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from
ao-tho
j ed his attendant., to pop him up, as hot
they could, aeainsfc tim -,.,.,1 r..' 1 ..
...:i. 1 1 . .. " " l"B oeucu,
I th his luco to tho Gulf. Ho was plac
ed in tho position ho desired, mi J cx
Pressed groat satisfaction that he had not
been killed outright, as he earnestly wish-
.odto see and to speak with A. M
1 belore he died.
! A - . . ...
1 as noon us urmo tell, A M
(compnnicd by Lynn, retired
ii-uin, hiiu was 11 rem Iv f... .... i.:
2 m J,l." k.to tl.c city. He felt satisfied, Iron,
' uu Ins uiMi 1 1 t . f ..1 :. . . . '.
..... iuunj noi an instanta
neously h,tal, wound had been inflicted.
J lie atonement lor his father's murder
so hir, at least, as Onuo could make it with
lus blood, and lor his share 0f the deed
was, therefore, complete. It remained, if
possible, to seek out and to punish his
confederate, and then the expiatory sacri
fice, for the wilderness tnu.U- u.'.i.U 1,0
f I 1 It IM ... ...
w,iwYuriiu,i;, i'A. WEDNESDAY MAY 1 WW
Jllisctlhittous.
Buninoia notices not cxeoodin 8 linc8 are in-1 : '" ,Jo 'l''t Ho remorse ol eon-
ertrd for $2 a your. science, not even the least regret, for the
Advertiiomenta not marked with the numlior of . lull 1 Onne, and was already rei-nlv imr
iniertions desired, will be continued till forbid
eluded according to theae ternia.
J. H. LAHRIMER.
From tho Homo Journal.
Tales
111' A
of the
SOUTHERN'
South.
NAN.
iselin
mind,
of
revelations which, in all nrobubililv. Ormo Mozart's celebrate.
would make in relation to the murder of
lus lather, he might get some information.
THE AVENGER.
Continued com last II 'ech. J
The distance wits measured, the princi
pal! placed in their respective positions,
and tho seconds already advancing, with
the pistols, to deliver them to the parties , 01' extract Rome hint, to direct his search
alio wero to use them. At this moment lr the confederate assassin. At all events,
k.ii , turowing oil his cap, und re-, "o ov'l, it no good, could como from
moving his false whiskers, addressed Onne compliance with the request of the dying
in a lontl voice, as lollows : ;iciou, nnu, tiicrelore, accompanied by
"1 nui A. M , ol Alabama, son of, i.ynn, lie returnee with the messenger to
thut M , of Georgia, whom vou and i the bciich.
.., . i . r . I . , . . t : , i i. ... ...
aconieuurato 01 vours murdered in inv m arrival, ne lound Urine sinking
presence, more than thirty years .il'O. in i under hemorrhage from his wound, the
the Mississippi territory. ' Look nt me, i blood moistening the sand in the trough,
and fee if you do not behold tho form and ' "cooped out on the beach in which he
features ol my murdered father. You took j had "oen placed, so that ho was seated, or
his silver sleeve-buttons, kept them lor rut her reclining, on n couch saturated
more than thirty years, gambled them oil", wit It his own blood. His face wasblaneh
tlic other da in Mobile, they came in'o ing to the cadaverous hue of death. The
my possession, mid thus 1 have been led fierce glace of tho eye was gone ; tho ex
to seek and to find you. Heaven has this pression of tho countenance had changed
day delivered you into mv hands. Iam , from the severe aspect of hardened vil
the Avenytrof my father' lion, which still Juiny to the soft shade of regret; and the
trie: to me from .he ground, Vou must die. i i"al1 ol cnaio having disappeared, a
A IUral Gentleman at tiir Oi-era. A
correspondent of theChautatiquo Democrat
or Jamestown, New York, has "to kill
time." visited Tike's Opera House durine
his stay in Cincinati. He neiids to tho
Democrat the following startling criticism
upon the performance:
"Some five thousand
seated, consisting of the elite of the city
it was the most fiisliinHnl.u ...,.i; t' ...
