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WILLIAM LEWIS, . - JOI1N S. RICHARDSON, VOL. VIIIL THE SUMTER BANNER IS PUBLIsHED % Every Wedaneday Iorning " BY Lewis & RichaiTsit, TR IMs, TWO DOLLARS in advance, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents at time expiration of six months or Three Dollars at the end of the year. - No paper discontirnuel until all trrear s Sre PA II), unless at the option of the Proprietor. - Advertisements inserted at SEV ENTY F1 'Cants per square, (12 lines or less,) far ,the first, anti half that sumt for each suhseqnmii. Irsertion, (6 1 Sal advertisements the saine each tinme). t' Tlie nume'r of insertions to be marked ,on all A'tvertiseuemts or they will be publislhed until .rired to be didcontinued, and charged accorun n. . . N < )DOLL..h per square for a single insertion. Q uarterly and Monthly Adivertise meats wm the chargel the amne as a single in sertion. and seni-monthly the same'as new ones Destrn ctioa Of thA iglil sitioni ini Spain. In 1809, Col. Lchniranowsky was ;attatched to that part of Rapoleon's arm)y which was stationed in Madrid. ." When in this city," said Col. L.' "I . u*sed to speak freely among the people .about the priests and Jesuits, and of the inquisition." It had been decreed by the Emperor Napoleon that the inqnisition aid Monasteries should be .auppressed; but the decree, has some of the laws enacted in this country, was not yet cxecutcil. Months had' passed away, but the prisons of the Inquisition were still unopened. One ,night ahont 10 or 11 o'clock, as Col. L, was walking the street of Madrid, 4tve armed rnen sprang upun hhm fron ,3n. atlgy, .and mt:.e . furious itt.ck. ,e institmma darev his s\uimm, put shimnselt' in a piosition of defence, anid while strugling With them, saw at a aimee the lights ot' he ptruls-; i'rench soldjeis mounted, who carried .lanterns, arid 'rde thi ough the si reets of the city at all hours of the night., to .preserve order. He ciled to them in French, and, as they Imb.scned to 1hlis assistane,-, the assailants took to 4heir heels and escaped, not., however, bmlore lie saw by their dress tat te helongred to tihe guai~rds of the ininisi.. tiitn. TIhe Colonel went inmmediatel~y 'toj Matrshmal Soult, ;thenz Gmvernir of' la d rid, and told hiih ivhiat had lakenm ylacee, and renminded hmim of time deeree 'to s'ppress thmis institumtionm. Mlarsai Soult replied that lie rnight. go amid ,destroy it. .. Col. L., told him that his fRegimecnt (thle i9th ut the Polish Lan. 'cers) was mnot sufficieflt for such a ser .'ice, but if lie woulid give him an addi ,tionial reginmeent-the ll17th, lie woumld tindetake the work. .Thme 1 l7th Reu. maient was under the ccim nianmd o f (i. De Lile, who is.now like Col. L., : in lster of' th~e Gr apel, an I pastor of' an Evangelical chor~e~h,. 1. .Marseilles France. ,<rihe troops requir'ed were grantc'l, and~ I proceded (said Col. Li.) to time inquisitioni, which was sitnated ,about five miles $fmrnm. .tle city. It was surrounmded by a wvall of' grett strength, anmd defendeld. lby, .4 cyinpanly of soldiers. Whmen.syc arrived at the walls, I addressed one of,e gegn'ecs, and summoned time hl test surrender to the Imperial army, and openm the gates of time htiqu,iist'i. ''li'e iein~mel, who was stainding on the - wvall, appeared 't'o enter inito coniversa tionm for a mnoment ,wit~ some one within, at time close of wheeli, lie pre seated his rmsket amid shot one df ,ig~ men. This was the signal for attack, 'and I ordered may troops to lhe upon those who appeared upon the wal le " It was soomn obrinus that it was an unequal warfare. The walls of thme Inqiusition were covered with \tiCt .soldies of thme holy office, there wvas als abnast-wvork uon the w~allI, posed thenim-olve.s as ticey discharged their muskets. Oui- troops were~ in 'the open plain anti e'liosed to 4 do. .structive fire. WVe had no cnnon 'nor could we scala I!t walls, and the gates sneccssfuilly rbsisted all attempts at forcinmg them. I could not i'etire and send for ennunoll to break through ,the walls without giving thenmi tinmIa to lay a train to blow ds~ uy, I @fj, that it was necessary to chiange the mode of attack, anid directed some trees to) be cumt down amid trifhiied, to be tts6'd as battering rams. T1wU of these w'ere 'taken ump by detachmmnehts of nli.eh, as numerous as could wdi'-R to adjvantage, and brought to bear upon time walls wth all lime power whichi thsi3t e'ould 'exert, while the troops kept up a fire to protect them from thme fire poured uipon thmem from lihe walls Presently thme wails betgan to trciUhle, a br'eachm was rmade, amnd thme Imperial, triiops i'ushed into thme in1 uisit~ion. Here wve imet with anm inmi l eist whie n~ mottiing 1ut ,Jesinistiealh el'ront.