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ffls mrnmm ?mm. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM] "tbjb pnioa on1 xiiamntv xh dthrxtaii vioiiianoii." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BY DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C? THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 20. 1858. VOL. XV NO 4 f .1 IT/MTim TXT TTTC1 A1ITHT rim 11> I - - - 1 V/TlUUIII liN lliO U?Y1? 1 ilAJT. HY SjYl.VANl'S COIIH, J1S. "Confound tho boy ! what does lie mean ? Does lio tliink I'm going to bo a father to him, nnd not bo obeyed as a father ? Does ho think I'm going to givo him my money to spend in business, and tako only ingrali- , iudo in return ! What can the young dog bo thinking of? Plague tako tho young- , ?ter ! What business has lie to go and fall , t in love with a poor pieeo of trash! I'll?I'll ( -fix him ! I'll?but hero comes tho rascal, tho | spurncr of my counsels!" And as Captain Jerry Pieman thusspoko , ho sank into a great stalled chair, and looked daggers ; and twieo lie stamped his dum- , py foot vehemently to keep up his stern ( purpose. lie was a round bellied, iollv- 1 that baggage again ?" "Haggage, uncle." ' Haggage, sir. I said hagijago. Have , you seen lior ?*' * "Her, uncle ? Haggago? Her? Why? wliat do you moan V , "You know very well what I moan. 1 i inenn that piece of poverty?that hanger ! on?that?that hagsjago?that?that gul !** ! "Oh, you nican Lizzy Drown, The girl < that?" I i "Thinks to cat eh you, am) catch my | ' money!" interrupted undo Jerry, emphat- I, ically. j | "It is hnrdlv fair to say that, uncle .?ce- j , insj that I made all the advnevs mvself." ! "Nonsense! Don't you mi; puso I know i j . I say she set tho trap for ve! l?ut 1 won't | , havo it. If I am to Vo father to ve^jou j must obey me. Now I've got a ehoiSj^ 1 I | want ye to marry with Susan <?ailand." > , "liut she's a widow, uncle." "So much the better, She'll know how , to make a home for ye.'' 1 j "And she's older than I by a dozen years." J , "Just five years. She is only twentyeight. Its all the better for that." s But I can't love her." I i "Can't love her!" cried the uncle looking , ?ta iuimence number of very sharp pointed i ( daggers. "Can't love Susan Garland! Can't I love tho woman who was the wifo of the !, most faithful friend I ever had ! l.et me l.ll <1 - ? .1 < ' ton juu, sir in?i wuen iito out gazelle was ! cast upon the rovks of llarncgat, Hill <?ai?! Jand saved my life, aud lost his own ! He . <lied in thoso arms, sir! and the last words | lie ever said to mo were?4*l?o kind to my i |>oor Susan!"?and I will bo kind to her!" . the captain added, wiping a big tear from liis cheek "I'll give her a husband?a graceless husband, perhaps?but with mo- , ?iey enough to keop her above want. You ?hall marry her, sir." ' But suppose 1 should refuso." ''Refuse! refuse your own uncle ! You daro not do it, sir! 1*11 turn you out of i doors in an instant ! I'd see you starve be-' fore I'd give you another penny! I'd uke jaway all lover did give you." * "Ah, you couhhVt do that, uncle. The education I havo gained under vour noblu generous patronage, is a mine of wealth ; of which you cannot rob me ; and I would not to-day exchange it for all the wealth you ever possessed. I can live by my owu or Us." "Aha! You threaten me, do you ! You mean to rebel, do yon ! You wean to disobey me outright )" "You do not understand me, undo.? * You surely would not force me to belio my , heart. If you coukl kuew Liuie l?rown ; , "Linn Fiddlesticks! 1 don't want to ktow her. I know Susan Garland, and lb*Oi Moogh. I*v* bad qij plan 6xo) ever since I canio homo, I promised liill IM Uk? aura of her, mhI I must Jo it; and Imw out I do it if jou doiA lot iuq have W for a ukm f* ^ u\Vhy not liar* Lor for a wife f* aslcod Jack ?jnietlr. I _ w * I faccd, rod cheeked bachelor, just live and , forty. Most of his life ho had spout at son, | and hud lately settled down ashore with an , inimence fortune, for the purpose of enjoy- ( ing the rest of his days "after his own heart," as he expressed it. 11is pate was ( just bald enough to curry his face high up over the brow, but yet he had a goodly , quantity of dark curls clustering about his j short, fat neck. The only near relative ho ( had in the lower world was Jack Kendall, j an only child of his only sister. Jerry Pie- ( man had lovcu his sister fondly, and when she died?she was a widow then?she left. , a prayer upon the record that her brother would care for her orphan hoy. And uncle .TfftW ? l\? % ? 