now I felt more han saw the ghostly shimmering of her white c tress, the faint, distorted outlines of her terrible 1 ace, and the convulsive strainings of her frame. ] [' think of the knife?nay, feel its sharp point t ouching, wounding my cheek: With sadden, leeperate effort, I shake off the paralysis of terror j vbieh is freeiing my blood to ioe, and with all the c itrength I am master of, wrench myself free from ler murderous grasp, and, seising her wrists, ding \ ler violently, savagely from me. She falls. It is ^ 10 time for qualms ; and I rush on bleeding and * jreathless, through the gate, np the walk, over > awn and flower-bed, straight to the open window c )f the ball-room. As I reach the terrace I hear ? he gate open and my pursuer's rapid footsteps on he gravel path. I have only time to wrap my 1 eild roll of tlie fierce eyes, the livid pallor of the air cheeks. I hear her shrill scream of triumph s is she sees and seizes the small knife glittering on he ground, where I had left it, and with super- t latural will, I lift my feet, which seemed rooted to he earth, and ran?run for dear life. I hear stjill li inging in my ear that fearful burst of unnatural r Ireary laughter, bubbling from her lips?the sharp f lysterical, animal-like cry of "Blood lu and then f he swift and light steps of pursuit I know not rhich way to tnrn, when I suddenly think of the r rate and rush in that direction. I hear her stops d gaining rapidly npon me; I feel her hot breath 1 ipon my neck as I turn the corner and see the 1 rate at the end of the walk. I fly like the wind, t 3hall I reach the gate in time ? It may be locked, i' think. No, mercy 1 it is ajar. I am Just through g then, with a savage yell and cat-like spring, she v a nn mp T fpp] her iron srasD unon mv throat. and our iiearts toruiea wun sympaujy. hi wy eu- t tranced state I forgot the young ladies caution, and f gathered the fruit heedlessly enough. "Deuce take the things!" I exclaimed, as the c sharpest of pointed blades struck deeply into my r finger; and thinking we had had enough of gooseberry picking for the present, I rose from my la- i bors, and gave the last few I gathered to my com- t panion, who was standing against a small fruit tree ? by my side. In doing so, a drop of blood fell from t qpy cut finger on the little white hand held out to reoeive my offering. f The moon was shining more brightly than ever and lit up the whole scene with the clearness of day. The girl cast her eyes to her band, and 1 marked the crimson stain glistening there in the 1 mellow light. 1 Good God! What is it? Why did my blood t suddenly freeze within me? What was this awful c terror which was taking possession of me ? Why did her mouth lose its lovely expression in those t fierce, unnatural lines? Why is her Bmall hand rigid with rage as she points to the hateful stain ? f I know not I know and feel nothing but a frantic wish to run?to run from this awful spectre, stand- i ing in the moonlight, by the dark green apple tree, t I see the froth seething through the pale lips, the i WIU UIOU9 OWIIAIlUg IUVIV * ?Uv uguv 1/iuvwv ^ her golden hair, and the pale moonbeams shed- ^ ding an unearthly radiance over her finely chiseled ^ features, her lithe graceful figure, and the soft crape and water-lilies of her dress. My young r pulses beat fast as I gased, and only a deep feeling of respect for her trust and loneliness prevented me j from kissing her outright . The young lady's viraeity seemed to increase as s we left the garden, music, lights and supervision behind us. t There was a wild sparkle in her eye and a kind s of fierce energy in her manner as she suddenly faced me, and said, "Now, sir, you will be pleased j to tell me who are, where you came from, and why ( you came here ?" t Taking her hand in mine, and murmuring, "I am your devoted slave, and I came all the way from New York only to see yon," I followed her into the fruit garden, the iron gate closing slowly T behind with a dull, cruel sound. "Now for the gooseberries," said the lady. "I < know the finest bushes and if you are really my j devoted slave, you will not mind picking me some; ? but, for Heaven's sake," sheadded, with a sudden shiver, "take care and do not