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tnrivra Tjf n? ^ A W ILj u uuu!^} sLi! iLiii i!^ll IL^$$LM6 TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. I " tiraa r* n i c e ox1 i_? i xi je ts t y is etexiktaxj vig-iijanoe." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCiS BY DAVIS & CliUWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1859. VOL. XVI NO. 19 / V,?.,. v ;.... 'iv I .. . 1 ASSAULTED BY RUFFIANS, 11V MAHY KYLE 1?AU..\S. One ilfty, while wo were living at Jiut Permit. 1 was silling alone on the veran dan, feeling very lonesome ami very cross for the children had gone to (he city l> visit brolhcr 'Join and sister-in-law, and i'sailer and John were oil' on a fishing exclusion with a parly of friends, and I t!i< 1 not cxpect any of them home for several days. Besides, I could not make up my mind uln.-l.lier to lie angrv at I'sailer for leaving me so long alone, or to be worried about him?accidents so frequently hap: cn at li-diing parties, you "know; and, between the two <? ?-!I "vas much more uncomfortable than ii I could have indulged either umiitcrrupt(-< Urns ?vcrv one who has ever been in the same .situation must admit. I had just made up my mind to go upstairs and lay down and have a good cry, when the stage, which tan through the village twice a day, rattled up to our gale, stopped, and finally deposited safely in (he garden path a young lady, a travelling-bag, and a brown paper parcel. The lady WfK ni\* ft ii>ml \lis I-.11.1 ll,? traveling bag and blown ]?:?j?er parcel plainly told licit slio intended to make me a a visit. I was delighted at the thought. Nothing was ever more opportune. and I was always charmed to see Kusa. Mv low spiiits liad entirely left mo in tiie sd:ort spaco of half an liour. "While Kosa was arranging lier hair and changing her traveling-die^, 1 ran down stairs to give J1 :l? i some diiection<. 1 found that d"U!j<el haul at woilc at the ironing table, ami in a terrible Mate of curiosity. 'So we've got company !' was h-r first sanitation. 'City folks, I reckon 1 Ves," 1 answered, ' _\li?s Wells is fn?m the <-ity.1 4 J thought, r.n,' was the i (joinder?' ci'y folks1 gowns ;i!! *is nick out so nice. I'v>ironed tip tl.<> best tullVd pillow c.'f-c-, ntivl Ousted t!?o fjiiiro in-.!-room, Mis. I*.-:?!i? ? , and mixed up some fust-rate cake; mid J reckon she'll find out how't we kin Ik-v goo i victuals in the. country, v. Louver s!ic. ?s. There r.iift nobody kits beat mo at cak.mnl sas*.' I saw that try domestic dignity was safe in the hands of J1 ep>iba, and knew t!;;it *dic would not fail to produce the be.-t sii]?por eircunsManccs \v< : ! ! admit i t". So I went tip stairs, with a i:;iud a: free from nil anxiety as that of a school !> y iv. vacation. jJ>js:i was quite <!.-? -:d, ;:::1 v. c u.wn and had a long chat ahout every tiling and everybody. Ilosa reveal 1 to sue, as a groat sterol.; that she was engaged, and I answered that 1 hoped she would bo as liMt.l.f ..c I ?v..C 1 the unpleasant fueling I had been indnlging in about that li?hing party only an liotn before. Well, after a while, when riy friend was thoroughly rented, I proposed a walk and, as tlic sun had nearly gone down and we were stiro to meet no one, we start cd,justns we were, without our bonnets and went down toward the water side. llosa could not praise the place ei:oai:h It was 'an earthly paradise,' .she said?' ; spot which should be consecrated to mil sic, love, and friendship.' She quote* Moore, Scott, and Jtyron, and vowed ilia she could live and die, ' th<*. world fuigel ting, by the world forgot,5 in such an Ivk-i I had never before felt the slightest glim iner of romance about the locality in iptos tion, which I had been accustomed U> des jgnate as ' S toko's woods' and ' lUitternu pond r but enthusiasm is catching?c<?n>e (piently I became enthusiastic, and w \VATu1ar/?<l ntruinr l?\r llir* ii/in<1 !?.. 0 . J on its beauties, until wo arrived at a spo where tlio woods were of much dense growth, and overshadowed the water 01 every side, when Rosa declared that she a! most expected to sec a mermaid rise up 01 its bosom. If we could only believe the tales c our childhood, Emma,' said she,' I couh fancy yonder log rising upon the surfac of the water to be a mermaid's head. On *y look, ttimna, what a strung rcsoinblanc ito a human facc 1' I never saw anything so singular in nv ife. The longer I looked, the more became convinced of Ihc similitude, am when at last it began to move, I could liavi screamed. 