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All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications reconitmendi ng Candidates for public ollices or trust-or puffing Exhibitions, will be charged as Advertisements. r)TRev. FaUoriues Rusu, is a travrelling Agent for this piper, and is atiiorizeil to raceive subscriptions and receipt For tne samne. THE MANIAC CLOWN A Tale of TItrillicag Iuerest. [The following narrative, wi th searcely an alteration, is true. The particulars, thrilling as they are, were taken from the mouth of the utifor. tunate creature, during one of the lucid intervals between his howls (f madness while confined in the madhouse of P- , England, and may be remembered as being noticed by the journals of the time, the notes were laid aside-but not forgotten, and the author but waited an oppor. tunity to place them in this manner before the public.] "And here." said the keeper, as le came to No. I3, from whence came 8n0o, from i whio'r N-on may ga!.' b a tale worthy of note, n2 . rp a ry you htave taken, if' we canm dut nd him quiet, as he is 'at tines; a nge story is Is, and b.. is one of most savoaje and raving prisoners have at times.' S . saying, he unlocked the door, after having looked through the gate, ani we entered; crouched down upon ,is iron and immovable stool in the corner, with his face buried in his hands, his hair long, black and matted, his dress fantastical and strange but the attire, torn in various places, of a ring mimic-was a man, who moved not at our entrance; he was, like all we bad seen, chained by the wrists to the floor, rendering it im possible for him to move more than was required in sitting or laying upon the coarse bed beside him. Nothing escaped him except a low moaning. which, at times, he sent forth, and shaking his head, buried it still deeper in his hands. The keeper said in this manner he had passed whole days and then he was more peaceable and less violent. Tfouchring him with tihe end of thre stick he held in his hand, he said "Look up." And the miserabjle creature turned up his haggard face to our view. "Why do y'ou come here agaiu' said lhe, sadly-" to make, a show of me? ou tell me, and those who come to sec me, that 1 am mad! (10 you not fear me? ay, strong man-do you not fear me, weak creature that I am? yes, and so you chain my arms and hands and feet, so that I cannot lift them up, but look ye, there is one thing you cannot manacle, and if you could, I would bear all tihe chains that could be heaped upon mne-my M ~m ou Chain that! keep that dread from he fore me-let it not haunt mec night annd day.-let me not hear that voice that rings forev'er in my ear, and you may chain and load me dIown, and 1 will dianki you for~ it.' Anad lie drop. pod Ihis headi anrd buried Iris face once more in Iris hanrds. "1 Ic hans not been so rational for many a day,' said Iris keeper, "for wvhich I am truly thankful, for he is like a lion when tire fits are on him,' "'IIa! lha! ha!' shmouted thre madlman,. risinrg, arid flinging hris arms as high as iris manacles allowed-"h'la! ha! Iha. I am with you once again. Come, is all ready? whIo goes first? wiry do yon stare so wildly at mie? Comae, I amn nmerry , and1 shall mnake themn laugh to night! hra! ha! Iha!' and his plel lace was it nyp with at wil demroniaceal ex preion~i'. Sorn he sponke auga*in, "Wir'ro'e'sm M:mmv? nt comne vet? N ii roc...it's time..onir jist time, and she know well she should be here early. Why gazo at me? she is not ---no, no, no, nothing has happened tell me, is she safe, is my dear child safe? Oh God! I remember, Mary is dead---dead! Ha! ha! ha!' And with loud shrieks, he dashed his hand to his forehead. Soon ho sat down again upon his low iron stool, dejectedly, and spoke not; then looking up again, he gazed round and upon the keeper and my self who stood by the door beyond his reach. "Come nearer to me,' said he beek oning; 'come near, not you; no, not you, I fear you, and he shuddered as the keeper stepped towards him---"' fear you, for your eyes strike terror to my heart: and that, and the form of my child before ine ever, are all a dread!