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Ile then walked on to the next •station, distant about five miles from Shallowell, and timed his arrival so as just to catch the parlimentary up-train. On his arrival he took a cab to the East End of the town, and at a ready made clothes shop he exchanged his habiliments of servi tude for the nearest approach he could ob tain to the ordinary garb of a gentleman.— Ile then turned into the-first hotel to which he came, and ordered a- private room and breakfast. Ile did not leave it again till after dark. There is a lyric which was very popular at the commencement of this century cele brating the importance of three blessings— 'Wife, children and friends." In the two first Ringston could not boast any share. But with respect to the third he was indeed fortunate. There were three mon who would have done anything fur him that one man can do for another. Whether or not he deserved the affection he inspired Wi•e will not pretend to investigate. but the fact cannot be denied, though we must leave it to psychologists to state the reason why the best men are not always the best loved. Of the trio we have indicated, Tracey was in India; in Maverly ho had not confided because he felt his doing so would bare placed his friend in a very awkward posi tion; but Aldridge still remained. Ring eton and Aldridge had been school-fellows, and they always kept up the friendship of their bOyhood, though their paths in life had led very different ways. Kingston had. succeeded to a tolerable fortune when ho came of a.ge, but be was already involved, and soon ran through the remainder. Aldridge had been working hard as a merchant, and was now a man well known upon 'Change. /le gave Mr Arthur a hearty welcome, when that gentleman arrival at his little Hampstead villa at five minutes to six (Aldridge always dined at air). Ringston entertained too high an opinion of his own story to commence it till dinner was over. But when "the .port was fairly under weigh, ho favored his friend with a regular narative of his year at Shallowell. Aldridge made occasional efforts to moralize, bat as his valuable reflections were con stantly interrupted by his bursts of laughter, their good effect on his guett were materially diminished. When at last the subject was pretty nearly exhausted, Itingston said to his host— " You remember, old . fellow, when I first mentioned to yen casually that I was going to the bad, you'suggested to me that it would be useful to do something instead—l mean in the..way. of getting food j'bread'_ is the proper expression I think, but I always hated bread), the same as other people do. I did not see it in the light then;,hut now— don't laugh at me, there's a dear fellow—l have actually a fancy that I should like to become a respectable member of society." Aldridge did laugh, but when be had re covered, he said, "Woll, what do you im unglue you. are fit for?" "Weil I should say my special mission was to be a preceptor of youth, but I have heard that it is not a remunerative employ ment. At the time I mentioned you know yoti talked of tskieg me into your shop, but I skald not wish that—l might be in the way. and just now I want to go abroad, but still I ehonid prefer something mercantile." "roe imagine' you have a speciality that 'sq.?' . . "Welt, I can speak five languages , and might oven write them decently if I tried /mid; its tot-accounts. I don't know much about this kind of light literature" (and be /aid his hand upon a ledger, which was peeping out from beneath a mass of news papers on a eidc'table); "but I cannot ha magiaa theau is anything in it much harder than calculating the odds at hazard, or making a safe book on a large handicap, and old I say, Fred if it was a business with any bills in it, would not I make the parties take half the amount in cleaned gloves and empty cigar boxes, and add the interest to the new bill. By Jove, the very idea of being the other side of the counter is quite refreshing." El 50 And hobegan to rub his hands as if in anticipation. "I am afraid I could not introduce you to any thing of that sort, but if you are really in earnest, and mean to turn over a new leaf, I think I can assist you." "If I was not changed, do you think I would wear such a coat ns this? i will' ot ulade to the waist-coat, as far as my past life, is concerned, upon my honor as on em bryo merchant, 1 hare thrown Up the spong." "Well, you have come to me to-night just in the nick of time. I have embarked a good deal of money in an Australian Land Company, and we want somebody to go out immediately to look after our affairs there. If you would ,ike to go, I have no doubt 1 could get you appointed." "As for as I am concerned, you may con sider the bargain concluded," replied Ring; stun, "and thank you," as he shook hands with his friend across the table. EMI You had better see about your outfit to morrow. What shall I fill this in for," said Aldridge, taking a cheque-book mat of a drawer in his bureau. "Two hundred? we shall pay your passage, you know." "Thank you, don't trouble. The fact is, lam sorry to say I have more money than I ought to have at this moment; for I had an extraordinary run of luck the last fortnight before I left. I have actually brought away more than a thousand pounds. There were some things I should like to have paid; but it would not have gono very far, and I never like to raise jealousy or other bad feelings in the * bosoms of my business connection.