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All Obituary Noticbs exceeding ,ix .lilnes. al Conmmunications recominmendisg 'Camlidates. for public oflices or trust-or puminiig 1.i hibitions, will be charged as Advertisements. aT ltev. ati-nm:u c Rcaii, i- a travelling Agent for this piper, am is atilrized to -raceive subscriptions and receipt. for tie saMe. The Smunvggliir, Or Humphrey Jaokman's Last Trip. DY TnIM nriv. J. A nOTT, AUTIl1Ont oi' "I'lz.s.uu' .3111URAvH. In the month of January, eighteen hundred and -'(no matter about the exact year,) towards the close of a splendid Canadian winter's day, two men, dressed in the unpretending etolfe-du pays, were returning home' wards from their daily labor. They iad bccn _' rting and hewinig timber or '. -nswhich was to be erected :.- !wing spring on an extensive clen hat had recently been made up . new farm. From the ; .0 appearance of 'the more promsineuiit figure of these tQwo men, he mi-l't have been some 0 'orn-c- His stau litoop, wvas abvtEnry S1 il-.. 11e stood, when stray'.ned up, fiull six feet in his stocking-Feet. His broad shoulders-his long and brawny >arms-his muscular neck, reveale I b the loose collar of his red lanuel ~rt, gave promise of more than -nmmon strength--wile the bold outline of his high and noble forehead1, and the decisive east of iii counten ance, together with a quick, unquail ing, anld penetrating eye, were un mistakeable tokens of an active and powerful mind, well suited for the all but 1Herculean frame under its infln once and command. The other, in whom night be traced some slight resen.blanlce to his com-l panion, was a mnan of three or foiur' and twenty years of age, with nothing. in his figure or bearing, save and except a pleasing and rather in teresting expression in his features, increased, if not created, by a shade of melancholy which seemed to have settled upon them, the cause of which will be developed in the course of my tale. "So, Frank," said the elder of the two, whom I shall call itumphbrey Jackmnan; "when this cage is msade, (the new house,) you'll have some pretty bird ready to put into it, I suppose, ehi?' "O, yes''as the ready?, but by noc neads unemnbarr'assed reply. "Liittle Nelly is to keep house f'or mue-it's all settled.' Little Nelly was his youngest and favorite sister. "Stuff-nonsense!' exclaimed his icompanion. "What's to become of lanny Reynolds? You may be thought that I did'nt know all about it?' "No more you do, uncle," returned iis companions; and then went on to explain how that the old man wouldn't give his consent until he had got his house furnished, and paid off the two instalments still due upon his farmu; "although Fanny thinsks,' he added, "that her father would pay one of them himself, if I would msake out the other, and she and her mother would manage about the pincip~al part of thso furniture; indeed shte's gAt bedding and table linen and I djon't know what besides, of her owun already, enough to furnish two houses such as8 we want.' * "So then, Frank, this is the tr'ou. ble that has beens making you losok so downthi whle bckDutwhy niot tell me before ehs, lad?' of"Well, uncle, they say folks don't feel fo syoung people incasrape ofthis kind, arid so we thought it best po keep it to ourselves, and to try anls york it out in1 time. It would take ai counple of' year's, perhaups, anid asnny has c-mni:e 'l to wiait: but the old man vauts her to wel that fellow, Ned Warcap, and besides-in short, I du nut know what to do.' '"0, we'll nallage it, Ilever Fear, boy.