VOLUME XI. FARMERS LOH THIS WAT.I THE opposition say that in a short time the ground trill bo ready to sow Chat?, Barley. 3. e. HMV they know this we are not aide to say, but this touch we will say, that whenever .it gets ready. you had butter give its a call for one of the best Crain Drills. and warranted at that, (no large talk about refunding' money,) but if the article i= not as represented, it eats be returned, and all matters satisfactoridy arranged. Likewise, in due time the grass will be in order for' bay making, and then we are prepared to furnish c a n with Allen's Mower, a splendid machine fur cutting grass of any kind. And in addition, when desired, see have also the combined Mower and Reaper, on Manny's Patent, whirls is manufactured upon a slit . ..! fcrent principle from those made heretofore, and war ranted to cut gras ,, and grain as fast as one team of horses can draw it. And further, we have the Pre-; minun Corn Sheller of Lehigh county, and as there ban been sold a very large moldier in a short time that have rendered universal satisfisel ion, we are can- jident in saying, that it has no superior hem or eh . likewise have a mill fee chapping feed, • is different seetiotm, II C ; OS elI ringer. do; David do: David Ktiliw, :Mewl ; George 13cieid. CORN SRELLE?. REFFiIIENCES. David .13ortz, IVe: , e4wsville; J, hu ISurtz. C1,1:1 r Crook; - Jneol) Wenner, I.ne•cr 1 : ,, 1111 ;13 . : C. A. IV. Edolllllll. Allentown ; Reuben l nckcuLuch, Nortl. Whitehall. FEET; MILT, IIi;IEltli\C1• • Charles Scagreavca, Allmiton•n. Allentown, April 2. RED: OVA -0 F lIHEIHIG, iil &9~El~le T 1) THETTI NEW CLOTHING HOUSE. BIlErS1(1, NELWII 131tEINIG, feulittg it :it imperative duty to iw.couttatiate tie pu6Ct fuutul it necessary to proeure 0 more c( tomudiuu pluue of Im:due:is. and .iceordingly erected a PALATIAL cLuriiiNG in Ilninilten:itreet. tie .r Alorcr's Urug Store. of wide. they Imre jest taken th e hr go o most commodious. and bebt arranged building for tin business in Allentown. The preprielors of this New and M:l , 4nifieent rit.lli ing 14-tal.liAttient, take Idea-tire in further a.mimne lug that they hare oleo increased their tree einhats Winter Stock of Peady-Made C 07'II 1 , and are daily adding thereto ell kinds of art icle3 pertaining to Men and Boys' wear. v.llMi will l sold at extraordinary low rate, as they to upon tin principle that a niinble sixpence is letter than slow shilling." They have no trash of years on God. shelves, lvhich they try to pales id fur new ion., goods, but on the contrary, are superior in quoin} make and style, to any establishment in the pbtee.— Give them a trial and you will find the I'AI..VI .1• CLOTHING HOUSE is the place for every ho.ly. Their winter purchases comprise ci,tirol3 new and d, . skald° styles, such as can lust tie found at any othc Merchant tailoring estahlishmect ill Alb:otow n. '1'11(.11 goods were seleoted with the greatest care. and Aril. be made tip in the Latest style and flush inn, uud war. ranted to prove the stone as represented at the time ol purchase. Observe, that every article ~r .441 by the proprietors' of this establishment is 0, their own make, end may be relied upon as Letup good durable work. Among Lahr extensive assort mentpay be found. fine Mach tont Blue new styl, Dross and Frock Coats, made in the latest fashion 0. French and English Cloths, new style P,usiitu , s Cost , . of Black. Brown, Blue, Olive and Green Cloths, end plain and figured Cassimeres ; Over Coats, of till finalities, styles and prices. pantaloons. reds, and fact evorything in the READY MADE CLOTIII NG LINE, from an over-rout down to an undershirt: The three great features of, Breinig, Neligh Store are, that they buy for Cash, and conselinentl3 Call sell cheaper than any of the others: their p o uts ere 1111111 C op under their own supervision, and but though not least, they sell the at for want they really are. Also, n largo Flock of Handkerchiefs, Shirts, Col. Lars, Winter Hosiery, Under Shirts and DrnWerB of all kinds, nud everything in feet that is usually kept in stores of the kind. Call and see Lefore pin pin.. chase elsewhere, nn they willingly show what they have. They are satisfied that nll their goods bear t, close exnutinntion. December 10, FURS! FURS! FURS! Are till the go now-a-days. anil we ore '.. iteP"l determined nut to be behind the times.