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... ? - 9 1 f-. 1 % _..*i ,: Wm. ' - ? ? aepei *^"r "i i " M T~~ " ?--- ?- --"yrT^'TiTi<iif-WrW ,>t>.U *rfl Ii4 .;?.4I .Vn>. '? ^?--^?^-r--T-~? '...-* : , ^ - ,. , ^ .. - __ ' ^-- . t -? "- ^ ^ BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 18(57. VOLUME XIV. "NO. 41 H itj a^pahlaiajfi tkaokdyt ^'i. Alfa5d.de SL, whose mother WJm b l"ynrmiq4l c^frUlo Paris Inst winter in nil the pride of title, youth nud fortune, lie was soon allured iuto very bwho^iapahy, *ben;hte feil-in ioTe with an fcctres^ hulled, in course of time, Bosie. The harQOesg, our young hero's toplhet^did all m*her. power to put a stop to tho wicked penchauJta-of hereon, for a bftrqq who k)Tes an actress, it is clear, is on the road'to ruin. lie r persuasion, advice land promises were vain ; *>he told Alfred tirtit tltcir fortune was not Adequate to hi? ^pendfture, but still tlie ini^Ii'd youth *ook Sosie every where ; he lind her dressed tip. like A doll, and the looked like a dull i?t the rtces, tbe opera, and even in worse -HSoaie likpd ihc life she led, slie was very fond of herself first,-and of a little white jHJgdog afterward?, hut what she enjoyed above all things was her olegant open ta- | rouohe snmptuooply linea with hlue satin j ?nd covered with the downiest white rug in tohtyh^ie.-ajiil her.dog. would snugly .ury>tbem*el*? and drive] round the Bji* a^fst cdechm^ni ?<^r.^etiiDe? in A!- I fied's company, aoiiibinuett without him, j . its me ca?e nngiii i>o, uui mm uui not going to ?ay balmy dnys of life, only I rec.eniber it all ImpjiciicJ l-t?L winter.? TCi?? if ere,'therefore, the feverishly love J, bitter fold day*, though everything was 4>right, as Fien under icicle and gnslight. Oil* morning, a few days before the arllsU1 ball at the C ?modie Knuicai.-p, S,? iamade Alfred prom:.Ko?hi-r n set of dia/ mvnd?r; all Inr theatrical amnclntca were to attend the fele, at which she intended 10 create an iiutueii** sjns.ition. Alfred frith a Bore heart; bill lie <lul pro. for mII tknt, nnj -ordered tlie dia kioliits.. Sojjijj *iu *o tbnt *he pnbii?h*d;V?r j.?jrU fc?r i?ii 1 widv. Many *invIou?J1byt . was what Sort- j aimed lit.- - She *wn pr?t-l*ufc?d tlmt bur I influence ?v?r tli? lfttrnn wn? eucli that he! would n >t miiuien^i^ h'i*?Uys ut CUcby ' tf??r hft i?ke. 1W rr? of the bull cunir, -whvQ, !u ai^lbtsliold, the . jeweller it-lit j ' WUI j tliit il??*' iliiiiii iiiiil I ^rlvlut1!' hiuilii Ant i b* r#ld/for^t^e jfjl o*ii>g cibtithe . vouM lead her a fc]>*endi<l ?et for tho 050a iwM?in p*?l<h, i*o?To ll<rw into ft j-aaviou. Pa?t?,indeed, on hrr thoulJcn. (M^ik, ' V.?rWto|.inf?r*,] thnii with notliuig eUe' < ' r > for jeffcdjfe Ttifcd sliu raid-Mine rery' u'n terliug tilings to pitir Aj(i?-d about the ..0-r~ " 4*^ling Winj;i^H??l/< fiware Jill at *he wa* i" Julionvrf*! ,ii>. lljw .py?4 of b?r frivUtfc, end lUHt tli^re v*?i iri.tliin^lofi to l?u don * but ' Juioj* from the lVat-ueufiuto the Seine. .Alfred wa? wounded to the quirk. So?ie'* - ? -?i t. .1 - ft - ?' * ? "t 1 lauaia *yuvi tu? 'HCtiqg, *U II noii*U:jUUajii) tJi4^.iiW?.of Ox^oiil o?uf ,*Vr were too tn>ch fur hun. ' Ue.jeised fiui'kt, whiub lie drew very low over' hf^gyebrow*, aod Softie, ?e*iug ], would have goue], ?f ili A'WnVif liV h*d not muttered, 'Yon *L*tf We teal d miaoud*, So>ie, cot1j what wlmt tbgr mmp lie drove Home,' Risked tfHid J"V l*?ig told ?h*t tha wma ou(, >waik?