1? 4\. 11?. ^ .v; UVIIV IV llllllltllt . 1MI U'll VCUI'S I ho had provided for liis nephew, keeping him at emu of the best schools fur a while, anil then paying liis way through college. ( liut now that lie hail settled down for a homo, ho had Jack to coiuo ami live with him. "Ah, you are hero, are you " growled the uncle, looking up with a very dagger , like expression. Jack Kcudall was twenty-three, somewhat taller than his uncle, bnt with the same family look. Tie was a handsome, good-natured, generous, affectionate fellow, and loved his undo Jerry with his whole soul. "Ves uncle, I'm here," he replied, taking a . seat ''and I know you are glad to poo me.? [ "Aye, I am glad, fur I have something ' to say to you," the bachelor resumed; looking some more daggers. "Have you seen WHo!?uio I Why, you young rascal > what do you moan' ? Mo?marry! Zounds' l>o you think I'm crazy ! I'm old enough to ho hor father !" Only sQVontoon years, undo. Just ?tiough to give you character as a husband." Si Ion co, villain 1 Would you liavo mo make a fool of myself just as 1 am settling ilown for comfort and quiet ! i>ou't you never daio to lisp such a thing again ! I sliall go and soo Susan to-morrow, and I shall toll her that you will have her. That's anough ! 1 won't hear any more! Hy the nig nsn, uut I'll Keep my promise!" Jnok know that 'twould ho useless to say noro at present, so ho hold his peace.? William Garland had hoon his uncle's ttrst nato during his last two voyages, and tho wptain had not only liked him much, hut 10 also thought much of Susan; having itoppod at hor homo whilo hor husband was iving. When Captain .lorry camo homo with thocaro of tho widow upon his slmuh lors, ho had hit upon tho happy expedient t>f making hor his niece, by marriage, and thus having tho right to caro for hor with* nut exciting scandal, .lark know how his undo had cherished tho plan, and ho feared . it would bo hard to thwart Tl?? .vi.i I follow was as stubborn as ho was kind licai tod, ami whoro ho felt thai ho had au. I % j thoiitv he would not yield. Finally Jack retired to ponder upon tho. subject, and before dark ho resolved to see ' Lho widow in advanoo ufhU undo; and ho i wont that very ovoniu^. j Susan tiailand was a pretty woman, with i\ plump form, and a dimpled, cheerful face, ; over whidi sweet gonial smilos wore continually playiuj* when sho was happy. Sho had boom alono two years. Sho woleomod Jack kindly, and after soino common plaoo romaks, tho young man camo to tho point, llo related tho conversation which had past between himself and undo that afternoon* hi id oxporosscd tho hope that she would lielp him. "Surely, you would not wish to tako mo from the hoing 1 love," ho said. "i>l course not," the wulow replied, with | ;ui earnest smile. "I should bo decidedly opposed lo any such thing. I know l.i/.- j rio well, and I know, too, she will make i you a good wife. You may depend on n>y ' ussistauce, for I can tell your uncle, that 1 i won't, and that will be the end on't. 1 Thoy chatted awhile longer, and then lack took his leave. "He'll be here to morrow forenoon," t e young man said, as he reached thu 1 ?tone. j %,l shall bo ready 1.>r luin,M w?w the re* ?lv; and a funny li;;hl twinkled in the widow's eye as sue said so. "About olvvon oYlook on tins following Jay, I'uclo .lorry called upon the widow.? >he ha<l loft off her woods, and now njr ware I as fresh and fair as h maid of sixteen. *he welcomed llio captain with one of her wootcst smiles, and tlnally Iwk a seat close >v him. Uv n doxterous turn she pot him jngagod in relating wonderful stories of his :id ventures at soa, and thus an hour slipped way, < M' coarse ho must now stop to dhr >er. "Oh, no, I must go home to dinner," said le. "l>nt before 1 go, I have a little business matter to touch upon,'' -Then you must wait sir," pronounced j ho widow, decisiwly. "It is my dinner i lionr, and I must prepare it. Wait and eat Willi me, and then I'll listen." An ! with this Susan drew out her table, spread the snow white cloth, and soon had ihe dishes in their places. Then she