— However, thanks to you, I have a new life before me, and I shall hope to settle with them all some day or other." I= Our curtuin draws up on ShiaNowell once more. It is the twenty-third of November. Ex actly twelve months have elapsed since Mr. Kingston's mysterious disappearance. His unfortunate landlady has never been able to let her lodgings since. d superstitious terror has prevented her from moving any of Ring ston's things; indeed for some time after his departure, she reaped a small harvest by exhibiting the "Chamber of Terror." On this particular morning, Mrs. Jones, who had taken the house nest door, formerly oc cupied by Mrs. Brown, has looked in for a little chat. Accordingly she improves the occasion by relating the awful history to that lady, gratis. "Yes, Mrs. Jones, it were exactly twelve months ago this blessed day. There had been stories about for a long time about his killing hisself, when he had been in Shallo well a year, or being took—you know who by." Mrs. Jones gave a little shriek, and said, "You don't," to imply that she did. "And so I could not help feeling uncom fortable-like ell the morning, wb,en he never rung for his breakfast, and I said as much to le:name—didn't I, Jemima?" "That you did, mum, as sure as I'm a standing here," said that domestic, leaning on the handle of her quiescent broom. Jemitutt always availed herself of the op portunity of neglecting her work on these occasions, to perform the more important duty of corroborating the statements of her mistress. "Yes, Mrs. Jones," continued that lady, "and though ho were a Tory nice gentleman to give that person—we won't mention—his due; he were a bit impatient like sometimes; and if he were to ring his bell three ur four times, and Jemima and I was busy, or any tning, and didn't answer it directly, he'd torn° to the top of the stairs, and call out— "Devilled kidneys for two," interrupted the unmistakeable voice of Mr. Arthur Ringston himself, proceeding from the ex act spot which the landlady had just indi cated. It is scarcely neccs.ary to mention that the three females all went into hysterics; but as this arrangement left no ono to pick anybody else up, they were compelled to come•to sooner than might otherwise have been expected. Mrs. Jones, who felt that she had not as good grounds as her companions for a length ened fit, was the first to recover. Megaton, who had waited deliberately till the screaming ceased, then repeated his order. "Devilled kidneys for two, as soon as you can, if you please, for I expect Captain Ma verly to breakfast at half-past ton; and you bad better get a Yorkshire pio from Wool combo's." A council of war was held, and it was finally decided , that the orders should be ex ecuted: Probably the prospect of the re version of tho • pie furnished a sufficient stock of courage. Bingston bad been able to matte the manoeuvre which had caused so much terror to the household, with the most perfect case and success. lie had timed his journey from Loudon so as to...arrive at Shallowell by dui mail train at three in the morning. When he left, he had taken his latch-key with him. By . means of it he obtained ad mission without distarbiog any Que. "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CREAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 26, 1862. Ho had written to Mayerly from town, in viting him to breakfast, but cautioning him not to mention it to any one till he had seen him. With fear and trembling the trio who had been assembled in the kitchen carried in the breakfast, but they saw nothing of Mr. Ringston, though they could hear him mov ing about in his dressing•room. Their minds were greatly relieved, however, when at half past ten, punctual to the moment, Captain Maverly arrived. "Mr. Ringston is here," said tho land lady, in a tone intended to carry terror into the Captain's breast. "Of course ho is," replied that gallant officer; "1 have come to bre:AA:fa:lt with him." Captain Maverly had nut to wait long for his host. Itingqton soon explained to him why he had shown sect' an apparent want of confidence. "It would have been such an awful bore fur you if you had known all about it; and really, until the last moment, I had not made up my mind what I should do. "Of course, as I had not mentioned the thing myself, I asked Aldridge to keep it quiet, too." "Yes," said Maverly, "and when I saw the old ruffian in town about a fortnight af ter you had taken yourself off, I could not conceive why he kept laughing at my account of your mysterious disappearance." "Lie must have enjoyed it slightly; but it was the luckiest thing imaginable that I went to him. As I was telling you, he sent me out to try and sell some shares in his Land Company, in Australia. Well, "work ed hard at it, I can assure you, and 8 got rid off a good many during the first -two months. Then there came that row about