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" .. Vmm LEIGH'S PROPHECY. ? J . "BY CAROLINE GONTiAJ), ' ~ " ? - ? ' ? * ' ? - "She will die young," .. Stern.- old Dr. Arnott turned toward the speaker with an air ?f angry con? tempt. fWhat 4oyou mean-by that,,old.croak? er?" l\Notbing, brother, to vex you; I need not havp^spoken," .sard Leigh Arnott,. . meekly drV?pin^.Jbfe grey beard to the - ^ands clasped-updii- his cane '?"-But you did- spcakyand you did res: . * me.."1t believoyou arc as much bewitched with Marquis Can* as Rachel herself." i .".I think him a very- promising yoUng ? than?I dOj indeed, brother DouglaRs." "Ho is no match for Rachel. He shall not.have her.. I had rather?" ? ' "Brother." . ' . - The~ oid: hxan?the elder of the two, Xeigh ArnOtt, rose trembling to his feet. (i "Wei!;" said the other angrily, "what wasrI going to say that you fly upon me , like that ?" * "I was afraid you would say something . ' to repent of." & Humph I Here, Rachel! Rachel, ' " AV^?ung girl in the garden below look . ed up from the flowers she was watering, and at a repetition of the summons came - ; upon the piazza where her uncle and father were. She was as fresh-faced and lovely as a May morning. Her eyes were as clear i as a child's, her brow as white, open and ?ingonious. But withal she had a look of - fragility .that made one shrink involunta ? rify at the thought of the wind of heaven \ "blowing upon her too roughly. "How can you look upon that face and . r Bay what you did just now?" asked Dr. ? 3-rhott, triumphantly, as he drew the girl toward' him. ? ;. His brother looked and sighed without " 'Snowing it. "I'm sorry I said it, brother." Rachel; looked with timid anxiety from one to the other. "Wo were speaking of Marquis, dear," . said the undo, quickly, eager to allay that look of pain. But in that word tho sorrowful expres? sion deepened, and Rache), withdrawing herself from her father, went and stood i>yher uncle, caressing him with her littlo - eofthand. "Y?u and Uncle Leigh are eongenial . in.one direction, certainly/' laughed her father, shortly, "but I'm a match for the two of yon." "Hard as a flint?hard as a flint," mur? mured Uncle Leigh; but Rachel only drew nearer her undo, with a little shiver. "Rachel is a good, child?she will yield to all my wishes an unquestioning obedi? ence," said Dr. Arnott, half questioning, half imperative, and bending a stern, yet leving eye upon his darling. Rachel looked frightened, but she did .not .answer. "Answer, child," commanded her fath? er, loudly. "I. love "Marquis,'father," murmured j?por Rachel. "More fool you," vociferated tho Doc? tor.,. '/Bid-1 not bid you unlove him?" "You did, sir, but I find I cannot," said the girl, simply. * "Cannot? Will not would be nearer! the truth, ungrateful girl! When I was a boy children did not reply to the com? mand of a parent with their cannots." "I anv sorry, sir," began Rachel, now very pale, while her ,uncle secretly stole a re-assuring arm About her. "Sorry for what, you baggage?for mo or that scoundrel, Marquis Oarr?" "Marquis is not a scoundrel, father, he - --never did anything .wrong in his life but to.love mo." "He is a scoundrel for that. He knew I would never givo you to him." . "Oh, father !" "JfotL" ' ;/ Rachel did not answer, neither did she weep. But Dr. Arnott felt somehow uneasy under the soft still eyes. He turned, away with a mutter. She called him gently. -. "Father." ? .He stopped without looking around. ? - ' ..."I've .always been an obedient, truthful .ohild'till this, haven't! ?" He nodded. '"Because," stopping and clearing the husky little throat, "f don't want you to be deceived about?about mo and Marquis. jVIovo Marquis and he loves me and needs . me. I'm-aU he-has-got in the world. It ?would bo wicked left* me to take myself away from him, and I can't do it, not even t? mind you. I belong to Marquis, I want: you to understand that, father?just as much as though I was his wife." Tho stern old man was glaring at her by this time, like some wild animal. "Upon my word?" he began. But Rachel went on quietly. "When Marquis is ready for mo, I shall go to him, it I havo strength and power to do so." "I'll tako good euro of that," muttered tho Doctor. "I only wanted not to deceivo you. I . would not disobey you in aught else." "With that, quiet and white as a spirit, Bach el glided away. '! "Who would have thought it was in hor?" exclaimed Dr. Arnott, in amazc aieojL "She may bo hermother outw:trdljr, but she's pure Arnott inside!" suid Uncle Leigh proudly, yet sorrowfully. "You may; break her heart, brother, but you'll never break hor spirit." "We'll soo, we'll seo,", nodded Dr. Ar? nott^ pacing to and fro, and stopping shortly before his brother. "Was-that what you meant with your twaddle about dying young ?" "She's tho look of an angel in hor faco; that is all I meant," said .Undo Leigh, sorrowfully. "Angel or not, she shall not bafflo me about Marquis Carr." Uncle Leigh only sighed in responso to this, and repeated-inwardly: hard as a flint." . .4J|? ;. Dr. Arnott went right away out of tho room, and to B?chel sitting in hen snow drapod chamber with her hands meekly clasped, her patient-eyes watching the far off hills came a sound that only mado the littlo mouth quiver an instant. It was tho turning of the key m the lock of hct door, she was fastened in. "Sho don't come out till she gives up Marquis Carr," Dr.