, , ...w.u IKIlUtllljU 1 CV
cr saw in Cincinati. 1 u ii, r ....i.i .1-
senbo some of tho fashions displayed on
t ho occasion. Tho ladies now wear white
. ..i.B-uu oous, trimmeu with scarlet, upon
the shoulders, or rather upon the upper
part of the arms the shoulders were bare
linn ine uresses seem to have all been
cut too short at the top. Most of these
ash;onble people carried thoso double
barrelled what-do-you-call-em- aueli us
Key threw ut Sickles.
"After the usual delay, n littlo bell rang
mid the orchestra came out mi l took their
seats. Strakoseh took a seat at a fiinno;
he ivore spotless white gloves, and with a
Mick or wund coinmenci-d beating the air
over the keys, but did noi lotieh Uiem.
At a very emphatic stroke of the aforesaid
wand, a tremendous slam or liam came
from tho band, and then Sti-iko.-!. -..,
had cancelled all ! " i'li hinaiiy manipulations.
revenge or animosity, in his About this time the m , i
towards his fallen foe. From the 1 the music commence, I Tl... ,.;
II J)"ll Uimniii ' Mini
irom tins time lor three hours the man
in tho white gloves did not ceate to beat
the air with his stick. First M.me old cod
ger of an Italian, Signor Somebody, came
lorward, and said oi kinig sointhiiig in ex-
ceeuingly bad Dutch ; he was followed by
a chap tastefully dressed, who represented
Don Juan.
" Next, Madame l'arodi, the world-re-nowned
singer, como forwaid with a lim
ping gait. I should think she wore light
shoes, and was nfUicted with eorn.v ,She
seemed much troubled at what the other
fellow hail sung, and made up an awful
face. 1 think that she must have been tn-
Ken suddenly ill at the stomach. I would
1 us Book of Jom.TIio book of Job i
generally regarded as the mo, perfeect
specimen of tho poetry of tho Jlebrews.
"I8"'0, l'luturosuuo in tho delineation
ot individual i)henomcmi, and artistically
skillful in the dicaotio arrangement of the
whole work. In all the modern languages
m wh.ch tho book of Job has been trans
ited, its images, drawn from the Hast
c!m , oe.l' llnl'essiop. on tho mind.
i ic i.ora wulKethon tho hiuhls of the
waters on the ridges of the wave towering
high beneath tho force of tho wind."
iiio mornnii? ih i,..u
tin
:d
jin ins mind a plan for the detection of the
I other assassin of his lather, when the
messenger overtook him with the news
jthat Onne had revived, was mortally
: wounded, and wished to speak with him
i before he died.
j This was a startling announcement, but
la moment's rellection determined A.
i M to accede to Die wish of Onne.
,' The atonement of 1,1 mill fii. l.t....l icl.l.,1.
- VH'Fl.t, n un ii
n:tu jusi neon exacted
Seconds, bring on the iiistols."
Tlio words, spoken with calm and de
libeiale emphasis, fell like thunderbolts
on the ear of Onne. w ho continued, dur
ing their delivery, to gaze upon the speak- hiiil almost miruculously transformed the
r with tho hulf-wonderini!. half-startled outward exiiression of the dv'ms Orr.-.e.
look of one who believes he sees an iippa : e " as resigned, deeply penitent, and cx
nev belli;:, repentant, humble, and sor.
rowf'ul, met the astonished gaze of A.
M and his friend. The near pros.-
poet o dissolution, while it awed the spirit,
margin of tho earth, ond variously form.
mo covering ol the clouds, m the hand of
man fields the viehlinir ,.!,. " ti,.,
of animals are described, as, for instance,
t.iose of the wild ass, the horse, tho biMl'a
io, rhinoceros and the crocodile, the e.vle
and tho ostrich. We see "the pure ether
spread, during the heat of the south wind
as a molted mirror over the parched dei
ert." '
Tho poetic literature of the Hebrew;, is
not deficient in variety of form, for while
the Hebrew poetry breathes o warlike en
U X" "f 'he Fugitive Slave h
w.... ... tmc en-iiiit-r ii l i iircsntiT iu
TERMS-$1.25 per Annum
ni:vskhi:s-vol.iv.ko. IG.
A New Revolutionary Story.
ONE EYED SAUL,
OR THE
TORY LEAGUE OF SEVEN.
A TALK OP SOUTH CAROLINA.
BY DR. J. H. ROBINSON,
)! Of " Vlr.u T ..
