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9 Wi5?va u\ ft) W^WTfT? IT "V T?) A 'MP ua uSLsu!i} dSLaL^iil^u!_J \J LJiukliLki'ijh siiL^^ffiAiaVi iih dJD?u TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM ] "th33 phicb op Ijiri idxx'X' ~sr is ET23n 3Nf yvxj [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE BY DAVIS & CHEWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1859. VOL. XVI *~.NO. 13 ????^?????? f rom the Family Journal. MY FIRST OP AFRII*. t\ JOHN I'KPPERGIIABS. I will commence by informing tlie reader (hat I am quite a young man of forty years, and hrttfe determined to live all my days in Single I>le3sednes9 in spile of the remonstrances of friends, and the fascinations of nH womankind. I bciieve that the misfor!unes I met with on last April 1st, were instigated, thought of and planned by wofrrc'rt, who through spite (because 1 would V?Ot on CftrrnA ? -* .j, v,m |i?itin iu |jui|iuirate fhe following tricks on mo : I live in a houso with five stories, and <tes>ting to liavo plenty of air ami to bo refiioved from the noise of city lifo, I had selected th'C fifth story.' 1 am engaged in business and am very little at home. Well, on tlie last memorable first of April, I arose early, and as usual went to my wash-stand fo take a healthy and cooling drink of water. I poured out a tumbler full of clenr liquid, and at one swallow down it went ; but it was no sooner down than up it came. l tliougtit of poison first, but remembering opce having tasted some' blue lick" I soon Accounted for tbe sickening sensation I felt. I seized my pitcher nnd threw up the window and emptied the contents, not on the fttreet as I intended ; but on an unfortu- j nate dog who went yelping down llie street. ! nnd I really pitied that Jog for the sudden j shower, and tho confounded stench of that 44blue lick" was enough, vulgarly speaking i "to make a dog nick" I then went to the door and found it J lockcd and the key gone. Now L want to j flay one thing, I was not intoxicated the i night before. I never drink spirituous li- j quors, and Iiow that door key got on the j outside of my door (which I perceived 011 examination) was a puzzle I could not koIvq. Fortunately the holder of ihe lock was inside of inv room and screwed on, so I weut to work and broke all the blades of my new knife in taking it olF. I pulled open the door, rushed onl, and caught my foot in a piece of string nt the head of the steps and took a loap "? / ? /'inrluquin" head formost down twenty stops, breaking my pitcher to f/iircrs, bumping my head and arousing all llie tenants of tlie four stories below ; some rushing out various parts, some poking night caps with expressive eyes in them from out behind iheir door*, and some timid fellows set to work nnd moved all the furniture they had jtgainsL the iloor of their room, thus barricading their rooms from all pirates, ?fce. I recovered myself and started limping back to my room among the muttered curses and jeers of the boarders ; (I hate boarders.) Even Jones whom I had told time after time that I did not drink, slammed his door saying : "Confound that Pepporgrass, he is continually getting drunk." I intend to maul Jones the first time I catch hitn in a dark corner, alone. I succeeded in getting to my room and went to work putting on my clothes, that is nil I could find, for it seemed "old Mak" himself was into every thing. My panta loons I found hanging out. my window, a beautiful sight to passers below ; my shoes minus the strings were taking observations from the top of my wardrobe ; my coat had turned chimney 6weep and wjis half way up the chimney ; my stockings were in my coat pocket tied up into twenty 1'nAla mv Kr?n ?a??? fT". ,1 - ? ? I ?i.vvo J UI (til lien tiat HrtO ciuucu III ii broken pane ; (who broke that glass I don't know,) my brush nt the first rub made me jump at least four feel in the air ; on examining my brush, 1 found mixed up with the birslless about a dozen pins which was quite pleasant to brush horse hair, but I did not require currying, so I dispensed nil further use of it. I went down to breakfast with face unwashed, hair uncombed, and looking for all the world like one wlio had been on a spree for a week. There sat Jones, (how I hale him) wilh a malicious grin on his dried up, shallow face. I sat down, and to make a long story short, my coffee was salted, my butter was rank, my steak was full of red pepper, (I never used red pepper) and my bread