went mvay to the kitchen, and presently the | auptuiu heard pots and kettles rattling, Ukj i meat sputtering, and a brisk culinary rack- i i?t going on geuefaliy. ?? v.m.I " >-- -?? ' " my om ioiiow muttered to himself, olio's n splendid craft. Wluit n clean build. If 1 lmd come across such a woman years asjo, I Indicvo 1 should Imvo made a fool of mysoltV' In duo time tho dinner made its appearance, ami tin-captain was invited to partake, j 'Now make vomsvlf at home," tho wid-1 i ow saul, wall a charming stuilo; "for I look upon vou as one of the dearest fi lends 1 have/ "Kgnd ! If she Mint a Wanly Undo Jorry said this to himself as he uiovcd up to tho table. Tho lamb-chops wore dono as tho captain had never seen them done l?ofore. Ho juicy, to rich, so delicately spiced?and so splendidly cooked. Aud the little et ceteras | aud th? pies and lh? cake and the rich, golden cotVeo. l>ut altove all ho was entranced by tho bright siuilos and tho spat kling wit of his fair hostess, ? "/omuls r ho muttered, "while she * as gone away with tho dishes, "auA sho charming P Finally tho widow camo and sat down by |ho captains wdo upon Uw sofa. Her dimpled cheeks w?*o all a glow; her bright eyes sparkled with a beaming lustre, and over her white shoulder flow*) a wary, curling truss, which trembled ever aud anon, as though there woro soum Urango ?iuotion in ik* Iimam K.*v>??*- i? "Now, sif," &V?&**VTra romly to Into* * *\V?ll?well* ??d? J?ny Mwi^ed to My, after a prodigWm effort *t el oaring his throat, "you must panta km if 1 co*ue right U> tho jkmuU" "Of courso." * Then hero it ??yon know 1 proMtsal Hill?tlml is?1 till (inrlaud?my oKl muU or I should say, my vo\mg rnuto?tlml would look I'.flor you?euro fore you. Yo know 111111." " Vus, sir," returned Susan, with- a' gralo ful look. u I know tlinl; and 1 imvo blof soil you many times for your kindness t poor mo. Alas! I don't know what -1 ? ? ? ? ? siioiuH navo uono, but tor your genorou bounty." "Tut, tut--don't talk so. How could help living good to you f " Ah, but everybody don't have heart Hko ynurs.M Tho captain rather liked the compliment and tliun it enmo from an greeablo sourci too. So ho did not dispute. Hut he mad another prodigious clVort to clear his tliroal and then said? " 1 have tried to he good to you, Susan and 1 hope I have boon ; but 1 can't do al I want to do for you at present. 1 mi coniiii!* right to I ho jmint now.'* (Anotho eloavin^ uf tho llirout.) " You know yo uro u widow." Slio did know it. " Ami you know you uro yet young an vory hoautiful." "Oli, no! Not bountiful; and surol, not very young.'' 4t Hut you nro i?ot ??//, and?you ar hoaulil'ul.?Xow this won't Jo. Sound:' will roach you. I?alioiu?ant not so ol mv sol f but that tho shaft of scandal niigli roach ino too.*' ' You old T* uttorod Susan, looking u reprovingly and y? t admiringly. " Win - ? C %' ' you arc right in the wry piimo of man lioml. A man at y? ur ago, ami with you j*onial, happy ilisposition, 1ij)s just leaclie his lull vlawn of lilo at. live ami forty." I'nclo .Tony rather liked this, so ho tli not con trail lot as he had at first a will to <h uThon of oourso, lie. returned, applying tho compliment to his own purpose, " it i still tho moio nocossary that there shoul< be a now ami nearer relation hetwoon u: I lovoyou loo well to have a single hroa: of suspioion rest upon you. Shouhl vo ohjoct to sueh a relation !M Tito widow's long lashes drooped, nn tho dark tress upon her hosoin tremble* uiow pclveptihly. "It" ll is your wish, sir, 1 should have n opposition to make," sho said. " And you'll come ami live with mo !" ? Vos.'' " Ami we'll ho as happy as kings." "Oh, 1 should ho very, vory happy, sho whispered ; and as sho did >o, l?or lira r?'stoil upon tho oaptain's shoulder, and ill bright tress tVU upon hi- hand, with sevet; tear-jewels glittenng amid iss curl*. ?\Vl4?:t a timo wv'll havo J" I'tioh- .Terr criod, winding his right aim about in.1 plump from, an 1 drawing her more r.loscl to liiin. " Whon you arc Jack's wif* we'll?" " Jock /" repeated Susan, breaking froti his embrace, and starting to hor fe?j ".lark's wife!" shv< uttered, dashing th ivars irom nor oyos. "Why, 1 >kss mo, "Ami have you niuant for mo to tnarr him r " Lord Ideas me ! who should I moan ? M A>ul you suppose 1 would marry will h nu'io hoy f Are there not girls euongt tor tlio youngster ? Sir, y?