A. J•. GERRITSON, P Gnaw= & nAntzurs- CELEBRATED FAMILY' S EAV MG )IACHIN ES, New Sty les...Prices . 1 row 630 to, 01 2S, EXTRA CHSEGE OF $5 FOR HEMMERS. 495 Broadway - - Now York. F 6:CIIANDLER, AGENT, MONTROSE. These machines sew from two stools, msfUr dbased fri•ni the store, respiring no rewinding of thread; they_fleni, Fell, Gaither, and Stitch in a superior style, finishing tack seam fcy their own operation, -without rectiorsc to the handneedle. as is required by other machines. They will di) bet ter and cheaper sewing than a seamstress 'can, even if ' , she works one cent an hone. and are. unqUestionably.llw hcst Machines. in the market 'for fondly sewing. on ucconnt of their simplicity, - durability, ease I f mann:getnent—and aduptalion Au all varieties - I.f family sewing—eKee'uting, either heavy or file wok with equra fnedity, at.d without special adjustment. -As I....ride:tee of the unquestioned superiority of their, Yiseitines, t , te & BAFER SEW'. ING M.A.till!NE fjohlrAl4 beg !care to respectfully 'refer IA; the fmiowing TESTE.IIONIALS " OfIC of (3;4•Virl ez. Biker's :111- oltines in illy Emily for ni , ailv a roar and a Lint. T take ploaioire in conirnel , crin_ it i.rery way reliithiefor tine pup.,., ft, 1% it i-i s do-iign,4l I,h= Ixnviti. skirt %if -Rev. Dr. Len.itt, of Nat luJo.ner 'dent: "11. , d1fea: my.e'S tit 1b , H14 with roar cea•in; hich h.,•n 111 Illy,f.ani mnty monttr.. it II A Awn... bpen,,remdy do r. reqqwwg,n.. adju.tn:,•ut, and 'is ..:tsi:y4idnpled to every - karniiy 1 , ...wm2., by ~?1:ptt• c•han_ins th,• th,c. "—lrs. Egiittu-lb N'tnclOvnd.. wile .4 Rev. I)r. Strickland,-EditGr of N. Y ; Cliti,.l,l2n “Mier tr , P , at! ITtnvt.7tes,l r'e . r*:r yours, tin ‘st'zi , unt of it, and the per. red •=tit.t. 4- - .11) which it it. 'fft.ithsit.d, :ts well the strength :aid ..r the , :eam. After long , experii-nce, f feef,.er.mpetenr. to ,Fecl: in this manlier. rnd tOrmiti,iently re ,,, trotoif it for it , rert• 'varlets' -t.r. fathity, , 4.1..ritt ,, .."—:t11, E. B. Spi l iiner, wife of th ” Ednor r.f Brookhl, Sftf. •.r have' used Gi ,, ver Baker'.. grwinz Ma chin, f;,r two p•ars, anit-n.v.• lonodit kA.pted ntl ..1 t frpm rambrie to t• n'tarn-"at V% I'll. oil; 1111. giviti2 ~ !11=Lk-h Ma,i kt:pt I'3; B. .%hpi:e, ulie of itoy.-Gvo. Winpp!e, Now York. 4 Yohr Sewing Machine !ins in to family : the p. 04 and the larliessrsluest ,trio to gtre %..0 ibrir ..t,stilliouials to its iisrleet :2pletioe , o4. wowelba. labor, ratting qqaliti o , in the perlopoutweof fatuity tiM household sew ing"—Rolwrt Bovrrona. New York. 'Tor ,eviral-moliths we have tr-erl Cr-ver & Ilaker's see in; the bunilrHion that,iriry lade Mho demires h-r sew ing beautifuily and ri'etly d‘tite. %% - ourti be in .tt ft.rtuitate in pesseseing, ,43e of tht-ee retiable and Inaer.itigabte • lin! , n.-edte-weinen,' whose bitted qualities ~.f hriaty. vrength , and are s tntalliahle."—J. %V_ Merri.i. daughter of Shirris, Editor of the Hume Jour. Lx , ract of a tittir 'from Thor. R. Lootat, E.g. an American .-entiethan, utok-'res,ident in Sydney, New Sstuill'lVales, ci.,tod January I:11h. 11358). nail a tint mate :! , lelbrarn,'in 1553, in which there wire uvi: tlyie thou. And Itirds of sewing done uim one of Grover & - I.lah...r's Ma chines., and a sitigir seam of that, Tuut outstood all tne thnoltle NerAna ai ued by with a Preale-anii twine." If flouter could lad.ealled tip finfn his murky hadea, he sing fife rt,dvetit oC Grtit'er & Baker a,a nrefre twpionant miracle of net than ran. es. r Vulean's smithy. 'lie would detiouni:e midnight skirt making fts" the direful firing of woes unnumberrd.'"—Prot North. "I take pleasure in haying, i g, tiiM. tie Grover & Baker S. wing :ilaeliinem !Live more thin aun tained my expect:awn. After trying and return ing where.. I have ihree of I s hein in upe , ratiiic in tny different plata a, and, niter tiMr year.' trial, have no fault to find."—J. H. Ila lammed, Senator of South Ciiriihn2. 'llx . wife has had one of Grocer & Bakers Fam iiySowinz. Machines for some time.and I am antis fiea it iklne of the btst labor-..acing .machines that Etta been. incepted. I take much pleasure iy rtt , mtnemiing it to ttie public."—J. G. liar- Fis,,Gurernur apt TentwHisr. • It is a hebntifui thing, and pots erel s yLedy Into an exeihmient of good humor, Wt•rol I should iro ixt upon &int. Grovel and Rater hating ala etermil holiday in cinninern4a. Opp 'of their good deeds for ha cua IL . 1 think it by ler the best patent in nse. This 3lttelline cue lie adapted from the finerd,cawbrle In the heitle,g. cat.itnere. It sews strong.• fa:Act...nod more bc.,utifully then any. one can irn.gine. It wine -you Id not be replaced. money enuid nut buy it."—Mrs. J. H. Brown, Natticitle, 'rents.. `lt isripoedy, very neat, Mid (hirable is its work; is - easily underatiorti arid •to pt in i-epnir. . 1 carnestly'reciiiincebd this %Lachine to ail my .areqii.iirilancee and rithers."--.Mra. A. Forrest, Menspher,Tenn, We find this Machine to work to our lath. fartion. and with pleasure recommend it the as w e believe the Grover & Bake to I),e the tientSew lug iu Broth ers, Ahnsua.n. Tenn- Irused irseltplively for. rOrposes, with Ordinary caw. 1 will wager they will last one score tears and ten: and . never get <mt. of fik."--,Joho.Erskine, Nastitille. "I hive hid youelSiehin e for several :Weeks, and an, perfectly auti.fird that-the work it does is the hest and mo-t beautiful that ever was hUide,"--Mar,gle Aitnison; Naibville, Term "1 ti.sl. my Mat;bine upon coat*, dressmaking. And 6nelifirn stitening. and Inn work is 1 / 4 4ter than the beat nand-sewing. or any ither nutehine I have o'er aren."