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Two DOLLARS PUR ANNUM.1 '' Tkan i*nion oa1 ij133ui* Ty xs 3aT333T*.w a.xj vxqv-XT.2NJ-out.*' [PAYABLE IN AlWTAWfiB. BY^DAVIS^& CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1857. VOT. yiv vn m - X9IXK& OP GENERAL WAESEft Tb the President of the U. State*. Washington, June 15, 1867. Sin; On the 1st May last;.! entered into o cohveptlbn^with Commander Davis, of the United States sloop St. Mary's to evacuatc the |o^ru of Rivas, in the territory of Nicaragua. Justice to myself, as well as to the republic of which I claim to bo the rightful and lawful chief Executive, require me to communicate to your Excellency the circumstances which attended this convention. Artdnn order that tho events which led to the agreement between Commander Davis and nlyjSelf tuay be moro fully understood, T i- 1 ? ?. uvg>i?i?<3 w nauuiu suuie iiicus connecicci with my0 presence and authority in Nicaragua, which Lave never been properly presented to the Government of the Uuited States. In the month of May, 1854, a few exiles from Nicaragua landed in the port of lleaIejo,: declared against the then existing government of the republic, and secured, within two months, possession of nearly all the principal places in the State. They soon organized a Provisional Government, of which Don FVancisco Castellon was the be4d; It soon became apparant, however, that, although the vast majority of the people .of Nicaragua xfrere friendly to this movement, it was likely to fail, through warif-of proper military force and organization Castellon, therefore, sent to me?I was then residing in Sua Francisco?a contract authorizing mc to raise three hundred men for the service of the Provisional Government. This contract I rejected, because .ft was contrary to the act of Congress of 1818 ; and I sent back the agent employed by Castellon, with instructions to secure, if possible, a grant of colonization, which would not make me amenable to the laws of the United States. Such a grant was obtained; and as soon as I received it, I showed it' to the United States district attorney for the northern district of California, and to the general commanding the Pacific division,, who then had special powers and | instructions to the President, under the neutrality act of 1818. Both these officers informed me that I could act under the contract, not only without fear of interference ou their part, but with the express assurance itiliat they would do all in their power to forward the enterprise. Not only did I sail from San Francisco with the approbation, and well wishes of all the federal au? 1...1 .1 - ? buuiuiva, uui iue ivinerican sailors, trom a revenue-cutter then in port, actually bent the 6ails, for tlie vessel as she was towed out of the harbor. ""After arriving al Itealejo, I and my fel-1 low-colonists were regularly naturalised us citizens of Nicaragua ; and it became necessary for us to use our arms in defence of the rights we had acquired uuder the Provisional Government. It was soon apparent, however, that the presence of the Americans iu Nicaragua was not acceptable to" &11' the adherents of Castellon, ?t>d I therefore, informed the Provisional Director tlifrt if our co-operation was injurious to hid cause and prospects, we would willingly .retire ifrom thfecountry. But Castellon insisted that the Americans were . the only hope for the Democrats, not only of Nicaragua, tyut all Central America, aud-lio begtrarl * . ~ -1 11 ? om. iUiTcuyv nim porseverence inai wo would jCtpfTthink of abandoning liim iu bis extremity. Thus appealed to and besought, we undertook the campaign, which ended in a peace between the contending parties; -ih'd'T roay safely assert, that tho American influence was chiefly instrument ill'in achieving the treaty of 23d October, ByJtluiP .'treaty of the 23d Octolfer, the old 'Legitimiat'&overnment recognised the rjgt^Bofthe Americans naturalised in Nica,ragpa binder tlie grant of the Provisional " Government. ~^nd in order to restrain, rs . ! Ittie Legitimist safd, the excesses of the Dem" ... ocratfl, m?Qg,arrogant by-their suet ess, they insii^d that 1' should retain *?oramand of Republic. - '.?oihi?ffier the inauguration of the ProviiiOnif Presiiifefit, under the treaty of 23d one of the Americans in Nicara"5^S?*ccredited aa Minister to tho Unite&Siatee. An American was selocted by .(^Provisional President at the suggestion ofmembers of Lis Cabinet?all natives of Nfeato&ua?