was inado of nasty bran. I jumped up with an oath, (I never curs? .ed before,) flew out of the the house, miAtft my breakfast, and started down to my f>lace of business. There I found a note signed bv mv dear friend lligems. nskinc me to cal.l immediately nt Li? house, as hefcad B<fi?ethjng veryjmportant to communicate. rt I jufnjjcil into an omnibus, and was landed at Haggin's door, rang tlie bell, and the servant came and told me that lliggias had been away a week, and was not expected ;Uack for'eight or ten days. ' "But," says T, "I have a note from him." replied the black servant Jfl " girl, tliovring her Vvoriea ; "guess, Mr. Peter gooff, you is April fooled." Ah ! at last I hfd it, tliie was the first ?f April, and' I am selected for a fool, birt t J will fpol them all yet, and I rushed down - Pratt street to take the Philadeland Jeave the city ftn^the day.? 'FU6 cars-' started in fifteen minutes. I vtj! . I ' V could get there in thirteen. As I ran the fir? bells commenced ringing, nnd hearing I " my name called, I turned nnd saw a little urchin coming towards me. He enme up, nnd out of breath, (I believe he only pretended,) said : "Mr. Pop-pep-er grass, the store is on Rrft." I riiahcd bade, thinking of my new coat in the oflloe, and reached the sloro, out of breath, in lime to see that hateful Jones rounding the ne.it corner, and find the store safe in the same place I had left it. It was too late for the cars, nnd I sat mooilily at my de^k until dinner time. ? - - ' 'wu.iujj mure irauspircu, anil 1 lliouglil my time was over for persecution. I went up to mj- room, and going in, tlic first tiling that greeted my eyes was a cart and load of bricks standing in the centre of the room. There it stood, every thing complete, wheel*, shafts, body and all, and filled with the best pressed bricks. I had seen that cart in the morning in front of tlie street door ; but how it came up in my room to the fifth story, was moro than I could imagine. I went to work nnd examined it closoly, and by the rather bungly manner it was put together, I found out some persons (I suspected Jones for one) had taken that cart to pieces, and carried it up to my room piecn bv piece, nnd then put them to Iw.n 1.-st..~1.? lt.? 1 I - - -1 1 VIUUJJII>U|>UIU UIIUIO iinu lOIlUL'U I it up. I was contemplating this mysterious : cart and contents, when a loud rap started i me. I bid the rapper come in. The door , opened, and a tall, spare man, with crape 011 his bat, came in. I recognized the tin- | deatakcr around the corner, and wondered what on earth lie wanted with me. I asked liim his business, and he said he had come to take the measure of J/>. Peppergrass' body. I very politely declined his services, and while talking to him, another rap at tlie door came, and I bid rapper Xo. 2 enter. Tlie door opened, and a big Irishman came in, bearing on his slnuSder a heavy cradle, saving : 'is this Mr. Palergrlpcs' room, sir ? Sure, I've brot the cradle vou ordhered. and if. is tin dollars you'll lie afther laying me for it." I sercnmed otil, "wliat in the thunder do you think I will do with that infernal piece of furniture ? Tako it away." Another rap, and in came a boy with a suit of clothes, another hoy hearing a ' large pound cake, and still another hoy, | leading two hig hull dogs hv a string. To ! make my Ktorv short, in fifiecn minutes my j room was completely jammed with under- j takers, men, boys, dogs, cats, furuituro, clothing, and everything mentionable, and through the open door T perceived Jones> leaning over the banister, grinning to his heart's content. I rushed out of my room, overturning boxes, boys, and all things in my way, flew out of the house, minus my dinner, down to the office. There a large bundle awaited me. I opened paper after paper until I camc to a small piece of board, and marked on it was "April Fool." I (lid not attempt to go home, but sent some men to remove tbat cart ami bricks for which I paid two dollars ; nor did I go to supper, knowing wbat awaited me, bul at bed time t sneaked in and crawled carefully up' tlie steps (I am certain I beard Jones's door creak) and went into my room. All was quiet. I lit my lamp, locked the door, pat tire key under my pillow, undressed, and as I got into my bed I remarked 'now it is all over ;M but I soon found outt it was nil under, for down through the bed I went to the floor, with a bump that shook the house. My bed cords bad been cut, and I beard a roar of laughter through the house. This finished my frrst of April, and next morning there was a titter all round as I made my appearance at the breakfast table. I know Jones was one of the instigators of my misfortunes, nnd I in lenu 10 De even wim mm, and when I am I will tell all about it. The Omnibus Conductor in Australia. ?Fowler, in his work ou Australia, 6ays: "I was riding alono in n 'bus, and was much annoyed at the couductor, who was constantly opening and slamming the door. 