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. 4. 1' . .' ' " *i'A*'" I I /S ^ ^ .. ^ \^ .-n v, -. ? -3 ~' <V i'\ * Z^ >7* DEVOTED. TO MTEHATUKJg, THE ARTS, SCIESCE, AGRICULTURE, NEWS, POIdTICS, &C;, &C. ~ TERMS?TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Let it be Instilled into the Hearts of your Children, that the Liberty of the Press is tho Palladium of all your Rights."?Juniun. LP AY ABLE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 5?XO. 47. ' ABBEVILLE C. IL. SOUTH CAI!OIJrDAY^^IOftNINau ?ihiCIt 26.-1S58.,s. /., v. VVII,0LH NUMBER255 RATES OF ADVERTISING. I'lie Proprietors of the Abbeville /Jumur and fndcpcitdctit J'rrxs, have established 'In- follow Ing rates of Advertising to be charged in both ^apel s: . Every Advertisement inserted for a less lime than three months, will be charged bv the insertion nt Oik* dollar per S?pinre,(li inch *?the space of 1 *2solid lines or les>,) for th lirst Insertion, and 1"iffy for each subsequent, insertion. The ConiinissionerV-, Sheriff's, Clerk's #*??<! t A/1f?i'ii?;i?inii?h *Vill hi? iii both papers, each churning hall" priee. .Shorilf's I..-vi*-s. On?; i>ol la r each. {.'jf* Atiuuuiieiussn Candidate, l'ivc Dollar*. Advertising an J>lray, Two DoIUii'n, to be paiii by tins Magistrate. Advertisements inserted for throe months, or longer, at the following rates : 1 square 3 months $5 On i 5. square (5 months ------ - S OO - 1 square 0 lvenlhs 10 uO \ square 12 months 12 00 Jl squares 3 months ------ y oo 2 squares 0 months 11 Ou 2 squares 11 months lsouj S squares 12 months 2<> on , 8 squares :5 months 1" ?>t> j 3 squares (5 months - - - - - - 10 ou j 3 squares months ------ ^l no j S 9fiimi>na 1 > ttickiil Ik - . . . . - v? .~j l?(| i 4 squares H months 12 no 4 squares 0 nion!lis - - - - - lit* Oo 4 squares i> months ...... lit", nn 4 Bquares 12 immtlis - ?'> 00 5 squares :i months - - - - - - If# 00 .. :.'"6 squares 0 months ...... 25 00 6 squares 0 mouths ...... :;i nn | H squares 12 months - J-ti* On | 6 squares :? months ...... ?n nn ; 0 squares 0 months ...... J{i? tin j 6 squares i) months ...... :o> no j ' f> squares 12 months .... - . -to nn j 7 squares 3 months ...... ?:?> j 7 squares <? months ...... 35 on ' < 7 squares 9 months ...... 41 no j 7 squares 12 months - -1 .=> nn > 8 squares ?, months ...... ;>n 00 i :8 squares 0 months ...... 40 00 j 8 squares 9 months ...... 4c, no j 8 squares 12 months - - - - - 60 00 j Fractions of Squares will bechnrgcilin pro ) iportion to the above rates. Uiisines-s Curtis for the t<-rni of one ... jenr, will be charged in proportion to the "space they occupy, at One JJu/htr per line * space. .? ' For all advertisements sot in dni'lfr rol ,uinn, Fifty per Cent, extra will be added to the f> above rates. , DAVIS it CREWS, . f. J-'or llannrr ; ' *' LEE it WILSON, J-'or J'rrsx. ; . Notice to Eufcicriteis. j Upon consultation with our friends of the Al> .beville Jinn iter we have come to the following | , Understanding: That after the 1st of April, i jicai, we snail ciinrgo lor an siiwcrijn juiis, ii??i ( paid within six months ?2,.10 ami ?:J 00 if not : 1 paid within one year. The. pressure of the 1 Times has forced upon us the necessity of urg- : ' ing prompt payment upon our Patrons. The | amount due lis for subscription, are separate! j uisall, hut in the aggregate swell to a large ]' sum, and if not promtly paid, subject us to '< ' great inconveniences. Our payments are cash ; ! j and we must require our friends to enable us ! to meet then). Experience has also impressed us with the j propriety of charging for Obituary Notices j_' which exceed a certain length ; vnd we shall j henceforth charge for the excess over one ; i .V" square, at the usual advertising rates. ?* .' MISCELLANY. 2ms. * A:Secrets ok tiik ^Amkicican House " v^Tamer.?Tlio Buffalo Advertiser intimates i '.<dthat it is cognizant of tlic peculiar secret I ' possessed l>y Mr. Rarey, the (celebrated], horse-tamer now in England, and employed"] >o successfully Ijy. him in subjugating the i most <vicsou? a?d unruly of tlie equine species. ! ArjThe principle, it is thought, is doubtless the * ' .