-that sucli a person would be jatSwraccoptablo tn the United States, from . hfi tiuowledge of the language and laws of !)$#>jttJXtd(which sent. Unfortunately foe Nicaragua and Central Amer* ItTa^tlj^ Minister was not received by the Goverti|$ent of (he United States. Abdul' Che time the news of tbe refusal An the gut of the United States to recognise tbe Nicaragua minister reached Ornnad?j Gen?rftl Cabanas was Applying to tbe i^wfeo^VrGovertiniGpt for assistance to ltg?tabi? authority in Honduras. I opposed, this policy, and endeavored to impress oa the Government that tbe first necessity of Nicaragua was peace. Instead of making war on Honduras, I suggested the propriety: <4 tending notes to the other Sy^ <#:&ritral America, declaring- our pea&ftfr Intentions, and solioiting friendly int^foaprte, These suggestions prevailed Wie the Provisional President, but were not palftable to the minister of Relations, p^pj^ioio j^re^, who resigned in conscthtrpaaceftih policy pursued by Qp^fompqtt > In tho meantime decrees had been issued inviting emigration to Nicaragua, offering grants of land and other privileges to such k as took up their residence in the State.? Under theso decrccs, a largo number of Americans and other foreigners emigrated to Nicaragua, and extensivo interests were acquired by them in the country. As soon, however, as the other States of Central America perceived tho policy of tho United States Government, they entered into a league for tho expulsion of the Americans from Nicaragua. On the 1st of March. 1850. Costa Rio.n. (lw.lnroil wnr nnt against Nicaragua, but against a certain class of persons resident there, and accompanied iuis declaration with other decrees, disgraceful to the ago and revolting to civilization. Costa liiea invaded our territory, and was repelled by the courage of the naturalized Americans. But soon after tho enemy retired, it .become apparent that Don Maximo Jerez, whojiad for his own purposes agaiu entered thc4b{jinet of the Provisional President, was smarting under the defent of his war nnlinu nrwl wno *?? !? r ...I.. iillllco Kivas to join the other States in their opposition to the Americans. This was so palpable that, in the elcctiou for President, in Juno last, I bccauio a candidate before the people, and was elected by a largo majority. The great objection urged against my election was, that I was not a native of Nicaragua. The constitution of 1854, however, required no such qualifications; and Don Fruto Chamorro himself was a native of Guatemala. As the office of President was not known in the constitution of 1838, it is clear that tho qualifications for tlie office were to be fixed by tho constitution of 1854, which alono created such a chief executive. Duty to the Americans who had been invited to Nicaragua required mo to accept the place of President, no matter how anx| ious I might be to escape its labors and reI sponsibiiitiesr. Their interests were, to my I eyes, above and beyond all others; for on them I verily believe, the welfare of tho whole country, and its utility to .nil the civilized nations of the earth depend. It is unnecessary for me to recapitulate the events of the struggling in Nicaragua for the last year. You, as well as others, are familiar with tho dangers throno-h wlnVli o o" the Americans naturalized in Nicaragua have passed. You know whether or not they have sustained the ancient fame of their race for valor and good faith. You know how they have met the open foe and the lurking pestilence, with nothing but a sense of duty and justice to sustaiu them in the hour of trial. Alone in the world, unrecognized by the government to which they naturally looked for sympathy and countenance, they have still shown that they knew how to die in defence of rights justly | acquired and attempted to be wrested from them-by violence and fraud. It merely behooves mefnow to state how the evacuation of Eivas was effected, and how the Americans in Nicaragua became exiles from tho land of their adoption. On the 22d of March last the allied force of Costa Rica, Guatelamala, San Salvador, and 'Honduras opened a cannonade on the town of Itivas, where tho main body of the army of Nicaragua was situated; and on the morning of tho 23d they made a general assault, which was repulsed with great loss on the?part of tho enemy. Afterwards they attempted to invest the town, but never iuny succeeded, on account of the vast force required for such an undertaking. On the 11th of April .they again assaulted llivas, but were