- Arnott Baid with, a firm settling of teeth and lips. Rachel' did not murmur ; sh? stayed quietly in her. chamber, neither defiant nor mourning. Once a day Dr. Amott formally inquired if she were prepared to be obedient, and she always answered with the same gentle firmness. "I can't take myself away from Mar? quis, father." She l?sche pretty pink flushes out of her cheeks, staying in the close room, and 'her father saw ft,with inward writhing j but he wonld not yield. * "The ? child will die if he persists," groaned Uncle Leigh^ and straightway went and found Marquis Carr. Marquis, a handsome young medical st?dent who would have given his life tor Kachel, came out eagerly to meet her un? cle, and needed no urging to go home with him and faco angry Dr. Amott. "Rachel cannot bear unkindness, sir," the young man said boldly. "Sho will die under it. Forgive her and be kind to her, release her from this wicked impris? onment, and I pledgo you the word and honor of a gentleman, I will mako no at? tempt to see her, I will hold no commu? nication with her, save with your con? sent." Dr. Arnott smiled grimly. "It's a promise she never would have made in your case, young man," he said gleefully? "Sho shall come and hear you herself before I agree to your conditions." Ho went himself, and brought Kachel. She did not suspect why she was sum? moned, till sho came into tho room, then, at the sight of her handsome young lover, her face flushed liko sunset, and sho ex-, tended her little hand. Marquis received and. kissed it reverently, as though it had been an angel's. "Kachel," he began, but her father stopped him grimly, stating tho terms just offered in his own stern, stony phrase, only he asked Marquis at the close if those were not the conditions to which he had of his own free will offered to sub? scribe. Marquis assented, and bending quickly towardJJRachel4said before her father could hinder him: "TJnclo Leigh will tell you that I only promised anything so difficult and cruel, because I loved you too much to see you suffer. Always I shall love and- be true 'toyou, Rachel, and we will live in hopes of a brighter time, when- your father's heart shall soften toward our patient love and enduring faith." With her child-like eyes fastened upon his, her whole young faco suffused with tenderness, Rachel stood till he ceased speaking. Then she said, softly : "I love and trust you always, Marquis; your will is my law ; I will never belong to any but you." Dr. Arnott broke up this sccno at the earliest moment possible. Ho was indeed hurrying Rachel unceremoniously from the room, as sho pronounced the last words. But, secure in their love and trust in each other, the lovers could afford to smile at his severity. So Rachel Arnott came down to tho frequented part of the house, and was her [ own mistress again. Sho resumed her seat at tho tea tray; she watered her flowers as usual, she sat in tho low porch with book or work; but sho wore all the time that quiet look of determination, that gentle air of firmness and patient re? solve, which made her father knit his square brows, and feel himsolf, though master of the situation, defied by a girl. Dr. Arnott was a professor in tho med? ical school in which Marquis Carr was a student. It-was customary for a certain portion of these students to bo monthly allotted to the various hospitals of the city for certain hours of the day. On one particular first of tho month, there was somo excitement at the college building., owing to the fact that at one of I the hospitals to be apportioned a danger? ous epidemic fever had broken out. Dr. Arnott stood hearing them discuss the matter some moments without being seen. Then ho quietly beckoned Conrad Muller toward him. "You are one of the candidates for that vacant professorship, are you not, Con? rad ?" "I am sir," said Conrad, in somo sur? prise at tho Doctor's inquiry upon so no? torious a point; "and littlo chance I stand of getting it I know." "Tho decision rests at last with mo," remarked Dr. Arnott, regarding the young man critically. i "Yes, sir." . "You are master of tho lots to day." "Yes, sir." "If Marquis Carr draws tho lot for tho Mauriceno Hospital, I will seo that you get tho