the convicts, and things looked very bad; everything went down in the market; our shares especially wore at a frightful dis count. Well, you know, a run of bad luck never depressed me much. I looked at things calmly, and felt certain the depres sion was only temporary, and would soon pass away. I had not invested the money I took out, so I bought a couple of thousand shares at ten shillings a share. Next month they discovered the gold. The groat Fooz leygullah diggings are exactly in the centre of our property. Each of those shares is now worth—just pass The Times—one hun dred and sixty-three pounds, seventeen shil lings and sixpence." "After that," said Maverly, "if you will allow me, I will ring for some beer." When the landlady answered the bell, she left the door wide open, and several fe male faces were visible upon the landing. Ringston nodded to her, and said "I shall dine at home, to-day." On inquiry, Ringston found that Marerly had a man servant, and that he was a toler , ably sharp fellow. Accordingly they sent for him. ltingston then gave him all the bills of the Shalloivell I tradesmen which had been collected before he left, with a cheque on a London banker for the amount of each. "You will be particularly careful," said Captain Maverly, "in paying these, to say, 'Here is your bill, which Mr. Itingston sent for yesterday!' If they should say 'You mean a year ago,' or anything of that sort, you will point out the date." Ringston had had all the dates most care fully altered, and then photographic copies taken of the originals on similar paper. The horror which this device caused, fully came up to his most sanguine expectations. "Do you remember your debut with Glen croft's pack?" said Maverly. "Yes," said Ringston, "I Lope - poor Bit well quite recovered from the effects of that escapade." "Oh, ymt by-the-by, they meet to•day." "I suppose it is too Into to join them now." "Well, I don't know; if we ride hard, and they should not find us directly, we might have a chance. .Erehus is as fresh as a &ti ll." Glencroft's bad a capital run that day.— Some nice open country, and the pace first rate. A magnificent burst of five and thirty minutes, when the huntsman's mare broke down, and his second horse nowhere near. Swanton dropped into his place with Bitvrell well up. Away they go, over Mars ley Down, then iteynard points fur Elireston Pork. llc finds his way through the pal ings, (perhaps he knows the hobo of old,) and the hounds aro not far behind him. But the said palings are not so pleasant to ride at. They may be rotten or they may not. And to top them neatly after.the burst over the down, is no easy matter. "We want the gentleman in black to show us the way over," said Snallieton : They had slackened their pace a little, to see if any opening to the right or left would afford them a cheaper bargain. Tho words were scarcely out of Snafiloton's mouth when "Erebus" and his rider rushed past them; the black took the paling in'hi.e stride as a matter of course, and they dieaPpeared as if they had sunk into the earth. Poor'Bitwell looked so much as if ho was going to faint, that Snatlleton felt bound to pull up and od'er him his flask. And these gentlemen saw no more of the run that day. The same evening there was alarge party at Mrs. Fitzcram'e. At half-past eight that lady receives a note from Captain Maverly, in which ho requests permission to bring with him an old friend. • Mrs. Fitzeram immediately returns an an, ewer that she shall be delighted to seethe Captain's friend; and only regrets, thmt he should have considered it necessary to ask the question. It is a brilliant party—the connoisseurs say, the best of the season. The belle of Shallowell is there, looking, some think, more beautiful than ever, though some of the roses are gone. It is said that she is in delicate health. She does not dance so much ns she did, and seldom can be per suaded to stand up for anything so..copt quadrille. But a careful observer would have said that all the roses returned when Captain navel'ly and his friend entered the room, though their visit to her cheeks was but of an instant's duration, and their departure left her paler than ever. Ringston bore his introduction to his host ess with tolerable equanimity. Ile even managed to get through two sentences and a half, and then a bow, though not up to "our Arthur's" mark, and he is beside Laura. "Can you give me a dance, Miss Ether edge?" ho a.sked. "1 du itot dance so much as I used to do, Mr. Ringston, but I can promise you the nest quadrille but one." He seated himself by her aide. The nest dance was a polka; and though spectators only, they did not find it too long. Then followed a waltz, and somehow the lady was persuaded to attempt it. They were to stop immediately if she found it too much for her. But this was a point she did not seem to take into consideration until the music had stopped, and then she said she thought it had done bergood. The greater part of that evening, whether dancing or not, Mr. Arthur was not very far from Miss Laura's side. Tho next morning he called to ask how she was. Of course it was only proper that he should inquire whether she had