IfAM-WlTTED Nat" "M..,n,.
I'WCAI.E," " TUE TlONIliltS OrKKSTUCKr,"
Continued from last vecl.
llt ....... , .
'"in l lOUcli mn I inn a ai.:..
Impoktant lh:( ision. An important do
cision was delivered in the Supremo Court
of tho United States on Monday week by
the Olnef Justice, in the caso cf tho Uni
ted States, vs. Sherman II. Hooth ; tho
Supreme Court, vs. Error to .Supremo
Court of V isconsin. The case involved
the right of State Courts to release on
imboas corpus narties in custody under
process of the United Stat for nlTiMippq
, Hlniiii.r ),....,. . ! i I . n i i a. , t .
.' ' r I i v. , u Vi A , ! . i . . V t . " . . .7 . 1 . , . I Autl,.'' of "Nick Wh.ffles.'' "Bucr ft,
uiu u'uil ocioiv in run rv " ir.... w '.. ....
instance of an arrest under jud 'uient by
the District Court of tho United Stales for
a violation of tho Fugitive Slave law. Tho
whole conduct of tho court bdnw
held to be totally illegal mid virtually re-
. .'lit i luiiiil y
and
such
y ; that the Marsha, had a right, tion iVho 70 1
it was h,s duty, to resist by force any lend betravs his own countrvmen Xl'
lli'.erlerenco on the uni t of the Slnte I iiMi iuvii.lm.j T 1 .. . .
constitutional. This
course, a mere outline of the
... i,;..t. ; i , . i . . ,
" "inieisioo.i io navo iieen unani
mous. It must put nn end for the future
to an contests between the Cniteil Xintn lim-.T.
and the States as to tho constitutionality I She tricl 4rt e .t.
i ... ' ' -v.i4lu UUtll LUO B imniDF,
I IV 'Ittil .ill nil, -.1.. I. 1 . . 1 - . . - -
iii iiiurui fia .i.'usi;. v in kg n in....i. i
is, ot , ot thmkiiu' who aro nssr.nint,l ;i.
. v.wvh tf j4a VVU
opinion, in your crime and spoliation. Th wnr.l
Jory makes mo shudder; your presence
, disgusts me, whilo your deeds fill mo with,
with a charming S,, 1 ic,Ure of I m? , T i"'" VT.ia '" i"U" ,'' wi,h ,vrist'
nature. Gallic, nt tln period ' ol Z e 1 'i"?1 ,StttUM C;irrvin 11 i "Xi:t
thusiasm for the Eist, spoofW ' cs , '"uT W o
lovliest specimen ofei.io .....1 i.lvl ! t,l"aoa "s "'A--J' "- Intd. deraro
which we possess." UumloldCs
vol. ii. p. CO.
poetrv
Cosmos,
ritiou rising be for o him from the dead.
lie !nw, indeed, the form and the leatuies
of liU murdered victim; the image of the
tragedy in the wilderness again rose to
hia view the
the imploriii'
the blood uiion his hands, the guilt upon
liiaioul flashed over him, in a moment,
like the nightmare of some terrible dream.
He felt that the finger of retribution was
upon him, mid thut he was marked for the
crave, ilia color failed, his limbs tremb
led, and he bowed his head under the
etorm of emotion that swept over his soul
Although the address, which had
tremely delighted to see A. M-
This apparently total change of charac
ter in persons who have led the most
abandoned lives, produced by the pros-
groan of the dying father, poet ot impending death, has been fro-
look of the helpless son, qucntiy ouseived, und is recognized as a
normal possibility ol Humanity, alike by
the poet, tho moialist, and the philoso
pher. A most btriking exemplification of
it is seen m the account given by Shaks
peareofthe death of Sir John Falstafl'.
When that mountainous personage, one
of the matchless creations of the genius
of the world's master delineator of human
so ; character, camo to dio, his mind, accord-
flfli-cted Onne. was not allowable bv theii'i to the description of tho poet, revert
technical rules of the codo of honor, yct:ei1 10 t,llJ IVosh scenes and the pure joys
neither of the seconds attempted any in- f childhood. Abjuring tho favorite vices
torruption of A. M during its de-!rhis life, except his inordinate passion
livery. l!oth stood till until he contlud-j lor sack, he forgot his bachanal bluster
kI, and then, advancing, delivered ihe , and brag, and became gentle and simple
pistols to their respective principals. j as a child. He played with flowers and
The panorama, at this moment unrolled babbled of green fields, the playthings
before the eyes of the spectators of the ' and the playlields of boyhood oblivious
advise her to carry a hot tie of IVrry Davis'
I'ain Killer constantly with her, as I was
instnntiy releivcd a few d avs n''o bv n
small dose.
