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Actium (garitsoit' tiroriztors.
For thcipemocrst.
GOF THE FISHERMAN. .
DT §:
'l4 cottage otaads .
-On.harren sands •
That skirt the pathless ,dSep,
Acrosti whose breast
Of wild unrest ,
Ten thotivand navies sweep.
•
1 love the moan, •
And .hollow groan • •••
Of angry breakers near ; •
, The hearse resound .
As waves rebound
Pelights'my list'ning ear.,
At dead of night,
By Luna's light;
.. k
When hUshed thOeitraff Mu;
I- joy to . view, • •
The wavelets
Disporting gaily past.
,• , , •
The mermaid g eWail ,
lleardlou the ode
That howling sweeps along,
Though feared, we'm told,
1.141,
I deem a 'cheery song.
Then 134 my-home -
• .Where billowii foam,
And when' I find a grave,
IC% let Me lie
here thunders by
The 'hoarsely sounding wave !
.v *Glen.
1 e R A L O F Tirs z s o ON-
The i gneen u( n ght in burroiredlight,
Sat oti her starry throne ; -
!co kindred meow of eqoal sphere—
Iler highness is alone-.
. .
Ilerdoty was; by nature's laws,
Totgoard the midnight hour,- •
And i gnntlk glide'tbe• billow y , tide
8, , her attractive power. •'• . .
Her4lory crowned tbe heavens iround
Her splendor filled the air- 7
' The locean gaVe on every wave.' •
• iHer image , full and fair. - '
It torached bei; •pride---she. t. urne, aside
'1
. view herself awhile, • •..
'And o"Cr her-fice was plainly traced,.
° A sheet and'idneid-smile.
•
AschanCe, her Smiling olance .
As:
f by
.
• ace earth SO gnat a charm ,
- Th t, here and there,the loving pair -
:as walking nip- in arm.
. • •
;An( flowekts ipreift their leafy head,
' In catch the creating 'dew : ~ •,.
So - - ayAlie -- eeice• - ,l(elmoit seemed , •
• fie••• fairv.-kind in view. • • ' ~• ,
k•-• 4
her:inard, l nhe Aso' be.ard
the lover'slplighted
An , i'itiv'tbe: blush of crirr.son flask
the maiden's polished brow.
An -Saw - no less; tl.e fond embrace
that knit their heartstogether,
Art fd a
t within deepichavin, .
.•iiit.she had not, a ioeei. . •
ort her; gloom Nature doom
lor smorifinds an end,:
star of 'hope her sadness; broke,
e nd, introdneed* a. friend. - •
or .came; to spread his' fame,
nd 'vite the -wedding
guest,
every star, that shone afar,
ad jest retired .rest.
queen. of , nightZisliked the • sight
er Paleniscmight display, , .
bid her face behind the grace •
if brilliantkipg of- day.:
y lore and pride," theAing replied,
I pray thee - still remain •
e back to me, I long to see,
y Smiling fade again." •
4 . not in haste,lo pure and, chute,
- ould sbnieturn the love, 1 / 4 , : 1,
TiP ,every eye that dots the sty - • •
uld watch thein from above; , •
As night retnriq, bet bosom biirroed,
. . Vial pasition's fervent beat,
An full revealed what-Was ;annealed—
,
er love fbr him Complete. - I
ci t
~. • ,
Ale night site, diew more near, to.riow
lordship's dazzling - veil ;
Bu st range to say, at break. of day,
he grew extremely pale. -
• M e near, and yet mop? -bear, tbey met
' ' n each anceessiveineht— • •-
•.:ril she Was missed, And lost in hill
..ternal flOod of light.
'_!To. end their, court, anti mate it short,'
' bey in conjunction tc-.-
iod _ •
1 3
A °went glued and, then embrace d,
.A.s other_ lovas would.'
.afohAL
i i I • - ' -
inferetra i dmwu from what is pisse )
d—
eir-tovels,S4—:-"twill always last---
otigh mutid.thewarthlistiwith may lad,
-5
ift
eat lion `the time agreed • •
th ut a moment's kiss for tear, .
ulats ; or sight., or jealous teen. • ' _
. ugh inclination bids them stay, .
i•ir duty calls;•aud they obey.
..in this we leam that present joy
other moment may . destroy—,
t self-desire moil yield her oause;••
i prior claims. of - i lk r a tares !sirs.
° \
Fr]
ih.
j Old Zieliariah Robinyni, - writek
friend to the drawer, lived in *Wood ' t)ounty,
ldissiSsippi, and was called on to , prove the
insgnity of a yOung matt On tri4,ror assault
with intent He swore 'that be hid
no doubt whatever that the Rrisoner was - an
: insane man. On his cross examination 'he
, was rAsquired td state the reason for thigi .
=" Why, hies* yam. life," said be, "I've
known Jemniyi allem; and he's alleys ben a
DiMiorat, and When the Dimierat -party put .
hp their riain list fall; Jimmy didn't, vote for
him alters think that a Diinierat that
floret. stiek to his party ain't in kis riiht nthy kr
Jimmy wai acquitted, for - o!cl' Zechariah's
oyinion prevails very , 'gmierally in that region,
as well as ' •
Ala eta Aw,
sir No persons realm *so large a dettrand .