—Luey,B. Tnniapann, Nashville. Tenn. • finthlie work ant et rongeit and m6St &Nue iirut 1-o o,e ..ver even, made either by - ilaittf of rnsethioe. and regard the Grover de Bitkri thine sm one or thw gtebh,t blessings to our Tartor;Neshville. Tenn. kIeSEND kOßrt CIRCULAR.,d feb1782.7*L0c.13 "WE JOIN O BLISHER., , ~ .. . -I . t. NEW LEAP orstvELt-IiNOWN kllsTottar.l ~ done—nok_what they might suffer through —a-- " the tut tures of remorse. •.1t was"suinelitlie be 11 . i 1i,`,1 . - fore the seluedt came into the room where 1 be ` tilde e, N." 1 14 -Prtillitt—lita...., still sat milli the child. determined , to meet ' . —on 4- I ' him mice mule before I left the house: CRIME ITS OWN AVENGER. 0 ,l how guilty 1 how hcartstricken his sp . I pearitnee! ileinarse sat un his forehead,. Werecently published a letter in which, looked out from his e)es—spuke when be was Ilsrow Case, 01 o defattlicng collector of San- silent. -- dusky,announced the decease orlhe untia . p,l •Will you comeo dinner I' he asked. woman alio 100 l ammnipithied lii flight, and II hesitated. Should liiiirtake of la hes imploted (lie fotgiven6s . of It r husband. pitality ; the hospitality .of those fiends in Under ( the title we have given a ove, a mi.- human shape whose steps•take hold onliell 1 siminiy torte-pendent .of the =Bo ton Watcl-- Lk-new his Ott, abe crop to declare it 1 tri;:ti AM 4 ,fletleel.l. detteribes 14 inte t rciew Why frorkl'imee, in burniniwor..e, uphraia with . ilieleuilty pair,: wiliiiih- took lace shift- him for his sitli:My, inPree, as from aTestis It bef.ire - ditittli•huir'ett away, the mother end' lentis, his sin-cursed IniZuse I the'clild whom -lie made tbe copanion of The man noticed my hesstation. He &mid her wanderings. The .object is a painful one, j not, of outos. , , Interpret its cans-. As he re 6 Litt the wri er describes en fe ingly - and petted his re t piest, the look of tist-ess upon fratlifelly the.self inflicted ini-ers'of Ca.e and' has face erred a fe eling of pity, which for the (.1 his partner'in guilt Witt we Rif roduce his moment, sightly disarmed my resentment, narrative : , I arid, under itte influence of this feeling, al must unconsetowly I pissed. into the dining room. i •I am sorry little Neliy's mamina'---(I was glad he-did not use the sacred name of wife) '—is not able to sit down with us,' he said, —'its many months Since we have had her pie-cove at our meals. -She is maiming frtnu tlie eat,. t. of sloW fest''', induced by the cli mate,' lie added, gra.ely, as he muti nod me to it st at berme I.im. - The-table glittered whit silver plate. rOl ed:ent servants brotight on the most cost- Iserves,delicacies such as I bad nevicer seen before. ._ . . . But the skeleton sat at the feast 1 I could nut talk sate in .Inonai liable. Mr host ate lia , t dr—almost Oar lessl v— , wailing upon me with many abrupt starts and apologies. - Wi7te ottne. He drank freely. Soon he stilt the little g rl and serveuts from the room; and seemed hi/mit:l . 4 to t eit : e hinaself to con versation. 'You are froto--=--eity, I believe,'' he said nersously. I answeted in the affirmative..' Wei v.,1) ev.-r kit..., a geutlemr n there by the I ame if H. E. F— I' '1 knew him.' I said s:ernly, looking the titan steadily itt_the fsce, 'and I know him also u !when, neart.-broker, Ilienl ' . %Vi Li an ejaculation of anguish he put his handkerchief to I.i, e 3 es. It would Late s•-cited li ?m u d i 4.41, but the suffe.teg on his face wir, uninis.akatie. ... •/'mr.aps you have suspected, then'--he began in tt quire ing voice. Not calmly,. but with the words of an so' (user I turd him -what I had saen,and thought, and fell. :`Sir,' said he, in roues wh:c't I shall never fuiget, 'if! have smiled God in Heaven knows I fors e'-utleted ; and if in F's bereavement he has -II -ed Me, t ha t ttur-e is fearfully fullided. root Maty is dt'itm--has been thing fur mom to. a.ltri have known it. It ha.. !been for rue to ec. the fat !tile step—the dooMing ere; i is fur toe, now, to see the ter:if:de struggles , -tie walk., I t..f her ne ~ ols •sio-n out f ante; ' it is fur tne t, cry was tb listen to - bet language-of remor-e, that 3-4 charm- sontet.lll s altno.i /hiv e s me mail. Yes, toad ott. a Ni l —rund—mad,' lie said in frenzv, rising trw er. and and mussing the ti mar wit. long,basty strides. it e t hle m e Then bun tug It S face in his 1140-, he ex 1-, hi,,fips elairned, 'Too late-- -tr O la•e--I has!. -reium t nt i' n his ed.' There.was a long pause, and be cumin .e.,,,,,,..piit!„. ned Tore (Mistily, .N. , human means can now tome. I tie ote•tey poor c -mpanion. Her 111 , 4111 Bon'. • a i„ v ey ~ sitaik i es become more and tuore - anute.as she l i r hung la.gfairs .. M sti-ength, so-that she reproaches her -it-rous vet i Self comttantl 2 ,' Ing brow i A wear s , mournful - sigh broke from his I.w of sad- lips aA if hi, heart would bretk. ' - 'a greeted 1 `Oh !if be. knew,' hu exulatmed,`if he knew \ i•h o ' w Mit er a reunite - she if, paying for the i n b e f or e oht-age she has mtim.ii- ti:d upon him— . t,.staining he would pity her —;.nd if it could be, flr in the re- • give.' , ed him a- V . .Vili t-au see her, sir I' - ~, lotn. , I shrank foin the serf thought. „.k ..1 ~t• 'She ha-. ti-ked . for t 00, sir; do not deny law - file I her relnesi s... )l, bring that you cattle CUM. , l i i i y. bet • Athellpt, i:fie rlrir:ilril the to bring you to her. - I pootis d I WOW ' tag time': . 