4 It must be a mermaid,' said llosa, lean ing forward over the water ; but at tha moment I caught sight of a pair of boot lying beneath a tree, from which som other articles of male apparel were hang ing, and I understood the case a once. Come away, liosa,' I whispered,' tlicr is some one iu bathing.' You should have seen that giil ! Kh covered her faco with her handkerchiu, and ran, regardless of the road she took and, as sho would certainly have lost he way unless I followed her, I was oblige .o do EO. Rosa ran until she came to a little clum of hushes, around which sho darted at a angle; and, as 1 approached tho same spol I found that wo wero right in the midst c :i l title pro up of young men, who wore n: pa liner tli<> tnselves on cold ham, pie, :sn?l something in :i bottle. JJosa sqmealed, am] tlie young men appeared to think our np | pearance a very funny incident. "Without I positively insulting us, thev made a great ' J many impudent remarks, and friphtone-d * ! a h>ng distance?in fact, until we were out ' , of the woods, when they left us, or.'o t>l ' them ealliinr hack as tliev went : . i j 15yl>ye; we'll call ami see you soon! I loll't fvjlgft us!' iiosa declared that she had nov?r hoc;: so frightened in a!i her life,ami llepsiha ; volunteered, on hearing the story, to '*40 after them Idlers, ami take 'em ail al'uic the- judge, and have 'ciu sued for lilieF?a faeL which I do believe she would have ae com j>li-h? d single handed had she once und< itaken it. The excellent supper which Jbpsiba .had ]"re]>aivd soothed our agitated neivcs j cousidera!'? , and the evening, what with i conversation. books. and music, p-jssed oil agreeably enough, so that we wciv perfectly astoni>hed when we discovered that it war, eleven o'clock. I ' Have you laMoiifd 1! 1 the windows and doors, llepsiba ?' I inquired, as that worthy domestic presented ln-rscii "t tho parlor door for tin? fourth time, a manner which plainly proved that sir considered it ! hod-timo. | ' Ve.-'m,'said J fepsiha,4 all hut the ccliar door. it's eleven,o'clock, von know-?hi-di i , time 11:cv was .-.'int.' i This was intended as a hint th.il we >hould retire. | ' K!ev<-i! o'clock?' h'-.-a* 1 *.1 fr*" me, I wi-h it wasn't, i d-'chire, I am al iis??~t afraid to go to he.], with uo <.iu- hut uur.-elves in the house, and not a sou I withl in in-a finer.' i ' i. >i\ ! ain't -kairl; men ain't such won. i derful protection as folks think Vm j .said I Ii'ps'ha, who was no iv.-pecter of persons, and considered herself fully privi; leijcd to use her tongue on all occasion ' I rockoii i*ii undertake to f<*u1c anv one that l#realw in h<ro t?> ni^hJ.' ' ]i! Mint cri'-o 1 shall cxj ? c-t v?*u to alTord ns yo-ir protctioii tonight, l>y s*i-;?-pi:ii; ii; lln' Ht'Xl room and leaving the door t ?j ?tr S?.* ' Lor\ yes?I'll lake keer of y?-u b tli, was the amuer, as w?s ascended the I hlttil'Si 1 ' 1 >o you know, Kinmn, I can't help ! thinking ol thosedreadful men,' said J.'osi, : as we attired ourselves lor rest. ' JJow tei! lit'icit would !>e il limy ah'it'.ld comic heie to night !' > I laughed. 'They have entirely Jo-:' :'ot1< n iir> !'V 11.itime' 1 lvnlicd. 'Th<-v : - ' 1 , only wanted to alarm lis J''jr the i.io : 1 t a.M.l I l."? 1 ..... ! 1.1.1 l , 1 III'J ltd* ' ruoi". *.v:ti low, and p<<ped through the j .>inittcrs. 15'oss me' just :is I did so 1 i descried h-unan figures?7 could nut exf ! actlv a:;cvitaiu their number?in the very j act of scaling the palings of the front g:irI ileii fo-icc. 'hook th'.rc V I fa?ped, trembling I | in every limb?' there, hy tlio fence" ' | Uosa looki d, ami oh ' how she serenmI el ! J let cry brought Ih psih.i to our a*sistas'cc. 4 Massy sakes she saii'l, as she entered the apartment, 1 you hain't seen a spook either of you, nor nothin', hev you 4 No, but there are men in the garden, j coming toward the house.' 4 Land sal;cs alive, you <hnt't say so ! Sj L j there it,'said Jlepsiba, applving her iae( I ? . . 1 - ' ; v>j uh; siir.iuer. j ' \\ iiat shall we du I said. | ' I shall ilif, 1 am convinced of thai,'said " j liusa. ^ | The tread of footsteps l?cgan to !> .; Iv andihle, and the door was present!} j, j shaken violently ; then the shulln.s welt r ' tried ; ami then gravel, or small Mom-.s, aj> t I ]>eared to l?e thrown against the side lights r j The roof of the verandah interrupted otu u view of the assailants, but itosa was certain - that they wore the young men wo had mel ii in tlie wood*, anil that she had been sun they would conic. The noiso still continif tied, and the door was so violently nssailoc 1 that I bognn to fear it would give way be c neatli the repeated blows. 'Let us hide ourselves in the attic,' sait e Jiosfi. 