driven back with even wore loss than on the 23d of March. In order to show how the enemy were reduced after the 11th of April, I need only state that on the evening of that day a single officer accompanied bya native servant passed out of Rivas and'went down to San Juan del Sur.? Ilethero received the lotters sent to me from'New York by the Bteamerof the 20th of March, and brought them to Rtvas on the morning of the 13th ot April. This, fact let me say, was known to Commander Davis. From tlio 23d of March until the 2nd of April, I knew tljflt Commander Davis was in correspondence with the allies concern* ing the state of the force in Rivas. I knew that he was receiving information from them calculated to mislead him in relation to my position and prospects. But Commander Davis was, in the meanwhile, making such professions of friendship for his countrymen in Nicaragua, that I was disr posed to attribute his conduct to an over acxioty for the,garriBon of Rivas. On the 23d of April, however, circumstances occurred which led me to doubt the sincerity of his protestations, On that day, the second lieutenant ofc; the St. Mary's, Lieut. Houston, accompanied by a non-commissioned officer of ma* rines.came into Rivas for the purpose of conducting the women?both American and native?from that place to San Juan del Sur. While in the town, j^ieqt, Houston 'expieued hit great surprise at the good condition of the garrison, and at the spirit of eheerfol confidence which pervade#" the officers and met*. But^aqriTighU presence he and the soldier of-roarines with him gave information to the garrison calculated to diminish the coqrageof the command.-? Theso acts derogating from their neutrality wero done in violation of an order by me that tho soldier of marines was not to repeat in Rivas any of tho reports circulated by tho enemy in San Juan del Sur. Tho eftect of Lieut. Houston's visit was apparent, from the desertions which immediately followed it. Auothcr circumstance occurred during Lieut. Houston's stay in Kivas, to which I afterwords learned to attach importance.? That officer informed me ho was ordered by Commander Davis to tell me that any communication I desired to mako to Mr. J. C. Macdonald, agent of Messrs. GarriRnn Mniwon .tr ? ? '' 1 ? w uuii, un^iit uv nniuu uiiuur enclosure to Capt. Davis himself. Although I felt such an offer was a departure from duty on tho part of a United States officer, I did not hesitate to take advantage of the offer. I informed Lieut. Houston that I did not desire to writo to Mr. Macdonald; but that he might say to Commander Da vis from me?and with tho understanding j that it was to be communicated to Mr. Macdonald?that I considered my position at Itivas impregnable to the force at tho disposal of the enemy, as long as my pro viaiuna luaiuu ; mill ii uoi. Loekrulge did nut join lue in Rivas b}* the time my commissary stores were exhausted, 1 would abandon the place and join the force on the San Juan river; and that I considered myself eutircly able and competent to carry out such a movement. When I learned afterwards that this message was never delivered to Mr. Macdonald, I was forced to consider Commander Davis's offer an effort to draw from mo a declaration which he might afterwards turn to my disadvantage. After the visit of Lieut. Houston, I heard no more from Commander Davis, until the 30th of April, when two aids-do-camp from the enemy, came under a flacr of truco with a letter from that officer to myself. The letter proposed that I should abandon Rivas, and go aboard tbo St. Mary's to Panama, Commander Davis undertaking to guaranty my personal safety. Although this proposition was extremely offensive?insinuating, as it did, that my personal safety, instead of the honor and dignity of the Government of which I was Executive, might prove a determining circumstance in a military Convention?I replied that the proposition was vague, and suggested his coming into Rivas, and a personal conference between us. I onlv submitted to the mortification of answering such a letter on the supposition that Commander Davis might have information I did not possess, which might justify the substance, though not the manner of his offer. lie answered by saying that ho was sorry I found his proposition vague ; that he proposed " I should abandon the enterprise, and leave the country that I might rely on the fact of Col. Lockridge having left the San Juan River; and, finally, that he had maturely ?:.i i ii- . ...