--Co me, and I will tell you of my little Mary, nv own pet chlild. I'll tell you how she died.' Not daring to trust myself within his reach, I stepped as nemar to him as possible, so that lie could not reach me; h bent forward, placed his hand upon his head and with a sudden tre mor, and wildly glaring eye, he biegan: Oice, I know not w'hen, but I could count by days, I knew the night, could tell the bright sun and clear moo aid stars, but now all are the same to me--.days 1 kiow ione, and light lingers around me ever; ell, long, loing ago, ere I came to this dull, gloomy place, I was ouit imuong men; drank, ate, cried, latigh Nd, like men, alye, and that too ier rily, for I wasjester in the ring, made :he crowd, the heartless rabble laugh mud shout, and raised a mterry noise, to matter it my heart was sick or gay, )ut I was glad sonmtimnes to see the ong tiers, and cl.ely . . es, u. the __tlls __c' savds, and kriV u I-wts tia o a all--to liWtari iUP td hurralis, 111 to see them v-.-,e their hats anid laindkerchiefs, when, with a slrill vhoop, I jumped into the ring. That Soulld eleer ine soUetimes wlien myv meart belied the laug ual p11o1111n mv face. he jest to which my tonguei giv y 0 itterance. 'Well, so years went on, until my I vifo my own beloved Mary, died; her Vliom I loved so fomildv alnd trily, I aid to sleep in the coll, damp earth: 10 one coul have th ought that I, 1e jester, tie elwnt, the onie who hen laughed coild weei! lit 1.11! iow 1manV hours I have passed be -de that lonievl grave ? Imy 'a !av ;he lovel Ime as few women love; she ial t rod mni the same rumigh road. Nalked hesidie tie inl my tmibles a1m11 sorrows, sharing wNhat I enjlye or offering r without a i mt; awl wvheii I knew she was dead, it seemed IS if m1Y time on eat-ti \th was over, and11( thme same grave dug fo ar hi cr shoil I lake mile also. But she hadl let imel one :>.er* whomit I imst wa tch w ith i.iou niess, awl love, if possible, iore 0mn bere tofore -my li l daughiter, the lianage of hier moi ther, myi owun Iittle pet1 Mary. '1 struggl.ed with the deep, thne hit ter curse o f poaverty. (Conl I hiave gamied a livelihoodi by toil, incessant hardi-m lp and enduiranuce, elsewhierei. gladly would~ I have rushiedl to it, mai1 bltssed heaven for its k iimness. lInt no; poor' broklen-downi, a mierah ie businuess save thle onie I folhav~ ed. was still foriced to, dir~ati on tueaena. where my wanits ;h allwe bu ht a ver y short, seaity respite uponi umy w if> d eathI. Thit wvhiat cured the crowd~~ ? the clown shiould tnt he sad; noi, ni, imi possiblde for thle ring jes ter to weep, it was a tinig unhmeatrd of, andm wonm!dh raise a Iomler laugh thanit ainy of my liveliest sal lies. A nid so, w ith a heart overhburth c eed, sick and E li'mt , I w: s forced to laiugh tond mak e tmiery '(Ohl, what a pleasure anid joya to mue was little Mary ! hiuow sweet art. less smniles lit up the gloomt withiin my. lbteast-huow her merry laugh4 iunole mec fehelymmg [and hiapply for1 thn tme, amnd with whlat. fo nd ne'ss, t ratg ay', miad devotiuon, did I Itang iupon every wod, every look~ of hers!. Shme gr-ew andi was bieauitifuil iiinee. ' Llw miany htoumrs when~i the tiilf may profession was over for the nigh t did .1 sit beside her little cmt, anud gaz upon her as sh e Ia sv leep inl be - fore mie ! of teni, very oft en, withI a smniilei playing ut on lier lo vel y face, tel linig thIat lier dreami l s werue s wer awl phas:nu and miakini r le evenL~ s4d!C to)elf as Ioked liui bIr. and wish that I was young, and inno. cent as she. 