professorship." "But that is where tho epidemic is raging." "Marquis is an ardent student; he has : had no opportunity to experiment in any? thing of the kind. He is very skillful, too," said tho Doctor, dryly. Conrad stood in tho attitudo in which Dr. Arnott left him till the assembly bell rang. Then ho wont in. Marquis Carr drew the lot for the Mauriceno Hospital. There were two others to go with him? brave fellows, but their checks paled a ! a little as they read their tickets. Mar? quis smiled. ? If ho had known that it was not chance. Two weeks all went well. Then, one morning, at an hour when he knew Dr. Arnott would not bo at homo, Conrad Muller came, palo as a ghost, and asked for Miss Rachel. She camo to him at once, and the miserablo lellow began by bursting into tears: "Marquis Carr is dying of tho fevor at Mauriceno Hospital, and it is I who have killed him," he wailed out. Rachel barely heard him through. In an hour bIio stood at the gate of tho in? fested hospital, asking for admittance But tho porter steadily refused. "Sorry to say so, Miss; but ordors is strict agin it without a permit from the office." "Where is tho offico?" Ho pointed. She wont where ho said, and humbly presented her case. "It is impossible," said tho presiding officer, mildly, touched by the sweot, anx? ious face. "Have you a friend in thoro, my child?" "Tho dearest of ali," she said, pitcously. "I must go in." Ho shook his- head. Sho went back to tho gato and tried the porter again ; but he was firm. She stood' a little, and walked siowly away, turning her steps along the enclo? sure. Further on was an alley, and at tho extremity of this a gate, which stood open.. She approached it boldly, and en? tered." Late in the day, Dr. Arnott came homo. Dinner was on the table, but Miss Rachel had gone out. "How long ?" "Since morning." Dr. Arnott started. "Did she get any *ncssago ? Did any one call ?" "Young Dr. Muller"--began tho woman. "Coward! he has told her." Dr. Arnott took his hat. His faco was white as the table-cloth. "Tell my broth? er not to wait," lie said, hurriedly, and rushed from the house. "They will not be crazy enough to let her in," he raved. "They dare not. If the}- have, I'll have every scoundrel of them discharged." At the gate, the porter told his story, but with a look that made the Doctor tour past him into the hospital. "Tenth ward, third door." Yes, she was there, so absorbed in her beloved patient, that Dr. Arnott had am? ple time to take in the whole scone, before she saw him. Tho miserable man stood like one stunned at first. Then, as Rachel, in giving the sufferer some cordial, passed her arm under his head and held it against her bosom, ho sprang forward, and caught her by the arm. "Crazy girl, come away." But she gently resisted him. "Father," fixing thoso sweet, firm eyes upon him, "I shall never leave him again. We were married an hour ago." "It cannot be. I will never believe it. He is delirious. No minister daro per? form such a ceremony over a man in that state." "He is in his right mind, father. He is dying. We both know it, don't wo Mar? quis f" The dying man responded with a glance of ineffable tenderness. "It was the clergyman who came to pray with him the last time united us," Rachel went on. "Whatever harm could como to me from the contagion, it is too late now to prevent. Dear father, let us alone for tho little time that is left." The physician in chargo of that ward came up just in time, with the clergyman who had united the hapless pair. The two joined their remonstrances and argu? ments, and at last induced tho infuriated and almost heart-broken old man to witjj | draw. j No ono thought of asking Rachel to leave her dj'ing husband. They had urged it at first, but the gentle firmness with which she refused, silenced all. If ; anything beside the Christian's faith could have sweetened such a dying, Marquis was dying happy. Rachel's eyes were tearless, her voice unquivcring. All IvUr faculties were ab? sorbed in soothing this dying hour. "There is no acho now?nothing but tho leaving you, love," said Marquis, in response to a tender inquiry from Rachel. "It will not be for long, you know that, don't you?" the girl said, softly, and looking at him with eyes that seemed to see the angels already. Her father, out? side the door, but within hearing, shud? dered at her words. "It will be as Leigh said," ho groaned. "I have slain my own darling." Presently the physician who had re? mained with Marquis Carr, camo softly out, and beckoned to an attendant. "Tell the carriage to be read}-." ho said, and to Dr. Arnott, "ho is dead. She is unconscious. She will resist nothing any? more." With something between a groan and a sob, Dr. Arnott went in and gathered his unconscious child into his arms. The}* wrapped her with shawls, and took