"Whilo Don Juan was snvin. soft u-nr,lo
to her, Madame .Strakoseh cam. forivnnl
and sang quite beautifully and sensibly for
a moment, and then turned 11 11 ltfn ovne
like a sick cat, and tho music sounded
if it came from a canarv hird u liirhtl.n
was trying to swallow alive. This strain
gradually Dwelled louder, till it culmina
ted ina grum whoop, similii r to one I
heard from our Indian w hile on a raft
This brought down the house in a whirl
wind of applause.
"As this is my first attempt at criticism
upon a musical concert, I hope my musi
cal readers will excuse any lack of'propor
phrases, especially when I inform them
that to savo mv life I can't tell the difl'er
er.ee between 'Old Zip Coon,' and Old Hundred."
"No Great Hand tor Anoki.s." Last
Monday, nr. old ladyente.red a well known
book store, and inquired for a "Treatiseon
A lrv Douum l Endorsement. A J
few days ago, a business house in Cincina
ti had occasion to write to a correspnn- j
dent in one of the interior towns of Indi
ana, und in closing their letter, asked the
question, "What is the standinc of Mr.
In duo time the coi re-'iiimil..i,i : mot of our r,
-..i:...i .. . ii " I i .
jejuieuaf" loiiows:
"If your question refers to Mr. 's
real lespnosibility to any limited amount,
we iinwer it is good; but to say that ho
is obstinate find mulish, but faintly ex
presses his peculiarity of di-iu.-iti.m when
nn account is presented. He usually pavs
uym .ii uiu extreme tail-end ol an e.e- i under toe iron tuljo to be erected. On
cution, and then doles nut the caidi to the, this stage was set up a largo stationary
constable as though he was driving a nail stoain engine for the purpose of hauliii"
into Ins own collm. I he money-shaver ! up the materials to be ii-.l in its ,.w
The Victoria liiiinuE. li
that the real Victoria l!i id-,
will be completed by noxlo,
great central tube was lai ei
on me massive stone pier.
last. J lie l'ortland ,-Ir.iu- -ays :
"There are many fuels of curious inter
est connected with the erection of this
tube, which uro probubl.i unknown to
dels. The liver closed in
December, and made se eral .-l.ove.4. It
was only until January tin t the ice be
came thick und linn enouuh to bear the
by tho
so fast, mv scornful !
of might over right. Law and or.
lied the land. Fear of mn,riuirn.
is not now before our eyes. We don't ask,
is expected' 'M'iill we do this or that?' but we do as wo
at .Montreal ; "st. I want you, and am come for you."
lober. The! "I his is frightful !" ir:isi,n,i
! to its place : shall die with terror! Ulinko! iilinkot
on Saturday ! Help Help!"
At tha moment she heard tho report of
u rifle not far olK
not far oil!
' Did you hear that ?" asked tho Tory,
with a triumph. "It was for Blinko, I'll
be swern ! I left a man on his track that
can knock over a dollar at a hundred
ynids.''
."pale mo. Have wo not been neich.
nercwe not friendlv Kofrtra ti,;
terrible war? Jicmember. I pntrnnt nt
t bors
who took the la4 set in tho last car of
u ran rout trnin, so as to have the use of
his money while the conductor was reach
ing "him, was not a circumstance to the
(rim-death grasp with which Mr.
holds on to his purse-strings. lie mea-is
to bo honest, but his neighbors say that a
five cent piece produces a moral strabismi,
that effects his vision quite painfully!"
Tho firm concluded to closo their ac
count at "the tail-end of an execution,"
and "drum" no more in that direction.
A Romantic Storv. Tho Bucyrus, III..
Journal Mates that some five years ago, a
carpenter moved lrom that placet) Mis-
enormous weight which it was to sustain.