upon the reap) 61 of others,." Owl* w" h im
Pang of their
MY HOST-
A 'UghNiay Adventure:
Ity buslness.salled, me through the Borth-
ern part of the. State of Illinois. - .I crossed
the Illinois river it 'Ottawa, intending to
strike Rock riverwt Foster'S Foster
was an"old friend who had gone out some
yeals' before, and erected a mill upon one of the
tributaries of the last mentioned' river, he
haying bought st:whole township - in that sec
tion:: lt was some out s , of my way, as my most
direct route was very near due west (rem Ot
tawa, whereas this route took' me over sixty
miles further north. HowereVl had learned
,that there was `quite a good' ro,t,q .,llll ock
river, and 'I 'turned ml horse ' s bead that:
direction...l calculated my time, sod conelu-,
ded that by•mOderate travelling Leonid reach
'the mill in two days. •.. •
During the first day. thy road lay through
inonntry mostly ‘lrittidi and was well tavel
ed t hut on the second " day I struck' into a
wilder region and the' wax was little bitter
thWit hndle-path . through-A
_dense forest I
passed "-several clearing% where small huts
were erected., and at one of the latter I stop
pod and get some dinner. I feettd a young-
Will in charge of the premises. The father
having -gone -to the mills: I asked what
millit.they meant, and the old lady said they
were 4 ` Foster's mills."
- From these ;people t learnt that Foster's
place Was forty• miles distant,. and that the
only dwelling, ,after leaving: two near by, be
tween. here 11;d ..there 'cm a. sort 'of stooping
place' kept by a man named Daniel Groome.
They said he generally,kept feed for man, and
beast, and also had a good. supply of liquor
principally whiskey.
Moe jeptsuited nu). I l eottld,each Groome's
by six ect0...1., thr.,ta,lrett:
and rest and bait( my horse. Then could
easily - reach Foiter'a by nine, as the moon
was well.on the second quarter'.
The good people refused to take anything
for my_dinner, but I bestowed half a dollar
upon th - e flaxen s beaded urchin who was trot
tint around upon his brife feet, and then. set
forwrird again. `There - was another - hut at
the distance' of. half a mile, and a second
about mile off. I saw no more hunian babi
tatiOn.until I reached Groome's. I found the
traveling full as good as I had expected, ar
rived at the forest inn at just half-past five.
This inn was iitilltted upon a romantic spot
ani to a lover of issolated nature most have
A charming 'retreat. The house was
built e logs, • the ontside.zsurface hewn, and
the se:tins - filled with cement formed of some
sort s& fine tough; moss and pitch. 'Titere
were three separate buildings 'to this house,
the.principal one being built with 'the gable
end to the roa4, and the other two.upon eith
er side finning out like two L's.. Then there
was a barn a short distance ;off, 'with a pig
gery connected. Take •it-altozether it was
quite a plice fOrsnch IClocality. A small
, stream ran close by,.so thatseta waeplenti-
I ful.
As T rode up, Mr. Groome himself came out,
He was a_tall, gaunt man, with a fiery red
bead, and a face as coarse as it was .ugly.
But I was'surprised, when I heard his voice.
I bad 'expected a tone like the bellow of a
bull; but .instead cf that his notes fell upon
my ear :like the speech 'of a -woman. He
smiled as he,spoke, and I thought to myself
how •hi 3 ap'pearance"would deceive any one,
for in conversation •he seemed a different man.
I informed. hip that I bras on icy way to-
Foster
conld only atop Brig enough.
to rest my, hi . •ise and - get some supper, He
gazed into my face for some moments without
• I
speaking, finally said :
Ah --yes—hu mph." , •
Then , he turned into the entry.and ! called
" Ike." Ike came—a tall, strapping youth of
one or two and 'twenty, with a red bead add
features that could belong to no one Amt a
Child of my host. Ike took my home and Mr.
Groome led the way to the setting roam as he
called it. It was rough but conifortable, and
the furniture Consisted of a pine'table , a ma
_ _ .
• rencb'e
without it.
" But do you mean tbat you never drink
Whiske"P" be added, without raising his
eves. . •
. .
"Never 1 ." I told-- Mtn. - •
" prandy, I s'pose . ; or may, be rale old gin I"
ruined my host. • • 1
;" No," I replied, "I don't use any stimu
lilting drinks at all."
" You don't burst from , his lips while
he
,oyed me- from bead to foot. " Wal,stran :
ger, rd _ g ive; stin'thint - for your picture•to
hang up in my house. __Never drib]: I, • How
in marcy's d'ye live! 'How d'ye contrive
when ye get wet cold I"
" Why, ..said I; with a smile, "I get dry
again as.soon as possible."
*Dry, my sake, 'T aluould think %Would be
an everlaqin' dry ! Never drink! Wal—here
I've lived year in an' year out, goite on 'to fif
t4n years and you're the fuss man I ever seed
:as wouldn't drink a bit o' whirkey on the top
'of a long journey. by
ithunder!
I told - 6m I thought it very probable, and
'be then went out, andll beim] him leave the
house. '
Itt Waif an hour my - host dame and inform
ed me that supper was ,really. He led me to
a back room, where al table was set very re- sprOtably, the'dishes being of blue ware and
nearly new. He and'lke' sat down with me,
and as I law them attack the various aitioles'
Of food, I felt assured there could be no pos
- in them.- Tbe meal consisted of boiled
potatoes, fried bacon, and new wheat bread,
and I did ample justice tolhe repast. : -
"You think you must go •• on to-night
said my host, while we were eating.
"'Yes,"
_I told biol. "I wish -to see my.
frieUd shall' giii3 considerable time by
reaching his. place to-night..
•! Is - be expecting ye rGroome 'asked.
"No," I answered. - ,
"Perhaps he don't know th at lon are in
thlisection-at '
"--No„ he doesn't" I said; and expected my
host'would urge me hi stay
,yrith him until
morning, so I tad my answers all prepared:
'But Fwas mistaken. • He didn't urge any
such thing.. On. 114 contrary,•-be said be
thought I was Wistrip my determination.