'And then what horrid, horrid thoughts cane crowding in upon my feverish brain. Ah ! how I'd strug gle and fight with them, and I would weep anild moan aloud. 'For oh ! thought; yes, tho thought would coie, what if death should roh ine of her-her my Mary-all, all 1 loved on the wvidc earth-she, in whom were concentrated all my af feetions, the only one inducing me still to drag on my weary life; what if the cold, strong, sure arm-n of death, should simite her down in all her pur ity and loveliness? True, she would die some time. as did her mother, its must 1, as must all of us, but should that umlomeit he while 1 iemained on earth ? (Ih. how I praved to God to arrest dealth's dart till 1 was in the skies. Yes, will you believe it, thie clown---inark we the clownl prayl! The one, -who, in faifil'ul attire, leap cil awli rude, j"ing l iin making muer rv inl the riig-Ihe, the one who wept beside the grave of his dear wi', pra)d beside the cot of his child, lie prayCd for her ! 'AI tletI ugain, another and imoreC dreaifll vision caene to ine . to w hich the thought of' death was no thing ; should she, growing 1lore beautifuil and fascinatinig every hour. still coitinilue the oljec-ut of uny enitire thiuglit and fiall to sin oh, God ' the tIhoglt wa s siekeni::: then how i bnt me down :uiel prayi~ed, then hiow I tretbled for the fate of imy dear 'Lolun's to place for a young. mnotherikh11ss and beautiful gil; Fur teinptation :IA every aln lurm ceit of' 411 inl vice existed oi caeh turn: imid should she all !Would that ere at mitl'ht I could see her a corpse .r1e nU.*''--' el~tdi, a1i d F i mid ut a -I iluze i al! this. :.A i c thl r' ei ii " fan ,y I assed let're ine. somietin( s lI otid wuLake; at first she was stirmriS Al to find ie there in tears, anid oiglit to know the cause; and she voh s:ay, ' Dear fathier, do go to *est. fir vot lok [mle, very pale. a s dlo go, filther. for youri' owni little \Lry aioks ou, theni I'd kiss amid hid :er god minight, v:ishinga her Ihleasanit rean', :111(l lcave her till I thought he was as!eep againi, and then so 6t'ty erepjii back to watch till Each day, :ach momient, found ne -Ironinl- Xh w'eaketr :anl weak-r. Amil in she v.rew imore and imore fair' :11il w.oltii'til, the inore :and mo. 10re I fliled :1 enith al verthing-every 'hiut l'ove to he---no abatemnt nIhcIi I C inl that while the life 't1. ti.as I. ti~.l4 hel' to ler 1;110 theri's grave wh le e she was sure al wayvs to bring so:ne sihIple flower, 011l 1 ul, tell Ler of1 one who lav hnea1th. so good, si geitle anl so Lii, telii her that ,hie must try and h like her: mal then she'd a-k ate n.aniy :u ti as qjue.:ions---if she w as in~ he:n' eni then. awd if sihe lived me as teniderl y as ij she, aiid wheni she' spielledIi the only word uponit the b,' stn--s p l e iM atii'- ish e taid ti enab:Jle h'er toi iress prmetiily, and' >uI appjlie-I f.r ii.irei~ :n. t lthemi lhu. atla -:thl '. an:sw.encd that im,'yre qu, I t cold ot' he!~'~ ut ewili with the chone.. :nl stat'n I then hail. ' demurriiiel hut i:. w~t.4 of no avail- / iteldv. :s tiurntin tu leave uhe lie ne the imaag -r spe to mle 'Nittn' it.' ea:-trly V (ied /. 'u dlaugh lter-Shle isi youngi and -\Vhiat ido you it'1an byv these - Whyt nu.t train lieu' fiir the au-nia j\ I v\ for the~ areinta'. No i, inuo, I .u''tl.l not ind it in myv hear't to br'ing. that tures hanging arounid sich a place. No, no; the thought was agony. 'So I toiled on, harder and har der than ever Littli did those who flaighed so loudly, long and heartify think the heart of hill who caused them so to do was sadly beating while he sang that merry song. or danced and capered, tellingof curious jokes and laughing out so loudly himself ah, no!