her home as tenderly as might be, but she never knew father or uncle any more. She died of the same fever that had slain her lover husband, and was delirious to the last. Tho poor old loving uncle followed shortly, and the wretched father was left years to endure the woo ho had himself wrought. A Brownlow BuTcriEitY.?We have received intelligence from "Winchester that a squad of Rickman's militia compa? ny, under tho command of an officer named Holt, went to the house of Mr. Brown, last Tuesday morning, took him out in the woods, tied him to a tree with thongs of bark, and literally riddled his body with balls. They also took a young man named Poo, tried him by a drum-head court martial, condemned him to bo shot, and were about carrying the sentenco into effect, when the tragedy was prevented by the timely interposition of a gentleman who had boon a Union man throughout the war. Our informant states that many of the citizens of Franklin county havo been plundered and maltreated within the past few days, and that others havo been com? pelled to seek refuge in the woods. These enormities have all been commit ted on a people whose conduct has been nbovo even suspicion. Tho only oxcuso for killing Brown was, that ho had serv? ed in tho Confederate army during the war, and the indications at present arc that the best citizens of tho county will fall victims to the vindictive hatred of these licensed assassins. So great is the feeling of alarm through? out tho section of country named, that the pcoplo have already begun to organ? ize for mutual protection, being deter? mined that ono company of Brownlow's mercenaries shall not rob and murder thorn with impunity. A meeting was to have been hold at "Winchester last night to consider what was best to be dono.? Nashville Republican Banner. -o Important Law Case.?Tho Mobile Register, of Tuesday last, says : Wo understand that Gen. "Withers will immediately institute proceedings in the Circuit Court of tho United States to test the legality of ejection from tho Mayor's office by military order. Tho Hon. John A. Campbell, and R. H. Smith and Rufus Andrews, Esqrs., have boon retained as counsel for General Withers. Order from. Gen. Schofield. Richmond, Juno S. Gen. Schofied issued an order to-day, for tho instruction of Boards of Registra? tion. After quoting tho reconstruction Act as to who are disfranchised, including executive, judicial and State officers, ho says no one is disfranchised for participa? tion in the rebellion, unless he previously held some one of the offices above named. The followiug will be regarded as exec? utive and judicial officers of the State of Virginia, within the meaning of the law,,, viz: Governor, Lieutenant-Govornor, Sec? retary of State, Auditor ot Public' Ac? counts, Second Auditor, Register of the Land Office, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Judges of the Circuit Courts, Judge of the Court of Hustings, Justices of the County Courts, Mayor, Recorder and Alderman of any city or incorporated town, who aro ex-o?cio justices, coroners of towns and counties, escheators, inspec? tors of tobacco, flour and other commodi? ties. All persons who voluntarily joined the rebel army and all persons in that army, whether volunteers or conscripts, who committed, voluntarily, any hostile act, thereby engaged in insurrection or re? bellion. Any person, however, who was forced into the rebel army, but avoided, as far as possible, doing hostile acts, and escaped from that army as soon as possi? ble, cannot bo said to have engaged in the rebellion. All who exercised the functions of any office under the Confederate Government, 1 or tho Government of any one of the Confederate States, which functions were of a nature to aid in prosecuting tho war or maintaining tho hostile character of those Governments, and all who voted for tho ordinance of secession, engaged in the rebellion or gave aid and comfort to the enemy. Thoso who voluntarily furnished sup I plies of food, clothing, arms, ammunition, ! horses or mules, cr any other material of war or labor, or service of any kind, to the Confederate army or naval forces, or money, b}' loan or otherwise, to the Con -federato Government, or aided in any way the raising, organization or equip? ment of troops, gave aid and comfort to the enem}', and participated in the rebel? lion and civil war against the United States. To give individual soldiers food or cloth? ing enough to relieve present suffering, or to minister to the sick or wounded, arc simple acts of charity or humanity, and do not constitute giving aid or com? fort to the enemy. A parent may give his son who belongs to the hostile army food and clothing for his own use; but if he give him a gun, horse or other thing to be used for hostile purposes, he there? by gives aid and