THE MONTROSE. DEMOCR.AT,• IS rukostity TlivitsDAYEicitY AL.areri-iteicku.. • • OFFICE ON TLIBLICATENITE 1 THBEE 1)061t.s ABOVE ARABLE'S 'HOTEL TERMS.--47,50 per annum ip, ADVANCE ; e.therwitm S 2 will , be charged-Land fifty cents per annum., , added to arrearagne, at the option °fiber Publisher, to pay expense of coliecilon, etc. AuyaucE payment priaterred: .ADVEDVISENIENTS will biiiiiserted at the . , . • rate of ttt per vqtairt... of ten H t he or less, fig e first three 1, weeks, and:, cents for each additionid week--pay down. II i I i Illerelisnts ' ; .and others, who -advertise. !. by , th o year. trill be c harged at the.tollowlii ratea, • viz.; !I /lir one sguart. or lek cnla year. with changis. ia .!' EaeA additianal:eqvat*,.al tAe rate of l .6 No credit glees except to, those'et !mown resPonelblllty. il. Vottital. 3i*MaXs. , ELX 3 . • il:OX THE GERMAN.. Wilhelm end Mors 'No down by ft stream. 1. Where Abee'in the wildflowers roveled-i, Where the pertain , nattered some sweet dre_atnl And the vineihtng In festoons disheveled. And the old stoeY told of a lore that should last Through a lifetime of gladness or Narrow—, And memory !mimed through the gloom of the past, - And Hope promised Joy for each morrow' • , She AMP fair as the snow, and pure us the dew, And her halt hintgin 'rich golden tree,-,•e ;I He was noble and brare—tinswerflog slid true— With a Welt: tye ttutt s lovingly bleeme. Ifirethe crammer ptweed---e,eo faded the ruse— , Ere the green Wood was et ripped of Iv heanty,--- He dept the sweet sleep of quiet repo.e. • -tad death taught her Wes saddePt duty „ .Thry burled Min where,the pale daisy sleeps Where his favorite stream now , . serenely They buried him where the wild cataract And the rainbow enthr. ned site so queenly. , , Hut yeah' hare now , fletloinee this trial of yo Tooit from Nary life's best. richest treasur Her song still ittrimt:- - -and on:milted her to For her spirit to hip singe Itx measure: 'ller footfall ireloW, and dilatant is her eye. • • And vilvered are thow . goldentresr•er-- ...• Iter emdle le etill bright—lteethoughts are on For the known that a xpirh-land blesse*. She Iroowi , that the loved who have gone bt;f. Will await en iitlieaven's bright portal— That the lured and the boat will meet once rn That pure love ht...mnne t 4 there immortal. yesterday. pale and grim, Announced her lilies pilgrimage ended— She unfulded'her wisp In the the twilight 411 And r.ped..wherc4li . eir aplrlt lore blended. -And the zrare that hod ... held but Wilhelm alo, Now routers ltwflOwers overltarr.: And the rainbow rot on her ery,talthfune, Where the edaract werpe her hod fairy. A • WEARY ME IT IS TO aerelto WORK ve•who at %lie anvil tnil • • Ana strike the .t.unilint: 'here trolls-the hiirrtinn iron's Itrnast The ; sparks Sly and fro. While answeri fig tattle hammer's Ting, And tire's intensefglow— Oh, while cc feel *tis hard to toil And sweat the l4tniday thrvnigh. Remember it is h:leder kill - To have no work to do! •-• llo! ye mho till the stubborn soil. Whose hard - tiand..* guide the plow, `Who bend.beru=th the summer sun. With burniinf cheek and brow— n, deem the curse stilt clinits to earth • From olden time 4111 now-- ihtt while ye fees 'Os hard to toil And Libor all da,t thronzh, • ltemernher it is ha • still To have no wort:, to do: • y x . rho plow t vea's blne tieht , — — i% lie role the're: , less. wove. 'Reneuth whose gallunt vessel's keel There lies a yalviiiir• grave, Arotalld whose bitrhi the wintry winds Like fiends of fu utile you feel 'Opium] to toil Wiry, through i. Remember it he harder 'till To hare no work to dol Ho! ye upon %chose fevered cht;elts The hectic glow it. bright, Whose mental toil wear, out the day And half the weary night, 11*.hoinIntr for the tomb. of men, Champion,. of ernth and rigid— Although you fee t Tour fon is hard, Es en NVitYkthis'iloriouN view, Renternher It harder sll/1' To hat eno worlit.lo do! • all who lahoi,Lall 'Ye wleld a loft y.110W..T. Do With your miitht. do with your t4rent,lh. Fitt every goldsn The zloriotts privilege to do Is mares taunt noble dower. Oh! to your birthright and :yourselves. Sit your own souls hr trni;! A Wodry, wrt.trled tits in their! , - Who hare no wdrk to do! '4lliscrilantous. Froni floinq;hold Word. KING_ IN LOSI DON. , • Tort: wife discovers, on retirimi ibr the night, that her (blawers are void; her toilet table is bare except the ornainents she now wears, ber beauty is as unadorned 'ag that of a Quakeress; all the fond tokeris you gave her when., her pre=nuptial lover, are gone; nova thing is left; your own - mintaturc,,with its,settings of brilliantsl; her late mother's diamonds-; the bracelet's, "dear papa"' presented on her last birth . day; the top of every.botae in the dressing case :brought from Paris by untie .Jobn, I at the risk of his life, in 184 S, (being gold,) are off--- - -but the bottles'(bmiog, glass) re _main. Every valuable isswept, away with the most discriminating villany; for no othl, 'er thing in the chamber has been touched not a chair• has been moved; the costly pendule on ~the chitrihey-pike still ticksi the entire oparttnent is as! neat and trine as when it received the last finishing touch of the house-maid's duster. Thel entire esaliShment runs frantically up ;And down stairs; and finally congregates, in my lady's chatiilier„ Sobody knows anything tyhatever-about it ; , yet .ever' -t' body. offers a suggestion, as though 'theyl had not an idea " who ever did it." The I housemaid biti•sti -into tears the . cook declares she thinks she is going, into hys terics, and at last .Suggests sending for the