'Let us get under the bed,' I pro. y posed. 'I'll fix Vm.' said llensiha. And so snv II ' ' , J I ing, fclic shoved the window up with e cr:isli, and slopped out on the roof of tlx verandah. t 4 Look here, you fullers,' she said,' you\ better look out. Kf you think there ain'l c no men folks here you're mistaken. There'i six on 'cm, and they'll be awako in nc ^ lime and settle your hash/ The only reply was a laugh. c 'They don't believe you,'said liosa. ?T.?ll ? ? i - - ' * VI. v* V ??V IMIVU (I guilj J c lititle*]. f, ' Ami we've guns, too,' said Ilcp.sil>a in livery loud lone, 'and pistols, nnj cai r shoot 'cm oft'. Go way with you I llero d Tom, J lurry, get up.! Here's ihicyci and murderers, and all manner of black L> ?' ii Laughter from below, and rcdoublct t, knocking at the door, were the only answer >f to these threats. j Upon tliis JIepsiba adopted a gnili' loi I i of voice, ami personated successively oat 1 j of (lie imaginary personages whom si hnd called upon for ait!. She imptired f . her hoots and thy pistol, an 1 threatened take the lives of each ami all Oi the :i saiianls , ami apparently with some diet for wo presently heard the footsteps r treating fro"! the loor. .'u.-t as 1 drew sigh of r?!Lf, II<p->ioa, who had goi ' .nto Hi',- oilier loom, cuiuu iimnim' back, i ' Tlioy !?: vo jjono around to get i:i ll j back way,' slm said,'and i forgot to fast< ilirt cillar-door. ' ( >ii, IiiTt* was a jiro<Tir.an*.f;i;t indeed ' 1 !.? ! lis iiia down and l.olt llio door llio head ol I i to flairs,'I ; 'woe. do it before tli?v liave time to g , , !around, 1 Wo al! started. T carried tl.o I141. . Il. jisilia wont lirst, and ''osa 1 inaincd ? the n))j?oi landing. .Itist as wo reached t! i door. and wliiie our hand were vtt! hoi:, it tJ.'W wi<l?.! oj?_'iij ami in lu men. I turned (>> run, still boarin-x ll 1 . ! candle in ruy liainl. f 'no of Uie 1:1 11 ]>u 'sued ine. I"j> stair5 1 I'.ow?ut>, even llio garret lloor. .Iii-t as j reached tl I'artlurebt corner of the far;host rooi 1 wa^ cnuff'it in the villain':; arm :tnO, turning with the full iitUutii. j of scrap tiling ni-> eyes out, discovered lit 1 had l?i.< n nilining away iVom inv o\\ i own hu i It was that provokii !'sailor. J h:ut a good mind not to ki ' him. \ow that, my alarm was over, 1 w rcinimh-d, l>y the .'oivam.s which w<:>c si loud and Iciriii-.', that niv companions h; ' n left in 'larkno'S^, and, dcsconding ; <]!!: .k'y as 1 ould, ran into (he ro?>m fro ( v. .:,. o t!..-y isMi.;d. 'J'hcfO stood ' >h | uy.-.u-.j; .Mi.-ii lius.'i u-liiiy :? l<:a aim i while I l' j>? in hlim! fury, v.-a3 poumiii 'h?v! ! :!i uiun-Toifnlly. ' .1 !111 f-tar\-il at iiv; as ! enU-rcl :ts !i: ill; 1 , , . , . ; I i:ri i iivL-n a l,.. alio rcliii<|u:>li>. his hold <_>! ^Ii-> s v.ai-l so (that In; ii? aily fell hackwaros. | ' ' ociil gracious i".n:n:aisn't sliis y-u in; eiiu l : 4 ? ?<! who is it if it ain't' i I>? j_r yi ur i?:iui')ii, Mi>>. The only cxctii I have to < (]' . r is that I'm a miseiah I v.ivtch, who is always making a fool < ; him.-' If and _ifottii;:f ii?to al! inamx r < frightful jiositiv.as. i wonMn't have I; is so j you, I'm sure, for all the \vor!J, if I ha j known von w.v.n't rr.v ;.islcr? ;.l ionM, ; thm't mean that I Miouiil not have hue ' ili-h'^ht. 'l if you\I !i:ive sil'ov :?] j:k;?hi j (>h. .!.ar! what an awful nii.staki ' Ami .i"iu> stopped :u ul!?--r c<>nfu-i<>n. | J '.-alter explained thai tiny ha>.l forme a plan ! j iVi di!en us by aiming in I ? > j eel'. illy, and pretending to brcn ! in. ! ' I'm rv.re T : or.M not Sako any pica j ui.j in frightening you to dealb,' 1 ai s we red, very crossly. You arc not. unite dead yot, Kmm: answered 1'sailor. 'Ami I'm sure T apu ojxiscJ to (he best of my ability for tl alarm I have occasioned.' ' As for me." stammered Jolm, ' I'm i a state.*of miiifl \v]ii*;!i admits of no ape o;ry. ; ' 1 1'nt hir. o::er."C was unheard, fur Mi | llosa bad suddenly chanced to plaui ; downward at her llowintr lobu and sho I . . 