-samo as that now iit use by horse-breeders , 5^ "iand horse-trainers in various parts of the' ? .country, and.consists mainly in kind treat^ 'v'traout, in subduing the fears of the animal, j i ;V*and accustoming him to unusual noises and I V^bjcow. But tjieje arc other influences, ! f^.y.aqjnewbat of a mesmeric character, and em- ' '&pioye(l as adjuncts, that go to ensuro tlie | ^w^*?Qr? complete success of the horsc-lanvr, j $r>*.?uc)i as caresses, the use of drugs Agreeable i v-^ . 'to tlie liorse, scratching in parts not easily " preached by the animal itself, giving food or -water after long abstinence has'occasioiied hunger or* thirst, the careful use^of- various .Mones of the human voice, ifcc. ' * TliiS chief s'ecref, however, according to ; tbe1 Advertiser, which paper has the author- | ^<;/;ity for ?ts statement from tho^o who under ' stand and practice the art, consists "in r#isr-VTv?K? ono ?f l'10' 'oro of tlid horse, donbthe kneo, and keeping a 8trap*aroimd ffetfock, fastening tho foot close t6 the iy.ffarvh or shoulder. The borsc tben stands ^ ^upbri tbreo leg*. Having next put on a pass a long strap or rein tbronglH e^eutcinglp, a lyJ. fastening one end of it ;' )^^r.6utid the. fetlock of the other fore foot, at'.'ttaclj.the other to the surcingle after the ani-^a^$3sjLhro\vn,'so'closely as lodeprive,it of t^^e^5pC.tbegili?l>. .^n'thiB.it^m tho treat- ' V' anant^ooay b?.varied by fastening the second ^V0t1oA^'tbe amf orsboulder jifter tbe^anf;Waf;i^down,"%. f *>; . -1" . ' - ' . Tfiis plan, sri^s tho wAdvertiser,ys success tumv pursed bymmiy skilful horse-breakers ? -,m. We8terq.^^#;;yor^Vand'the horse yields ( ^io'lhe necessities of the case; his Spirit of ^gpp.^Hip%i.?'.Kroi-eV,^ . . < ; WOMAN'S AnVimoi^A'. j^nian '&&mk?sAft'whatVha likes to yoli wilhout^lnn 'Jg^ger .of being1 kndekJRjr 7 for it. -bha MY ONLY ADVENTURE. BY A IHiXTIST. It is of no use to a>k inu for a ghost story ; for, though I have stayed in nearly every town in KuglaH'1 of any size. I Lave nu t j with none, liailways have ]>ut haunted j chambers out of fashion. Fan try a ghost being bold enough to venture into one of our vast hotels ! There is not a eingle whilerobed custoriner that would liavo tin? impudence to do it. (Gliosis iived in the old coaching days, and dwelt in the unaint wayside inns ;and I never was lucky enough to have inv bed-curtains disturbed bv invi-.iblo hands; but I am not ashamed to own that 1 once got a terrible fright. In my early days, I?like many of my ; profession?travelled from place to place, just remaining in each long enough to pocket all the spare cash the inhabitants were willing to expend on dental "'ornaments.? ! I Sometimes 1 made a large town the centre j ?. Mumhnnc .....1 w.,,,..I,, ll U ?J ... months, visum;* the lesser ones in the neigh- ; horhood on slated days. It was in one of j our largest manufacturing towns in the west j of England thai I mot with the adventure 1 j am going to give you. 1 had been uncommonly successful, and : had made a lone stnv in the i>!ace on that account?indeed, 1 li;ul spent some months there when it huppftiol. I had excellent lodgings, ami occupied three apartments? a sitting-room, and a sort of reception-room for patients, 011 the ground floor, and a first ; ' floor-bed room, all facing the street. Ial-j' ways worked in the last-named apartment, i ' and had the necessary tools and mat erials | 011 a little bench near the window. Here I j ' generally took my station, and spent tin- 1 time, from six or seven in the evening till y midnight, as 1 was then less liable to inter- ' ruplion. ( \fi' nr?Mi*f innnfc wnvn ?ill r?unS^lu>il *% 1?1? I ' J "I I gasburners, and before winter set in, I added ! 1 !i gas-stove to my bedroom, that my working there might cause no needless trouble or ; uxjK-nse to my landlady. One evening, be- i 1 i:inr very bn-y, I sat later than u-ual, and i 1 w hen at length my task was done, I drew 1 ,ip my chair close to the stove, and half at) c lour reading before extinguishing my light. ! ' Vou arc aware that we made use of gold \ f [dates and wire, in fastening artificial teeth; ' md, in consequence of numerous orders, I > c had been particularly well supplied with the ; 1 precious metal in ibis form, ever since I i v came to the town. Moreover, I w;ts hy no ; means deficient in those pieces which bear 1 ;i likeness of our most gracious Sovereign. ( Being particulaily weary, ami intending to 1 recommence mv labors early in the morning, I did not trouble myself to put away my ' materials. Hut I was careful to examine ! ' the fastenings of my door ; and iliis