&i*to her - quiet uea? iip and down in V.'' ?rJ??a "?he young elone i JlU !? ??;? OMWlj froni Ijer, unj bad !? ?: At it*'ftf-?lferteoiii>??g? j ^l>nt Kia *?j*L the. '.dlumbbi]* ?lie should' quaji'it AfiBSm. *'/ tUa room; iwn? ' ? -**-->-> *- , M'a ' . ?** * ,.' - it i f.m't 'i^l'TLl .. I ' .Towards I wo o'clock on 'that eventful night, when the cotillion wat merriest, a lady in a shawl nu-l black bonnet made her nppearartco among the dancori, She walked straight up to Baron Alfred, whoso eyes were fixed on Sosie. "My eon," said a voice behind him. IIo Ftnrled and trembled from houd to foot. It was his mother 1 "What have you done with my diamonds ?" a*Ived sbe, suddenly. 'For God's sake, mother, not here,* answered Alfred, looking fearfully around. 'Sosie?they are ssfe?como away.' "Have you piwned them, Alfred I ' \Vc are nearly ruined, you must know. Tell ma where they are ; I will Tedeom them instantly." Just then Sosie flood hy his side. "She has them on 1" shrieked the mother. 'Oh ! .Alfred, your faiherV.;first gift to ni^l" Alfred Btizc-d his mother's arm ond dragged her to his carriage. Tlio next day wln-u the Baron / lfrod do S.'a servant coutiously entered his bedroom, he foiuid his uiasler'a corpse across the bed, iitidfUe following is"tIre -contents of a loiter from which I copj: ? Dearest Moi her?Forgive pie, I can novur lift am mu lion/1 o??in ? W?? #!!? ? -r "'J "v -V.IO? grace was public. In the opinion of all I Mm a UiUrf. 1 I die repentant. ALFRED DE S . Tlie motlier'n Mory cannot find room hen-; but (o (hid da)- klio accuses herself of being the cnuve of her sou's ttucioide. Socio?nml hero I (olleq Sot>ie had a conscience?on hearing what had happened, rusliud lo tlft ho-iso of ddathy filing her-eW, at the Bftronena'a feet, Graved for pardon, passionately thfuM lieraelf into ?tiie room wliore Alfred was laid out, cast the diamonds on Lin pillow, went homo, and at niglit lighted a'charccal Move and stifled lift-elf. Thus il llxpjM-Mod that on the d?y A II> fl If 'rt > fJ jC ?. ' 4 *- -1 ? - ' Aiirea ne a. wm litirrieu in- me mniiir vault at Pyre la Clink'*, S'?>ir-, too, wn? burried; but, being nn eclrew, alio wn<$ rut allowed (o iwt in linU iwed gn?un?L, and her le/naiim nr-e stiil dreading in ilic dreariest part of the cemetery. . ' [ ' ^ ^ ' * . St k a it I'locous yen tub Ccltivarron of tij? ?It it now proposed to cultivate the soil bv-.ate.aiu pi- u^hs. Tiiis lioes appear like t-ou.clhiug new under the *un. One lias be-?u shipped from Liverpool and has bet'n lauded at the laveo in New Orleans. As ihe rude iiio-leof ugrmuiture in yeara gone by, Iihs yielded to' ibe implement* of invention generally in use, *0 it is f>ro?H>??jd 10 supersede tl?*?e und animal power by (ho 'application ot machinery an I steam. It'is stated that Mr. John Fo**!er, of Leeds, England, in 1850, .Introduced his patent steam ploughs: Steel ropes are employed fof . tho Tiio?ii!?j of the ploughs, while'the eiiginfe* are sfationaVil^W* only luoying^along the beadUuds of the 6eldr. Several hundred >seU are said to be in operation iq EpgUnd and aUo in the Kilo V alter of E^ypt. ' ' - ^ ThpXew 6rleatn Crtkcenl says: "We hnve tho pfeasnre of unnounc'mtf that in a?hoit time this machine1 will be set mo-' tinn riA* m IImi < nh*. . ittaMn 4M r ;?Ar r. ?"? "YT ?"