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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM ] "Vsa fxtiob or iiiSBRTT xa hthhhPaxj viohiahoii." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE F BY $AVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING* JANUARY 19, 1860. S VOL. XVI NO. 39 1 JflS or tax LJ?I8L&TUR* OF 1659. an Act to apportion tub representation Ik V ok this state. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and jTause Of Representatives now met and nit! ting in Oemeral Assembly, and by the authority of the tame, That each and every of the Election Districts throughout this State, at the next and all future elections, f -Until a new apportionment of the representat ion be made by a future Legislature, | 'respectively elect the following number of i | tteprdsatitalivus, to wit; Abbeville, five I Representatives; Anderson, four represen tatives ; Barnwell, four represents* i v n . - * uvos; aii oHints, one representative; Chester, three representatives ; Chesterfield, two representatives; Christ Church, one tfepresentative; Claremont, three representatives; Clarendon, two representatives; Darlington, three representatives; Edge field, six representatives; Fairfield, three representatives; Greenville, four representative Kingston, one representative ; Ker haw, two representatives; Lancaster, two representatives; Laurens, four representa lives; Lexington, two representatives ; Liberty, three representatives; Marlborough, two representatives; Newberry, three rep * res^ntatives; Oran-e, two representatives; Pickens, four representative*:; Prince William'* one representative ; Prince George .Winyah, three representatives; Richland, --- "f&iirTepresentatives; Spartanburg, five rep resentatives ; St. Andrew's, one representa five; Su Bartholomew's threo representa tivos ; St. George's (D'?rchester.) one rep l^Mfentative ; Su James' (Goose Creek.) one rAt\PMAi (ativa Rt .Tdiri/)4t /St*4flif?p\ OtlP. ...... w, V" - / representative; St, John's (B.-rkly.) one representative; St. John's (Colleton) one representative; St Helena, one representative ; St. Luke's one representative; 8t. Mattllew's one representative ; Si* Paul's one representative ; St. Fetor's one representative; St. Thomas ami St. Dennis, onq representative ; Union, three representative*) ; Williamsburg, two representatives; York; four representatives ; St. Pltilip's and Si. MieluePs twenty representatives; St. Stephen's one repreeer.tative. An Act. to amend the Law in relation to ,/ ..i^Hoinioide. it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General A??emWy, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the.passing of this Art, when any person ehall be struck, wounded, poisoned or i' * otherwise injured or ill treated wiiiiin the limits of this State, ami shall die thereof. v beyond the limits of this State, whether on the,'t>1gh sea* or elsewhere, tiie person so ' striking, wounding, poisoning, or oilierwise causing the death as aforesaid, shall be subject to indictment, trial and pun islitnent in the District in which said stroke, , wouiid, poisoning, or other injury nr ill treaUnent was>*fcommiUed, in all respects the Mime as if the death had occurred in the ^^ JliHt where any person within the limlu of this Statu shall inflict an injury r6nm?y .person, who, at the. time said in* cted, is beyond iWe limits of this f '! or where any person, beyond the liin\ iu of tfyi* State, shall inflict ah injury nn |[. \ fltojr person, at the time, within the limits \ofthis State, and such injury shall cause W&atti of the person injured, in either the f person causing su^jj death sIimI' | beiubjdet to be indicted, Ined, and pun, first <??. "pQtlie District 6t tl?e penqp. inflicting* tfteC ' tJ*e tifTle when tho SHiiic was S*. i'f? second case, in tfie ^T5i*t,rjctuih which -it was received; and \tbe procedure and. puni?habnt' ahall jgEp in all same"aBif j were wiUiin ?l?e said -. Dutrict 'at^ ifie , ';, Stel 481 bt>metfe M f.mpect* compte^. J b &?;x-y- - "s-.j ; ^ILvihai .vfamjpjr *W? within *tbe bAUridfi^or^ %erefrflfiri'and"tbo ^artydie** within tiiis i' xm b?n ?<*i? fur over, a* well <w for feeeivhif tiiD? of 111 # >>Wl jl<|i<ot 10 HiioLlmr gu?rlit Tbat whera'Ajr executor or admin is-' * Irntw W?* w*i* Ue.1^^ ^ of tU# or ^ fWjiSl?% ^ of 6-kU ?ecator Arnd** "ir.