duly done ' I extinguished the lire and light, and got j ; into bed. \ ' I fell {'.sleep almost instantly, and had a : i somewhat ludicrous dream. I fancied my- ' <i?lt ;i iik /* 1 I i ... ,-vv Ill iiiv I? c?? V ilMltJIJN, which 1 ha<l visited a few days before, ami that whilst handing some food to my especial charges (the hears,) I overbalai.cei.1 and was just tumbling into the pit among the : grizzly brute?, when the shock awoke me. Again I dozed oft", but only to get amogst j the bears once more. I thought a tremet;- i doiis specimen, a perfect Ursa Major, had ' just been purchased, and that to me was entrusted the. task of taming the monster. Xo pleasant thing, even in a dream, particularly at that moment, and iu the incom prehensiMc niaiier only to be accomplished in sleep,scene sTiifted to iny bedroom, and I found myself standing enchnnhe without any means of defence, against tlio precious creature advancing open-mouthed. I thought I leapcd^pn my bench* seized thev blind-roller, and .'us he advanced, dealt a tremendous blow"Whim. But alas ! he eluded it with the dexterity of an accomplished fencer, and I losing my balance, toppled head first to .the ground. The brute sprang upon me. lie tucrered?and so did I?with minrdfrl ami main. I was getting "llio worst of it, when"suddenly recollecting that any sort of 4*ttavck is lawful, nod tint one may he permitted to waive ceremony with a bear, I^eized the*creatnlre's ear between my teeth,and bit the piece completely out. He utopped me jike & hot potato. . The ludicrously pitiful lfewl, and the way in which ho applied the paw just Jaken. from my waist, to his wounded car, was too much . .1 - X buret into a perfcct ronr of laugh ter, and . so much iioiseftjld I make tliat it awoke trie, . I was still ;lftu?liindf at. this .vSnrosioal'; yi^i.oDj and wondering if it Jia^ an>' reference; to^anj apprentice \Vh& was jto comoy?dern$;; icare;o^J.lw,iTjorroWi who'.^ai/iruly, Sis uqr' " couthr^lookiog eub as am^geutl^ii^io.need:. fore felt sure they had boon under the d before 1 comim-wcd working, :iml having fallen asleep, lieen awakened l>v the boisterous laughter which had also di-pelled my own dream. What was I to do? 1 feared the moment I set foot on the floor T should he seized, and what could I a little fellow almost naked and unarmed?do against one perhaps more doubtless prepared for a struyj- ; gle ? Oddly enough, tlie rememherance of tn v : tie.".til miv<? in.' r-nii!-fio-<> 1 IiikI l.i-iilf.l hii. lols isi tiie loom, and once out of bed. should he able to seize them in :i moment. I resolved to lc.'ip out and secure tins weapons lu fuie lighting tlie gas, since I. being, as I presumed, better acquainted with the arrangement of the furniture, might manage in the dark to elude mv antagonist.? i These thoughts occupied but a few seconds.! In as many more, the pi.-stols were in mv i hand, and the g.n lighted. The intruder ' did not venture to appear, and the delay ! gave mo courage. I boldly commanded ' that individual to advance, and take the chance of a bullet. Something immediate- I !v ln?rr*in t innVn itnil 1 cnmi citv (1u> I cause of mjT alarm. What was it, think you ??You can nut guess. I will tell you: it was a woman ! I see you are all begin- : ning to laugh; ami I suppose yon think I hero is some long story in the case; ami lhat a damsel, beautiful as a J/oiiri, or a j heroine?which is all the same?whom 1 j had wood only l? In-tray, hail concealed herself there to reproach me with my broken vows, etc, etc. All wrong. The douce a bit of romance s there in the whole affair. IIa<l you seen , :ho coarse, sullen, ill-IuvoreU woman who >tooil before me", wrapped in a dingy plaid j bawl, you would not.suspect such a tiling;' 'specially as you have soon a spec.iman of | ny taste in the shape of the lady who hoars i ny name. After all, the scone was droll enough.? ! I'ltere stood I, shiveing in my night habili nenls, pistol in hand, re a ly to interrogate! ny visitor. She looked carving-knives in ! eturn ; but not seeming in the least shock- ! d at my scanty garments, though evidently ' lesirous of turning her back both on them i ,.wi .... it... r?.. r .1 ~i.. t ..... .... ..... .......v.. v., .1 ier features seemed familiar, and I reeollec!(I she liad lived asservnatin the house; hut i ?V landlady, suspecting her of dishonesty, lischarged her shortly after niv arrival. 