police; which is *en for a suspicion' of,and insult to the Whole assembled house hold, and they descend into the lower re gion of-the ho - use in Sulks. X 40 arrives. I - Lis - face betrays sheepish- , Tess combined with . mygtery. lie - turns his bull's eve . into every . eorner 'of the passage, and upon every 'coinitenance on the premises. Ile examines all the locks, bolts and bats, bestoWing extra dilligence on those that enclosed the stolen treasure. these.he declares to have been ".wiolated," • thus concisely intimating, Without quot ing Pope, that therams been More amit one "Rape of the Lock:" Ile then notes- the -. non-disturbance of the otlicir valuables; takes you solemly aside, darkens his lan tern, and asks von, 'M a mysterious whis per, if you suspect' any of yetir servants, which implies that he ;He then ex-1 amines the upper hied rooms) and in the I room of the-female servants lie discovers the least „valuable of the rim,* and a east oll silver tooth-pick, ;lietween the mat; I tresses. - every You have . :cOnfidenee in your maids; but whit can !you ,think? - I cm suggest their strre,,Cll6to ---. 7 but your ife intereed&, and the policeman Would - I prefer speaking to. hit i mspdetor - before Nicking tir , Ybody up..- . „. Had the whole :natter renitlined in-the hands of X 40, it is probabte thot.your troubles would have lasted till now- ,A' train of legal proceedings-I—at:lion' for de.; I, .famation of character and suit for &nil- I ges--.would have 'l llloived,.coatuty more than the value.of the jewels, to'ke.tlier-with the execrations of. voin• neigbbors, and every private friends of yonridomesties. But happily the Inspector.prodiptly sends IL plain,' eariterstdookit* inani 'who an: nonnees himself OS:one-Of the. two deter: . _fives of the - X divisions • He 'settles the i titatter in . ten initiates.: His ekamination7, is ended in five, As a eisnniiissear can -tietermine the painter a pct tire at a+ . - . .. ~1 . . , -r`: - .•". ,'• ...--.-- , •1- - .-'-••-f , ;.''' J. - •• - ' - :. 1 - - -- ,- - ' , ..\•-•••• , i •'''''" i' . ' ....,-..:.-di.,. , • ,- ....• ;........ ..... 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'This is done by one of the dancing sefiool." • " Intp4ssible," exclaims your plundered partner. ":"Yty, our children go to Mon /noor Pettitoes, No. 81, and I assure you he is a most respectable protesser. And as to his pupils—" • The detective smiles and interupts. "Dancel-s" he tells her,. "is a name given to the sorts of burglars by whom you bare been robbed ; and every • branch' ; of the thieving profession divided into gangs which are-termed sehoolS. From. No. 23 to the end - of the streetrthe houses are un finished. • The fillet' made his way to the top of one:of these, and cratvled to your 'garret." "But we are twenty hOuses distant, and.; why did .;he not favor one of my neighbors'?" yon will ask. '~ Either Ibeir: upper 'stories are not so practicable; or: 'flit , ladies have• mutt such valuable jewels" - "But how did the thieves know that ?" "By watching -and inquiry. This at: far .inay-have been in preparation more 'than a month. Your house has been watched—your habits, have been _ascer tained. They have fomol ont when you .ditto,-how lon!r you remain in the. dining room. A day is sjleeted, while you are busy dining, ankwhen your servants are busy. Waiting on.- you,. the thing is-done. Previously iaanyjourtn•ys ha 'e been tirade over thd roof to findont the best means of entering • your house. The attic is chosen;• the robber gets in -anti creeps noiselesMy, or `dances' into the place to he robbed." . Is there :thy chance oi'zerovering propertyr you atik . ;•anxionsly, seeing the 1 whole matter at tv glance. "I hope so. I have sent. some brother officer to watch the Fences' houses." "Fences ' • "Fences,".exclitints the detective., in relAy to, your innoCent wile's inquiry, " are purchasers of stolen goods. • Your jewels Will soon he forced , out Of their settings and the geld 1ne1t4.0." • _ A suppressed scream. 2 "We shalt se.c, if at this unusual hour . of the night, there is any hustle in or near any of these places ; if .any punoke , is cominunt of their furnaces,,,where the melting takes place,. I shall go and seek out the itreeise garretter '—that's anoth er name these plunderer: give themselves —whom I suspect. .13y his trying to 'sell' -your, domestics-by, placing the ring,and tookpick in their bed, w think I know- the man.' -I • The next morning von find - all the snp positions • verified. The detective calls and obliges you,at. breakfast (after a sleep less night) with a ;complete list of the stolen articles, and tiroduce4-some of them for identification. In three months your wife gets nearly all her articles back ex-. cept. some of the gold ; her damsel's in nocence is thily established, and the thief is taken front his school" to spend a long holiday in a penal colony. sonietitues they are called upon to. in vestigate robberies so execitted that no human ingenuity appears, to:ordinary ob servers,,e i.apable of finding the thief. The robber has left no trail—not a. trace. Every. clue seems cut off—hut the experience of a detective guides hintinto tracks invisi ble to other eyes, Not long since, a trunk was rifled in a fashionable hotel. The theft was so managed that no suspicion could rest •on any one. The detective I sergeant, who had been sent . for, fairly owned, after. 