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T.E GILEEN ClMBER; - OR, The Miduight Visitor. nlY FRANCIS A. DURIIVACE. n my younger days, 'ghost sto ries tyere'the most popular narra tilves etant- and tho lady or gen tlemn who could recite the most 14n ?,adventure, involving a gen Sespiritual visitant, was sure to bethe lion or lioness of the evening arty he enlivened (?)"with the di nal details. The elder auditors nev r seemed particularly horrified or terrostricken, however much grat ifidd they were, but the young mem bers would dhink in every word, 'sup ning full of horrors.'-After listening tdone of these authentic narratives. Sed to be very reluctant to re ~ -tirto dur dormitories, and never enitred to get into bed till we had finmned susnicious looking closets, j4.i PQ- P nd. indeed evprq ndo cil orfier that miglit be sup pose to harbor a ghost or a ghoul. Stunately for the rising genera 5 on these tales have gone out of fashid; and though some attenipts to revive thdt taste have been ma(le- as in Ibe 'Night of Nature'--such ef tos6 have proved deplorable failure. The"yioun'g pedple of to day make - iht of ghosts. The spectres in the "" incantation scene of'Der Freyschmut, are receivdd with roars of laughter, andeven tie statue in Don Giovan. ni seemd 'jolly,' notwithstanding the illusive3 music of Mozart. We were ,.about-to remark that the age had ottgodr superstition, but we re. nn m ibeied the Rochester knockings, afin coleided to be modestly silent. On evening; uany years since; it was a blustering Deccmnber evening, A..*ew d howling as it dashed the t limbs in its fury a Instl.tho parlor windows of the htryJouse woliere a few of us re a sembled to pass the winter aolidys- we gathered beforo a roar Pfire of walnut and oak, which oade:. everything within doors as ery and comfortable, as all with. X,;>.~utvas desolate and dIrearv. The now shgutters were left unfastened, 4~j~~qbight lamplight and ruddy ~might stream afar upon the - 1aste, and perhaps guide * ~ ihte wayfarer to a hospi Sshall not attempt to describe 'te group, as any such portrait paint. A' ing would not be germane to the mat Serooimmeditely in hand. Suf Soe it tosay, ht n of the youngs ers-b ed Aunt Deborah, the mat ~ ~ 'rui5 a.uinrsion, to tell us a ghost eaVl ghost s tory, Aunt De - r in thoso days we were ~.~r~~'a aid of counterfeits, and .y 4 jiar a narrative where the out in the end to be ? f~er all, but a mere coin y~ ~ pun 6~~ch and blood like our Aunt Deborah smiled at our earn. ~stneqs, and tantalized our impatience by some of those little arts, with ~bi.hiclh the 'practised story-teller en '4nes tlhe value and interest of her v\naurtiveShe tapped her silver snuff 6xDyened it deliberately, took a - . b.vry delleate pinch of tihe Lundy oo shut the box, replaced it in her ~ ~iolct, olded her haud befor~e her, a coo rund a minute on the ex d'.~wjlrespair- of imparting to )l.ppf eand ink record of her ~ i irtc wt2 hich she embellished *~ ,~. .~' ' ~;W~.4md2lil impression - .~,. ~,, m~-n ~ ~ nd.! have. never before repeated it, it was from a lurking fear that--though the old la dy assured us it was 'not to be found in any book or newspaper'--it might have found its way into print. However, as twenty years have elapsed, and I have never yet mnet with it in type, I will venture to give the the outlines of the narrative. Major Rupert Stanley, a bold dragoon' in the service of his majesty George III, found himself, one dark and blustering night in autumn, riding towards London on the old York road. le had supped with a friend, who lived at a village sorne distance off the road, and lie was un familiar with the country. Though not raining, the air was damp, and the heavy, surcharged clouds threat ened every moment to pour down their contents. But the inajor, though a young mai, was an old campaigner, and with a warm cloak wrapped a bout him, and a good horse un der him, would have cared very lit tle for storm and darkness, had lie felt sure of a good bed for hinself, and comfortable quarters for his horse when he had ridden far enough for the strength of his faithful ani mal. A good horseman cares as much for the comfort of his steed as for his own case. To add to the disconforf of the eveninig, there was some chance of meeting highwaymen; but Major Stanley felt no uneasiness on that score, ns just before leaving his friend's house, lie had examined his bolster-ptols, and freshly primed thiem.