! •
. •
ILL WITAL BEFOIRE GOD ANb. THEMONsizrrUTIOIO , —.TantOs ipiclikaOan;
. ,
"WE IRE
.
ontrost S•astinekanna County., emelt' Ckars4an glornutg tottnier .24,.:1857.
would like m 1 company, tint It s , would 'be tbet
ter for me to o on. I was quite . relieved.
k wanted a quarter to seven- - when my'
bores was b ught to Th e door.' I took out
my wallet an asked what was - to pay. " Half
dollar," was e reply. - I paid it. and then
asked what 4s the most direct route..
" You pee that big tree, just over, the barn
there t"
_ ' Yee," I id. : ,
"is right in the beg road. When
t you duet miss the way."
here another road,—one which
eam right down to the mills!"
bad been informed by the young
taker! charge of my horse at
sine's Ins was right in the very
" Wal, tha
yhu strike th
" But isn't
Moats the st
I asked, for I
man who hal
noon that G.
stream whi r ehigarb Foster his mill power, #nd
that the roadlollomid the stream.direct. ...
'"Oh," sale my 'host, turning and looking
off toward the stream, "that road suet fit to
travel nor. rother ones the best."
"But whatila the matter with it?" I asked.
" Why - the bridges are all washed'away,
au" then there's beeil windfalls across't. I.
tried it last week, and had to comeback. The
nppee,road is a matter ()CS Ile or two fur
dir, but thattnodain'. • Yo r beast is good
for-it, I guess.
,-.. .
I told hi'm y horse would stand it well
- enough, and • len asked where the other road am. struck the str a. ' .
in
"About Linea miles this side of the mills,"
he rep lied.
"It's ill cl l r and direct I"
"Yes. , Yo can't miss the way."
I bade my t ot goad by, and then. Started
on. -I didn't Hee: the ilea of a new road at
all. The youV before mentioned had told
, l i
me what an excellent road it was from
Groome's to e mill by the river .road. He
said it follow d Ab l e stream which was very
........r....t a to anti that it was light and open
'the wholeistance.. However, of course.
Groome kne , tii I must make the best-Of it.
I looked ba k as I reached the edge of the
r. ,
wool': I w s upon a gentle eminence, and
_could overlootohe shrubbery I had passed.—
I lgoked and; aw Ike going from the house
i to - the barn ; tie had a saddle upon his arm.—
1 I was stire it ash saddle—perhaps he bad an
1 errand to do. [ •
... -
Ere long I 'catered urn wood and foUnd it
thick and g 0093 y. The path' was plain
enough, and I?ad evidently been at some time
a t raveled road. Aye—l remembered, now,
of having heard my informant of the noon
tide speak of he " old road." Ire said there
used to be a tad leading to flock river, but
when Fos ommenced his settlement a new
road o ned the stream, and the old one
was di ontirbed. lle bad said.aothing about
an 5 4- b
At he dl
place where
road. It wa
. must at soirii
tance of two miles I came.-to a
bed of sand lay across the
a sort of a gully, and a stream
time have run there. I loaed
aok upon it. Water bad swept
ny livin g thing had trodden it.
- saddl and examined .thor
but saw no t
across since
I slid from',
1
f could , find 'no tracks. ..-'-
the father of my noontime's
iit have gone this way ! And
opne to Foster's mills. I began
iscbief. There bad been An un
(lsn lurking in my bosona ever
6e inn. Something was wro n g.
p y saddle and. 104. 1 -?,(1 about—
ouehly ; bUt
• Of course
host could nO
)et he bad gf
to suspect rail
easy sensatQ
since I left ti
I refrained
.early dowo,in twenty minutes
t it would be out orsight.
The sun was
at the furth•
Iv I, drew one of my 'pistols frotn
i,Uraised the hammer, and found
place., I was just Rutting it
noticed a mark on the butt.—
Instinctive
tbe‘bolster. '
the cap in,i
back, wiien
It w a peculiar knot in the wood. That
pistol I alwa's carried in the left holster. It
was not so sure as the other one. I took out
the other and was sure the weapons bad been
changed byitotbet bands than mine: They
had remained in the paddle at the forest inn,
and it had tiiken place there.
I began t 4 think. Why was Mr. Groome
so pnrticulanto know. if my friend expected
me I , And. hen whf should be be so anxious
,to have me . forward that night; instead of
remaining ith him and paying him a dollar
or 'so mlore an I did I - Then this road—l
al been deceived. There were no
trry sway any bridges, fur it was
Jutumn and the river road had
d! all summer. Atid then the
1 seen Ike carrying to the barn.—
rcly mischief in ell this. Daniel
I daughters in kits house, and, per
whom he would not have hear
—the robbery. And very likely
wish to Nava olti a aded con
his house, at al . Of course . he'
L ustmey. No - one would be tray
it a - siderable sum.
ols bad ec .taken out, might
pre been fur e! dealt with?
from the , right'hoisterand ex-.
[The bill was in its p. a nd the
'Ol I was mot satisfied, I slip
land found the percussion cona .
(OA.. There, was not •a particle
believed I h
freshets too
now near -A
been travels,.
saddle I had
There was sii
Q,roome ha
haps others,
. • noise of
be wi- i n
nested wt
kuaw had
sling, echo
If my pis!
they not h
took tbiron
simineci
cap on. Si
the cap . off,
sition rem
he esp. And this was not all.—
tube spikeill with a little pine
left -within
I •found th
stick !