'making a, minute ex:unina , tion, that he could. atrord no hope ~o f elucidating the mystery. As he was leav= - , big the bed-room, hotrever, .in which the plundered portmanteau stood, he picked up,an ordinary shirt button front the car pet.L He silently compar&l—it with those nn theihirts which ,the thief had left be hind in the trunk. It did not match them. He Saidn4hing.bnt hung about the hotel for the rest al' the day. Had he,been narrowly In-atch'ed he would have been: set down ftr an ex - centric 'critic of linen. Ile was looking; out for shirt-front or wristbanif nithent. a button. His search waslong and futtient, bet at length it was crewarded.. o.ne. of the humans Of the lmuseshowed a deficiency in his - dress, 1 , which - no one hitt a detective would .have inotfeed.: He looked as narrowly as he' !dared at the pattern of the , remainittg ibuttons. It corresponded •with that of - I • I . Ac little tell-tale he had picke - d tip. He . lwent deeper into the subject, got a trace `Of some of the stolen p'roperty, ascertained !a connection between it and the 'suspected . . , person, eontronted him with the owner of the .trunk,. and 'finally stweeded - in Victifig him 'of the theft. At anather her tel robbery,the blade of nknif'e' broken in I the . lock of a portmanteau, formed.the eine. The detectiVe employed in that ease was,, for Sometime employed indefa, tigably . in seeking out knives with hroken blades. At length he . fOurid one belong-. •P to an underwriter, who proved to lie the thief. t • C Indiana Juk tioc of.. the Peace, rindiCated his claiia to be a social • ureattire, by the subjoined ~gracious nose, the:correctne'ss - of whik:ll is youclied for by the Itintington Herald :--- t - . ''"Compliments " "There is ia be a pand picnic beloir bunting on the .'2 4 litliof,May . of the young pt opt @ of HUntington and vicinity on that ocieasion Tariauld be finch pleaSed to hare this admissibility of your company if it wiadd . he agrt!e,able'and meet the aptiro 7 ral, your attest:l4On." nr`probaDly the ;reason why so little was writton ,i.k,thena;rl..A.ges,, was that peOple could not.see. _,to write. :„W'Shallow water makes great' 043 in, "AN WE FORGIVE , OUR DERFOIIO 9 Dy T. S. Arthur. • ;Harvey Green was a shrewd man of busi, .„ iness—lionest his dealings, yet ever ekacting 11141%1. He, took no advantage of others, and was very careful not to lothers take advantage of him. While actl! I ine• op the pHecept, Owe no man 'any-I, c' thing," he never lost Sight of a debtor, nor I rested whileithe obligation remained in), 'force. A natural relit& was that, Harveyi : Green nrrisneied in the things of this world; : —uot that he became very rich-, but so I well off as to leave no reasonable want un-1! supplied. . It so happened, a few y.ears ago, that a;1 man named Wilkins, .after-an unsuccessfid - struggle with; fortune, continued through six or seven years, failed imbusiness. Few '1 men • had toiled harder; or suffered more; i f and whetrat last he yielded to the pressure of iron- circtntlances, he sunk down for a season prostrate in. mind and hotly. Ev- I erything that he had was given up to the !ereditors--- - -thel property paid but a small per cottage on the claims:-:--and then he, went liirthinft) the world, all his'busittess relations broken up, and, under the he'avy [disadvantage lot' 'his situation, °bravely !sought to gain for his large, dependent family things - needful to their sustenance Plid,growthAidmindd and body.. I Among hi . . 4 e i rediters was Green. Now Wilkins belonged to the same church that numbered Green among its members.— When the latter 'heard of the failure he was-a good deal' disturbed, although the sum owed hitt - Owns not over four hundred dollars. Ott reflection he grew more corn-' posed: ," Wilkins is an hones man," said he to himself. ," pay me sooner or later." It did not take long .to sell.off, at a sad sacrifice, the 5t.6.4: of goods remainim , in the hands of the debtor, for lie threw rim i impediment the way of ,thoge who songht to obtan their due. . . "_Alt ; my fri . nil," said the latter, on meeting, with G' een a few days after, the closing up of hbf, insolvent estate, "this is a sad business !i But it' God gives strength, I will:Pay.otlevery dollar - it'.this debt .befere I die. An honest Man can Inn , er sleersoundlylwhile he owes his neigh-J a thrthiliq.t." ‘ j The right spirit, brother_Wilkins," an- Swered Green; right spirit ! Hold , out to that. declaration, anti all will come out straight, in the end. Though I can't 1 very well lie ont:lof my . nmpey, vet I will wait patiently until you are able to pay me. I always said you were an honesti man; and I am Ore you will make- good s '' my word;'." " God helping Me, I said the debt or; his voice trembled, and his eyes grew moist. 0, how t hirk looked all in the fit titre! .Wlet.t, a elOtnl was on his path ! What 'a weight .0 r grief, mortification and , despondency on 'his heart) The twte men parted, and .each -took his homeward way—the debtor and the ered-• itor. The-one With countenance erect, self-eomplacent feelings and elastic step; . the other sad and depressed. That itight,3l Green prayed, " Forgive I us our debts as we. forgjve our debtors." I . -Yet scarcely_ tlte words died on his 1 . UPS ere he was musing on- the chances in titvorof his receiving from the penniless Wilkins, the few hundred dollars him by that unhappy individual. There was 'no sympathy for hint in his heart ; 110 I thought of terrible; prostration of'spirif; nothing of pith and lbrgiveness. A self' regard end own interest com pletely absorbed air humane considera tions. Time •passed on,' INEr. WilkimOvas no drone.. An earnest, - active man,-he soon found , employment-t-not very remunera tive at first, but still sullieiently so to ena- ' brq hint to secure Many comforts for his , family, and to provide for their education. Otte, two, three years glided by. \ \ With the growth of his a hiMren, his expenses increased, and - kept so,close a tread upon his income that-ho had not been able t0.,1 pay off any of the 74d obligations; :litho' he never lost sight', of them, and never ceased to feel troubled on account of their existence. • • - "0, debt; debt, debt !" - he would Often sigh to himself. "What would I not give to be able to say, `owe iio man any thing:- But Withlny large•fitinily andlimi ted-income, what hope, is there!". This was his `depressed' state of mind one day when Mr. Green .called in to see Mtn. Many -times, before this unhappy Man had been reminded-of his debt. " How are vou getting on?" - inquired the credifor, fixing Hi eyes steadily upon poor Mr. Wilkins,Who felt a sense of suf . - 1 focation,and he slightly (limited Infore his!, tyrant. "I have much to ' thankful for," meekly answered-the Aebtor. "My health., has been good, and I.liave had 'toady em ploynient." "Yon are living very comfortably." "And We are grateful to a kind PrOvi dence for our bleigx" "Your salary is One thousand dollars a year?'" • "It is; and L have six children .to sup. port." - • -" You ought to save something. , , I've been easy With you a long - timc ; its three y&irs now, and you intim% offered me one cent. If you'd pay me Ore or ten dollars at ,a time, the debt would hive lessened. I wish you would make :mute' arrangement. You ought to save at least two hundred dollars from your salary.. I know plenty of men. who get'only eight hundred a year and - have as largefamilles. as yours.", The eyes of Mr. Wilkins fell heavily: to the floor; he telt , as ifaaeavv - weight had been laid upon his bosom.. Lle made no - , reply, for what could he . 4? - "1 - have always upheld you as an hon est 'Mad," remarked Green, - in :t tone of Voice that iMplied an awakening . , tiOid* . l as to whether.tbievieW of the debtor's charaCter was really correct; . • "That is between . God and :my own conscienee;_" said Wilkins, lifting his eyes from the- tloer,• and loOkin; - with. some 1 : sternness into the face of his persecuting creator. • • • "For - your.oWit .sake; I trust you will keepla clear corufelenee, 4 ! returned Green. "As for the present Matterlmtween all I.wisb to icnOw is, whether .you mean to pay nly debt; and if ,so, When may I expect to receive something?" "Ilow much is the aebt'?" kins. . "It was thret kindred and seventy dol . lars 'at the, time of your failure. Interest added, it now anionifts to, four • hundred and tifty,"•said Green. "There were Other debts. besideslyOurs." I "Of course there were ; but I have no- thing to do with them." • • "The -whole amount of my indebted `,ness wag Wentz,' thousand dollars. The yearly interest on this 'debt-is pay than my- yearly income. I cannot pay eFen the interest, niuch less the principal." " But you can pay my small ("Jahn if you wilt; you could have paid it before this if the disposition haft existed.— You 'talk of ' conscience, but I'm •afraid, brotho Wit= kins, in your case &ere-is . a very narrow ' foundation of honesty for conscience to rest upon.. I don't put much faith !in the professions of men who live after the tlish ion you live, 'and, yet refuse toluty Weir debts. I'm•a plain spoken individual; and you now have my mind freely," .; • 1 The tone of the creditor was harsh in tl:k extreme. • • "Perhaps," said Wilkins with - forced jealmness, "there may he less dishonesty in my witholding that in your detnatiding," .110 you dare ?". The :creditor's face flushed, and his lips quiver with indignation. •1 " There :ire ten creditors' in all,l' said Wilkins, with. regained composure. "Let Me, put to yqtl' :u question. .1' owe' John Martin six hundred dollars: Simkse I had six lit:Ml.4d dollars, and little, pros pects of ever ;44 t inF„ : any more, And' were to pay the whole of over to John Mar tin; instead of dividing it, equally between you and all the creditori, would yoltAeon that act right on my part?" Or •w6uld you think Martin really honest to crowd and chat. me until in very desperation; as it Were, I gave him the whole of what main belonged to others ? Would yon not say he had possessed hiruselfof your prop erly ? 1 know von would. "Al4l let me sity to you - plainly, that your present obit tU get me to pay off your whole.claint en tire, regardless of others equally' as Much entitled to be paid as yourself, at all Indic ative of unselfishness, or a genuine spirit of honesty. If I have any money to pay it belongs equally to. my ereditorsand lo any one of them exclusively." - . . TO be ellar ,, ed thlis by a man Who' was indebted to him—to be charged -with a dishonest spirit by the poor creature whose rdlation to buck ty be reg:lrded as essen tially dishonest—this was too much for the self-complacency of Mr. (reen. Ile rose up quickly, saying in a threatening tone i* Von will repent of this-insult, sir'! Wve fbiborne Ibr years, believing you to be; really honest ; but for this forbearance I im. meet with outrage. shall forbear no, longer: Vim are able to pay nte, and I *ill find a way to-competvon to do so." ?Left atone with his troubled , tlionghts; pont. Mr. Wilkins felt not only humiliated and *retched, but alarmed for the integ rA-,of his household. There was no way in which his creditors ,could, extort . 41;e suit due them except by seizing upon his hoUsehold furniture. ,That Green woidd dolthis, he bad but too .good reason to ferai.; for he had done it in other case.