--A brush with a highwayman would eilianice the romance of a night journey. So lie jogged along; but mile af ter mile was passed, and no twink ling light in the distance gave notice of the appearance of the wished for inn. The imjor's horse began to give unmistakeable evidence of dis. -t-ess--stumbling once or twicei:and recovering himself with difficulty. At last, a dim light suddenly appear ed at a turn of the road. The horse pritked up his cars, and trotted forward with spirit, soon halting be sido a one-story cottage. The major %.as lisappointed, but he rode Ip to the door and rapped loudly wisl. the butt of his liding-whip. The sun mons -brought a sleepy cotter to the door. 'My good friend,' said the maj'r, 'can you tell me how farz it is to the .next inn?' 'Eli! it be about zeven mile. zur,' was the aiiswer, in the broad York shire dialect of the district. 'Seven miles!' exclaimed the ma j r, in a tone of disappointment, 'and my horse is already blown! My good fellow can't you put my horse sonewhere, aid give ine a bed? I will pay you hiberally for your trou ble.' 'Eh! Goodness nakes!' said the rustie. 'I be nought but a ditcher! There be noa plaze to put tihe nag inl, and thero be only one room and one bed in the eot,' 'What shal I do?' cried the ma jor, at his wit's cnd, 'I'll tell 'cc, zur-,' said the rus-tic, scratched his head violently, as if to extract his ideas by the roots, 'There be a voine large house on the road, about a mnoile varther on. Its noa an inn, but the colonel zees corn pany vor the vnn o' the thing 'cause he loikes to zee company a bout 'un. You mnus't a hean d ov him -Colonel Rogers --a' used to be a soger once.' 'iSay no more,' cried the major. 'I have heard of this hospitable gen tleman; and his having heeni in the az-my gives me a siur- claim to his attention. Here's a crown for your information, my good friend. Come, Marlborough!' Touching his steed with the spur, the major rode off, feeling an cx hiilaration of spirit whuich soon comn municatedl itself to the horse. A sharp trot of a few minutes brought him to a large mansioni, which stood unfenced, like a huge caravanseryv, by the roadside, lie made for the froiit door, and, without dismouniting, plied thme large brass knocker till a ser-vaint in livery madle his appear ance. 'Is your master up?' asked the ma jor. 'I am the occupant of this house,' said a venerable gentleman, making his appearance at the hall door. 'I am a benighted tr-aveller, sir,' said the major, touchmimg his 'hat 'and come to claim your welh-knmown hos pitality. Can you give me a bed for the night? I am afraid my four. footed companion in hardly able to carry me to the next inn.' 'I cannot promise you a bed, sir,' said the host, 'for I have but one spare bed in the house.' 'And that?'-said the major. 'Happens to be in a room that does not enjoy a very pleasait repu. tation. In short, sir, one room of my house is haunted; and that is the only -em, unfortunately, that I can place at your disposal to-night.' 'My dear sir,' said the major, springing from his horse, and tossing the bridle to the servant, you enchant me beyond expression! A batnted chamber! The very thing-and I who have never seen a ghost! What lck!' The host shook his head gravely. 'I never knew a man,' lie said, 'to pass a night in the chamber with. out regretting it. Major Stanley laughed, as he took his pistols from the holster-pipes. 'With these friends of mine,' he said, 'I fear neither ghost nor demon.' Colonel Rogers showed his guest in to a comfrtiable parlor, where a sen-coal fire was burning cheerfully in a grate, and refreshmetit nost wel come to a weary traveller, stood upon a table. 