>u mistake mo von mbtako my heart you mi?tako in love, if you think 1 couM give iny heart t your nephew !M M l>ut, lde*s me!?ahem?eh h-h in !.laek is- - r Ml know, sir?1 know him well, lie i a f.nc youth?a worthy youth, anil may b a noblo man, if he lives long enough. ]Ui I can say no more. T am sorry to disap point you. 1 am deeply grateful for a your kindness to me, niul I will pray I Hod for his Messing upon you continuall} Nut wo had better part now. You hav spoken my doom ! Farewell!" " l?ut, Susan ! Here ! stop J Moss mo'. Susan did not stop, ami Uncle .Terr found himself alone. He said, " Bless in soul I" forty-throe times, and tlion left, th home. All the way home ho muttered t himself, and when he met .lack > the suj per table, he was moody and silent. Wlie he vent up to his chamber he commence to mutter again; and ho kept on mutteniii ami pondering until he fell asleep. Finall he tagan to dream. Ho dreamed that Si ?an iJarland Wcarflfo his wife, and ho liel i..._ i.i? i? - > > -- ?iv? iu tin invsuin, ?nu woinwwi tliat li could ov?.r have thoughts of such a foolisl thing as allowing Jack to havo her. Hi while li?M her thus, who shouhl appear t tho nuptial chamber but Hill Garland, pal and cold, with sea-wood lor hair, and dan) green, ocean, moss for raiment! And tli cadaverous presence said?" II ho mo in ?ifoin The dreamer awoke with a #lmr cry of fcar, and found U?o suuhght stream ing into his room. Ho arose and sat dow by tho window, and finally ho said in dfjv, fervent tone? " Thank God, Hill Garland hasn't com baokr Bk lhro?rwholo days Undo Jerry wi likct a newly converted sinner. He conl wot oat, l??f oouM'toot road, be could m< sl?(k, and tin burden of his remarks I Jack was? *dw out, yo? rascal P On tbo vrwiwg of tho third day tbe caj laia ?iad? an extraordinary toilette, an i then went up to ace Susan Garland. SI n s; welcomed him with a warm greeting, and 1 finally at his particular request sat down (i It)' his side upon tho sofa, just as nho sat before. " Susan," s:?id he?ho spoke bluntly, for i. his courage and determination had been ,> duly brought up to tho slicking point be1 fore ho started, "you said tho other day, 3 that you should bo very, very happy to eomo? and lire with ino. Did you mean I that you would bo willing to become my wile Vy There were a dozen tresses upon that while shoulder now, and they shook like . aspens. ' "That's a curious (ineslinn. sir." kIia r? I plied. 0 " Hut toll mo plain I v, did you mean i, thatf " If I mistook yonr meaning, sir, you \ have no light to ipiostion mine" II " Hut l.ord bless mo! suppose T should it j ;\>k you to Lo my wife? Answer me r tliat;; " You never did ash mo, sir." 4i Tlton l?y iho oar of old Neptune, T ask you now. Susan Gat land will,you bo my (j wife ?" ".lerrv Pieman?1 will 1" v " \A hatcried the captain, starling back, aiul gazing into hoc blushing, tear-wet facc ?" do you mean that you can love nn ;j old man like me?that you can love mo alj ways ?" 11 You are not old ; and ns for loving you, 1 have loved you for a long while; and if you take mo for a wif i, I'll love and Mess you to my dying hour I" ' "Then come here! Come here, Susan! 1 Come right here; and if I ever cease lo j lovo you, and cherish you, and bo true to you, may?may?lh.it seaweed ghost come hack!" * ' About Ion minutes after this Uncle Jerry ' mado the following sensible remark: ? " Why, bless my soul ! wo are acting s like two fools !" ' 'i'lie widow only smiled and saiil? 14 Two very happy ones, ain't we ?" '' And .Tuitv s:ii<l? u " 1 Moss my soul?wo arc I" * * * * Vc * il On ilio following diiy, Jack happened to il pass near tlic widow's house, ami lie droppod in. In a tow moments ho was the o liappio.st follow imaginable. 1 >11 f SM III Klls:in nOMiActlu ?' 'i ?