— . .` Consequently we have procured a very large assortment, direct from the best • innuttravittren in New York city—where Furs ore got up in the most fashionable style, and at the lowest rate:. Our as sortment to compered of all the styks now in nt.e— such no Sable Vietorines, Tippets and Capes, Stolle ' Idartin, " Fitch, .' Imitation do. n o Rock Martin. " •• Siberian Squirrel, 0 Brown Coney, Black do. n " do. Lynx, ~. Children's Furs of various styles. dent's Fur Collars, Caps and CillVeS. . WC have enlarged our thick of Boots and Shoes and Hats and Caps. suita ble for the season. Out stork of Over Shoos is particularly large, comprising all the various makes in tho market, such as India Rubber. Bur thlo, Calf-Skin, Felt, Web, &e., Se. Ladies and lien ileum in want of any of the above articles, will do well to examine. our stock before purchasing else where. All the above goodl sold at Wholesale at a lib6ral digeouut. te murehnnta•in the country. YOITNO ,t; LEH, . No. •15 East Hamilton Allentown, Deeembet 10,.185(1.. y l AeßiontEL.—Prum'a Rua good No. 2, tlhllie wW Large eize, in half, quarter. and eighth fluer.l C. A. RUM; & SON. Job Printing, Of all kinds neatly executed at•this Office PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY HAINES & DIEFENDERFER AT ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM. MINNIE HILTON, THE VICTIM MEIVIEMTC.-E. ' 0, how I hate Mabel Sylwood !' exclaimed Minnie• Hilton to her mother, She is forever my rival in everything. As long ago as we at tended school together she sought to withdraw, the aff:ctions of my companions from me to herself, and far too well she succeeded ; and now, not content with having made my school days unhappy, she seeks to take from me the love of Alton Melvin, whom she knew how well I did love, but now I kite him, and her too,' with all the bitterness of my soul. Ile, by the! miserable lies and misstatements of Mabel, has been led to believe that I am the contemptuous. being who would seek to win his love and then turn haughtily from hint. And yet no one. sees the character of Mabel Sylwood in its true light—they cannot see through the veil of art ful hypocrisy that covers her ; but they believe! that she is the artless creature - 011dt she wish- es them to b.lieve her to be. And nosy, moth• er, before you. I promise to be revenged on Mabel Syl wood and Alton Men ;on her, for the reason I have already stated to you, and on him for being so easily turned against ins. Such love !' she exclaimed bitterly, ' is not worth keeping ; but oh! how I once loved Lim, u uu no longer care for him. That love is turned to bitter, hitter hatred, and once more I repeat it, I will be revenged !' Mrs. Hilton looked in astonishment nron her daughter, and how her loving and gentle Min nie could be capable of such feelings was be ybnd her comprehension, and she answered Minnie, darling• do not talk o ; you know it is wrong. Why, Minnie, how no yon talk so of Alton Mervin, and of your cousin Mabel. too, whom T and every one dse loved ?' • I know you love her, and everybody rl<e loves her, for she has managed to show the fair , i(le of lier character to you. and for that reason I hate her. Everybody dislikt s rue through her misrepresentations, and yet she ti.amiges all in such a manner that E. cannot bleak off t he outward semblance of friembdtip, and all th e while she knows I hate her, nut still she will go on vexing me in every way, and as I win the love of one and anodic. r s c snatches it from the as if she were fearful of letting me have the love and confidence of one person while she t iossesqes the love of all.' We ask the pal din «I one readers for tloi unceremonionsly in•rodoeing them to Mrs ton and tier (laughter, and pet haps some expla nations are necessary. • Mrs. Ililton was n wid ow in comfortable circumstances though far from being rich ; Minnie was her only child, and the nufflter's heart was bound up ill the happiness of her (laughter. Minnie. at the time ire introduce her to the notice of the read er was in her eighteenth year. She was pretty but not handsome. II:r beauty was of the Madonna style—a sort of wrap; placidity be tug her characteristic mark of beauty. She was of a very sensive nature. alive to the small est act of kindness and feeling