'AMine host' was an old campaigner, and had seen inui service during the war of the American Revolut ion, aid lie was full of iiteresting anecdotes nII( descriptions of adventures. But. While 31a1hjor Stainley was apparently listening attentively to tle iarrative Of his hospitable entertainer, throwing in the appropriate ejaculations of sur prise and pleasure at the proper inter vals, his lhole nttention was in reality absorbed by a charming girl of twen ty, the daughter of the colonel, who graced the table with her presence. Never lie thought, had he seen so beautiful, so modest and so lady-like a creature; and sh6, in turn,- seened very fivorably impressed with the inaiily beauty and frank mnanners of their miilitary guest. At length she-retiel. The colonel, who was a three bottle man1, and had fiound a liteeiir to his heart, was sonmiewlat incl iincd to prolong tile sessioin iito the sniall hours of the morning, 1 bit finding that his guest was mnuch thtigued, nid even begin. ning to inol in the m idst of his choicest Story, lie felt coipeliled to ask himi if ie would not like to retire. MAjotr Stanley replied promptly inl the 'i1 firmiaativte, and th1 old gentleii, tak ing up a silver candlestick, eerelmon jouisl iinarshalled his guest to a la'rge old-fishioied rootn, the walls of whicit beinig papered with grcee , gave it its aie11at1ion Of the 'green chatber. A coniiitaortable bedt invited to repose; a heerifil fire w:ls bhI'zingor on the hicariti, and ever'. thinii g wIas euscy and (piiet. The rnajor lt'ooked hint witli at smidle of sati.,facetionl. 'I ame deeply indeled to you, col. onel,' said lie, 'for atibrding ine suel eiufortable cluarLers. I shall sleep lik t 'I amn afraid not,' ansimwered the col ou, sitakiing lia; lead gravely. 'J nev er knewa guest of iiine to pass a quiet nig'ht in the Grteen Chtaitber.' i slll prove( anI excepltioni,' said the majihor smiiliing. 'huit Iiiust maki one remtark, ' he add ed seriouslyv. 'Ii is. ill spotting withi the eelit igs of at soldier; anid shoulId ainy oIf yOtt servants attenmpt to phry triit-ks uipoli me, they will have oeceaalon to) repieni it.' And he laid his heavy pistol or, the lighitstaind by his bedside. 'Aly servants, Mlajor Staniley,' sait. heold gen tien, wvith an aiir, (I ilenided digntivy, 'ate too w ell drillet to dar ie attem pt anyv tricks upo'et n m guests. Good night, ninjor.' Th~e doo r closeud. M~ajo .r Stanley loeked it. I iaviing dontte so, lhe tool. a surivty of the aipatmenii t. eside the door opening iltt) tihe en try*, thter was antther leingh~i to soii thte: roomi. 'There was nto lock uipont ti: scontd do or, but a heavy table pha eed across, completelyv barricaded it 'I imn satfe,' lihought thle mlajorw uniless therte is a storinlg party o ghoists to attack mte in fastiiess. think I shall sleep wveil.' Hie thirew him nself1 inito an atrm ehairi before the fire, and wvatchinig tin glowinug embi ers, tamtused him isel with building caistles in the air-, ani mitusing on the attract~ion of the fair Jui lia, his host's (daughlt er. Hie was fit enough rotm tinkinig of' spectral v'is itanits, whten at very light noise struck ot his ear. G lancing in thte diruect iono the itner door-, lie thloughit lie say the heavy talhe glideck wad)fo its place.-Quick .as thought, hI caught up a pistol, and challeinged till in truder. Trher-e was no reply-hit the door continued to open and the ta ble to slide back. At last there glidec into the room a tall; graceful figure, robed in white. At tho first glance, the blood curled in the major's veins; at the second, he recognized the daughter of his host. Her eyes were wide open, and sho advanced Wvith an assured step, but it was viey evident she was asleep. Here was the mystery of the Greei-Chnnber solved at once. 'he young girl walked to the fire-place and seated herself in the armchair from which the soldier had just risen. His first impulse was to vacate the room, and go directly and alarm the colonel. But, in the first place he knew not what apartment, his host occupied, and in the second curiosity prompted him to watch the denouement of this sin gular scene. J ulia raised her left hand, and gazing on a begutiful ring that adorned one of' her .white and taper fingers, pressed it repeatedly to her lips. She then sank into an attitude of repose, her arms drooping listlessly by her sides. The major appri~ched her, and stole the ring from lir finger. His action disturbed but did not awaken her. She seemed .b miss the ring, however, and, afteq groping hope lessly for it, rose ibd glided thro' the doorway as sileu'ntly as she had entered. She had no sooner retired, than the major rieplaced the table, und drawing a he y clothes press against it, effectuallf'guarded himself against a second in'rusion. This done, lie threw himself upon the bed, and slept abundly till a late hour oT the morning. When lie awoke. lie sprang a tLof the bed, and ran to the window.:. Every trace of the storm had pass away, and an unclouded sun way shining on the radiaut landscape.