-, * ' : " C '^;. j ministrator shall be Hl1owe<I commissions for paying over such legacies or distributive shares, as well as for receiviug lliem An Act to exempt Teachers and Students from the performance of Road Duty. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, Tlmt tho Students of the several Schools, Academics and Colleges of tills State, and Professors of alt institutions of learning, Teachers of every kind, and School Masters, shall be, and they are hereby, exempted from the performance of road duty. An Act to provide for compensation in damages to the families of persons killed by the fault of others. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met nnd sitting in General Assembly, and by tho authority of the same, That whenever, after the nassinsr of this Act, the death of a person shall he caused hy the wrongful act, neglect or default of another, and ihe act, neglect or de" fault is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case, the person or corporation, who would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages notwith stand ng the death of the person injured, although the death shall have been caused under sue.h circumstances as make the killing in law^i felony. II. That every such action shall be <or the benefit of the wife, husband, parent and children of the person whose death shall have l>een so caused, and filial! bu brought by, or in the name of the Executor or Administrator of such person, and in every such action, the jury may give such damn. geR a? they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death, to the parties respectively for whom, ond for whose benefit s ;ch action shall be brought, and t.llA Hmniint cn rp/>nt.v<ri>il La among the before mentioned partis in such slisres as tliey would have been entitled lo if the deceased hud died intestate, and the ainonut recovered ha<l been personal assetts of hi* or her estate: Provided* That in all actions brought under this Act, llie Executor or Adminmtra'.or, Plaintiffs in the action, shall lie liable to costs, in case there bo a verdict for the Defendant, or nonsuit, or discontinuance, out of the gondii, chatties and lauds of the Testator or Intcs tate if any, and if none, then out of the proper goods and chatties of such Executor and Administrator: and Provided further* That the action he brought within two years from the death of such person. III. That the provisions of this Act shall not apply t? any case, where the person injured has for such inj ry brought actiont which has proceeded to trial, and Bnaljudg meiit, before his or her death. An Act to make owners of dogs liable for slice: killed l>y I liein. I. Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now :net and pitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of ihe same. That from and nfier the pasum# of this Act, tbe owner ol any dug, or person Laying it. his care or keeping any dojr, or person upon whose premises any dog may l>e ki-p.t by his or her Blave, shall he liable to pay tarfhe party iujured^double the value of all sheep that'm/iy be killed or injured by such.dog to be recovered by action of ffetpdfcgpfe:tbo?a?e^aL,lJie suit of tbe party injured, io any court having competent jurisdiction. * . II. That in all action* brought for the ra. er>rery ot-" damage*, ui?dor the provi.-ions of wfcjAot, il* Recover y of tgo dollars shall m carrv full cost*. Mxmv? nag-i. rmrr. ' ~ annual t^x of one dollar be? ipd is liefe6y,4iiipofrfd upon every dog keptf. life owner of sued uluve; and it- fhtfU be the duty of ev^ry owliar Of nudi slave or 6l?ve* to make annually frrefcunntQ the Tax Collector of his or^ier l&tfict, al the tltne of iqaking his O^li^r garisraVlMX. return, of every dog bo Ji^^t \ti W? 4r^t^Ht? or ?UttfcS ?r lai!* ftjg so"lo dof ail'eh owner *hali'tkniable to'a flft? of liro dqllat? for eacli and, ev^ry drijj. fron k?'pi*nd dt>of retorned, U>^pry^Svfefed. fe%feielifiicfrttT<i ia 'what If rrt^rt^l^rg'tax Vefurnp. = ' ' -Tltat an annual tas of two dollars be, COLONEL OROGHAN. Mr. 13reck?nridge, in liis lii?