1 was about to question her, hut think- j ng it advisable to have a witness 1 ecinman- ! led her to remain where she was, and insured her obedience by locking the door.? 1 roused the family, and as I was retiming lo my prisom-r, I heard my hod loom window hastily closed. "Ah !" thought I, "you ; lire all right there for staying where you! are; for the window is strongly barred."? Dn being interrogated,she said my latullaJv, Mrs. Winirate. had forbidden her com- i ing to the houscj but being friendly with the oilier servant klic ventured to visit h?-r. Whilst talking in the kitchen, she heard mistress approaching, and fearing discovery, i stole upstairs, crept into my room, and hid | herself below tho bed, intending to leave tlie house when all was quiet. My early entrance cut off her escape, and she sunposed she had fallen asleep, as she remembered nothing mdre till aroused by a loud fit of laughter. This seemed plausible? enough, and buffor the sequel, would 'have passed off very well. But as we were about to dismiss her, with a caution not to repeat her visit, the door bell rang, and we found a policeman waiting for admittance. lie stated, that passing a short j time" before, he observed one of the front windows hastily opened. Something was thrown out, and then it was as quickly shutf After a short search, he found a very largo' and sharp Spanish knite, whiuli lie presumed.iwas.tho article thrown from the .win% - ? dow. lie also observed two fellows of snspicous appearanco loitering about the place, and discovered them to be father and son? men of bad ylwrncter?who got a good living nobody knew lipw. lie had warned them away, and retimed to see if anything were amiss in the house. ' e On being informed of my visitor and her tale, he expressed ft wish ?< ? apfliur n,./i once cognized her as the dhuo|hter-of the elder, nncTsjster to^tlie, younger, niari he had dismissed. -' * ? - . Instead of/liberating the .woman, as we tlawgWo? dblnjfV: wo^pow deemed. It p^ident'to givo h'e'r into cuwody. >No,<ihe" prcWptv?t' fier ; eiwrpinition entorlain(^t.ft& sligbl&t "doubt that, dj^ri/jg the #|)ort lima she.#,A?*in Mra.-Wingatp?8 bouao after I bd"came aii irupRtQof it, V||p jit)d rumfrrked tli'e. rnaWuls l 4^1, . &nd Umfea re|ulftr plait had been orffan^jfe^to rob. iifcf.AnWhimft olMislioticsrv. Still, wo could charge her with nothing 1 >nt the concealment, and after hcing cautioned against placing herself again in such a situation, sho was discharged. The story was much talked about, and I got well ijuizs'-d by many ladies of my acquaintance ; hilt after all, things might have proved no joke to in \ I remained some months longer in the place, and before 1 left it heard many accounts of threats which the woman's male, relatives had uttered against me, for casting Mipiciou on inno people. I ll.l'l probably injured tlicir busjnos ; for I fancy, after wliat bad <><<miio<!, lew parlies would have been willing to employ xily nocturnal visitor in their houses. Three years elapse,! from the dale of my adventure, ami I lia<l lauiost forgotten it, when business again called me to the same town. Al first, only thought of remaining a few <lavs ; but (hiding I slioiiM be detained longer, I sought out my former landlaily, as?lliat one night excepted I had been pai tieularlv comfortable under her roof.? Finding my old apartments vacant, I gladly look possession of them a second time. During my former slay, 1 made many agreeable acquaintances, ami tmw it ln-in^ near Christ mas?I received many invitations t<> supper parlies, etc; which 1 fancy were not tlie less numerous because I was still a bachelor. On Christmas-eve T nccepleil onoto spend it with a friend at his father's house, where there was a very large ami charmim* family of sons and daughters. The lather was a line, jovial old fellow, and the mother just the cheerful, but eveii-fempoivil gentle soul, ? iiu mom: i:uui'i wring wo sueu gins as lli.TS. We li.nl a glorious evening. All sorts of joyous ('hist mas fun was carried on, ami 1 kissed pretty girls under the mistletoe, until either with that pleasant, exercise, or with rpienehing the thirst it excited. 