'What are you about, my boy T I at length said. "Why can't you leave Die door alone ?'?Oh ! vou're a new-chum." was tliA contemptuous answer. * Well; but what lias that to do with the matter ? You are not paid to annoy new>chums, are you ?'? 4 Of course not; hut don't you 6ee every time I hang the door the horses think some one has got out, and?my oath !?that's the only way I can make 'em put on the stenm. .You see,'he quietly added, sum rmng mo up as a Londoner with a look, p these here horses is ~Coekfi?j*8, and muit he dealt with as sicli.'" , > A wag Said of a woman who had obtained a divorcc from her husband bcoause he had a bald head, which lie concealed by i a wig during the period of urging iVis matri| moniftl suit aud the consummation of the bargain^ thatabe wig-gled out pf .wedlock ! otv a bald asswrnntion. " - " Pooli 1 PookP eaid an unfeeling wife to her expiring husband, as lie stray*, to titter a few parting words, ' don't stop to talk, but go on with your dying.' A STOMP SPEECH. The following specimens of quaint humor wo fiiul in one of our exchanges, mi* dor the head of "OaliforniaCorrcspondence.'' They purport to ho delivered l?y n slump candidate at San Francisco : fallow-Republicans ami Ju-l/ow Sujf'er' cr/t:?I am a plain and modest man, horn at an early period of my existence?which great event occurred at home one night, | when my mother was out?I have struggled from 111o obscurity, to which an unlucky j star had doomed me, till I have risen like I a bright exhalation in tho evening, to the ! very summit of human greatness and grandeur. Gentlemen, I profess no principles ?unfortunately, I have none. Oil the unhappy occasion of birth, a dismal and melancholy man, clolhcd in the sombre hues of mourning, swapped n>e away for another i baby, and subsequently lost ino at a rafle. Sat event ! lint who can control liis fate ? We are the creatures of destiny?"tlicro is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how he will." (il was intended by nature for a great statesman. Had 1 lived in tire days of Han j ibal, I should luv.ke beaten that great chief- j tain in crossing the Alps ; and it is a dead | certain thing that I could have distanced ! Cortoz in crossing the Isthmus. He never [ performed the feats I liavo did ; lie never came tip the Cliagres river in a canoe, with ? A~..t 1 .1 1 - M-.-.t - " I <i uuai nuu uuuiu nuuinu', willioiil a l'OU j cent, or change of summer apparel. "But ' a light heart and a thin pair of breeches ' j goes merrily through the woild." * * "Sir, every man who lias conic here is a [ Columbus! lie comes to discover new diggings. I am a Columbus. I was dead j broke at home as Columbus was, and I have come out here to strike a new vein. 1Jnt I am not going to the mines ! Oh, no. Vou don't catch me lip to my waist in ice water, wi',h a juvenile pickaxe and incipient crowbar, laboring under a sun of one ! hundred degrees in the shade, to dig out i niit... i it uiv iiiuiv mtiir. nu, sir ; 1 am 1101 Oil that lay. I lialo labor ? it was an invention made to vex mankind. I prefer an of lice, one that is lucrative ami not laborious; what you call a sinecure. And if I cannot ?et one myself, I will go in for any man who will divide 011 the tfead level, and 110 splits. * * * I'Sir, where will you find a i country like this ? Talk not of oriental j gorgeousness of eastern countries. Tell us j not of fairy scenes which poets, who revel ; in the great warm bath of heavenly imaginations, paint, with golden pens, on leaves of satin. The description of this beautiful 1 1.1 1 r.i- 11 wuii11 v oiiuuim uu \>iilu*n wiui luc sjoiuen wand of an angel dipped in the softest rays of a sunbeam upon the blushing and delicate surface of a rose-leaf. Kxcuso ine, gentlemen, I exccpl only the rainy seison and the time when the dust flies. "We love our native land ; we honor her flag ; and would not trouble the CustomHouse if we had a fair show. But Congress must not put on any airs, or we wHl lake charge of the C ustom House and Post Office, and make a great mfuss genernlly. rri - ? . ? " uiese arc my scnumenis, gentlemen. u they don't admit us into the Union, we will burst open tho Cu.stom-1 louse and admit all liquors free of duty. And now with n parting blessing upon the girls we left behind us, and tho boys that are coming after us, we will adjourn and take a private drink." A Staler in a Tight Place.?At N one Saturday evening, fatigued by his long journey a wagoner, with his son John, drove his team into good range, and deter- ; mined to pass the Sabbath, enjoying a sea- c son of worship with tho good folks of the j village. 