1 j less feet, and flud i:i confusion. Ai jib psiba, as she retired, remarked wratl > fully that, for her part, she 'only \viih< he'd been arrested for bijui:Vjt and lock* 1 up in jail.' J'or myself, 1 had decided to be vci j angry indeed, but, somehow, 1 could n | keep my resolution; and, after seen ' j inc.' the cellar-door, wo all retired i 10a t. j iiosn, remained our guest fur sever I days, but no persuasion could in<lu< : .loliu to present himself while she \v ' in (lie house. Ami I am convinced th . ! Rosa felt a secret pleasure in tho I:no\v edye of his inortilieatio:), which 1 do ho] i J will cure him of playing practical j<>k L (?for of course it was his propos;tio : j and not Psalter's, in the flrst place. I What a Wife Should JJc.?Says an o author: "A good wife si. oil Id he lil three things, which three things she shon I not he like. First, sho should he lilco snail, always keep within her house, b . slic should not l>c like a snail, (o to car all she 1ms upon her l>ack. Secondly, si . should l>e like an celio, speak when si j is spoken to ; but she should not ha like : , echo, always to have the last word. Tliir ly, she should he like a town-clock, alwa I keep time and regularity ; but she sliou ^ not be like a town-clock, to speak so loi . that all the town may hoar her." ' "Joe, why were you out so late hi night ?" "It wasn't ao very late?only quarter of 12." "How daro you sit the and tell me that lie ? I was awake \vh< I .... ' I von came, nittl looked at my watch ; it w ! 3 o'clock." "Well, isn't .1 quarter of 12 ) l?illy Florence, who is generally knov , as a joker, says that a Ilibei nian friend 9 hirt who was fond of horse-racing, b - whoso "nag" was most generally beale lately had tho satisfaction of winning 1 race,and exclaimed, "Well-,boyisriny hoi a Kclim O'Pynn, has at last comcin frs btjbiX he generally cauic in behind ! .... THE LAST BULLET- v :Ii 1 10 An ixoioknt of commodoki: rtbwakts aj - } )| 'w.uini: kxpkkiknok. 1 to f. s- '.'"ho !'nilc?l States slii|>-of-\v:ir Consk-lia- i :t, lion wan unclmrcil i:' the lta:'.< r of Al^ivir., i : wliilhur slio |i:ul urnlcr command i ( a j of I'oiiiniu'loro 'p-bln, !i:ivin?* on hoard,| i I finmhic fit Imi' j I 1 1.-.? ' * IV_ - i i.ii .iivwiiri, j j tin it an Acting Lieutenant. j < H w.i. the watch ?f yot;:ipr Stewart, and j mi ! !*0 war; pacing lo and ho on tin; deeh,J ; | al?>i:l hall' an hour afier suiis-t, when ho j (raw a small boat, eontainin;; a single per- 1 :i(_ ; son, coming <>!' lYoni ',1m ? >!d V??rl :is tlr> ' < m : wost'i ti part ol' tin; t'>wn i> called, ami I ,.t h a lirectlv frr t!.<: 1 I 'I'ii: m j> r.on was rouii.^ with ail hi> < ;|. m j*;li t. an 1 Stow a it was not. Ion;; in di?'ov-. .n i ?:rin<4 the oausu. Closo behind tlio single ( m | boatman was s.en a larj*ri rov r filled with t ic | men, wIi'.-h: presence v.as announced !?v \ ;o ; continual Siring al <<!' whom tlr-y were < ie : *n such determined {'iir.-uit, holding on 1 r- 1 their wav until they were under the very I lo ! l^mis ol ttic i > ie j ,vcv, by rey sou! " cri-d Stewart,' may . ii, 1 I be shot it 1 d<>n t. teach those fellows a < ; les on. Stand bv, Mr. ll<?^crs.' he abided, : .. r-. ? * <1 .? ...? - ?? iu? "i iv; '??? UVTI | LU LIIU'W ;i :il little j^rapts into thai fellow. 1 < ii | An m>!a::l Ijin r wreath of si.iol;o curl- : s ILC , '-'1 ? ]' ll'Mil t i to hide' <>| tin.' Mid !IS till- ' >s , report went 1 >?.? iniii'j over the water tin- < J ir.iti tu.-..?fi:jjM* sped (in it>. way, crashiii;r ! 'is j iiit?? t! 10 ]>ui>nii:^ r.ovco :y wounding i i-i j two or three <-T her crew, She instantly : ' l'' i limn >1 to ].i;t I -i> 1c, a*. the satno linn? that : ;is J lli-j Iu^il;vis n a", lied his t!.-I iiiation and 1 m i came up tlit* side. in!<i the j>n.'s"?!c? of Mi'- \ i ?>| uiii.-f-r . f the tl.-dc. ' sj 11: was an c!?!. i '\* a stout 1 ! . . . ' . iraine aii i lnowiii>h lealun ; hut it. rc- ! . . I j juii't-u oiny a siiijj.o ?latieo fit'in the li< u- ' ;h | i< nant to Hve that In; was ]\n?;]i>h or Aitier 1 1 , iv.-iti. As Mvn a.i he '.v:i- snlueeiiily tvcuv- ' V ! c i ! fioiri his ov. r-< >: lo breathe he 1 ' I ; . ' w? tit on to I" i! nil stv rv. to v. n;-n voiing ' j Su-v.att ii.-.tdicl with mu lt excitement. j I ; The li.'.v ex-nit r was an Auteiuan citizen 1 ! i <-> named .1 s ('o!ii:i~, a native of New 1 lo | York, who with his wife ami daughter ha<l ' ol been liikt n front an Ann i.fin ve; *cl at the j ' 1 j same time as its commander and crow two j j years before by an Adeline pirate. JI is j : id | wife had sinee died, and he and his dait^h- | ' I , tor had l?o? a c-nduritii* .-incc his capture ail , ' n j tin.* horrois t/1 a h-'pel.-ss and at^ravaled il j captivity ; I n', ti.c j?:uL of the poor ( 1 j mr.n's si- iv, and that which moved J/itul- j ' eitant Stewart the most, was thy utmo'.iiiee- i ' <1 ; menl his daughter, a gentle and K*:us- ' l- . tifill frill, wa;: cu t!:?; ve.y c "C cf hiring , v [ force 1 info a detestable u?ik?? with the | 1 verv wrekh who had bought her and her i * ! i s- father as slaves. j i "My agony at those cireun.slar.cis en:- I ' initialed no.t two hours ago, finished the j ' i,' father," "when I struck the pursccutor in- j 1 l- sensible lo my feet and tied. By dint of ' ie exertion I managed to reach tho water ' side, and embarked before the pursuers ' in could prevent il. ] Jut, though I liavo sue- j il- cecued in reaching this place of safety, my 1 poor Alice is still in the power of her per- t' 1 *. ,...i ... i.