ler: - L E 6.erritsO; - 14blisttt. THE UNION. BY MRS. SARAH T. BOLTON.. mThe Union—it must. be preserved." Disiolve the Union ! -let the blush of,shanie Hide, with its crimson glow, the brazen cheek Of him who.darOs avow the traiterous 'Tis not the true, the wise, the good, who siVirk • Words of such, fearful import; but the.wealc, Drunk with fanaticism's poisonous wine, And reckless of the futitre, madly seek To hold their'saturnalia at the sbrino That noble souls inive held, and still must hold, divine. ' - Dissolve-the Unionl- 7 -madmen, would you rend The glorious motto from oar country's crest? Would ye despoil the stars and Stripes, that lent - Home, _food protection to the - world's op - • pressed ? Have ye no reverence for the high 'bequest That our immortal sires bestowed erc4bile ? Has sin ,defaced the image God impressed • On your humanity, that ye could smile To ses the lurid• flames of Freedom's funeral • pile ? DjssGlve the Union!—in the day, 'the hour, Ye rend the blood-eernented do in twain, The fearful cloud of Civil war will lower , -Quavery , old blue'hill and sunny plain, From-torrid Mexico to frigid Maide, • Ana men wilt arm, and strange new banners And pallid i'ornan look on kindred slain ; Brothers will, tmittle, and the life-blood lave • The Ulf eshdld, noble sires and husbands i died to save. Dissolve the Union!—no, ye cannot part With idle words the blessed ties that bind In one the interests of the mighty hart Thet,treasurea . np the hopes ofall mankind. A while, perehanco,-the -blind may lead the blind, And men may followphosphoreseentlight From beaten paths to quaginires, ere they find The ray that shono.so beautiful and so bright. Was bat a phantom-lure to deeper, darker night. Dissolve the Union !--never ! You may sow The seeds-of vile dissension o'er the and, That men may reap in sorrow ; you may show The weed your disregard 'of all ifs grand,' 'EternM interests ; but a noble band' - Ofpatriots, tritd and true,-will still remain, With heart to heart,.ani sinewy hand to hand, To guard, from foul dishonor's e s atkering stain, The jewels God has shrilled inoins holy . • . fans. Dissolve.tte Union destroy the page . That give the human sight the hideous serval; Let not the freemen of a (uteri age Resd these detested words; they would remit Shame, madness, imbecility and alt That mai.,s the noon-tide glory of our.time. True to the undivided, stand or fall; To wave; now is little less thal t r7rue-- To bat. le for the right is.glorious, is sublime Genera, Szcitzerland, February, 18.58. An Adventure in a Rail-Way Car- riage. After I had taken my-seat ottelnorning at Paddington in an.empy carriage,l was joined just as the. train was moving off, by a strange looking young 'man, with remarkable' long 'flowing hair. lie svas„of \ copse, a little hut • riei, but he seemed, besides s to be so distuthe4l and wild that I was quite alarmed for fear, of his not being right in his mind, nor did his subsequent conduct at - alrrea , sure me. Our /train was an express, and he inquired eagerly, which was the lust station whereat We were advertised to stop. I consulted my Bradshaw, and furnished him with the required informa tion. It was Reading. The young man looked at his watch. "Madam,' said he, '1 have but half an hour between me and—may be, ruin. Excuse, therefore, my abruptness. You have, I perceive,a pair of scissors in your work-bag. Oblige me, if you please, by cut ting off all.my Itair;' _ "Sir 'said I, "it is impossible." "Madame," : he urged, 'and a look of severe determination crossed.his-features, "Lama degperate man. Beware how sou refuse me, What I ask. Cut myhair off—short; close to the toots—im• mediately ; and here is the newspaper to bald the ambrosial cu:ls." I thought' be was mad, of course; and 'believing that it would by dangerous to thwart him, 1 cut, off all his ' hair to the last lock. "Now, MOain," said he, unlocking a smal) pormanteau, "you will further oblige me by looking out of the window, as I am abont to change my clothes." " ' - 'Of course - I -looked cut of the window, for a very considerable time, and when he' oh served, - "lladame, - I need not longer put you to any inconvenience," I did 'not recognize the young_ man in the least. Instead of his former rather gay costume; be was suited in black, and wore a gray wig and silver spec tacles ; he looked like a respectable divine' of the Church of England, of about 64 'years of age ; to cotripletei that character, be held a volume of Sermons in his hand, Which—they appeared so- -to absorb him—Might have been his own. "I do not wi sh - to threAten you, young lady," he resumed, "and I think, besides, that I can trust your kind face. Will you promise me not to reveal" this rnetamor phoss,..untit -your _journey's end r said "most certainly." At Reading the guard and* person in plain Clothes looked into our carriage. "You have - the 'tickets, my love," said the young 'man, blandly, and looking as though he were my father. • '"Never mind, sir; we don't want them," said the official, as he withdrew his compau-. ion. shall now leave you madam;" ob served my fellow trakeler,as soon as the, coals was clear; "by your kind and courageous conduct you have saved my life, and perhaps even your own:" - In another minute be was gong, and the train was in motion. Not till nett morning I did learn:from the Timm newspaper 'that the gentleman on- whom I had„operated the '.haircutter had committed a forgery to an enormous amount in London a few hours before I met him, and that he had • ite2a trace into an express' train from Pad dington, .bit the telegraph had been put in motion and described him accurately--at Reeding, -when the_ train was searched: he wis rio'where to 'be. fotint."