1 t^hen the tim6 for worship arrived John t was set to watch tho team, while the wag- t oner went in with the crowd. The preach* 6 er had hardly announced his subject be- < fore the old man fell sound asleep. He sat l against .ths partition in the center ol the ? body slip ; just oiot against him, separa- j ted only by the very low partition, sat a [ fleshy lady who seemed all absorbed in the r sermon. She struggled hard with her feel- t ings, until, unable to control them any, 'j longer, she burst out with a loud scream, 1 and shouted at the top of her voice, rous- , ing the old matt', who but half awake, r thrust his arms around her waist attd cried, | very soothingly :? B "Wo, Nance ! wo, Nance, wo I Here, John, calling his son, "cut the bellyband, and loose the breeching* quick, or she'll r tear everything all to piecfis !* | It was all lite work of a moment, but the r sister forget to I'll out, the preacher loBt fftd thread of his discourse, nud the meeting f came prematurely to an enf\; wliile,-deept it* - IT uiuitiutu, tuu VJIU iimu etiiiktiu away, B determined not to go to meeting again until be could manage to keep bit senses by . remaining awake. - V" . *' , * A doctor detained, in court as a witness r complaioed to the judge that if he was j kept from his patients- they might recover in /ii? aoscncc : ... B "They ftell rae wine gives strength !' c said Fo*, one day., "and jet I, who have <j just drtwfc tbree boUto cannot Sftep my** " self oh iky Mjp P' - j From the A"( ? England Farmer. JUST FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. HY A. Wll.l.ARD I1AI.I.OCK. I'm thinking of tlx: place, John, Where oft we used to roam, Tlmt little eotbeneath the trees We culled our forest home. 1 And well 1 know you'll never forget, I What e'er your lot below, j That dear old spot we loved so w ell, .1 ust fifteen years ago. ! I'm thinking of the school, John, The master, too, so grim, | An.I l.nw n-....1.1 I...... 1.!-. I ?-I. We twain would mimic liiin. The master sleeps death's dreamless sloop, 1 The bright preen turf below? Our childhood's home has vastly changed, i Since fifteen years ago. I.ast summer time I wandered, John, To where we used to piny ; The school house was not on the hill. The brook had dried away ; j The old mill-wheel had ceascd to move, The cottage was laid low? The faces were not those wc knew Just fifiee'i years ago. 1 wandered to the church-yard J?>u, And stepped beyond the wall ; The graves were many, and the grass O'er ihcm grew thick and tall ; I'pon (lie stones I read the names Of those who slept Wov, i And they were names we loved to speak, j .lust lift ecu years ago. With saddened heart I turned away, And gained the dusty road, And from that spot so dear to me, With rapid step I strode; I could not bear to look uroiind. It made me sad to know That all were gone whom we bad ?o^c4, ?....? ?:< . uu.11 nilwti ^ un?. My eyes are wet with teurs, John, Tlicy urc falling while I write, I'riends tlmt wo loved are col<l in death, And T am sad to-night; r.ut, John, our sorrows soon will end, Life's stream will cense to flow, And wc rest where erst we played, Ju* fifteen years ngo. THE INDEPENDENT FARMER. IIY W. W. FOSOICK. i Let sailors sing the windy deep. Let soldiers praise their armor, jiui in my Jicari mis toast I U Keep, The Independent Farmer ; , "When first the rose in robe of green, Unfolds its crimson lining. And round his cottage porch is scon The honey suckle twining, When banks of bloom their sweetness yield ! To bees that gather honey, lie drives his team across the field, I Where skies are soft and sunny. The blackbird clucks behind his plow, ' The <juail pipes loud and clefcrly; I Von orchard hides behind its bough, , The home he loves bo dearly ; The grey old barn, vrhoosc doors unfold Ilis ample store in measure, More