* ^ | ovi.uwi, > Aj'v.i-.u t.'j iu.t veujjcaiice, anil I j Cc | am almost crazy at thinking that she may | ' even now bo objected to a fate worse than 1 Kj death. If I cot:Id only guide a boat's crow 1 I under your orders' ' ,,j ''One moment,*' interrupted Stewart.? ' (j ' ."jlay where you arc until 1 have seen Com- ' modore lYebh;." r.. One moment the young lieutenant was ot with his commander in the cabin, r_ and when lie came forth with a stern smile i of satisfaction on his features. Ten minutes more had nut passed before a cutter with ; .kl twelve chosen men pushed oil' in the dark- 1 ce ness, with the lieutenant and the stranger i !lS in the stern and rapidly struck out for the t lit, shore. 1- "G.:r ov;ncr "said Mr. Collins, "resides a 1 >e in the western part of the city, 'ihcre ia ' cs const guard established, but I do not ap- c prebend that we shall have any cspceia! trouble from that r.onrco. I think we can ^ land below, go up the streets to the house, hi and carry oil' my child, and all without 1 1 ' *u losing a man. 1 The boat landed, after twenty minutes 1 a of rapid progress, at a small wharf near "t Geleta, in the western part of the town. . ry The arrival wag certainly observed, but not i 10 a great deal of attention was bestowed up- t ie on it by tho stupid Algerines. Leaving ,n part of his men in the cutter, with orders for them to lio down under tho wharf,! j >'s Lieutenant Stewart and the remainder of his force followed the footsteps of Mr. Col 1 u' litis, who load tho way rapidly up the intervening streets. s? On arriving at his late prison, an old 'i dingy looking structure, extremely spacious . ? having all tlio looseness of the Moorish lo 3 >n sty'0. l'ie party discovered that silence and darkness were the principal features of tho as f 11 Jt> scene. 2s'ot a sound was heard nor a word uttered. Tho whole building seemed do. Tl.n 't 4t.? .'..l -- yj, oviivu. J.1VJ UI 1IIU lilllicr was t'Xof troino. ut "Oli, my child I lie cried no longer able iii* to control tho terrible emotions which had 1 a been Ringing through Lis soul during tho so lust hour,"shall I oversee theo moiof" I ; A Moorish slave canic around from the roar of the building, and assured his follow :aptivos that the girl had l?oen carried o >y the master, and that no 0110 was i ;onio save himself. Hut even as the lyin aseal uttered tiie concluding words a wil ihriek was heard in thy chamber, and tl icxt moment a young and beautiful gi cuvente ;:i summers appeared Jit 0110 ? .his front windows, I voicing like a speeti n her garments of spotless while. "My child, my Alice" exclaimed M :.?Hi:is. ' Save me, father!" was lite response m l while : bouts and groans were iieai proceeding from the interior of tho buil< ng the maiden threw her self from the lo window, f;iilin<j into the verv arms of In "atlier and l.i'-ul. Stewart. " ho very moment of his reunion \vf Iostined to ! >? that in which a company < troops camo around the neare :onie", marching up tho street in the dire .ion of Lieut. Stewart and his men. ivas a!n:u ;t sit l':e sr.jno moment that ll j!'1 Moor, who ha<l so long considers limself the proprietor of Mr. Coliins an lis daughter, come to t!:e witidow and h ip a startling veil. "i hi:; way, cried Mr. Collins, and 1 lashed oj?<mi the front door of the huildin Hid coiltlllt'led t!'<2 (!!lIir.> iv?rli? '!.?>?>! : at y?.t;r weapons. taku ihc ra :al f.'V lli' ir puis the instant tlicy halt } sai l >?o\vart. A sharp ami dclcnnutc'l stnijjjlo soo :0!iiiii<-ncv<l, in tin; conrse of which 11;i ho >'uor! !: s<>! licrs won; killed, an.! tl vinaiii'lvr finally u'ivi! way. lint the res Micis hail ?;xj'^iulud all their nimmmitio ui'.l o'i'y }?. Mii^lo Imllot was rctiiainin that wis i:; a largn h<.;f.e pistol in the po iu!i < !' I.i'Mit. Stewart. II<: was J11 .Y?.ii;<i-.rn:cj what l:c s!n?i'!il ?h? with i tvhcii the: uhi ??l ior camo down stairs wiI i hncje sabre in liis ^ra<-j>, an<! insulo a fur (lis ilaj-h at Mr. (ioilins ainl his dnughte iviih murder writ Inn his features ai lashing from hi-: oy?*s. 'I his ^u?l?lon arri . a! derided the destination ut' tho last bill ct. "Tub; il, you l.iacl: dovil cried Stow irl , ju>t as tho kaifui Mow was descend ng, and lie ilied hi.s weapon, tlie hall pass ng through the miscreant's hea?.l an bringing him dead to tho floor. ' Xuiv hoys, added Lieut. Stewart, 1 v ire going to liuish with a hand to hat! ight. 