- Here wa. the secret sure enough. I took
~y penknif= and succeeded in drawing "(AA
he stick, a d then' I examined the other pis
o!, which 1 1 `fouild to be in the same plight.
stopped i a
il Went to work in earnest. I
,ad an exc nt screw for removing buNts,
• , d my pislotbarrels were emptied in a very
ew moments. -1 had a serious objection to
ring them off in the.woods,where -the report
eight bet v the knowledge I bad gained.—
them off
I empti 'd, them, and then-snapped a cap
pon each _ I-. found ' them both clear and
hen . proc. ed to ' load them, which I did
11
arefully, . ' _
And no bow should : I proceed I That
his road i uld lead to Foster's mills I had
,o doubt, ald it. would be nearer for me to
eep on tlcti turn back._ So upon that point
y mind Will made up.
And next which way would my host comet
'or that he -meant to rob
,rne 4 felt c'ertiia.
very ve cirnainstance--eye_rything that had
ranspired 'between him and me—pointed to
hat ode siMple result,- Would . he go down
, e river r4d I piece, and bead me off I or
ould he follOW tne directly up t Most like
y the form r. I considered upon it awhile,
4 .0
ad then teed to push on and keep on my
uard. , -
The nun rent down, andit grew dark in
.e deep wpod .. but the moon was already
p, and as her beams fell lengthwisc upon the
oad she gage me considerable light' when' my
es biol become used to the transition.-L
-kalf an hoar bad passed since Ilooked to my
, istols, sad '; est - as I began to, wonder ill had
mistaken, I heard the sound of a horse'S tramp
at - no great distance. At first it puzzled me,
to tell the direcon from which it, came,. but
in a moment I new it was in - advance of me
And, upon my ri lit hand, which was towards
tbefriver. Pre. ntly it stopped, I drewouy
hole to , the left side of tbe,path and kept on
a gentle trot, h sing raised the lappet: of my
.right holster.
In a few moments I saw a dark form amid
the bushes a little way.'ahead, on the right.
As I came up a man rode - out. -It. was my
host ! - -
" Goodevening, sir," be said with exceed
ing politeness.." ,
" Ah—;good evening," I returned.. "I had
not expected the pleasure of your company:"
. "iNC, I expect not," he resumed, in a sort
of hesitating manner. 1 And I sh9Mdn't
have come out only for a littla busiepfi I for
got when you were at the inn."
It was plain as day. - My pistols, hid been
rendered useless—l had been sent off into_this
unfrequented wood : and now the villain bad
thought to take xfiy life'and money without
any risk to bis own body, und then hide my
poor carcass in the eartb;irhere very likely
others had been hiddeusbCfore. My eyes
were open, and my hand ready, ,
u May I ask to what businesi you allude I"
I said. -. _...,
. .
Yes," he snapped .out,something in agree
ment. with his fetitures. ! want money,
money, sir."
As bespoke, he raised a pistol. • .
" Take care. I cried, raising my.pistol; and.
pointing it in his face. •
" Ha, ha ; ha i " he laughed in coarse tri
umph, "your Yankee pistols wern't made to
harm such as me-I I'll soon put you' where
I've put others afor , ----" •
When a man knows deith is staring him
in ithe face, and that only his owtt act will
avArt, trt he is not apt to wait long. At least
I am a tn not. p)e p
r A oo ra f
4 " f m l y b ? c o o s ro
t rc 't last iness w o o f r m d gave
me
sus
picions. Witticrut wa10,.. 1 it,. Lama,
I fired. His finger must have pleased the
trigger of his, pistol, for within the space of a
watch tick a sharp report answered and min
gled with mine, and my ba% shook npoti thy
head. . •
Daniel Gro.oine swayed to and fro several
Hires in his saddle, and thew with a gurgling
groan sank upon the earth.' I slipped down
after him, and when I stooped Oyer thetody
I saw a few 'drops of dark .Llood trickling
from his forehead.
For a few 'moments I felt awestruck -and
condemned: k.was a natural fecltin such
a presence. But when- J came to idea upon
all that_ had preceded •the-deed; felt that I
had done -my country service. I Made the
rObber's.horse f..t to atrpe;and thee remoun
ted and rode onc,
frenehed &Jima's at half,past nine, and 4
found Foster, anti' his family up. They were
glad to see me, Lind introduced me to a Mr.
Price, whom I:afterwards. found to be the
swner of tfie . plke .there I had taken tny
dinner.
On the foll Owing morning a party started
out under myt.guidance. They were Foster
and Price, antl.three men who worked in the,
mills. When we reached the spot where the
tragedy had happened we found the horse as
I had left him, sand my host lay upon 'the
ground''hiff and cold. He had' not bled - at
all, the ball having made but a small wound,
though it had'passed clear
_through. ,
A littlelway within the wood ti found found a
pla - ce where the ground seemed-tit some time
to hdve been disturbed, and upon dimming .
there we found two kurnatr
quently one more wits - fpund - only a, few rods
distant.
The, body of Grogme Ras takeb up to his
house, and there we found that' Ike had fled.
Ile had probably been out and found his dead
father, and tearing that he might be impllea
ted; be departed. - '
Mrs. Groome, who was a mild broken
down woman, acknowleoged that she had,
long been 'aware of her busbanb'a crimes, but
that the fear of his death had kept bet silent.
Ike, I believe, has not yet been found, but
his mother is still living in Illinois with a
married daughter, who is well off., She has
grown more strong and-happy since the,night
on which I had the highway adventure with
my host.
.51 - Shr - OULAR trASE.