?wru l anap!e opportunity to pUuteraio teat ita power and its aaitxbility " for the greatest gf'OftJtcu-JiL r?gi.ef? iq; Ui? world, the; rich.; and hiMtjiaUilibU^Valley of iho Mi^ia*?p^v, ; ' y y "WliatV tlio differ em e^nst ween ihe late Saltan of 1'uikey a6d tbe present Sidtan ? One it.ti^e ^ulUp.e* *qut arid t*?e ot!i?r the' Sultan Az \z. IwM talking !o yomx parlaar; and, if joa m?, nm :WHMV# r?j-ly civilly ?he:i apokwtlji'i'/-*'" " ''s ' OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CAPTURE OF BURRATT. consul qbnkal 11ai.e8 rel'ort. Washington, Jan. 8.?The following is Consul General Halu's letter in full relative to the arrest of Surratt. It is dated at Alexandria, Egypt, and addressed to Secretary Seward; "Agency and Consulate General 1 of the United States of Amer [ ica, Alexandria, Egypt, Nor. 27, i* 1800. j ''Sir?I Lave tbe honor to report that in consequence of a telegram, received via l>t?i)6laiUitioplet from Mr. King, United States Minister nt Rome, and of 3evcral letters received from Mr. Wintbrop, United States Counsul nt Malta, tbe Mediterranean wire being unfortunately broken between Malta nud Ibis place, I have arrested a mun colling himself Walters, drehfcd in tbo uniform ot a Zouave, who arrived at Alexandria on tbo 23d inst., in tlie steanubip Tripoli, fiosn N.-splen, and who is beleivcd to be John Harribon Surralt, one of the conspirators for tbo assassination of I'reudant Lincoln. "The telegrnm and some of tbo letters I)tvin<r been delayed in the transmission, 1 wfls fortunate iii finding (ho man slill in quarantine nmong the third-clnt.3 patsengers, of whom there is uo list whatever. It wn* easy to distinguish him Among seventy eight of theeeby his'Z->uave uniform, aud scarcely less easy by his almost unmistakable American typo of countenance. ' I said t? him at onca, 'You are the . man 1 want, you are4an. American? '"IIo laid, 'Yea, sir. I am.' "I said, 'You doubtless know why I waut you. What u your name?' 4*lle replied promptly,4 Walters.' AftllSl '1 llulllilMI ruiMi ?? Suri-Hlt,' nnd in arresting him mentioned <oy official position a? United State* Consul General. "Tim director of quarantine speedily arranged a sufficient cscort of Koldieta, by whom the prisoner was conducted to a safe place vriihin the quarantine wulls. Although tho walk occupied several m'tirole", the prisoner, ck>#e at my ?idi% made no romark whatever, displaying neither 6nrpme nor irritalion. "Arrived *t (l?e place prepared,' I gave ( him the umirI magisterial caution that lx> ! was Dot obliged to My anything, an.I that anything he'Anid would be at once tnken down in wrilting. . "He said, 'I hare nothing to ?ar, I want nothing tut what in right.' "He dodared he had neither passport nor baggago, uor money, except six franco Hid companions confirm bia itateuient iu this respect- They say be came to Naples a-deserttir from ihc* Pjtpnl arnay at Home. 1 find that La lit* no papers and noclolhes but those he is wearing*; ''The appearance of the prisoner "answcared very well the description -given of Surratt by the witness Wefcliraann, at page 110 of 1'ittmsn's report, officially sent to me by the Government, and is accurately portrayed l? the likeness of Sorratt on the frohtf?pieOe of the same: volume. "Mr. King Mid Mr. Wintbrop ?peak vn confident terms'of; the id entity df theZoti-' nyiy I have not *^b?dpwr of a doubt of It*-. - *'. V' ft . J h "According to thews II established public law Of thi< place, aft the pritodir av<ftr without objection to krfcti by me, on my Uteneot tliftt Incledfor the United Stetc^ siid ^tpfcially ?