'i'lie i owder ami hall are out, v mist tiv.st to t!:c sword.' Close'v followed l>y his men as well i >y Mr. C 'llins and .Mice, the Lieutenai ; ] the way towards tho l?oat. It .soeuu is it' Al-riors had turned out to witness tl liuniphal retier.t the streets being iilh villi thousands of men and women colic ed together hy tho Lrief contest at tl .?vv,. .. i.uii.!',, link u"l tin iiLUMiij't was mat 0 intercept, the progress of the parly, ll "-Ig-'inc1; contenting themselves ivithscow mil dci'vnciatiiii's. Ten minutes later tl eseuers were at the cnller ; twenty miri ites more and tlie cntiic party were safe jack to (lie Constellation, not having lo 1 man. Tlio young lieutenant received ll ienrly thanks of his superior, to Pay liotl ng of the gratitude of Mr. Collins and li laughter, whose family proved to bo :onse<i?'.cnco in New York ; and we ai insured that Charfes Stewart was nev lappier in his life than when Miss Alii ivas united to one of his 'chums,' a ijobl icaited lieutenant, now a commore, wl ell in love with the resetted maiden durii .he Constellation's homeward passage. DONT' QUIBLE ABOUT A WORD. "What is your name/sir V' asked Colon of his orderly one day, afte;- Isr.vi: nade i*|> 1 iIs li.Imi to t.'.ico a drive. John I'M ward ISelsey, sir," JJelscy w dways nrecisc-, trickily so, and when nsk< >y the colonel for his name, he could i nore have omilted the pronomen than got ,o parade without his arms H!o, then, .John Ivlward I3elscy," repli< lie colonel, unite as precise as his ordcrl 'and tell mv groom to put the horse in tl jig immediately" Saluting thecolor.ei in true military fori 3oIsev ran to the stable, thinking as he wi joing how impossible it was to execute tl >rder, unless the colonel, in the greatness < lis soul, intended to favor tho horso with idc and man the shafts himself. IIowe\ :r, as he considered this could not really 1 ll.n 1... kliv WIVMVI u llWIIVIWIIy IIU IVVIV VII 11 I HI hi ho discretion of making the necessary coi eolion ; and accordingly directed the groo ,o put the horse to the gig. Very well,' said the groom; and Heist returned t<> the colonel, who as was his cu :om, questioned him to see that his ord ind been properly conveyed. Have you seen the groom, private Joli Sdward Helscy V 'Yes, Sir.' 'And what did you tell him to do?' 'Put tho horse to the gig, sir," replied ll uderly, throwing a liltlc farce on tho propi iilion. ' You stupid fallow,' reared the colonducking his whiskers; 'did 1 not tell yc ,o pul tho horses in the gig ?' 'Yes Sir; hut as that did not seem to ni to bo your wish, 1 thought you would m lisjlimrovn <?f lllV irivime tlio Oiiiril " , I - J tl o "1" "" ,""kv" i/S the letter of your order.' 'Wliy did you think so, sir?' Helsey hesitated. Why did you not toll thy grOofii le pi ho lioriio iu the fti^?' Uecauso there wouldn't bo room luft fi you sir. It was a wonder tho colonel did n< jutii)> down hi& tin oat?Jiomuncc of ti li'ante. ir TL~ VmhcUNDSIFOKICHILDUEN . J'lio London 1 ):?ily News notice's u new ,r movement which deserves attention on this (j sido of the Atlantic. AVe quote froiu iis 10 interesting article : The Vlayground and General Recreation ,f ( Society', whose lirst annual moeting was c lately hold at Willis' Koonis, proposes to do a work which may excite the smile of the thoughtless?to provide playgrounds and places of amuseineiil and recreation , for tliu children who swv.rt" it: our pent up courts and alleys. ' I'liilanthrophy may he p thought glowing mad or fooli^i, when it xv s<*eks for spots in the ' J rent l>:d?ylon where J boys and girls may spin their tops and j play leapfrog utiawed bv the police IS man. Vet this Society, after all, is l>ut the >f outgrowth i?:h1 development, of truths sl which have forced themselves on those who e_ have south', to trace vice ami crime to [t their source. We have reformed our pi is* ,e ons?we have uia?le tliem sc'.oolsof indus* J try instead of the dens of the iutamy and ?l pollution which the heart of llowaid. Wo have done all we can to prevent those who are once disgraced having l0 the plea of ignorance fur a relapse. We |ir have had our ever, opened io the expensive , nature of crime, that to prevent crime is s. chv'ioer than to euro it. Hence roformam toiics have paved tiio way fur ragged schools. Tiio 1 children of London arc it>uml thirsting for knowledge. Hhrcwd and intelligent, almost unnaturally keen, ,0 the children of misfortune, with his fucul? _ ties sharpened by thu necessity of using all his wits to keep soul ami hotly together, ^ tiio London A rah quickly repays the pains