For some time past, ' a
case of alleged lu
nacy has-been lingering or :sew
Yr,rt tne details of which have furnished
rich food for scandal mongers. Yesterday in
court, it came to a 'sudden and unexpected
conclusion. While a lawyer,. was arguing,in
favor of the release of the female, Mrs: Caro
line Woodman, from the insane - asylum, at the
suit of her friend Mr. Forniss, the proceed.
ings were, interupted by the appearance of the
brother of Mrs. W., who handed to the court
an application signed by his sister, requesting
that the proceedings in her name should ter
"nate, as she had arranged' matters amica
bly
•th her husband, and sas about to re
turn to r father's home in Mississippi, with
her brother.. The.case - then ended, but we
ffiid in the New 'ork Post of last evening, am
affidavit sworn to Mrs. Woodman, which
furnishes a history of t re s ,wrongs she had suf
fered at the hands of the - Map Furniss, who
assumed to be her friend. - . The narrative
is quite long and furnishei one o he most
lamentable instances at human depravi • and
cruelty on record. It seems that she
been for more than 'a year followed, tortured,
seduced, beate6,' robbed without mercy, in
Paris, Boston, Their York, Philadelphia, and
other places, at hotels fond private hotisel.-.-:
She was taken to Pans bar her husband at
invulid,; and left tiugre to undergo- skillful•
mediJal treatment while his business obliged
him ig'return home. She there got acquain
ted with Formica, rho acquired a powerover
her reputation through her weakness, which"
he ever, afterwardi used to extort money.—
She thiire loaned him sixtetin hundreddullars.
Coming to Ameriea be Er:mowed, extorted,
and sidle from heemoney. 13y some strange,
infatuation she suffered' all' this in silence,
keeping it ftorn the knowledge of her husband,
until at -last be accidentally 'found it out...
Her incarceration in an insane asylum was
dope "to Iceeplaer out of F'urniss' el u tubes,. as
her husband, conld.nO longer, live with he,r.
—Nora American.
rir, “ Young man, do you believe in a
fut‘re - state r'
.. •
" In,eourse Fttoes--and, what's more, I in
tend entering into it as soon a - Betsey gat'
berlbiags ready."
tat and'worde can clever be rec
< IUNCLiTLIU - *
•
The Illtan that i,ade it .Ighteitt
131 r (N 7. WIIITTLESX.Y. .
Speaking of watertnelons,'retnindx the of
an anecdote of old LI cle Luke IL ) an eccen
tric pile of animated - dust, Who revolved in
an extensive orbit a ay down iit the sunny.
south, where the frog* ihemsantly'pOur forth
their _melodious Stral s, ajla 'the whip-poor
willmn and owl ; in toe sing to serenade -the,
" isithle goddesti l ", Nig t. Hie, name was fa
miliar to all through° t that Section, having
;become celebrated for his success id raising
!
a multitude of imelo a; and of -surpassing
Magnitude. At. is u %tilor the, proprietors
O
of such " dainty ur ments," ho was subject-
ed to greet annoyance by • the incursions' of
Ethiopian marauderS, ;who deeming their.
destitutioh of the, necesiary.quantum of "Cal
ifornr," no sufficient 'Motive for ibsti,'
nence from such luxuries, Would primeed, tin
der cover:of night, toi the premises, and - , b
stra'ct su ffi cient 'to satiate the longings
their alimentiveness. ; The old Man was no
at all partial to such tnanteuvrei t for he;- like
other sensible-men, considered himself solely
entitled to the fruita Of his labor; and was
not. at all disposed td justify the "claims of
outsiders. I. -
,
- Ile therefore resolvdd -upon an expedient to
obviate such invisionscf his-rights. Accord- 1
ihgly he furnished , himsele with.afasek; and
when the curtains-of night were drawn about
our world, he located I himself in a concealed
corner of his "patch," and prepared for a
, grand demonstration, on the occasion of their
i entree. •It wus not long before the • old than
~was admonished of their - approach by the.
low sound of stealthy isleps in thti'vicinity.-=
Soon their dusky, Agu i ies were visible / upon
the fence, and in a titotnent the melons . were
finding fine accommodations in-their wallets.
Nuw was an awful, tragetN-about to be enact;
--.1-- • t 7 nniaa raike-raisecl the fusee to his shoul
der ; his flashing eye gleamed along the - cren
of death ; -his finger 4 spitimodically twitched
upon tite - trig,ger, atti r l -.. • _
W
hat think sort ; :ides, was the result of
that old man's' inciiMretiop I Can You not
di-cover within the range of mental visio6 the
furies of those : unfUrtunates, weltering in
I gore,und gasping in the last agonies ofjleath 2
I urn happy to inforni you,of a less ,learful
finale; the fact was,.the old fusee //asked in
the pan, which made quite an erroneous I'm ;
pression upon one of that intruders, who ex.,
claimed :
"Boys, it lightelee4" . .. . .