prick yourself.'' j Now I cannot say I have ever felt well disposed to the gooseberry. I consider it a vulgar fruit, and none of my associations connected with it are of a pleasurable description. From my earliest infancy I was told that my grandfather had played "oldgcoseberry," with the family estates; an interesting hoyden of thirteen, j more than once informed me that my eyes closely f resembled that fruit when boiled; and I have nev- j er met any friend in society, sailing under false colors in a thin disguise of tinfoil, wire, effervescence l and ice, that I have not said to myself, in the words of Mr. Witteriy to his wife, when she was j enjoying the too-exhausting society of the upper a ten: "You will suffer for this to-morrow." Therefore do I loathe the gooseberry, even when plucked li and prepared on the dining-room table ; but, oh dear I to pick them yourself by moonlight! To bend your back, soil the knees of your trowsers, prick your fingers with their venomous thorns, feel their sickly contents bursting in the wrong place and oozing out over your snowy wristbands, this is an amount of downright misety for which the fruit 1 itself bears no compensation. But for that violeteyed vision in crape and lOies, what would I have not gone through. So, drawing off my gloves, and s taking a small pen knife from my pocket, I knelt c down beside the bushes, and began picking the plump, ripe berries, and giving them to my en- t slaver, with mnch satisfaction. t I plucked and cat; she ate, the monotony of the s proceedings being relieved by some delicious r pauses, in which onr eyes and hands would meet, 1 . .% 'Ti l _M A1 7 ? breezes of a beautifbf garden in July. s By Jove-! bow triumphant I felt I I?tbe shy, 8 m?netiaw boy?the butt of that wretched Osborne ! 1, who was supposed not to be able to say 8 Boo to a godte, modi less to * pretty woman! 1 Here I was with the prettiest girl I had ever met t on my tlMO, pressing her hand, gazing into her eyee, murmuring soft speeches into her ear, and 1 meeting with no repulse. On the contrary, there was actual encouragement in the bright flash which J* came and went on her young cheek, in the down- 1 cast lashes, the^plpadu^lo^ of her violet eyes, * in the unresisting pasaveness of the soft small 1 hand I held in mine. We instinctively chose those 8 paths which were least overlooked by the recep- ' ttion rooms. This was not so easy a matter. The 1 gardens, though prettily kid out in smooth shaven ^ kwn and briffiant flower bed, bad a tasteless ah- 0 senoe of shads about them. Each path and walk 8 was so open to inspection, and the bright July moon, though so fair and beautiful, seemed that ? night to be too vivid itt its beams?excelling its metier in fact, and so beooming rather unpleasant 1 than otherwise. This icfea seemed to strike my fair companion v equally with myself, for, With a gentle pressure of r my arm, sbe drew me into a side path sway from c the house which I had imagined to be a No Thoroughfare, it being ended by a high iron gate. Of this, however, she seemed to know the secret, for she quickly opened it, and stood leaning against it, g waiting fbr me to pass through. What a picture j tWn t fKn lifflif Keoova flfmint? <1IIHBIIi^5 VW?W) ITRM m WfT ouu pv*Mwv? nMUwv. T admiration that would hare done credit to a man a fxmnas fortunes. Her pleasant smile, the sweet voice m which she thanked me for my civility, aided, doubtless, by the amount of champagne I had** lately taken, so affected me that I forgot my friends wad unknown hostess, and myael& and begged with modi tmpnmment, for the honor of hfetband tor the next dance. Her easy soquiesence increased by boldness, and, without giving one thought to the audacity of my behavior, but with a vague suapioion thai if I entered the ball room Osborne would manage in some unpleasant manner to trip the flirtation in the bud, I turned to the French window opening to the garden, and offeriag my arm to the young lady, suggested bow much pioyanter would be a quiet stroll in thai lovely moonlight than the heat and crash of the crowded ball room. To this she at first demurred, bat aa I stood firm, she gave way, and With an adorable little mow of defiance, a shrug of her