At this period an cnormou-lv heavy wooll
en bridge, or slag,' it may b mote nmniT. ! vou. that I m n nnn .l.i:
ly be called, was built on the ice dir.-etlv no protector."
"I shall havo no trouble in remember
ing the last," I'll warrant. I ahould'nt
trusted myself here if you'd been sur
rounded by the cursed rebels. Come, cal,
our home is in Laurel Swamp."
With a fuick, unexpected movement,
unlabel drew her to him, lifted hor in
bis arms, and moved toward the dark anil
tangled inais of wood lying in the roar of
the mansion at tho distance of a hundred
rods, and covering an area of ten loilcs in
circumference
ction.
on a temporary railway, al-o built on the
stirhico of the ice. The iron tube was
commenced in its centre, progressing from
the centre towards the ends day by day.
This tube is of immense size and great
weight, much greater than other tubes of
Ihe bridge, they being 21J feet long, 16
feet wide, and graduated to the shore ends
to 19 feet high; while the great centre
tube is 3.".0 feel long, Hi foet wide, and '22
feet high, and about (ill feet nlove thf sum
mer level of the river, thusallowingsteani
erto pass under it.'
Angels." .She made tho inquiry of a bov. i seeking eviuence tint he, not her husband.
and was told they "had'ntirot no such was tho counterfeiter: and at length her
book." Thisremark caught The ear of the efforts were rewarded. At Newton, N. J.
principal salesman and as he always sells ho was taken siek ; the wife told her story
something to everybody who tillers tho to the phlsicinn, who dosed his patient
store, ho stepped forward and addressed heavily, and then told him he was about
tho old lady
"We are just out of the book you're in
search of, ma'am, but we'v? dot Fox's
acene, was strikiii-lv beautiful and im- of tl.c events, and apparently free from 1",ok of Martyrs, crammed full of pictures ami had paid bad bills to the cai
pressivo. In one direction, the blue wat. the vices ot li is past career iiieuelibcr-
ers of tho Gulf rolled, with gentle undu- ation is true to nature, and will bo ac
lation, far out to the horizon, which bent cepted as philosophically just by every
down, like a cerulean wall, to mark the
limit of their flow. The sun. just rising,
touched their surface with level beams,
making it glitt.r like a huge mirror of
lilver upturned to the fcky. Neither mist
nil cloud was visible in tho translucent ! i those persons w hose natures,
ottentivs observer of human conduct and
character.
The change of character thus described
by the poet, and now witnessed by A.
M in tho dying Orme. is seen only
morally
ir, which, by its purity und freshness, 1 sound at the core, have been perverted
gwe sparkle to tho eye and elasticity to hy education, warped by passions too lav
Ihe frame of thoso who inhaled it. The ' ihly indulged, or misled by evil ussocia
ity of Galveston crowning tho summit ' tions. In these, the apprehension of ap
nd lides of tho sandy ridgo upon which 1 proaching death seems to strike off from
iti built, was echoing with tho hum of . the character an outer crust which moral
reviving business and tho babel of niulti- aberration has produced and hardened
tudinous sounds and voices. The heavens around its oentral and more normal cha
bove and the earth below rejoiced in the ' racteristics, which, thus liberated from im
bspiism of tho morning light an altar prisonment, tdiino forth und indicate the
theoneamla teini.lo tho other, inviting native goodness of their perverted natures.
nan to the worshin of his ereat Creator 1 o this class Urmo belonged. Mature gave
In tho midst of this scene of beauty and him, originally, a good hend and a warm
pantleur, two men, brothers by the ties heart, but evilassociationsand worse prac
of coimnon humanity, stood, with mur- tiees, clouded the one and corrupted the
krous hate in their hearts anil deadly ' other, ond he beciuno that not uncommon
pons in their hands, prepared to take ' moral monstrosity a self-mado demon,
ach other's life and go to their account producing a harvest of evil actions upon
ith the guilt of murdei, in fact or intent, the subsoil of an originally sound moral
upon their souls. Tho unthinking muU organization. But now that the hand ol
t'lude applauds a spectacle like this as a d"' "" ui,on l'ini, thoenveloping crtiPt
folime exhibition of heroism and cour- of evil fell oil', and A. M beheld tho
Reason condemns it as a terrible im- Orme of earlier days such, indeed, as he
rudiment of nnr rniiminl nnt.irca nn.l v. as. ero tho crime of murder had darken-
Heaven riehleonslu ilmnder iti iiwriillest ed his soul with guilt, or a gambler's ca-
Mthanms upon tho bloody ritual from reer had spread its leprosy of moral pol-
wll"'li it springs. lution over lus head and heart.