--At length nature could sup port it no longer; I-grew sick and was searcely able to go through with ny performance, and the words of the nmaager recurred tz Ime again there was no alternitive and I was forced to bring her! to the house. 'And that hou wlen she stepped therein I curse-*--ye, curse it from my heart!' 'And here the poor maniiac after talking uo rationall!, and for such a length of time, ';w'v:rCd his Face nsith his bands, und swNaying his body to 'md fro. uttered louid curses and cries. U17poti this I feared that the remain Ier of his story waslost, and waited olg for his inu-oxysn to cease. .I"y legrees his voice Isubsided and he '2iinenced h'5le inurinured: ot-she said she was glad that she {ould be earning something to assis !ime in my pover Lv, aid, she would do her best to earn and io please. Poor: child, poor Mary! 'Weeks, wceks. nd many too, we practised---every y Vor hours, and shie would not say tle was tired---no :ornlaint, not on and she learned :0O rapidly.I 'Ilow I watche i r then-!---by her kil day, all night, :a moment could INy eyes be1 from After hours md Iours of tra anmd toil, she Vas prepared fd fidebut. The lays pr~cedd nigt vas sad nrthr are an1d sait ai hour >r two. I thld her that she was '1oi to come beibye the world----th.at He would le Surroinile'l 1V sin, mis ry aid teniptation----but ever to reasure the memory of that motier wh, when It% ing, was frice fri oml taintr, nill ipCeeless as the driven snow. he was so youn g tbat she did lot iulterstaid mec fully, but said-sweet Lill- that she wonlii go to heaven I mLet. her there, amld if she wul, lie illst he gtoI to (do so. 'The niiglit arrived-portenitoui iight- amil with s:illy bea h ei licart, pit Onl myI% cas ! omaryI hab Ilim nlts. Iary was to : eur iii two pCIr11 niee. --in the first alone. the secoid t Coll cjimlictioln with the best perform nr in the arena-how s wetlv did look whme: IlII attircd for her first IPpecn-ance. NeVCr lual she., looked heautiful, with her little SI:niuled rxck andi , si iike a sylp, so ure, so illocenIt. A iain ml again i kissed hier, mti al Icale lier fear Int. 'The house, ln. bitfore the adver isl tim 1r t he r n of the eur - \u was idenitly :tcked, for the ti Iiminilniit of the first annpictaraice in public of the dl:imghter (it , evra!ld i ayi. Yes menil etmue to looik f:o her i' iuac'If! homite, andh t lauh it the jests .r her sobhearted fa.ther -.\nd therv woub n!io t look ini--ai fir at rehieagal the manager, struck wit her beauty~: .and. daingle courae libe ra1 olib rs lmiir he ievic eS, wihich I t IS l t olteni th.a. l::anagers aill 130 their Lirlinu:.. Tbier aboive tiir the ru and when wiha shiek antd inerry, -lIer.e inig plhaudits lm.ade atlI echoi again. 1 kno ni nt how V I ate.d, or- what I sail-btifr ti lmie to timie /heartid themt sh.iut M\l: .hts wiere uinnl cameii fori her to i I led her hv her little himil a eher how, feeb. ines 'f pride e with mie sal ne-s, flr it wai- ut.,in chill, fir whlii the: v 1 ij, . unto h tliev rIse, ti whi'n evr; eve wasi- ternedi. -W1ith the li'htn e of air shie 'iaub tel iti thie -bile, A erick from the iioble steedl like liihtin-r-mndi the arenia 518. uinl , it seteile to Inc i were Ini>t h . TIe hc ow thoy aliihaaidn Il eve 1 lowed her tas shn wen, i heart. kniockedl aaiinst Ii y h ich heat, :mnl .1eak. it un , ia i ime that thev d. AgrioulturalResources ofSouth rorida m One of the most interesting reports submitted to the late General Assem 1d bly, will be found upon the first page Is! of to-day's paper-the report of the d joint committee upon the agricultural s, productions of South Florid. This ly section is almost terra incognita evon le in Florida, but elsewhere it is abso lutely.unknown, and generally regar 11. ded as made up of irreclaimable le morasses and barren sand beds, des At perately sickly, and swarming with t the insect tribe. South Florida, how fg ever, is perhaps, taken as a whole, the most salubrious portion of the t. North American continent. And why . should it not be?