shoulders, and a deprecatdiy side glance at me, she put her arm in mine, wondered faintly what peotpla would think of her non-appearatiee, and ah s lowed me to lead her from the does, oppressive atmosphere of the honse to the fresh, soent-laden a set of female servants, I gave a nervous pull to the % few straggling hairs it pleased me at that time to f call my whiskero, and precipitated myself into the a grateful privacy of the deserted chamber on my t right, closing the door behind me. Here I fidget- t ed and fumbled for Borne time, and composed a t neat cntting little speech, with whioh, when we r met, to shrivel up my friends with shame. Sad- d deniy a door on the opposite ride opened, and in 1 darted the most radiant, lovely being it had been t my happiness to behold. - 5 Her face was flashed and her manner slightly g hurried, as if she had been making a hasty toil- g ette. As she passed me one of the gloves she had 1 bOerf drawing ou feJl to the ground. In a moment, g startled out of all my awkwatd shyness, I had the S glove in- my hand, and was presenting it to its 1 Amnai nnili a kne* mi/) rvuflftw] fflftHAA nf 1 Woe vapor, partly sobered me, and caused me on entering the hall to rush anxiously to a mirror that adorned one side of it, in which to ascertain the state of my hair, and that of my appearance generally. Having finished my survey, I turned round, and found to my dismay that my companions had deserted me, and left me to introduce myself as best I could. This, to a shy, nervous fellow like myself, was anything but pleasant business, and I trembled with anger and embarrassment "Just like my good friends," I hissed to myself, "to leave me here like a pig in a poke. How can I enter the room without an introduction to the hostess? D?n their impertinence! What did they bring me here for, and then treat me in this fashion?" Glancing anxiously around the hall, I espied on my right hand a small room, the door of which was open. It was empty, and advoiding tho severe glances of a most muscular and middle-aged noon, bat hoped I would dine with him at his club the same evening, and afterwards go on with him to a very charming danoe a little way oat of town, where, to use his own words, "I shall meet a lot of deooed pretty girls, and perhaps pick ap an heiress, old feller." Having received my assent to what appeared to me a very agreeable arrangement, the two barst into a fit of irrestrainable merriment at the cut of my trowsers and the youthful bloom of my complexion; then, after poking a small volume of "Chesterfield's advice to his Son" into my pocket, and paying me a few sarcastical compliments on the glossiness of my hat and growth of my whiskers, Osborne slapped me violently on the back, and allowed me to depart, bruised in mind and body. Of course, however, I dined with him at his dub, and the night being warm, drank more champagne than my yonng head oould well stand. A strong cigar, and a still stronger cheese finished me up, when I jumped ioto my friend's carriage most blissfully uncooscious and utterly Miotic. Half an hoar's quick driving brought us to our destination, a large detached house, brilliantly lighted up, standing in what appeared to be extensive garden and grounds. The lights and linkmen, the sounds of music, the glimpses I caught of seraphic beings floating airily in clouds of pink and cn&nce or it. nut auu i> ojcuuuu uci| iui x uui ?, stand it I only promised to go there once a year, and choose this affair for my annual visit because I have a ooward's shrinking in speaking to or even seeing?" Here his voice trembled and dropped to a whisper too low for me to hear. "AD right my boy," said Anderson, "we can then have our little joke without fear of any little mischance; it'll be capital fan. He's an awful fool, and in spite of his yonng airs, is frightened at his own shadow." "Deuced funny," thought I to myself, "particularly if I'm their awful fool, which I rather think I am," and then I fell to wondering, gloomily, if Amandine paste and constant care would ever make my hands as white and as shapely as were those of my dear, appreciative friend and model. Break* fasts, pipes, drinks and pleasant confidences being all ended, we