1 became slightly elevated. I was to line there the next day, and my friends would fain have peisuaded nns to stay all irght; hut 1 was determined to return to my lodgings, as I knew Mrs. Wingate would .... e. t ... , ?. r i . i !?lt? ll|? HJI IIIC. 1L HiW (lilUIlll^ll L Wllcll I b:ulc tnv kind entertainers good-night, and with a ha>ty, but not too steady step, sot out on inv homeward journey. 1 was soon at home and in b.'d. Mrs. Win gate had more than once laughe about the oiid figure I cut on the occasion of my oiJ adventure. She had also informed me that the two men who had played the ff/rccf part, had been since detected whilst attempting to commit a burglary, and imprisoned for twelve months: but were now atlihr-rlr. The good lady manifested no small uneasiness on my account, and cautioned me to be very cartful not to givo ihem any opportunity of executing their threats of vengeance against me. Her evident timidity and anxiety only excited my mirth, hut I was, careful to examine the fastenings of my duor, and always both lolccd and bulled it. When I reached my lodgings 011 Christmas-eve I was, as I said, a little clem tedt contrary to my usual custom, 011 getting into hud) I could not sleep. I began thinking over the amusements of 1110 evening, criticising the fair faces I had been so close to, wishing I had such a cheerful home; specuhitingas to my chance of success in the'event of my asking one of the sail! fair damsels to part with her name in favor of mine, and thanking my stars, that, at any rates, I should.be n guest- at the same place oiwhe morrow. The clock struck two and found rhy thoughts still busy ; but a sudden check was given to tlie current of ideas. I heard a sort of grating sound, and fi'lt ? r-nrl'iin tmnn .....o U,VJ VIMy "u ,,,u: stealthily'np the kitchen stairs. At- first I was a little "alarmed, imagining thieves wore in the house, and then?pshaw !?<thought I, Mrs. Wingate has heen silting* up later.than usual, to finish her Christmas pudding. It is rather sigular that niy former adventure did not then enter tfty mind : though it had occurred in that very spot.? i naiviiyu ugjiiu. i no looisieps nWere certainly audiblyclosoHo my room Uoof-^-a hand was on the[l0ck?it turned?they were stealing nlong the floor of my apartment*? I. became sensible of the .presence of two persons?and now I felt all 4tlio< .boirors of my situation. Every Jotfi ot whg^> bad /ormerly happened (Here, .'the irlfenaces- ol tlfo>tWO fjilloWf> ivllil llflil (linn .UnKllaih iUn-v" A - ----- -? v.-juwuuviv^ uvgu disappointed of llielr prey, and the thought ,o&my^own powerlessness nearly- drpvaTuie '** - ' . ? r maa."* ' *??*; , 4 , tiool, idiot, th?t1i was?I hftdln ffiy tij*iy 'fully rushed upon ay fate.' s?\i'bad ...refused,, the colrd^^Mp^ _ ' tern, and con veil my inkstand into a candle| stick. One proposed lighting the gas, but I the other objected, that, if disturbed, lit might be fluriied, and turn it the wrong way. ' They then, with sii:?ru!ar quickncss and j dexterity, ransacked my desk and cases, j which they opened by means of s-kelcton i keys.?This done, and the plunder tied in a | handkerchief, the younger of the two su?ji jested, with an oath, that they should Jinia/t Mm. Il?? approached my bed, drew tin | curtains, and, though I durst not 1?? ?k, 1 fell ! wasfjazini; in uiv lace. Again he turned I . ' j asiili:, anil fumbled in his pocket, as if in 1 search of something. I had all a!ulig hoped that hy fuigninjj j asleep I might oscape; fori knew, should si ! struggle ensue, 1 could not escape, #inci ' llicy were powerful men, and I quite nit armed. While ho was feeling in my pocket,! could not help stealing my hand up t my throat, thinking, at the same time, how | little eh aneo there was thai it would agait 1 l?e used as a vehicle for Christmas cheer j Guess my horror, if yon can, when the j eld?*r seouiidrel, in ;iti impatient tone, bad* ' his son "make haste, if lie. meant lo do it I ami not keep hiiD wailing there all night.1 | The young man tumbled over the article: that had been displaced in their sean-h to plunder, and not finding what he sought inquired, with another oath, what his fatlie had done with the knife. At first, tin; lat i ter seemed ptiz/.led, and then informed hi I son, with an equally eleirant expletive tha | liu had left it on tlio pantry shelf down be ! low. Tli'* younger, bitterly cursing him for . j tjieedy fool, who must begin to eat befor j the work was done, bade him fetch it. ' Well, liill," replied his parent, "tlia I ham was stunning, mid you know yo> I