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THE AUTUMN WINDS.
I'nr overthn hill llio fifthlng r.lnda,
I'an sulftly In ttiHrcoiirsf,
The tall trees lend Iwucatli thi-ir Math,
And fclimh-r at tin lr frrc ;
These works Omnipotent tin? thlno,
And tut llic messengers cf time.
We hrnr them murrnmtnjr ntfit!y it Ann,
Andat t veiling's guthuin? gloom.
Those mesens m come uVrttu lawn(
And warn us for our down.
And set th u vorn'd wo tit find slzh,
And know .tliuf.ite tiforo ui i iodic.
The Catherine moss, tho ivy wrtnth,
Ihj thinps HftdUtriibt.
Arc but tho rliriudtlinttlmeput0OT)(
r.rf It t.iyx (tit in thediist,
Omnipotent wo know Huso works are thine,
And tlio Autumn wild the messenger of tlruo.
1 hfn gather round the quit l hearth.
Ere time's r tnri'inir wnvo
May xnntrh iig ironi tin1 frlunda wo love.
And by n?iii tlte grave.
For wo know ihtoo Autumn wind combine
To nl I thu destroy ing li ind of time,
A LAWYER'S ADVENTURE.
About three or four years ugo, moro or
laa. I was practicing law in Illinois, on a
jirctty largo circuit. I was called on one
day in my office by a very proity woman
who, without tears, told ma her husband
had been arrested fir horso stealing. She
wished to retain mo on tho defonco I
asked her why She did not go to Judge 15.,
aa ex-Senator of the United States, whose
offieo was in the town. I told her that I
was a young man at thu bar, etc. She
mournfully said that he had asked ft re
timing fee beyond her means ; besides,
ho did not want to touch tho case, for her
husband was subjieeted of belonging to an
extensive band of hore thieves and coun
terfeiters, whose head quartern wero on
Monroe's prairie.
I asked her to tell mo thu wholo truth of
the matter, and if it was truo that her
husband did belong to such a band.
"Ah, fir," said bho, "A better man at
heart thnu my George never lived, but ho
liked cards and drink, and I am afraid
they made him do what ho never would
have done if ho had not drank. I fear it
can ho proved . that he had the horso ; he
didn't ttoal it; another Mole it and pawed
it to him."
I didn't like tho easo. I knew that
there was a great dislike to the gang loca
ted whero she named, and feared to risk
the case before a jur y. She teemed to ob
nerve my intention to refuse tho case, and
burst into tears.
I never could boo a woman weep without
feeling liko a weak fool myself. If it
hadn't been eyes brightened by 'pearly
tears,' (blast tho poet that made them come
into fashion by praising 'em' !) I'd never
have been caught in tho lasso of matri
mony. My would-be client was pretty.
Tho handkerchief that hid her streaming
eyes didn't hide her ripe lips ; and her
snowy bosom rose and fell liko a whito gull
jn a gale of wind at sea. J took the case
and the gave me tho particulars.
Tho gang, of which ho was not a mem
ber, had persuaded him to take thu horse.
Ho knw that tho horse was stolen, and,
like a fool, acknowledged it when he was
arrested. Worse still, ho had trimmed
the horse's tail aud imuio to alter its ap
pearand, and the opposition could provo it.
Tho trial came on. I worked hard to
get a jury of ignorant men, who had mora
heart than brain who, if thoy could not
fathom tho depths of argument or follow
tho labyrinthine mazes of law, could feel
for a youug fellow in. a bad fix, a weeping,
pretty wife, nearly hoart-broked and quito
distracted. Knowing tho use of 'effect,' I
told her to dress in deep mourning, and
bring her littlo cherub of a boy, only three
years old, into court, aud "tit as near her
husband as tho officers would let her. I
tried that gamo onco in a murder case, and
a weeping wifo and sister mado a jury
render verdict against law, evidouco aud
tho judge's chargo, aud saved a fellow that
ought to have beeu huug aa high, as Ha
inan. Tho prosecution opened very bitterly,
and inveighed against thieves and counter
feiters, who had mado tho land a terror to
Grangers aud travelers, and who had rob
bed every farmer in the region of his finest
horses. It introduced witnesses, and prov
ed all and moro than I feared it would.