- And as you cannot get the girl without the cash, why I must just make one more trip, that's 111, al though I did think niever to imake another. Smuggling!' the oild min-ii continuiel, as if thiniking :Ilouidl, 1 don't like it;-its not riglt, auo vt there's no very great har:: in it, afer all, all everyboldy practices it when they have an opp.ortuility; s' l'il try it oice '1-Then let me go kith yIui,' S;Iiil Frank, eagerly, 'and( if yiu haveI luck, you'll make tw.o i;olple ha;py.' '"Say three, boy, say three, mwl as itS thie last trip I'll eVer take. , II shall "-) With 11n0; au1-1 With Such-1 ice, as we wnOW live, ltere's no1) tn1., to be lo.st . sto i1 for 0--- to-orrow Ilolillig-hire a 1inan1 to take , I across; get yilr eVe on a temuls, anda wait. at llirai lir' till I collie ve to You.' With many elxpresions of th, deepes gratitude, Qi-'ak lalani parted frono Ilis uncle that iii it:n l the ehl mall turnied iito his u \armi d Inutterigl suildry ej.culatin :,m: thing but comlp.limemi to hose 1et ting themnselves against lis neph.w's "love scraip,' as lie cAlled i, intr mingled with an ocacasioal n. the lenigt'hoftime it, tooik thek, ;-h a!T ra ll, l : lrat iry to r 1, herseif to tilhe arills 4f M, t b .1 the harnly uld Fa:iler, Hunip!.ey Jackuman. W7hile leaving.. the' worthy Vcoul to their reiuse. we will take 1 P:O ing glallee :t the di:rent I. 1U!.le few though they be wtl whdi i nylii tale is concerned. This ist ore nce.(.s.*a"v. ns '. i t I o I I , Humphirey Jackman's faim, ratier his nephew w.ich uia et. to it,? onl W .'.. 1!:-, hI'l heen. a t u%:-: . as alrcauld si: u'N ti Canada si i- . . i t n. twenlty mi1les away rmi 'backood.'The rowlle brallelleil Al at : l'i'..'lt ' . the front 0r liVer r:!.' a . above the then tflAorishing I. "I P--. Th11is roadl, :eL ru . aljoiIlt tell in1ILS hrick, wvs en another rod.a~l :nrn !. set lp ti.erv, CallV thi -! a iers a 1: w i tsh .ta Wie into thle n r. oil thie (.lliaada ~. ., un 0:. larg.Cr town -, oil the . States side. h'le lo !e o my . beilng iii that secti'1l o ae, where tile great S:t. I,: : e the linle of sepa-ationl bett -n1 b':,- , and 110 l ie (.lean '1 I'A 4v1er l f ! -:. as the intelligent reli will not ile h ecece'li. . E l illiles in lell'll. surmnfer lby the stillness el the . i*ie:-, and by tile ice iul winte, a e...e 'ia. and is si:ll cariedu.. ('n u'. 2 a tuntionsu, certaily uno iar t.. th. h ges ini tlle tal i ofut iuii :~ b'y the irespec'tiv\e g4'vern4 : the silgglers al'e flun,1 al 'i AtL the period.1 to wieb01 ini - fers3, there wats a hea~iVy dutt ilai doubl ied theL lpne e at wieb ii ! ch ud prc rd int the 4tat2, he:... t . temphtationi onl the hart 'f the ('a ails to smullggle it acro1.ss thlin Theli toIwn of ( )--, in the. 'ni:o States, wats ill conseiuenceL'i4 thei I terined to mia ke i s 1last u iiih.. his niephle w to p rocee~IdlU ht.e. , as beeni al read y stat ed. i orde1r to .. him iln biing~i it toi a 1ne.-4' 1 unldertak.inig mlust be left fLr the e qjluel to udevelip. T.1wo dayts afterthemerti anid thle neplhewi, conlcernuiing the -l.w scratpe' of thle latter, the lurly andu~ sta! wart siltaggle.r, Il ilgigOe mtan, mllighlt iave beenl seenl at a sor inl carryinlg outt bags, thle conlitenIIts of wiihi wiould lbe ea1sily' giue-sted at hie the iitiatedl, but1 whiebh eCr bi 1 che w : l 4j vZe ti ,I ae n . I ..: r"ain. Uis nephew Frank, as Ie called hiii, was there too, aiding and assisting in loading with these 1bags, t vo do)ih!c.sleighs at the door, to each of which a 'span' of leggy horses were lau-nmsed. A light 14eal of ten himdred each. desi:Aelyv li:ght, fI a span of' horses, in case tthe v inighlt have to run for it, V:as S)(ln comiu1pleted; hoids or notes withi satifaetory endorsers, were signiietd to) sencurc the payinent for tie sme aI all was ready fFur a start. N:),v, Frank,' said the old man, -tilo youl tennis to 11iiraiml Brown's l :n I 'id ::ive them a good feed, amid - -n'exactly t wo hours fron this -Iwx .1uini the tiiic, ie added, Cen Ihli ily, 'everythin:. depends onl this. I *Lave g&ivCn the rascally (Ali. Cor a hin , 1F what I am up to, and I her& re :pect u) havc a tussle with 1bia::* but la w n'1tou l vou;. so hy:ud see to)yur team.S, i I n r % \ill he YoiiiIS yet, oi ily i t Ilnaphrey Jachkinan.' V .I.. A r, he 1 1alke 1-0, :n"! in . lour w.as trotting quietly -1 :h it V a*0 : i: eross tihie iiver, ill th l an moonhiht. lis sleigh, ap S.:tiled hea ily vwith bags, \\I <rawn IY a sp an (.If powerful i ::a, antd he whistling un enI'a he jogged aling, at ti t*Wn ' where I iuipircv J :s trill. awi the object of it I l ~ ' t w :l!..t wiid. aiil accorl in W i- a:attions Lad been made vKI the ltuut enre. ataI precaution, I- Lt reetion on' his iretirn of the rva:yr~ tler tie St. Lawrence I ver horne o its bosomll. s. uiii under the shetie of t'ie v:t-. a I: e hihr up thani where the r A I tie river, was a eut tC twO 1 CISOns in it,-the ex, 11imself and a sturd. I r INt umsculr ~ 4,. ~7 h .J e. Th l'd a1 strikher conitrast to the !iei IIan be-Sidoe himl. n-' a' thw ( did in tOiusC h0 A 'alloition essentially - -- i i:i eannetiter as .t , I n're fit andi' - t s f*r nele -I;i2li U~ Ia'I - ~ ;I ".v :'.::11 was - I' n- cituhld haih-l a un ill ie w::. C Lt th at I Ic v. Q t1 t b.. the contra. I-10 ~ ~ he m 1re vwas a hanld 1 t. II n-,i Eto evete.t -1 Q, in Ul, in mo ia: o - . I U \\' i ll th - -:ni tiii I 4jipeu A: mLiti in th i hi hi.. h:it ini it A -.\I A. :b a ill , t0 Wa ,\ert, J.a. CC, - V*- . . . e i i h : 1 t : Iitlo g r 1 i n ure i- ii e in an: - 1 I 1 i I - .1 1 . a e . *t I. Ii ii a *t - hir i'.-- erre 1 . E n'l earivn.-t t it1 - ha' uli f hi !i.e II: . I - :i . . .. .a b: ..i-at histoo to a pliantly Cracked Ils whip over his gaIlat grays, as if in' (efiaice of the threatened anger, whel they started oil up the rivert a plaee, which for soine time at least kept his pursuers at a respectifil distance. On they went, the law bicaker anilt the law defenderi, awd a goodly race it was anul for a goodly stake too. Uncle 1Iuinphrey's team was flitnedl throughout all that country side for speed anml bottom, anid the excise-naln had taken pailns to secure for that express oC(cIOnl the Swiftest horses ie could obtain it all P Oi they went at a fiery gallop. The smuggler anl theo entter having (istttee4l the other sleighs hla the race all to thetuselves: but alter a mile or so, the weight of the sniug gler's l'ad, or the superior bottom Iof the excisemian's horse began to tell, For distance ietweci them was rapi d ly decreasiig, ail anq the Cutter got close up1 to the stil ehen the uflicer called up on I l buphiby to stp; btt lie only answere'l %y apiiVin. the whip to his htorsc and gilvin;;g thei an exclamation f encourwat mnt. Perceiving that it the smug glers (otelininiation to to -the last, the olicer urged rsu to his utmost Speed and tlled in getting abireast of the nan but tlt,.! latter even thei \ ' h4ver sarv was at hIs side, I C to take the slightest noti A 'bt 1ishCd off wi itluIIt o0ico und him. 'Now, Tim.' whis 6 eoer. to his companion: 'no tel' atl the min tnakin~r. Ot' of the cutter, thre w li MaIl. Cd sleigh behtind the iig as he did no' ha.- Lim., But biig Riu n~I tv ne the t. : - id~ he . .onIhis -lur tinl.; ha rh bult with thwir sI eei Isthe; rih 1k. lit him ck he I n t iI e :C it u . -iclN retidI thle s hit j.rv hi I.ve Ithe gih r ice. M ih c h vi#tonc :15 ; In as :1.11 *UII VI as to hiin. ai l tch- sne iess. 11,11en raising lit. h li:tvvy \\lip hest rocek the officer's h Nsa hich had . . li tv hly 1.*-n,1. s.uch a1 btLl. Il Iu eC- I : i r t f the base , : ,v I 1 e rI a Lt I-- dis all -i t i:tL I I I: I t re 11 I NI I I whe hihi liin ll ui Li i t i theyl e !1 1ii. Lie n 1vr l i , h : t Li ance.L. Ut Il .ui (L at .n w in , - n . 