— rti4 fears proved not altogether ground les. On the very next day,, a sheriff's writ was served on hint at the suit of Mar vell Green. .1 What ilo'yon propok! doing; ?" asked Wilkins on meeting with his.ereditor a kw dal 4 s afterward. lGet my money," was answered some what sterniv. "But I have nothing." - ""We will soon - see about that ! Good morning." p3lr. Green imagined that the indigna tion felt toward Wilkins -was directed agamst his dishonest spirit, was, in fact;-a. Tigkeous indignation, when its spring was inoppidity and - wounded pride. \ \ lt was the day belbre the trial of his cruse with Wilkins, when he expected to, get Judgmettt by detitult, as no answer had beeit made by OM defendant the ease. And it Was. his purpose, as it had been front the beginning, to order an execution as soon the \twitter was through court, and t 3 eize uponany property that Could be, limn& EYening came, and Mr. Green sat with 'his children around hls pleasant home. A meet little be knelt betitre hint, his Ore. hands eltispetein: prayer, while front! his lips' came musically the words taught by. the Lord to his diltples, For:. give kis our-debts as we forgiv our debt ors."! There seemed a deeper meaning in the IYords, murmured by Innocent child liotAL than had eyer: before 'reached hit perceptions.. Ills thoughts were stiri-ed new . emotions awakened. The prayer was said llt i e little one- arose ..front his knees`. and lifted his rosy lips fonsti kiss. " Midler," said he, thrning back after obinoil across the 'room, Purriot• going tit let Thirry Williams pay me for that It got broke the next day After I let_ hint have it." - • "114 bought if, from you," bah" Mr, Green!: . - - • • -- "I know he did; but then gairs's mo ther im poor, and he only gets w- penny now and then.• It - takes him .a long time o get 6 dollar, and then the sled is broken and nd good to him. I have a greatiMa ny more nice things than he has, and Why shouldl Want; his pennies when he•gets so few?" k "What made you think cif thiaVt ask ed•the father who was touched by the words of his.child. • ." It eatire into my mind just now as waS s ayinga my, prayer. - I prayed, "For- . oive ofir 'debts , as we forgive ourdebt ors." y -Now Harry Williams is my debtor Mlle ?" ' " Yeti, my son." . "VIII.' if I don't forgive him his debt, how caul - I expect God to forgivemy debt ? HI pray to.hmi tii forgive me ,as I forgive Harry;'and' I don't forgive Harry . at all, don't I ask God not to forgive me, father ?7', The, child spoke earnestly, and stood wit if his.largg, deep, calm eyes,' fixed intently op his father's face: .'Almost involuntary', Alr..G-reen . repeated thihe word's': , 4 " rfye forgive not met their tree parses,' said our B.:whir, 'neither willl - your father Iforgive•ydur trespass,' . '.' . r. • 1 "I'll tOtgivellarry, the debt, father. I Ima sure he'isn't able to pay l'Ot' the iiled, I and I have a great many morclnice things I thanhe has. If I don't do' N how can I ever prayithat prayer again I, "O a ves, yes ! •Porgive him fhe debt by all.meaLs I" replied the lather,i again kiss ing the bdy. ' I 'That ev:ening Was - spent bviMr. Green in closer I self-coatmunion • than he had I known for:: many years. The words of his 1 child had 4.,ottie tO hint like rebuking pre cepts froth Ileatien, and he. ;bowed his head, humpiated and repentant, resolving to forgive as he Would be . forgiien. -, On die Morning that follow 4 as Mr: 1 Wilkins, 11;,om whose mind thel, cloud had not lifted itself, who was trembling lbr the, home of his Children, was passirig his door, . a lad placed. a letter in hishandt. Ile knew I the face di the .boy front . its - likeness to 1I thatof Mr.) Greeni 1 "More trouble,?' he sighed trl himself as Ihe thrust the letter into his poeket. An hour after Wards he opened it, ;and to his be wildermentand surprise, fowl"' within his account fully drawn out anttreeeipted with the stip•tatureof 'Harvey Green. Be low the reCript-was Written, "I stand re buked. I lutist forgive, if I hope to be for oiven.": i, . • ! - It was with great difficulty that Wilkins could restrain - a gush. of -tear so great , was .his in4ant revulSion of feeling. Ah, lit' liar Green eOulti baye seeit his heart at that ntothent, hiS debt Ni'ouldthave helm paid fourfold. Yo amount of money pont.- ed into AI isi coffers i' could have 3 produced such a &chug of heavenly delight.. -I --:oi-......-- - ------; Marvels; 'of thelPre-Adamr4e Cm , . ation. _ • . • .+' . i asked 'ld but see -the pro4ctions of our 'own country, a they once' really ex- isted—could we travel backiviirds into the vanished past, as we .can• descend-in to the strata. that, eontain their reiliains, and walk out . into. the woods 'along the sea-shores qt should, be greeted b n. :succes.sieri of mar vels strange k beyonil the conceptibuk 'of I poet, or at Nast onto equaled erea- t ions of hint =who, his adventurbus song, set forth the lady Litia to wander. over a fairy land cedrearywooda and :trackless forests, forests, •whOse caverns were haunts of dragons and satyrs, and its hills the abodes i• • Of dreadful hdlg., that,when they di:ew in hando Half firing and half floating,.in thelrbo*ie, • • bid with theft', forgone,* unotaure der much lands, And math! Wide *Wow tinder bulkstnne As mountain dish the r volley overc.osle; tarllnavtafla durar afire ' ieui=4ou.hrtbill, and ‘as te.j . Let us, hoiiever, ere we part=: for the evening, adventure $ short walk auto the ' wilds of the Witt. it that port ion of space now oecupiedion ;Jai surface of the. globe by the hortli.:Oasternr hills of Sutherland where they :dint ou precipitous Ord. 