The pistols being delivered, the signal Seeing A. M. already at hand,
fint began. The moment it became Orme beckoned him to como closer, ro
"wful, by the terms of tho combat, to fire, questing, at tho same time, tho other pcr-
pistol of A. M exploded. Ormo on present 10 retire a Boon tiistance
pfngup on hU toes, turned half round d the beach. A. M approached,
'o the right, and fell prono upon tho and tho rest withdrew. I hen requesting
'each. Iiianisinl I,A fnll nn.l A. M to seat himself on his cloak
''tall entering the ground only a fcw,l'l rls.c V. "P.n tho beach, Ormo
let ftota ba mado (o him, in a low, failing voice, a
j ter. Furnished with proofs of this confes-
splendid book for a present
j.i sanes, tio leu. exclaimed the cus- eion, ine wue returned to .Missouri, seeu
lomer, examining the book ; "why here's ved the relenrso of her husband, and the
a meter of aohnp drlnklu puen.ond here's couple are now residing at Ivnoxville, Uli
a nt of men asawin' olJ'a poor feller's head nl'
off:" I ..
"That gentleman there ma'am," ex- The Fastest Time on Record.-P,,
plained the salesman, elucidating the pic-1 &piril nys the fastost (ime over n,( '0!
ure, is taking a melted ead sHi.gnrec ; and a'n American horse was .nude by IViore,
ho other individual is about to bo ,H,rfor- in her ,.llnnin. for tll0 ,,lte ,; 0,,
atcd.i, he intestines w.th a patent ma-' KnSli...d, over the turf of New Market
urc fork. I guess you d like it better Hth. Tho distance run w ,s two mile
than a work on angels." 1 and a quarter and twenty-eight yard sad
.I ":"V lino in which, it was run Wa, 1 e
""a' v"v' "uu". minutes and nfty-six seconds, the
" I wentv shilling;
l.,.l- !. '"'
..,,;,...,. ,,,,., , threo-lourths seconds, or say l.-l-.l to the
. ... ,,. . u-r just got niUei two miles at the rate of 2.M, and if
married, and I ealkorluto o make her a crtl,iedoutat the sm.ierate.the Goodwood
present She wanted sunth.n about nn- cup distance in -1 .ii, and a f .ur mile heat
6. x ..e,t. ..!,. ogre..., i.auu .or un-,ia 7iU4. Tho two mile rste, however,
geis.no now. , having been done, is that which mav bo
1 he lmly handed out four parcels, each ! foirly compared with the two mile 'time
containing fifty coppers, and completed performed by American horses in this
he amount by adding three bat terl shil- country. The "American li.icing Callen
lings and a dubious looking aixiKiiine, der und Trolling Record." gives the time
tho whole savoring powerfully of muccuboy !0f Hcgira, a r.mr year old which ran a two
Snillf. I miln hont. nt. Yaw ll. l..,.,iu in Itl'.n
The wilo completed and the customer catch-weight, in 3.3 14 -tho best two niilo
Leached A-siits.ThorouyJy leached ash
es contain wo potash. In some nbiciw ln.w.
souri, where he sold a pair of hoi-Res to a ! evo,' tl,ey ore not 'eauhod thoroughly and
stock buyer, receiving all his pay in bills Sch ashes, when applied to the ground do
on a Kentucky bank. When heutteinpt- 6a' Occasionally lime is mixed with
ed to pass them, they were found to be 1 1'1"-'11 previous to leaching, to increase tho
counterfeit, and the carpenter was aires- c;u,'"c"' wll0n tliw 14 Iboea-e, this lime
ted; tho horse-dealer swore he paid him i willprodiiee good cllect on soils destitute
in Indiana bills, and the unfortunate man I0' "she contain more or less
;cnarcoai; this absorbs ammonia lrom the
air, or substances containing it, when
brought in contact, and this ammo
nia is given out to plants during their
process of growth. The charcoal is there
foro useful, when applied to the soil, us a
fixer of ammonia, und it is one of the best.