s. taken to instruct him. The various bands of shoe blacks, red, blue and yellow, arc a it proof how easy it is to redeeri a large num], her of youths from idleness and crime to i industry and honesty. '1 lie good work of healing social malai,l dies once taken in hand in real earnestness, i_ soon points out fresh means for striking at |_ Un voo*. of crime, shocked by the r'aU".tics of the number of the criminal class _ ! who arc criminal by profession, led on to |_ track tlicm to their haunts, wc find a fruit i ful hourcc o( mischief in tho manner in id which the poor arc forced to herd together for want of nccessary accommodation?the '(* indiscriminate mixture of the sexes in their id sleeping apartments, destroys every trace rc of modesty. A race is thus fostered, des titutcof decency, ignorant of shame. To is diminish this fatality of crime it is found it necessary to endeavor to do for the honest ;IJ laborer's dwelling what the Howards have ie ! done for the prison?in other worJs to :il make tlicm clean, airy and wholesome. We c- try to do all this, wc make model lodgingto houses, model dwellings for families, as le well as model prisons ; still the work leads 10 us on, still we lind more to be done. "We Is must find means of recreation for tho cliilic dren of our over crowed cities, or they will i_ fliril nut If "'v* - "l 1 ' 1 I? uvii, II nut UiiU UlU/.UliS, II bllllllUU, ly wealc, degenerato race. s,; Our forefathers recognized the value of 10 youthful recreation; every village hail its green, where manly sports were eelebfated. lIS Their towns had not so far extended into the country as to render field exercise un0 attainable by school boys and apprentices. 01 It was only in 1VG1 that the last Maypole ce disappeared from tho middle of the Strand. e" The rapid growth of our cities, tho eager 10 ness with which we havb pursued wealth '? and commerce, have caused in to forgot the great source of all wealth?the bone and sinews of tho laborers. 15on.es and el sinews will not grow well and strongly if without cultivation. o Tho spoils of unrestrained childhood, 11S the restler'.s activity, the frco exercise of -d limbs, arc all the result of tl. j natural in?o stinctoof human nature, the means whereto by the strength of the future man is to be developed. If we would have oiir cities health?, if ve would have them free from /> the decimating visitations of plague and ,e pestilence, wo must leave in them free open spaces as breathing spots. Our towns ren? quire lungs as well a3 our bodies. If we is would arrest tho fostering process of moral io corruption, wo must give air and spaco to c?f the poor man as well as to the rich. Again, a if wo would prevent the physics1.! degeneralion of tho town population?if strength of >0 body and activity of limb is to bo secured to tho rising generation of town laborers, 1 wo must find spaces where the youthful population may cxcrciso tho natural instincts which v/ill alono tiecr.ro a sound s- mind in a sound body. "r Tho Plsiyground and General Uecreain tion Society was founded by an active 1 _1 ... 1. . t * !*_ worning clergyman, >yiiu leurni lis necessity by laboring for tlio moral and spiritual welfare of his people. It lias already causcd a great cocial want to bo recognised by some of tlie wisest men of tho drty. Its cl first mudul playground is in a fair way to >u be established, and an impulse onco given to the good work, v;o hopo it will speedily Z prosper. At a collation in Boston recently, a speech was made bv Col. Crunch; of Tennessee, eiiil odyin^ iriany happy allusions, and closing with the following verso from Hums, revised for the occasion : When deulli'rt durk ulreain I feiry o'er, ^ ill A liiuo lliat surely bIihII come, lit- At licuveu'H biiglilgulc I nsk no more Tlian jutif a Lo?ton wclcuw T : Bonderso* thi* Mississippi. The difference of level detween high ntui low-water mark at Oario is fifty feet. Tho width and depth of the river from Oario and Memphis to New Orleans is not materially increased, yet immense additions are tuado to the quantity of water in the channal by large st' iiuns from '.lotlt tlie eastern and j western sides of the Mississippi. The tpiesI tion naturally arises, what becomes of this vast added Vollume of water? It certainly I III'VOl' I'WIi'luio V.i... / ?"l. 1 .......".nivalis, anu us certainly | dose not evaporate; am! of course it is not j cotiliued to the channel of tlie rivar, for it would rice far above tho entire region south of us. If ft well tasunk any where in the Ail.ansnr. bottom, water is found as soon as tlio water?I* vol of tlie Mississippi is