suffered from dancing more than usual. But even if every credit is given him for the best possi ble intentions, he paid an unconscionably long visit. Neither Miss Etberedge nor her mamma, however, appeared displeased, fur the latter lady said before ho departed, "We are very quiet people, Mr. Ringston, and we do not give parties now, on account of my daughter's health; but if you would not mind taking a family dinner with us to morrow, we should be most happy to see you." Mr. Ringston said he should be delighted; and ho not only said it, but he looked it, which is not always the ease with everybody who makes use of the seine phrase. And a very pleasant little dinner it was. And the next day Ringston called, as a mat ter of course, to inquire after his hostess and her daughter. Mrs. Etheredgo was shopping, but Laura bad not felt quite well enough to accompany her, so Arthur found her alone in the draw ing room. Be paraded a few ordinary sen tences, and then, for he was not the man to daily long when ho had made up his mind what to say, lie began at once— " Miss Etberedge, I should like to tell you my story; I know you must have heard a great many versions of it, and I should like to give you my own. You see lam vain enough to think it will interest you:— "When I came hero first, it was reported that at the end of the year, when I had spent a certain sum of money, I wee going to kill myself. This was partly true, partly false. I had not a very great deal of money to spend hut I grieve to confess that the idea of self destruction had at ono time some hold upon my imagination. The life I had led was so worthless that it was not unnatural I should feel small compunction in putting an end to it. The position which I held here amused me, but I sasv that it must necesarily collapse. As the year drew to a close, I bad almost made up my mind to the fatal step, though I had provided some time before, means of retreat; but the officers' ball chang ed all my theory of life and death. I went unwillingly, I felt no interest in the pageant. As I leant against a pillar, and the dancers whirled past me, I thought how great was the distanCe between those children of life and one on whom already rested the heavy shadow of death. But I lifted up my eyes, and met a glance which Isbell never forget. It bore the sweet tidings of pity—a woman's pity—into my inmost soul. A sweet voice completed the spell the eyes had begun. ' It forced on my belief words I had often heard before but whose weight I had never felt until that moment. I knew that there lived a being for whom I could gladly work. In an instant it seemed branded on my brain, in letters of fire, that those who would es cape the labor allotted to man entail a curse upon themselves, "Well, my pride induced me to keep up the mystery with which I had allowed my self to be surrounded. In all other respects I have led a now life. In a word I have worked. I can offer you now nothing, in deed, worthy of the belle of Shallowoll, far less of Laura Etheredge, but stilt a home and a heart." Once more that glance met his: the pity was replaced by love, and the sweet voice murmured— "I have never lost the memory of that evening, or forgotten you for a moment." And she never will forget him—never while her sweet smile gives him new courage to press onward in the path in which he will win the respect of all who know him. Never, whilst she can lessen every sorrow, and double every joy. Never, tilt she has forgotten that from her he learnt to labor abd to' love. . • ,• - Experience in Horse-Flesh. A correspondent of The Chicago Times, who has been following the Army of the West, gives an amusing account of his ex perience in equine locomotives. Hero :t is: "Speaking of horses reminds me of some experience I have had in that line during my pilgrimage with the army as a journal ist. It is a matter of some importance that every correspondent should have some kind of a riding animal at his command, other wise he will find himself deficient on emer gencies when baste is essential. My first idea of the proper thing was a gallant charg er, gaily caparisoned,. prancing high and low when crowds were about, and always holding himself in readiness for a public ex hibition. This is the officer style of doing the thing. I found that the article was dif ficult to procure, and expensive to keep, hav ing no soldiers at my command to guard a fine horse night and day to prevent his be ing "cramped" and carried off. Before I had done with experiences in this line, I was contented with more modest pretensions. During a period of four months, I hare been owner and sole proprietor of five hors es. The first of these was a relic of the Donelson fight. He came from somewhere in the inoutitains of Tennessee, and from a habit of climbing rocks and holding on by his nose, he was much addicted to standing on his hind legs, without regard to who might be in the saddle. This was a favor ite feeding position, and grass being scarce at that time, and hay and oats ;career, lie was accustomed to take his meals in the tops of small trees, where his cultivated taste taught him to find tender twigs and juicy buds. This nutritious food