If the soil wants potash, leached ashes will
'not supply the lack; if nmmonia, barn
yard manure is the cure ; if lime, better
apply a few bushels of the common air
slacked article or marl ; if a lixer of am
monia, placer (ground gypsum or sul-
iiu.iLeoi n.ue,; ..5 .lie ucl. ijrc.o fanner.
was seteneod to the penitentiary. His
wife failing to obtain a parhon, followed
tho horse-dealer for two years and n-hal!'.
to die. Jhe sick man was frightened,
sent for a minister, and confessed that he
was connected with a gang of counterfeit -
mare
i 1...1 i
i -ii- , , '); wi,u iiiiiiiiivM nnu vi vii pouniis.
shillings ma am, very cheap , n,is ia ul tie rato of ono miniife f.irtv five
CSluThe hull of grain grown on lands id
which there is a proper admixture of lime,
:s ltivanauiy louud to bo tar tinner, and
the farina of tho grain itself far greater
than when grown on lands whero there is
a deficiency of this earth. Such land is
also found to be fur more favorublo to all
thoso plants a numerous class which
bear pods or, in other words, ivhioh be
long to tho class "diadelphiu;" conse
quently clover succeeds well on it, and it
has hence been ascertained by reiterated
and accurate experiments, that one of tlio
most valuable applications, that can bo
made to lands bearing red or white clover,
is a compost of which limo is an ingredi
cut.
tood.
t lr lay upon tho ground apparently
?u"9 JfiH hut, in fact, only stunned into
ensibility by tho mortal range of his
wersary' ball. Ina short time ho re
Weo, 0ened his eyes, ami spoke to his
F'froona in relation' to his wound, Imjuir
.t "it was mortal. Receiving nn atlirm
r "nswer, and also the assurance that
p could live but a short time, he requeU
confession.
(To le continued. )
jtjjrOne of the last stories told about a
drunken man wants confirmation. It is
(.aid that in staggering around he met
with a large globe lamp with letters upon
it. Mistaking ii for tho moon, ho said,
'well, I'm tt timped if somebody hairtt
stuck an advertisement on the moon.
gone, tho principal called up tho boy,
"Sonny," said ho "look here; when vou
are asked for a thing which you hav'nt got,
ahrms show the nearest fmig like it you have."
Iho urchin looked reflective, and was an
bout to ask the rearm bianco between
"Lives of tho Angels" "Fox's Book of Mar
tyrs." but ho didn't.
timo made in this country j consequently,
the 3.32 of Trioress is every way better,
and deserves to head tho American recor'i.
A wriTEr in ILushdd M'crdt thus do
scribes tho appearances of Napoleon III:
"He is grizzled, cadaverous, and lame fn
the left hip, and labors to conceal this last
defect. His walk is awkward. He turns
out his toes, and leans heavily on the
strong stick he carries in his well gloved
hand, lie is - eareiuiiy dressed
but.
though his coat fits him accurately, he hm
nothing of the air of a perfectly dressed and hopes now numbered with th dead
Dr.sroNDr.Ncr. Ah. tell mo not ilu.t
memory sheds gladness o'er the past,;
what is recalled by faded fllowerrs, save
thut they did not last? wero it not bolter
to forget, than but remember and regret?
Look back upon your hours of youth
what wero your early years, but scenes of
onii.iisn cares ana prielsr and sny not
childish tears are nothing) nt that time
they wore more than the young heurt could
near, uoon to riper venrs, and look up
on your sunny spring; and frnmtli wreck
of former yean, what will your memory
bring? Affections faded, pleasures flefi,
Bitter Exuehiencs. How often, in this
cold and bitter world, is iho warm heart
thrown back upon itself! Cold, careless
are wo of another's grief; wo wrap our
selves in sullen selfishness harsh-judging,
narrow-minded, stern and chill iii
niea-iiiing every ncuon mil our own.