'l will g.% then.' ,I -Whnt though the spiny breezes Blow tort o'er Ceylon's hie Though every prospect pleat, And (July' tuna is vile. I Ctiriou-Iv tno -et, I *as jot this'atiotta, when my new itutittain fed for tbe. I hal met him while ! ' ne-s tis t to Ceylon, as a countryal, land was please! atilt the oppotit ,etfordeti me r. :Lore intimate per !eats, I thought myself fortunate ' with so 50...t0-04e it gent lemats, at ed Ids face and manners peculiar !On our ~world tnoeting 1 ttottm-d r••etln 6.ie,S, of littbdstitne *din irritable h•thrs: of th e iip and 'to he-Nal tast szto the more, -fie p n f a izltt hatnEkto cane, or - : 1 1 of trot or It nt. These tilitigs, ho•st•ver .. ., not! , I. sit<urni to 'ht.. tit:lo,kt! 6.. L t i le afterward, lenfited, were renal , tbot tl.e Man f, t ahead,. the glum Orin Ih'it te‘t r du.s. 'net, et 0.4, .1 I ft the li tie 11 110, ! Ava. a , jolt, tong . , aid role , tait° to the n.t. i r 4 the gotee ; 11.- gI. at-re th.,sutrt.Ll,l,l,,,g hand. 1%) I, a ititallgtailly tiolle ~f 1.0 the,twettatant:.‘"f n I,• r uu st rxoe lent .1 cv rh hvl ere. Trees !u•tdeti wttli sh it g 110 w s, titer .n*ens t. 5 the r titer ot inn. hotlf" 'OA Of tit•i va . ,;:ittt Stitt" gOlini•-5:: ,, , rp , • , 1 Whet, g their 11 1 , Vetll g fool, a• evert ~ .1511, • N()ild rf , f,a4el to dulness h - 11%4% inY lou e,' said my n p,itain g • • voltage, by a a , de veranda,frctu wlio,e ilia r•Stetil ae e thing upon the ti - in the 'motion: the wort '.'.•!ed to • sociability depar e 1. Wt. lot•the e , t-t.we bower-, and futitttairet. Chaste •••' ill-fail:a:Clover lite glum/at %VIA ing e'ffeon. ' The loith.e. St:elified altsly Iy tibiliff is the Mils! 4f ti fttiaze.. And the man wl.o -Rath 8110-e smile hio.ht-r at =tte•dieemc, fat ' looking di-cunt e y e glotoit,gsetery nrimont inorn as att. owner of this Ed , o-like W e were :net "on the rhrt-1.1:01d ohtl.t of eleven -ummer , . 11.-r Itak. .et es pht'tieulatir 1.4 inotiratil in beauty, and on the t sseented tot , e • stbmet I inc —a shad ness---an 11.1.e1, as E.h ins new friend, . s:s.ed in pure wilioe, sire - glide tu- and to her was leihe duty of , t-n me; while Mt. C.. exousine himself nook. that t-ii-kne-s oeitit-s ill cal wity,. fur liour or so; left lie r 1- your !omit. r Yet. unwell ?' I the li2l. g ri, who,. with chase sha l •e)es , q Vet-, was rein•dfirk tt at ent;:r...ly. mamma has been I t-p led she. frupping her eyes, *hi e her h i s Cp the tits I, .i le, inal,d stairs he led me tr..mr.l.d.. Ilq.o a Chamber ofietilid ill 41 beautiful Anal. 'Did Slti eume fn in Am -ilea 1' she asked lut(i, its chaste magnitieenee. .timidly after a long fillet or. l'here,.balf-tboltnit f g in a wide, easy chair, ; , '1 ea. my dear , 1) 0 eon know I anything a oust ly shaWl of lace dmsi n over her anent' a i rlutt vonntrv‘r 1 returned 'arowling more laxed stitatidez.; the titilh dres , ing-gown cling and more plet:s -41 with her lit le zp res3 iy e ing, and hullo% ed to tile raeng,es ahich siek fai.:e to.ees had Made— sat one who-e great b e a.,ty, 'Oak that mamma came_ irnd , Jere, and and trin-e gentle gifts, had made the light I think,' she added he-i!atinaly, tit I d .1, and loteltness of a once sacred house; • , --- But Mr. C. wail never let ate talk a' out • Itettn. ! 0 pity ! pity I - it.' .. The eAert only retaio r d their lustre; diet . • . 'Ate you than not -the fi•tle da ighter of i.vrete wofilly sunken. The blazing fire, kin : Mr. C. I' I aikerl. Somewhat awonished. Idled at the vitale , hurried upon her Er hal pen -1 artf My mothers -daught-tr,' aniuered the 1 erred cheeks. bunted more fiezenly, more hal. r•ltiich alth a gorse digni , e in one To o , llllg. .ly as rite looked upon my face. 1 would on .,,nd a minute afterehe a . ruse and g i tlietly left i ly say to myself : - he loom. 1 'oh I how sorry 1 am" for yowl' , I sat w..-.thing her white rob+ 1 She knew, probably, by her hO•band'- thiough the long shady walk, umr 1 ',lancer, that 1 was aware of their ctreums win. oty, anti knee that' the at* over some dark sotrowlor her et es a:th tenni. Why wa. it. I que•tti , med rityreif, ful otk po•re-rion there. It rwetuetirtr - ift . were r.j.-t no eueitture%l 4.tiot, mid thatsome. to break ottqn me. At my Ride; ne4rle eovtArine aide of le:ter wood, were retteod rttrokri..—,—ltoqk them up lttefolly, re%•Trnce fur book4—anditiriii.tz ent: of a epletalid bound copy of St, "To Mn. Franeep F—, from he tra.ind - Llen.r E. A thiiii of ntni anguish . t.ltt to Vein. tlonigtit. The truth bad .hur.t upon !lite 4 nddeetniot tintt„thes blood ruantd. rii o my berm. I ii: eN Het ry EY— ; had in tirn tely - fUr'years. Ills was. it • KIR whoth . al! my Nympaihi h ea ' taWn - . fur 1:e bad reel, .u.•ll:o.ruirs he heat befme tut :tau.. Ilia •i e, h.: loved,hed dose, She iiatf:takett "'fib . her his' .:lie had de.ol-tid a .household; an mtg huttur, shame ; ereit.thio4 that tue nod to Gk:d, Hed from tb trjth a wau whore sets had woe b lute, . • . - I 11,,yr: could I remain iiadvi this now seemed Sc.:nrse(ll I• It meet truyer rf . Bend wi:o ha in such a:conquest. I could only think 61' 0.14 SYil 'E./...YR13 TO NO PARTY THAT "DOTS NOT oluurit m FLOG AND BEEP gm? TO TiH PRIMO or TAE UNION." repeating tanpe on n lw-i- !nu eif mine, tunitv 'hat }xl know] fulling in }ntonAnie. h• iarfined ttingulur eV,., Nn a ‘.l I .p. S - en, tap mudon cli f ke me with vk hnt lem e I! of the p rt town d;s- Ist irif g fts t*.et •i.fig wit h 6 1 flit . 