Tho timo caiuo for mo to riso for tho'
defence. Witnesses, I had none. But I
determined to make an effort, only hoping,
so to interest tho jury, as to secure a rec
ommendation to gubernatorial clemency
and a light scntonco. So I painted his
picturo : A young man entering into lifo
wedded to an angel j beautiful in person,
possessing every noble and goutle attribute.
Temptation lay beforo and all around him.
Ho kept a tavern. Guests, thoro wero
many ; it was not fcr him to inquiro their
business ; thoy dressed well, mado largo
bills, and paid promptly. At an unguard
ed hourd, when ho was insano with liquor,
they urged upon him,ho deviated from tho
patli of rectitude. Tho demon alcohol
reigned in lu3 brain, nnd it was his first
offence. Mercy pleaded for another chanco
to save him from ruin. Justico did not
rcquiro that his young wifo should co down
sorrowing to tho grave, and that tho shad
ow and taunt of a felon father should cross
tho path of that sweet child. Oh, how
earnestly did I plead for them I Tho wo
man wept; tho Iiu'band did tho samo ; tho
judgo fidgctted and rubbed his eyes ; tho
jury looked melting. If I could have had
tho closing speech, ho would have been
cleared ; but tho prosecution had tho close,
and throw ico on tho fire I had kindled.
15ut thoy did not put it quito out.
Tho judgo chargod according to law and
evidence-, but evidently leaned on tho sido
of mercy. Tho jury found a verdict of
guilty, but unanimously recommended tho
prisoner to the mercy of tho court. My
client was sentenced to tho shortest impris
onment tho court was empowered to give,
and both jury and court signed a petition
to tho Governor for an unconditional par-
ilon, which has since been granted, but not
before tho following incident occurred :
Some threo months after this. I received
an account for collection from iv wholesale
houc in New York. Tho parties to col-
eet from wero hard ones; but thoy had
property, and before they had an idea of
tho tran laid, I had tho property, which
they wero about to assign beforo they
broke, under attachment. Finding I was
neck ahead and bound to wiu, thoy 'caved
in,' they forked over :i,79l 18 (per mem
orandum book) in good money. Tho lived
In Shawncetown, about thirty -fivo or forty
miles south-east of Moore's prairie. I
received tho funds jut after bank opening,
but other business detained mo till after
dinner. I then started for U., intending
to go as far ns the villago of Mount Ver
non that night.
I had gone along ten or twclvo miles,
when I noticed u splendid team of double
horses attached to a light wagon, in which
were ecated four men, evidently of tho
high strung order. They swept past as if
to show how easily thoy could do it. Thoy
shortened in and allowed mo to couio up
with thorn, and hailing mo. asked mo to
'wet,' or in other words, diminish tho con
tents of a jug of old ryo they had aboard
but I excused myself with the plea that 1 1
Never shall I forget tho words they were :
" Beware they aro members of tho
gang. They mean to rob and murder you.
Leave soon. I will managa to detain them, '
I did not feel comfortable just then, but
tried to look so.
"Havo you any room to put up my
horso !" I asked, turning to tho woman.
"What, aro jounot going on to-nightl"
asked ono of tho msn j ''wc arc."
'No," said I, "I bhall stay hero to
nigh." "Wc'll'all stay, then, I guess, and make
a night of it," said ono of the cut-throats.
You'll havo to put up your own boss
hero's a lantern," said tho woman.
"I'm used to that," I said. "Gentle
men, excuso mo a minute ; I'll join you in
a drink when I como in."
''Good on your head I Moro whiskey,
old gal," shouted they.
I went out aud glanced at their wagon ;
it was old fashiond, and linch-pins secured
tho wheels. To take out my knifo and pry
ono from tho foro and hind wheels was but
the work of an instant, and I threw them
as far off in tho darknesss as I could. To
untie my horse and dash off was but tho
work of a moment. Tho road lay down a
steep hill, but my lantern lighted mo some
what.'
I had hardly got under full headway,
when I hoard a yell from tho party I had
so unceremoniously left. I put whip to
my horso. The next moment they started.
I threw my light away, left my horse to
pick his way. A moment later I heard a
crash a horribla shriek. Tho wheels wore
off. Then camo tho rusli of tho horses,
tearing along with tho wreck of tho wagon.
Finally thoy seemed to fetch up in tho
woods. Ono or two shrieks I heard as I
swept on, leaving them far behind. For
some timo I hurried my horso you'd bet
ter believe I "rid." It was a littlo after
midnight when 1 got to Mount Vernon.