rich than heaps of hoarded gold, precious, uiesseu treasure; 1 But yonder in the porch there stand* His wife the lovely charmer, I The sweetest rose on ull his lauds? | The Independent Farmer. , To him the spring comes dancing gay, To him the summer blushes, J The autumn smiles with mellow ray, | His sleep old winter hushes; I He cares not how the world may move, No doubts or fears confound him ; His little tlock arc linked in love, And household angels 'round him ; 1 He trusts in God, and loves his wife, 1 Nor grief nor ill may harm her, < ?i..?v. __i-i iic o uaiuiu a uuuicuiu.il ill ilie? j The Independent Farmer. ( A Conscientious IVidaow.?A poor pons- < int on liid death-bed made liis will, lie f tailed his wife to him, and told her of it 1 >rovisions. "I havo left," ho said," my i lOrse to my parents; sell it, and hand over ' o them the motiey yotf receive. I leave i 0 you my dog; take care of him, "lie will ] ervo you faithfully. The wife prom'is'cd to < >bey, and in due time set out to the neigh- i joring market with the horse Hnd tho dog. i 1 How much do you want for your horse }" I nquircd a farmer. " t cannot sell' the < lorso alone, but you may have both at a i easoname rate. Liive me ten pounds for he dog, and five shillings for the horse."? I'he farmer lau'ghed, but as the terms tfefe ow he willingly accepted them. Then the vorthy woman gave to her husband's paenta the five shillings received for the torse, and kept the ten pounds for her elf. _ ' Oh.dear exclaimed, Henrietta throw ng herself into the rocking choir, 'I'll lever go to that Post office again, t6' be ookcd out of countenance by all those nen on the corner, It's so provoking! tVhat can f do, Sarah Jane, to stop those lvtiui iucii Binriiijj rno bo in IUQ I?C6 I' J ' iyo as f do,' implied'Sarah Jane, with a < ly look,4 Sht>w yoiw a"nkle P ' 1 What a Btrain that is/ tfaiff Mrs. Part. 1 nglon,.as she heard art ai'ia .IVom Lucia ' u^g hi the highest etyli by a-yoiing lady ' vbere she was visiting. ' "Ve#,' ^as^tlijj' 1 oply, * I loougu tore uiff Hjn iu|?'or* mi Dom.' The <k?V? (fe 6K^jwi?^ I^car(e? ented one day at ^Kzurious tatle, cried t 'n't': '.What, do mHbophers indulge in u lawtties!' * Why nlfeVrfreplied Deecariee, do you ihralc that nd^^produced iril Iter, food things.for fools $ ~ j THE DECISION. On (lie evening of (lie 23d oi .May, 1834 , five persons were seated at tlic table in a bouse in tlio village of Alaaznna, which is situated at the foot of those inoirntarfns , which seperato the kingdom of N?<S^nje from tlie province of (juipuzron. ft'-vms ubout three o'clock, and though' tho afeteriioon repast had been concluded, the party still lingered at tlie table;, sipping cotfee, und tftstintr at intervals tho small liaitcure glasses of brandy willi which in Spain tlmt odoriferous beverage is qualified. The lionso was one uf those ohl baronial mansions, vast, massive, and gloomy, which ai\, yet to bo found in the rich valleys of Navarro, the relies of liasque feudalism. The apartment in which the party was assembled had been an orator, and was adotned with niches, in which stood the figures of various saints and martyrs, some ! of them were executed with that exquisite 1 art wliio.h conveys the startling and painful j realty of the most intense suffering. In a I sort of alcove at the lower end of the room j ' was a small alter on which stood the figure i ' . 1 i of "Our Lady of Sorrow," wrought with the I ^ utmost perfection that mortal hands can j bestow upon its own work. It was clothed j in the daik habiliamcuts of the convent, I i i luul no part was visible except the face, on j which wps imprinted so death-like nnd to ghastly a melanchollv, increased still more ' l?y the unnatural lustre of the black eye, as to present the appearance of a dead body which hnd been restored for a moment to the living world. Befuro this shrine burned a small, glass lamp encased in silver, ' the rays from which timidly essayed to penetrate tho thick gloom in that corner of | tho' apartment. Tho hu'go windows had been thrown ! ! open',- and the lich and fragrant perfume ( pre varied the room from thefiuits and flow era beneath. The scene without was one of wild beauty ; deep valleys sheltered alike from the cold of winter as ftotn the heat of summer ; gentle slopes basking in the sun ; tnountais wooded to tiic sA'uVmit ; rrrtd here and there a naked and pointed crag cutting the blue sky, oft the very edge of which was perched, like