1) 111(•\' ME= ,geous lL met four ! Is trup esti W f 111 °Utilsed :ing vine. tin.,-111.we! sneeLt " Very• s:range," the captain• said ; looking exceedingly puzzled ; 0 let's see what we can make of it," and he went OD deck, follos'Ved by. Mr. Vaags and myself. 11.emtarboar.1 watch wort questioned first, but all thet knew was that the four innsmg men turned in when theydid, at four o'clock. and when they, tinned out. at seten bills, their bunk+ were empty. The larboard watch knew a good deal lbs. , than that. They had scan tie abOn'eei gri below, and that was are fa-t they knew about them -Every clink, cranny and corner about ! the forecastle was cloaelv searched by the f captain, atti'd'sted by Mr. Va•g l ewhile I head ed my wretch in overhauling the deck houies , l boats. &c. No men acre 'band, La . all Weir : h I elm wy. except what they :yore, were either in their 0tt0... or bunks, allowing that if they had :eft the slim. that...they had gone off with a light sir.l.4of Leila.[, 1" - A spowanerm-., major general council silts held, in which fort v-fmr thou-and (petitions weroasked. and none answered, resulting at last in the rather natural 'conclusion that our shipmates were gone, hut how, where' or when; nobody knew, or cared much. They were quarrelsome. disagreeable fellows, and w e were beti:et off without than .with them.-- TWA we voted, and then off below, the lar board :math to snooze off our forenoon watch, Or tO.Filontlet what• four homeward sailor; _ should run awtrrfrom a full ship for. it was . 1 stanc es. - 1 jug like tossing twenty-three hundred dol- Her first question was : - : : tars over the lee rail, and Chen taking a dive Are you going back to America, Sir I'. slier it. .. l The hollow voice s•rutled me.- I seemed Fstglit bells (twelve o'clock)/came,-dinner 1 ,: to kee an open sepulohre. . ' , was disposed of, and when two bells struck, I I told her that it wan not my intention to to turn to, tire captain gave the order for no -4 a potent. I:On ! then 3ou will take my little child back to tsar tow r more. work that afternoon. Spun Yarn, for ye see we'll Isng. lam dying, and she must go bli,d; t o have to take two 'nen from your watch and hurt ' It le the only 'epos-scion I can make, put 'em in ours, and sin we'll let all hoods slig c if e d, t i p , ~., 0, „ fat. thi : l : a t ie th li e , ;a lr ilors sleep. or do what they like a i nt I tale enough for the wrung .., I I aye'done take wrest, and start fair st eight o'cleck." theth: "Vary well, sir. Go below, the starboard '1 hoped, sir, you might seildin,' she add- }retch, and our side—you'll only work ship ed a mermen: after, checking her sobs; 'I I this watch-" hoped yon might tell him that his image is • " Aye, hie, s'r" clown went all " atarho heltire me,.froto morning till night. at I knew lines,'!, and we of the larboard side - had the be io n-[ i ave loilksd when the first shuck i deck again. ,' .., . came. Oh ! sir—ell him my stun--warn, During the forenotin ,*.itch it . had hien oli, warn eserjlaidy. Tell him I liiixe suffer. riPcoyered that "vme„pf 'the "trinkets." (a ed through tire long, long bouts, these many small keg with which etrery: whalt-boat is , wn hi m weary tears ; ah, God only knows who Provided.) , iend to- deeply.' - ' Wu Missingiarid . during the a( 7 , watch the'discovery Sias also made, ad Wets . 'Mary; your mtist control your-feelings," by Sam Softtacii, that's powerful rumodor 1 I.rnoon wa as make. _ r said my host gently.' pervaded the ship's lower hold, away down is I '.Cet me talk while I may,' was the enlister. In the after peak of sibiCh hi had Lien Coal I ,keel him .' ' Lei toe say that•sinee the may; I lift my home mining. 1: jy :.Gild.; I have not seen_ a single hour of happiness. An itirestigatioii - broiight to light the fact. 1 forget.: i It was always to come—always just ahead-- that One of the caski of rum stowed In the' pe . rtertur I mid here .is what has come—ors grave is run, had been clumsily tootied, and as cure- 1 1, country.[ opeuttig and I must go to judgment. 0, - how,., lottly permitted to run, until it had entitely wariion (modify lithe I wild my sin. Forgive me:-- 1 run itself out of spirits: This'orcumstauce, : . iti my 'Ch.!, tfirgive.' . . . coupled with that of - rise missing keg, wart oof that , It ass 'r solemn hone, that which I sitilit 4 eui , ience conclusive that our deserters bad the .des,..ibY that dridg penitent. Prayer she liatettedj been paying their. nocturne( Visits to Jack's', revelled Rs; —she did not warn to join--=or if sdni did, ,"first love," but how they acitomplished Fla :gaVe doO'utward sign. Remotes Lad I the theft was as mtrefi..i puzzle u what they 1 reY bat word ifsviiit al#l4.lr . boatayi evert More • the) bad does witti-thetiiielies; was: • firtina to he my I['rot-) I,d rare filled hat pain- Mill 'ortGr *as 1 1 beautiful ntt , r gif' otlelr kept e. devoted rah from it h such' !ha blitatk IVIONTROSt, PAI, MARCH W, 1869. intim ,She looked to the future with deßpg:ing.kiod of hope, and butfeeble Reader, this misguided %5:011381) of teyron lies beneath the .tately branches of the , palm trees: Her sweet child never met her father in tier native it he sleeps under 'the troubled waters of the great wide sea Whore the betrayer wanders I comma s tell.but where. eVer it is. there fa 'uo peace ;for him: Ilibe pft n iitipatliat hollow voice in my eat.-- `lel! hi nx my story! Warn.° h s wa ro emery body.' 