> when' Lizzio lb-own finally appeared before him, he actually kissed her, and said she y was just tho girl for his rascally nephow. p And in a few weeks thereafter, Uncle i* Jerry had a wedding party. lie was marn tied first and tlion sat down and saw Jack * married. "There," said tho happy old follow, after the tiling was all over, as ho approached life nephow and handed him a paper, "Thero is is something to make up for tho loss you have d sustained in lotting mo rob yoa of tho best t woman in the world." o Jack opened the missive, and read ii with tears in hh eyos, for it waa a oortiftad cheek for twenty five thousand dolTAre with v a Kulo note attatohed, saying that, if be d behaved himself, he might, at some future ie timo havo wore. ? , XKI IIVOIIJ | VIVMI t .. misunderstand me. I hnvo loved your uncle?and lov?:?l him well nnd truly, and I believe ho loved mo, but dared not say so. Had it not boon thus, I could not liavo '1 ' done this. 1 would have helped you idi e ( the same by simply and llatlv refusing il you ; but I could not have toyed or trilled with him. He is a good man, ,lack?a v good man." r " So he is," replied Jack. And then ho v went home. The youth found his uncle in the library, with a book in his hand?said book being ii bottom-endup.- lie sat down and peeped if wil'ki'illv Ollf. nf ilia '> ? e while a very ill-mannered smile kept playing nro'uul tlio coiners of his month. " What are you winking atul blinking, y and squinting and grinning at, you young dog ?" asked the old captain, with treincn" dons ferocity. I, ! "1 was thinking of a story 1 once rend,'' I, returned Jack, quietly.. " A story, eh, What is it, you scapcv grace ?" " I'll tell you uncle," said tho nephew, with the smile and the twinkle more wicked than ever. " It was a very funny thing? it is tho funniest thing I ever heard of. A man onco went to act a trap in which to ^ catch a very respectable and honorablo ^ young friend of his. lie had got tho trap all nicely set as he supposed, when?what .. do you think !" " What, what, you graceioss rascal ?" 0 44 Why uncle, when the thing was all ' fixed, there was the funniest thing happened 0 you ever, hoard of. Instead of catching M his respectable, l^igli minded young friend, tho old fellow got nabbed himself, in fact? * he pot caught in his own trap! Wasn't y jtJ? 0 "Get out of my houso, you young scamp ? ?out with you, reprobate 1" ' " Hut, uncle?when I come back mayn't n I bring Lizzie with mo to sco and partici'I pnto in your now and deep felicity t" ? "If you'll ho decent; you daring young .v villain, you may bring tho queen of slat* '* terns herself; but bewaro how you offend ^ me I I can't l?ear every thing?nnd I 0 won't! I won't put up with it I I'll?I'll 1 ?kick you ouf of doors, you ungrateful 11 traitor !n ?? After this cfforvcseuco, Unclo Jerry*s soul 0 settled flown to a o.lcar. nlanid ?r??l the prisons of canton, china. Tlio detailed advices from China, by th recent foreign arrival, do not contain an additional news relative to tlio progress < the military or diplomatic operation, bti thoy throw a strong llood of light on tli character of the Chiiieso rule?at least ui der Governor Veil. A more atrocious syt tem of rule or a more brutal ruler coul scarcely be found in any country or an ago of the world. It seems that in th space of two years this savage mandari caused 110 fewer than 70,000 persons (rel els, or supposed rebels) to bo executed i tho Aceldama of Canton, and that tho mod of execution rivals in barbarity that of th most degraded savages. The prisons < Canton, too, seem to bo infinitely wors than even the worst of Naples, and th treatment of the prisoners indcscribabl horrible. .1a 11.8 ok canton'. Lord Klgin and the commissioners Inn ing made a tour of inspection to tho jai of Canton, the results of their cxperienc have been set forth in tbe China Mail ; follows: Each of tliese establishments contaii several different prisons, and the descriptio of one of tlieso will servo for tho wbol It was entered by an open court-yard aboi fifteen yards long by six broad. This com yard is pared with granite slabs, and tolcr bly clean and airy, thanks to the rain wit and sun to which it is exposed ; on eat side of the yard arc three comparlments * dens, arch abOut five yards long by foi broad, and ^operated from each other ai from the court-yard by double rows posts, similar to those used in barricadjj the doois of the common Chinese hous in I long Kong, the posts of one row littii between the posts of tlio otlior row, leavii space barley for a man to pass his hai through. The doors of five of these s rooms were open ; all tbe prisoners in the five dens thus having access to the op< yard. Inside are boards and tressels, < which the prisoners lie, tlio lloor bein^j, far as could be judged from tho filth wi ...1 ! 