-ry is equal to. 'J lie inqunisitor-genmerat, fbi lowed by time fatheor confessors in thieir' priesitly rqmbes, all enme ouit. ofi their rooms ais we were imak ingm our way into thlie iin tm miior ofi time Thqiisi tion:, amid with long ihem n their' atr:mms crossed _O SOUTHERN RJ( JR., PROPRIETORS. on their shouldes; as though' tltty had been deaf to all the inqise of the attack and defence, and had Just learned what was going on, they addressed t,hemselves in the language of rebuke to their own soldiers, saying, " Vhy do you fight <rpK friends the French ?" "Their it.terntionr, no doubt, was to make us think that this defence was who $y unauthorized by them, hpin-, it they coult. make us believe L:at they were friendly, they shouli ina a better opportunity, in the cnuatrn -n of thq 1nonentt to escane. Their ar tifice was too shidioav, and did not succeed. I eau erl dteie ,t4 be placed tader guard, and all Ie. soldiers of the Inquisition to-be secured as prisoners. We then proceeded to ex;tnijne all the rooms of the .stately edifice. We passed through roorA after room; found all perfectly in order, richly fn;tnishcd with altars and erucifikes, and wax candles in abundance, but could dis cover no evidences of inequity being; practiced there-nothing of those pecu liar features which we expected to find in an Inquisition. We found splendid paintings, and a rich and extensive library. Here was beauty and splen. dpr, and the most perfect order on whi{: my eyes had ever rested. The architecture-the proportions were perfet. The ceiling and floors of wood %ere scoured and highly po~ish. ed. Tlhe marble pavements were ar raengcl w'itL .qtret regard to order. There was every:liig t.o please the eye and gratify a cultiv;tcd taste; but, where were those horrt instrunents of to'1t1rC of which we had been told, and 'vhere those dungeons in which huantt beings were said to be buried alive. We searched in vain. The holy fa,ber assured us that tlicy lhad beein belled; that we had sren all; and I.\vae predared to give up the search, cctvi ed that, this inquiition irasi liflerent from others of wiLi' -l h1 lad heartl. - "-ut Col. De Lile was not so ready as 'arysalF t 'rclriWp:ish our 'in'vestiga. tion, myul said. to rue, Colonel, you ate eamunam'lel to day antdahs you sa, so it miust, be; but if you will be aid visted b y me, let this n\arble f1a ir be examned. a Let wat er b~me, h'rihjgh. ;,ad poured upor- it, a:id we will wate~aau and see if th *re is ~any yhmtee through which it p:asses more freely t!hn others." I repl ied to hiiml'Do as yout please C1. lonel,' uata ordered wvater to be brouarht, accordini~ly. The shbs of mnalle. we.)e ,largre pnd beautifully polished. Wheni thle wvater had bcenn poured over the floor, muef1(4 to the dlissaitisfiaetioni of the lnqu'fii tors, a ceareful exaiti inat ion was ma~de of' every scam in the floour, to see if'the water passcel through. I 'resently, Col. D~e L.i Ie exclaimed thaimt. lie had foaund it. By the side oaf these niarble slabus t,he waoter parsscd thrsugh last, as thoi'tyl there was an opmir~ng beheath. All h~ands were unow at wom k tir further discovery; the oilieers with t heir Ewords, and the soldiers with their bayonets, seeking to clear out thme seam) ad pry up the slab with mill. their miught to bre'ak it, while the priest re mnonst rated agaiinst our dlesceratinag their holy, and beautiful honsg. While thuts engaged, a sohlier who was stri kitng with the buttL of his musket, trc a sprmng, antd the imarble slab flew up. Then tghe ihee of the lInquiasit ors grcw pale as lefshmazzdir, when the hamn.. writinig appeared un the