Tho next day I heard that a Moore's
prairie team had run away, and that two
men out of four had been so badly hurt
that their lives wero despaired of, but I
did not cry. My clients got their mouey,
but I didn't travel that road any more.
Tiie Doa op Tiir. Limit-house. Tho
keeper of Egg Rook light-house, in Mass
achusetts Hay, lives upon a barren rock,
but supports his family handsomely and
leads a jolly sort of his chief assistaut, a
remarkably intelligent dog :
"Ono of tho moot valuable and esteemed
of Mr. Taylor's family of pets is his dog,
tho guardian of his establishment and the
protector of his children. This dog U very
fond of the water, aud enjoys himself great-
lv in swimmiug off among tho breakers
when tho sea is rough. In tho winter sea
son, as tho swampseott fishermen como in
from their trips, thoy will often lash two
or three good-sized codfish to a stick of
wood, and throw them over for the benefit
of Mr. Taylor. The dog, who is always
on tho lookout, will notice tho proceeding.
and forthwith swim to and bring in tho
prize, though tho weather bo evor so cold,
I ... n , "1 P il.. 1.
had plenty on board. They asked me how u " " ' f "
far 1 was going. I told thtm as far as r .h
Mf. Vr.rnn. if mv horn, didn't tiro out. MiMclf upon the seaward side of tho rock,
-n. .;,,.! .nW,nt. tavern ten or ul' Ao &1!SIltcst sound of an aP
n,il ahead, as a nice sionmui: ! preaching vessel, whieh ho can distinguish
a crcas uisiuiiuu, uu uu uu m
Fivo Yoars in Foroign Dun
goons. Tho following is tho statomont of a pris
oner, who was confined for hvo years m
European dungeons
"I lauded in Genoa from lloston some
whero iu 185H, and, was wishing to sec
tho south of Italy, traveled till I camo
near Vitorby, wbon I was cautioned not to
go near Home. But I still persevered in
my intention of doing so, when I was ar
rested, as not having a passport and car
ried to tho eternal City,whcro I was placed
in tho Carcero Xuovo. Not satisfied with
tho report which I gave of myself, I was
tortured for threo months as follows : My
hands and arms wero bound together, aud
then by ropes tied round tho upper part of
the arms, they were drawn back till my
breast protruded and my bones sounded
"crick, crick 1'' Thero was another spe
cies of torment practiced upon mo, which
was this: At night whilo sleeping, tho
door secretly opened, and buckets of water
wero thrown over my body. How I sur
vived it I cannot tell ; tho keepers wero
astonished ; and said thoy had never had
such an instauco. "But you will never
get out alive," said tho Caparolo Hosaloi.
I replied that I never expected so to do,
and prayed for tho angel of death to corns.
Tho worst torture of all, however, was tho
prison itself, a room into which a few rays
of light struggled from above, and tho
stench of which for it was used as a privy
was as bad as death. For threo months
I suffered thus, aud thou,without any rea
son being given ; I was sent off to Naples ;
was placed first in tho Vicaria, aud after
wards in San Francisco, in a small close
room, whero I havo been detained for four
years and a half. I was questioned on
several occasions, and at last refused to
answer,saying that my persecutors already
knew what I had to say ; that I was un
justly and illegally confined, nnd nothing
should compel mo to utter another word.
On another occasion I was called beforo
ianchina, tho director of polico, who in
terrogated me. I appealed against my
sufferiug3,and all ths reply I received was
Vet bene ! Valine!" from a Christian
man to ono sullering as l was ! J. liavo
beeu asked to send a supplied for my lib
eration, but my invariable answer was "I
ill dio first ; never will I ask anything of
this Government.'' When first I arrived
lero I had a littlo mouey, whieh for a
hort timo procured mo better food than
tho prison fare, and then by degrees I sold
my clothes. At last I sold at times, my
black bread to have a littlo salt to sprin
kle over my beans, and sometimes to pro
cure some incenso to relievo tho horrid
tench of my prison. As for water for
purposes of cleanliness, it was never sup
A Thrilling Incidont.