keenly every slight and neglect. Mabel Sylwood was exact ly as Minnie had represented her—seeking every means of destroying the happiness of Minnie Hilton. The cause of this hatred was dated far back, as fur as the youthful days of the mothers of the two girls. Their mothers were sisters, but in, character they were -the entire opposites of eaell other. Minnie's moth er was of a very sweet disposition, always the' same and thinking no Italia of anybody. Mrs. Sylwood, the mother of Mabel, was; as has al ready been stated, the opposite of this. Pos sessing a quick temper, the also possessed a mind that loves and hates with equal inteird ty. Both sisters had loved George hliltoo, but he had returned only the love of Minnie's.mother. lie married her and at that time she.swore re venge. But, Mrs. Hilton had long forgiven and . , forgotten all of this, and had been on the.best of terms with her sister, who not long after her disappointment, gave her hand to William Syl wood, a man of twice her age, but who was possessed of great wealth. Mrs. Sylwood had not forgotten tier early vow of revenge, and she determined to seek it, if not on her sister, at least, she would on her daughter. Mabel had been taught to hate her cousin from her earliest infancy, but now a greater object than ever be. fire, was presented her for endeavoring to blast the life of Minnie Hilton, and. that 'object was —Alton Mervin. IRE EMI Alton Mervin was a young lawyer of great promiSe, who had just returned from college, and commenced his ; profession in his native town. He had long . known Minnie, and had loved her well, and he thought his love was re• turned. Mabel Sylwood saw all. She loved Allon Mervin with all the intensity of her nature, and she determined to win the affection he had lavished upon Minnie for herself. Too well had she already succeeded, hut her revenge was not yet complete as we shall so-n see. Poor 31innie ! She had fore borne all the injuries of Mabel uncomplaint , ply, for she felt that the love of Merritt was it that could not be taken from her, but now t tat she saw that he, too, turned front her w' t scorn, all the fire of her nature was aroused, and she do• CHAPTER I iMIE9 Allentown, Pa., January. 21, 1857. termined that Nobel Sylwood sboUld yet regret her course. Crt.iPTint If Good morning, Mabel ! Why, I did not ex peel you so soon. Have you finished the letter yet ?' Yes, mamma, here it is ; I think it will an swer the purpose intended. What do. you think, mamma—will it do ?' I cannot tell you that, my dear, until I have read it. You read it to m?, dear Mabel.' Drawing her chair close besid2 the lounge, on which her mother wai reclining, she read as follows ROCKY Gt.r.;;, June 18th. ' V1:111- nBAlt ETIEND write thi s . note according to my promise, to let you know how & that love air is progressing. Every thing is . as I could wish. Alton keeps along finely. He is the same devoted lover as usual and thinks that I love him as he does me : but in that respect he is much mistaken. I marry Alton Mervin ; the idea is perfectly ridiculous. It is pleasant enough to have him for a com panion when one has nobody else. hut, in truth. I tire of bin. True, he is agreeable enough. but that is nut all that is Wed, and now, as soon as he 'proposes—which I expect he will soon do— I shall own the truth, that I care not fur Imo. In much haste, 1 remain v2ry truly yours. Mtxxic Capital,' exclaimed Mrs. Sylwood, the hand writing is exactly like Minnie's. How did you manage that part of it ?' 0, that was easily enough done ; yen know that I have received a number of notes from her, and these I have pre - served and closely imitated the writing. so that now I can write in nearly like Minnie that no one would observe :111 4 y diirOlTllee.' 'lint how. toy love. Are you u going tn tonn age to put this note in the way of Alton Mer vin ? Aol how :Audi on direct it ?' . ' I have thought it a:I over, mamma, and I have come to this' conclusion. 10-morrow Al ton Mvrvin slarts fur the city. On his w•ay to the &pot he is obliged to I.nss tifromr,li the mot ow pall, 11( - 11r Rocky G!en. E,rly in the . nunrnii•g I will deposit this in the pathway, so shall Le sine of his finding it, as no one but binist If ever pa , ses that way.' Ti will answer admirably, but you have not yet ansWered my other (pc:Aim), to whom )ou shail diron the letter ?'