-. fter performing the duties of his to lot, he was sum inoned to breaklfas-where he met the.colonel and his nfilghter. 'Well, pajor.-ad how did you pass the night?' e the colonel anxiouslyf ' ir* - Y.amnpusly, M niey slept like a top, as t 1.onisii Then, thank Heaven, the spell is broken at last,' said the colonel, 'and the White Phanton has ceased to haunt the Green Chamber.' 'By no means,' said the major, smiling, 'the White Phantom paid mae a visit last night, and left -lme a token of the honor.' 'A token!' exclaimed the father and daughter, in a breath. 'Yes. my friend, and here it is.' And the major handed the ring to tie old gentleman. 'What's the meaning of this Julia?' exclaimed the colonel. 'The ring I gave you last week !' Julia uttered a faint cry and turn ed deadly pale. i'Tie mystery is easily explained,' said the' major. 'Tle' young lady is a sleep-waker. She caine hito my' room before I had rctir~d, utterlv inIcoisciolis of her actions. 1 took the ring fromu her hand that I migh t he ab!e to convince you and her of the reality of what I had witnessed.' The ma jor's business wa3 not press ing, andli he readily yielded to the colonel's urgen't request to hpass a few days with him. Their mutual liking incre-ased upon bctter acquaintance, and ini a few weeks the White Phan tonm's ring, inscribed with the namens of Runpert Stanley and Julia Rogem s, served as the sacred symbol of their union for life. S4xrunn Nxiir.- We are in dlebtedl to the local of thme Sandusky Riegister fo'r the annexed happily con ceivedl anid beautifully expressed ex tract. T1hcre i3 poetry as well as true genial feeling in it. "'saturday night! Ilow the heart of theo weary man rej-)ices as, with his week's wages in his pocket, lie lies himi hiome to gather his lit tIe ones around him and draws con. solatioin from his hearthstone for thme nmny hard hours he has toiled to win his pitt ance. Sa turday niighlt! Ilow' the 1poor woman sighs for very relief as she realizes that a. gain God has sent her time for rest; and though her rewards have been small, yet is she content to live on, for even her heart builds up in thme future a home whci e -'tis always Satuirday eve! 1lowv the careworn man of business relaxes his brow, and closing his shop, saunt el-s deliberately around to gather lip a little gossip cre ho goes quiet ly home to take a good rest! JHow softly the young man pronounces the word, for a bright-eyed maiden is in waiting, and this Satur-day night shall be a blessed time for him-there will be low words spokcn~ by the~ garden gate, and - there will be a pressufM of hands-perhaps a pres sure of lips! blessed Saturday night! To all kind heavin has given a it. tle leaven which works in the heart to stir up the gentle emotions, and Saturday night alone the meet and fitting time for dreaming gen tle dreams. Blessed Saturday night! and we can but pray that through life we may bear with us the re membrance of its many holy hours now gone into the far past-memo ries which every Saturday eve but recalls like a benediction pronounced by one loved and gone." From Abbeville Banner. Our Militia System. There is no concealing the fact that our present millitia system is becoming very unpopular; and howev er strong our inclinations for promo tion in the military, our desires must yield to the convictions of reason, and we are forced to confess that we think it deservedly unpopular. Yet there are many who would advocate militia mustering, though it would accomplish nothing; not be cause they believed any benefit would result therefrom, but because of their strong hope of winning a military ti tle, and an ni-dent wish to 'Sink their 1hnanks knee deep in leather, And shelter their craniums under caps with a featner." Now we do not address our re marks to this alass of persons whose reasons is somewhat obscured by their military aspirations-by their ambition to put on the dignity, wear the laurels and enjoy the honor of being a millitia Captain or Major; be cause they would fall like unmeaning words upon their brains. But we dddress ourselves to the sensible and reflecting part of the community who areouot. aspirants for. militia office, but are,content to be called -by the out the title of i The propositions that 'wo take are these: 1st. That all the mustering done by oufmilitia does not effect any thing in the way of preparing them for the duties of war. 2nd. That it only serves to keep a kind of millitia organization, which could be done with one half the la bor and expense now employed. 