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General Superintendent. Mar. -5,-1561 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Trains leave Columbia going east, ,Colambla train, • . 815 A. M. CiA ' s Ate° ut o(1 atort,-• .17^4;creortnsimivittlfrdst llairLsturg Accemodation, 0 50 P.' M. Trains leave west, Mail trinn, 11 4 A: M. Ilarrisburg Aecontodntion, 0 40 P. AL columbio train arrives, 8 " It. K. BOICE, Ticket Agent. READING AND COLUMBIA 'R. R. Accom. leave 4 Corn. a A. 31. Arrive at Reading. 10 132 do Fast Line leaves Cora. -210 P. M. Arrives at, Rouxling, 4 M do MI trains connect %lin thaVenna. It. It at going cast and west. 12. CRANE, Supt. N. 0. RA.T.Z.WAV. -YORRANDWRIGUTSVILLE R. R The tralnq from Wrightsville and York will run us followu, until further orders: Leave Wrightsville, 7 30 A. M. • I 100 P. M. t 4 414 Leave York .I{l, I{l Departure and Arrival of the Passenger Trains at York. . DF.PARTURRS FROM YORK. For BALTISMILK, 4.16 A. M., 8.30 A. M., and 2.50 P. M. For ILAttnisnuno, 12.00 noon, 0.19 P. M. f ind 12.32 A. M, ARRIVALS AT YORK. From llKkal >tong, 11.5.5 A.M., 0.13 P. M. and 12.28 A. N. From RAnursnuno, 4.10 A. M., 6.2.3 A. M., and 2.43 P. M. On Sunday, the only trains running are the one from Ilarrislmirgat 8.251 n the morn ing, proceeding, to Baltimore and the one from Baltimore at 12.25 A. M., proceeding to Harrisburg. DR."ROFFRR. TIESTIST,OFFICI, Front Street next door VV to R. Drug Store, between tooeust and Walnut sts, Cola., Ta. Apr. S.' 8. EssicUs ATTORNEY IND COUNSELLOR ST LIV, Cosai insts. LADIES' DRESS GOODS! 'KrEW Stock just received. We have IN some cheap banmins. L STEACY it BOWERS, S, Fellows' Hall, Cora, Pa. November 28, ltatt. ,MIL; A. IC 1N1XFA. 1 73114" SITRGEON.DENTLST, offers his profes sional serriees tO`theeitisetut of Colum bia astil OFFICE on. Fiortt street; ,fourth - doer ebove,Loeust, office formerly occupied by J. Z. Iloffer.. • - • Columbh _; ill f 1863.-Iy. n. A TTORNEI IND COUNIOIIIOI IT, Lill DIL Columbia, Pa.. Collections promptly Made in Lancaster York counties. 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Have youany of tho premonitory symptoms of that most fatal disease, Con sumption ? Those who should be warned by these ayinptoins generally think lightly of them until-it Is too late. From this fact, perhaps more than any ot'ier, arises the sad preva lence and fatality of disease which sweeps to the grave at least "one sixth" of dea2h's victims. Consumption has destroyed more of the human family than nay other disease, and the best physicians for • many years' have despaired of a cure, or a remedy thatwould heal the lungs, but for more than two hun dred years the whole medical world bas been impressed that there was a mysterious power and efficiency in the Pine Tree Tar to heal the lungs; therefore they have ie commended the use of Tar Water, which in many cases had a good efleet; but how to combine the medical properties so as to heal the lungs ? has ever been a mystery until it was - discovered by Dr. L. Q. C. WISLIART, of Philadelphia, Pa., the pro prietor of "Wishart's Pine Tree Cordial:' Many, not only of the people, but phys icians °fever)" school and prated ce, are daily asking me "What is the principle or cause of your success in the treatment of Patino nary Cbusumption?" My answer is this The invigoration or the digestive organs —the atrangth cn ing of the debilitated system —the purification and enrichment of the Wood, must expel from the systern the cor ruption whichscrofula breeds. While this is effected by the powerfnl alterative (cluing ing front disease to health) properties of the TatrCordial, its healing and renovating principle Is also acting upon the irritated surfaces of the lungs and , throat, ,penetra 4,ing to each diseased part, relieving pain, subduing intlamation, and restoring a healthful tendency. Let this two-fold'pow er, the, healing and the strengthening, con tinue M net in conjunction with Nature's consattnt recuperative tendency, and the patient is saved, if he has not too long de , tuxedo. resort to the menus of cure. I ask ell to rend the following eirtilleates. They are from men and women of unques tionable worth and reputation: Du. Wtsn.knr—Dear I brid a very dreadful cough and sore throat for one year and my whole system was fastgiving way, and I was prostrated on my bed with but little hope of recovering. :'My disease baffled the power of all medicines, and in a short time I must have gone to my grave' but, Monk God,m,y daughter-in-law would not rest mull she •Werit:to your store No: 10.