*torv of the late war, thus describes tlie gallant defence of Fort Sandusky : ? The transactions which are now to be related may justly rank among the most pleasing to our feeling and national pride, of any which took place during 'he contest. The campaign opened with an nf fair, which, though comparatively of smaller consequence than some others, is in its circumstances one of the most brilliant that occurred during the war. This was the unparalleled dnfence of fort Sandusky' by a youth of twenty-one years of age.? In August, and before the arrival of the Ohio and Kentucky volunteers, which did not take place until the following month, threatening movements had been made _ll ?i._ J:*r . < - - ' ? u|>uii nu mi; uiuureiit iori*, esuiunsiiea l)V the Americans on tlie rivera which fall into lake Erie. After the siege of fort Meigs, the Biitish harl been considerably reinforced by regulars, and an unusual number of Indian?, un ler their great leader Tecnmseh. It was all important to reduce these forts before the arrival of the volunteers. Major Croghan, then commanding at Upper Sandusky, having received intimation that the enemy were about to invest the fort of Lower Sandusky, liad marched to this place with some additional force, and had been occupied with great assiduity in placing it in the best posture of defence. But the only addition of importance, which the time would allow him to make, was a ditch of six feet deep ind | nine feet wide, outside the stockade of j pickets by which these hastily-constructed torts are enclosed, but which can Jifi-ird but a weak defence against artillery, lie had but one six pounder, and about one hundred and sixty men, consisting of regulars, and detachments of the Pittsburg and Petersburg volunteers. General llarifiOll llllf. I'llllliuivlim it nrn..(ii>.il>l/i . 3 - ?= *"?" fend llie place, ordered young Croghan to retire on the approach of the enemy, after having destroyed tlie works Tins our youno hero, taking the responsibility upon himself, determined to disobey. On the first of August, General Proctor, (laving left a large body of Indians under Tecumseh, to keep up the appearance of a siege of fort Meigs, arrived at Sandusky with about five hundred regular*, seven hundred Indians, and some gunboats. After the General had made such dispositions of his troops as lo cut ?>ff the retreat of the garrison, he 6ent a flag by Colonel Eiliot and Major Chambers, demanding h surrender, accotnpunied wiih the usual base and detestable threats of butchery and co!d-ltlood massacre, if ibe gmrison should hold out. A spirited anMver wjib returned l?y Croghan, wlio found thai all hit* companion*, chiefly striplings liko hiiuself, would support him to the last. When the flng returned, n brisk fire was opened from the gun boats and a howitzer, whir.li was kept up during the night. In the morning, they.opened whh three sites, which hml been planted, under cover of the night, within two hundred and fifty yards of the picket*, but not with murli effect. About four o'clock in the after noon, it was discovered that the enemy had concentrated his fire against the northwest angle, with the intention of making a breach. This part was immediately strengthened by the apposition of bags of flour and sand, so that the pickets sufferedfill t lilflrt iniitro T>nrlii#? tliio limn il.? ...... HIS six-pour.der was carefully concealed in llie bastion which covered the point to be assailed, and it was loaded with slugs and grape. Abotit five hundred of the enemy now advanced in close column to assail the part wherotfr was supposed the piuketo must have beep injured, at tbe same lime making-M^iii fwptsfo draw the Attention of the besieged to other parts of the fort *. their force being tbu* divided, a column of three hundred "and fifty, men, which we^Bo envelop&l in unoke as not (6 be seen uulil they appi^Hched within twenty p?cea of (lie lines, advMtic d rapidly to the assaults A fire of jnu?ket^y from the fort for a moment threw them into' coyfnajon. but they were qunikly rallied by Colo nef* Jtoort, tlieir Qonininnder, who, now springing ov$r the outer-works into the diicls, commanded the r&ito TolfoW^jprjr-: ?nR out, " GiVe H:e damned Yanked* - Oo quarter?" Scarcely had these- detestable word# escnped hia lip< and the greater* part oi l^s^Jldfrera landed in lb*. diicb, lien-tlw *ii?po nder opened, upon them ? moil destructive fire, killing and wounding tlie greyer part, and among tbe^?t' llie v?retched leader, wlio wiu sent into eternity .bufore his Words bad died upon the air., A <roHey of tnrtk&frj wm, aL Uia??me t>m?, fired upon those who had not vant?