---a narrow strip of land almost sea-girt and perpetually -e fanned by a breeze from the Atlan I tic or the Gulf. On such a slip of Sco - if local causes of disease existt they would be entirely cor r reten by the marine atmosphere e which constantly pervades it. To the extent of its soil adapted to that purpose, South Florida is, e beyond comparison, the best sugar Sgrowing region of the United States. It is capable of producing tobacco equal to the Cuba, and it ought to do much towards supplying the Union d with the linest oranges and pine ap e pies. Those now . raised in St. Lu cie and Orange counties are said to o be of very superior size and flavor. South Florida, at this moment, af fords the best opening to the young man of industry, without cap.4al, of s any country in the world. Selecting . a small rich spot, of easy access to a navigable waters, and stocking it a with the pine applo plants and orange trees, in the course of a few 'ears, - he would be placed in a position of ease and thrift,. from tho early pro ., duct of his ground; Qt-heZe would Bnd Sd isposition Sosh~ntie d ,in ihe manu y Ji The New-York Journal of (Conwret- has a letter from San Francisco, which relates some remark able facts as to the wonderful agri cultural resources of California. We e Tuote the following. "Mr. James Horner hails from Momnouth county, New Jersey. His farm is now located at the mission of San Jose, (about 40 miles from San Francisco.) Horner planted about t 130 acres of potatoes, yielding him a crop of 35,000 bushels, averaging 50 r lbs. to the bushel, and 270 bushels to the acre. The crop will average d about ten cents per pound, or the en ormous sum of one hundred and sev enty-five thousand dollars! or what is the same thing, the whole yield of 130 acres was thirty five thousand bushels, and sold at five dollars per y bushel. Ilie has raised from four acres of land forty thousand pounds of on ions, which lie sold at an average of d10 cents per pound (some of them weighing four pounds each,) and wh&-ch cr-op of onions produced $16, d000 (say four acres of onions, 40,000 . bs.-, 40 c. per pound. As for cabbagecs, ho planted e70 .000 and raised forty-thousand ehead fo r market, which lie sold on the ~taverage at 40 cents each, or say, .$106,000 firom fifteen acres. Hie also ~raised filfty thou sandi pounds of tomnatoes which lhe sold at prices evarying from 10 to 20 cents per it ounld, or anm average of 12 1-2 cents e pe(r pounid---producing the handsome Isum of $6,250. And now for the pumpkins, about *e for-ty tonls, whlich sold at 6 cents per e pound, somo of them weighing seven ty-tive pounds each, but averaging .thirty pounds each--these equalled athe sum of $1,800. Tosum up all, we find the produet of' this farm of less than 150 acres, was as follows: S Potatoes - - - $175,000 ~. Cabbages - - - - 16,000 TIomiatoes -- - - - 0.250 Pmun pkins - - .- 4.800 ii Total - - - - $218,050 A Par soxEILUNMAS1KD.