-IPS-puLtd - smitelSte4MYelfr,Yp You.'ptirehased one , bOttle,of your Pine Tree Tar Cordial, and I commenced to use it. and in one week I was much better; and after using three bottles. I am perfectly well, amid n wonder to all my friends. for they all pronounced me past cure. Pub lish my case if you think proper. REBECCA HAMILTON, No. Iva Wylie street, Philadelphia. Dr. Witibart's Pine Tree Ter Cordial Ls an Info. care for BronchiUa, Bleeding of the Lungs, Sore Throat and Urea:it, In humation of the Lungs. Ward says Dn. WainArrr—Sir : I had Bronchitis, Intlautation of the Lungs, Shortness of Breath, and Palpitation of the Heart tn their worst forms •, Iliad been treated by several of the most eminent physicians hi Philadelphia, but they could notstop the rapid course of my disease, and I bad de spaired of ever being - restored to health.— I was truly on the verge of the grave. Your Pine Tree Tar Cordial MILS highly recom mended to me by a friend ; "tried it, and am thankful to say that, after using foal large, and one small bottle, I was restore(' to perfect health. You can give reference to my house, No. 968 N. Second street; or at ray office of Receiver of Taxes, from 9 it in. tottp, m., cornerof Chefnut and Sixth streets. ' JOHN WARD. 7 30 P.M. 0 30 1210 P. M. .4 30 P. M. Rona tho following from Mien Da. Wtsmtrtr--Dcar Sir: I take pleas ure in informing you through this source that your Pine Tree Tar Cordisl, which was recommended for my daughter by Dr. J. A. Hull, of this city, has cured her of a cough of more than itive months' standing. I had thought her beyond cure, and had employed the best of medical aid without any benefit. I can cheerfully recommend it to the public us a safe and sure remedy for those similarly afflicted, es I know of many othercases besides that of my daugh ter that it has entirely curet:Tor long stand ing coughs. Yours respectfully, SOHN V. I'ABIZER, Datigerrenti Artist 12( ernes:Nee St., Utica. * * * * * I have used Dr. Wieltrt's Pino Tree Tar Cordial in my &mils': and can cordially recommend it as a valuable and safe medicine for colds, 'coughs, and those predisposed to consumption. Dr. G. A. 'POSTER, 160 Genoese° St.' The' atroVe Ses,a,tovr among the,thous ands.whiell this great remedy has saved frets au, untimely grave. • We have thousands *flatters from physi clans and druggists who have prescribed and Acrid the Tar Cordial, saying that they have never awl or sold a medicine wide gave such ,uutycrsaloontisfa9tioa,_ The Tar CoMIB3, when taken in conned Lion with' Wlshart's Dyspepsia Pills 4; an infallible cure for Dyspep sia. The PINE TREE TAR • CORDIAL will mire ghs, Sore Throatand Breast, Bron chitis, A Cou sthma. Whooping Cough, Dipthe;. ria, and is all also an excellent remedy for the diseases of thelcidneys, and female oom plaints. • BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT'S. The genuine him the name ef the propri etor and a Pine Tree blown In the All others are 'spurious imitations. ' " • Price my OW* and Ora Dollar per Dot ae, Prepared only by the Propriotor;. L. Ca: A 1/97438A1LT, No. 10 IVOR,Tir ITECOND.Strect, ,Phtletalet• . • • . plata , :Penney/m=6z. SoldbyDrugglsikewairsTbere, at Wbokfor silo aeldlidatif#,Lart -Fri:TO] WholesalelhmlWW,- agatUF- 1 914.114. 