eonldn't stand those Vre cheesecakes, bn ' won't this do for hinii"?handing up one l ; mj-1 ii->tol<. j "Yes, a pretty tiling, fire, kick lip a row t and he scragged for it?that ^vould pa : nicely. Fetch the knife, and have no mor I jaw, or we shall wake the chap, instead c i sending him up <piietly to spriid his < -lirisf j inns in heaven, without invitation." II i chuckled, and the oM fellow seemed equal ly delighted at liis soil's wit, then taking u the candle, went off to fetch the knl'e. \ All their motions had been so noiselessly J performed and the conversation rallied 01 in a tone so wonderfully clear, though lo> | that I was astonished at llio perfection the; j had attained in their horrid craft. Darin : the father's absence the son was not idli I III! actliallv* locseil llw? mll'ir I>f m? cl.Ii j and theb stood i|iitut)v awaiting tho other' ' rut urn. ! Yn:*t>ouUl never imagine, unless place* ! in similar circumstances, what a multitiuh of thoughts passed through tny mind in few brief minutes. I verily lielievo tha every Christmas, with its accompaniment of fun and feasting at which I had assisted since I was the height of the tabic, was 11 > . 111 til l ll. 1 IIL'II 1 MlOll.^lll Ol 111 morrow, and the fair girls I iiad left, an< how, an hour before, I was full of hope tha ore another Christmas came round. I shoul< call ono my own. Still I found time fu earnest prayer,'and to thinl; of all sorts c expedients to escape my*-impending futi Once I fancied, now .there was only ono t contend with, I might do something; bu just then the touch of the muscular hand o my throat reminded me that a movemet; would cause my instant destruction. Indee< *1 have often wondered1 that l!io fellow di not strangle mo in his impatience.' IIoi bitterly did I reproach myself fur not raisin an alarm when the footsteps first beeitm audible. At length the fellow fairly gnashed hi eeth with rage, nnd uttering a sinothere ^exclamation of "llang the tippling beast, lie at that wine again !" ho also left the aparl ment to recall his truant parent nnd fete * *>. .. * . ? ? . ,tho-implement of murder. ? No^'wai my time, and you may boliev T>w# .?? > ti.? i? ?-< >.i ? * iuoi uvug, iuc iu.^tiii)t iiu iuit uic ruuin was on iny_ feet; nojselessjy I "npprojiche the door, dashed it to,* turned, the key,sho the bolt, lighted the gas, and oncc more Stood, tnv heart ready to leap into my tlyjoj wijl^ joy and thankfulness, with- my trust; ^pistols in my hand. * There was no chance of their'Tfe'-enterin* 'for their skeleton keV4 lay^on my tahle^afj * -* -L-ij If*.*.,*. uvery,jtruciuoi [jjunusr uicrjj 10 I ^ytandtngjLo return,tljfcy'fiad not obnva^e it'from tnwJojih. ^ jg * > : ^ I.inpde noise enough. ?from- the tyudow \ my1i<Jsteft? af]d her diunsb),. now?*for<?use<.: i MJjed W 'tjie cfioVt^al^. boo^ at $H?a f 'pl^e^Ularjnea ^eigf^or9,.aiid A * df p6Iic4t|i^>t w?; ^aVbbfeii th^ houaojrdi j window, their bkelelon keys having made J* , j the rest easy. Hill, the younger radian, was too well J , known to eseapu detection. Ho was cap-1 tared in a f?w hours, nnd both ho and his J , j father eventually obtained a free passago to j ! a distant laud in a vessel provided for that j i purpose l>v Her Most Gracious Majesty. The alfair made a prodigious sensation, and I became the lion of all the Christmas j i parties that year; and the extraordinary j ! sympathy manifested by a certain fair yV?)i- ! ! vidua] at the recital of lit)' story, brought j \ about a most satisfactory explanation. My ! i j next Christinas dinner was eaten in my own j J home, with her as its mistress. ; j I have. often blessed iiiv stars that ?;no<l j i Mis. Winjralo was not a member of the To- | ; ' tal Abstinence Society ; for hail it not been ; . ' for the liberal |>l?.-ui-hinur ber cellar under- j went a few days before Christmas, in readi- ! , 11ess for the sons and daughters who were to I j gather rouii'l her, aii'l celebrate in her house j i . that true home festival, my throat would . j have liucii in no condition to perform its . functions when that time arrived. . Thus have I told the only adventure of ^ I any consequence in which I ever played a ' part, and, lei me add, that whereas rich and s i poor alike welcome Christmas us a season , for joy and thankfulness, 1 douht whether j any feel mine keen emotions of tlx: kind .. 