- Hou.tcholl fforSs, . From the New York Mercury. - THE WANDERING TROUBADOUR, • ' OR, THE PIIINISUMiNT , Oi A COQUETTE. A True Steny Writtei and Vouched For I=Mil= BY NED BUNTLINE, =21:::= Id more than.one sketch of my naval life, and especially in that entitled "My First - Lesson in Spanish," I have mentioned "Ned the hero of the following story. He was 'the son of a *very popular commodore in the ' service, who upon his pay reared a large fam ily, but who was fortunate enough to get two sons in the Nally, and thereby to insure,their suppart and edueation apart from his own expense. He had long since slipped his spir it-elides, and gone to that • shot - class sea whence none return to report soundings. Ned had just returned from a long cruise an the coast . of Africa, well bronzed- by a tropical sun, and with plenty of money in his pocket, for that is one of those fortunate sta tions where an officer 'cannot with conven ience spend all his,pav and a little more. With a three months' leave of absence be fore him, young and full of life, it was but natural that he should seek enjoyment to 'atone for past hardship—and when can a sailor find so much pleasure as in the society of that sex - wkch he only sees at !Ong inter vals;and of whose company he is deprived, literally, for at least four fifths of his time Ned was not only good lookin4.hut graeeful, intelligent and accomplished ; therefore his entree Into the best society was at once accor ded, and -he became a very general favorite with the ladies; nor did he Make enemies among the ,young men by this, for his off handed, generous way, took their hearts by , storm and no one was so popular as he. Among the lovely tidies of Virginia—for in the city of N—Lf- be spent-the first two or three weeks of his "leave"—was a Miss Elsie C—, rind she was well-known to be as cogeettish as she was beautiful. In truth, she was as near heartless as it was possible for a girl to be, who possessed much ambition and some romancein her nature. Ned's male friends warned him of her char acter, when they saw how entirely he was yielding himself to her fascinations,. but some of them coming near to an invitation to stand NI at - ten paces for targets, they concluded td let him have his rope, even though he hung himself. Thus things "went - tar a short time—Ned was 'with time lady, morning, noon, and eight, almost--taking her to ride and sail, present ing _her with rich jewelry and many a sou venir of foreign travel, until then kept , safely in his cabirfet r:r - tehrs, and giving tier, not the least _of all as lie thought, MS whole heart's devotion, fTt last,e.ncouiaged by bersmiles, and even words, and learning that she was to be one of a patty making up for a visit lb the " White Sulphur Sprirgs" in the course of few days,' he detettnined to put an end tic, his stispenFe, and declaring hi 4 feelings, to propo , e that last desperate resort of a love-sick man —matrimony Ile -did se-in the inesteltigaent and im pa•sioned terra:, clewing lipon'a wends of fire by the way of conetu , ion : The cold in clime and cold in blood Their loft can scarce deserve the name, =But 'nine is like the lava fl Which burns in Elna l s breast of &me." She quietly listened until he had got through. Her silence, her non-withdrawal of the hand wb.ich . he held, the heaving of her bosom. all " told to Hope a tiatzeting - tale"— he dreamed the was his own. But when be cosute*—she woke him up. &peal of merry laughter broke from her rosy lips. " Really. Mr. K." _she cried, "Awl are am excellent actor—oue could almost believe that ,you were in eartteslr " Upon my Foui, sweet Elsie, I am !" cried Ned, as he Half devoured herhantl with kisses. "Miss C—, sir, if you please 7' raid she, drawing away her hand and regarding him with chilling dignity. "If have been so imprudent as to encourligo such familiarity, I regrettl" she added., - Ned was struck all aback. He had seen a white squall rise in fire minutes, and strip a ship, which utrder a cloudless sky, bad spread every thread oCsail—he had sped in an hour •from the fever•heat of the Gulf-stream, to the almost icy coolness of the shoreward waters ', -be had noted' many a change, but never one, EO sudden as this. He knew not what timber a coquette was made of. For a tnin ute or more he was silent ; then looking upon her cold and passive face, beautiful as a tinted head by Canovas, and all as seneless, be asked in a low,_firui tone: "Am I to understand, Miss C—, ;INr all that has passed between u...after the very serious encouragement you have apparently given to me that you utterly discard me ?" Most decidedly, yes sir! It has-come to a very pretty pass'when a young lady Cannot. Mouse herself with a gentleman for a few days, without having the borrOrs of matririm ny thrust before her I.' • Ned made no reply. lie could not. The utter beartleasness of her wcrds and manner choked hirn, instantly• left her presence, muttering as he passed beyond her hearing: " I'll make_ her pay for this or be shot for a booby 4 1 , . He at once met his male friends and told the_ story - of \his diSComfiture in his own bu morons way, :thus getting the start of her in spreading the news, and also mortifying her immensely by adding, that le only had pro posed in jest, knowing from her coquettish character' that he could de it with safety.— But wounded as, he really was, at heart, this was only a - priming to the satisfaction which be desired as the sequel willexhibit. 