On a stormy night of February, 1740,
a young lady, Miss Scott, sat by her dres
sing-room fire, in an old castlo in Perth
shire, Scotland. Sho had been occupied
all day tending her cousin, Miss Hay, who
was ill of fever, and now, ere retiring to
rest, sho thought of tho contest' in which
many of her relatives were engaged. Tho
army of 1'rinco Charles having retreated
place, and the i drove on.
I did not like tho looks of thoso fellows
nor their actions. But I was bound to go
ahead. I had a brace of revolvers and a
nice knife ; my money was not in my valise
or my sulkcy, but in a belt around my
body. I drovo slow in hopes thoy would
go on, and I should see them no more. It
was nearly dark when I saw a tavern sign
ahead. At the bamo time I saw their wag
on ttood before tho door. I would havo
passed ou, but my horso needed rest. I
hauled up, and a woman camo to tho door,
Sho turned as pale as a sheet when sho
saw mo; sho did not speak, but with a
meaning look sho put her finger ou her
lips apd beckoned mo iu, Sho was tho
wife of my lato client.
"When I entered, tho party recognized
mo, and hailed ino as an old traveling
friend, and asked mo to drink. I respect
fully but firmly declined to do so.
"But you shall drink or fight 1" Eaid tho
noisiest of tho party.
"Just as you please, driuk I bhall net!"
said I, purposely showing tho butt of
Oolt which kicks six times in rapid succes
sion. Tho others interposed, aud very easily
quieted my opponent. Ono offered mo u
cigar which I bhould not havo received,
but a glauco from tho woman induced mo
to accept. Sho advanced aud proffered
mo a light, and in doing so suo klipped a
noto into my hand which bho must havo
ccssant barking, which has often proved a
warning when a light could not bo seen.
Mr. Taylor thinks tho dog quite as useful
as tho light, aud wo do not seo how ho
could well get along without him."
Some men use words as riflmen do bullets.
They say littlo. The few words utcd go
right to tho mark. They lctyou talk, aud
guido with their eye and face, ou and on
till what you say can bo answered in i
word or two, aud then thoy lanco out :
sentence, pierco the matter to tho puiok
and aro done. You nover kuow whero
you stand with them. Your conversation
falls into their mind, as rivers fall into
deep chasnn, and arc lost from sight by its
depth and darkness. Thoy will sometimes
surprise you with a few words, that go
right to tho mark liko a gnushot, and then
thoy are silent again , as if thoy wero reload.
A younu lad reeeutly ran away from
homo and went to a tavern, whero ho was
found bv a friend, with a cigar In his
mouth. "Why did you leave homo?
asked his fricud. "Oh, confound it,
said he, "father and mother woro so sauey
1 coildn't stand it any longer, and I quit
cw"
to tho Highlands, several detachments of
the king's troops wero on tho niarh for
that campaign, whieh ended in tho battle
of Cullodcn.
Amidst tho roar of tho storm, Miss Soott
fancied she heard tho bell of tho castlo
ring, and presently a servant appoard, say
ing that an officer requested to seo her
alone. On descending to tho dining
room, sho found her cousin, Captain Hay,
who eagerly asked for his sister. When
he found that she was too ill to bo dis
turbed, ho said that in a vault below tho
castlo, unknown except to his parents and
himself, wero concealed the family plate,
and somo papers which it was of tho ut
most importance ho should now possess.
As ho had only obtained from his troop
hojiad not titue to select tho papers, but
ho would open tho trap-door, and Miss
Scott must go alono tho next night to tako
them out, and he would send a trusty
messenger to rcccivo them. Ho took a
shovel from tho hearth and a small dark
lantern.
Miss Scott followed him into tho lower
story of tho castle, through chambers and
long, dark passages. At length they
roached a small vaulted apartment, the
only furniture of which was a strong wood
en press, fixed to the wall in one corner
of tho room. In front of this, Captain
Hay scraped away the sand, and Miss
Scott saw tho ring of an iron trap door.
By united strength they raised it, and de
scending a stair, thoy reached tho lowest
vault where tho chest stood. Captain
Hay gave his cousin a list of the required
papers, and tho key of tho chest; then he
left tho trap-door so as sho could raise it
without assistance.
Next night when all had retired to rest,
Miss Scott took a small lamp, and easily
raising the trap door, descended to tho
chest aud took out tho papers ; but, oh
horridle ! tho heavy ironbonnd lid of tho
closet slipped from her trembling hand.