111111 1 do, since it recalls to mind an addi. ! tional mercy vouchsafed at that period. Tin: Monkky and thk IIawic.?The ' ' cook of a French nobleman, whose, chateau , is in the smith of Franeo, had a monkey, j which was allowed Ilio free range of the ;l kitchen, and which was so intelligent that by pretty severo training, his natural pro" j pen>itv to ini-chi>f had been subdued, and | lie was even taught to perform certain uset, fill services, such as plucking fowls, lor int stance, at which In: was uncommonly ex{ pert, ( hie line morning, a pair i f p. rlridsjes . was given tlie monkey to pluck. The ' ' creature took iln-m 1an n ? ;<?. the kitchen, which looked directly upon the , pailc. and went to work with great, diligence. v lie soon liaised one, which he laid on the outer Idlge of tliu window, and then went .! quietly on w ith the other. A hawk w hich had *' heeii watching his proceedings frotn a neighj hol ing tree, darted down upon the plucked u ] partridge, and in a minute was up the tree . ' again, greedily devouring his prey. The i consternation of the moiiUcv at this untoward adventure may be easily imagined, i lie knew lie would be severely whipped for * ! losing it. lie hopped about in great dis[i | tress, when suddenly a bright thought v 1 struck hill). Seizing the remaining part| ridge, he went towoik with great energy, ^ | and stripped oil the feathers, lie then laid n J it on the Irdge, just where he placed the - ( outer, ana closing one ol the shutters, cont, j ceakd himself bJiiud it, The hawk, which >8 1 by this time had finished his meal, very j soon swooped down upon the put ridge; bul hardly had his claw touched the bird, when | the monkey sprang upon him from behind 5 j the shutter. The hawk's head was instantn ' ly wrung, and iliu monkey, with a triumpht 1 ant chuckle, proceeded lo strip otV the feathers. This d- ?J<\ he carried the two ' j plucked fowls to master, with a coi.fident and self-.- . 1 air, which seemed to ! i sav, ' Here are two birds,sir; just what you t. ! gave me." What the cook said on finding j | one of the partridges converted into a hawk ( j is more than wo are able to tell. 1 ' How to oi'kn OvsTfcits.?"Talk of openr i?ig oysters," said old Hurricane, "why noth(f wig's easier, if you only know." "And how's how V inquired Starlight. ' i.c..m..i, e....iv" i ..i i ir. .HWUIOMUII, UI.J lit.. ... .11.V, ? very KciiUntiodsly, ''Seotch snuff. Bring a t | lit tin of it ever so near tlioir noses, and they ? ! will sneeze llieir lids of." ^ i "I know a genius,*"observed Meistcr Karl, "who had a better plan. He spreads the ! bivalves in a circle, seats himself in thcceu'1 i Ire, and begins spinning a yarn. Sometimes ,v it's an adventuic in Mexico?sometimes a ? I legend of his loves?sometimes a marvelous ? stock transaction. As he proceeds the "natives" get interested?and one by one gape ' with astonishment at the tremendous whop is I pers which.are policed forth ; and as they i| i ?"P?? iny fiit-nds whips them dut, peppers | 'tin and swallows 'em." "s j "1 hat will doo," said Starlight, with a l" j lone sigh, "I wish wo had a bushel of tho h ^bivalves here now?they'd open easy." 0 PoSTMARTjSIl GtJN. BltOWS.?TllO New j York Day Book pays the following well merited compliment to the courteous find ^.qcrgotio head of the General I'ost Office1 Department. J . * I "Tho CaDinet of President Buchanan is" (l one J.hat will bear comparison with iti /InrtiiL'CAM r.i? fnlntif 4flknrii^(<iP wnrtll' AT ItVl fltionco; its miyiibers nre^gcknowtedgotj'by the country to ^eminently fitted foc;tKier *, exalUcl,pusitiorr, calculated at once to adj vapce the' p'uUho irJt?r??fe^"nd; loiwlohpnof1 r to their respective Stat<&.' * Whilej.hd'weyerji \ tlio pryvin<'eatendtui}ojioD8 pL^tho "yayolS secrctarioj nriosuch as'niitWralJyho draw all*' ^Ve^lJpop th.ei^ tli/a taboi^qfjhe PostiriaV ? ^ejrGyn^r?l wnsetjiifcH escap^ tlm^.tarefij). r -nitantion vh)ul>tlity.d^iye?t"rtho Lands r Jdfj.o^pu&nc. ^Jjiopdffioe i&ugfd inSpor^ bjl?t^oa ^ tli^ 7 I "i ' j |' SB . . . .. ?? . J?, -< catetrftmiself from th'eSnost poiWexiug em- : barrassments, and achieved a 'Wejauro of good fortune lliat promises most ausprc!nuj??u ly for the remainder of bis career. lie lias in no instance made the interests of^BP^P the country subservient to those of party,!)