3rd. That, therefore, we should make some alteration or revision of our system. As to the truth of the proposition; we leave that to the decision of every honest millitia man, and would as: him, in the name of honesty, although he may have performed millitia duty for the last twenty years, whether he could shoulder arms, about face, or perform the most simple evolution with that skill and precision that would be required of him if he were mustered into actual service? We presumno that there are none so vain as to conceive that, by our millitia system, they are rendered capable, when called upon, of be comning better and more cfficieht sol diers; thter.eforeo we shall say nothing further underi this head. Knowing, by experience andl ob seration, that our present system fails to dr-ill and instruct our mill itia, this fact forces the conclusion of our second proposition, that it only keeps up an organization. Now if you conclude that -the keeping upl of the organisation, arid p~atr-ol duties, are the only benefits arising from our syetem, indeed we cannot see how you could conclude otherwise; then if we find out a bet ter and cheaper way of doing this, there can be no reason why we sh~ould not adopt it. Suppose you make a clean Sweep and abolish militia mustering alto gether, (though we do not advocate suchm a total extinction of the milita ry,) cotild you not still keep the or gantization by paosing a law that the Magistrates in-each beat should keep a list for the cenrolmnent of the mili tia-putting a fine ubon any one who should fail or neglect to enrol his name? The cost of' this would be compar atively nothing when compared with the heavy tax that we pay under our present system. But, says one, how can you make it appear that we pay a military tax? Well, hero is to the proof of it: Ev cry one must admit' that ivealth 'is originally acquired 'by laboi- and iik dustry, and thatjlabor ig lifleyer or meatis by s ih alh 'he ted; then, -if the State takes awafy the means by which-our money is ob tained, by taxing our labor, she does the same thing as to take away our wealth bytaxing our purse. What would be the difference to you if the State were to pass a. law requiring you to work exclusively for the pub lic, or a law requiring all the pro ceeds of your labor as a public tax ? There could be no difference. Then you see to tax a man's labor, is to tax his purse. Now let us calculate what amotnt of military tax the people of this Dis trict pay-and not having the mili tia rolls before us, our calculations must be based upon supposition. We may reasonably suppose that there are sixteen hundred men liable to do millitia duty. Now, rating ev. cry man's labor and attention on his farm to be worth, on an average, one dollar per day; then one day would be sixteen hundred dollars, and six times that amount, would be over nine thousand dollars, nearly equal to one half of the whole tax paid by our District. It seems very clear to me, that with even one fourth of this amount, judiciously expended, we could do more towardstbuilding up the milita -y, and rendering our soldiers .effi cient, than is now done with the whole amount. The grand argument in favor of our militia system is, that it keeps up the patrol duties; but it would be sheer nonsense to say that we could not accomplish this end by other and different ways. We would answer the argument by saying that there is generally a Magistrate.in each beat, and there could be no inconvenience in giving them the management of the patrol business, even if-we had to give them a small ,omponsption for -their trouble.. It would-ceiainly-bo .cheaper 1and better to do thieathin Theraieob foi t Pt8r0.0 ting out patrol warrants, and of go ing through the mock semblance of military evolutions. Another argument is, that te should sustain the present system, in order that when. the brazen notes of the war trumpet shall be sounded in our cars, our militia men could