wall; therv trembleJ all over. TI-r-sth th tla ble slai,, Eow pataly t:p , their a stair-casec. I steppewd Ia the alta:. .Iat t, ok f'rein the candlestick one a; . eatndles, foutr felet in lengh, whichl w.. butrtning, that I might e'xp2 re thec ro omt below. As I was daring thaus; I was arrested by one of' the inqutisitors, who laid his hand gently cn nmy arm, and with a very demure mdnd satnctimoniious look, said, ' My sotn you imlst not take those lights with your bloody hatnds, t hey are h'oly.' a cell,' I said, 'I will take a holy thting to shead ,1ight oI n mquity; I wdil bear the responist. bility,!' took tl~e candle; atid pr'oceed edi d4wvn the staircase. As we reached the foot, of t he stairs we entered a i-ge sciuare room, which was cilled the I tall of Joudgtment. Int tlie ccntre oif it wvas a Huge block, atid a c1ynin insten. ed to it. On thtis,tiylIAI beeti uic eustotmed to place 'the actused, chained tp Ills seait: On one side oif the r'oom wvas an elevated seat, called the Throtne of' Jutdgmnont. Thlis tihe iniquisitor General occupied, niid on either side wgfb seats less elevated, for the pr'iestly fathect's, while engaged itn the solen busiti'ess of tile I1019 hiqiaLi. tioni. " From this rolom we proceeded to the right, and obtained access to small cells, extending the entire length of the edificel and here sutch sigHts weree ptresented as we hiope never to see again. " These cells were places of.solitary confinemtent, where the wuretched ob jects of ingntisitorial hate wetre contined year after year, till death released thlemi I; om thleir sufferings, anid there their bodiec were s.if~ered to remain toi tev wor enfiroly (lanaenis' .m.1 HRTS, DEMOCRAC SUMTER the rooms had b ecome fit for oth'e'rs to occupy. To prevent this being of fensive to those who occupied the in. quisition, there were flues or tubes ex. tending to the open air, sufficiently o pacious to carry off the odor. In these, cells .we Ibund the remains of those who had paid 4e debt of nature; somne of thon had beeindeiad ajlyarent. ly but a short time, while of others' niothiig remained but the bones, still chainemi to the floor of 'theirtr'dineon. "laI other cells we found living suf. ferers if both sexes, and of every age, from three score years and ten down to foitrteen and fifteen 'years, all naked as when born inta 'the world, an all in chains! here were' old ment and ,aged women, Who had been shut. up fcr many years. Here, too, w'cre the middle aged,.Ad the , ouni g man, and the maidee cf lournien y ears old. The soldiers immediately went to work to release these captives from their chains, and took from their knap. sacks their overcoats and other cloth. ing, which they gave then to cover their nakedness. They were exceed ingly anxious to bring them out to the light of day; but being aware of the danger I had food givvet thi , and then brought them gradindu-ily to the light, as they were able to bear jt. " We then proceeded to explore another room on the left, Here we found the instruments of torture, of every kind which the ingenuity of men or devils could invent." Col L. de scribes four of these horrid instru. tents: "The first was a machine by which the victim was secured, and then, beginning with the fingers, every point im the hauls, arms, and body was brolsep., or drawn, one after an other, 9t9itil, the suffercr died. The second was a box, in which the head and neck of' the accused was so close ly scrgwed thag he, could not move in any way. Over t hc box was a vessel, from w~lch one drop of water a second fell upon the head of the victim, every suceessi e drop aplling precisely on the sane phice,. which suspended the circulation in a few tmomnf tss and put the sufferer to the mtost ejcrueintinig agonty. T1he third was ,at infernal mnachine, laidilhoriztontii aly, tp Ivhich the victim was butnd ; this instrumgett was theni placeed bet~i etn two beanms in which were scores of kntives, sol fixed thati, by t urdi .t the macline with a erank, the flesh of the sufferer was~ trn front fils lii.1,s int ~ial piece. The fourtt surp:tssed the others in liettdisht ingenuity. Its citeriotr was ai beatuitil womtan, or Ilarge dull, 'iefily dIressed, with arms extedlded, ready to> emubratce its victim. Around her feet a semuiej~ele wats drawn. The victimi who passed) over thtis fatal mark touelhed a sprln~g. i-hicl h sed the diabo~lical engime to op'en, its arms clapel himt, and a thousand kuiv es cut, htitm ittto as mnany p'ieces, in thteir dedl enmrce." (Col. L. said that thte sight oif these en gittes of in fernajl crdelty kindled the rage of thte soldiers to fur iy. They declared that, every inqisitor at~d soldier- of te ihuouisition should bie put to the torture.