|jjyfv nally chastired, under Providence,*hy a force scarce a tenth part of their numbers Terror indescribable took possessipn of the assailants, and they /etreajed towards tbeir boats, scarcely daring to look back upon the fatal spot; while they were followed by their allies in nullen silence. ?| If tliis gallant defence deserves the upplause of the brave, the subsequent con- ? duct of the besieged deserves the praise of every friend of humanity. The scene which now ensued deserves to be denominated sublime. The little band, forgetting in a moment that they had been a?^ Bailed by merciless foes, who sought to massacre them, without regarding the laws of honorable war, now felt only the desire of relieving wounded men, and of administering comfort to the wretched. Had LllUV l?P?n fripntU lnwl fliOW Imnn Ki-nllwiM. tliey could not liave experienced h more tender solicitude. The whole night was' occupied in endeavoring to assuage their sufferings ; provisions and buckets of water were handed over the pickets, and an opening wits made, by which many of the sufferers were t> ken in, who were immediately supplied with surgical aid; and this, although a firing was kepi up with small arms hy the enemy until some time in the night. The Ions of the garrison > amounted to one killed and seven wounded ; that of the enemy, it is supposed, to sit least two hundred. Upwards of fifty were found iu nnd about the ditch. It was discovered next morning, that the enemy had hastily retreated, leaving a boat and a con: siderable quantity of military stores. Up ?J -f .-i iimuo ui ncwmj omiiu nnn? were lllKClir ^ besides a qimirity of ammunition. The Americans were engaged during the day iu burying tlie dead with the honors of war, and providing for the wounded. This exploit called forlh the admiration of every paity in the United States. Croghan, together with his companions, Captain Hunter, and L eutenants Johnson. Baylor, and M^eks, of the seventeenth ; Anthony, of the 24th ; and Ensigns Ship and Duncan, of the 17th, together with the olher officers and volunteers, were highly complimented by the general. They afterwards received the thanks of Congress. Croghnn wns promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and was presented with -an elegmt sword hy the ladies of Chillicothe. Infancy.?What is more beautiful than an infant ? Look at its spotless brow, at its soft and ruddy lip*, which have never uttered an unholy word?and at its blue laughing eye, as it lies on the breast of its tond mother! Look.it has stretched out its while hand, and is playfully twixtiwr her liair around its tiny fingers. Look at hi> infant! It is innocence endued with life ; the counterpart of holiness. It requires nothing hut the pleasant look of its mother, nnd her warm kiss upon its lily cheek, to make it happy. You may talk to it of sorrow, of misery, of death, hilt your words are unmeaning. It lifts never felt the ehills of disappointment; it has never writhed heneath the pang of affliction, and its guileless heart knows nothing of the emptiness, the hollow professions, and cohl-heartednesa of the world; nnd would to God that the cup maj be broken ere it be lifted to its lips. Women.?All the influence winch wo men enjoy in society,?their right to the exercise of that maternal care which forms the first and most indelible species of l edu cation ; the wholesome and mitigating restraint which they possets over the pi?; I siona of mankind * - t.li?ir nnarar nrnW. ' , ?r W. ("WV,. ing us when young nnd cheering us 1 when old,?depend so entirely upon thetf pergonal purity, nnd the charm^ wlri^b ;if casts around them, that to insinu^ji.dpuht ' of its real value is wilfully to ^emoTB ' the broadest corneT'Stone on which ' society rents, with all its benefit*, and tilth all its comforts.?Scott. ' rv~'. v 1 A doctor waa employed by *.. to. attend his wife, who Was dangerbt^: \ill. The doctor gnre a hint that bejfi^ I fuura nf nM Imfnnt nu!