comfort to the enemy. Whenever, after the examination re? quired by paragraph 12 of the regulations of 13, the board is still in doubt as to the right of the applicant to be registered as a voter, and he is then willing to take the prescribed oath, the board will givo to that oath its full weight, and register the applicant as a voter. In the lists of those who arc registered after challenge and examination, and thoso who arc rejected upon challenge, the board will state in each case what office or offices the person filled previous to tiie late war, and what insurrectionary or rebellioas acts he committed, and what kind of aid or comfort he gave to those engaged in insurrection or rebellion. The challengers provided for in para? graph 12 of the regulations of May 13, will be selected by the board from the most respectable and intelligent voters of the district or ward?thoso who have the most extended acquaintance with the people; those who aro interested in se? curing a fair and just registration, and who will be most likely to detect and ex? pose an}r attempt at fraudulent registra? tion. The challengers may bo changed at any time, at the discretion of tho board. Thcj' will not be entitled to any pay for their services. Registering officers are hereby empowered to administer oaths to witnesses who may be summoned by the hoard in any case of contested regis? tration. The registration will be com? menced in every county and city without unnecessary delay after the receipt of this order, assigning commanders to the mili? tary sub-districts. Tho officers of the Frccdmcn's Bureau, acting as military commissioners in the counties in these districts, are to report to said commanders. -<? ? The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser says : "The U. S. Court Commissioner, to his great astonishment, was "hauled up" yesterday before Judge Bustced, charged with having insulted a colored barber. Tho interesting dialoguo between the colored gentleman and commissioner, oc? curred in the office of the latter about two months since, and tho happy denouement was witnessed this morning by a large number of gentlemen in tho aforesaid Court room. The commissioner entered his plea of justification, but the. Judge in? terposed, and all hands agreed to refer the case to a committeo of arbitration con? sisting of four, among which Judgo Chil ton is the principal. ? The Hartford Times makes the fol? lowing estimate of ono of the smallest of tho items in the cost of military govern? ment in the South : A single "military department" at the South has 300 boards of Registration. They have already held their sessions for weeks. They will hold them for many weeks to come. Each member is paid ! eight dollars a day. Estimating ten mem? bers upon each board, including all their runners and attendants, and 3U? boards to each of tho fivo monarchies, and wo have a daily expense of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars (8120,000) for the boards alone. ? The subject of impression at first sight was being discussed at the supper tablo when the lady whose duty it was to* preside "over tho tea cups and tea," said sho always formed an opinion of a portion at first sight, and generally found it to bo correct. "Mama," said tho youngest son, in a shrill voice that attracted tho attention of all. "Well, my dear, what is it?" replied tho fond mother. "I want to know what was your opin? ion of mo when you first saw mo V* This quesfiou gavo a suddon turn to the conversation. A Parable for Business Men. THE EFFECT OF PRINTERS INK. There was onee upon a time a man who kept a store and sold goods whole? sale and retail. And become melancholy, because cus? tomers were shy and times bard. And he said : Lo! I am ruined, and the sensation is disagreeable. And my ruin is more painful to bear because it is slow in progress, even as wa 'ter doth gradually-vbecome hotter in the pot, wherein the lobster boileth, until the crustaccous creature shrieketh out his soul in anguish. Lo! It is better to be ruined quickly than to endure this slow torture. I will give my money away to the poor man?even the poorest, which is he who printeth newspapers; and I will shut up ray shop and wrap myself in sack? cloth of desolation, and pass my days in the perilous or broken banks, cursing tho hardness of times and rending my gar? ments. And.thc howling of Eome shall be as dulcet sounds of dulcimers, and they wbo blow the flutes and instruments of music, compared to tho din, I will make in the ears of the wicked?even in the ears of tho bank directors. And even as he said, so he did; for he was not like other men's sons who arc foolish and know it not, and they will not do so and so, performing that which is contrary. For the sons of men are fickle, and he that is born of a woman doth