• 0. I :dial' direct it to no one. it will look as it' Minnie hnd hen over to the Pine Grove, to %vtite hor letters, whieh she awn does, and had inadvertantly dropped it in crossing the ' Thad, will do well. my darling MalnA, li T can only .s.:e Minnie Ilihm miserable and un ha;.py then the obj.c: Isf a life-time Le cf l'ecud, for iLc inwher NeCing her AliiMie Luling 31Way will soon follow, and dicias I hate al ways dt:tirtnilwd alto should die —uf a broken 'wart ' Yes, mother. it shall be so, and I shun be amply repaid in the thought, that I have again triumphed over Nlinnie Hilton. And, mother, I swear to - you. that b?forc another year passes over my head I will be the bride of Alton Mer vin.' CHAPTER. 111 Late the next morning Alton Mervin might have been seen slowly walking down the path that has already been described. Ilis brow wore a thoughtful and troubled aspect, and he might have been heard to mutter to himself— ' Si it is all true Hutst as Mand has told me all along-- fool that I was, to believe her, the innocent and trusting being which she seems to be ; but what is this,' he exclaimed, as he picked tip the unsealed letter. — He opened it and perused its contents. As he read. an in dignant (lush covered his face, and he exclaim ed : Fool that I have been not to have listened more willingly to Mabel Sylwood, when she warned me against Minnie Hilton ; but I thought her prejudiced and unjust. Now I see that she was a true friend to me. Would that I had before listened to her.' We have already seen the contents of the let ter.which so disturbed Alton Mervin, and we wonder not at his indignation, fin• little does he imagine of the plot so deeply laid to blast and kill the life of sweet Minnie Milton. ' As soon as Mervin had passed along, Mabel Sylwood could have been seen emerging from the woods into, the path. A glow of triumph rested upon her features, and her very step proclaimed—victory ! On reaching her home she immediately visit ed the room of her mother. As soon as she en tered the mother started up from her recum bent posture, exclaiming— ' Is it all right, Mabel ?—is all 'as it should be ?' Yes, mamma, I could wish for nothing bet ter ;' and so she went on to relate to her moth er all that she saw and heard from her hiding place among the bushes. A proud smile lit up the brow of Mrs. Syl• wood as she listened to Mabel's recital, and as hhe finished she murmured, as she kissed the glowing cheek of her daughter— ' Yes, derwest, we shall yet triumph.' Alas that such principles sh o uld h e i nc h ill. ed into the mind . of one so young. and that that hand whose duty it was to lit her child for a high and holy work—to fit her to make easy the journey of her fellow travellers, should cul• tivate that spirit of revenge, which would make both the possessor and victim unhappy and miser able. CHAPTER IV Poor Minnie Hilton !—and how does she bear up under the sorrows and disappointments that press so heavily upiii? Alas ! that re venge should so surely and ?Many" do its work. Minnie daily grew paler and thinner, and all around• felt that she must soon die yet none save her brother knew what had destroyed her young hopes. just as they were budding to blos sotn and had divested life for her, of all its joys, and made her k - mg to lay down in peace in the cold and silent grave: But one thought still burned within her and urged her to live, and that thought Was—revenge on Mabel Sylwood ! It is a beautiful evening ; the sun has disap peared behind the western hills, and Luna is pouring forth her flood of silver light upon the earth : all is calm and silent, except when the stillness is broken by the song of the distant whippo•will and by the music of yonder bab bling stream. Accompany me in imagination, reader, along the gravelled walks in the garden of the Sylivood's mansion. But hark ! we hear voices conversing in tho arbor. Let us draw nearer and play the part of eavesdropper for a while. ' Yon cannot think that Minnie would act so base a part. Alton, it is not possible !' ex:laints the voice of !label 6ylwnu 1. ' Yes it is Mabel. I would not myself believe it but for this !otter; just look at it—it is Min nie's writing. that you can easily tell.' ' Yes, it is indeed the basil writing of Min. nie. lam sorry for your