an eagle on his eyrie, the Chapel Churri sentiilel, wIVc", with bayonet glittering in the sun, was watching the rude telegraph as it sent its signals over a thousand hills, announced the slightest movement of the enemy at that moment in full retreat. Groups of guerillas, ' divided into outposts and picquets, were seen in glimpses through the drapery of vine leaves which hung in festoons about llio balcony; the snow-white buina, or flat ( (;np, with its green tassela contrasting J strongly with the sharp, well formed features, the ravc^-blaek hair, ami the eagle eye of the Navareso mountaineer. The persons who fur the last quarter of fin hour hail gazed in silence on the beau? [iful scene so lavishiugly spread out before C them, were military men. One was a ? young oflicer who wore the galones of a ^ lieutenant colonel. His light blue eye and 6 fair complexion annonnced a more north- ' jm descent than of his companions ; , wid his countenancc bore an expression of s entlenesn utmost incompatible with his 1 professions of arms. He was gazing in- ^ tently on the path which led from Segura 1 Lo Alsazua. Three other individuals were sealed at ^ the table, and conversed in a low hushed ^ I'oice amongst themselves; but the conver- ( >ation seemed forced and constrained, and ( Lhey now and then looked with an air of pity ' at the 3'oung officer near them ; they were ' frt ' lillt lliorn iifAa ^ v? wvw.i.^ , vucio woo mi vim:r iiittu seated opposite, whose very movement was y regarded with anxiety ly all. In appear- c ince he was low in stature, hut his frame was cast in a robust mould. Sternness and mpetuousity formed the prominent ex- c sessions of his face, and his quick, black 3 ?yo shot forth glances of fire, llis brow t ivas largo and high ; his nose rather long t *nd weli formed ; his mouth small?the r i'jMi thin and compressed, with a character t jf tire most unbending firmness; I113 chin t round and largo, whilst and expression of t 'efocity was added to his feautures by the f large, black moustaches which united with i hid V*V?IRVoro Tlia l.imf wm.l/1 I been a tftod'ef f6r a sculptor, were it not for I inequality in the shoulders, Orie of whfch ^ was 6ome\thaf highfti1 than the other, and ? which had! the effect to Make hitf head np* \ pear to inclitts raoi'e to 6V10 side than to the t >ther. His hands atVd feet ere delicate ? ind small; his dress was simple in the ex:reme, and presented a strong contrast to ; jmbroided ornam'ents on the nniforms of ^ .hose about him. Tied cloth trowsers atrnp- f ped to his boot, a eumara, a sheep-skin v acket, adorned with silver claspB and c :hains, left half-open at tho breast, and t tvhinh exposed to view a shirt suVpnB'singly ; -!.!? 1 i5_- . -Ml 1 ? - wuiienuu ulie, n i>ii\ck-siik necKOJOlh tied r iafelesdly around his broad and well form- c id thrbat, ir white bttiaiaT partially conceafr e pvjdjrol1 to "be ip rq#& and air- i iioriiy to' tilrotfe abound him. - 1 a'fter* a' aileiioe Which Ia*ed icmetinv* lie person whose appearance we have de- c icribed, called, in an abrupt (one 6f voice, c ?"Montenegro! f "Generai," anaHfered the aid de camp' f itarting to his feet. t "The messenger has not. yet returned from Segura send out two lancers, with a "oporal to meet him. Let them bring his li.*pnches hero; this srtsponse can he no kongor horno?it must bo over before sunset; waste no time?quick ! Do as I order. "H shall be donp, gene?aV' ft,1d ^ie dc Canip loft ihe room. "It were better it were over at once, Leopoldo," ho resumed, speaking to tho young, fair eomplexioned officer. "I shoirld desire thai Quesada complied with vou reftiiflat. - - ?1 I should like to a pure Vt n, wero it I ut for your father's snW "I should like lo live for my mother's sake," said the young mnn"but the will of Heaven he done i I nm pVepared to die ; I shall die a soldier's death." "Quesada cannot be so great a wrelch as to refuse," said the other; "but tor your rush and dating conduct two days ago ir> the valley of Aranaz, ho himself, with liis three baltallions, might be now where you ire. I should like to savo you ; but if he refuse his exchange, much as I love your Other's son, you die before the sun goes J own !*' The terriblo announcement imparted no terror lo the contenaivce of the young man. He clasped his hands a moment, bent his Taco to the table, and muttered tho words ??.