readied. When the Mississippi goes down, the water sinks accordingly in tlie well. The owner of asaw?ini'l, some twenty miles from the Mississipi in Arkansas, dug a well to supply the boilers of his engine, during the late llood. "When the w aters receded his well went down, till his lioso would nq j longer reach the water,and finally his well | was dry. JIo dug a ditch loan adjacent lake to let water into his well; the lako was drained, and the well was dry again, having literally drank ten acres of Water in less than a week. The inference is that the whole valley of the Mississip, from its hanks to the highlands on cither side, rests on a porus substratum which absorbs the redundant waters, and thus prevents that degrco of accumulation which would long sinco have swept New Orleans into tho Gulf but for this provish n of Nature, to which alono her safety is attributable. In fact, if the alluvial bottoms of the Mississippi were liko the shores of the Ohio, the vast plain from Cairo to New Orleans would to-day bo part and parcel of the Gulf of Mexico, aiu* the whole valley a fresh water arm of tho sea. AY hero the geological character of the valley different, the construction of levees, confining the water of the Mississippi to its * ~ 1' ciwiiiuui, would cause tf'C rise ifi tlio river to become so great ..t i.ie South that not sufficient levees could be built. The current would bo stronger and accumulation of water greater as the levees aro extended north of us. Such results were reasonably enough anticipated; but tho water, instead of breaking the levees, permeates the porous soil, and tho oveillow is really beneath tho surface of tho swamps. Such it seems to us, are the wiso provisions of natural laws for the safety nnif ultimate reclamation of the rich country south of us. Wo believe tliat the levco system will bo successful, and that the object of its adoption will be attained, 'fife porousness of the material used in making them has caused most if not all the cfc.vH?sjs. Men may deem it a supm -human task to wall in tho Mississippi from Cairo to( New Orleans, but our levees hrb the work of. pigmies when contrasted with tlie clykos ot Holland. Tho flood- tide of tho Mississippi is but a ripple on the surface of a glas L.La .J.i! .? 1? i-W a J I UUI UUI.J |><l. UU W.lll IUO ocuan OlIIOWO. tli.it dash against the artificial shores of Holland. Tlio country to be reclaimed by our lcvccs ?all of which will not for fifty,, years cost tho pcoplo as much as those of tho Dutch when c::g;r.r.lly built?would n:a!:e one hundred such kingdoms as that over whieh a lionaparte once wielded tho scepter.?J/j mphi* Avalanche. Death.?Tho articlo oil "Death" iu tho New Cyclopedia has the following: "As life approaches extinction, insonsibi/ily supervens n uumbnes? and disposition to repose, which do *.'ot admit of the idea of suffering. Even in those eases whore tho activity of the mind remains to the last, and where nervous sensibility would seem to continue, it is slimming how often there haj AKcA^W/KI O HIIIIA nf li.iixxtf ?i uwu VI'OUI ?v.\? (? i'MUW VI lltljrjry ICCIIII^ U| the approach of death. 'If I had strengtj enough to hold a pen, 1 would- write hot easy and delightful it is to die,' whcte ill last words of tho celebrated Win. lluntq during his last moments. . , i | "Montaigne, in one of his essays, dq crides an accident which left hiin so eensd less that he was taken up for dead. On beii restored, however ho says ; 'Melhougj my life only hung upon my lips; a nd shut my eyes to help thrust it out, nnt took a pleasure in languishing and lettin > a <i? r\ .--i I ny oui 1 IV Willi?!' III UJU \41mr1un lUiview records tli.it a gentleman who ha beon rescued from drowning declared thn ho had not experienced tho.slightest feeliiV; of suffocation. 'Tho stream was transpn rent, tho day brilliant, and as he stoo upright he could sec the sun shining throug tho water, with a drenmy consciousne that his eyes were nbont to be closed on forever. Yet l.'C further feared his fate nr wished to avert. A sleepy sensation, whic! soothed and gratified him, made a lrfXufriot? bed of a watery grave' " Oregon has adopted a i?tcite .seal. 'lie' escutcheon . is supported by ihirty-thrfCf stars and* divided by nri oYiIinai'y, with tflfc inscription, 'The Uiriotf.' In 1*0lief, mountains, an elk With b?tfnetting antlers, a wflagon, the -Pacific Oteehn, on wliioh a Britiifr matl' of-wrtr W departing and ah AVftricafj steamer arriving. The second quartering with a 8hGrff,'pl6ugh, and pickaxo. Crest-tlW American cai>lo ?Legend?tho State ? ? ,iW > Oregon. _ .Jl&lxii <r^? m m