" Yes," says Uncle Luke, " and by the
'memory of those Melons,
.it„ will thunder di
rectly
It requires nq extrtordinary stretch ' of the
imagination lo cond i de that they did not
tarry to test the ve acity .of the cap man's
prediction, but brou lit into requisition-their
utmost powers of ro c moLion, in other - words,
"everlastingly Med .It is not , natural to
suppose that this . sir cell to end•the annoy
ance 'of the knaves, b t such•was• not the case ;
their depredations w re discontinued only for
a abort season an d. then. tenewed. Uncle
Luke was clesperate. He resolved'on another
,effort to seoire himse f sigainst their encroach
mentL- He armed h mself-And located as on
the previous ciecasio , quietly awaited their
arrival ; but unfortun t ell they did not ap
pear until a very, late hour of the night , and
the old 'man, fatigt d with watching, had
been touched by the ystic wand of Morplre
... ..- .
u.., and was DOW rev ling amid the gorgeous
mazes of dreamland.. It appears on this me
. 3
eai.ion their object w s to eiijoy , a feast in the
field •, - therefore provi Mg themselves with the
most temptinz mei° , they could- discover,
they proceeded to se rch for a stump upon
which to burst it, a hich, method is usually
resorted to in the ab• nee 0f 1,4 knife,and thus
gaining access. to he interior, the,estable
portion is conveyed ye" nature's spoon," the
digits,to the palate. Observing i dark object
in the corner of the eld, and believing it ; the
desired Bimini they • roceeded to it, elevated
the melon in the ir, and then brought it
down with a smas : But. what was their
consternation on beh • !ding the supposedatump
rush tip by the roots and dart away, like a
meteor, in the distan •. The fact was, they
had broken it orer the head of poor Uncle
Luke. •
Ibe thieres were
tire eitann.. 4 iieer
hall!, sloped." ..,13V
ever repeated or no
itively ; but•one tbi:
:never subjected him
of being constimedi
wish him to attach t
in the vocabulary
in the English lang
his head feels.' -
TUE hilatatED L
decidetily_amused t
case of " shakes,"
vale family. A y
but a Pew days sine
to visitiNere, a fami
tirnate with East.
the lady of the 40u
sutprise,d to_find be
most eastern folks,
and ague will; the c ,
conchnlea she was
and io expressed hi
saidle,
I knoir; It is tool
over it. It alwajs
thin as death."
So lie eontinned
on her baying eaug
husband who was b
oned the young ma
where there was a
in bed. Poindbg
" that is all the eb
will fleah up abortl•
The,young map
and acknowledged
that•kind cif "abak
rir A youn,g
a neighboring state
"'We do not 100
on account of the
zit Hon. D. S.
Nisi York, 'said:
not be tbought as o
ganization—somew
Pig
"When it lir
: And when' it
larTime is s fit
ed. I twig% ;
MEM
,ot dilatory in imitating,
athip, they " cirrume•tan
,tbcr me offences \ were
I am unable to say pos.
Os certain, Uncle Luke
• Ifsagain tO the liability
to a stempl; and if-you,
e Most unwieldinpyords
the toughest 'sentences
age, A iiist ask him how
• leg SlL \ ligB. - - We were
e other dsy at &singular
bleb bapPened in a pri
ung gentleman arrived
from tbe East, and went
whem'he hS4:I been in
aving formerly' known
I: as a rosy lass, he_vraig
1 pale 'and thiti., Like
. -Having that th e \ fever
~mplaint here, he at'once
'victim of the "shakes"
I self. , . .
you have got the 'dukes
bad. You'll „never get,
apes a person pale and,
•ndoling with tie lady,
t. the "shwices," when her
• and' heard it all, beck,
into an adjoining room,
uneing fat baby lying
o it , " there,"- said be,.
I kea my wife bad. She
•
oohed slightly confused
T hat, he wasn't posted on
ow whq edits a paper in,
says : . • -
as .well to-day as usual
on arrival of the-mils."
ickinson, ia.a speech in.
be AmeriCan party can,
her tban a temporary or
at like Betty -.Wiggle!
it lived in: clover
led, it died all . Over."
that wears and makes no
TErt
IMP.ROMPT.O M
Ist Y.W. DEW/rEg.
•
" For . Heaven's sake ?. Susy; 'dos
yciti can, for five minutes.. Pray)
this trifling, - which is but cruel, I
my feelings, and let• us treat thil
it deseives, soberly atuiserjously}
" Well, there, then !" cried. tl
black-eyed girl to whom Charl
spoke. "There, then, is that gr
See, the,corners of my mouth a
ed dowet,'and. my eyes rolled up,
sober as a patient who Witt tau
the dentiSt's pullikins, do I suit' j
" You suit me any how, and
well, you witch," cried Charles; j
a smile; at the pTety fade RuCkel
affection of demureness. Fut Is
be driven from his point ; and
gravely, after a pause. - :
" The'time has come, Susy,
have a right to demand an explit
my suit.. You have trifled - wit
feelings long enough: I baili
under tetters." o psr
••' Shake them off, then, Cha
rupted. the• saucy girl i with it
toss of her,headi *ilia plainly_
Yon to do it."' •
" J 'cannot; Susy—l cannot, a
it," replied the hapless lover irn
"That being the .case; take
*ear then gracefully, and don't I
so—it only makes them hurt yd
The young man turned away)
walked sitentlY up and down tb
dently fretting and finning
meantime, looked out-, of the
yawned. -
Charles Continued his moody.
" Oh, what a beau tiful btu
the maple tree," cried Susy, sup
come and see it."
• Charles , mechanically approat
dow and-looked Out.
u .1:1044. yew think. Cbssiley,",i
ins her hand-on his arm, and 4
gerly into his face, "don't you thi
manage tom— sr j
"Wbat 1 Susy detr," asked ,
his tenderness awakeeed
" what I"
" Drop a pinch:of salt on rutuined
the provoking girl, with an affectation of aim
plicity,'‘ for then you know you could catch
11 •
Ms ansWer was to fling herpff, and with,
a suppressed _exclamation,: turned angrily
away.