'BLUBBER NUAITING: 4 ttAiloo;is6 stiinNzzna. Ding, ding—ding. ding ; seven time*, jin gled the old Junior's bell, one hazy, lazy morning. Seven bells in the second forenoon ivstch called up the sleepy starboard watch from the fotecas.le, captain, second mate and boat -teeters, from the cabin, and all hands to their scouse, linrdbread and "salt boss," by a long s - retch of courtesy if eiMminted breakfast. We hod been for titr4e days -and nights, 41'h light bre.-zes and lighler hearts, dodg ing uloug,, and carefully - feeling, our way out faun the nrchipelligo form e d by „the thcu;- en . :e o f ne m etesa Wands lying to the south"- ard and weg'ittd of the 4 Mils Qroupe. A short crane, and only ,two tAt wanting _to 811 up—said two fish being insured to us one of the Atlanti c ., and then that we were homeward Gourd: iliht our fl)-jib-linom was yoiniing towards old Nantucket and our sea side bomes—well might our hearts be light. Esertb.aly, fore and aft, were in excellent sji it., and as the captain took it into his bend to introducq iorne super-excellent rpir -115 into ere* bout' before breakfast, of cotir%e evert body, Saul 'oft-mek, our Guinea_ cook doubly elated.. men of the tarboaid watch he no been ob deck, sir,"anno.tneed Sam, poking his curly (7, on , anat eJown the n4,mpmnion wwe when we were half 'done eating break. fast. ! What's that, Sam 7" queried the Cap "Four sailor not bab breakfast, an'. been 'on deck, snr." '•Psba! Sam, the lazy rascals are in their bunk. tet. Too / lazw•to tutu out to out ; go and loto•e 'em out, Sam.'" " Men not in fuk.stle, cap 'n. , „ alllllO whir gone. Noi dar, n,,t in bed, not in hencoop. pigpen, gallant fokiale. S,ilor tneos all look. Sect 'eat op *har about dis yere = -Who are they P What's their - mimes r :14i:ed the obi !nen, beginning to look niarin- ."N Brnwn, , nr, Bill May. Go. Bays, an' dat Etigli.b Lulluy roan, Jhcl: Str vin, en fin ." And four greater rascals never 'dangled from the height 4 3 h e mp cravat." mme I the " Wherever those four. scamps arc; there is 'Di:chief hatching. The .boat. i are al here, I believe--vh, Mr. Spun Yarn I" Yes ai b .ats and tackle all sate " And the try,works corer r' the ke.ttles, all right, air." Was there am boat alongside, or in sight !tinting the night-#" . " Not in my watch sir."' " Not in mine, sir," said the second mate: I "Could they have swam off to one of' the islawls, do you think I" p '• No, ,ir r . The shnika mould have; eaten them in five_ mivates ; Wades, bully Jack can't s • by anndown WI were out clear of the' is lands, with a rattllog breeze two - points ab aft the beam, and with weather top -gallant .14,e'n arils out, the good old Junior went walking away, bailing off her eleven of 'em, • which in those days, was veryfait traveling under merchant caves,. There had been amoon in the early pest of the night, but it went down with the,ster . - botud,vvetch, leaving only a, few of the. bright est sure to stand that south Pacific morning weld); There was just aufficieht light to en able one to tumble about the - decks beauti fully, but not enough to.be any, service about working.,ship, and so ww• Swayed up to to' gallant sails, boom ended iittetv tacks, checked in weather 'braces, kid pulled and hauled generally by the sense of feeling: - ' Foul bells had beta struck, and the wheel relieved perhaps twenty minntes i the ship was rolling considerably, and I stood oft on the weather side of the quarter deck, with my anti passed through the ports of the wiz en topssil halyards, tosteady myself, stooping a little to- look out under the foot of the spanker at something I Lao caught sight of far down to leeward, and which, might possi bly have been a ship: : A Lind of side glance showed-nio the dus ky ()alines of rotten, crouching under cover of the weather bulwarks bi s the main topmast backstay a, and a moment later, a sudden lurch of tae ship sent the - man reeling out up on deck. A transient ffelter .of the binnacle lamp reflected from, a panel of the bulwarks, fell upon polished metal, and knowing that un der the circumstances none of the sailors had a right to be there, my suspicions became ar °emelt, and I hailed : - ti "Maio rigging, there I" Nu answer ens made, and the bail was re peated, with a louder demand to know. who was there. " A better man than you are, you bloody sealion," came back the gruff reeputim. It was the voice of Jack 9tro i vin, the En glish ruffian, instigator and rime mover in et ery diftictilty we had had during s the cruise. The re-cal was coming aft, armed with an whaling lance.. An iron bela)lng pin, in the hands of a re solute or de4Orate man, is a formidable weapon. 'Many a disfigured face and brok en scull has been the 'emit of a blow dealt with an iron belaying pin. Instinctively I grasped at the neareq pin. By some fatali• ty it was fast. Was the nert, and the next, and s a doien that, !sought to draw from the rail. The mutineer was coming, and I was entirely unarmed. l-leaped to the companion way ti give the alnrm to the,captMti ind.r.. 7 9Cond mate; tint -- the - ringing 'report of a: pistol shot, and the voices of Ned Brown May, threaten ing deerh to those in the cabin, corning up from below, assured me that there was no mid to be looked for from that quarter, and I turned to confront the armedidesperado. He was within ten feet Of me, with the lance pois ed, when a sudden 'plunge aed roll of tha ship disconcerted big aim, and the lance blade prt!sed,b . y tithed so clohly that it took away my cap and just touched my cheek. The impetus of the tloust s together with the luich• of- the ship, sent the