* he has no paper n?ggwt evej? a prjtna /imr cUtm br ?j^long-? Jrtg;to**y other jurisdiction, IfaeM is bo &t?T1t?M9wfaidrtftrf' rightfully iilf?jr few hfrSfctf hie* pHtiit daklodf'U* I tewpt' ^Yeffcrtnoe' ^if^^^^^ '1. . 'ji'-'. ^r-? - - to ofi wiH 4h?n K? rte?teod EXTRACT. * From the advance eKeots of "Alexander Hi Stephens, in Public and Frivate,' &C., by Henry Cleveland, E?q. "11 is moral courage was as undaunted ?3 his physical was unyielding. Ho came home?went before the people?neither asking quarter* nor giving thein. "It was reported to him, that he had been proclaimed ft traitor to ii?t? Souili in a public speech made by one who lind held | high position in the State. In a personal interview with tUU person, he inquirsd whether the charge had been innde as reported ; and though tho charge was denied, and tbe partie3 separated in a friendly manner at the'tiihe, yut the words used by Mi. Stephens on that occasion led to n subsequent demand upon him for a retraction. Tliit was refused, and a rencounter ensued. Mr. Stephens was unarmed, while hia assailant, who wnr"moro than twice his size and weight, was duly prepared for the reiicoanter which he sought. Upon the. rofusal to retract the words, an assault.was I ?n.<?. Kf, ! ? ' ' W|/uu tua* Willi upon KUlItf. Thid he for some lima carried with mi umbrelln, receiving several wounds upon his arms and hroaat. but his a?eudant, rushing u[>on lii.u with all Lis 'superior force and weight, threw, him upon hit back. Ope blow with the knife, aimed at tho heart, would hare done its fatal wotk, bul for the fortunate position of the bl&ifc "of the knife. Another blow, on the'olher side, passing between two rib-!, severed an intercoilalery artery. Tlie strong man I then, with his left hand on the forehead of I liia adversary, mid tha knife . ia liia right -hand, said, ' Now? retract, or 1 will cut your throat !*' The reply vat, uNo. never 1 Cull'' As the knife caine, Mr. Stephens caught U in his rigli?'lian?\ ami with lils left tuiced the. riglu elbow -of him wlio wielded il. In this ,way iLue struggla laMcd until Loth parties w.ertf on their feet again, and others, emits to tire renctie. The right hand, that' seteed thckuil'e as it was aimed at the ll^toat, \vafi horrjily mangled by. the turning and twi?tillir of ibn lilnil.i in uff.irfa l? ??l ' o ft"" wa" U1 (he grip. The hemorrhtgfl from the severed artery would have resulted ia dealh, hut for (ho fortunate presence of Dr.'llitohcock, of llie United Stales Armv, whoso skill arretted H." _ , ,t ''TXie Roeny occurred in thp.. 'pi.tzw? of Thompson's Hottl in Atlanta, Oeorg.a, on the-Uh ofB-sptember, .1848.- Mr. Ste*^ phens was laid-up for-several weeks toltb these tvonndi; r.--'fh? right:hand was thought to ho permanently disabled. The tetidort* of several Sneers and the~ thoi?l> wire ne*' crtd. He could riot use Ibe hand at ril! fi?r nbolit twelve jnonths. In ;.tb'e njeajilijye, , be Hccuotoined liinmclf lo write wilb- hi# left. Hut to lite j^rraan?nt- injury of the right, bi? bud cbirogfiipby ix now ..partly ?wing." , u. - i ' flow THE CABJJE 18 VklSXSB. ; *. > The other day telegraphers who hud looked into tbe matter,"told me in a felv Words how the Atlantic cable it woiked. I had read column nfier , column in "tlia papers in a vain.effort to undfH??tltu4M*'U. was done, nnd wm aatoftlahed enough, I awyi^.jpri^to.. w^^jow ; aiwplf * thing war. the instrument which.talk* aorewthe s??.' 1 Imngine a imall needle?-it w>igh? Mil/ (hrve-teventeesiba of a grain??bthaf eitlrer and poidtt t<f*7po?rertbl Htfed'tinliguet. O vei-ihia ntcillu is n board in wLioI^ U a small hole, 'hbove and beliind which ia m bi*<*Wd. oaarSM**r jiib.