His walk this . time, was longo than before
and his Cogitationsmore earnest; for he did
not heed any of Sucy's artfully fatless devices
to allure:his notice. At last he stopped ab
ruptly before her and said
't•Stisy, for three' long years I have been
your suitor, without either confession of love,
or promiseof marriage on your part. Often
as I have &mended icanow:your senfiments
toward me, you have itlways coquettishly re
fused me an ,answer. This state of things
must cease. • I love you, as you kqow, better
than my life; but twill no longer be your
plaything. To morrow you are going away
to *distance, to be absent for months ; and
if youlannot. this very day, throw-aside your,
coquetry,
.and give me an honest yes,' for
my answer,' I shall consider that I have re
ceived a no,' and act accurdingli..''
"And how would that hi l . What would
=you do l" asked Miss, Susy, curlow.ly.
•'..1 "Begin by tearing your false aad, worth
ess image from my keen," cried,, Charles
furiously.
" It wonld be a-hlobdy Business, Charley ; •
and you would not succeed either."
"I skould 'and would, succeed, as you shall
see if you wish, duet, heartless girl."
" But I don't wish, Charley dear--I love
dearly to have you love mi."
'" Why, then,' cried the fo-oliskyouth,quite
won over agsin, " why, then, dearest Surly,
will you ' not consent l" , • :"
"Remember, I said I liked to be loved—l
did not, say anything about loving. Bur,
pray, bow long did you say you 'had been
courting me, in that pretty little speech of
yours !"
- " Three long yeas."
"Neatly ,and accurately q noted, Charley:
'But then you
know Ractuer. i n the Bible was
only woscist seven years' courtship. You
-don t suppose I dm going‘to rate myself any'
Cheaper than she did, do you. Suppose 'we
drop this subject for four years--; perhaps by
that time, I may be 'able to work myself, up
to the falling-in-love point—tbeie is no know
ing what wonders time may. effect." , '
" If you are not in lowa now, you never will
be," returned Charles, sturdily, "-and I will.
have my answer now, -fir never." . -
"Never! ther," laughed ' Busy: But she
had gone a•step too far. Hisr,Pften severely
tried lover was 'to , * 'too much. in earnest to
bear trifling longer.
"Never be it, then," he cried, and seizing
his hat, he strode angrily from the room.
" Surly listened to his footsteps
with dismay.'- :
,had she,Thdeed, by her incor
rigible, love coquetry, alienated that . noble,
manlylreart It smote,her to the soul to
think so. As she heard , him open the front
door, impelled by a feeling of despair, Om
wised the window sish and leaning forward,
Whispered,
" Charley,. Charley you will Gehl the host
to-morrow to - bid me, good-bye, you't, you I
Surely we are stil friends I" •
As she spoke, she tore a rose from her bo
som, and threw it- to Win.'" It lodged on•hia
arm, bat he' brushed it away, 'as though it
had:been poison, and passed on-without lookr
ing ug..
Susy spent the rest of the 'day in tears. .
' The next morning, early, began
- the bustle
of deptirture.- Susy was going to accompany
her widowed and invalid mother on a trip to'
Havana for her health.,
Aa'they reached the wharf, sad descended
from the carriage„ Supy's eyes made them.
selves busy saiirclung for one wished for face,
but it was nowhere to be seen.
The , steamboat lay' panting And • puffing
irripatient to be lot loose. Sufi mother,
aided by.the servant man who accompanied
them, bad Already cromie(l the Plank which
lay between the wharf and the boat, and Soy
•was reluctantly foltowingorben the sound o
a voice behind, her—the very voice : she Was
longing to hear—lttartled her. She l turned
to look around and missing her footing fell
into the water.'
. .
Another initant,,and Owlet bad thrown
off his coat,' and called. Out loudly : •
" Tell the captain not to- allow the wheel
•
fehunt *umkti 4k.
to stir, and to lewer rows rope.l" he: sprang.
-
.
into the river., . ,
Hut - other w otii bii'ivis risking his Blotto
Alive-, be ants ab ... to paiceive no trace. ' .:. .
Judging that the current of the river:might ,
have carried ' :hit a little forliard, he awe* ,
around .the `wheel, but still he saw her. not--
arid des air mit r ed his heart as he ccojeettired. -
, -
that sheinight he under thet4:mt. . He - strain:. ,
ad his eyes* to 4e through the water, .and'.iit
lbtigth discerned, far below the surface, what
seemed theeird !f i floating garpneatAodged '
between.the wheel and therounded bottom of
. .
.the boat. " .. . ~ - ° •
If this Were ihdee4 theuneoitiliiiis kirl,the , • -
least mo;venrenti of the wheel" must inevitably
crush her, and Charles in his terror, • fanci
it was alreadtleginning to turn, He dived•
and clutched il the garment and missed it.,
He rose panting- and almost .exhausted; but
scarce:y waiting to get a breathi again. he
,plunged below. This titnti his'efforts WINO .. •
rewarded With; success, zit least Heat that
he was able to bring Susy's forrn - tethe sur- .
fade of the water, but she seemed totally life,
less. ' . . \ , ,
, ..
I,?RIAGE;
be Seriousit
pray, cease
Olaying with
S subject as
et laughing
ed Wbstedy
ye enough
• duly turn
and I am as
!glit sight Or
• 011 SO e
ou know it
gating - with
;red up in its
1e was' not to
Ibe - resumed,
hen I feel
cit answer 'to
my earnest
row n legless
Charles was now so nearly spent, that - le
had only sufficient •prevetice, of wind left to •
y - to h
clasp Susy convulsivelim, while keep- ,
ing himself afloat •by holding Ott to the'
wheel. • •
But tbis, - his. last hope of 'support', see..
also to fail him soon, as he'percnkvedihat
wss now' really beginning to turn slowly •
around. By a desperate effort, itetruck Eta ,
toot against one of the paddles, so to push
hicriself so far from, the danger as possible.