Fetlock liast tire , and brought him to his knees on the deck; near the wheel. I argned that the de fensive-was the best policy and down I went on the rascal bearlng.tim . backwards, and clinching tooth hands in his long, bushy hair hoping to Vild him there till I could sum inomtnnitaee's from the loi•ecastfe. The cry was but half ariicillitted, whima vice-like grip from the assas-in's fingers about my throat, shut quay speech and breath togeth er, and n't' thesoune tnoment the scoundrel, by i a ts - ementlous effort, twitted himself out from under me. This being strinwled is by no - means a plerqant pastime, if my own. smsitions were a fair saMple of the ani , rement. - I sew mere stars, blue-light and lightning, than would have s rpplied a half it dozen world- , ; there was a queer, hissing wail in my ears, like the sereztin of . a lost penguin. We v•,•e•e both young, muscular , active me)). and in a fair rough add Aurnblesfight, I thou'..l have been fully, a match for my an tagonist ; but he had me by to throatat a great disadvantage, and every moment the r:zruggle was getting more unequal. Three times I turned and got him under, but I co'd only hold him there for a tnorritnt, and eve , ry•time he came upperino4 I caught glimps cs of a sheath knife the blade of which he held in his teeth. I knew be would use the kejfe when lie got a chance,- and making a more than human effort. I broke his bold up on my throat, flung him back from rue, and by a sudden r. , il of the ship, away-through the clear_space forwarkof the wheel we both went, &Own leeward. Whater's luck I had that time, and landed qn top. , _ _ A glimmer from the binnacle lamp show- • ed me a heavy ring bolt in the• deck, cloie to II THE POOR Tryo.-- I pay the printer," his head. Chivalry and fair-play were out of I said my .uncde :ruby. ." Ile is a-poor _ crea- I the question under the . eircum.tatices, and I .n ture," rejoined, Trim.. glow so l" s aid mya second I had the rascal's hair in my grasp uncle. , : Because. in. the &it. . place," con again, and the way I bobbed hie head upend tinned the ,coEporal, looking full upon my tie r dovin cn . that lion bolt nitiat Imre - been sothe- , ode, "becatiso be Illii4t, endeavor to please ev- I Wha t uncomfortable to the pirate, as the- prybody., In the negligench of a moment, knife flew out of his teeth directly, and the I perhaps a lima paragraph is inserted, and, blood urn followed liheiiilly from mouth, I !leis ruined:" . . nose and ears. I soon bad ;him perfectly "Too ruMili the ce:Ses, 'NM'," acid my un quiet, and .then with the sheath knife I .cut de with a deep sigh. some lengths from ties log line arid tied him 1. "And please your honer," continued Trim, hand and fret, perhaps a -trifle too , tight ; but 1" this is not the- whole." "Go on, Trine,, then he was ire-ensible, and so was I nearly, , said my uncle, feelingly. "The printer some-, for scarcely bad I get my man seente, when I times, pursued the corporal, "bits upon ti' l I grew faint, threw up my hands-to grasp the ( piece that Pleases him mightily ;he Atoka mainrbrace, missed it, and tumbled overit cannot but go down With his subscribers. along,dde my prisoner, quite as insensible ~ i's I But alas ! sir, who can calculate -the human he was. , . . . mind I Ile inserts it, and - all is .over with I ~When consciousness returned, the' captain him.• They forgive others; bitt cannot forgive and both watches were on the .t quarter 7 deeki _the printer. He bits a host , to print for and and chock aft by 06" round-house lay Brown, every ens steps up fors critic, Tbis pretty Mar and Strovin„ all in double irons. May thissexelsitus—' why don't yourgive -us, more hail been wounded by bullets from .the caps poetry, marriages, cud bon nota ',assay with. rain's pistol.. BrJwn 'was cut into slices, ha- these stale things.' The politician claps his ving fallen into the !iambi of Sam, Who exer- 1 speck over his nose, and reads'tbe paper ov- Lised his huge carving knife upon him with. er is • search .of violent% invective—he finds out mercy. none, take:his specks off, folds them into hi'. All three of the tnutineer4 lira sulky, re fusing to tell vihere they. bad been hid, whit their,designs were, or where their companioi Maya, who had not appeared in the ...melee, waa ascerninett that Brown .and Ilay-had, entered the cabin through a small dock tfiat communicated With the 'tweed decks; and Strovin'mu.t have gone on deck Oro', the,bOohy hatch, as none of , . the- watch' forward saw himprevioiffs` hs his:attack . upon me. , • •• - 11 0 V eately tlispo - red of,the three mods. sem; we commenced a send' their cow rade, After 4n hour we found him nailer the forecastle floor, reatilied in a drize:a plan es, and fast Weeding to death. He informed us that having carded the keewith them when the *atoll went, below, they,bid it till the other sailors were asleep, when they took it along with them down through the scuttle in yfre ecestle ,:liot;r, which they fastened lifter them. They then filled the keg with rtim from the cask in the run, and drank themselves in to the resolutionof murdetiog all the officers, compelling the crow tojoin them, when they would take the ship back to some one or the Icingis . Mills,H;oup, - hieali•• her up, land ner cargo sod Stoies, build tents of her-sails, and live there ashore, like gentlemen Jacks.