~ Their ratge was ung~overnale. Coj. I. di~ nlot opplose arms againsit himi, if he htad attemtpted to arrest their wo rk. I htry began withI the holy~ fathter. .The first they 11,i. to deatht ini t he mazclhie ir br real i j :-.The to'rture of' the inqii-~i '-l n.daith by the dropping ol' .a; n his htemIi wa~s most exerucia ti ng. Thie poo in lan criedl out, ini ago.u nty tuo be taketn tintt the fittl machinie. iiThe linqfuisitor genterail w:s brotujht before the infernal enginte call'ed "Thie Virgint." lie begged to be excused. "No," said they "you have catsed others to kiss her-, atnd now you must do it." They interlockecd thei r hav nets so as to formi largo forks, and ,with these pushed hinm over the deadl14 circle. The beaut ifuil i ntige i;stmit ly pire1 ared ihr thte embracee, clasped hint it its arms and he was eCt in to iinnmnterable pieces. Col. L~. said that hewitnessed the torture of' four (of t hem ; his lieArt, sileuened at t he awful scene, andi lie left. the soldiers to wreak thieir ve~geanc on the last guilty ii mtate of thit prison-houise of hl I lIn the mteantimtie it, was reported t.. rough Madrid that, the prisons of'the multitutdes htastented to the fatatl spot. Attd oh ! whtat, meeting was there ! It was like a resurieetion bu huded itose wvho had been burined for miany years were now restored to life. T1hecre we~re fathers who bu .d their ldng-lost dauglters ; wiaves were restored to their husbanuds, sisters to their brother.s, and udrenits to tlieirt chtildrei ; And thiir 'were sonme that, could recogitize tio friend amnong the multitude, The sceonce was such its nto tongrue can d escri be. When the multittde had retired, Col. L. caused the library, pamntitngs, futrnitur-e, etc., to be removed ; anid having sent, to the city for a wafgoni toad of powider, lie deposited a large gfninti'v-, in the vooli t ~ --"'t h -5. , NEWS, LITERAI No - Oltt jl,.at VILLE, S. A., SEPT building, and placed a slow match in connectiun %ith it. All withdrew to a distance, and in a few 'moments the assembled multitude beheld a most joyful sight. The walls and turrets' of the massive structure rose majesti cally toward, the heavens, impelled by the tremendour explosion, and then fell back to earth a heap of ruins! *cctened Drink. In a small village in the Southern section of Missouri resides a certain Major, who keeps a small, cosey. comfortable little inn, famous for its sweetened drinks, as well as a jovial Iae4 lord ; and a few of the surrounding farmers visit the neighborhood, without giving the major a 'friendly call, to taste his "nlixtur." The gay host, with jolly phiz,,roundspersons, bright eye, and military air, deals out the ra tions, spiced with jokes, which; if they are not funny, Ore at least laughed at, for the M ior enjnys thet, so vastly himself that his auditors are forced to laugh, out of pure sympathy. "A good old couple, who resided about six miles from the major's, for a long period,.had been in the habit of visiting him once A, nio'rth and as regularly went home,'dreadfilly sweet. ened with the favorite mixtur; but of late, we learn, the amicable relations existing between the major and his old visitors have been broken ofF by green eyedlcalQnsy. On the last vis. it, good cause was given for an end being put to any mnore "sweet drink ing." " Uncle Merrill; how are you, any how ?" was the major's greeting ; and I declare if the missus aint with you. too-just as if he expected she wouldn't con;e. 'What'll you take, mis-us ? shall I sweeten you a little of about the best Cincinnati rectified that ever wes toted into these 'ere parts ?