spito his face by diminishing the length of tho nose thereof. And, lo! the printer?even ho who pnblishcth newspapers?was made glad by the bounty of him who sold wholesale and retail: and ho did sound his praises and*print them moreover; and did blow his trumpet of fame respecting that man's dealings from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same. And he?even the printer of papers? did magnify and enlarge upon the stock of goods which the trader had in his store, and did publish the variety, and the ex? cellence, and the newness, and the beauty, and the cheapness thereof, till tho people ?yes! all of* them, far and near, were amazed. And they said, lo! this man hath gath? ered from the East and West costly mer? chandise and wares of wondrous value? even the workmanship of cunning arti? ficers?and we knew it not. Go to, then. Wo will lay out our sil? ver and gold in those things which the printer printed of* and that which ho doth publish shall be ours For this man's merchandise is better than the bank notes of those who promiso to pay, and therein lie, even banks of deposit which beguile us of our mono}- and swindle us like sin. But tho trader was still sad. and he said, tho money that these people bring tue for the goods in my store 1 will give to the printer, and thus will I ruin my? self; I will do that which no man hath yet done in my time, or before. I will make the printer man. whom all men scorn for his poverty, rich, and ho shull be clad in fine linen and rejoice. And the sons of men shall meet him in the market place, and tho sheriff shall ? shun him. and the scoffers shall be re? buked and shall take off their hats to him that was poor. And he shull flash tho dollars in the eyes of the foolish, and shall eat bank notes and sandwiches. Yea, even shall he light his pipe with cotton money and cast his spittle on the beards of other men. For I shall ruin myself, and he who ad? vertises mo shall enjoy my substance. But, lo ! the trading man?even he who sold merchandise, became rich and even as the unclean beast lieth in the mire, stirred he not by reason of much green? backs. And the people flocked to his store from the North, ajul from the South, and from the East, and from the West. And the printer rejoiced, and his "phat" did abound. But the trader could not become poor, and his melancholy ceased, and the smiles of happiness were upon his face. And his ehildrcn'did become mighty in the land by reason of the dollars which many of the people who read his adver? tisements had poured into the trader's money bags. -? ? A servant, newly engaged, presented to his master, one morning, a pair of boots, the leg of one of which was much longer than the other. ''How comes it that those boots are not of the same length V "I really don't know, sir; and what bothers me the most is, that tho pair down stairs is in the same fix." ? "Well, Tom," said a blacksmith to his apprentice, "you have been with me now three months, and have seen all the different points of our trade, 1 wish to give you your choice of work for awhile." "Thank'ee sir." "Well now, what part of the business do you iiko best?" "Shut tin' up tho shop and goin' to dinner, sir." ? "If men may be judged by their j enemies," sa}-s Prentice, '"how can we too highly esteem President Andrew John? son, whose bitterest enemies aro General Butler and Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, who ought to be in tho blackest penitentiary of tho earth, and Governor Brownlow, who ought to be in tho reddest peniten? tiary in hell." ? Philadelphia has organized a society for an improvement in the character of candidates for public office. The charac? ter of New York politicians is beyond im? proving, j ? A clergyman was arrested at Eri* Pa., yesterday, charged with om'^w 815,000 worth of revenuo stamps Ho was formerly clerk Uie intei.,>al reve? nue office. ? j he editor of tho Lawrence (Ivan stis) Tribune says that in ouo hour ho counted on ono dry, sandy ridge, 10,000 000,000 grasshoppers, and left somo un? counted, ? Tho Kentucky Ladies' Association of liouisvillo have just forwarded 31,800 to Gen. Lee for tho benefit of Washington College, Va. ? Five women aro editors of papers in Iowa. Women have some of her "writes" in that State. ? A man boasting in a company of ladies that he had a very luxuriaut head of hair, a lady present observed that it was owing to the mellowness of tho soil. Letter from Honduras. JUDGE r. T. FEBGUSOIf's expekiexck, We publish below a letter sent to "The Intelligencer" by the above gentleman, who left this city some months ago with, the emigrating party to Honduras: Sax Pedro, April 21, 1867. To the Intelligencer.?I arrived here a few days ago, and found this to be one of the finest countries I have ever seeny with, the richest and most fertile