-A wine mi Ielhant of Rlheimns, who has for thi several years been doing an immenso LX- bumsines~s by the sale of his wine, e which had a peculiarly agreeable and er exhiler-ating quality, causing it to be >d in demand above all other wines, has finally lost his secret. Liebig anal of' yzed some of' it, and found that'- the a peculiar quality was caused by the inti-nduction ot laughing gas, or 'pt tu~ie ofnitrgen ASPARAGUS BEDS', d go the experience of LInd4j:-id; qs , ' who are among the the t in the world, should have a-dirsing 'ofalt equal to a pound for oich' aep every spring or i earth and cover the bed wi' -i ted stable manure fourorfive.r deep. In tnakin7- a ne ;bed, "tO earth should be tienched, fe',, up with a spade from 20 to 0' i.4s in depth and made rich With"freali loam and a fair proportion' of "well mixed and decomposed ^eit'e.. king care to avoid to i h 'c'. liy adding sand if necessary. eingwp ' marine plant, common salt ever proved bopeficial to it n with judgment. Iunist1 PoTAToS-l'nPsRnVINS~tRF. -A correspondent ofthe Muasynehi;Ids P/ouighmian, wvriting from -Savnrahit, gives the following account ong1. perinient in the culture and prrserva tion of Irish, Potatoes, by Col.Greene, of l utchinson's Island, near Savanjah. A fler de'scribiig his visit and stating'ilio difficulty ill preserving the seedlin this climate, le says: "His (Col. Greene',) method, is to let the potato re'indfn'1ri the hill, until wanted for seed, then 'dig them, cut them in quarters, and dry them one week. Next weekhe w il begin to plant; and they are now (Jan. Ist.) digging the secd. In . every .}ilt there are two crops! I nyselfsaw riew Potatoes taken out of the sahte hill where the old ones were 4oe'I . ly sound, as large as an o sized hen's egg. Ho has . t six acres that ho left for seed and-r m which, in addition to oldiifor i thinks to get from 40 to 50 bar l1f new for the market. At Huron, Erie oount 'the 3rd.,.there wasa at nMarriagoi >t, -top e 0 sulted it etr prese at the Episcopal Ch pose of marriage. of the service, embracng hervO of the bridegroom, were proM e sponded to by him. Thbc CV)lt of the bride was thexi. idhy1, e clergyman, to which. she prpmptf answered 'No!' The ministerskae her if she was in earnest' it*hat si e said. 'Yes, sir,' said a perjured himself -trifled -win 1ii.ie affections of others--.and. I hare, but done him justice!' And; t i4 round she took a gentlemn a dm 44 left the church. The 1Doetor says he don't understand it, anal declares his innocence. DISTRESSrNa OcodnitPe...---A man in Roxbury, Massiujede, got into a quarrel with a tlief, and it was agreed that the parties should settle their difficulties b%* a filght on the subsequent day. The wifo 'f one of the parties, hiaringofth arrangement, went to-an-apotheca ry's shop and told the cir4m0tnces of the case, and inquired the qugnti ty of laudanumn necessary t put hor husband into a sleep, from which he would not awake until after thet tinie* fixed for the fight to conp off. 'She was told the quantity but tt lhialke the thing sure, her hmincss Cprohnpt ed her to add to the dose mentined and sheoadministered so utelchthat i proved fatal. She told" Theih story-her objects--herrgrie% and tho coroner andl other authohlties have wisely determined tha thie: wo man was not subject to grithin re ceedings. Oanro-PFrr- giv* Y SL c ~'Z.h Ohio Le'gislature, on itme 22t 4im ary, paased "an Acet necering'ihe.,b~p th of habeas corpus,''.which comts quite. up to the Vermont act. :It makcsitthe duty of tho A ttorney GnaPt ih State, and the prosec~nting dito? h'of the counties- -~ 'To protect and defend d r rested as fugitive. alaves, nl id: e immediate a pplication to apecified eduata and judges for thme writof haed~,orpias; such courts or judges to grant thoewrit, and upon its returnl, to grnnt strial:s by jury on all questiona of fu& l be. tw~een the parties, proveidy make applicatiop ror huedy ar~ verdiot of the jury tuls all~ in favor qfsthosposgo a is4i~r fugitive slavo,ah b IaII restored ' to hic lietyh claimant shull-agrin ole 'o~~slp in. the slave, within, th1 pa .deemned gStliht' '1 ron bonviction tlhereg~ hnIp iq ,is~p d in .tlie .pen:tenpary l o ti I6/tant five, or lesa -than two years.,Jd/ phia Ledger, saw it not-they were waving har kerchiefs, and sending flowers fr< every portion of the place. 