1n 1 a 1., l.i Li. t1 i, 'I're th et.i sLoi b 1 uo h I n Twice d. Ith an 2. Il iii th ihads~ < I: LI t a t i I i l; t ig : ,ae hln >w that i' tim i. Iu n II is. blo wast Ii tii . u I say.il carryV hoin; othuiki: Ii tWe r dhnt to ni ot tl ti <I.L1 ....1.1 taverii, the party had been increased' by the comitig up of the two sleighs which had been left far behind at the headlotng coinmmenceiient ofthc chase but had overtaken them owing to the more moderate pace at which for the last five or six miles, they had been travelin1g. . The whole party simultaneously broke out inte loud and triumphant exclamations as they saw the hercto fore indoinitable sinuggler givo up the crmutest without another effort, ant drive quietlV into the shed. Theoflicer pluoceeded instantly to toake a formal scizuire in the King's namle of the teai anu load; he had boein too well iiformet of the nature (f its contents to think for a moment of examining it; while 1 Iumphrey was coolly busyi himisilf in firstening his horses ald proviling themui with a little hay and a warm covering. The litter, froi their heated state, was much needed. Ile did not utter a single word, timl one of the men, clapping him on ilie back, jeeringly said to him: 'When, uncle, when are you going to give us another chmtice like this?' "Better see,' ie replied, as he turned with an aibiguous and con temintuous smile towards his load; better see what you've got this time, lad.' "\Whiat's that' exclaimed the officer, his suspicions. already aroused by the apathy antd uneoncerned air and mIalmer of the suiuggler, be. comning all but confirmed by his snCering and contemnklituous remark; ind springing to the sleigh, lie tore open tile first bag ie could get hold of, and thrust in his hand, but instantly drew it out again with a deep oath. .Unelo:H brw~ rey lau gheil angi m;'l: he heard hini exelaim 'to his comlpal)ions: y hiaveIs men we are are dovi ne with a vvngeance' here is nothing but sp-.1 ' 1- ipty all the baes,'h.-... d. l see i there Thite ags Were inlstantlV throwii out of the s!i h and emprtied on the shoW bul nut na grain c the Coltralha :uticle was there. The officer and Cuen looked at one anOther for an ill staiut, with'a bhI aiik countenance. A t lengti one of thc:n remarked, that he wo have (tiher teais coming ot withi the. tea, :a tl they had better hamtsten ta.: au (;'i:ly as possible. 'Oild imuphrey is not the man to make such a Lhual.er,' repliel the -;s to leave US a sin.eAc chance ne.w of Ifidi hijs tea. No, nto! l'ii w~an-:mit you it'S as afe by ls tim111 a.; the li st Secret recesses Ilii SuOue of the miost res'pectale inercait' itrs ini 1' ean imake it.' N', wonder, by the way, thant a loor. inira iit, li~if-educated mn ii like l' :!e lhunnihrev ;.1ackman,-.-or a cannon. labingi far.mer, yun-mi :an u':x'erietce'l, Ii!;e his nel'hew, l'razil~ II :iis,-shouldi think lizhtlv Cf the ero:ne~ ta nglig tr handly vcon sider it a cime at all, when S 1nime Il iigins him self, a ma istrate andi a in.:a'i of the --'d ha.ttali, .i of injiit, :imol I:lder lv-sids--andt~ airbrothiers *. t' ., tmn. of the La ing partners in i u biLb firm w as a e~aaleadIer-I sayv, whnsuch meni as the-, the first increbants in the toun if '-, had, uhhitut a bhtish '.n their self-satisfiedl coute.meis, or a stainm ui! In thir w ith th smiugd-r, byV miur-b: in-g his e .ntrahianl :goods at ai cheaper rate thii the ' conid loave got thema else ubhere, and thieeby becomting par-:i talrs Uf the s:i;:ler's profits, as tin-y crtinly had an uindoubted ri ~ht to do. Ilboo among thiieves: The oPlicr kne. IOw all thI;is, as well as the reader kniiws it now, that he w as nit lib'elling the hIl hiardened hyp\eilte-, whe heiI sail whlat het did aboutt the tea bieing. safe int their sre s. TIhere was no harm, htow ever, ini ace lin i to hIs 1n:01 3 Sugges tin-they Ihad to 'e tim en at ant r~i'; si l'a' ing illd Jhunpthrey to ::th2'r upl hi~s emptyi r 1ag:, lie tur-ned hi-; horse, andi, fllowedl by the two seihs, diove rapidly back in the diret2 ion of P ; and when they tthere, the whitle town wats in a uae oh' the most p erfect repose, and ta traeo if the tea w as to bie found. Fri.mkL liarrs we'nt to bed that i .ht woih a li..hter I;ar tai hid been his for many a long and weary day. Not so with the uncle. He had been an habitual s'nuggler, it is true, in his younger days; but had long ngo given it