'Miss was heartily rejoiced when the - pftrty made- up for the "Springs" was ready toslepart, far her expected triumph in her refusal of Ned, turned out rather to her - mortificittion than otherwise. And she was plertied 'too, when she learned that al though be had been urgently invited to go, be had refused to be one of , the patty. Perhaps, aye, certainly, at no watering place in the Unioo is the society tume Felect and more th:in that winch resorts to the ".White Sulphur" in the sutorier time. Unlike Saratoga and Newport, it is not redo lent-of codfish and enusbroomsr—notcrovided with .the parvenue aristocracy - that has rolig up to' the top of society im rum casks. r mack erel barrels—the true old stoek'vibo Ic4 NO( generation, urn generation, ores a 'line of ittv e ;obi patriot blood, who, give to merit 'its clue atitl.,seorn the pride of -wealth ilrfgot ten, his that which spend its quint an -I linppy 'eammer these among the_grand old the stat4ly forests, the . .refreshing 'waters of that lovely region. f*, 11l was pleasant evening, and rery soon afte the arrival of our party ftoro 1 8 ;1 7 —. The sea bad deicended in its sheen of pi.frple and! of gold, behind the bltitt crests of the western hills and timid twilight was gliding slowily up the path of day with the evening stari set bright tfpon her pale brow. The ridingoartit, which had been gaily scouring oretl bill and dale, bad all come in.; atutnow, to'sinjoy the baluty deliciousness of the hour the many guests were gathered out. upon the brotid piazzas, or were strolling to and fiza the flowery lawn in front kt the hotel. ti,it this moment, as if to add to the romance of the scene and the enchantment of the . hour, a petson, by his dress as well wi by his dart: but clear complezion„evidently a foreigner andiftom a sunny land, approached. His fig: ure I was elegant and well displayed in tight filing breeches and jacket of velvet, which, thodgh somewhat worn and tarnished by the dut of travel, yet, in its ricl,ness and eat broi: ery looked well on his comely person.— A scarlet c,ap, with a tassel of gold, sat jaan tilyjupon a bead which was enriched with a profusion . of long curling black hair—a jetty moistache and softly silken Beard covered the power part of his face and Contrasted well with his pearl whiteteeth as seen wh e n his red dips opened with a song. His black eves were bright arid piercing—his air, haughty andl proud, although the_ guitar which he carried, and a stall' and knilptk - betokened hiin to be one of those wanderinglialian mu sicians- with which the - seaboard portions of our country is literally flooded. -As he approached the hotel, be paused in froUt of the piazza, and, laying down his str i a! and knapsack, tun'td his guitar, and after playing e, prelude of surpassing sweetness, he sun in such a. voice as fel of that company had ever heard before, several, songs in Ital ian I Spanish, and French. And , while be Ali', those upon the-piazza „gathered to its front,. and thlase who were walking clustered up round.. him, and all listened with breath less attetition_until he was through. i h en th ere was a clapping of fair band- , , I suing of handkerchiefs, and most of the leinen hastened to offer the - mtisieinu the rd which such itinerant; it , uully aspect their services. But to their surprise the refased . all reeompidn.a. 9.4witiog. . ho • ever, body 'in his native tongue, and tak up tis :Liu and knapsack he entered the of fice vf the hotel. Ifere-after trying in Italian, SKlti-11 and French, be found a person who cottld understand. the latter language, and ettto ig n tom asired -ate tamthadMr a room, say _g, that though a trave!ing mit - steam, be wai no bejger„ fa.ut had money 'to pay his way. With SUIDI3 lesitatinn—for he was quike as aristocratic as tunny of his` guests— the landlord assigned a ream to the stranger. tn an at his request, had supper sent 1u h . . Meantime among the guest?, tsie..-ciallY the la . .ies, curiosity with its thousand and one c ' - et'itij,•c.tures, was hwy. i wamWho cm he be. I What can he hey" 1.1. e cry. - "No common musician ever liail,an aif so haughty. a look so . noble. And suyi music, nut a lady in the laud. nor even vel .a professor could draw sotdt harmony ftoin the on:tar—nom' was a vetce an finely ni dulatetl. antaruny "0 full of I a •Itiony, and we evidently so catefelly rultivate4. It wtt- ed - almost unsniruou , ly that lie was a n0 u.1.0 u.1.0 bad inc,og, to t the beautiful seaueauf 'Virginia's sweet valesand hills. . • fret the ladies had dressed for the even ini "hop," they persuaded a committee of geptien en, Among whom were two or three (silo spoke French, to watt upon the stranger an il to-insite him to the bell room. I.e received them with grave courtesy, in a manner which at onoe told them that he wris a genlleman by birth and breeding, but deblined their invitation, .declaring it to, be his intention to rest for a few days only a% the watering plaee, and then to pursue his jot rney toward' the .far west, where he said hneant to seek a home among the Indian tribes, where truth dwelt And treachery was not 1 1 Ilis tone like his words, was misan ; th topic. 