-r5,riiTi;.ni i&; other Hie negative on*. TLe bftllerj j.. <<ui? .(r .i- i-a ii vr n* uuc ?imv. vi %?io wew oy me Q0tg08m %m$ m*Jm Mptli: out of No. r46 :B^aiw*yttk*lHUi<l; tffl^, 4hrie TIj? ftppllc^ou! of ? c^rens /nip - Ii , SHWggggBgBg'ggHBB^Wg the needle stationary, when no othe* influence is applied. And now for the reason why a sma!l battery works the best. It is no* that a large battery, .as has been popularly supposed, would ?at tip the Conduct ing wire, but thnt it would tunlco the motion of the delicate needle too violent, to jse a vulgar phrase, it would be ^enpetually "wabblirg at out." The vniall current used has no such effect. I lmvo tried Ij explain the matter, in as few words as possible, as I heard it.myself from an eminent telegrapher, and trust 1 have made mv6elf perspicuous to the renders of the Courier. ?Evening Post. N IMPORTANT PUBLICATION. We are glad to learn that the National Publishing Company, 407 Minor street, Philadelphia, have in press and now nearly ready lor delivery, a history of the late war, written by iho lion. Alexander Id. Stephens. There are few men living so thoroughly cempctent in every way to write n complete and truthful narrative of the stirring events of the late war, na Mr. Stephens. We are assured that he Jias spent much time and labor in preparing this woik, and has had access to papefd -and correspondence connected *ilh mutiy interesting features and incidents of onr late etru^irle. ri' cu which no oilier writer 'lias enjoyed". "fliu own privnte cbri-fRp'oridence during the few yeais i'neuediately profiling hostilities ns well as durjng their progres?, affords a fund of valuable material for the complo tion of snob a work *a Lo I1&4 undertaken. : ,J Mr. Stephens was also for many tfeurs a prominent actoi; w the 8ceoc3 and lectsU tlpii which immediately preceded tbo war, nitdJiBOwg much of tho Eecrut history of ilioaortiiriog events r Wh?oh pieuipitated the country into one of the most slupend? oui? nnd sanguinaty-rtrtfggles which has ever marked theT-hktdiy of the wdtW. Hit knowledge of men and' measures acquired from personal observation aud }>articipation. in thp action .of the Govern > men?. enables lura to bring before the pub lic.roany of the secret springs which sut.iu motion the great revolution through which we have just ]>asr. " -V ' ; Tho history of the earlier days of the Ccnfederutf- Government, and ' pa'rticularlv lliKt portion" ?.=f its existence as h "Provisional -Goverpment,'' while located ;at.Mo.nl' goinery, has never teen given lo the public. Mr. Stephens wa< in Montgomery. ns( a ell-legate to the'- Provisional Congrese from'this Strilo, hifd took a lekding'paft; In the'lejmfaiiotf enacted there. Many que?.. -i ? ?'* >tt It, "J"/.-? lions of immense importance to the then eectded Stales were canvassed and ;>.c?ed up#>p theu. The Southernpab!\? lyUjong sought a true record of Ihoso dayp, and opinions have been .formed of the men and measures of that' period, which d'oubiteM, * * full, candid arid comprehensive statement of ^he actual condition of tjhe country, and the v<uiouj> measures proposed ; teqd very much to soften ami mod.fy. ; rj.jr.. No 6tkerm?n now living, except, perhsps.Mr. D.'ivifi1,' cfln give 'o the ttoi Id: the trtfe ohiraotef <it th'4 *Jaii}&-KUJeV i'ego^ "" TO- yzw*fSS '^V ter part of Ifce ^lyp. , Th? people of Oie 1?