<l - M THE BROKEN-HKARTEO' I have seen the infant sinking down, like fc stricken flower, to the grave?the strong iD?n fiercely breathing out his soul upon the field of battle?the miserable convict, standing upon the scaffold, with H deep cursei.quivering on his lips?I have viewed death, in all its forms of darkness and vengeance, with a tearless eve?hut I never could look on woman, young and lovely woman, fading away from the earth in beautiful and uncomplaining melancholy, without feeling tlie very fountains of life, turned to tears and dust. Death is always terrible?but when a form of angel beauty is passing off to tlie silent land of the sleeper*, the heart feels that something loveiy in the universe is censing from existence, and broods, with a sense of utter desolation, over llie lonely thoughts, that come up, like spectres from the grave, to haunt our midnight musings. Two years ago, I took up my residence, for a few weeks, in a country vil lage in the eastern part of New England. Soon after my arrival, I became acquainted with a Fovely girl, apparently about seventeen years of age. She had lost the idol of her pure heart's purest love, and the shadows of deep and holy memories were resting like the wings < f death upon her brow. I first met her in the presence of the mirthful. She was indeed a creature to be worshipped?her brow was garlanded with the young year's sweetest flowers?her yellow locks were hanging beau? #;r,.n.. ~..a i.._ i mill nnu i?i?? ujhjii ner uusoin?and she moved through the crowd with such a floating and unearthly grace, that the bewildered gazer almost looked to see her fade away into the air, like the creation of some pleasant dream. She seemed cheerful, and even gay, yet I saw that her gavety was but the mockery of her feelings. She smiled, I ut there was something in Iter smile, which told that its mournful heauty was hut the bright reflection of a tear?and her eyelids, at times, closed heav ily down, as if struggling to repress the tide of agony that was bursting up from her heart's secret urn. She luoked as if she could have left the scene of festivity, and gone out beneath the quiet stars, and laid her forehead down upon the fresh, green earth, and poured out her stricken souf-, gush after gush, till it mingled with the eternal fountain of life and purity. Days and weeks passed on, and that sweet girl gave me her confidence, and I oecame as her brollu-r. She was wasting awAy by disease. The smile upon ler lip was fainter, the purple veins upon her cheek grew visible, and the cadences of her voice became daily more weak and tremulous. On a quiet evening in the depth of June, I wandered out with her a little distance in the open air. It was then that she first told me the tale of her pashion, and of the blight that hod come down like mildew upon her life. Love had been a portion of lier exigence. Its teniiril>* lui'i been twined around her heart iu its earliest year*, nnd when they were rent away, they left a wound, which flowed till all the ppringfi of her soul were blood. " I am passing away," said she, " and it should be so. Tlie winds have gone over my life, and the bright budn of hope and the sweet blossoms of passion are scattered down nnd lie withering in the dust, or rotting away upon the chill waters of memory. And yet I cannot go down among the tombs without a fear. It is hard to take leave of the friends who love me?it is very hnrd to bid farewell to these dear leenea, with which I have held communion from childhood, and which, from day to day, have caught the color of my life, ftnd' sympathized with my joys and sorrows. That little grove, whore I tiave so oifien strayed with my buried love, and Nhere,'flt times,- even itowf the sweet tones Df his voice seem to come stealing arotfnd Hie till the Whole air becomes one intense nnd mournful melody?that pensive itwvwhich we used to watch in its early curing, and on which my fancy can *til! picture his form looking down upon me tag,-.likening me to his own bright home flower, and tree, and rivulet, on memory of our early love has Lat iU urtdyihg ?e?l, lias become dear to jn&'Jind I cannot, without a sigh, close my upon them forever." vj^ httve Intelj heard, tlint the beautiful jgH;jpf whom I have spoken, it dead. '1 he life was culm mm the felling of jc&i&&eaai?gentle*s the staking of the linger* for atime around a ^Withered roees, and than dies,' ' m fmm lunxuulKikt*' upon iu wiTt* ?gd lwipUbMwt V? lb? gggkti# *>***Mrt?, Are fctewr wdtidor:rfl||yii) W^y V? it, IhKt mocking us with their unapproachable glory ? And, finally, why is it, that bright forms of human beauty are presented to our view and then taken from us?leaving the thousand