7 !. Written for the Columbia Spy 0410! FOR THE FAIR. 0-ho ! for "The i'air,"'don't Soli fa lto be there I Like.trne soldiers,. attending to duty,' There the grave and the gay, assemble each day— Gentle-men and kind women of beauty. Each warm loyal heart, has been doing its part, To assist in "this worthy commission," To aid and improve, by their labor of love, Our suffering soldier's—condition. "ris a debt which we owe, as all very well know, And one, Jetty, we neer can repay But let's do what we can; for our clear fel low-man— Andhis suffering's strive to allay. On an altar so bright, 'tie the deepest de light, To offer our love and our treasure, May the tire brightly burn, and - each heart in their turn, Partake of the soul cheering pleasure. You'll be happy to know, all the good you bestow— As you hear from each suffering brother, In many a prayer, they'll remember "The Pair," And the blessing will follow you ever. Then 0-ho ! for "The Fair," don't you fail to be there, 'Mid thegrave, the gay, and the witty, Let the old 'Keystone State, do the thing that is great, And Philadelphia, excel—as a City. grigivaL IPL - ENE; -OR THE GIPSY LEADER, A STORY' OF LOVE a TREACHERY BY FINLEY JOHNSON, 'tither of "The Outcast Daughter," "Alice St,Johu," "Fannie :tfowhray," "The Or phauu," "The Drunkartro Daughter," 'v••• • • OHYPTER: V. 4 • in- order to the due - understanding-- of the events of the strange and fearful night succeeding the fire at the farm house, it is necessary that we„should,_givg a slight kistclx'tiftrs&ddiSr = ditif , sias - tiAlflbunce 9 bet Ween Mount Hope and Columbus. The spot at which the farm servant of William Stoops was to meet i.im, was as romantic and singular a place as the im agination - could convince. By some of those inexplicable convulsions of nature, the earth had become upheaved in a re markable manner, so that low lying rocks had in a mass of wild confusion been thrown to the stare* and vast deposits of marine shells were strewn all- around. A little stream, too, trickled out from the depths of a mysterious cavern, and take the whole place together it was full of beauty and mystery. ' A road that was - only wide enough to allow a couple of country carts to pass each other, and which was never used for the regular traffic of a high road wound through this pass, and twice crossed by rustic bridges the little stream that wan dered amid the upheaved mass of various strata that created the-diversity of scenery on the spot. It was night, and the shadows of dark ness were on this place we have describ ed. In the wildest part of the pass, and close to one of the little bridges, there suddenly appeared many moving forms. One person stands on.. the entrance of the bridge, and making signals to the others, and six dark looking forms gather around I him. "More work to night," spoke the man on the bridge. "Where will it her' "Elm Tree farm," said a voice. "And all precautions taken ?" "Yes, no one shall guess that Cain's kindred are the doers of the deed, and that they evoke the spirit of flame to do their work. But behold !" TlieWhole party now fumed their gaze in a particular direction. It was towards the eastern part of the heavens, and there a glow of fire was seen to light up the sky. "That is well done," said he, who ap peared to be the leader. "Who wall sus pect the gipsies - ".. horse V.' Cried one, suddenly ? "To 'works wo'rk," the:iiaan on the bridge. - • *With - •a' qUick, but silent 'movement, like _many spectres, the 'six `pnrsoeS die. appeared; 'and he .who had stood' on the centre of the brigo; `sprang off it,' and, disappitarekin'tbe cavernous receises;:itt the - On a strinitorse ,iihichtnide its way at a gallOp, the man who was to wet his master rapidly approached the narrow' pass that wound over the stream:, The effect Of the strong potations which track eta had induced him' to indulge in, was sufficiently manifest in the• reeling and uncertain manner in which he kept his seat. Not one of the six persons who had been on and about the bridge-so? short.a time previously could now be seen, and the light from the 'distant conitagition had nearly died away, Os"this man phin g•ed into the depths of tlia.kiwest hollow. The horse slackened his pace of his own accord,,the rider beltig - oareleis as to his' 'speed.: wossone'opot 'at which a hurass of irregular heaped sp rooks to eleight almopt about sixty feet, "oivthe , oth4ri'side- - eimne dense Zid 4301 4 131317 . 1 ad: 40 : &Outman • darkzerior „Tertian "of thenspate:' The hot* Fi t .h . l l 3flrt, .a..ll33lrAli.**.M/' =Mil "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEARAS READING, NOR ANY PLBASITRE SO LASTING." 