'We stand on an elevated wood covered.ridge, = that on _the one hand overlooks : O. blue sea, and . descends on the other towards a broad river, beyond which there spreads a wide expanse-of a inountainousl forest covered country. The higher'auf more . distant hills are dark With pines • and ! save that , the sae, alrtiady low in ;the. sky is flinging athWart tbein his yelleiv light and grinding; high Oer shaded dells and the deeper valleys, cliff; and copie, and bare mossy suriamit, the general Ooloring, of the back-grOnna Would be bliie and cold.- 1 • But the ray falls bilight and, warm on the rich vegeptiotO around 1141 7 -ferns, trees, and tall club mosses, and. graceful palms, and the . strangely proportioned , oymdacem, wli ae leaves seem fronds of the bracken fixed .aspen decaPitated stumps;. and along the banks_of thp river we see tall, intensely green hedgesiof the feathered eliustacm. cones ,and • withered spiky Naves Strew the groutul . and scarce a hundred. yards away there is 3 noble. Arancarlaii, that raises; sphere -1 like, its proud mare than a• Wl:Mitred feet over its fellows, and whose trunk,' be -dewed with`odetiferouli 'balsam, 'glistens in the sun. 9.4 califs quiet. of.. the -air makes itself faintly ample in the drowsy -hum of insects; herei is a gorgeoes.light poised dragon tlyi darting hither nig thi ther thronghthe minister gnat-likegroups, it settles for a - monaent one of 64 less er ferns, and a ssmallinsectiverousterea titre, scarce Jargq than t rat, issues:noise lessly from its bole and creeps - stealthily toward it. I But there is the whirl of wings heard overhead; and le n Monster deseendS, and the little-maihmal 4tara.backinio his .1 hole. .?Tis a a winged dragon of thk 00-' lite, a carniveronsirePtile, keener eyeiind sharp ofto'oth,.and'thatito the heads and jaws of the 'crocodile adds the neck{ of a bird, the tail of an ordinary ma intnaq and that floats throu g h the, air on: leathern ;Whip resemblingithose j ,of the great rain-, ',Ore haNe seen, in the' minute, .Qt -like creature, one- of. the twti kti'pwn inMinnals of this emit land cif the Qolite-- the insect eating 4ipithpriunt ;..and in the 'flying "reptile one of its strangely organiz ed . • But bark\:. what, sounds are these!— Tramp,. trantwriunp—cinali, crash, cash. Tree fern and'etub Moss,2eytts,.andtatnia, yield to the force,6f some linnaentie pop ,tile, and the coli4o.l!ignanodon !hrqaks through. lie is tall' aikthe tallest Tlephant, but front tail to stinf`.freatly More lan twicens long ;..beitili!, the rbinoce no, a , shoo horn on hisl-snout, and hicjaws I thickly implanted with siiiv-like teeth. But though forelidable frenk hiigreat weight, and strength, the i lguatnn_lon hok sessessthecomparative biolfensiveness. of Ithe herbiverous anitimis ; and, with node- ;sire to attack, Mid! ner necessity to, d efebd . , meet's slowly *mita,: deliberately 'munching gas he pass is theStieentent SteMs` . . , :of the cvoadicie. e sun is last sinking, and:as the light thickens, the . reaChesfof 'the beighbortagriver',iliiiPlaY their fro:2 and lii-er'ntid 'anon' hitig 'sealyliacks are :raised' oVer, - itS:Earfak.e.. .Its ainiaerona crocOdileins late now they quit the stream, and .b© see its . thick, : hedge like lines of eqUise tact&oOn ancrviin dose ' as thqraltle throagh4o, *int i m ineat of prey, the ;dart: raeadOWs that - line its banks There are tortoises - Oat will this evening find their protecting' grragrof carapace aid iflastroa all tbo * . . _~:-~:_ ~-~ .:C' . . .. weak,and close their long fins ofeenturies. I And now we atiunter downwardsto the . ... I shore, and see the ground swells' breaking white in the calm . ,against the ridges Of i coral scarce less white. The shores arc i strewed with .shells of pearl—the . whorley Antmanite and die - . Nautilus; ..- aniF amid 1 the gleans of. ganodial. scales, -reflected' i from, the green depths Peyond We may see the philosophic trail ,i)f the Relenmite, ; and its path is over•shells of strange fern' and, name—Abe sedentary; Oriphiei; the Perna, and the.Plagiostoma. But hi! yet another. A snake like fortm'surmounted by a crocodilian head, rises high 1 out of,, Inc water with Yonder coral ledge; and the fiery ... „sittister . eyes peer inqUiringly round as if in quest of prey. The Ludy is.; but dimly seen; lint it is - short and bulky I compared :with the swan-like peek ; .and mounted out paddles instead of limbs, sh I that ; the entire creature, _wholly; Unlike anything which now extiss, has Leen Ll kened to a boa-constrictor threadedithro' the body 'au turtle. :. , ' ' :1 . . - .Wehave looked upon the Plesioatirus And' now, outside of the ledge there is a tinge crocodilian head raised ;. and a limit, sttous eye, larger than that of . any eithe living; creature-tor it measures alai( foot acresiglares upon the slimmer and: less powerful reptile, and in an an instant the long;neck and small head disappear: ; The. monster of the immense ,eye•-•--an eye so constructed that its focus can be altered at will, and matlet.o comprise either `year! or distant objects, and the organ itself 'adapted either to examine microscopically or to explore as a tellescope---is anOther bepaddled reptile of the sea, the Ichtlyosl auras, or fish-lizard. . ' ' , , .Rut the night comes on, mid the site& ows of the woods and rocks deepen ; there are' uncouth sounds along the beach and in-the forest; and new Monsters of, yet Stranger shapes are dimly discovered 4no sing amid the uncertain gloom. Reptiles, reptiles, reptiles—flying, ,sWimming; Wad-' (Milo., walking; the age is - that of t.litt cold-blooded, ungenial reptiles; and t? 41; 'in the dwarf and inferior forms of ;the 'i marsupials and inseetivora, not one of the honest mammals leis yet appeared. .I: And now tbe moon rises_ in clouded Majesty—and now.her red Wake -bright,' ens in one long strip the dark sea; andwe. may mark where the Cetiosaurus, a Sort cif reptilian whale, comes into view as . , it c:tosi4es the lighted track, and is straight- way lost in the 'Odom. ' But the night ! 