^(| State^ ?oTthJ$)d$*>a> jradeep^ *it?r?f?Wd a? Jwjoff #(Wlrj?iMt?qippilStf torj- o( their *rmi*aetionR,irtiul e*a. ert very ion8de?t tl?t in Mr. Steplieo#" forthcoming book ?i .imparl i?i and Brrict ly t?uthfu! Trnnhtiv* of all l<Ut:*tfi4*rV>f1itrto lie ^ublitf i?. toioh lb' v<gttuwlb:-** M ' T^ie cfciricter' of Ifr.' ?>iephcnV *8??|W,|MI W'ifHW. H'SlE e?.tfo?ftd trotbf uldftsa m. ? jtntesnjw,! oo^*~ rpir? to poi?t Khn otU liao ot lb? lime#-in h?itiob4e*f*??Mitoa? THE RADICALS AMD THE SOUTH?LETTER FROM HOJMfcE OBEEJLY. Some weeks ago, a genntleman from Jefferson county, Mississippi, addressed a jeller 1c -Horace Greyly, asking him, as one oi tl>e leaders of <he Republican paHyf what the intentions of the partywero witli referenco to the South. Mr. Greely prompV ly replied in the following letter : lioCHKSTER, N. Y.,#Oot. 28, 18G3. ' I I^bah Sir :?Your letter "finds me 1 away from home, engaged in oar political J canvass. Leaving, with many others, 1 mu5t answer hurriedly 1. I know of no oonsiderrtble or inllueneutial portion of the people,"North orWest, who expeotor desire any general (or other^ ' confiscation of Southern property. T am peifcctly acquainted with most Abolition iitHof note?Gerrit Smith, Charles Sumner, -Governor Oliase, &c., and net one of them favors a policy -of cor/fiiscation.? Tlipd. Stevens and Gen* tiiiller may be exception*, Gen. "Butler feeing n new conrert -from the democracy. 2. Even the tax on cottoji?though I think it falls (esgeciaUy) muinly on the i consumers, not the produce.!?is-cerlain to j bo taken off very seon. It is sustained j only beanuse of a local rreveuue. I 3. I am very sure that no Southern ! mail. i*br? rpmuininuiollT a?it ?*? I ? ?- - -1 J ? ??~ " ? ; lends io his business, will ever be'troubled I beuftus^ of tiiB pRft in the 1 Ate. rebellion Assass-ins anJ house-burners may aomotimus bo prosecuted, but oftener t!;ose who |irofe68ud to be Unionists than those who were Licbeli. ? 4'-1 think the general prevaleut senli? 'nmit of lite North was adverse to any exaction of the South, with regard lo political rights for the -black*?lill After the New Orleans riots effected a decided change, and I think it now the more pre\'alertt~ opinion' : here that thfe better portion of the Souihea whites will never protectrthe from murder and j trage at the bauds of the low-caste ' white*, and that the right- of "nitifrage.-for the blacks is4?di.<peu*able to tb?jir safe-' *y6. I think yen mislead yfl*rr*eir by a" misuse of terms when you talk, of Ae ."equality of tne whites and blacks" Iu Gve of the N*w England States tbeir Constitutions and laws mako uo difference, nni] know* none between whites a-ud. blacks, and yd 1 ibiuk there iaifar ksa intercbure . or political intermixture between the Whites -andblncks it? Boifori, for instance, Niku io New Orleans. ' , Xyu do not nsk me for advice outvie you r.flypsiionf, y?>t4 n;v?oty?f?. io proffer thiscounieJ-: Let Southern Stoles MMohre to establish 'ami maiitdift, bencfrfoitb. ft tfadrough*gftdTun<W/i?cat?ding wiib! iBe South* , ,?ru blacks. Eocourage^he latter"'tobeld conventiodasmlMleottbctr'beataien't* conser with your beat men, resolved thefW wrfect 'good UnderiUtidino 0*9 two races chall be btta., . . ' , - ^ I trust there, isno more trouble. ^hftAd',' butiuanyc*ie,*iu;|? anuuderateadfagj* of the gravest consequence lo?ll. ? r ;** Your#,tftty; ^ t; t t . UbnAxk Onrxfr:^ '' .vain'1 l Lor alt? ^iLi lja~ iiolml Jutelligenfe* ty below of tVotntfS*. Chronicle i*'equally; applicable to ttie *adf ar'tide. ' Jto.wW. ifc'i? lr.?npet%d.fimb.oii ABTEMTJS WARD'S iSaBSHIWO ttACHUHL My wife's a exceedingly pn^(yo|I wov.jBjwfij man. I lov her mucttly, however, aud 9 humor Iter little ways. Its a veoUeu 9 falsehood that she hen-pecks mo, and the . 