1 * ? " - which 11 was oovcrcil, as nature formed itof earth ; the height of the rooms is amp I enough, and, 011 the whole, tho prisonc were far better than expeoloJ, and if pro ! erly kept, would leave no causc for cor plaints. On entering, the warning voluc of tl turnkey drove the poor wretches into tin dens, but a tap on tho head soon silonci this officious personage, and the friend voice of a foreigner telling them in Chine to como out soon brought about seven living creatures on their kneess before su< messengers of humanity as had never I fore stood in that horrid place. Tho sig of these poor creatures was dreadful ; tlx forms diseased and emaciated?their ey gazing in astonishment with the vacant sta of lunatics?their filthy rags dropping fro thein?their hair unshorn and unuoiubc long anu Horribly still", black and abundai in awful contiast with their pale and gliast features; tlicro tlioy knelt, trembling wi cold, weakened by starvation, and in son cases apparently callous even to tlie eventso strango and wonderful as it must lin been to tliem?which was then takii place, of an inquiry into tlieir condition I foreign occupants of the city. All the lie rors of an English prison, poorhouso at lunatic asylum were here accumulate without a single one of the redeeming fe tares which mark those establishments our own more civilized country, Tho pri oners were ordered to stand up, and the questioned, while some of the visitors we. into the cells to examine them. Many the poor wretches were actually too we? to come out of their dens to thank th< deliverers, (foreigners, officers, and soldier* in the -court-yard of tho prison. Lengtl ened suffering, incarceration, and starvalit had produced that callousness which, wii excessive weakness, provented thein fro p.nminrr tr* ona q o*r?l?t -vw oi^uv mwjr ?mu liuver UUIO witnessed. They were told to go outsid and managed to raiso their scarecrow fij jjros, and stagger along in front of tlu (orcign visitors. One poor child, a boy of 13 years ago, wns also a prisoner in this horrib place. lie was told to get up ; but, wil an empty idiotic smile on his face, he mere raised his eyas and shuffled a few inch along tho board on whi?b bo was sitting lie was a prisoner for rebellion ! Tho po< creature had not strogth enough to stam his limb* wort frightful to look- nt? ally be was a living skeleton, and two < the abler prisoners carried him out. Tl fivo dons were emptied, and while M Parkcs was talking with their late ipmatc the other foreigners looked into the six! den, the door of which was closed. It is difficult to realize the horrihlo natui of the contents of that room, As Uiodo< opened, a piteous, lamentable cry arqse fro about twenty human beings, not om whom could stand. Death's grip was ha< on many of thera; there wm one poor f< low lying crouched or the ground in a oc ocr, his rib? actually pro trading?be wi dead! M Yes, the living, the dyisg, H bleeding, the starving, the the and the dead were all congregated * in tl one hole. These poor creatures, who we howling from pain and hunger, might at wero it not for thia visit, woald eoon ha followed their dead comrade who still soar their wretched charuol houso to where alone o tliey could look for release from their suflfcry ing?tho grnvo. Qflo of their number could >f speak English pretty fluently, and from him it it was ascertained that the wholo of them o hud that been beaten. Not one of them i- could walk, and it was dreadful to see tho i. agony they suffered in trying to draw their d bleeding forms into the open air. Some y had been beaten on tho thigh*, others on e the feet and ankles; and they were al' n ironed, notwithstanding that tl.ey were >- not able to stand even, much less to es n cape. O TIIE FIEI.D OF ni.OOD OF CANTON, o Threading our way under the guidauce >f of some experienced friend, wc come to a e carpenter's shop, fronting the entrance to a c small potter's field. It is not a rood in area> y of an irregular shape, resembling most an oblong. A row of cottages open into it on one side ; there is a wall on the other. Tim f ground is covered with hall-baked poltry ; Is there, are two wooden crosses formed of tin'-0' barked wood standing in an angle, with a is shied of rotting rope hanging from one of them. There is nothing