'grows dange?ous, and , the.iti moo ter . haunted Woods were not planted fornsan. Let us return r then, to the s:tfer and better furnished world of the present - time, and to our secure. and quiet hoines.-1111tres. Sketch Book of Poptilar Ginlogy. : ! `... ATTA CUMEN TS A NDATING. - - The followin % g!excellent It le *story wins .I.i s i v extensively published in re newspapers . ' about sixteen years ago; It is good enough to be brought tiirivard again. We do not know whir wrote it, nor what country fur- nished the filets described : - , •i ' . We have heard a good story, of which an Alabama Sheriff was the hero. Coutrt was in session, and amid the multiplicity of businesS which crowded ! upon. him at, term time, he stopped at the door of ri I beautiful:. widow .on the ' snotty side Of thirty, who, by the way, had: ofteieJte !stowed melting :glances upon the - afore said Sheriff: He was admitted, and the widow appeared; the confusion and . flight which the arrival of her visitor occasion ed set oil' to greater advantage than usual; {the - captivating Charms of widow 111'. Her cheeks bore the' beautiful betided tints of the' apple blossom; her lips resembled the ! rose buds upon which the Morning de - W rya lingered, and her eyes were like ON.: ers• of Cupids, and glances of love and. tenderness 'with which they were filled resembled arrows that only ' invited a /4att (pardon tht pun) to do full execntion. Af, Af ter a•few vommon-place remarks: • ' ; • "-Madam," said-the Matter-of-fact Sher-, iff,'"l have an attachment for you." . ' ' A deeper bliedi :than usual *mantled the cheeks of the fair ! widow; the' downeast eyes whose pierces. .were .centered ape's • her bemitiful•::foOt, which half concealed by her flowing drapery,. partly patted the ,floor. She with - equal candor replied : "Sir the attachment is reciprocal." ~.P For some time • the Sherirritaintained an astonished silence—at length he Laid: ' " Madam, Will you proceed - to court?" "Proceed to court ? I replied the lady with laugh; then shaking her head she'said: —.- '. . , • :"No, 'sir! though. this is lea p , year, I Will not, take advantage-of the license the:rein granted for my sex; and there-, fore, I greatly desire that you should - pick- - iced to court 1":„ • • "But madam. the justice is waiting." .'"Let hint wait'; \ lam not disposed to hurry- matters in solnibeconling a manner; and, besides, sir, wheNhe ceremony is per: formed, I Wish you to understand that I Ovals- prefer a minister to a justice of the peace.'"' , . • Alight daWned upon the Sheriff's brain. "Madam," said he, 'rising front his chair ' with soletun dignity," there iS a great mis 7 take here; nay language . has been missl-, derstood. The tatirehinent of which I spoke Wis.-issued frOm • the.office of' ' Squire C.; and commands me-to bring you instantly; betiire him to answer a' contempt of the 'court,' in disobeying a aubpcena:•-in the: cape of - SMith vs. 'Jones:" - • ' ! " ' We droll the curtains. . ' rff"A school boy being asked.to define the word "admission," said it Meant tweti ty-five 'cents.. . . . "Tirenty-five.con.ts!",,eooeit the school -master, "what:sort of a defialtiOn; do you call that ?" . "I ! don't know'," sulkilOvplied. the boy,' "but I'm sure it says se on the adVertise most down there' at the •shosr." -' \." Yea," said anotheFhoy, "and childreri. 1i41"ri9 6 ." -- - . . Parln old lady from a temperance village atelY at;ended , a party in town, where, o course, champagne was served, and was .' prevaile d a upon to take .a glass. She drank tWo,"when, smacking her lips, she exelMmed-:' Well, it may be larked to drink-but it's good 1 9 y , . W'Ag ageneral\rule,i a fashionable bean, like a bow in the aky, can't " make both ends meet, . - . JOB PRINTING of ALL KINDS, r•mwtcpcsrt.4l. l T o •- -NEATLY AND PR OMPTL Y, AND AT. "LIVR:AND LET uyE" Tur. officc of the BlontrOme :Demociat . has recently been supplied with a new and choice variety of type etc., and we are now prepared to print pamphlet* circular*, etc., etc., in the beat ityle, on shotbnotice. -Handbills, Posters, Piogrammes, and other kinds of work In this line, done according to order. 11 Business,: Wedding, and Bail CATithii 1 . Tickets, ctc., printed with neatness and despatch, • • .Tuotices' and Constables'lllanks,Nata, Deeds, and all ottsT Blinks, on hand, or printed to order. NO: 36.1 - - - rte' Job wiirk and Blanks, to be paid for on delivery • - • „,,, WUZZLY BEAR NOV A TElieelOrS BEAST.--The following interesting account of - the- grizzly beats of the Rocky Moun tains is taken from a recent work entitled, "ThePrairieTravelcr ” by Captain Macey, of the United States 11rmy. The volume is intended as a- reliable guide-book for those who would, make the • overland journey to California. It is filled with valuable suggestions to such travelers. Besides the common black bear•of the, Eastern, -States, several others. are found in the mountains of California ' Oregon, LT ' and New Mexico, viz:lle grizzly l broWn and cinnamon - Varieties; all halve nearly the same habits; and are hunted in the Same manner. • From all I had heard of the grizzly be l ar, I was induced to .believe bhp one of the' most savage animals in the universe, and that the man Who would deliberately en- • counter and kilbone of thes(f beasts bad performed signal - feat of courage which entitled him to a lofty position among the , votaries of Nimrod: So firmly had .I be# conic impressed with this contiction, that I should have been very relnetant to fire upon one k had I met blur When' alone and .on•foot. The grizzly bear is assuredly the mei - larch of the American, foiest, and so far as physical strength is coheerned,.he is, perhaps, without . a rival itt,the world ; but,after liome_experience in-hpnting, ,my opinions regarding • his courage and his willingness to attack men haVe very ma•-• terially changed. _ In passing over the eleVateditable . 