How small in tome men's motives, but
how mean! There are thoso who never
knew one generous thought: whose hw..-t.
pulse never quickened with tho joy of
Kiim enueavoror sweci sympathy, There,
aro too many such,
Condensed Argument. Tho world we
inhabit must havo had an origin ; that or
igin must havo consisted in a cause; that
cause have been intelligent; that intelli
gence must have been elliciont; that t-fli-
citincy musi i.avo been ultimate; that ul
By this time Iiuth and Judith had miss
either, and came running to the spot us
he was i bearing her away. They cried
loudly for assistance, whilo terror nearly
deprived them of senso and volition. At
the moment when the catastrophe seemed
complete, a tall man, with a largo black
patch over his left eye, and a long ride in
us hand, sprang from a clump of shrub
bery, seized Vanlasslo by tho throat,
wrested Jessie from his grasp, and cluk
ing him till he was black in tho face, hurl-
eu mm to tho ground. While Vantasslo
lay stunned upon the earth, his vanquish
cr took his musket fiom his unnerved
hand, discharged it into tho air, and broko
the slock against the trunk of a tree. He
then drew tho pistols from the Tory's belt
and thrust them into his own, from which
already protruded tho butts of four. The
blade of Van lassie's knife ho snaned by
thrusting it into the cleft of a rock, but
the heavy sabre ho buckled to his sido
leaving tho ruffian entirely unarmed. '
"In, gals, in !" cried th rescuer. "Bar
your doors, and say your prayers, for the
lory hounds have sentcd blood, and will
not lost till they havo gorged thcmsolvos."
The tall, wild lookinir man irlinnn.l .
Jessie, and observing that she was faint,
caught her up as ifsho woro an infant,
and carried her to the door, placing her
carefully in tho threshold, he repeated hit
startling warning, and vanished In the
declining shadows of night. lie was
gone before tho youna ladios had recover'
ed builicieiitly from thoir di.'may to tbank
him.
Whilethey gazed at each other in a stur.
por of wonder, a man leaped a high fenee
at tho right, and crossing the intervening
ground, stood beforo them, panting and
covered with perspiration. It was Tom
llutter, tho partisan scout, who wasknown.
to tho neighboring loyalists as a staunch
and unswervin patriot and a bravo man,
shinking from no danger, and shunning
none of tho responsibilities of tho part ho,
had chosen.
"Tom HuttorJ!" exclaimed Judith and
Ruth, simultaneously, "what has happen
ed ? You aro excited with effort : you
can scarcoly stand."
"1 have been pursued," said llutter
"I have Im I a raco for dour lifo. In, and
or.rncuueinoaoorsi a party of tho rene
gades will bo hero in a inintuto ! Whero'
Blinko?" .
"I dont know," said Judith. "He went
out a few minutes ago."
"Which way ?" asKed Hotter.
Judith iudioated tho direction with her
finger. -
llutter started off like a racehorse. IT
saw a dark object suspending frem the
branch of a tree. It was Blinco, who waa
swaying to and fro, and quivering in the
ngonies of strangulation. llutter cut hiin
man. His figure is not im
nproved by
ill not oont
the I
Every step ho takes is studied, while his
eye scans ovcry passer-by' with a look
which has something uncanny in its expression,"
Mirth is tho medicine of lifo ;' ' k
It cures its ills, and calms its strife;
It softly smoothes tho lirow of care,
And writes a thousand giacos thnro,
lunate power must have been siinrnmo . down in nn instant, and tearinir thereto
and that which always was, and is supreme' ! ''om 'lis neck, staggered toward the home
we know by tho name of God.
C3TA pretty girl nnd a wild horse aro
liablo to do much mischief, for tho one
run-i nwny with n fellow's body, nnd tho
other runs away with his heart.
CfSRcd cheeks aro only oxygen in an
other shape. Girls anxious to wear them
will find them whoro the' roses do oat
of doors.'
iqJT'A coffin' uvs an Irishman.
house a man live in when he is dead.
'Is a
ucneatii tno weight of his great body. kA
nan dozen muskets shots were poured af
ter him from tho nearest corpse. Tha
balls perforated his clothes and grazed his
skin in several places, but he reached the
house in safety with the half dead black.
Leaving him to tho caro of Jnpe. ttio mu
latto girl, ho barred tho doors and fasten
ed tho windows.
Jessie, who had partially recororod her
self possession, looked out andaw a forma
moving to and fro among the shrubbery.
Her heart misgave her. How could the
resist so many enemies! fchi; thoaglitQfc.-