streams of our affections to flow hack in an Alpine torrent upon our hearts? We are born for a higher destiny than that pf earth. There is a realm where the rainbow never fades, where the htars will be spread out before us like the Islands that slumber on the ocean, and where the beautiful beings, which here pass before us like visions, will stay in our presence forever. Bright creature of my dreams, in that realm I shall see tliee again ! Even now thy lost image is sometimes with me. In the mysterious silence of midnight, when the streams are glowing in the light of the tnany stars, tliat image comes floating upon the beam, tliat lingers around my pillow, and stands before me in its pale dim loveliness, till its own quiet spirit sinks like a spell from iieiiveu upon my iiioiiiriiin, and the g>ieF of years is turned to drenm9 of blessedness and peace. m ?? ? ENGLISH STATESMEN FROM A BELIOIOUS POINT OF VIEW. A London correspondent of the Puritan Recorder makes the fallowing interesting niatement concerning the public men of Great Britain: Whether it is to be attributed to the ' revival' spirit that prevails amongst us, T cannot say but it is a de'iglitful and encouraging f.ict that a inanil'estily improved feeling in regard to mailers on religion, has taken possession of llie minds of some of our chief political and other public men. iw it ?ciy giem nuvetiy ri one lime ot the day with us, to find a judge, a leading member of the bar, a minister of State, or even a popular representative, who was prepared to take a prominent, or, indeed, any part in a religious meeting ; and the very few that were not. wholly deterred from so doing used to he mocked at as 'old women,' or spoken of as 'disgracefully unprofessional.' But, I have said, a wholesome change has been silently wrought, and day after day tlie secular journals report devout speeches, ringing with the true 60s pel sound from the Lord Chancellor of England, the chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Mayor of London, tho city Chamberlain, a Vice Chancellor, the Attorney General, the common Sergeant, the popular member for the largest constituency in the lane, and a host of other representatives of the people. Only within the last week we have had Mr. Gladstone^ the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, if he lives will be the Chief Minister of the Crown before long, addressing one of the must re inurkahle meet intra ever held in the 3tnmte house of Cambridge University, composed of tlie members of the various Colleges, the leading inhabitants of tlie town and neighborhood, on the Christian duty of establishing a vigorous missionary effort to central Af rica, the Lord Mayor of tlie metropolis opening the doors of the Mansion House to (he Evangelical Alliance, wheu the noble hall, in which there has been seen many a drunken and profane display, resounded with the words nf the hymn, 'Great is the joy when Christains meet/ and some curdial brotherly speeches?and the City Chamberlain lecturing on the revivals in Ireland, in the midst of which devout scenes he has been spending his holidays. A curious trial was recently held at Middlesex .Sessions, in England. Thomas Saverlaml, the prosecutor, stated that he was in the room wlwre the defendant, Caroline Newton, and her sister, who had come from Birmingham, were present. The latter jokingly observed that she had promised ber sweatheart that no man should kiss her while absent. It being holiday time, Saverland cons'dered this as a challenge, and caught hold of her and kissed ber. The young tfomart took it a* a joke, but her sister, the defendant, said she would lika as little of that fan as ha S?. verlund lolJ Iter if she was angry lie would kiss h?r also ; be then tried to do it, nnd lliey fell to the ground. On risings the woman struck him ; ho again tiled to kiss her, and in the scuffle she bit off his nose The action was brought to recover damages for the loss of the now* The de feudent said he had no bunneM .to kiss her; if she wanted kiswing she brad a hueband to kiss her?a belter looking man than ever the proMwutor was. The jury, without' Invitation Acquired her; an J the chairman iftfd that if any man attemped to kisp, ewomsn ag*in*t her. willy she had a perfoattigblto bite off hi* nose, if ate had aftkoey for so doing R' y - s ..1. . i; " 4 iw i - - - v ?y wr roadwn ,* t?i<! ? doctor to bit, pntieaV'J *?n ttuty gr?iifo<f to*ee ypf y*t to life. M $$f but *i?St yesterday, y.o* knb* tftftt I told you yoa brtd only sixteen ... * " ?? ?????