'he cumudittte returned to the - ladies, and m ide report. Many a heart fluttered while itf owner listened, for had not a picture (rf live Tomute suddenly sprung up in their midst: S' tJr r did that romance decrease, when in the s'llness of midnight, after the guests had all r tired, the voice of the stranger was heard ia low and deliciotis serenade upon the piazza—one which thrilled every listening ear as if it were•a song from heaven. Was it b chance that the song, so low - and plain tite so full of melody, was sum" hewAtli the w'ndow of Elsie C-- ? was it accident which lell T t h l i ie s s s i t , r e arr a g s r k r ed the o r f e h l er„.if, while her eeld. h Igart almost melted beneath :lie impassioned ;emit): It was long 'ere she dept, and when e did,. it was to dream of 'being wedded to an Italian _prince who, had wooed her in dis guise. FT - 12e next morning every one was early up, 110 i hopes to catch a glimpse of the stranger 2, aild at the break'fast table the conversation % .n 8 literally of him and "nothing else." Miss took particular occasion to let all within her hearing know that it was beneath h.-ior window that the serenade was given. - The stranger breakfasted in his room and was waited upon most obsequiously by one o th'e best servants in the house, for be had Ireiidy golden reasons for being' as well, if ot better served than any guests there. And ;fter % breakfast he sent for the landlord, With -horn he held a long; and it would appear, a pleasant .interview ; for while he was,in the pom the "Major" sent down for two iced . j legs, a thing be was seldom known to do, vert with ins most favored guests. And hen, with, an . important air and a smilinit ee, he came forth, he .was in a moment gurropoded by a bevy of fair ones, who dried "Oh, dent Major—yon are in the. secret o tell us stlio.be is I. Is 6e Count, Duke, 'or rinse ?" "He ill, .and the Major pawed, hale his.Art± . - eye 'twinkled merrily as it ver•run the group, "Whit, dear Major, - what!" cried half a ore. ot voices. "A gentlinans,l mid the Major in his : analAtn,et,,,w#y, as -lie moved on. , in . tEi Coins - Of half hour after the }awl thid bad 'tbt , tdiiirger came fib it WE ARE ALL EQUAL 13EUMIE GOO AN:DTitr. CONSTITUTIOILI;—..iftxures lliichanan. • Dontrose, cusquekanna Cowan, ijenit a, Tflurs4an Porning, brit Z, tasa; . . from room, the.dust cleanly brushed from his wellltting clothes—his ruffled wristbands and neat collar as white as the driven. snow. ui guitar was left behind, but he carried in stead, a neat port-folici. Was he an Elitist as well as 4 musician f 1 • This was the question when be was seen walking slowly and thoughtfully along a path whieli led to the most romantic scenery in the neighorhood. And - there after a sudden mania for taking a forenoon promenade in fected- all the belles..' ;The hotel wts de serted—ditto, the billlaid room and bowling alleys. - When the:stranger was next seen, 'he was seated high upon a *rocky peak, with his port-folio on his knee. 4,. evidently engated in drawing. 'Below him stood a group ofladies, perchance thinking that he might include them in his landscape ' A sudden gust of wind swept a paper - frem his port-tblio. Like' a leaf torn from its native t ranchby the strong autumnal wind„l it rose in the air, whirled and fluttered away,l and finally fell near the gronp.of ladies, I who in tt second made a rush for the precious I • prize. 'OIA is a likeness of yOur self !"stieli the one who was the - first to ; grasp if. • "So-it is," cried- the rest as they examined f . it "Let me see it !" said { ' Elsie, and her' bfushes came and went like the hues of a dying dol phin she. spoke, and the beating of her heart could be plainly seen throUgh tile bud dice direr dress. And she not only saw it, but 'she kept it, And bore the metre j96ts of her companions upon the subject. in the kno.st philosophical manner, seeming to any : "Of course he couldn't help falling in bye with nier s The dal passed' tin without anythifig of par. ticular note °enuring, bUt at the dinner-table the landlord exhibited a splendid landscape drawing, repre.enting the scene and the group of ladies as described in the foregoing paragraphs. It was ~ c ) well done, and so true to nature, that it elicited warm encomiums front every one who saw it. That evening the, landlord without ilifli• culty persuaded the stranger to visit the ball room. As. many of the ladies, including Elide C--, understood-Trench, htrwas made (vie. at hone amongst :66m, and they found that be was as much ticaomplishedin dancing i t .l he was in music and art. No geutletvan (,-f all their set was so easy and so graceful. .R.t.ia,&&&& 0...v.6.....bwraer,--and enter lie v e ry -panic til ar-:att en t i dn. Tcgether they , glided, - through the • slow and, grateful waltz, through the rapid nnci exhiliaratiog , ' , polka, end many was the delicate awl tender compliment which he looked rind spokedor. 1 big the evetilnz. -- '..-- , If heart she had when she retired that night, she felt that she had given it to the elegant and gifted strang)m And, more than one 1 other lovely girl beneath that roof ,Iny long awake, thinking of him, and' a<king the often repeuted.qulistion, "Who l or what is lie r . Oa Iha next morning: Sifter hie:ll:tog, the ranger. wh o still took his meals in his room, made hi' appearance in the shooting gallery, at 'that hour a favorite resort for the guests of both sexes. Ile quietly watche the shooting for some time, and then was in• cited to try his skill. The target at which il.ey - were shooting *as as large as a Go•hen cheese. He took a quarter eagle from his pocket and placed it on the top of the Larger is edge. He took a pistol, turned his hack to the rnark, then suddenly wheeled and tlitd with the quickness of thought. Hi: bullet struck the little pieec cf gold, and sent it tling to ths further end of the gal lery.' "Perhaps the •Caralie fences !" ,said the gebtleman who had ftt.st acted as interpreter, and who; having been a favonte pupil of the celebrated Roset, prided himself upon his skill with the sword. The stranger bowed, and willingly con sented to a trial. _ The foils