** vuuaiuuicu iiiu uiviLuiion 10 visit itivas, and had decided, unreservedly, nol to take such a step. The tone of this note was, if possible, more offensive than that of the first; and the use of the word " enterprise" in connecting with a government which Commander Davis had 6tudiously acknowledged by ad dressing me as " President," but a few weeks previously, sounded strangely discordant.? As, however, the letter stated the evacua non ot me aan Juan Kivcr?the first news I had of tliis event?I stopped to answer the offensive noto by proposing to send two officers?Gen. Ilentiingscn and Col. Waters ?to meet Commander Davis, provided they had safe conduct from the allied General. An answer soon came, enclosing the required safe conduct; and the answer was in effect, that Gen. ITenningsen and Cok Waters should nrofiCfid nf. rmr?n fn iJia lion/1. quarters of the allies, as Commander Davis' instructions required bis speedy return to San Juan del Sur. I was surprised to recognize tbe body of the note as the baud writing of General Zavala?one of the Generals of tho allied forces who Bpoko and wrote English?and to find that such a note was signed-by a professed neutral. For what passed between Gen. Ilenning* 6en and Colonel Waters and Commander Davis, I refer you to tho report of the for- , mer officer, herewith enclosed, and to the terms of the convention of Rivas. Allow mo to suggest, that the convention itself is | tho best evidence that that the army in Ri- ; vas wag not on tho eve of destruction or dissolution. If the peril to my command was as great (is Las been.publioly represen- ; the allies would never have permitted us to evacuate the ,place, not only in safety, but ; with honors I In his interview with Gen. Henningsen, , Commander Davis had expressed his " un- , alterable determination to seize the schooner , Granada; and this had been a determining circumstances with me in signing the , convention. I was, therefore, surprised on the morning after I went aboard the St, , Mnfjfc to hear Commander Davis pitjfkose ( that I should deliver the vessel to Ijiro ( without the nec^wity for the iwe of force. , This I reiected. Heihen nranniui t deliver the yesfil q^fcnditjop 1^ gay*, rap the MTOi ud AD^eninoQ on board of bar.?~ I repINi Ml** ^ot|ld^ giyenup exoept toaitQ*e?fbel?}iqg <PWi ? for the hpjjoy of the itttfe-fe?wl wm ini be? bull in?i rigging, aod ia.the for and in comparison *Hh thie, U>e of ' the popertjr aboard J?e? wm n^ 1 Need I express surprise that a United States naval officer should make so dishonorable a proposition. Finding that Commander Davis appeared to hesitate in the execution of what he had declnred his " unalterablo determination," I endeavored to convince him of the gross wrong and injury ho would commit by the seizure of the Granada. I endeavored to satisfy him ho had no right to question the flag of the schooner wliilo sho lay in the port of Sun Juan : that whilo there she was within the territory of Nicaragua, and sub jww vr...j ww (.uu ovvvrci^iuy Ul uiai IVUpUU' lie: That it was unworthy of the United States to thus trample on the most secrcd rights of a sister State; .and that I could not and would not believe his government would sanction such a violation of international law. lie replied ho would weigh what I had said, and see me again on the subject; but without any further conversation he gave written orders to his first lieutenant to seize the Granada by force.? The order was executed. The first lieutenant boarded the Granada with a small force. Capt. Favssoux% of the Granada dcat to quarters. Lieut. Mauay endeavored to persuade Capt. Fayssoux to give up his vessel, alleging, in accordance with his instructinnQ if *uAiil/l ! ? '? -"*1 ?!l! ,, .V Iiuum uu in ilUtUIUilllCU Willi tlie Kivas convention. Captain Faj'ssoux said his orders were not to deliver the schooner unless to an overwhelming force. Lieut. Maury returned to the St. Mary's, and informed me that ho intended to tako the Granada; and if I desired to save the effusion of blood, I should give an order to deliver her to him. lie then brought his broadside of 11 guns to bear on tho schooner, manned his snnti! boat with one hundred men, and caino to me for tho order, which was, of course, given. Soon after, 1 had tho mortification to see the Nicaraguan flag hauled down and the American flag hoisted. Indignation, as an officer of Nicaragua, at the lowering of her flag was slin i I? i - - ? - ucu uy suarao as a native ot tlio United States, at seeing its