gave him a frame like a clothes-horse, and his legs, to use an apt phrase, were as fat as a rye straw. Ills back-bone split a new saddle in two, and cut a hair-cloth I lanket into shreds. I could have got along with this, but lie con stantly brought me to shame and disgrace by going on hie hind legs for browse on state occasions, to say nothing of a propensi ty for climbing every steep cliff lie came to, and sliding me over his tail in the operation. He was a good horse to go bird-nesting with, or, in case of emergency, to run up the side of a house and get oat of danger, Lut ho was so far from my idea of a perfect horse that I sold hint fur sio, as Floyd's veritable war charger, to a trophy-seeker who wore blue spectacles and carried n portfolio. As I saw him afterward, iir company with others as poor as himself, dragging an army wagon, I conclude that the purchaser was not suffi ciently vigilant to elude Uncle Saw's watch fulness and get him home. My last glimpse was as lie stood upon his hind legs, with his fore-feet on a rail-fence, apparently reaching for browse in the moon. My next attempt was in the mule line.— A friend in the Quartermaster's Department insisted on presenting me with a superb riding animal which had come into his pos session, he didn't say how, but suppositive ly by the cramp process. The beast had a prepossessing exterior. Ears as long as my arm, a head like a butter-firkin, pipe-stem neck, body as comely as a sugar hogshead, and legs not to exceed eighteen inches in length. With this inviting exterior, he had a disposition still more outre and perverse, if possible. The first time I mounted him, he kicked up his heels, and landed me over his bead, some twenty feet in advance. The next time, lie sat down on his haunches, and slid saddle and all over his tail. Then he laid down and rolled over and over, faster than a Bengal monkey could have followed him, and, finally, he resorted to every trick nn animal could be guilty of, to show his perverse temper. Ile had it way of making a great foes when the saddle-girth was buck led—putting on a deplorable countenance, and groaning dismally, as thought his life was being squeezed out. You might pull and tug for ten minutes, straining the girth up to the last notch, and fairly tiring your self out with exertion, when, upon stepping back with a malicious consciousness of hav ing brought the ugly brute to terms, you would see hie body collapse, and the girth hang suddenly limp and loose, while he looked askance with a cunning leer, as much as to say: "How do you like that, awe"— Ile never failed to inflate himself like a bal loon when the saddle was to be put on, and then collapse for the satisfaction of having it turn around and unseat his rider at the first mud-hole lie came to. I rode hint for the spite of the thing for two long weeks. I got a pair of spurs with rowels an,inch and a half long, and flayed his sides with them whenever be ventured to flap his ugly ears at me, and I finally had the satisfaction of seeing him tumble down a bluff a hundred feet high and break his neck. Having had enough of vicious horses, I determined to try a quiet one next time. I accordingly invested in a demure specimen of the pony breed. Ha proved rill I could ask fur, for, from that onward during my term of ownership, I did no hard work ex cept to urge him to a due sense of his duty as a horse, and more especially a journalis tic horse. The arguments used in this con troversy were clubs of the largest possible size, sharp-pointed sticks, spurs at the rate of several a day, building fires under his tail, and, on occasions of emergency, felling good sized treefupon him as a starting im petus. lie was patient under these afflic tions, and never suffered anything to disturb his equanimity except the two last alterna tives, which were always 'reserved for an impending battle r or a sudden movement to the rear. .He was the. best horse in the $1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,00 IP NOT INZADVANCE I world to lead an army with, for he was sure to be behind and out of danger, but the very worst for a retreat fur obvious reasons. I was finally obliged to succumb to his per tinacity from a scarcity of timber and spurs, the soldiers having used the former for fuel, and his rider bavinn , demolished all of the latter that were available in ten regiments. I sold him to an army chaplain who was too much reduced by bad whisky and the Ten nessee quickstep to exert much physical force, and ho was taken prisoner while going at a mad gallop of fourteen miles in fifteen hours, with several thousand howling Texan rangers in the rear. I then determined to live upon my wits, so far as horse-flesh was concerned. So I found myself in possession of a borrowed animal, sometimes riding a mule, sometimes bestriding a picked up horse from the woods, and not unfrequontly disgracing myself and my profession by resorting to the corral of rejected and broken down Government hor- I ses. Sometimes I had a saddle and no I horse; other times I had a horse and no saddle; again I had both, and no bridle; and, as a consequence, during the majority of the time I wandered about disconsolately, carrying a saddle and a bridle, and looking for a horse, or lending a horse and search ing wrathfu:ly fur a saddle and bridle. Of my next attempt at ownership I can say but little. I had reason to believe him all my fancy pictured him. He has unlim ited style and action, enduring capacity for getting over the ground, and a generally prepossessing demeanor; but the next morn ing after I became his owner the picket repo was found cut and the horse gone, while to the stake was attached a paper containing an original drawing of a,schoolboy horse on the high prance, mounted by a man corn posed of two rotunditios for head and body, and four straight lines for legs and arms.