sake that it should be so, and yet it is better to find this out- now than a little later.' ' Certainly it is,' answered Mervin. ' Now that I have found out what deceit she is capa ble of I cast her from me as ono who is unfit for a place npim the earth.' A glow of triumph lit up the face of Mabel 'wood at these words. It passed off, how ever, unobserved by her companion. Let us go to the house. The airgrows chil ly and damp bete,' said Mabel. ' Stay one moment, Mabel, dearest,' exclaim ed Mervin passionately, ' I have much that I wotild.l,say, to you. Sit hete, darling by toy side and let me tell you all. Mabel, I love yoti warmly, devotedly and passionately. I fcc•! that you have ever been my friend,intt I would ask more than that. I would ask you, my adored Mabel, to be my own loving and devot ed wife. Say, Mabel. will you speak the word that shall make •ne happy ?' As he finish( d speaking, he took the •hand of Main] 1. 4 v1w00.1 and prvsstql it to his lips. It was not witlithaWn and he knew that his love was returned. Ah. Al; on :‘l6rvin ! little do you think whst t viper you Circa to your bosom. Soon, alas ! too soon; it will turn and sting you. CRAFTER V The mother of Minnie Hilton is dying. Re venge has partly done its work. As she saw her darling Minnie slowly failing away from earth, the ties that bound her to this eatth were broken. Without, h r daughter she could not live, and the thought of it preyed upon her spirits and undermined her health. A number of her friends have gathered around her hAside. Minnie is there, too, look og pale as death, but not a tear comes to hei relief. Conic here, Minnie dear,' says the low voice of Mrs. Hilton. Minnie bends her head to receive the last words of her mother. God in hi:aven bless you, daughter,' she murmurs, while a heavenly smile lights up her countenance. May he watch over and bless you with his love. Soon, my darling, you will join me in that blissful land where the wicked cease from troubling and where the inhabitants shall not say lam sick, 'Minnie. I forgi63 those Who have so much injured me, and you, Min nie, you must forgive•them too.' At the sound of these last words Minnie started up. Ftre flashed from her eyes as she exclaimed— Anything but this, mother. I cannot fur give them, and once more I swear, before these, our friends, and at the bedside of my murdered • mother. that I will be revenged !' No, do not say so, dearest Minnie, we have been most foully wronged, but let us learn to forgive as we would he forgiven. Good bye, my darling, thereiigunsh I would say to you hut I feel the satifili' ire arc fast ebbing, and in a few moments I shall be in the presence of my Maker. Farewell, my child, farcwell !' As he, finished speaking she sank back ex hausted upon her pillow. She site perfectly still for several moments titan murmured— No tears there,' and thou the spirit return ed to Gt.who gave it. Ci~Arun VI it is now nearly three weeks since the death of Mrs. Hilton. Minnie still coniinned . to' re side in their flamer home, when one morning a caller came in ' There is some in the parlor who wishes to see you; Miss Hilton,' sail the servant Conl in; to Miunio's door. • • ' Say that I will be down in a moment,' an swered In i a-little while Minnie entered the parlor, she looked pale and wan, but a glow quickly suffused her face as she discovered the visitor was Mabel Sylwood. As she entered the room Mabel immediately arose and extended her hand saying— Good morning, cousin Minnie. lam hip py to no, you looking so well. I declare, after all that r have heard, I expected to see you looking quite ill. I should have called before, but I have been so much engaged in my own work that I have uochad the time to bestow a single thought on any one else.' Minnie shrank in open scorn from the prof fered hand of Mabel Sylwood ; she merely an swered— Your absence is pettedly excusable.' Thank you,' anwered Mabel, ' but I have come here on quite important business, at least tome, but perhaps it will not be so important to you, What think you ?' on,' answered Minnie, coldly: ' I will,' replied Mabel, ' to come to the point then, I am to be married to Alton Mervin, the day after to-morrow, and as he was once a Very particular friend of yours I have come to invite you to be present when tho ceremony is per formed.' This was said in a Litter and contemptuous tone ; but the word,: did not have the tdreet on Minnie that Mabel intended they should have. Minnie merely replied— ' I will be present.' Shortly after _Mabel took her leave. en2,l-rcrt, VII It was the bridal day of Mabel Sylwood.