0011 - 01.104 ; PENNSYLVANIA:, SATURDAY MORNING, .MAY 21, 1864. tattrg. llr EVA ALICE For the Columbia Spy, I=l I=l Bil of flurry; - sped on,sod the rider was sway ing to and fro in the saddle, when sud denly, as if shot down - Came both, horse and rider, rolling over and over, on the loose stones of the road. The horse raised a st'r'ange cry which echoed far and near in the pass, and the rider, with a gasping sob, rolled over on his.back, and lay as if dead. The horse struggled to his feet, and made two or three frantic bothads forwards, and, then, by some sudden feelingor instinct, home wards-it -turned. anit-a-furious pace went back on the path it had come, and was soon out of sight and hearing. Then, like six shadows, there came out of the masses'of the rocks, the mein we have already introduced to the reader, and'the vsice °Om leader, was heard. 'filemove him at once, the time grows on apace. Run up the road one of you, and listen for the tramp of horses' feet the other way." "Away with this man," continued the first voice, "place him on_the bank of the stream, half in the water, but don't drown him. It is - a common accident, and will be received as such." There was a busy movement on the part of the shadowy forms that remained on the spot, and they lifted, the body of the fallen man from the road, and bore hint to the bank of the stream. Then there came the low hooting of an owl from the direction the scout had been sent, and the leader of the six. said. "It is time. I hear the gallop of a horse." Suddenly, then, as if by magic, there shone just within it cavernous recess, which could not he wen by any one on the road either way, 'E' faint light, and it exhibited, taking the times as modern , ones, as strange a sight as one could well expect, even in that place of mystery; to see. On the steed that had carried General Scott to the olkmansion, rata Man; whose attire. was so completely of the ago gone by,"that 'he - looked - more like some old portrait that had started from its canvass instinct with life, than a being of that present age and fashion. • This man was attired in the fashion of the extinct kind'of the road, or highway man of the last century. He .worea scar let coat with huge euffs_and lappels, on which glittered a profusion faded 'lace Horseman's boots reached to the knees, and the three cornered hat he wore was looped with a diamond, and had 'a faded soarlct.feather iu it:.:Reavy holsterswere attached to the saddle and overztwo thirds r ;4.7 , t oriilghliiTog a gt •ci3 of al= ted, so that recognition was 'irriposslble. Some curling masses of rather auburn hair, that showed themselves beneath his hat, constituted the only feature .that could have been described. This tot>as a strange part of his disguise. "All well ?" said this strange . porktin, as one of the men, walked slowly around the horse and rider. "All well," was the reply. The light was on the instant eztinguiA ed, and a double darkness seemed to Pall on all around. Again then, the hoetip' g sound, in imitation of the owl, came from the scout who was in advance upon the road, and then the strangely clad! man sallied forth, and went on his way. Then the five men who were left, com menced what constituted. their share' of the night's work, and front what they now did, it will be easily understood how it was that the horse and rider fell to the ground. Around the strong stem of •a "tree, was fastened one end of a rope about three feet from the ground. , The rope was then carried by its other end into one , of, the cavernous recesses, where it 'w some half dozen' times called round a strong stake well secured in a deep hole in the rock. "Forward," said one of the men, "414 listen for a horn." One of the dark figures ran on in the same direction that the horseman had ta, ken, and the others hid themselves about the spot, and all was dark and still, as if no danger lurked near. William Stoops was on his way honie with the gold that was to rebuild hia farm. A brave man was he, but on ap: , preaching the corner of the little , road, he drew rein, and looked about , him. The wind moaned and sighed; and strange feeling took possession of him. "Hark," he muttered to himself; what's that ? A hOrse's hoof, My man—l glad he-is coming. - I feel -so - weak.