-it jest looks as bright as girl's eyes !" and here the major winked and looked so sweet there was nq re sisting, and she did tike A little "sweet coed.' --e "The hours flcw nier..ily by, and evening tound the old couple so over loaded with sweets, that it was with great difliculty they could be seated on the old gray mare, to return homen.; but after a imany kind shake from the hiost, and just another drop of his ."WvLycte'd," off they jogged see saw :ng ri ,yde to side oni thme critter, the told yiatter-ing her happiness. and teodman too full to finid words to e.xpress himself. "'Such anoutibe. ina as that Major," says sfic; "in't nowhere-anud such a nmixtur' as he does amake is temnptin to temperance letur r~s. Hie is an ama zin'iee rnan, and if any thing he sweet ens the last drop better thanu the first. ,Goougd acious!1 what a pleasin'ecritter he 13' '"Ever and anon 'these encomiums on the major and his amixtuare broke from the ul~l la ly, until of- a sudden, <>n passmig a small r-ivult, a jolt of the ma):re's silenced themi, and tiue old rmnanm rode o~n a short, distance ipm perfect qumetatess. At Iength he broke out "Od w-cman, you anid that 'ere nmajur's col)nbici., to day, war ray ther umnbeomn'-hiis formnalities war too sweet 19. be mnistook, and you ain't gein' thar a gin in a oi-. ''Silence was the onlya'aicr. "' Oh, y ou're huf1y, are you ?" con tinued the oldl man. ' W-ll, I guess you can stay so till you give in, and on he ygtged im, a .senmt jeul ous mood. On arrivin? att the fatrm, lie called to his necgro to lift the old woman off but, San , ihe tigger, stomod gazing at him im silent astonishmunent. '. L ift her ff,'you sam, do yon hear ? -andl do it carefllyI, or some of her wr-ath'll bile out. In spite of the ma. jor's s.weetenlin' she's imad as thunde-r." " Why, de lor,' massa, de ole:'omnan amnt dlar,' rapilied Samhsee tn di"g (lit, of hi hi enane "Jstuii turn ro und, mnassa, eud satisfy youm'self dat (1e ole'omtan clar gone an miissin de lor' !" " A nd sure enoughm on a minute ex amiunatioul by the old man, she was 'foun mi~ssinmg'The major was char ged at cinee with abduction, inlstant mneasure were~.l takei9t f'r puitim t, and a Iuarty dispamtchued to scomur therod (On p'roceeding two mtiles 4)n the road to the major's they were suddelnly hal ted at the smaI rivulet, by findimng the mssus with her head lying par-tly im the little streamt, its waters lay ing in her- 1ap, and ,bier )ipM softly lmurnae 'ing-'Not a drop more, miajor, unless its sweetene'd !" A Cu mLosfTv.-A P aris o rr-espoind. ent of the New York ,Courier states that eggs aitd bones of a huge bird hauve b~een discovered in Madangasc.ar, in the country of the Sakal ves. In 1850O, two eggs and .sqmen.fraugmeonts of hones of' a similar kind wer-e s nt to F'ranice and~ piceid in the) museum of natural htistory at the Jar-din des [Plantes. Captain. Armuange, .of t e - ' r e n t -b . ' .r.h.. . .r. .....I . TRJIE, AGRIkULTUR~ te Kant Z." brought home two othrs of these eggs,i.j and he declares that .tyg. Malaghese assured him in the mos positive man ner, that an immense bird still exists in the interior of the island, and that it was able to carry off a cow., One of the two eggs now brought ,#t d con. tains nearly thie' pints iifore than those in the Tmuseum. IIov:far these, discoveries may go to verify the histo ry of Sinbad the Sailor, the reader must judge. Ming Richard III. In-the walls of the ancient house of Sir Edward Deiring, in,.'the county 60? Kent, lately pulled down, and rebuilt, a latin manuscript was found written by a bastard son of Richard .il1, not mentioned by any of opir historians. The occasion of its loVirnent is as follows. The 3outh was privately educated in the couptr;_at, great ex. pense, under the best niistern in every science. The tuition answered the royal e.ct'tio'6. The night before the fatal battle of Blos*orta Field, tie I.ingp-ent for him, and he vits privately condected to his tent. The attendants being dismissed, he declared to him the grand secret tLat he was his father, and presenting him with fifteen ,hundred pounds (a large :un in tise d:tys,, said, "Son, thou must await the issue of to morrow;-if fortunate, I will ac knowledge thee, and create thee Prince