to fix the attention *s <n this small enclosure, except that you 'ii stumble against a human skull now and c." then as you walk along it. This is the "< ivceioanm, me iieiu oi uiuoii, me execution t- ground of Canton. The upper part of the carpenter's shop is the place where nearly id all the European residents have, at the price ih of a dollar each witnessed the wholesale sr massacres of which Europe has heard with tir a hesitating skepticism. It was within this id yard that that monster Yell has within two of years destroyed the life of seventy thousand ful ow beings. es The^j closes arc the instrument to which ig (hose vi<Jtifhs were tied who wcro condemned ig to the special torture of being sliced to ul death. Upon one of these the wife of a ix rebel general was placed, and by Yell's so order her flesh was cut from her body. 3ii After tho battle at Whampoa th*i rebel >n leader escaped hut his wife fell into tho as hands of Yell?that was how lie treated ill his prisoner. I Ier breasts were first cut olf. ? then her forehead was slashed and the skin ,!c torn down over the face, then the fleshy is parts of the body were sliccd away. There p- are Englishmen yet alive who saw this donoj n- hut at what period of the butchery sensation ceased and death came to this poor inlic noccnt woman none can tell. The frag:ir mcnt of rope which now hangs to one of ad the crosses was used to blind a woman who ly was cut tip for murdering her hiisband. se The sickening.details of the massacre per ty petralcd on this spot liavc hewn related to ell mc l>y those who have seen them, ami who ie- lakes shame U> themselves while they conht fess that after witnessing one execution by iii cutting on the cross, the rapidity and dexes terity with which the mere beheading wan re done, doprived the execution of a hundred . m men of half its horror. The criminals were i id, brought down in gang*, if they could walk, it, or brought down in chairs and shot out into ly the yard. The executioners then arranged tli them in rows, giving litem a blow behind no which forced out the heml and neck, and ? laid them convenient foi the blow. Then ve came the warrant of death. It is a banner* >g As soon as it waved in sight, without ver>y bal order given, the work began. Tln.-re ir" was a.rapid succession of dull crunching id sounds?chop, chop, chop, chop. Xo secd, ond blow was ever dealt, for the dexterous a- man slapcrs are educated to their work. | in Until they can with llieir heavy swords slice s- a great bulbous vegetable as thm as we ?n a onniimluir llinv nr?> lint, /iliirililrt fnT w,,w ? -"V ty ? nt their office. Three seconds a head suffice' of In one minute five executioners clear off ik 100 lives. It Lukes rather longer for the >ii- Assistant to craril the bodies into rough cof?() fins especially as you might see tliera cranifi ming two into one shell, that they might >n embezzle the spare wooden box. Tire head* lh were carried off iu boxes; the saturated in earth was of value aft manure. ru " Wall, Jefferson, 1 gtlu yon are tolerau' bio late nor you used to ira*,' said an en ?* ginc driver on a Yaiikcc railway, who has lr been waiting at a junctioo a good while for tbo train thai just arrived undet the charge ? of Jefferson. Io ? Wall/ replied Jefferson, wiping his perL'' apirng fuao with a handful of cotton wwste, 'y "I reckon wo are behind a considerable scarce, but that douVflriWtee, uo Low ; it's >1 getting along here any liiae aslonUIies nieor a several?it does," I ? ' Been a smash SM inquired the first r" speaker, chewing slowly. of u I expaet not,' returned Jefferson, but io well nigh one. Why ye sco down away r. it was darnod hot, very, and the rail* * was all expanding so much that the way Lh was not only drawn out dreadful, bat, what was worse, had not room to stretch quite, re and was all so raised and bamped ap, it's >r just been as worse as if I had come the in whole entire road over two tail row* uf of tarnation earn els' back T rj H Wall, I calo'lato that waa 'ooyiwg a >1. few>* returned (lie listner, 4b?t one day brisg *. ing up my engine it was Lot t t racfan M the rails wm feverish a chalk or two (bat iw time! I put Ml steam up* shai safety 4, vales; slacked bnrfe of, right away aad we ,{s walked ahead! we did. Bat oaly Jost ia n time, for wa looked back sad saw