= Strovin had informed them that there were 823,000 all in good Spanish coin, in the cap tain% stateroom, which it was a pity ,to have carried [fume to Nanttilisket. We bad the 823,000 on board, certainly, the proceeds of the sale of a ship and cargo condemned at Paita,. but how the rascal:3,er er found it out seenis strange. Have mho infirrtned us that when be began to get sober he opposed the mutiny, and fin ally when he refused to have any band - in it, they fell upon him with their knives and cut him to piece s ,we sate him. Three minutes after his confession lama Inas, Hays was dead. , • t The captain would have brought the mur derer's home to the United States-for trial, f. but the unanimous vote o ; all hands _was against such a comic. They might any time be released from their iron by some sympathising shipmate, (there were several suveeted ones among the crew, though they did_not dare to show it openly.) and in such e. tape the chances were, there would be more murderdone. So the decision %was to "-maroon" them. ail for the next twettly-fiveetys they were kept in double irons, and stri ! •tly guarded night and day. On the morning of the t wen, sixth day the look-out's cry of "land ho!" an nounced the near proximity of that low bar ren group of rocky islets; ying to the south ultid and westward of Cape Hof; known as the Diego' Rotiti. Two hours after we made the rocks, our three Mutineers were landed upon them, with all their prop'erty. their irons taken off, their knives tossed ashore after the boat had been shoved out of reach; and the Junior was 611.. ed away on her course, leaving the desperd does to their fate. APPLYING MANI:RE TO CORN AND tOTA- Toks.—l am greatly in favor of spreading and plowing in manure upon-ground_ which is to be plan with corn or poptees,instead of plauicg it na•the hill, for several good rei sons.- . ... . i I would nut place the nianare iu hill's, hc collat. its effects -are of small value to the jcrop of corn or potatoe.. What possilAe be nefit can netit can a shovelf I or two of .unfermented 1 yard or stable-manure do a hill c.f corn`?- 1 Two-thirds of the farmers use the manure I made in,wmter for application to their fields lin the Sptiug. It is nothing more or less than green manure. if the weather, after planting - . - should prove wet-, it will be one uhande in a - hundred if the seed does nut rot —corn especially, lithe weather is dry, the manure titles into a solid mass, and is more of an injury than a benOt. Should the sea son be jtnit right, the roots of corn soon grow beyond the effects of the manure, and leave it useless at the bottom of the, stalks, where It can be of no use until the teld is 'plowed. ; again frir another crop. If well rotted manure' is used, applying in the hill will dovery irell. l Yet its effects aye too contracted,- and the full- force . of the manure is thus lost to: the crop. , • • . I nm ct _ma a swing tile hill under any consideration ; as I believe it rnz,re of an.injury than otherwise. -I have always seen the best potatoes raisad ,upon pound well manure& for . ;ome Other crop the pretinns year, espvcially late years, *ben there is danger nf the rot. My reasons for itpreaditt arid .plowing in the manure are, because it is.where it can be nefit the crop during the whole period of its I groalb.• It is fixed with the soil, and „within I reach of the roots of the Om elonlr its whole length, where it must be of more valne to the plants than when placed in the Lill. It is inipcosibio fordhe manure„ when placed in the bill, to influence the growth of the crop beyond the first commencement ; and an early Ann in Spring is very , beneficial, yet, would not drat • hill out grow,anci out yield, whictOcould obtain . a rich supply of nouti.hment for its plants during the while -earn, insteltri of thiA one that a full supply during its early.4rrowth, but was stinted all the rest of the season., as corn and ,potatoes must be when dependeneiyis made upon ap vdving manure in the hill alone I— Genesee Farmer. - • taros A . Pocket, and <feet:lry tbe lt paper good for -no thing but' to . .burn. go it goes. - Everyone thinks it ought to-be printeZ for bimself,' as he lea subscriber—=and •-Tel, after" all- this cumplainingfirouti you, believe it, sir," said the corporal, chopiairbii hands beseecbing.. ly, " *ouldyou believe it, air, 'there, are some subscribers who do not hetitate to obeat the poor painter out of-his pay. • Our army swore terribly in Flanders, but they never did atiy- tiling so bad as tbet.-4Sierne. ' Zfirlfiio within your means. VOLUME, XVIL NUMBER It The Legend of ianta Claus. The popular name of the saint who presides over Christmas Mad the toy *gifts of that welcome seasda, is derived from St. Niclolaa: The legend of, his first - appearanci is an hal iamone.. Acriording to this, a shoemaker, named Giraldi, was so miserably poor. that his labor from day to day . barely kept Lis familyifrotte starvatrOn, and.he.was unable to give evenOstikell dowry t hiS pretty daugh ters. Tt waslnot thought proper'to matrr , without a dowry; and thus the young gi rl, though each had turadthirer, were 'compelled to remain riagle.! their .Sfatbe,r,. heaever went every morning tsethe shrine to pray to his patron saint, St. Nicholes, that be Would work' a miratde'to relieve him ,from hie dis ; trear. One of his nearest neighbors, ati ctt merchant, wit 6 chanced one `day to . orerhear his simple petition, ridiculed the idea . of Ida g .expecting the good saint to take care of hilt daughter, and recommended biur . to °boccie a patron saint Who could be able to do some, thing for him! "Mine," he said, " is. the Jew, Buottaj.,to; fie lends Me