The violent concussion closed tho tradoor
and burst open tho door of tho ttrong
wooden press abovo, so that it romaiucd
immoveable across tho trap door. Sho
became uwaro that tho must die of starva
tion iu that drearyful vault! In fainting
sho must havo extinguished her lamp, for
she revived in the awful darkness. After
nravinir as Jonah might have done, she
plied me, and all that I could do was to'. ; ;nscnsib0. On reviving
lip ono ot my own rags m a jug ot urinic- . , - bu, ony . nt lontIl sIl0
ing water and wash somo portions of my I , - , d a most morc;fui God
body. During the day 1 eould rcposo, but
at night I was covered with black beetles
fleas, and every conceivable rpecies of ver
min. I expected death, aud desired and
prayed for it as a relief, but it never came,
A Laughablo Story.
Tho Mobile Register is responsible for
tho followiug mirth -provoking incident :-
For twenty-threo years, old Joo Wil
lard lias cultivated the soil of Baldwin coun
ty, and drawn therefrom a support for self
and wife. Ho is childless. Not long ago,
Joo left tho house in search of a missing
cow. His route led him through an old
worn-out patch of clay land, of about six
acres in extent, in tho centre of which was
a well, twenty-five or thirty feet deep, that
at somo timo, probably, had furnished tho
iumatcs of a dilapidated houso near by with
heard her cry I Surely some ono was in
tho upper vault I Tho trap-door was
slowly raised, and Captain Hay looked
down in terror and amazement.
Tl.rtn olm l,rvmn fnninnsml. lift f!Y
jryciomos were at lastso rcauceu mat,, , , .,., nmillcd to
I was all hut naked, and so I havo passed j . ,W,,ment of the trreatcst
A youko lady in our town is so refined
n her language, that she never uses tho
word "blackguard," but substitutes "Afri-
written with a pencil the moment before, ioan scntiuel,"
four summers and winters, pacing up and
lown my narrow chamber. 'I will show
you my prison dross,' said ho, and going
out returned in a few minutes. It might
havo stood as a model for Lazarus risen
from tho tomb Tho lower part of his tody
was covered with a thin pair of drawers,
nothing more ; on his feet were a pair of
shoes with tho soles and upper leather all
in holes. He had no shirt, but over tho
upper part of his body was thrown a rag
something liko a coarse kitchen towel, ono
corner of which ho had placed on his head
and as the long elfin locks, which had not
been cut for many years, hung down far
below his shoulders ,he appeared more like
a bruto beast than a Christian man.
Seo this rag,' said he, 'how I havo botch
ed it t This was my dress, and so clad I
paced up and dowu my den.' When I
heard of his state,' eaid tho Arcnare
whose nauio bhould bo honored 'I 6cnt
him somo clothes, otherwise ho could not '
havo left his prison ; and when ho entered
my house I thought I had never witnessed
such a tight, lie was supported by two
persons, for ho could scarcely walk, and
stared about exclaiming, 'Whore am II'
Ho was evidently lost. Ho has somewhat
recovered in appcaraneo, but his eyes aro
Etill half closed, as though unaccustom
ed to tho light, and tho indications of suff
ering are unmistakable. You wero aston
ished by what you have seen,' said a friend
who was with mo,' and yet in tho Vioaria
I have seen hundreds of such sights.'
From tho timo consumed by ladies iu
doing up their hair it s evident that it i
, tho man part of their business,
water. In passing by this spot, an ill
wind liftod Joe's "tilo" from his head,and
maliciously wafted it to tho edgo of tho
woll, and in it tumbled.
Now Joo had always praoiicod tho vir
tue of economy, and he immediately sat
about recovering the lost hat. Ho ran to
tho well, and finding it was dry at the bot
tom, ho uncoiled tho ropo which ho had
brought for tho purposo of capturing tho
truant cow, and after several attempts to
catch tho hat with a nooso, ho concluded to
savo timo by going down into tho well him
self. To accomplish this, ho mado fast
ono end of tho ropo to a stump hard by,
and was quickly ou his way down tho well.
It is a fact, of which Joo was, no less
oblivious than tho reader hereof, that Ned
Wells was iu tho dilapidated building
aforcsaid,and that an old blind horsc,with
a bell on his neck, who had been turned
out to dic,was lazily grazing within a short
distanco of tho well.