up, not from a thorough conviction of its criminality; that had yet to be effected by a simple country girl, despite the influential examples of magistrates, church-wardens, elders, and class-leaders; but from a belief, rather ill-aefined than other wise, that although not veay wrong, it was not exactly right. These misgivings-which have been before adverted to, notwithstanding the suc cess of his present adventure, and his triumph over the excise officer, still more consoling-made his pillow an uneasy onc, and kept him awake For iiore than half the remaining portion of that eventful night, and he resolved once more never to engage im smnuggl ing again. A certain place is said to be paved with good resolutions; and although some remains of one of Uncle Hum phrey's may be found there, not entirely obliterated by his nephew's distress, yet, I defy the utmost mal. ignity even of that daik spirit itself, that presides over it, to point out the other. The young man's reflections when lie awoke in the morning, with the bright sun shining through his bed room window full upon his face, were very similar to those of his uncle. One and both had been hur ried, as it were, into the act by a single and all-absorbing consideration -the relief of his distressing exigen cies. If they had been unfortunate in their enterprise, ten to one they had ever thought of anything but their failure; but suocess led to re tction--l 4he instrumentalit apisdiot conviction; but *e are anticipa ng. The proceeds of Humphrey Jack man's last trip proved to be more abundant than even the sanguine hopes of the young man had anticipa ted; and before a month had elapsed a large and merry party were assem bled to- celebrate the nuptials of Frank I Larris and the girl of his heart. Were my tale a were fiction, the wedding would be its natural and ap proprate conclusion; but truth coin pels ine to add, that both uncle and nephew, although their object had been nccomplished, were anything Lit satijlled with their conduct in this nefarous transaction. "It's not right, Frank! it's not -ight!' the old man would shake his hCId and say to his nephew, when they were working together in the field by themselves. "I had fre qluently been guilty of smuggling be tore',' hie would add, on such occasions "lbut they seized a pair of honrses of of mine, worth as much or more than all I'd made, and my conscience cried quits with them, and I gave it up; but this last coffence. I'm not easy in moy minicd about it,-Frank, I cannot sleep o'nighcts for thinking on't. It's the devil's wages, Fiank, and can never come to good. Frcankh's feelin;;s werec an exact tr-anscript of his uncle's; but what cauld he do--miake restitution? Th'le cmoniey was sunk ar.d not at his comn muand. lie tr-ied to borr-ow it on imort gage on his farm, but could not succeed. A t length, some three or four- yearcs subsequent to his marriage, hcis wife's father died, and left him amile mieancs to make restitution, and hce did make it, with inter-est thereon, to thme utter- acstoncishmecnt of their be uiblered fiencd, the collector of eus tm, n to the inftinite joy and sat istiattio of his good uncle. The events in this little history oc curre-Vd many long, long years ago; but, at the timce I am writing, Hum phrey Jaickmanc is still living in the enij'ymaent of halo old age, and may be seeni any col winter's evening by the firesid e of his nephewv, with three or- four r-osy little cherubs climbling ab'out his knees, andl highly bonored andc loved is the old wan, as the author- of all! the domestic enjoymnents of thcat nowv happy faimily. .But not a wvoid has ever- beenm whispered, nor perhcaps ever will be, and 't is just as well that it should not, concerning H umphr-ey Jackmani's "last trip.' At Plaquecmmines, La5., quite an amusing scenme oc(curre~d in court. Mr.B-. the widmvw of a celbratedt hoe of a hundred hat, t U-s in thce Southw~et, whose pruwcss