be drafted, dragged and compelled to march to the defence of their country. Such an argument is a slabder upon the cournge and patriotism of our cit. izens. It is just the same as to say that they would not fight for their country without being compelled by law. But such is not the fact; when our country is invaded -her rights endangered-they need no compul sory laws to compell them to march to her rescue. No-tLe spirit that animated our grandsires to fight for the cause of freedom, is not so de generate in the bosoms of their child ren as that they should need the au thority of law to force them to main tain its blesbings. Let but our country's flag be hois ted in defence of our liberty, and thousands of willing soldiers will flock from all quarters to her Stan dard. Let but a hostile enemy plant his foot upon our seashore, and you will find hardly volunteers sufficient to fall upon them; like hungry wvolves upon a sheep-fold, and scatter them to the four winds. We come now to what we said in out' third proposition, viz: that our system should be revised. Here lies the difficulty. Every one sees the necessity of a change, but it is not anm easy task to frame a new plan to supercede the old. We are inclined t~o think that the late plan adopted by Virginia1 of appropriating funds to dcehay the expenses of volunteer companies, and doing away with mil. litia drills altogether, is as good as any we could offer. But as this plan would kill off the necessity of so many officers, and some of the military as pirants might be left in the back ground, we propose, for the acco modation of all that are ambitious that line, that the Legislature ish three of our petty drills one petty drill battalion an parade- and that it ap portion of the fund t for buidirag up our education of young and that it oncour ment of volunte Say we wo half' ot th according to caoj4f thousand dollars, which e sum supici t 1"6166 our citadel tx. or -sevyi from'our .iistrict free ot stead.of the one or two T'a now allowed to send hee so ing we wouldp ellity of educatfon.witin-, poor, which tley Vr joy under our present frees ten, and ralse a hcsfo thelhour of leed, i'the could do more in drilli ing our soldiers, in "tpe'.& one week, thail is how years. At d"i 901.edri not only receive a military&b6 stantial literary educhtion b y fied fbr civil engineering an -and thus, instead -of Northern Yankees upon 6 and stehnm1oats, we could 9 ment to our own Southern - Having said much morbt pected, we conclude with eal en that some'man of large call fire his oppositioin gun againihs'r tern, and spreliil terror andcfn in the ranks of its hdvocat. With due respe:t to the OpIna those who consider innovatio - changes hs. dangerbos- thng scribe myself . Ai ADVOCATE 0 EJ1Rpo WORK FOR' TIE MOXTH ;OF aUST.-THE PLANTATION in all your arrangements forip ginnifig; aid phcking cottO'? an soon as the bolls begin to o ly set the bands at workig I Have your aded cotton Baiulel the field to the ginhous d require your negroes tywas time aid -strength byr ca ;toting ther heavily Iad Where cotton is Iae ny-eitions the preson yi powl and oi o-tdiAzY, tho wdi, laid by, in. all favorab e Turnips (Ruta 13agas, & n sowh from the let to tho' 5th present month: freshly plo -ow the land, and so* thI drills, from two to three manure highly and cove lightly. After picking ovrpr. 4 ton once. pass the cultivator 0, through the crop, and s Rye for Winter pasture. ' tato "drawi" may be sepoiiP ring the early part of thi but it is late for them.'Thit a good time to ditch -and" low wet lands-z-to clean derbrush- to mals fish ponds,', pare stra*ber-y beds -nomrA woods-pstures, &c. &c TilE GARDENA-Set oeiijR_ on hand of the Cauliflowd:!M] and Cabhage family. 0. transplant Celery. SoWsk Salsafy, Turnips, Beets'. &c., for winter use.'..givig some shade or protectionfi sun. Full crops of the-~~ kinds of Turnips should be soa d ring the month, at two orfthre a 6:ent periods: Spinah, et? and Rtadishes may still be sow si Beans may be planted .forek "Draws"of the sweet potata planted very early in, he~ Melons and cucumbdrs ma ed for pickles. Peas, for af~ mnay be planted; but they well mulched, and occasio ered with liquid manur and plant strawberry ent and nextmont livator.. IcE IN TnE who had been Thomas, relm about the they hay ter." lem. it, t