— Underneath was the pithy announcement, "Off for Disoy." The picture was remarka ble for the expression of the countenanc, where the artist had forgotten to insert the ususuct organs of visions and taste, and for the three erect hairs which composed the tail of the horse. It was also remarkable for the effect produced on my mind, on find ing it in place of my valuable horse. By a singular coincidence, a Secesh deserter, who had been pressed into the Rebel service, hung several times, and periodically starv ed to death, and who brought information that the Rebels were greatly disaffected and had nothing but corn bread and molasses to eat, disappeared, and never was heard of afterward. It. was insinuated that he was a spy, but I believe Gen. Italica does not allow spies within his lines—at least that was why he turned the newspaper corres pondents out. I lost forty dollars by that operation. I now rejoice in the possession of a chef d'teuere of horse -gosh. I paid $lO for hint—saddle, bridle, and all—and I feel safe in saying that Undo Sam hasn't money enough to buy him. lle left the Texan Ran ger Association on the occasion of the late battle in consequence of. his rider having met a cannon ball and stopped to cultivate its acquaintance, while he went on in pursu ance of previous orders, and never paused until lie had gone clean through our ranks, and found a mule in the roar, which he pro ceeded to masticate with all possible speed. lie brought alone several specimen of his masterin the saddle-bags and holsters, which be seemed to regard with sanguinary affec tion; and, being inspired with a sight of the remains, he immediately went on the ram page among the quadrupeds in the vicinity, and put them all hors du combat with his teeth and heels. He was captured and be stridden by au ambitious warrior, who was immediately carried into the midst of an artillery fire, which singed the hair off. By the application of several lariat rotes and a rail fence all around his feeding place, he lost the battle fever, and became a sensible horse, barring a desire to du mischief and fight mules. lie never loses the opportunity to go the wrong road, to bolt fiercely and unexpectedly in the direction of' the enemy's pickets, to run over general officers and their staffs, to kick up his heels despitefully at military persons of great airs and dignity, and above all, to indulge in the delights of his heart—thrashing a mule. With these and numerous other amiable qualifications he has endeared himself to my heart, and money cannot buy him. With a change of scenes it is fit to Iring about a change of names. In memory of that historic spot where for months I have burned the midnight oil, and eaten bard bread and bacon, I subscribe myself Salton. Painting Faces. This is, alas! an old, old story. The ladies of ancient Persia, like the Jewess Jezebel before them, painted their faces and tinted their eyebrows; the women of Syria never even washed themselves, but spread a per fumed paste over their skins. The beauties of Greece were famous for their skill in col oring their faces, and Galen himself did not disdain to instruct them in the art. A Ito man lady of fashion kept ono female atten dant, whose special duty it was to take charge of her paints, pastes and cosmetics. Nero's wife Poppoea, used a paste that be came so hard that it could only bo removed by a warm bath of asses' milk. Then, as now, the example of an empress was law to the sex; every woman adopted the fashioli. and wore what was celled "the domestic face;" so that the Roman husband was said to be a stranger to the face of his wife. A oorreeporideat of the .for declares [WHOLE NUMBER 1,666 the women have attained such exquisite skill, that give them but a tolerable pair of eyes to set up with, and they will make lips, cheeks and eyebrows by their own industry. The Spectator dubbed the painted ladies "Picts," and beauties without paint "Brit ish," and thus pleasantly compares them together: "The British have a lively, ani mated aspect; the Picts, though never so beautiful, have dead, uninformed counten ances. The muscles of a real face some times work with soft passions, sudden sur prises, and are flushed with agreeable confusions, according as the object before them, or the ideas presented to them affect their imaginations. But the Picts behold all things with the same air, whether they are joyful or sad; the same fix ed insensibility appears on all occasions.