Tho devil himself, or somo othor wicked
spirit, put it into Ned's cranium to havo a
littlo fun, so ho quietly slipped up to tho
horso, and unbuckled tho bell-strap, ap
proached with slow measured "tiug-a-ling'1
tho edge of tho well.
"G d dang that old blind horse!"
said Joo, "ho's a-comin' this way suro,and
ain't got no more Ecnso than to fall in hero
Whoa, Ball."
But tho continued approach of tho"ling-
I aling" said just as plainly ns words that
"Bell" wouldn't tohoa. Bssides, Joe was
at tho bottom, resting, beforo trying to
"shin" it up tho rope.
"Great Jerusalem," said ho, "tho old
cus will bo a top of me beforo I can say
Jack llobisou. Whoa ! G d dang
you tenia.''
Just then, Ned drew up to tho edgo of
tho well, and with his foot kicked a little
dirt into it.
"Oh, Lord !" exclaimed Joe, falling up
on his knees at tho bottom. I'm gone
now, whoa. Now I lay mo down to deep
w-h-o-a, Ball I pray tho Lord my soul
to w-h-o-a, now. Oh ! Lord, havo mer-
oy on me."
Ned could hold in no longer, and fear
ful Joo might suffor from his fright, ho ro
vealed himself.
Probably Ned didn't make tracks with
his heels from that woll. Maybo Joo
wasn't up to tho top of it in short order,and
you might think ho didu't try every night
for two weeks to get a shot with his riflo nt
Ned. Maybe not. I don't kuow. But I
do know that if Joe finds out who sent you
this, it will bo the last Equip you'l get.
" Eoliold Your Conqueror."
Such was tho olassio languago of tho
Governor elect of tho great Statoof Penn
sylvania toward thoso who, in tho exercise
of their rights, had dared to volo against
him. Wo have always supposed that in
tho hour of triumph tho magnanimity of
tho heart poured forth its richest treasures
that victory humbled tho spirit of thu
Great. But listen to the languago of A.
G. Curtin, uttered when his fellow citizen
had assembled to congratulate him on his
elevation to tho highest offieo in tho gift of
Pennsylvanians. "To my opponents and
traducers, Isay, (rising a step higher than
ho had before stood and elongating his
clastic person to its greatest altitudo,)
"BEHOLD YOUR CONQUEROR I
have you under my ftet, 1 will fight you
for three years and the odds icill be on my
side." Such languago from a man in such
a position and on such an occasion, re
quires no comment to inspire tho manly
heart with tho utmost abhorence and
humiliatiug indeed is tho spcctaclo of a
man promoted by the suffrages of a frco
people, proving destituto of all tho finer
sensibilities of ournaturo and insulting and
defying a fallen foe. Let it bo known for
tho mutual benefit of all, that tho Gover
nor elect is to bo Governor of a party to
fight its opponents 'for three years,' and
not tho Chief Magistrate of tho entire peo
ple of tho Keystono State. BcUefonls
Watchman.
Gambling. Let every man avoid all
sorts of gambling as ho would poison.
A man or boy should not allow himself to
even toss up even for a half-penny, for
this is often tho beginning of a habit of
gambling ; and this ruinous crime cornea
on in slow degrees. Whilst a man is
minding his work he h playing tho best
game, aud ho is sure to win. A gambler
nover mako3 a good use of bis money,
oven if ho should win.
SicruE.v Gin Aim 'a Rule. "I havo
always considered advertising, liberally
nnd long to bo tho great medium of succos
in business, and preludo to wealth. And.
I havo mado it an iuvariablo rulo, too, to
advertise in tho dullest times, long experi
ence having taught mo that money tbui
spent is well laid out j as by keeping my
business continually before tho public, it
has secured me many sales that I would
otherwise havo lost." Stephen Girard.
importance, ho had explained tho circuin
stanco to his commanding officer, and got
normission to return to tho castle. It is
supposed Captain Hay perished at Cullo
den, for ho was never heatd of more.
Years passed away. Miss bcott was
married to a pious and medical man, but
ho died of fever three wcoks aftor tho
union. In tho depths of despair tho wid
ow exclaimed. "I praved long that
might bo united to him ; but I will nover
pray again, nor sec tho light of tho sun."
For moro than a year 6ho refused to eco
her friends, and sat in a darkoncd room.