lands. The tropical fruits are abundant, and to the valuable woods there is no end. Such, for instance, as mahogany, rosewood, lignurrr vita? and Spanish cedar. The country pro? duces almost everything is great abun? dance, among which may be mentioned coffee, sugar, rice, tobacco, coray beans, cotton and potatoes. The yam and Spanish potatoe are very large, weighing in some instances as much as sixty ponnds, though? few of them are raised, owing to the fact that the land must be ploughed, which the natives are too lazy to do, knowing that they ca.n live off the fruits of the country without labor. As an evidence of the faet, I will state that this is the plain of Sular. It is thirty miles wide and forty miles long, and I am satisfied that there arc not more than 150 acres of the whole under cultivation. All agricultural oper , atiohs consist of simply sticking the seed in the ground, and left to itself. Corn without any cultivation yields from 100 to 150 bushels to the acre. Cotton produces about 800 pounds to the acre each crop, there being two crops per year. Cotton needs only to be planted every ten years. I Sugar cane here excels anything, I think, in the world. It measures three inches in diameter, and is fifteen feet high, and re? quires only to be planted every twenty years. Rice grows finely on any kind of land, and in any locality. Coffee does the same. Tobacco is one of the chief pro? ductions of the county, and two crops a year are made. Rice makes but one crop pei year. Wheat does not prosper in this locality, as I am informed. I have seen none. Cattle, sheep, hogs, mules and horses are abundant. , The cow is very much like that of the English species, the hair very fine, the animal of good size, and in fine order. They command from $5 to $10, according to the locality. The sheep and goat are raised only as pet?, the former never being sheared, and the latter never eaten by the people. The hog species is very fine, and tolerable numerous. They can be raised in any quantity, though the meat could not be packed for future use. It might be pickled. The same may l>e said of the .beef. The mule of this co?iu try is but small, but stout and serviceable. They are the finest riding animals I ever saw. They are used only for packing and riding?are never used in harness. I be? lieve there is not one man in ten who knows anything about harness. The horse or pony js small, and not so valuable as the mule, the latter living the age of 40 years. The poultry is about the same as that of Georgia. The wild game consists principally of deer, duck, prarie hens and pigeons. The woods abound iu monkeys, parrots, and a great variety of beautiful birds. The insects that we have to con* tend with arc the musquito, the black gnat, and the tick. The t wo latter are very nu? merous, while the former are few in num? ber, and small. I have seen no common house flies, such as are so common in At? lanta. I expect to make this country my home* I do not want any better place to make my fortune. The health of this region is fine, the climate delightful, and the water excellent, though not so cool as that of Georgia; but it is much clearer. We have obtained a partial grant of about 100,000 acres of land, so rich that guano cannot compare with it. I apprehend no difficulty in obtaining a bona fide title to it for the emigrants from Georgia. We are within twelve miles of water naviga? tion for steamboats, and probably much nearer. Our location is within 25 miles of Port Cobias. I shall be in Atlanta by the first or middle of June next, though I may write you again before leaving here. I neglected to mention that our party are all in fine health. The sickness hore consists chiefly of chills and fever. Yours truly, D. P. FERGUSON. \Atlanta Inetlligcncer. ? Mrs. Waters, wife of Mr. Jamea Waters, living in Bonno Fcmme Bottom, below Burlington, in Boone County, was last night delivered of four boys a birth weighing six pounds cac',,. ai| ^ and kicking, and it wc;u t a very sood night for boys eitUr. She had pr^Toua. \y had six 'o0ys at three bfrlhs, and has noVv had six boys in. icss than one year, ? Gen. IiCorcportathattheroa.ro at tho college over which he presides in Lexing? ton, Ya., 399 students in attendance Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee being the States most largely represented, ? An afflicted husband was returning from the funeral of his wife, when a friend asked him bow he was. ?Well," said he pathetically, "I think I feel hotter for that Httjo walk," ? A New York jury compelled a man to pay ?6,000 for a woman and child wham he suffocated by stopping the chimney tight. ? In tho State of "Mississippi there aro thirty-nine political papers. "Of these fif toon aro opposed to reconstruction under the law of Congress, and twenty-four m favor of ft, -