— A Pict, though she takes all pains to invite the approach of lovers, is obliged to keep them at a certain distance; a sigh, in a lan guishing lover, if fetched to near, would dis solve a feature; and a kiss snatched by a forward ono might transfer the complexion of the mistress to the admirer. It is hard to speak of these false fair ones without say ing something uncomplaisant; but I would only recommend them to consider how they like coming into a room newly painted; they may assure themselves the near approach of a lady who uses this practice is much more abusive." When we come - to consider the chemical composition of the preparations used to im part fictitious beauty, we are almostinclined to dispute the truth of Bacon's apothegm, that "rouged cheeks and curled hair are bettor than rouged and curled manners.”— Violet powder, a composition' of orris root and wheat starch, is comparatily innocuous; but even this must act perniciously by stopping up the pores of the skin to some extent; but not even this negative praise can be accorded to any of the other preparations of the toilet-table. Dr. Boveil says, speak ing of the danger arising from the uneheck ed sale of deleterious compounds by per fumers: "I need not state that arsenic, tho acid nitrate of mercury, tartar, emetic, can tharides, colchicum, and potassa caustics, form a part of their ingredients. Soaps are colored green by sesqui-oxide or chromium. and rose by bi-sulphuret of mercury. The varieties of toilet-vinegars aro so far noxious that, being upplitd to the skin, still improg .nated with soap and water, they give riso to a decomposition, in consequence of which the fatty acids of soaps, being insoluble in water, are not removed by Washing, become rancid and cause a chronic inflammation of the skin. Hair-dyes contain noxious sub stances, as nitrate of silver, sulphur, oxide and acetate of lead, and sulphur of copper; and depilatories for removing hairs, and cosmetics for taking away freckles, are all dangerous." Pearl powder is made of French chalk, oxide of zinc, and oxide of bismuth; bCanc de per* of pure oxide of bismuth alone, which being insoluble in alkalies, can be re moved from the skin with difficulty; indeed, it is doubtful if, after continued use, it can be thoroughly removed by any means. It is liable'to become black by exposure to the influence of oulphureted hydrogen, preset:it wherever gas or sewers exist, and has a ten dency to produce a twitching of the facial muscles, likely to end in paralysis. Under the name of steatite, the hydrated' silicate of magnesia enters largely into the compo sition of a face-powder, while scarcely two species of rouge are alike. "Bloom of Roses" is made of carmine and liquid ammonia; rouge mostly of tale powder and carmine, the common sort, called "theatre-rouge," having Brazil wood substituted for the more costly carmine. Such aro the dangerous as sistants called in by women who, .Seelwing to better Melt features, And their beauty' supposing to mend, Make apes of reasonable creatures: , Chambers' Journal TUE RCPSIAN LOCUST Wan.—Continental papers contained, during the last few years, frightful accounts of the destruction by the locust. In Bessarabia these animals cover ed an area of 128,000 acres with their eggs; in the Chersoneus and Teeple Government! twice that space was occupied. AU possi ble means were resorted to to kill these eggs. such as digging, collecting and burying and burning them, plowing the ground and tramping it hard with horses and cattle. Oa one piece of land of 1,000 acres, near Chot hn, not less than 4.400 bushels of locust eggs were collected: About the first of May, when the eggs began to batch, rollers and harrow were brought in requisition, but all to no avail. Towards the last of July ibis pest passed beyond Bender, on the Dniester, in a width of six miles, and in a matte from seven to eight inches thick, and crossing the river within two days, they spread them selves along the low land on the opposite shore. Here it was theta battle was fought such as the records of Natural Blistery can show no parellel to—men of all nationalities gathered to defend their homeeteads and in a short time 1,430 men stood in arms against the destroyer. Meanwhile the locusts had spread over an I extent of sixteen square miles. To prevent them from attacking the surrounding fields, deep ditches, twenty-four to twenty-nine miles long, were dug, nod men placed along these ditches to kill the locusts dropping in to them. Others fought them with bush harrows and brooms in those places where ditches could not be made. Where the ground was clean, hordes of horses and cat tle were driven along to crush them. Pick ets, on horseback, were stationed to watch the movements of the enemy breaking through ! the ranks. Eight days were thee oessepied. Threequarters of the locusts were destroy ed, when the remainder had completed their last change, and became winged On the 9th of July the first swarms resolu te the air and flew in different directions.-- The battle was not fought is vain. While in the provinces of Chersonetts, nearly the whole crop was destroyed, Bessarabia suf fered but very little.
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