glorious ensign disgraced by covering an act of perfidy and wrong. I ask leave to beg your special consideration of the fact that Lieut. Maury applied to nic for an order to Capt. Fayssoux. This was a acknowledgment that Capt. Fayssoux was still an officer of the government of which I was the Executive. But the dignity and honor of Nicaragua had not been suffciently degraded by having.her own flag lowered in her own pOrt. It was reserved for Commander Davis to complete a series of insults, by delivering the Granada, with all her armament and equipments, to an alien enemy. Nor did tlie hostility of the United States . naval officers cease on our departure from San Juan del Sur. On tho arrival of the St. Mary's at Panama, Commodore Mervine kept mo and the sixteen officers with me prisoners on the sloop. lie would not permit us to land or hold communication with the shore. Even my letters from the United States were sent back to tho shore *, and whon I requested to send aboard the California steamer in order to inquire for letters I expected, tho Commodore replied ho would send one of his own officers to inquire for my letters. I protested that I had gone aboard the St. Mary's as an officer?with my sword on?and not as a prisoner; but the Commodore replied that the New Qranada government had published a decrce forbidding any one lately engaged in the Central American war to land at Panama unless upon conditions. An American citizen at Panama afterwards assured mo tbo governor of the place remarked, there would have been no difficulty about my landing, if the application for it had been made. Such, sir, is Iho faithful history of the means which have been used to exile Americans naturalized in Nicaragua from the country for which they have spilt their blood, and risked their lives. For the land of thoir adoption, they left the ease and comfort of homes endeared to them by many a tender tie, and many a glorious recollection. One thousand Americana have perished, in ordor to secure the lands and privileges promised them in Nicaragua.? Their heirs are, for tho most part, citizens of the United States; and I leave it to your wisdom to decide whether it is right or politic, that such Intereatn should be endangered, if not sacrificed by the acts, either authorized Dr unauthorized of American officers. But whatever your wisdom may decide i in relation to the policy of such conduct, [ know the justice of the Government your 11 a 1- ?- - c/*wiit)ui:y BU wurumjr uuiuruia, will I)Ot tail to raise up the honor of Nicaragua, wounded by the seizure of her own vessel in her own port, and by its delivery to a foreign foe. I know you will not, with impunity, 1 permit the sovereignty of a sister republic 1 to be violated simply becaqse she U weak. With full confidence I trust for such act* und declarations, on t^ part of the Gov- ; aruiqept of the Unted^^tates aa will entirely olear.it from hny participation hi the jpsuftflb i1 and degnubllopa which Nicaragua has ret ' ;eired f\t the hands of American officers. your . , y ft\- (** (> ; *V?SWWB?> DB. LIVINGSTON'S ADVENTURE8 AND DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA. Having sent his wife and children to England under the direction, and to tho care of the London Missionary Society, on the 8th of Juno, 1832, Dr. Livingston proceeded from Cape Town, whither he had gone to seo his family embark, a distance from his missionary station of no less than a thousand iriiloa IT., ~ 11 ? Aj.v iviui ucu iu ivuiiiiiiai], wr. Moffat's station, wliere ho was detained for a time by un towered circuuistanccs. The Trans-Baal Hoers, seeking revenge for his supposed influence with tho Bnkwains in the matter of traffic in ivory, had desolated the Kolobeng station, killed sixty of the natives, and expressed their intention to murder him. In the spirit of true heroism, ho desisted not from his purpose, but do termined to open a new way into the interior, although he had lost ?300. Starting from the Koruman station, lie proceeded iu a north and north-westerly direction, by a different route from that which he had formerly taken, chiefly to avoid tho "tzetse." This new path brought him into a densely wooded- country, where* to his great surprise, he found vines growing luxuriantly, and yielding clusters of dark purple grapes, liut it was a weary j journey both for man and beiist, as the grass was from eight to ten feet high, and ; our traveler wn? ' double duty both of driver and road-maker, "Laving," as he tells