? has not foigotten that ho is a politician as well as a statesman, and that his party has claims upon him. The immense patronuge i'i his bestowal lias boen so dealt with as to reward the friends of Democracy, while no opponent has just cause of complaint. Tho system and order which prevail in his department arc sin-h as ensne facility in tho transaction of business; while the urbanity of Post master Brown himself, has made him i - ? i"n?n w. .1 .VMU.l ?|UIIU ??0 H ill III ilJ> UIU5C WIIOVII liis public acts secure. Tlio mantle of the great men who have proceded him in hid present position, could hardly have fallen on one worthier to wear it." ^ ^ < ^ The Mormon War Song. r--r 1 lie .Mormons, it is s;ii<l, will not fight but run; at present, they .ire temporising and - V", managing at sueh a rate that it is difficult to say what they will do. Of eourse, however, when there is a question of war in the land, there will he plenty of fierv heads ready to cry, up the banners to the outwacd walls and die in the last diteh. A small indication, however, that there are certain among the saints who believe that most of ? . . rthe fighting will be done directly by the ' i Lord, is given in the number of Desert?' | News, of Nov. lllh, in which we find a cuI rious sort of war song hymn, entitled "The V " j Rorky Mountains," by W. W. Phelps, J which goes to the very lively air of "ITey ! the bonnie breast knots"?a most extraor^ ' J i <linary time for the subject. The first verse is as follows : "The glory tlnit. to Ahru'm fchined, Before the Christian world refino?l - v j The ancient gospel for mankind, . c<. x. . ' Shines through the Rocky Mountains. Ciior.rs?Hoy the Rocky, ho the Rocky, Hey the Rocky Mountains! The sue red chambers of the Lord, The bulwarks of Jehovah !" The concluding verses of this precious lyric are characteristic of Mormon literature 1 ... I as well as inspiration : "Away ! there shines the Morman lamp, Where many watch their country's camp, Ami may be now and then a scamp That's herded at their pleasure. Ciiop.oi's?Hey the JtocUov, ho the Rocky, ?fcc.. iien mpeui a mreil servants coine, A thousand niik-a or more from home, Their "West Point science" seemelh dumb,. Where fire nnd straw tranalateth. v-. Cuonus?I ley the Rooky, ho the lloekv, Ac.. . .. "The Gentile waretli with liia hands? The Mormon with his heart, nnd stands, ^ * If pure, like gold, for God's commands . . t"\ Ami Got] doth fight liia battle. ' Cuoius?II<-y theRookcy, ho the Rocky, ifco. v This poem appears at the head of the - ' | f.uned Desert News, and may bo regarded - / I as oiliuial. The reader will a^ree with us * ' % j that if the Mormons cannot fight better than- *, I they sing, the "United Stater, troops will. | have but little to dread for the present. >'v J}hil<tdelphiii Bulletin. ..... ' ' - , Homo on the Farm. ' ^ v j The farm preserves the family 'in its in-. tegrity. The hoilic' has'iu that charming word, and that more ohariuing thing,thu fireside ; around which .parents and child?ran gather, and where t!ie bright and cheor- j ' \\r' ful lil.'ize upon the hearth is but a'true'type of the fiame of love that' glcnyjp. iQ every . V lag !ieart. .The parents lmve b&en drawn gether, not by sordid inotivesof wealthy or; T by the ambitious desiro'of social display/ but for thp personal qualities seen in each other. The glory of that fireside to the.hus*^:'^^ band is that" the wife is there. and,to tho' wife that he is there, who is the head of-tlife ; -V woman and*!ho band in that home circle.^ Here they gather at' morning, H?}d at'npon^^xsi; Tljoir board is almost always surrounded by the same ciiv.lov llere they spend the ^ , 3 long winter evenings together,* e'divened^Vl'V^i svitli the school books of children, the nows-v papers and jodrftal, aujl works of ."hisUuV^^^Ei .nml SIUPIIPA A Knnilnnt Immnn^Biniio !s. . \!*aiJP Iluencegoes forth !fn?urj>;' this circle -to the. hearts tli'at nie. moulding^ there.' Parental vigilance guards the voung ngai'u?t coinpauiou?.-> "? ' r',voS If the rcligioiii^innuences are rightdn i^j^^ that home, they will* grow up to bo,g<M^^|S? citizens, to bo the pillars of Society, wherever' . Tfi&bna follow Justness of tl&if. fother ^nj^sopn as tlfefr la-.'#'-!^^ bersl^ro pvaUable; -% They are with Tiim;io > .tli.evfieldrind by, tlie V$r?iyi "^aod'at horne. friiey .form industrious habhs, atid are pared'for the^e?f).oVlsibilities of life.> . ^ Atricrichn J6umal^f Edu<&tipn^*^'H.