were brought, position taken, the salute en parade band:, sumely given, and the southern gentleman be gan with a favorite feint and lunge. In a second his foil were thrown twenty feet behind him: And it was done with so little apparent effort that he seemed v., bare been- disarmed by magic. : ' - _ He picked up his weapon and again ems- . &red with the stranger; now, however, stand ing upon the defensive. Quicker than light. - tong flashes from the bursting thunder cloud, now cametbrust upon thrust, touchinghim at every point, carte over and under the arm, tierce, second, octave, until he scarcely knew what he was about, until at last, with a cer tain wrench, his fed was thrown high up in .the air. As it,deseentle4 the stranger canglit it, and politely presented ii. to him, not hay-.j ing yet received a single touch.' • I The swimmer acknowledged his master, I and thenceforth the stranger was Rs popular with the gentleman as he was with the ladies. That day, by especial request, he (lined at the 1 table (thok, rind though, no one knew his _name, which he would not give without he ; heedone so'in confidence to the landlord, 1 the table berme and around him was crowded with glasses, for every one sought "the honor of taking a glass of wine" with hint-. After dinner,'ritling parties were formed as usual, and-the stranger, having procured :t very, spirited and almogt- untameable horse from the Major, which no-one else dared to ride, sprung into-the saddle. 'ln vain did the wild steed try to unseat_ his -fearless rider. Finn, cool, strong of arm , and as graceful as if be had been b orn and bred in the saddle, he forced the animal down tcr'its paces, and soon had it as much under command as the • best trained animal on the ground. And - again, as the gay party galloped, thi',ough the shadowy avenues, over the green hill-sides, and along, by -the margin of a bright and swift. rushing stream, he - sought the'side of-Elsie C---, whit was a graceful 1 and-daring rider. And agaid his loud voice tong in lief 6:41i:, rentioding tier cf something which she had heard before, yet she could not brim, the memory to localise it. -ern a smooth and level. road which led for a couple of miles along the pretty valley, through which a murmuring stream inellna- 1 ered,'lt- race was proposed, and - al. the . word 1 is the whole party; Some - twenty in • numb ' I started off in full speed--thei ladkrs out courtesy; being allowed - the •advance.. r ' The: horses were' elf of -Cho* blood; -and sped'lt-: 1 - Way like the, *rind.-- Of the Ladies, Elsie, was . by far tliebest *tinted, and her horse Was, 'only -ecpinited brdie Avila . - frosty sterer the , stranger. -,•' . .' As the latter reached her side, allow scream brokft from .her lips, for at that moment the light snaffle bit in her horse's mouth snapped , in the centre. and the reins coming home in her hand, told her that she had lon all power , over the animal. :Keeping his home close by the side of her .ungovernable steed, the stranger, still talking in French, end as cool as if he were in the ball-room yet, told - her to I be calm and to disengage her foot:from the stirrup; 'and to clear bor dress from the horn of the saddle. Danger, aye, death itself, was close before her, for only a few hundred yards in,front, the road made a sudden elbow •to the left on the. brink of a fearful chasm, and turned u 4) over a bill to avoid thedark ravine below. Both saw the danger. • She was as pale as snow—he, quiet and _easy as . be bad keen when cantering by her side. Bidding her to yield entirely to him, and bracing his right foot firmly in his stirrup, he passed his right arm around her waist, and with a strength that to her Seemed superhuman, lifted her limn her saddle, and while he rested her optin his right thigh, -be drew his own bridle rein, and in a moment his own horse was brought fairly to its .haunches as he checked his head long speed. The rtat of the party ware far behind, but near enough to son this graceful and gallant deed, and to see the horse of Elsie, which could not make the sudden turn, of the road' at its speed, pitch wildly over the ragged precipice, et the foot of wiaich it fell mangled and dead. "You have sired my life r murmured Elsie, in tearful gratitude, as she pressed, and even kissed the strangers hand. "I hive only done Illtr duty 1" he replied. "And perhaps' would have done as much ror. Another 1" sighed Elsie. - "Must certainly r was his reply, still in the French language. Elsie felt liyuei at this anwer, though'she wad confident, that the stranger loved her, but she bad no 'opportunity for further con -vmsation with him at that time, as a seat was offered her in a carriage which was re turning to the hotel, and she _was.rather too nervous to' take. Saddle again, had another horse been at hand.. The stranger's praise was now upon every tongue. His daring act, his grace, his sur prising skill, was commented upon by every oue—vet he seemed not to thirik: that he had • done any thing exti lord 'nary. .Moro than one of the fair ie.that 4ri g ht. cortege. eal& tmve-vauly" taken him - to her, heart and bow forever, all et/known as he was; many a one envied Elsie that she had been, so for, taunt° as t'o receive such knightly service at bv , hands. , That evening, general, reanno. htQ gtotnr-mns ilruupit down from his room, and instead of the usual hop in theihnll-room, music in the parlor was the i'order of the night." 