of Wales. .,If the battle goes against me, and I Thl, forget what thou art, and live retired; that money will procure a maintenance. The son withdrew to a piAce, of secrecy and observatit., 1The fatal day came-the battle ensucc-Richard fill. His son immediately set ofT for the capital. and placed himself with a mason of great eminence, being about sixteen years of age. The graceful ness of his person and behavior be spoke that parentage which however, he had the art and address to disguise and conceal. The master quickly dis cove ed the genius1of his apprentice, whose skill amid Judgmeiit ~Io relied upon in thie 1licest and most difficult parts of '4r'ciitetuare. Being engagea.. in..soig alterations and repairs in this ancient house, Rich ard's son was sent dowp. to superin. tend the workmen, whe're his, wit, not less than his ingenuity, was se 'e'igg ing, that the owner of the seit 'r'eta ned him, and permitted him to 1'lhul on his estate ai little mansion to reside in. lle lived some years in this retiremennt, dlevoted a reading and contemplation, iln great, repute for his learning, piety, and modesty, A~'d dyiring that p'esiod he wrot'e liis life. At the approach of death, lie gave the man~zne~apt to his patron, with a req1uest not to read it till aufter his dLceas~e lie recovered, but soon after di&X, .nd thte aforesaid rianu script (enclosed, an it is .'dpijosed by his friend within the wall,) was not. knowni or discovered till so lately as 1787. It is now in the possession of the ihmily of' thie ,D~eiri:ngs. ..o~dbyck.Register. Hlow an Inidiaui casi Die. A touching instance of this charac teristic trait occurred ait the late en gagement between a small war partyv if the Chippewas and a greatly supe rior party of the Sioux, near Cedar Island Lake. Theu Chippey-4, fvho were en route fur a scalping forayvp on the Sioux villaiges otn the Mineaeso. ta, lhere fell into an ambuscade, and the first, notices of' danger that, saluted their ears ii'is a di.('charge of fire-arms from a thicket. Four of their number fell dead in their tracks. Another, named the WVar Cloud, a leadin" brave, had a leg broken by a bullet.-Z llis comradives were Joth, ., leaving hun, and while thme assailants were re-ilding their guns, attempted to earry himn along with them to eere they could get thme shelter of a thicket, a shor t distance ,in t e, ,rei;;.,, But lie commtanded themu lU I i-e lhin, telling thenm that, lie would show his enemies hwa Chippewa could die. At his request, they seated him oun d log, with his back beaning against a tre__. lIe tlien conimenced painting his face anid sinegiig liis dealit ,syfit As his ennmie~s apl~ridcllf him, lhe on ty sang a loudher and a lhvelier strain, anid wlheti several had gathered around him flourishing thleir scalping knives and screechiji forth their demonical yells of' exultaition not a look dr,ii gestdre rimifested that lie was even, aware of their presspee. At length they seized ~ him and tore the scalp from his head. Still seated with his back againsta large tree, they comnmencd, shooting their arrows into the trunk around Ii s head, grazing his ears, neck, &c., unitil they literally pitined himu fast withiout C having tonchedt a vital part. Yet our hero remained the same imperturable s stoic, continji d to chasunt his defiant f strain, and although o of the nuem- c ber flourished his relking scalp befor-4 3 his eyes, still not a single expression c E, SCIENCE AND o change. At' last..ope of the number ipproached him ith a tomahawk, which, after 4few unheeded flourishes, ie buried in the captive's skull, who iank in death with the sian st'Ul,upo is lips. He had, indeed, succeeded rell in teaching his enemies " how a 'hippewa could die." A few days af er they were taught how a Chippewa :ould be avenged. Was rather a bad boy. Ile w.s nuch given to night brawling, and )ther gregarious pastimes. In one of hese shindies, Mickey got.. injured in he head with an axe-helve, and that Jo dangerously that his life was des >aired of. At the suggestiog.of..Widd.y Donel. y, Mickey saVit for a priest to 'repare 'to.r. a long journey,., "!Hickey, you hawn ,jqenta very vicked.,-nan," said Father r O'Toole ifter