— Afraid! no;!""I'T Vier Vntia Witinie:!,teelitig"; bo'llt,n :hen and brain—a kind of dizzy, half fainted ness, half nervous , entotion,:he• pursued his way towards ,the defile, where, if .4 escaped one danger by the way, a dead: liar one awaited him. Pale, very pale ,he took-his way, and"with's sort of gak t : lop, the horse obeyed the instincts of its' rider, and commenced the descent in the , deep, dirk hollow, where was the bridge, from which the'raySterions highwayman. issued his ordirs. A quarter of a mile was passed, when the horse reared, and trembled, and the farmer was aware that some one was riding by his side in `-the darkness, while a deep, sepulchral voice, said : • "William" Stoops, I will prophecy to you to-night." "To me ?"_ ' ‘!Aye,-to you: There are two thing' you contemplate, which must never come to peas. You shall never _rebuild y farm house, and your dnughterlrene shall notrer buthe hcide of Charles Ilaudy.—• Halt I" ' - - - , The ~..fattneeicherse winced again 'strange moos; recut on theitaitif. the stranger horse - -He itook..front one his_espaitens lextete a laftteruornd • a contrivance that would present no dif ficulties, hung it on his breast, and then, suddenly removing its side, a broad gleam of light, of a beautiful 'blood red color, shone . through a powerful lens of tinge, and lit up - horse and rider, and all the old costume, with a startling brilliancy. "You have heard of me ?" said the stranger. "I cannot say I have not." "It is well--men call me the spectre horseman. You have gold on your per son. It must be mine. , " "Not while I can defend it." "Your money, then, or 'your life—or both," cried the highwayman, with a sud den and startling energy. At the same moment that he spoke, he made a dash forward, and preiented the cold muzzle of a pistol to the farmer's cheek. Taking by surprise as be was, and hav ing to contend also with the fears of his horse William Stoops, in the swinging blow he made at the head of his assailant, with his loaded whip, missed his aim. "Fool,"' hissed the highwayman, in his car.. "Know you not that you might as well strike at a shadow. The fool to his folly ! I shed no blood. Pass on. Your fate be upon your own head." "And yours on yours," shouted the farmer, as rapidly recovering himself, lie dealt another blow at the strange horse man, who only swerved in time, to _.avoid it fully, and allow it strike one corner of the hat he wore, and dash it from his head. The farmer would have repeated the blow, but in another instant, all was profound darkness, as the light vanished from the red lantern, and although he swung his heavy riding whip around his head several times, the weapon only pass ed whistling through the air, and from the profound stillness that prevailed, it would seem as though horse, rider, and lantern, had all-disappeared in mist. - A cold dew broke out on the brow of William Stoops, and he felt uneasily for his bag of gold. It was safe. A soft rain began to fall, and he was grateful for the cool drops upon his bare head, for the vehemence with which he had struck around him With his whip had jerked his own hat off, With a shudder, half of fear, and terror, he paused not to look for his' hat, but striking his spurs deep into his horse's flanks, he started forward on his road at ix:mad gallop. , . . CILA.PTER , Vt. 2 This betaitiful,*oiniwr, chill, wayward brightenur. into gold en Aciauty, - bro e softly overthe little farmin which the family of Win. Stoops had found a refuge. Countless biids carolled , from every b ush, and as the golden light of the sun crept down the trees, embracing'; leaf after leaf in the soft beauty of its tint, there'.arese that small voice of awakening nature which is music to ears of those who love the beautiful and the noble. Then, as the long, slant rays of the sun gathered power, and drank up- the vapors of the night, one solitary figure made' its way through a tangled kind of labyrinth that was adjoining the flower garden, and Splashed and weary, Charles Handy, with yet a smile upon his lips, stood in the midst of sweet flowers. The young lover carried something rather bulky in appearance, but, upon