money at two - vet , cent. per month; and if you know Cdr. I,t manage you may make four with t. lie. is Rot so deaf as St. NitibOilk.9. " The poor • mat. was sha c ked at this impious speech, and essured the merchant,that• his religious faith could never bealiaken. He went evert day to church, notwithistanding ,thri ;atilt:ea j Mockery. It ,was now Christmas day, when the' merchant land Jew settled up their yearll accounts; _l3uenrtiuto found that be owed hia• ftimd three hhadred ducats, and Y.isbing, to give Ciro an agreellble surprisa, he ordered one of the ducks Ice had carefully fattened, la be ki!kd and ! Torstei, and then, with his own har.ds, introduced the three hundred gold pieces into the inside and sewed themcp. : — He then sent the duck to , the metchant as tt- Christmas -present. The merchan't's wife - sltted in the 'common prtiudice .figeitint shit Jews. and shel declared that she would not touch the duttk,.and the merchant resulted, to sellit. ,When Giraldi.Ptisserl on his way to church ; his neighbor, as usual, bantered .him on his devaticre, and show him the Chtiit mas gift his patron saint had sent him and taunted him with the stolidity of St-Nicht:4N ! ho could not even send hint piece of breed. ! l ivallf he offered to sell the dtick for a &el ler, and wait for payment as he knew Gthsitli to be strictly houest.• The shoemaker Cot= tied the duck, home, and• When be carved it for hip Christmas dinner, three Ilan lied du eats fell out, his first Cada:Cation wits, " Prate: to Cc. richolas I" When he recover ed frotis his surprise, he would havet•ikrn the _mtey back, but his wife petsuUderl him that, as lie bad bought the duct it i'ra9-sight fuli~• Lis sewn. therefore divided the .sum bete/nee the tWe iters - fOr hi 4 ehfost &tie:- ters. ind,ehant, after some class, die coveted his loss of three hundred ducat , , and went to the clioursker to deuisild the moray, which VC:3 refused. The cause came before the magi.liate,: who v.aa a pious man, and heard with injignation how cruelly the ivlor man had been ridi.tulcd• akout his religion. Ilia sentence was that Gilahli should keep the money, and that the-merchant Red • Jew abcoid, , pay a - fine folk their t.uri• ' oua dealitieis of 150 du . 019, to be given as a dowry fur the shoemaker's youngest -daughter.-The tueaniug of this legend islinit a benificent Providence. watches • oiier and takes care of the poor, who are hugest, relig ious mid trultru'l. The tradition runs that since that lime St. Niohnisis par , s visit , every Cluj-tines night, to Oil whom.hitathinks worthy of lii, f.irom lie is known altogetb .er by the - name —Sapta Claus. Experixionts'in Plowing for Corn. . Abot!t twenty, years - agO-1 think- it .was in the fall of I.s3S —we had a_pieceof laud containing about. thiee:raiiiihs . Of" . ..an — acre: ,- It had been mowed a• long time, and needed, ,plpwing. We be s gan. to plow it in die fali, late in November. We EIfCC ., One -pair of oxen and two horsss, and *Owed it deep. We plowed around the whole piece,d when ' 4 ..... it was about half done, the came snow storm, and the remainder , c7as o fwith* spring. We then finithed plowing t with* one pair of horses, and of cotirse it was ploWed about half as deep as that done in the fall. We harrowed it, umuured all alike, and planted it to. corn.: The orOp Was good, but we conlduot seii any dia - trance 'between l-he deep fit!! plowing and the shallow spring plowing.. - A few years afterwards—l Think it . was in 1842—we had a piece of land, an litela or more, which had - Leen mowed- several years, and the grass was run Out, It needed-plow ing, and rut we had Kee; deep plowing high sly recommended, we concluded to try it. We had a great plow•and- plenty of team. z .. , We hitched onstwdor three yoke of oxen and two. horses, and turned it ovq•desper than I ever plowed any land bele& or sinea. • 1 it was,pronably plowed from ten to sixteen • 1 inches 'deep. We hat rowed,' maimed, and I planted as usual with coin. The hoeing was very easy. The sod; ems tarried nyder so deep, that on one would mist:6st that it was sod land. The crop. Weis good. We did not perceive that it teas either better or wome than we have mi s sed pn the same 1end,....r hit the same qualrty . of Immure. before and mdse • wince that time, when wo have plower) it' from four to six in.ches deep.— Country Gentleman. .1 , . • . FIT roa A IAWYCR,—A lady walk-rd info a lawyer's otn'oe Irdely;:w ben tioftfullowing coovereation took plikue: • "'Squire j.calied to tee if you soul(' tiku to take.ttdA boy and mako.a lawyer of "The boy appeals rather young, iiiEtriatit." How oldl3 bee' "geven. years, sir." • too young--deuidedlir too young. Have you no older bOitli" 0, yes, lir,- I have several; but we hasty concluded to make farmers at the °the's. I told. my Una I thought ;this little fellow would- make a firstratolawYer, so see i(you woui take bim.'s "No, madam 7 -he's too young yet to com mence the stud v-of the prutission. But why do you think tfii.i boy. so much better:value- Into*, fora lawyer than your Other eons 1". • Why, you see, rir , he just seven yearl old to-day; when be W 145 ouly five, he'd lie like elf new; ve 6/1 lie gtit to-be si-„ 4sr wati sway and impudent as env erittei could Eie and now he'll - steal eyerytiiiu - g holier, lay Elia hands on," ' •• iffr - AA r ik nick, bsker his initeuted a Issei'l kind of yeast; whiohtnikes. bread so light, tutee pound of it weighs only eight ounces,
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