# pleabubjss in skating. Right beneath oae of our windows, from morn till midnight, we see youngsters And oldsters twisting theif legs in ftll coficeivable shapes, skating tip and down the rivef# ns merry ns lambs. We cannot pick tip n paper, but an article on skating' meet* the eye. Everybody says it's fun, and that'* all everybody known about it, for we'va tried it. Last night, about gas light timej after rending a glowing description of life on Bkates, we prepared for our first attempt. and rallied forth to join the merry crowd. We had on a pair of stoga boots, trowsers h'gs tucked inside, a ronert-tafled coat and w ite hat. We went clown on the ice, and gave a boy two shillings for the use of his implements. We have confidence, even as great as Peter's faith. We, with the assistance of a friend, fixed on the skates, and stood erect like a barber's pole. Etifour aged by the eight of Home ladies on the bridge, who were just then looking at the skaters, we vtruck out. A slant to tha r<ght with the right foot, a slant to the left with the left foot?and just then we saw something on the ice, and stooped over to pick it up! On our feet again?two slntite to the right and two the left, accom? panied with a loss of confidence. Another stride with the right foot, and we sat down with fearful rapidity, and very little of ally elegance ! What a set down it was, fat we made a dent in the ice not unlike a Connecticut butter-bowl! Just then one of the ladies remarked, ' Oh, look Mary, that fellow with the white hat ain't got his skates on the right place!' Ditto thought we. Just then a ragged little devil sang out as he glided past us, 4 Ilallo, limber legs 1' and we arose suddeni_ l -r.? i.:? 1 ij tviiu [)ul nu?r nun, anu hwbj weni oar legs?ofio to the east, the other west, canning an immense fissure in o(?r pants, and another picture of a butter-tray in the cold ?oh hoio cold /?ice I Then the lady? we knew she was one bt the remark she made?again spoke and saidf 'Oh look, Mary, the chap with the white hat has aat down on his handkerchief to keep from taking cold l' We rose about as gracefully a saw-horse* when Mary said, Guess 'fariftt a handkerchief, Jane,' and Mary was right. It wasn't a handkerchief, not a hit of it? Just then a friend came along, and^)roffer? ed as his coat tail as a ' steadier.' We accepted the continuation of his garment, and up the river we went about ten rods when a shy to the right by the leader, the wheel-horse, to scoot off on a tangent, heel up ! But the ice is very cold, this seasou ? We tried it again. A glide arte *#y* ? glide and a half the other, when whack came our hump of philoprogenitiveness on the ice, and we saw a miltton of stars dandim* aronmf im. lilt? linllat. m?la ?f. tl??? Rowery Theatre. Etow that shark #ent through our system, and up and down our spinal clumn. Lightning coold not ha** cork screwed H down a greased sapli ng with greater *pwd or more efthHerrating ef? feet. Boardmrg hotfser Irutter nor warranted deed could have struck stronger than we did, and a dozen ladies looking at as,* and our fissured pants 1 _ Hallo, o'd cold P stttig oot tlrat rugged iinp again, and we there helpless Soon we got up and made Mother trial, with . better success. Perhaps we had skated* iff our peculiar style fifteen feet wheto a Muner ? j. ^ < li * - V A' ing cnapenme ep oemrni* ?*rm w? nt qevM with our tired bead pillowed in life top, aftd he swearing at us, when it was all hia fault! But, oh mjf, bow eold the ii? there, too. Every, npot where we omd? our de6ut n>n the ice, oTr, fcow cold k.vu ( Our bear skin drawers ttere no protect k>?. at all, U We tried ttgmtt, lot the paper* ell sa^it^a . j-. fun, and down ?an>e V>#r ftoma?.Qfecia? nose on the cold julep, material, and the lit- "MM tie drops of crimson ran down our shirt bcuora and oo to tbe eoid Ice. ' vm/o mivio no intu ?mnn^?iwwt ivf , the shore?ffirt rfo?tt ami eoirtited d?ro?ge? Two ahillmgifri e^Ir tfefcr#n ttjikf'. S*rera! lattora! ruJ on? ' frontentP bamproti ice.- Or* wnw Jfc$re, >? **hw?<r?Onae a pair of tea cMfa# e*?*itti6fee m a maai ever put hit legs in. Oft*. rtipture intfie