us, "either the axe or the whip in hand all day long, till wo came to latitude 18 degrees 4 minutes." Here he found himself approaching the Chobe, and entering that network of rivers called Linotkauoka. The stato of these things was now widely different from that which he saw on his former visit. Then the waters were at their lowest point, and flowed within their orflinnrv MmnnJo- nm? ?1>? country was flooded. This formidable difficulty was much increased by the sudden illness of almost all his attendants. lie had, therefore, to work his way to Linyanti, almost unassisted, being compelled to leave the invalids and the wagon buhiud him.? Having, with some difficulty, crosscd the smallest of these flooded streams, he reached a river culled the Sanshurah, half a miie broad, abounding with hippotarai. Embarking, with only one attendant, in a small pontoon which he had brought with him from Cape Town, he proceeded across the flodded conutry in search of the Chobe. After "splashing," as he says, "through twftnfv mill's nf ?1H ~ -J .....VW v? lUUDUdkVU pullll, 11C clitncd a high tree and was gladdened by a sight of the much desired river. On approaching it lie found a broad chevaux de frUe of papyras reeds, and other aquatic plants, interwoven with a creeper resembling the convolvulus, which rendered Chobe almost unapproachable. By breaking or crushing this rank vegetation, in order to obtain a footing in tho water, often deep, out of which it grew, ho struggled on toward the open stream, taking tho pontoon with him. A still more formidable barrier than reeds and flags next presentod itself, in what he calls "a horrid sort of grass, about six feet in height, having serrated edges which cut the hands most cruelly," wore.his mole skin unmentionables quite through at his knees, and his shoes, nearly new, at tho toc9. Three days wcro thus spent amidst the mass of reeds ; but, though k. ???i- ?- ?1 ? ug vr?w> bUIIBUIIHIJf WttUIllg, HIIU wet up lO the middle, lie, during that time, slept soundly at night, and on the fourth day he was rewarded for his labor by his bucccss in reaohing the river, and launching the pontoon upon its bosom. Joyfully embarking in this frail craft, ho paddied down the Chobe about twenty miles, and arrivod at a village of the Mukololo. The natives stood aghast at his apparition. Entrenched, as they supposed, by their rivers, they believed themselves to bo unapproachablo. Dr. Livington's sudden arrival, therefore, was to them a great marvel, and the achievement exalted him in their eyes. Tho only explanation which they could devise for so strange an event, was, that " he had fallen on luern aa irom a cloud, and yet be came riding on a hippotamua." As eoon aa information of the arrival of Dr. Livingston reached Linyanti, a number of canoes, containing one hundred and forty natives, were sent ofT to convey him and his wagon to the town, where they received a welcome such as is given only to their chief. The delight of Sekeletu, the successor of Sebiloane, who was then only about nineteen years old, was manifested both in his actions and hit words. lie said? 4*I have now got another father, instead of Sebitoano." The feeling of delight manifested by the nkift/ HOI fiflo?n/l k*? tit A haamIa 1#_ ? wi?i| nno "sniwf jy w? njr. no[* fat, speaking <rf MoselekaUe, and of hUl intercourse with that warrior, says; "A? he WW rather jrofyse in his honorary titles, especially in calling pqo a ltfpg, I requested him rather to call me a teacher, oranyt&iqg tyjfc a fciqg. I call ?oi? nay father f J rejoined dition, in point of importanco and civilization, with tlio Bakwainn, and tlie Kurumancso, of whom they had received a very exaggerated account, and they fancied they would soon bo possessed of the clothing, tho horses, the arms, the wagons, and other accoutrements belonging to the white people. The selfishness and discontent with their present condition, so natural to man in all ages and countries, was particularly manifested by these savages on this occasion. They said, "Jesus had not loved uicir ioreiaiuers, nonce tlieir own present degradation. He liad loved the white man, and had given them all the wonderful things they now possess; and, as the missionary had come to teacli them to pray to Jesus, * and to pray for them, their wants would soon be supplied." They expected, no doubt, a very great deal of advantage from the Doctor's medicines, liberality, kindness and power. The idea which the African tribes have of the attribute is often pccu- ' liarly. favored by circumstances. The doctor's father-in-law tells the following capital : story, which happened among the natives at his station. Mr. Moffat says it was related to him by one of them in graphic ' style: ; "Two men had succeeded in stealing an iron pot. Having just taken it from the fire, it was rather warm for handling conveniently over a fonce; and, doing so awkardly, it fell on a stone and was cracked. 