listening to a detail of Mr. Mn oney's exploits-"so very wicked .hat it is almost a sin to grant you ab ol'ition. Have you never done a inglei, ggds actipt ?" " Niver, you reverenvce-hevld I did -l converted a Jew, the iurtherin' tathen." " Converted a Jew-satisfy me that rou .id thiq aid tie church will no onger hesitate about discharging your mornities. How was it done my son?" " Listen and I will tell you. Well. ;ou see I and Larry Blake went a ishing once in the Mississippi, oppo. nite New Orleans, and while we were aatcd in the boat a Jew makes his ap caranec In 't,, skiff in, front qCls,. . We nvited him to eas aicho'r. -ind he did o. le then gotout bait an. line and brew out fur a bite, and by jabbers he ot one. A cat fish seized his line, tad with such force as to jerk the iathen overboqd'. ,.'p. save,1his 'life i plunged in after, and for a while it was pull cat-fish, pull .Maloney. At ast I got up to the old, signer and gased him by the hair, just as-ho was ;oing down for the third time." " And what then did you do ?I" " I aslied him, sahy5-l do you: believe :n the Virgim , and he said "Moses O'rbid, I do not." At that I poked imn under the water again for the mat. ~er a minute or two, when I riz him ip again and asked him, says I do you elieve in the Virgin, and he said, agdin 'Moses forbid, I dosh not,' anid I pped him under once more, and ept. hin there till he wa as blue ibout thpe.,gills as an oyster, when I ave heim,anothuer hist and asked him ~do ,ydi: believe, 1A.13 ,Virgin 1" and to wasid 'Moses pn wrong J does." " And what didy you say thent?" "I replied die penitent, ~you old .hafe, and save your soul while the uck is on you ; and suiting the action o word; Ijus aglep go myl~ hould to spit an my hand, and lie went to the bot toin like a stone." Whether this sort of conversation secured Mickey absolution we cannot may uitil 'uk .seg ,llob; -[Iolmes, to vhom .w are indebtedl for Mickev's iistory. . . Maxon-;,--Wlhatever has once giv mn4us.pamt er pleasure is remembered ong, and recurred to often as we pass lown the journey of life tQ the grey lairs and solitudes of our last year. I.ove ha~s been to every one the source >f both. Every one has treasured iway on the sacred pages of memory thousand Iiitle incidentp, ever to be -pvqdled.in deuni, to wfiich, as to some escinatintg fictiont, it returns, whenever L gloomy, or an idle, ,unsocjltl Iv'ur tis up the mnusimg spirit-and turns lhe mind upon the past. Life, re niewed through the mist of by gone rears, seems rather a curious wrought iction, or a feverish dream, than a itern reality. We are surrounded by nimgnt9~ fdhe afegtiont of-triends, ,pt thw inetesle are gon'e. We remnember t~b conni~l of w isdom, hie sage instructions of experiee, by which our minds are formed, .d.aa hirection given to the curren t$. our hong~t~s gd~d httbits, but the -lips rrom vlhence th~ey flowed have long been nto as the still valley where they ie mouldering. \Ve have:.4nced qud~ ung with the,.ggy ,giddy, omd meen enraptured at the trilling voice nd .'yi.ljng eye of beauty, but we re a once. 'rhe visions have passed -omn us. In one grave..ydat*d lin ther there are little hillocks, ndu rhite stones bearing remembered ~tmes, and this is .all is left to us. lut .it LA hmong thejuelanchaoly ruins f the past that we gather the, ric1~a. tores for future, it is there we learn ow very vain are earthly hopes ow fleeting ear thly friends ; how fraiI veon the strongest chords of affabridn. t. is thheywe learn to prepare for an. ther state of being., YANEE.-\Ve Americans have. g trange mnode of salutatiorn,. ,igen a riend meets a friend ina the street, hel xtend's his hand and asks, " owde~ ou do?" :The other replies,. 'how o yont do?" Theun both annarerfiluI THE ARTS. PERMS-R2 1N ADVANCE NO. 46. Tite PowEa OF THE IND.