'fire stranger, In the variety •or,his . songs, and in. many pieces at, once difficult• and beautiful which he played upon his gui tar, exceeded all of his previous perforiminoes. All who heard him were in ecstatics, and none so much delighted ns El-ie, who, entirely recovered from her fright, and dressed with uncommon taste, looked far mare beautiful than she had ever before appeared to her friends. The Stranger seemed to be touched even more than ti-wit with her beauty, and she tried-to exhibit every charm which she pos,essed to fasien him to her side. Sher w e , a proficient in muidc, and had n fine vo,re, and touched the piano with a skillful, hand. 'the evening passed on delightfully. Elsie had ju-4 finished a song, and remaiked that 'the room was too hot for. her, when the stranger politely offered to escort her to the piazza. - Gladly she todk the arm, which that.' day had saved her life,' and went -out, where in the balmy air • they could look at the moon as she sailed a queen amid the at tendant stars of night. The stranger looked forth upon the land scape so beautifully diversified with shadow and with light, and sighed. "Why_ do you,, sigh I' l asked Elsie, in a tremulous voice, as she pressed the arm to which she clung still closer to her side. "To think that in a world so beautiful, there are so few hearts I" was his reply. "Perhaps you have been disappointed- in love, which makes you think so:and . perhaps to do the hearts that are, an in justices" ,he replied in,French almcrseas correct-as his own. "It is true, lady," said he. with another sigh. -4 loved a. lady whom I believed ,to be i an angel of light, 119 good and true-hearted as, she was beautiful.! She lured me on by !_every art which woman knows, until I almost • worshipped' her! But when - I told my love, %%heti I laid my bleeding heart down at her feet, she east off her mask and laughed me to scorn, trampled upon the heart which she bad 1 won and—lady, what is the matter/ Help here,, Miss C-- is fainting. , • The last words were spoken in as good . English a , ever was used by true American lips. A crowd quickly gathered around the fainting ei rl, who was carried toiler -room. She had at last recognized "Ned K." through his well assumed disguise, and now that she knew hire, and the worth she had so cruelly disearded, the blow was like death, not only to her pride, but to her heart, for at last she, had learned that she had a heart-. K.j,at once threw off his disguise, and ap pealed in his neatest uniform, for his trunk had arrived that afternoon, and it appeared that his father and the, Major, to whom he bad made hitiffself kaolin, were old school mates and friends. Ned was not less a hero and a "lion" is his uniform than he had been as a troubadourAr his story was,soon known to all, and as to Elsie C--, the verdict of the ladies generally was, that she had been screed' right. Poor girl, she felt her punishment. :,tbe had not the heart to see Ned again, without he sought an interview' ,which he was too proud"to do, and on the next day dui bad left for home, - fitst writing bile a note full'of gratitude for his noble act, and begging him fo furgive her \for her ebodttct, in the first place. Nod keeps that note yet---keeps it as a dear and sacred- relic. 1.-know this to be so, fur I hare seep' \ • Ned remained for 'a cohpie of weeks n faorite guest at the '-'White Sulphar,!! and many a fair lure• was spread 'for -his manly heart, , bey tie did not yield it ,up,• ,Me went to sea again, when "sliders" came, and giant single. lie still .remains so. Ero does:Elsie: •itelierqbeir sioukt , geit ePiced, I Will let tye rolirirnow:of it, •-, ' ..~ Qn one occasion, in coMpany with the atsistant Magistrate of the district, I started biggy, fora morning's ci rive to Doebund, from which we were some twelve miles diss tact. We were attended ''by , two sewers, (native horsemen or Mounted police,) and having a swift mare, we got over the ground lat a rapid rate. When about two miles from the bungalow, we overtook a tribe of large monkeys:. I should say there was a many as four hundred, and each carried a stick: of uniform, length and shape: - They , moved long in ranks or companies, „just, it short, as •though they were imitating' a wing , o f a regiment - of Infantry.' At the head of this tribe was an old and. verv - powerful monkey, who wits, no doubt, 'a chief.' It was a very , odd sight; arid I became interested in the movements of the creatures.. There could. be. -no question that they had either 4ionse'busi nets or Some pleasure on band;: and to the fact of each carrying •a stick, led us twoon- - elude, that it was, the former upon which they?, were bent. Their destination was, like, our!, evidently Deobund, where there - are some` hundreds of monkeys fed bv a number •of Brahmins, who live near a Hindoo - temple there, and perform religious ceremonies. _They (this monkey regiment) would not getout of the road on our account, nor disturb them?, selves in any way; and my friend watiafraid to drive through their ranks, or over any of them,for -when. assailed they are -most fero cious brutes, uld armed as they Were, and in such numbers, they could 'hive annihilated us with the greatest ease.. There. was no help for us therefore,. but to 'lot the mare ptoceed at a walk near the rear' of the tribe, the members of which, now that we were near Deobund, 'began to chatter frightfully. Just before we came to 'the bungalow, they left, the road, and took the direction, to the temple. Fain would we have. followed them, but to do so in the buggy would have been impassible,, for they crossed aver some rough ground and two ditches. My friend therefore' requested the sowers to follow them, and report all they might:observe of their, actions. Meanwhile we moved off to the bungalow, on arriving at which we mentioned to the. proprietor, a very old but very active' and intelligent man, the sight we hive seen on the road—the regiment of monkeys. A.h I . ' mil:timed the old man, "it is about the time." . "What time I" _ ilmhilycaboet; every the - years the tribe comes up the, country to pay a visit to this place; and *Other tribe comes about the same time from the up country—the hills. They meet in a jungle behind the old Hincloo temple, aad there embrat each other as 'hnnah thoi.k 41.1 (Heads %MO bail been parted for a, length of time. I have see:win the jengle As many as four or five theasand..