'It is iron,' said they, and off they went with their booty, resolving to make the best of it; that is, if it would not servo for cooking, they would transform it into spears and knives. After some tiuie had elapsed, and the hue and cry about the missing pot had died away, it was brought forth to a native smith, who had laid in a stock of charcoal for the occasion. The pot was ' further broken, to make it more convenient ' # j to lay hold of with the tongs, which are ^ generally made of pieces of the bark of a tree. The native vulcan, unacquainted-with the nature of the cast iron, having with ' his bellows produced a good heat, drew a 1 piece from the fire. To his utter amaze- 1 ment, it flew into pieces at the first stroke ? of his littlo hammer. Another and anotlir j piece was brought under the action of the fire, and then under the hammer, with no ' better success. Both the thief and smith, ( gazing, with* eyes .and mouth dilated, on the ( fragments of iron scattered round the stone '( anvil /lonlorA^I K/iliAf v?vw<t?ivM KIIUII l/Qligi til lib iliu j;ut Witt bewitched, and concluded that pot-stealing } was a bad speculation." NO TIME TO BEAD. Making excuses is one of the easiest things in the world, to many people. They can without the least difficult}', furnish a plausible reason for any .questionable action, or any omissions of duty, One of this class, lately assigned as a reason why he dtd notsubsoribe for a newspaper, that ho had " no time for reading." And we might stretch our charity so far as to suppose ho believed what he said,If it were not a fact that ho borrows his neighbors' papers every week. And why ho dose, a unless he has time to read thera, is more j than we can tell. It, however, cannot be g expected that a man who cheats the printer, c and robs his neighbor, by borrowing news- e papers, oan have a clear perception of right and wrong. IIo may, thereforo, after all, t really suppose ho has no time to road. r But in regard to people generally, it is Bafe to say, there are very fow if any who have not time to read. Many spend a ^ large portion of time in things which had g much better bo let alone, and the timo c thus occupied mi^;. bo spent in reading something useful. Reading affords both t pleasure and profit, and a mind that is -j not given to reading is very apt to be vicious. t It is true, there is a certaiq doscription of c reading matter that to a certain class of u minds may do injury. But there are com- ^ paratively few. works from which good y may not be derived by one whose intentions are pure. Ignorance is no protection ?.,:i. ?i ?_: ?--* ? IIUIU o?n j niiu iCttUiw^ lliurotties Kliuwieuge. g Let people only arrange tlieir time judiciously, and tbey will find plenty of time ^ for reading. Every family should have t plenty of books and periodicals for constant y reading, adapted to the age and circum- ^ stance of all its members. One or more a family newspapers! The mind needs as much care as the body, and a man might w as well say I have no time to eat, as to a say, "I have no time to read" for it is ? not true in either case. t| Perfume of Flowers?The perfume of y flowers may be gathered ip a very simple * manner, aqd without apparatus. Gather b the flowers with as little stalk as possible, " rq4 place them in a jar throe parta fall of 11 olire or alttjQnd oil, i^fter heirtg i^ t^p oil twenty-four hours,- put them Into a coarse ' cloth and sqtreeze the oil ' from them. Thia process, with fr?h flowers, is to be f< repeated *?|d!n0, ta % .trength of the ? pejr^^ ^Tfc# ^oil being tltos ^ ' ^ 'J . AJLft T 1.V, A CAPITAL STORY. Sorao years since, an eccontrio old ge? nius, whom for convenience we will aall Barnes, was employed by a farmer living in a town some six or seven miles westerly from tho Penobscot river, to dig a well.