As he did so something touched hissbetid,and
his hand grakped a rope. New life seemed
now infused into him. Ile gat'bered all his
energies, and fastened the rope around Sasy's •
waist—consciousness then entirely forsook '
him:, • •
In the `meantime the witnesses Of the scene;
after giving Charles' instructions to the cap
tain, had watched his'struggles and exertions
with breathless' interest. The friendly rope •
had been flung to hint agaiii and sgain, but
in• the excitement of hi; feelings,and his '
insensibility, he had bead_ ineapable of avail:- ,
ing himself of the,offered
At last•perceiiing : that he was ex-
i _hausted, and must inevitably let - Ao his hold
on the,whee, and (lien probibly sink to- rise -
no more, the captai , tr judged the risk of roof
ing off, so that a span boat could be sent to
the rescue. ' _
• it . ^ •
ey !MW-
Fetty defihnt
id,
." I defy
.1 you know
atientlyi
my' advice - 7 -
pull end jerk
angrily, and
e room, evi
ally. Susy,
window and-
!-bird, out on
ddentr; do
bed,the
aid Susy,lay-
Ooktng urfre",
ink,you could
Charles, all
her - manner,.
The result o f f this l hazardous experiment
was successful:l Sus was raised by means of
the rope ; an 4 a hoar .reached Charles in ; tinie
to save him also.
BOth sufferers were 'taken on` bbard the
steamboat, which now rapidly•moved off to ,
make up for lost time..
And thus, when our
sciousness, he found himself on•the
pi river, many miles from home, bouild for
New Orleans. Of course his
. first anxious-id=
quirt' was for Susy, and when informed that,
she was rapidly recovering,. his happiness
seemed 'complete. lie shOwed his content
ment-by turning °Or and falling into a deep .
sleep. -
About, sundown'" messag e came to him,
that :digs 'desired to see him.
Eflty'our.(l her lying. on !Ohl in -the cap- : .
- taitest!' state-room, which had-heen
to her. Rer motherwas sitting beside
het'. .
She looked v;i43.:, pale ;and, somewhat suf
fering, but she held out her hand very grate- ,
fully,,while the .tears stood in 'her eyes.
"-Charles," saidshe without offering-a word
of thanks ; " I want to see a clergyman. 4, • -
there one on board 4" -
" I, will go crud see,'? said 'Charier. .moviet
to the door; bUt a dreaclftir;tbaught striking
him' be turned, exclaiining.:-
"Good God, Susy, you do not think --•--
4 That lam going to die I No, -Charles,
but I 'want to. see a. clergyman." ....
Charles went, and lickut: rettitned;accompa-,
hied by a minister of the gc?pel. . .
" I thank you, sir, for coming to Ine,"44id-
Susy, to the latter as he entered. •" thir,
strange request to mak,e, ofyou.' WOuldjon.
object sir, in - th e presefice, and with the con
sent of my mother, to unite me.tci that gen
. .
tleman r ;
If the , minister 'vas astonished ',at this , re
quits; Charles was \ *finitely more so'.
" What did yen sayeSusy, Did I Sear
aright ?"
"I believe so,".' said Soy, smiling arl i tis • ,
•eager amazement.. " Does the schememep
your approval r' . .
"It was' Ifeaven-inspired r' cried the poor
fellow„crazed by his joy—but aehade e,cnning •
over his radiant face, he added gravel: •
"But Susy„ haze you considered I :Re- ..
member,. I want your love, tot your gratitude
—I will be satisfied with nothing else.". 7.
"'"Do - not he - concerned 'about that, :dear
Charles," replied Snsy, gazing at - OM 'Very
tenderly throughler tears. Be assured you '
have them both, and had the first, leag, long . ,
before you had' the -last." '
"But, Susy, you:said onbr,resterday"
"Never &dna what I ,said yesterday„wip
terrupted Susy; 'kith some of her old spirit
breaking out. "-Just mind wt;at I say to-day.
If I was a fool once, is that that any reasonl ;
must be,one Aware! But indeed, Charles,"
she added more aoftly,," I have always meant
to be,your wifethe only scruple I have, la,
I arn'not half nor quarter good anought for
yea"
It is needlesS -to say how :this discussion •
ended - . The reader has already divined Unit
Charles, continued hip journey, to Havana.— •
And' thus, in the course of one eventful' day,
he risked a life, and saved a life, median rm..
prorupth. marriage, and setout prise moat ti
unexpected wedtiing , trip.
‘Tft.SATIN . G• AT ELECTION : 9,-4110 tali.
speaks of every candidate at an electidn who
stuacorruptly,•,.by hinfrielf. or with tiny per
'son, or by any other ways or MearuX uyi his
behalf,_ at any time. either 'before, &alit, or -
after any election, directly ofindirectly; give
or
. provider,lst cause. to. be given or pidtidedi. -
or shalt be accessory to thegiving or provi=,
ding, Or shall pay wholly or in part any eto.;
Tenses incurred fur any,meat, drink, euter-.1,
taint:Ant, or provision to or ; for any Orion,
in Prier to-be elecleil,"or for being elected, or ,
for the purpose of corruptly' influencing , such..
person; or any other person, to give or,refralisr,
from giving,his vote at such emotion, or , on
account of such
. person kiting ictedrer re
&skied fram , voting, or befog- about .to vote
or refrain from votitig,.at Bubb election; shalt:
be deemed guilty (Oho offence of - ;reeklitit
,n 4 shall forfeit - the sum of 'fifty poririacto
au y person wlioihallaue for .the salmi with
full coots of sult,—.Loridon Stair . • -