• The..Prabpice Fay that one large tribe eorties, all the way from Ajmer, and arrother *from The Southern side of the country, and from Nenpel and Tirhoot. Thore were_ hundreds of monkeys here this morning, Let now I don't see one. I sup po-e they have gone to welcome their friends' The sowers who had' been deputed to M itr the tribe, now rode itp, and reported that in the vicinity of the old temple, there MIS Eta army of all ages—an army of forty thoueancl One of the sowers,in the true spirit of °lieut. al exaggeration, expressed himself to the effect that it would be easier to count the hair of one's head than the number 'there as semh!ed. "Let us go and see them," I sugested. "But we will not go on foot," said my friend, "we will ride the smears' horses. In -the first place, I have an instinctive horror 'of apes, and should like to have the means of getting away from them speedily, if they be-• come too familiar or offensive. In the second place, I 'do not to fatigue myself by taking so long 'a walk ha the heat of the day." We mounted the horses, and were soon at the spot-Andipated by the sowers. There -were not so many as had been represented ; but I ana speaking very far within' bounds, when I state that there could not have been fewer than eight thousand, and some of them of an. enormons-size. I could scarcely have believed that there were so many monkeys in the world if I had not visited Bemires, and heard of the tribes at Gibraltar. Their sticks, which were thrown together in, a heap, form ed a very large stack of wood. • ' • "What is this 1" my friend said to ono of the - Brahmins, for since his appointment he bad never beard of the gathering of apes. "It is a festival of theirs, Sahib," _was the reply. "Just as Hindoos, at stated times, go to,Hudwar, Hagipore, and other places, so do these monkeys come to this holy Owe." "And how long do they stay.l" "Two or three days; then they go akay to their homes in different parts of the country.; then, attend to their business for four or five years; - then comp again and do the, festival, and soon, sir, to the end of time. You see that very tall monkey there with two smaller ones on either aide of him 9" • "Yes." "Well, sir, that is a very old mmikey. His age is more • than twenty "years, I think. I first saw him fifteen years ago. He was then full groan. His native place islfeernt. He lives with the 13rahcnin's, at the Soorj Khan, near Nem. The smaller ones are his sons, sir. They have never been here; before ; and you see ho is showing them all aboiut the place, like a good , father." Having at length seen enough of these "sa cred animals," we returned to the bungalow. —Scen6rin Ada. How Ti3.OP,E6 Qysivas.—`,Takof aliening oysters,P.4aid-old HurriCane,..“.w#3 , n nit k i eg e easier if. you only. know -how." . . , _ . Aod how's how r _inquired ,Starlight. isSeot3h Snuff," answered old Ourricane, very sententiously, "Scotch snuff, bring a little ever so near their _noses, .and they'll 'sneeze their lids off." , - " know a genius,”,olisaved Meister Kari, " who _had a better plan. Treads the bivalve! in .a circle, seats blamer Ist the eau ter, and begins spinning a yarn. Sornetimes its an adventure in Afeetioo.-.4ornetithee legend of, bka loves- - sometimes a nuirvelous :stock transsotiOn. Is . be proceeds the' us- Oyes" ,get intetested—and one by one gape with - astenishmeat at the tremendous and direful whoppers which are poured.forth ; and as they iape my frisiskethipe !ern mg, pep-, pers , fem'ancLawallowsfem. ?. 4 tThat'lL4ci;'.! luta' ..Starlight.,witke tong, -sigh, 4 , 4 1 whihmaihati kbillehel of the bivalve* lieratitew—itSay'st q4121-4*.V.1-:- gel u 15, Nxtint4 14:` THE livelva.7-These-animak:Atra• so nu merous in south Western Africa, that it is in': -difficult matter to End htindieda of their bb in the !apace of-balf an hour; tieft_not-ii - nlitit • passes without their Ptoxitnity being b'istreyed diSagreisable bowl.- '.dintof-exer- Lion the hyena is able, in thoicsourse:Ore:few, l ' hours during the night; . to - into the ! • loamy soil, which is hartlkeedly the heit'of i"the sun,' and ;to *prepare for itself a eubterre , clean dwelling. - In the most busy parts of the: town, siieh pits or burrows: itrazoftenrfound • in the morning; left ininiurdnished•state;-_the . animal having_ been disturbed - 11,S theitoise of the Stirring, population.' The :eversion of the 'hyena, tor thelight ,- of day-ir - that you may tread upon a dee or pit wldcb4t-r: is reposing, without 114 apprehension; eta :we were not able to induce it to leave ite'eleti,„ either be hallooing or throwing SiontiObile "-; . font: or five:of:us' stood.prepared.te receive it, , I,with our pieces leatly 7toakede • The..Monthe' of the dens are four-or five tiniessurlarge as fees..burrow e and run frittia..teti to. fifteen... feet, 'under ; ground, when ,they.. utake;,n-.ture, that it isimpossible to reach the itaienat crouched in its sitotiee or '" shot. The hyena Very rarely -Makes Itt sp. pAirance in the da3,• but during nor ray in