the rails ^ erawlmg about like fire snakes, aad rss* ningr orer the basks to eool tbesaerivas la ve the water!" ad Jefferson went off to oil his engine. From lh>. Lud'/'f // ??' nr. BEAUTIFUL tcarhativf Wo think we liavi* nowhere been a more simple, touching arid beautiful narrative, showing forth the ]K>wer of truth, than this which fallow*. Jt i* from the ]>en uf S. II. Hammond, the author uf "Country Margins,*' aud a must pleasant aud genial writer: I witnessed a short th'.iy ago, in on# of our higher Courts, a beautiful illustration uf the simplicity and ]?ower of truth. A little girl nine years of ag*j was offered as A witness against a prisoner who was trial fur fcLuiiv committed In her father6 llOUSfi. " Now, Emily," said the counsel fur the prisoner, upon her bting offered jis a witness, " J desire to know if you understand the nature of an oath ?" "I don't know what you iuea: the simple niiBwr. " TIk'H', y??ur 1I?.n??r,"* *aid th< .. il, addressing the <Juur(, " is any ihiujij lurther neC'S-ary to demonstrate the validity of my objections? Tliis witness shouWI - - - V ed. fd.c <! '<.? U'^l compt'ehcud the nature of an oath."' " Let us hpi'," said the Ju<lg<>. " ('<>ine here my daughter." Avaired by the kind tone and manner, of il?- Judge, the tdiiid stepped toward.- him, (and looked confidingly up in his fare, with n calm, clear eye) an J in a maimer so artless and Frank that it went straight to the heart. " Did you ever take an oalh imputed the Judge. The little girl stepped l?aek villi a look of horror, and the red blood mantled in a blush all over her face and nock- as ??keanswered. "l\o, Hr.'1 8li<; thought he intended iu inquire if the had ever blasphemed. " I do not m?*au that," said the ?1udg*\ who saw her mistake : " 1 mean w?ie vuu ever a witness before V j " So sir, I never wp.s ?n Cor.rt "before/1 was the anLv.i r. lie handed her the l*?ible open. 4iJ*o yoii know that Hook. tuy daughter ?" She looked at it and auswered, " Yen air, it is the JJiblc." 44 Do you over r?-ad it f he asked. " Yes, sir, every evening.*' -van you 1**11 hi** what ths Wi'oW U r" inquired I lie .tu'ljj';. " It i? lite word of tii?* gr'_-at ^od,*1 ?-ke answer^]. ? Well, ,.1 tee your hand upon lhi? liil?k? and listen to what i hay," and he f^jieated slowly and solemnly the uuth usually adtiiinit-terod to witness**. " Now ,M tiaid tin- Jud?je?*' von liav-e been sworn as a wilinT.s?will voii toll me wltat will Ik.*fall y?>ti if you do nut tell lite trulli." " 1 bfiaii b*' shut uj. in the Staiv jinkon," answered the child. " Anything el**.*,"' ahk?-d tlie " I shall not go to llvMriiu* tike u How do you know tiiio T aaked the Jud^e again. The child look the J?ibie, and turning rapidly to the cha]?l?* containing the commandments, pointed to the injunction? " Thou fch a It not Uaw false ?rHoea? against thy neighbor." * 1 learned lhat,** bIic sax J, u before I could Acad." " lias any one talked to rov about being a witnefJ! :n Court h?rre ngaiiwtthis tuau'** inquired ilie Jud^e. " Ye*? sir,*" 4ie replied. " V)' mother heard the}' wanted me to l?e a whflw, and I aft night *he called ??e to her rootu and askud me In tdl her -the Teat oMniuwd* inertt*, and tk?n we kneeW 4v?ti logetlwr and she pr^ysd that I might undumLaud how wicked it was to bear false whneM agamn. air uei?UU*r atnJ Otwt '*ud wvultl help me, a lilt!' &M, to UH tins iruih m it VMM before liiip. Avd *Leu f <*tiie }(, here with Father, ?he ki^e J km; aud lull me lo rtnitsinlur the mh cminutHaudtutftn, tliaf (ami ???. ' * ^ I " lio rou 1?*lie*e liiw r lb*- ? while a tear glwteued Mi hi* atu) iu? lij? qtimd ??lli ?iBul><>n. u V?, Mr,** mi.I the <4?U4. with a *uk? ami maimer that staved bar wwictiwi wf the truth ?ra? jterfwt u tiwl U?w jim, toy cbSM* ?hI tl?? J?)ge, " Vuu iiate a good mmAw. YIhi wHoeu ?? romjiet?ni,4' LeeeetiiwwA. " V?*? I on trial fiw life, and iwKiwwt -of lb? charge agaiu* uw, I kmM joy Cod W nodi a wHimm w> tbk. I/t Imt W vxmmine.1." St* t<44 her albrjr ? ?]; the <4 a chill, a? <4?e ?m, Ut <l?8 ?W * 4i? neo about H wbieb ??itl 4in?aatjua of iu truth to eircr* heart, fin iMtiydl; <ww exa?MM?l. TLf cvtwtd fM lar ?i& mm finite and mgmiim ran^d from W Ant tain wit ? mAI?| TUtraiL a* ?jm4mi If tfcal JaUks jittid trjM a'lliinr F^mImoI mI fxtfHtrjr lnd uaeeM Wt l?iwwr. Tfe pmmmm bad cU Sm6m ?i