uncover ing it, it proved to be a kind' of wicker cage, in which, with rather a scared look,' ' perched a bird. "Quite wife," said Charles, with a look of triumph. "How sha will rejoice in obtaining it once more. Dear me, what I a figure I do ept--all black and dusty from elimbipg the ruins of the farm to I get it. How glad,she will be—but yet I feel a coming presentiment of evil—it is strange." Charles Handy took his way through'. I the garden to the house. He did not expect to see any one astir, for it was; I quite early Of course 'he thought that I farmer Stoops had been long home, and that his brother Henry was i n his own 11 chamber. The young man was in deep I thought and his eyes were filed upon one little window of thiiouse, so that he' did not see very well which way he was going ' nor what obstructiens - there might l be in his path; and it was not until a voice out, 'New then, pull np," that he was aware that he was in danger of fall-, .ino , upon some one who'was sitting on' the g rass, engaged in repairing some fish _ "Oh, really," said Charles, "I did not see you. I, hope , I hare not hurt, you." "Not wfoit,u • said the pertien , thus ad dressed, who was a_ young boy of quite eccentric3 . ,:nanp?ra. t, r q• " IV43' , Sa9 l ," said' Cliarios, "what Wakes you up so early r • , "Fishing, sir. But it ain't for myself, but Miss Irene I '`.Tin,gol • I do Jove her." "Why, Saul, you are quite 'excited." "Well, I do love her. You ace, sir, I am a New York boy, and 'tbeugh only fifteen; yet I have seen all sorts of life. I had no - friends and no home, and I was taken op - and bowed out, but I run away and came here, and as youzimow have been working on the farm ever since.- - Miss Irene has been kind to me-=•-she is an angel- t •-she is." .Charles Handy paced slowl y , towards the house, and Saul, whistling to himself' went on with his•fisbing.'; There vest an entrance to the house to which he had a key : Bin object was to.got to own, clamber; and lie down for a couple of hotirs,:but in this Charkiwas .Mott sig. tillt.diaappoiated. Hardlyhe4lettirs toleKougle of the houso;:whieh - i'Woila Vivi: • :•led him throughti.44ooi-of , the, lettolUtt garden to the dock:by - which he ToSztligeed.enteting,7thint 'lol:4etreaseit SI,O ; PEN YEAR MST ADVANCE; $2,5 - 6 .11 7 80 - T4AID -- IN-ADVANCE noise, at a distance, across the fields at tracted his attention, and he saw emerging from a winding path, a throng of persons who;seemed to be carrying something on a hurdle. What could it be ? He was alarmed, and yet he knew not why. A something—a light sound on the garden_ path—so light and airy a tread, that if his senses had not been worked up so acutely, he could nothave heard it, caused him to turn round. "Irene ! Dear Irene." "Charles !" It was Irene who was in the garden.— She had come from the other side of the house, and she was looking pale and anx ious. "Father ! father I What of hire; dear Charles. 'l3 . e has not returned..•" • - "Not returned ?" "No—and :cee—that Ls, mother and T, have passed Mt& an anxious night.= What, is that ?" "What? what 7" said Charles, as he strove to bear her away from the advan cing throng, for a dreadful thought flash ed across his mind that something "had happened, and that the persons advancing would solve the mystery. "But, Charles, see people. Are they conveying some one ? Good heavens !" Irene grasped his arm, and kept her eye fixed on the advancing group. Her lips moved now and then, but she utter ed no sound. Whafivas on-the hurdle was hidden by several persons who walk ed. on in front. Some few fields . off, too, there might be seen a couple . of mounted men, one, evidently a farm laborer, and the other, by his dress, a gentleman, and they made for the throng of persons who were carrying the hurdle. On rifitehing them, - the gentleman dismountbd, and Charles Handy and Irene saw him bend down by the side of the hurdle, and the throng of persona closed in around him. "My father l my father l" cried Irene, in a half screaming voice. "I know it now." 1 She broke from her lover, who -tried feebly to detain her, and made her way, with the speed of despair" through the na rden. Oh%les followed her swiftly. a The distance was considerable, but the ilroup• of persons who _surrounded the ob. ject on the hurdle, could not but both see and hear her, and there" was an evident movement of excitement - ainong theta.