Tho Rov. Hugh Blair, (author of tho
well-known Sermons, and aftei wards Pro
fessor of Rhetoric in tho University of
Ediuburg,) then a youug man, becamo
interested in her history, wrote her a very
sympathizing letter, and asked lcavo to
pay her ono visit. Ho found her sitting
alono on the sofa, by tho light of a taper.
What passod is not known, further than
'that he snoko of tho wonderful delivoranoo
God had vouohsafed to her that awful
night iu tho vault. Sho wept much.
"And now, madam, kneel and join with
mo in prayer." Sho did so; and when
they rose from their knoos,ho said, "Now,
madam, I will show you tho light of tho
sun," and ho opened tho shutters.
From that day sho admitted her friends,
attended tho houso of God, and became
exemplary for piety and submission. It
is not surprising that, to the closo of hor
life, a shade of melancholy tinged her
countenance, and sho was unwilling to
speak of the thrilling incidents of ber
youth.
Soul Engravings. Everybody is an
artist. Wo havo not tho gifted hand and
genius hand which can make tho cold mar
bio seem almost to breathe with lifo. Wo
aro "Soul Engravers." And tho chisel of
tho artist wcarcs not moro effectively upon
tho marble block than tho littlo chisel of
our influence upon tho soul3 which sur
round us. How careful the artist is that
each touch shall perfect aud not deface his
work ! Shall we not desiro the impression
of our chisel to be for "good and not for
evil I" When tho labor of tho sculptor is
cwarded, his beautiful statuo is plaoed in
tho great "Tcmplo of Arts;" hero an ad
miring world gazes upon it, until tho de
stroying hand ol timo crumbles it to dust
But the souls which our chisels aro help
ing to mould, havo a higher destiny to ful
fil. Their lifo is immortal, and is given
them to prcparo to dwell in mansions 'eter
nal in tho Hcavons.''
When a young Camaucho wishes to
marry, ho leads his best horse to the door
of his intendod, and thero hitches him. If
sho rejects his love she turns the horse
looso ; but if she accepts, she leads him to
her father's stable. In this latter caso tho
lover kill another horse and delivers the
heart to tho lady, who immediately roaste
it, when tho happy pair cat it together,
and tho marriago is complete.
Potatoes at Tun West. Tho Dev
anport (Iowa) Democrat says: "If any
body wants to soo patatocs by the cord
good measuro let him step down to tho
levec. There is not shippiug enough at
this time on the Upper Mississippi to movo
them away as fast as they accumulate.
Farmers complain a little that tho prioe in
too low,but thoy aro tho only party to blamo
if thoy want higher prices they must not
raiso so many. Tho market price is from
12 to 15 cts. per buhcl.
FAiTnruL unto Death. Among tho
item3 of news by tho latest foreign arrival
is tho sad fact that the Naples correspon
dent of the Nondon Sites was killed in
tho battlo of Volturno, whilo venturing
too far in tho disckargp of his dutios as
reporter.
Splendid Chance. Riding out tho
other day, a littlo fellow steppod up and
asked to ndo. o consented of courso,
and ho was soon seated, and bogan a busy
talk. Wo inquired at to tho chestnut crop,
and if ho was going to gather any. His
eyes brightened up a moment, replying
with great carnostness ;
"I kuow where thero aro six trees load.
ed down, tho trees are very low, and tho
man is dead 1"
Any ono who has gathered chestnuts
with the fear of tho "nmu coming," can at
onco seo the advantage of tho location of
tho six second-growths above mentioned,
A:ktabu!a Sentinel,
The Cotton Ckoi The New Orleans
Picayune of a recent date oxpresses its
opinion editorially, that tho cotton crop of
tho present year will show a falling off of
ono million bales, as compared with tho
crop of last 6cason.
Tho latest act of manly-hcartcdncss, on
tho part of tho Princo of Wales, was his
planting an acorn near tho tomb of Wash
ington, during hisvisit to Mr. Vernon, and
his announcement to plantsomo of tho samo
acorns in tho Royal Park at Wiusdor.
The newspaper is a sermon for the
thoughtful, a library for tho poor, and a
blessing to everybody.
A stivict observer of etiquette the
lady who, being uuablo to go, to church
ono Sunday, sent her card,
Good men havo tho fewost foarn. Hu
has but ono who fears to do wrong. Ho
has a thousand who has. overcome tbkt ns.
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