Benguela, one oftbem actually _laic) down in an: open space, in front of. our houte t which was smutted in the terthearicrtbe town ens was shot at five o'n:eck in the aftertion.v-After' it wasshot, the iron _lance • whieh:wait thrust' into its jari, with 'etich that it broke _di resiof the strongest grinders to pigoea ft strikes me that :the -hyena; .is•. taijustli charged with greitteruelsy s initainquirier, r • but nobody could educe, a proefito, subgeii.; bate the accuiation, From the, conetirient teStirriony(Of the ifibibitarite, The hyena, whin'. not prOvOked or assailed, never it!Eultie,ioii 4 .. ingrusti ; but the churchyarde;•eieitcfavor— ite resort, and. corpses its favorite Travels, in South. Africa.: , : •-•„ WHY CoUSINS SHOULD DOt - MAHHT,-411 • the annual' report of the Shperinteintatti of the - Kentucky Institution for the lJea ; and , Dumb, we find_ the following coitclueire ar gurac.nt against the marriage of consins "Friiiti ten th - tweiitl. :per cent of deaf totitei are the children of cousins. Tt to be regretted that the law forbidding the.mai riage of first cousins, did net .pais* , the recent Legislature. Their marriage is a Violation of ,a law of nature; as . ielVidenced by. the *MS- • tiOns visited.in.alrnost every , case Opos „Omit offspring irr heatless, obllthirissa, And idiocy and ought to• be a violation of human law also. The Commonwealth has the Clear right against the ill-st arted Matches,. whose off spring it has to 'Maintain, toO'frecirientic rot life. It ma?,be hoped. that this imPOrtant 11/ lat 4 rta - 1/061.11.111 ~ - legislators• many yeartlchger.. Itjar, dently helievekthat by forbiddipg.marriages of this kind and by propel attentimi anittsard of infants laboring under the iiimaises !dated. the number:of deaf mutes, in th e community might be diminished one - half in :a gener ation:' • • EARLY PLaivre—A FIREIT‘ZATE WAY TO Sum TRE.u.—A. very qonvenient method of starting early corn, segar-cane„Cabbage,' to matoes, cucumbers, and 'indeed Almost any. kind of plants, is the Billowing :--Trike- : an under sod (notion grassy,) or tenacious muck and cut 'nick oubea, say two inches each Way: . Insert, one or more seeds in the centre of each. and then, pace , the pieces closely together and firmly down upon a box of earth, to be kept moderately moist. This box can be set the cellar on frosty days and nights, and be carried out• into the sun at other times.-- When the seeds are np . and transplanting out is admis ible, take tip- the cubes and trans'• plant theni to the open gronud. Thib can . be done ,without disturbing thii roots; or' schreely retarding the growth the s young plants. Seeds of cucumbers, melons, tomatoes a.; are sometimes planted in soil placed in old or cheap baskets, with rather open wort...— These are hung- up out of the way Of West, being exposed to the sun during the d ay:-- n At the proper ti th e, these ilitakets are simply imbedded with the hill even with the surface, and left theie. The roots, will find their way out, into the soil throtigh the open-work of the sides. A few hills thus'atarted, with lit tle trouble, will often produce a crop . some weeks in advanae of thcAti sown at first in the Open grotine,intericcin .44yrrieutturist. A SCHOOL WITHOUT A MASTER.--tn the annual report of the Board of Education ; Secretary I3outwell gives the folloiving .ac count of a self-governt ng , school :- "In Chillicothe-there to a high scho!4! 'out a master. it contains about seventy pu- ' pits of botli,s4tes, who.° ages average heiweeti , fifteen and sixteen years. They, assetrible.tti= , gether in a ball, • where the studies aiiiitned by the teachers are pursued. The recitations take place in adjoining rooms. T!Vp Vaults tjons daily ',are conducted by the Siiperiiiteti dent of-Public Schoolq in the cit*t the abets by teachers! ,appointed for that rairficsaai_ entered the school room unobserved, and though - they° was no teacher present; there, was no appearance of disorder or neglect of study. The s4ool has been menaced upon this plan fOr two years, with' entire satiated:- Lion to 'the teachers and to did ttu'blie. I had no opportunity to bedonie acquainted with the intellectual eheraCter of tile pupils ; but a school in which the power of self control is rouarly and thoroughly developed, eatindt be unworthy of publics notice:, DEFAULTING UNCLE SAM —ln adceiatince with the rodent instructions fermi - Washington; the Postuntiuets%throughout the country are looking up the. frauds: which lue every day committed to avoid lawftil pertabre. . .The ' //mien geratti thus enuMarates tlie contents 1 of-2.8 papers .opened by the rowansay in einitlestown, within , three days; .;11 were written upo'n, a Contained diesi patterns, 2 three skins of silk each, 3 Contained letters, 2 -. I had pieces Of Illack silk, I contained a land scapb drawrg, 1, a letter and ahank bill; 1 a child's apron, i$ a roll of ribbo'n,l a work ed ledii3s • eh, llari and 1 a Chine littbp " The. atoehrett-ittpotitage paid:for - these 28 papers . ' was. but .2 :cents, wltile.ll4,a ft ionnt 1010 ~ I t shottld ha! beell .N beeif if i r: olo.t 7 17. , ,' ... 'Saw : ,814;INGNIT-:It 18 itBod , ' twit in the est4oo,9C94tris irk .s,Witzerland, a .man:was shaving. et ,a window!, When iroine recklesi , fetidly, cal lied awai at law with' a sisoW hall: - "The inissile'struok the • rare (land cot tinfutruOtihroit, andfiediedfosin she weatuf„..;,.„. Sine.' then:the authoritliekliwkriA r Asat_ whosoeyerrthrews ifs A 3 l l . ?I'' , o,fi4 , ' l, b ! ll4 ' tence4 ko Siijetini,itilittql ettos e:4 f 4 : -4 I n ....
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