mc acrmcc has beome famed throughout the wor :nmd a'eare.I ini enue, to arge ti.. ow. suit. She appeared in court .Atb b"fiate and dirk plainly visible, and uudertadk eWr own case in a style that frightenedl the judge, jury, and lawyers almost into fits. Now and then her Inail would wander very impressively in the direction of the weap one. It was expected she would gain hec4. cause. From the Chambers (Ala.) Tribune. Shifting The Uesponsibiliy.. A Hard Shen Story. While attending Court, recently, in the adjoining county of Randolph, a friend who is fond of jokes of alt sorts, and who relates them almost as humorously as 'l1is Honor, ,a us the following, vouching for substantial, e#blunar existenp ofih parties and their present re 4-igia " the county aforesaid-. Brethren Crump and Noel were both members of the Primitive Baptist Church, and both clever, honest'men who paid their taxes and debts as the same annually accrued, wi*h a regu larity at once Christian and commen dable. If, when settlih-rg day came round. brother Noel was 'short, broth er Crump was sure to be in funds; and on the other hand it almost seem ed providential how, if brother Crum)p fell 'behind, brother Ncel always hal a surplus. Thus borrowing from and lending to each other, worshipping att the same church, and living only a mile apart, an intimacy gradually ripened between them; so that at last they did not hesitate to speak in the freest and most familiar manner to each other, even in regard to their respective foibles. Now, it came to pass, that Brother Cramp during the liveliest period of the cotton season, drove into We tumpka and disposed of his'erap' of te bales, at the very fair pice of 12 1-8, et n tion oftb cotton, in a barrel of wcs key; paying therefoit at the rate of precisely two pounds of middling cot ton for one gallon of 'ditto' whiskey.' Of course it was 'norated in tho settlement' that old mar Crump had bought a whole barrel, and after a few weeks people began to observe that his nose grew redder and his eye more moist. The idea that Br9ther Crump was 'drinking too much' diffused itself in the neighborhood, until, as one might say, it became epidemical. People talked and talk ed-more especially 'what few' of other denominations of christrians dwelt thereabouts. Brother Noel was 'sore troubled' at the scandal which circulated about his brother and friend, and especial ly regretted the injury it brought to the 'ciety' at Sharon. So one morn ing, he stepped over to brother Crump's and found the old man in a half-doze in his little porch. 'Wor't you take a dram?' asked Brother Crump, as soon as lhe was aware of the presence of his neigh bor. 'Why, yes, I'm not agin a dramn when a body wants it.' Brother Crump got his bottle, and thc friends took a dram apiece. 'Don't you think, Brother Noel, (said Crump) that sperits is a les sin. 'Y-e-s!' responded Noel; 'sperij is a blessin,' but accordin' to my r tion, its a blessin' that some of us abuses.' 'WVell now, brother Noel, dho do you think abuses the blessin?' 'Well, its hard to say-but pe6ple talk-don't you think you drink too much, Brother Crump't' "Its hard to say-its hard to say;' returned Crumnp. "Sometimes I've thought I was drinkin' too much then again, I'd .think ety be not. What is manu? A weak worrurn of the dust! What the Lord saith, that shall be done! So I lefb'it to the Lord to say, whether I was geit' too fur in sperits. I put the whole 'sponisibility on him~; T prayed to him, ir I was drinkin' too mnuch, to takce away my appetite for sperits!' Ilero'lBrother Noel groaned pious lv, and asked--'What thon, Brother O rump?' ' And '-replied Crump-' 've prayed that prayer three times, and hie /hain't done it! So 80'm clear of the 'sponsibility any way.' 'The Lord's".lll be done !' ejacu lated Noel, and after taking another dram ho went home, thinking all the~ way, how cleverly Brothi- Cri~ had shjfted thr reepnsi&Ot.!I