>' ?? /./.? / / ?v, v1"/ ' luoiner . ) A loud knock was heard nt t lie door. "Come in !'' cried the terriblo o.hief.? Hie aid-da camp entered. ''Ila ! you have Lhe dispatches; let us see." The messenger that had been Pent to ^uesada's head quarters entered the room ; j lie was pale and breathless,and handed the Gjeneial a slip of paper. He gazed at it, und grew deathly pale, he bit his lip until the bloo-.i started from it. The scroll onlv said,? "i-iCt tlra robber now at Alsnzuna demand from the bearer n'l^ reply." " What reply." The messenor(!r tnlil flint ?? v" vw..i.iiuinwn | .ing the corsir.isaion of his general, Que?ada replied not,U>uL ordered fifteen prisoners, among lliem four officers, to bo pa? 'nded before him where he Btood. Thoy were commanded to' htieel down, nnd an entire company fired on thoiri, and shot hem to death. "Tell what you have seen," said Qntrala "to the robber who sent you ; that is my reply." "Enough," said the generai?to the messenger; "be gone! Montenegro, order jut a party of twelve men to parade at the jack of the house ; let mrtkets bo loaded. Send the chaplain here. Leopoldo, a cd)i O-env t Vmi i...IP .? ? ?" .?V. . . A vw UlVi ii?ll| <?ii uuur The chaplain came. Leopodo having list written to the queen-regent,- accusing ^uesada as the cause of his death, oh' ac? !outit of his refusal to exchange prisonors, [pent the momenta that remained in prayer, ilc was led to the s; ot supported by two itJes-dc canip\ ho knelt down unbandaged ind unpionioned, dressed in his uniform, villi his decorations, hU ppnrs and his woru. iiic sun una not yet set; three nen fired on him, and in an instant the gallant, intelligent, and beautiful young nan was a bleeding corpse ! This brave officer, who had soine days K'forc saved Qnesada and his battallions rom falling into the hands of his ferocious nemy, and who was in return thus ubanloned to his fate, was LoopoMo O'Donnel, i lieutenant colonel in the Ohriatino army, md the first cousin of the present Genernl )'Donnel: and the inexorable chieftain ivliom we have just described was tha celibrated Zumalacarreguy. Religion in Amusements.?A celebrated livinesays, 'People may ask, 'What have 'ou to do with amusement* ?' I have not o do with tliem ; but Cod made man to lo with them. That iu human nature ; md that man lakes a wrong courso who ries to dam up human nature. I want to urn human natuijfc in n right dircc ion, and let men hatfe g<VoiV amusements, or they like them. Where is the man that loeB not like to haVd'AYnusement ? Why, like to see a kitten dliatfe its OVrn tail, f the lYrinixterB of religion had done their lnty in trying to guide nnd direct the imuBements of the people, thei'e Would not >e so many bad Amusements an' there are his day. Instead of the clcrgy standing iskance from amusements, t would l;ke to ee tliem taking more interest?taking part 11 them. I agree with John Wesley, who vhen somo people found fault \y?th him' or taking tunes which had l>een associated with foolish songs, and apply them to sa red hymns, replied, 'I see no reason why he devil should have nil the good things ?V the world.* No more do I. -Tliefe are mi?i<V nniii'innr hnmt> ?il 1 p- & 1 *J- 1 "?? rickei. 'I would yo]$? them nil in tlie errice' of religipn iiuitf vh,l?8Ir ''the iter rfr. A wail irfore etnirtent n tor tli? bHHi.moyuqf- l(ie imagi latidii ilmn the forco of hii logic. At one lTtie lie wm preacliihg 6n the ' ritfnistry of iig6l&,'Atod in the perortitien' he wrtldfetrly ibfcerved,' I bear r V&ftpeH* T^hechffrige ?f tone started the deacon, who sni below, rom r drowsy mood, end, springing to hit eel, lie spoke: ' I guess it's the hoys in he gallery !' ?*" RELIGION AND LIFE. Prayor is a beautiful and fitting things and accords with one of the oldest sentooI ces belonging to human piety, which may l>e translated1 thiYa :?First of rill, thou? slialt worship God ! It is not essential that thanks should he uttered in' woM-i to constitute them ali accer?.i1de offering to the bountiful Giver ; for tie knows tho heart of man, and prefers the grateful and eloquent silcnco thereof, before all mere ritual ceremonies. But when the words represent the feelintrs. tl/n r>i ? , - v...?w vi i:;rni U hallowed nnd sacred. For as the Lord lovetli a cliccrful giver j in all tilings, this spontaneous outpouring . of a grateful lYeirft, v/hither for the bounj ties of the table, the beauties of nature, or ! the cotryiivcii blessings of Ire, so numerous, ! atrc? ofteri ao cheaply valued, cannot fail t6 1 strike these waiting chords'of henvdiV, whi'di | connect man with the Infinite, nnd make ri i sweet music in the care of Ood. The^ blees also the man himself with priceless blessings : and as the dew of morning makes the grass of the field and the foliage of the tress, nnd the blossoms of orchard's and gardens more fresli nnu radiant, filiing the earth with beauty and gladness, and rich fortastes of the divine beatitude, ?o ... likewise does gratitude renew and Lrigliteu the soul of h man, so that he pecs things' with new eyes, nnd finds heavenly consolations in untoward events and conditions the most ndvei'sc. We shall all do well to cultivate that , harmonious state of mind' nnd feeling of which this high virtue is tiie heaitiful and beneficent expression ; for gratitude is a I perpetual prayer, sweeter and far holio^ than burnt offerings and sacrifices. It is sad to think of the heavenly Foil j which we sustain through our lack of rever I i.iiv.u ntiu ttcvouon. ror muiougli there ara among us bright nnd shining examples of religion who adorn the profession of the I Christ mil character, and add new lustres to | is sanctity, we are far from being a religion* people, and tlie services which wcofftr to God are too often rku'al merely, and hnVe no root in' th'6' soivl. rJll stfch service* is vain and will avail no man anything. r> .?. ?t -? - - wut wnen uie nenrt is touched with tbo golden firo of love, and the soul goes forth through a diviue attraction, Ji.li i soars" triumphantly above the clouds and tho sorrows of Calvary, to communc with God at the gates of heaven, then does religion manifest itself in jubilant vitality, and with' an army of gl ry before which words rYo dumb, and forms wither, and ceremonies suspend thrfir performances and fall down palsied with the shame of their seeming. Whete the 6 is much' cerenVony, tbe^e is little religion. Truth ib* its own Rclorument, and needs no outward credentials nor courtly pageantry to recommend it. Where, as falsehood must be bolstered up with lies, aiid' decorated with painted garrtVetiW lo gh'6 it a divine semblance, and get it? culture Established. ./inn as trutli abides foi; cvor, so nro its satisfactions eternal, and its high rewards ever* accumulating and progressive, enlarge ing tho spiritual growth of the soul,- aliit fitting it (dfr new <ievt#f>pment8 of imlno!1tal life and 'ttie entertainments of heaven. Religion is the highest form of truth, and if we have no love nor revereitco for it* teachings, and only render to it the homage of lips by uttering the verbal coinage of ihe l*r yer Iiook one day in seven, we put our souls in the wrong, and jeopardy both our temporal and eternal happiness". What, therefore, is to hinder us froiri* seeking first of all the possessions of this divine truth, and making it a lamp to our foet through all the ways of life I Neithei* time nor eternity has for nihil any other anchoiage save this alone. Without it We float froin.we?ry ne? to sea, From etorm to rtoun livtoat, Crying wild crirs to which no aniwars A - J r - nuu icniiiig we are iobu With it, Joy, lift*, and rapture! juy, And faiili, aud lor?( Dissolving doubt# and foal's ; Fixingtlieioul with steadfast looks above,fn rainbo ws of glad t?nrs. Religion is for life hs- well as fof faith . for the mart hs well an f&V tho tempi? j * and if il have ri'o holy influence il'iei'e to keep a man from oVer reaching frauds and the general dishonesties of Made ; if it doe? \ , not make hiirt kinder to tliORd abbut him, less gasping, selflsh and sordid'in liis deal ? ings with the World', and tcaoh him to raliite ? ? ? # ,tl -1' -?? ? * * iiidii no cDiiiriiijng greater, nobler and of nYore heavenly worth than dollar*, he rtVay be stVrd that Religion u f?r from' him, And that if he profess it. he it a hypocrite whom God Abhors. Religion make* life godlike, And a long prayer of i'baiikt' giving And love. Its Sabbaths are evcVy day, And happy is he who remcrtbet* W "Eeep theth Holy." - ' jtf V if- -?" * A Dutch Story.?'Veil, luslit niglit i tbe varat as never vaslr. t toughti to go down <1# hill to mine liome, but no sooner did t valk, den de faster 1 Maud still, for tle dai'kness vas so tick dat I eoot ndt-afir4 it roit miue pool*; and dd rain, ddnder and blitzen, irt Itiore dan fr?o ibinit mine fkio Vas vet tfo& to rtiine clo'n.^j&icri^aft^r von little vile it stopped qnittin' to * rahf tome- * dliing ; go I keep tolink ail de vajr long ; and van I com* to fiainn own bouse, vat rou' tiiilt l?- it. 4l *'* '