'adds lying between the two forks or the Platte river, in 1858, I encounteied a full groWn female grizzly'bear; with tWe cubs, very quietly reposing upon the open prairie; several miles distant from any timber; ,This being the first :opportimity,that had ever A oecurred to nke for an 'encounter with the 'ursine monster, and• being imbued with the most exalted notions of ' the beaSt's proclivities tbrOffensiye warfare,especially when in the presence of her offspring:, it -may be: very justly imagined, that I was Tattier more excited than usual: I, however determined to - make the assault. I felt the utioost confidence in my horse, as she was afraid of nothing; and, alter • arranging 'everything abtit my saddle and arms in good order, I adl iticed to within about eighty yards before was discover ed by. the bear, when she rose -Upon her hattnelies andgave me a 'scrutinizing ex: utoinat ion. -I seized the ()wartime moment to fire, but missed my aim, and she started off, followed . by her cubs at their utmost speed: After re-loading. my rifle I pur r sued, and, on eozning,a , aitt Within range, deliVered.another shot, ninth struck the large bear in the fleshy part of the thigh, I whereupon ske,set up a most distressing howl. and accelerated her pace, leaving her euhs s behind. After loading again, I gave my spurs to my horse and resumed I the ehase, soon passing the cubs ; wh omen; 1 making the most plaintiff cries of distress. IThey were beard by the dam,but she cave [ no-other heed' to. them than 'occasionally `to bait tbr . an instant,-turn round; and set I upon her - posteriers, and give. a_ hasty look back ;.but as soon as-she sin' nie fat- . !Owing ,her,- she invariably turned agailk and redoubled her spje.d. rimrsued about: lbar miles, and fired about filar NHS into her betbee I sueeededirt bringing her to-the ground ;'and franiilie first time I saw her until her death -wound, notwithstanding. 1. was very often close upon her heels, she never came; to bay or made the slightest demonstration of resistance. Her sole pur pose•seemed to be to. crake' her escape, leaving her cubs in the most cowardly nuniner. :- - . - • Upon-Iliree other • dia'erent oeca'sioris 'lnet the mountain bears, and oneo the cin- Minion- species, which is called thC most formidable of all, and in none of these in •stances did they exhibit the • slightes . t in dication of anger or - resistance, but inv* rsiably'ran. from me.' • . • Finelris• my experience with this Amni a:llde . nuanrreh of the mountains. It is possible that if man camesuddenly upon the beast bra thicket where it could have m previous yarning, he might be attack ed; but it is my opinion that if the.bear. getS . t/ie wind Or sight of a man at Any considerable distance, it will endeavor to c , et away as •Soon as• possible. am s - fully . impressed : with this idea,. that . I shall here:lifer hunt bear with afi eling. of as much security as I would have in hunting the buffalo. • About the greatest curiosity to be .met in this common plain, -tvery day, hum-drum world of otirs, me unhesita tingly pronorince the - Contents of • a boy's pocket. - Peep hit° that pocket when yolt will—whether - at night as he' goes AO his . . bed, or in the morning as he goes to his play; or whetheratlonie or abroad; at school or ini church, anywhere and every- Where, mid .a you will . find' his pocket a'per ;feet 'curiosity shop, very. osmium .gatlie 'ii'urii„. into • which- is rinidessly crammed eve'v article that conies into his hands, !without ever being to full too hold the last •, , r objeet-upon which• he lays-his fingers. A. ' little nrchin - of some ten summers' growth invited big mamma the othisr (lay, in Our presence, to ,repair a slight accident to a - pantaloon pocket, trui to - do this,, it. be. • 'canoe necessary to upset the contents ; of . 3faste r Willie's, pocket upon the floor, an exact . inventory of 'which we - proCeeded • to note-down, as iolloNs : -An indiuri rnb her, a bottle cork, an old gas.bUrner,' one • nine pin, a part of an exploded firecrack er, an old spool of cotton, a . 'small blopk, part of atrohl match-box,,one old enyel. 'cipe, a bag of niarbles, ono .hickoty nut N plecelof silk cord, severalpiecei of tNino pieco ofgingor cake, - and strings, the,lidkif an s old pill box, pie. bit's tail, pieces of fan. a cC li s .rec ofe 9 h f es t n in u , t a . fu r t a ll i or colored paper, two old nails, a small .peture book, a Mate pencil, abr'oken jew's harp, the remains of • a-, pocket handker chief, all,4ny.ivhisile, a piece of shoo sti•kag,‘, two, ;rains of coil!, a pocket . knife half ft ataue, two spotted: ohjokoa feathers; piece, of brick-IA a ap!apiris top, a dead, an . asgortment . of buttOna, with crumbs of breath; candy, anilra mixture '4; ItsoA, tic boles and yllit generaily. - , . - .'The most direct niet hod of deter . mining a, horie:power—stand,...near and tickle hislegs with a briar.' •••'• , • WEE AT THE OPTICE OF TUE A Boy's Pocket
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