-? The soil and substratum being mostly sand, old l>arnes, after having progressed downward about forty feet, found one?mornlng upon going out to liis work that the well had essentially cavod in and was full nearly to the top. So having that desire, which men have, of knowing what will be said of them after they are dead, and no one being yet astir, ho concealed himself in a rank growth ot burdocks by tho side of a board fence near tho mouth of tho well, having first left his hat and frock upon tho wind- a lass over the well. At length breakfast being ready, a boy was despatched to call hiiu to his meal, when lo ! and behold! it was seen that liarnes was buriod in the grave unconsciously dug by his own hands. The alarm being given, and the family assembled, it was decided first to eat break* fast and then send for the coroner, the minister, and his wifo and children. Such Eipauiy tliU not flatter 13arne6' self-esteem a bit, but be waited patiently, determined to bear wliat was to be said, and see what was to be seen. Presently all parties arrived and began w prospecting" tbo scene of tlie catastrophe,' as peoplo usually do in such cases. At. length they drew together to exchange opinions as to what should be done* The -' minister at once gave it as his opinion that tliey had better level up the well and let TJarnes remain ; for, said he, " he is now beyond the temptation to sin, and in the day of judgment it will make no difference whether he is buried Hive feet under grouse! if fifty, for he is bound io come forth in sither case." The coroner likewise agreed hat " it would be a needless expen&o to his , 'amily or tho town to disinter him wbeq io was so effectually buried," and therefore entirely coincided with the minister. Ilis ,vife thought that as 44 he had le^tiis hat ind frock, it would bo hflrdly worth while ,o dig hiiu out for the rest of 4113 clothes tuu so u wass settled to let liira remain.?: i3ut poor old Barnes, who had no breakfast tnd was not at a" pleased with the result >f the inquest, laid quiet until the Shade of iveqing stole over the landscape, -then ha * quietly decamped io parts unknown. ' >. After remaining incognito for about three r'ears, one morning ho suddenly appeared hatless and frockless as he went) at the . loor of tho farmer for whom he had agreed o dig the unfortunate well. To say that an ivalanohe of questions were rained upon lim as to bis mysterious re-appearance, &e? vould convey but a feeble idea of the ex-?? nuiuu 11 to uuuuy pronence oreaiea, But the old man boro it all quietly, and at engtb informed them that on finding him. ' lelf buried, he waited for them to dig him >ut, until his patience was exhausted, when le sot to work to dig himself out, and only he day before had succecded 1 for, his deas being somewhat, confused by the pros* ure of the earth at the time he was buried, le had dug very much at random, and in* > tead of coming directly to the surface, he :amo out in the town of JJoldne, six milen ast of the Pcnobscot river / No further explanations were sought fop >y those who were so distressed and sopowful over his supposed final resting plaQet ?Bangor Jeffcrsoninn, A Young Hero.?Master Walters had k/tn n ? ' 1~ " .wo uiuuii Hiiuujuu oy some one ot bin cholars whistling in school, Whenever he ailed a boy to account for Buch a disturb* nee, be would plead that il was uninteui ional?'he forgot all about where he was,1 "bio .became so frequent, that the master hreatencd a severe punishment to the pest {fender. The next day, whenibe room wag nusually quiet, a loud sharp whistle broke lie stillness. Every one asserted that it ras a certain boy who bad the reputation f a mischief-maker and a liftr, Jle^was ailed up, and, though with a sojnewbafc 4.1 tubborn]ookt he deqiod it again and again 0 ?commanded to ho|d out his hand, At liis instant, a little slender fellow, not worn ban aeven years old, came out, and vltb tl ory pale bnt decided face, held out life 4 ana, saying aa Ho did ?t, with the plw nd firm tone of a hero, " Mr. Walters, sir, do not punish bim-Hi rhistled. I was doing a long hsrfrjittip, nd in rubbing out anotlq^ robbed oat by listako, and spoiled, K all, and fcefore J tiougl^ I whistled rlgljt out* sip. I was ery mnd^t afraid, bqt I OQqld nQt sjt fopN nd act ft lie, When I kip* who was to lame. Ton may ferule roe, sir, a* ypti lid you should," And with all the firm: ess he eoqld command, he again belt out, ie little hand, never for a moment doqht.? thai Via araa ?a Kn ru.?!.l.?J J0 '?? w j/vimouoq, Air. Walters wm mutfh affected, "Oharlw," wd he, loo^jna 4M%*veot 3rm of the delicto phild, wTjaJUF&ftda iCh ? conquest ovor his qatuntf' t^uiily J I-would m strike 4blow 1*iU. rofId. No one hero'doubtoUi&tyov >poftd' , ' . /C *