Cttlittsbutgi Gaidtt. .A. ~degly.„l .l oved mother—over *hese gravg the white' roes beim blossomed and faded throughout many a ,Tune—very roften repeated to her Cliildien the old legend that Jerome relates of the beloved disciple; how in hishitit years, when- from his infirtnities he was unabltoto converse connectedly,-he.', continually' repeated to himself the words: "Little children, lOve one another." He answered, when questioned, that it was his Lord's command, and "if that was done; it „„was enough.” . : What a charm was in those words, spoken , by her gentle, voice, to still the petty strifes of , ehildhood.' • ' • • - -,Away-in California of old,. before it had -drawn' nearer to us by magic iron , bands, or linked by flashing wires—the El •Dorado upon whose wastes so many hopes lie shipwrecked—wandered the mother's only boy. In .a secluded spot stood the log hut of a "prospeeter." patterned: utter: hundiedi of others, many`worsi, few better. „,It • eonsisted of one dim room, lighted only by the open door; or a sunbeam stray ing through the large chimney. A bed lof rough blankets,. tossed into, a heap, occupied a corner. On the ash-covered hearth, of , rough stones, stood a .:kettle that had been used, unwashed, ono would - Mit like to think how long; or question whether - does and men did not have access to it, indiscrim ately. Upon the .table"were scattered, in dire confusion, dirty plates and dishes; pieces of dry, gratlooking bread, variegato ed with. y_ellow stripes of saleratus ; pork, boiled,fried and raw ; dandle ends in scoop -ed_out, potatoes,; lumps of ,quarti or %dos-- som-rock;" the whole medley crowned by an _ - old rusted pan, in"whichtiere and there —terod a speck of the, recious dust:for which ' -all tiomforts of CiVilization:are bartered. The xough.men,who,oecppled this cabin :!: 11.1.1 .A.%.roligh , :licluiire :Of :t . he - 210;94nm of those humanizing inflßences` that gather around the.firesides'tvliare. Wife and-, chilitten await to Meet the father when the day's 'work is -haire , reft' this; comfortless , abode for - their usual label- in the mountains: The every ing previous, in trying their skill upon 'a deserted "bole," they had dug a few feet and uncovered a seemingly rich lode: Burning with eagerness, they had gone out after sunrise to follow up their disecivery: There wire three of them,' two middle ' aged men, and a youth of eighteen. They had traveled across the plains in company, and had formed a sort of partnership, agree ,- ing to share alike in good or ill fortune. Mit the greed of gold everywhere foster the same evil passions and blunts the best " " feeling of the heart. The Vey Robert— mothers's boy—had really discovered in " "dications which led to' the discovery of the , lode, and was willing to share with his cony ' panions according to the terms of their partnership. He was about thirteen. when his mother died, leavinghim to be buffetted . by heartlessness and injustice, and to pick up associates whose influence was far from beneficial ; but the sense of right, the yield ing of self for the sake of others, as "early impressed by her, bad been crushed out. To the two men hardened at the prospect. of enriching themselves, he seemed a char '. acter easily influenced. They very act sadit of 'Mick wine as - for . Miles li ..It '3Viyi t tepende n t aponl:tlib, - ;6:nirteity th e f are. ,rseerned aelfzdeattit_watt Wolin* . be4rVe, ttilit , ' At the end of the,:tiniei if,: they still:, to, pase out of courtesy . , a n d we gi0.1.0.„ a el i,.,„,v ,„ A '-- - ""; b e divorced , the,; woe inarlittt til - Nr. Ireilaia - 'er the 45 bleagw; :., tiemedflrut it tuniallYhappetted thefore ,-pi ctr opyagern nxid r wlipni wo were. the time thine syniptitly la: 0 tiriliiid Ana' °ollie' train, and who raja' ......Witi . -T,e!Zlell4, 4 4 4 4 lYlittlifidklit?Ar -t. . e a us bn aarivinf at even tide, at Niriii,l,9 . •• ~,...._ ,------;.4. uAtipa " I '.' ''..- ."• V . ~ .4 - ' A -41 e ' new n(nuizepot - rifle . has cost the • ~; t _ il i . J . e a there are, , t hi s . spnn .` 4, no bre, _i. •• , ch'. •-• tw' `f - Ti44" . 1,194 .. " Oilers thus , '•-4,. '.ooldbuts catthils•o4lirek'lluar,Abbik_ d , 4 . lint fee ; th i ii em i ngton rifle has ' ' ' den an d riot the officers of the ratil; w fiNil .tw i llitYytWo'xiilfgthcilimot ~ ,ii nd ! . .),,,,n . ,: ~- , . 43 - t a li .4, 3 44idger,';folr thiViliblid-bed IS ire- •trlioisixteesk,f,inithont,l.Gitst rildfain has To opiit'--14140k t b-Y gulte" 1411 ' ." . -th . irteidi' , lii llilbedisiliti'fOr the ,new , -• ‘; iii, • —thigk o rifew larli c who* ; Tana' ,-" diav i ti e V-lite'llnaariaatsi..., u ii i - tha Vri e tl e a tqce t 4 1 44")141711 " !; . A lil 1 4410 ' ill ' e , m.„ ..4 b " 1 .741 k, tlar-ly d e arer, _ 1 V•15'•;? ,• gif ''''' ' g eCaY." . ' ”i, '.. -ii '," , '.' '' ..:-..,••. .. re +•.l k 6 . •il' - P ~ r.4.' ~ 1,, ledg es, ~I