— They separated to - the right andlto' , the left, and there was:the•lturdle,,and milt the body of a man, by the side of which knelt the gentleman who, h ._;:not,long ~.witte,til „,..„..t.'''" A ". '-';',l - _,,,..1, - ~,,-.•: ~..!:... "ft is your a - 4 er,. - i t 'z'. 6; „, .'.':f lover, "he has met' with seine - aticident. Calm y ourself. Do nob-lookokkedespair.: ingly.' "He is not your father,” Was her .only' reply, _ and with a shriek of' alarm arid agony she darted' to the side of , the httr: dle, and was on her knees, and clasping the hands of :her fattier in both her own, and trying to speaklin the midst of:hys terical Sobs that . denied her utteratice.'.: ' rt was li. strange end affecting &UP: 1 The 'surgeon stood with a calm but syritL pathising aspect, close ,to the head of the, injured. mounted laborer, who Vad procured Iris' services, held the tWo, horses. "Charleo Handy, with his hands claspedbeforelint ' gazed on the Wan. features of the father of his Irene, and she still knelt by the side of the hurdle ; blistered by her tears, and shrieking in excess of emotion. "He is in peaCe," said the surgeon.— "He is in Heaven." • Irene -loOked wildly from face to face of those around her, and with .one'hand —while with the, other she still clasped that of her father— , she dashed aside the long clustering ringlets. that had scatter ed themselves over her eyes and brow; and cried : "Oh, God lit cannot be. Spare him. Oh, save •him l Who has hurt him Z What fiend has , killed him? how was it all 7 Speak to me—speak to me ? You, Charles,can you do nothing? My ChMies - . —yon saved me—save him I" With tears•and sobs and cries that mo ved the hearts ofnil around, she clang to the still form before her, as if by that ; . means she could retain the fluttering spirit that was on the ere of quitting its tene ment forernr. • , , , "Ho yet lives," said 'tile surgeon.;-:- There is life. at his Iteattletl-Antt, alas ! no hope." And now there was e visible movement arnono. Ds the persons present, and 'all "ayes were turned npbn two Parsons, wlstiivere apitroaehing. These were -Mrs. : Stoops. and Henry Handy. Mrs.. 'Stoops. yaw paie.as, death itself, _but she uttered no,, cries, nor made any,tlemonstration ofgrief , as Triine - hid done. 'tack:pad up';' and saidr— "Am I too late VP. "He yet lives," said the ertrgetin. "Then this is my--my place." Then she bobbed as if her heart would break. "William—dear Wittiam—csan't you apeak to mo," sbe eIYOUr own wife ?' - Her tears fell on the cold Talc hoe, but all was silent. "Let tnt raise him;" said the surgeon, and as he did so, hie 'continued in a low voice. "He has.been shot frontlieltind, and, the ballets arein his 1n055..... He may. speak, but they will be his last words. • - A faint flush of colorants over *hetet , mer'i.face, and he slowly opened his oyes. Charles Handy stepped , closer to tianhur die, and with his hands clasped, stood-by the sitieoflrene, while she still-held . lter 44;4e5; /eft. hand : hems.: Tim.: was evidently Wining. ,front - See Ors of *he dlfilltiraus and fmk-'moaned in au "=- • i • h.): ; • 'T..: - : , . t - I. MfOLE DiltOtitl;iiii: "Speak to him," said the surgeon"* Mrs. Stoops , "your voice . map - -move him. Ask who his done thia fearful deed."', "Dear William, speak but a word.--:. Who has done this murder? It is I-- your wife— that speaks." - Hero was'an awful stillness, and-then the dying man ran his eyes over the hoes of the 'group' around hini." He raised his right hand, and pointed to 'the face of Charles, and in a 'wild,' shrieking tone, while a gush of blood came - from his wounded lungs, he cried; "Charles Handy 1 Charles Handy I Murderer.; murderer mnr—" His head fell back, and in another moment the spirit of the murdered: was at the sates of Heaven, TO BE CONTINUED. grsildeV. General Great. A correspondent of the New ,York Herald, thus spealui or General Grani on the battle field : I had seen Grant at Vicksburg and in Tennessee, and