rose, stretched and yawned- Then, somewhat to my relief, Osborne told me he had an engagement which wonld occnpyhim all the after oesirea. iuiu uu buivu u?wu?ue much for me, I dosed my eyes and Katened vacantly to my friend's conversation. "Bat we had better settle now," Osborne was saying; "what time are we to go to that place tonight" Here there was a pause, daring which etch beat a tattoo on the carpet and stared at each other. Osborfie at length rose, and bending over his friend whispered some suggestions, whi?i appeared to he friogbt with much interest Whatever they #era, they were cordially agreed to, and 'earned amid much laughter from Anderson, who put on the falsetto stop, and beat Osborne hollow on the high notes. Their enjoyment of the subject before them made them talk louder and with more animation, and thus, without wishing to divine the subject of their mirth, the following broken sentences fell upon my ear, as I half dosed in my chair: "But wOl she appear on the scene at all?" said Anderson. "Good heavens, man 1" replied Osborne, "no ? ? - j? i T long red whiskers, a falsetto tengn, ana possessed the rare faculty of being a good listener. His name was Anderson, and he played the oonoertina. I never knew what he was, or tfbdre he Kifed, bat remember, the first time we met, his requesting of me, with a pleasant laugh, the temporary loan of a small sum. My future experience of the gentleman proved him to Ire capable of repeating the request any number of times, without being struck with the monotony of a proceeding he never attempted to vary by an allusion to repayment He was devoted to bis rich friend Osborne, who fbund in him a willing and useful toady. "lake a cigar, Master Charlie?" said Osborne, offering me a large, highly-scented cigar from his case. I received and smelt the priceless weed with the rapturous air of a connoisseur. (Lord 1 how faint and sick these stroog cigars used to make me 1) Having lighted it, I began the perusal of a "mill" in the Sportsman's Own, abd soon Was as intensely miserable as my worst enemy could have ' ??1 **Ttl J rtmnl-A Unmili* litf fay, iVUUU UJJ At IV1M IAHVA ? ' -"t / T aad after refreshing myself with some strawberries and a cool draught of aeltaer and brandy,.! threw myself into a comfortable ohair by the open window, and began studying, with a sapient air, what I would have given worlds at the time to understand, the "Sportsman^ Own." I was, at the time I am speaking of, ashy, awkward, homebred youngster qF nineteen, with a round, youthful face, whiskeriess cheeks, and nervous temperament Osborne was a oool, polished man of the world, eight yean my senior, pm with regular features, thin, sarcastic hps, oold, gray eyes, and fair, colorless hair. Sow ! envied mm his taste in drees,, his eompoeed, quiet manaer, his skill at billiards, and his suooesa with women ! But with all my admiration and intimacy, I rather disliked the man than otherwise. I felt a dim, disagreeable consciousness that I served principally as a butt and sport tp my dear friend, and knew that he considered and generally spoke of me tj$ a "mannerless young cub, who Wanted a deuced deal of licking into shape." The man who was break&sting with him was also my senior. He had a plain, meaningless fece, - : r - - ? ? i ' ; n . . _ Ihc j?ton> Seller. MY FIRST FLIRTATION. The morning ran shone brightly one July day, MM, as I turned into a shady street, dressed in a smnmeiy garb, and smoking a cigarette through my nose. The heat that morning was tropical. The crossing-sweeper had abandoned hie poet and betook himself to a shady doorway. The eabmeo on the curb read penny papers inside their raspeo* tire vehicles, while the sun blistered the roof above. The enjoyment of the bibulous beggars at the pump, who took it in turns to be pumped for, smote one with envy oo that thirsty morning. Yague yenmii^s after an iced Soda and B., a pipe of mild tobaooo, or other slight dissipation suited tarthe state of the thermometer and the lassitude of my system, caused me to stop languidly at a set of chambers for gentlemen. The first floor was occupied by a man named Osborne, with whom. I was then very ultimate.. I Avnvtrl mtr Anoiv) onf) inA^KpT Mftfl ?t hraakiast. I