— Early in the morning ,fittnie dressed herself in a dress of pure white muslin. Around her neck she hung a silver chain, to which Wr.s suspend. cd a jewelled dagger; it had been the gift of Alton Mervin ; who, in her happier days, play fully put the chain about her neck, saying— ' rh fetid yourself with this, Minnie, when the time comes.' Then slowly put tin on her bonnet and shawl she walked towards her mother's pave and knelt he,ide it. ' Mother,' murmured she, ' th e time is come when my vow to you shall be fill. filled. Soon, aye very soon will Ibe revenged, but it i s in a way that they 'think not of.— Mother, soon shall I meet you on the banks of Eden, there to ,part from you no more.' She arose from her kneeling post ore and wrap ping her shawl closely around her she proceed ed towards the church in which the marriage eeretoony was to be performed. When she or ived there she found that the people had al ready ass.. tobled. In the entry she cast caller himnet and shawl, and as she passed up the Ole she lool:ed more like a spirit than a human being, so thin and light was she. 6 lint in her eyo Them watt it ,ittettel.lc: , n encr;:y.' Slowly she passed up the aisle, until she came within a few feet from the alter, where stood Mabel Sylwood and Alton Mervin. She paus ed a moment. then taking the dagger from her bosom she exclaimed— ' Alton 'Mervin, T forgive you. Mabel Syl wood behold your work. Your a murderess equally with your mother. May God forgive you both.' • As she uttered the last %voids she slowly raised the dagger and plunged it to her !Kart, and in another moment . Ilinnie Hilton was a corpse All around were struck with alarm. Mabel Sylwood uttered one groan and fell into a deep swoon. She was immediately conveyed to her home, when as soon as she recovered sufficient ly to speak, she called for Alton. Ile was itm mediately sent for and was soon by her bed. si ' Alton, I, have much to say to you, and I must any it now, for I have but a little while to live, and before I die would confess all to you. When you have heard it you wi t Me as I do myself, but nevertheless it shall all be told. Minnie Ililton was as pure us innocence itself. I I hated her, and circulated the stories which' you heard, on purpose to turn you from ljer.' But the letter, that letter, you surely had nothing to do with that 1' exclaimed :Mervin, eagerly. Yes, I wrote it,' groaned Mabel. 'O, Al-' ton, you hate me no&, but I deserve it.' • Hate you ? Yes, Mabel Sylwood I scorn you as I would the vilest reptile of the ear . 0, Minnie, Minnie!' cried he, that I tihould ever have been turned from you by the lies of this miserable, wicked —' He ceased abruptly, for happening .to cast his,syek towards Mabel he snag that a great change had come •over her. ]es, Mabel .Syl wood ha I gone to be judged by an impartial God. how fearful must be that reckoning. Two months after the death of Mabel, Mrs. Sylwood7as laid by her side. • Two years have passed away. In .. that lime , great changes have taken place in the (joie! village of W—. Rocky Glet Cotta!:e is de• sorted and lonely. The mansion of Ole Sy!- , woods is occupied by some distant relatives of the deceased. But who is that man who 100115 so pale and hhaggard ? tiro !-he-goys towards the grave of Minnie Hilton. Watch him as he I bends over the grave. See the tears as they NUMBER 16. course down hi.; furrowed cheeks, furrowed not by age but by trouble and sorrow. Minnie, Minnie,' he murmurs, ' I am com ing to meet thee ;' but now he is perfectly !still ; his head reclines on the grave of Minnie Hilton.. lie is dead ! It is the body of Alton Mervin. They buried him beside Minnie. There they lie, side by side, in (inlet Rocky Glen. Peace fully they sleep; flowers blossom over their graves, and many a tear is shed there by the villagers. A marble slab marks the resting place of .linuie oil which is inscribed— MINNIE, Aged 18, TTI2 VICTIM 01' it r.vcsc FATTENING CATTLE ON TURNIPS.