his appearance was famil iar , but as I strolled through the group of officers reclining under the trees at headquarters, I looked -for. him some time in vain, such was his insignificant, unpretending aspect and conduct while the battle was raging in all its fury. A stranger to tho insignia of military rank would have little dreamed that the - plain; quiet man who sat with his back against a tree, appariently heedless and unmoved, was the one upon whom the fortunes of the day, if not of the age and country; werelmaging. It was - only When • some . aid or orderly rode up in hot haste with a communication from , • some 'portion of the battle field, that his eyes upturned to seek in . those of the Message. The con sultation with Gen. Mead; 'Cr the dire 4 suggestion or command, all • took place with that same-iMperturability of occlude.. mum , fof which he -:has always.been markable. - • - No movement of the enemy. seemed to puzzle .or disconcert,Aim: in re sources, the petition for reinforcementwas speedily answered" And: .while_all this transpired he stood calmly ,grtoip, at times smoking , - mote tvigoroukor inorefrequentr ffi ng I only; indicating -.the ~.inwa4.43.;•:rti0,01:4,44-, 631414, diay he' theitee'.iillioiriehie tlighnniediate scent one or'•two of lid -44fi - and an orderly exerting their utmost to keep up with him: Arrived on the spot, he calmly considered the matter re,. (inking his attention, , with ready . meat cornmunicated the necessary orders, and then galloped away to'- another 'part of the field, or to his seat -beneath-I,h° pine tree, there to enter on the order book some record of the battle's progress. SPONGE. fl he sponge business is largely pursued at the Bahama Islands. The exports of this 'article amount - annually to' about ' 8200,000. It is almost entirely thegrowth of the last twenty years. , During, tat period the article has almost - quadrupled m is. in value; and has been applied to a '` • t variety of new purposes, espeilia 'hi France. This sponge 'is comp ' ?hi powerful presses,. and sacked like cotton, It is assorted and graded, samples being fastened on' each. package Walleye its fi - --' bre.< is fished, or raked, or gripled up from•the clear sandy bottom, at *depth of twenty, forty or sixty-feet, and' often far from the shore. The water is sotransf parent that the growing sponge ievisibler on' the bottom'. Tiaesponge :, is the hoe. ering, the habitation of the lowest order of animal nature. • Indeed,. organization can harfly bo detected in the ..suilimal.—.!. When first taken from the Irater.the sponge is black, and at once becomiss Of; fensive to the smell ; it will 'almost cause the flesh it touches to blisteir. • The - first process is to bury it in the - sand, where it remains for two or three weeks, irlfeu.ths gelatinous animal matter seems to 'be_ % alsi • . riled and destrord or - eaten by the . emits that 'swan:win - the sand. • The. host- . men who obtain it are paid in Unfreeby 1 the owners of the boats.. = •`‘.• - • : Two Remiss Instead of :Rnt. !M'] 7Jtn amnsingineidentis iehtted °fell% man in England .whose husband,:a.weel., thi*an an, anadcaly. vilthOrit !nrstill! ' The iiidovr, deairmir,of iag the whole' property, 2 obaoe ' shtd 'Sibs! h cuiband's.:4leath, -and persuaded is ""pon'. ehetun*cr to take, ishiplace while Amid ' could,himado: Aocordinglyhe wasckser ly mitMed np in bed as if very, siok iifii a lawyer was called ' - ts write the unit Theshoemaker ins feeblevoion ed half of all ,the property toi:theiliker What shalLbodone with titimnuartadolt) mired the lawyer. 4 1fie remaindF;,* plied be, "I give and Jux,Matb. to poor .little shoemaker across' therstreit'= who has alwaysbeetiagOo' diseighboisge a deserving Maur was Iwo .s'-stork- bequest fey himself; ~.!The' ~:41fA thundastzuck_with ilie;„nisti'ijiakamese cunning,- but.- did ..not dais. fraud; end - so - ctio' t *AI Agit es:, tats: - • *.L. 43: 434. - ' r . „ Mgr wile of a soldielin 4,1=45tl fo4.llb.2slars.,ltegim*,4u.% Etult ia teickia 9: I X& ware lir *144 1 42:40ez,'44 , arythiAalle= iritlitielteabm ilivhfratirotdothgraft woppest 114 '0101:912.." • ' =I IRE
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