-- e mind of man is celestial origin. When we reflect upon its character, its won derful capacities, and the 'Ihireiise poW9".hich it 'xerts both for good and evil, we. are 16st; in wonderful _A. miration. Iltd powers are' 'boundless. It travels with the rapidity of light ning; passinti instantaneously itL.flsic aropnd. the earth, encircling the whd. Ile globe in a moment, and: not con tent with viewing ablonaryohjeeth, it.still pases on .annihilating space,"it soars from star to star,.a.,.;Ar as tne Gzrat Creator has spread his unik ersee. d m would it lain pause and 'reflect uipou ,.th. W isdom, Power, and Omnipotence of the author of all these beautiful panets.and long to inv'estigate the various phenorena which they prespnt to his observasion. The vast intel lectual power of the mind enable<- maff to trace out the can.es and effects of many of these, thus atarding thor .4 -asnect for thought and contemplation, in which thay-msy feast and revel until they are lost in-a. labyrinth ofdou):', conjectures and uncerteinty. But be. fore the mind can be qualified and ct pacitated to grasp mighty objects, solve intricate and complex problems, and trace effects to their causes, it ii indispenai'ly 'necessa'ry tlEta i't ..Aou;L undergo a procuss., of . educatio:i and se.Tdipcipline, wiidh sha-ll 4;b1. it t., concentrate its utiost pinwer" popn a single object, and shut. ou fr'u i: vision all other subjects. This intellectual facult v of n m . susceptible of the greatt im s ;ment and of being beautifully tuuteit ed by the refiiiug influence of educa tion and re igion. 'ery one Ahou!d :Meavor to tore well his mind with useful knowltde that ha m&g eie pre ared to 'net. well his part in life. A mind thus stored is the- best wealth a person can pos eass-: earthly riches are transitory and unce tain, but this wealth n arthly power can take from him. And is not this wortha making an effort to obtain 3 It will not only have a..tendencv to miake us happy here, but if a ri ~us -s he made of t .t.viL fmt.sa- - 14 another and abetteit sate6of bedng. .This is a pringiite that, will hast ~when earth is tried iby fire, whzen aH nature dies, wheni thy muountains and hills tdtter and crum ble to. dust, wvhen the heavens vanish like a scrowl, and the stars are shaken-and fall b'y the con vulsions of the revelation morn. It will expand. and .tat~itme toi grow brighter and brighter, through the in, finite ages as it! revolves in the1 spheres around the Eternal Throne. ~.ITTrt IisBAND AND A LITTLE Wwsg...,Z1he Sanduskv Register is re sponsikble for this: Two~ little, children -a b6e .nd.a girl, agedAour and thirLe years respecti vely--w re miissed by their familnes, and search made every where for them, but in vain. The day passed, and considerable adrrni existei. Persons were out in dill dire'ctionzs, and tle bel-t-iriger hdid been sent tihr, when, passing.a thigket.t-f,.jushes in the gar den, the e~nother.thoughzt she heard low voices near. P'ulling asv~ay the leaves, there wvere the truants, with thieir night clothes ozg, .locd in one another. arms, and very comfhrtably- stowed away for the nuight. The precocioa-. lovers wvere stirred from their' ttest. but the boy expressed the utmost in. dignation; tjbresaid he, " the. hired iin had miarried me and sissy, and that bush house was his'n, and thy wiere goin' to live ,there- till .it raineod." The donoumnent wns do'comnical that it was concluded to let the babies be married until they had a tidling out, wvhich oes curred the next day, and now they Jive apart-a. separated'man and wifei. .FAnMINo 1r -CALFONIA.-Three years ago it was thought by most pe.o' plo-that CQiirnia would- produce no thing but gol. .MNw,tiI is-known that it is the, moit productive counWry in the world, or'can be hmadd so; TIhe trouble now is that wve produce too much; thimgs are too plenty, and as a natural consequenee,. -too oheap. Potatue~s hgave rotted in the-- fields becaue they wo~uld not pay for .being, carried to market. Bariley wvasoffered .yesterday lor sale at ne,cent ,per. pound, and no one stood ready toay. Ther e are r.ow one or two i~hips, loading with flour fo~r Austrajii: .Thinkof all tnis, when only tij'L ort-three 'years.aug'. ma1 ny' of theso,:antticles.,. were .,vorthz tom twenty. to fifty cents jher, ousd. Hereo is a ebange not benejicial hii all ca-eis to the produeer, but, showing e~a, t that. with proper exertion .Calilio, mn can aus~tgin iA dense population, and that girp,o .,anad bibor only are retiired tv give us all the advantages whichi elder sections of the country posse.,s..,