9 R youug man in onr naborhoodwho said to j9glral me as 1 was dislendm rot diaCram with a aUngl gentle cocktail at the village tavern?-who said to me in these very laogmJgp, *Go 99lqH Lome, old rr?fin, onleM yota want attothei fi teapot ihrowd at you by B.J^.pfobabljr 999 raarata liwU o?M j ???J W? ..g>w uwiiu miHa inn i oniu, | upHI aiuutl ^M9H ? my wife's front name,~gentle youth, and ^''MKWS T p&rmits no person to allood to her as B? ^^Bragy J. -outside-of tlie family circle, of wblch t1' ffl am it principally my self. Your olfier ob- 9 servatious I scorn and disgust, and I knnst _ HBnB polish you off." He was a able-bodied *sgjS| young H?an, and, removin' his coal, ho itir -m ?| quired if I wanted to be ground to powder f JHkH I said yes, if thero was a powder grindkk handy, bothitt would''ford |tM greater pleasure, whoa ho struck me a painfull 9 9E blow iu to niy right eye, causin me to makj * rapid retreat into the fire-place. I hadn't flngB no ide% that the enemy wAs so welt organ* ffi| ized. iiutl ralliod and went for brm fn a rather wigris style * for ray time 6f fife. ' JBmE iiis parents lived near by, and I wTU ski* . ply elate that fiftoeu miuutea had only 9 fl elapsed after Ihe first bit, when W Wm nffl| carried borne on s shatter, " Hie txMWnsifi ' ShEk met the ?olemn procession at the door, and " I H after keerfully looking'her' offspring ^?r, " ^gggg sbe said, "My tori, 1 see how it u dint!not- JSfiisj nally. You've been foolija around a thrash- - flrafl |in machine. .Yoa went in at the plaoa fl I wbere they fut the grain inlet the thing*-->J flffi myjig and let the horses tread 6h ytm, I didn't you, my son ? The pen of na K?- .SB9 ing oTtbor could describe thai dufortypfc. yoaug man's eitiivation moro clearer. But ;' ? 1 I I wwjorrjfer Jiftn, and I went And nuned -? flBB Jriifetill begot well. Hia reg'tar original father had been sent to the war. TibM" him I'd be a father to hito' tnykelf. He " 9M5 smilt a sickly smile, and said t'd already been wuss than two fathere to bjia, , ^? ? ^ ^ ? * \ , Hj9 What tjik Lqcai Siio o* wib LbcTCRBt?"Tb^.lectare leal - evening/ was a., 9H brilliant affair. The ball osght to .bare SflS been filled. We nro sorry to say, only |9K ferty peraona /were-preaeet. The speaker 1 |BmE com winced by wkying that he was by birth Sra an ecclesiastical deduction ; gayo a learned . AH description of the devilr and biajillU^ jfl ?aw?jpg tjrfief. Among tether (Lhiega^fca M slnted tUal liie patriarch Abraham taught MS Ceorop* Arithmetic. We Uo?t tije eJ<w quent divine may he induced to repeat the ' * Ijjffil lecture at Hofao future day* " 9 >. What ran. LECTttaKa 8aij> o? th? ; V 8|r:iId ,? npwt of my. . 9 lwU?c? ij? you? beaaUW . w^/ yoo blt?#" ^ l| &?4*Mm?A#mi*Uk?fl winVhXi?p?h I^Bb correct. -You make me spenk of ittyseff fta Ml rny KVlfi; au ^cclsaiosticaHy deduction .H ? tut 9 8te?4pf ape^kmg of iho devil a* **wmg W I N-eea, 1 spoke of him aa sowing iarts. *' I ? rota nothing <h Ab?*h*m/buVfpok?oftlwi ~. -? W'Sfc^awJi# rt?f '- ^E| ' I ^;"! fig agriuultwe. :,. >.** W lOtlrt. ;. ' S be 05 pro frpjDt^ 2f confided in u ?iw%' 1 lu.iL .; . - - .?'*-? . - .. ? i.- 1 t. _ -?c__r?i-?L<t^''r ..?SB