—Many far niers think that turnips, unless accompanied with some kind of grain, will not fatten cattle. A late number of the Boston Cu/GA/tor speaks du:finitely upon this subject. The writer has seen sheep well fattened on flat turnips. Mr. Webster, at his farm in Marshfield, Massachu setts, was in the habit of inaking excellent beef with turnips and salt hay. His late neighbor, Seth Sprague, used to du the same thing. In 1855, Samuel Chamberlain, of Westboro, raised 2,500 bushels of turnips, and 'these he fed, af ter the 10th of November, fur eleven weeks, to a lot of farrow COWS, at the rate of two bushels a day to each. At the end of the term, his cows. were fat, and sold at the full price of meal fed anitnali, for slaughter. They were of the ordinary stock, and weighed from 450 to G5O pound.;, dresscd.—.oprioViaci R. puddicen. 1:N ]"trans' mainsoNmE:cr von DEBT.— All old man named Gregg, who has been confined in Fa - iquier county jail, since the first of Octo ber, 18-Itl. for debt under the old lane, teas re leased on Clu•istmas, day by jailor Cross, there briny nothing lift in the hands of the law to pay his jail expenses. We Icara that this mate had property enough to pay the debt against hini. but that he preferred spending his weary hours within the gloomy walls of his county prison to pat ing the debt which he owed. Tho per::011 who bad hint confined has been dead soma cars, but we !earn put a provision in his will appropriating a sufiljent amount to keep hint in limbo it , ; long as he lived. Somehow or other, this stipulation has given out ; of course Gregg becomes free again. When he left the jail door he appeared to be perfectly bewilder ed, and did nut know which way to travel, but in a short time he became fully concious of his freedom, and strutted about with the air of some one who knew what liberty used to be in " by gone days."—ll'ar•ren (Vu) Whig. CI7SINGULAIt AFFELMON IS A DOG.—Charles Huston, a man well known on the Alabama river, but for the last few years a resident of California, was kil!el by the explosion of a steamboat near San d'rancisco a few months since. A noble NVVinindlan,l dog, owned by hint escaped injury; and dragged the body of his master to tho shore. The dog was sent home.to th mother of the demist,' residing in Perry county, Alabama. On being shown the daguerreotype of his lust master, the dog im mediately recognised it and commenced licking it, and sending up the most . piteous howls, since that time he hae refused all food, and moans •almost constantly: When last heard from he was in a dying condition, and is proba bly dead by this time. Where, in human his tory, can be fOnnd such an instance of devoted love, and intense r;eitTat die loss of a loved one. It Er. Dit. Limeairosn, the celebrated Afri can traveller, has returned to England, after seventeen years' absence. lie crossed the great African continent almost in the centre, from west to east, has Leen where no civilized being had ever Lech before, cued, has made many nottibic discoveries of went value. He had great difficulty in speaking a sentence of .ling li,h, ha vi ;g disused it so long while traveling in Africa. Ile had with a native from the in terior of Africa. This man when ho got to the Maurities, was so excited with the steamers and rations wonders of civilization that he %rent mad, and jumped into the sea and was drowned. oNc;bAlTr or A llon:FE.—Sothe weeks Ago mblished an account of a horse which died in Scotland, aged 3d years, after being worked daily for 33 years, The editor of the Ohio Cullireacir copied the paragraph referred to, ind added the following :—Nearly twenty years ago, in connection with a gentleman in Ashtn-. hula county, we purchased an Indian Pony mare, then known to be over twenty years old, but lively as a cricket, under saddle or in bar nesi. She bore us many n mile through the woods of that then aboriginal region, leaping fallen trees Mid fences like a deer. Last spring ,sho died, having been in active service over fiwty veers. • art 'A glpst•y iwninihed to Show two yam% ladies their htrihand's faces in a Pail of water. They looked nod exclaimed, " Why, we only see oar races." ," Well," said the gip, hey, these faces Will be your liuslands' when you are married. Mex (l:7 ieo A agedN OLD L.tnr. .A lady recently died Ili 139 years 11117.t. 4 .....,. ~ -,.-.. Ei
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