'It was a triumph. I was wi frantic, wiith joy, fear and weakne Sweetly, and with -grace, she smil and waved her tiny arms and hani as the foaming steed walked slow around to let her breathe, and gi her time to rest. 'Off again performing more di( cult feats than before, but with ti same case and grace. One could n have told, to have looked on, th she had not done the same thir months and months bef'ore; so eas no effort; so coolly no embarrassnen It was then LI breathed-I breat ed again. 'lit, no--she must come befoi them, and I led her out again. nced not tell you how they shoute< what they did; you'll say my brai was turned with love for my det ehild, and would not think I told t: tIth. 'And now, one more performane< rid the last that night. On she can .orne by the best perlforner in tli irena, the favorite in the place. With what ease and grace he hel ner up on high! How smartly, sli ooked, away up there-all tinsels an -pangles, glittering so finely in ti *as light; and be, like Hercules b( side her, urging the steed onward I ts utmost powers. 'The most intrepid riders are ci -icd the swiftest. to enable them t ;ustain their balance--and he wt imouis for swiftness in riding; it seen !d as if he flew. No word came fror ny lips, though I was in the aren dil tho time. I was not thinkin where I was, or what I was doin' 0 I thought of was my child. l APigh up* in the air he threw Iei gIghing her un'ensy-as if' twas piy ind~shre eta1 ping bf4t eds L -r ,ear had she. How theyapplaut., -her triumph was complete. 'Each moment brought thc' pe 1oronance nearer to its close, and ho [ wished it through! But, io-Ih ;teed fearing the whip, trained i "xerting all its powers when this r ler was upon his back, kept on i ightning course, arnd, ch, God! In or antueky feat lie mrissed her! I sa ier fall--the horse reared, and dow Namc his henvy hoof upon my Mar; 'I cannot tell you what followei I saw them rise round on every sid I'liere were cries, but I know tIt piercing shrieks drowned them a:nw blood, red blood, upon my der -hild's fice. I had sprung to hi ere the horse had harilly uo"ved, an seized her from beneath him and n connected with (he place, rushed i my side. 'But she. the beautiful-she ni idol, life and hope--a moment befoi ;o ull of j-y, I had clasped to ir heart a corpse! 'A y, she was dead!-dead, like bn mother Mary-dead, like everythiih to me that should bo full of life-dea and I lived. 'I know no more-no more"'' sa the poor maniac. as lie wiped his di eyes, as if there had been enough wash away. 'I could hnave wept on but now my eyes an-e dry and 1 has no tears to shed. Men tell nme thn shne lies~ beside her mother's gr-av and that for marny hours they con nrot separate us; hut I remember n that it was so. But they brounght in here to this dark place, and shut o thne bright light, and will not let n listen to thne song of birds, or sm< the frgr-ance of the flowers; th< ehain mie down. When thev ha ban-red the door, ah! they- cann'ot elo them to my Mar-y. I see her nio withn thne re-d blood str-eamning dov her pale face-don't let min see it Andi with a tear of i-eal pity-, an after obtainninig the location of thne ti gravnes, I turned [romr him, and t1 mnassive doors were again closed am barr-ed upon the "M.iximac Cn.ows Ma in. Youni Owy C a m~. ---Ta twelve ounces of ahmmnu for every t p)ounmds (if tallow, dissolve it in wat before the tallow is put in, and thn uelt the tallow~ in alumi water, wi [r-~euet stiring. anid it w~Ill clarni aind Ihan-den the tallow so as to mia a most beautiful article, for eithn summier or winter use, almost as go as~ sperm.i If the wick bo dipped in spir-it tnt-pentine, the candle will reflect mu-h more brillimat ligoi ... A mc..