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Tor this purpose, Dr. Hostetter lias in troduced to this country a preparation bearing his ii.tre, which is not a r.evr medicine, but one tbit Las been tried f.r years, gii satisfac tion to all hsvV used it. The Titters operate powerfully upon the sioniach. bote els. aid liver, restoring then to a hcalihy and vigorous action, and thus, by the pimple pro cess of strengthening nature enable the fys tem to triumph over disease. For the cure cf l'yspepsia, In'ligesticn. Kau eerv, l iatjlency, Loss cf Appetite, or any Dillous Complaints, arising from a morbid inaction cf the Sromach or lioweis, producing Cran.p, I'ysentery, Colic, Cholera Morbus, i.c., these titters have no equal. .Diarrhoea, dysentery or flux, so generally con tracted by new settlers, and caused principally by the change of water and diet, will be speedily regulated by a brief use cf this preparation. Dyspepsia, a disease which is probably mare prcralt;n, in all its various forms, than any ocaer, and the cause cf-which n -y always be attributed to derangements of the digestive organs, can be cured without fail bv using KOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS as per directions on the bottle. For this disease every physician will recommend Ditters of t ome kind ; then why not use an article known to be infal lible ? All nations have their Eiilers, as a pre ventive of disease and strengthener of the fvs tsm in general: er.d ancng theia all there is not ta be found & more healthy pvopli than the Germans, from whom thi3 preparation ema nated, based upon scientific experiments which have tended to prove the value of this great preparation in the scale cf medical tcieoce. Fkvk axd Aoce. This tryirg aad provok uig disease, which fixes its i-elrntlets grasp ca the body of man, reducing him to a mere sha dow ia a short time, and rendering lam phy sically and mentally useless, can be driven from the body bv the use cf IIOSTETTLit'S RENOV. XED BITTERS. Further, none of the above-stated diseases can be contracted, even ia exposed situations, if the Litters are used as per directions. And as they neither create ca-uaea nor offend the palate, and render un aecesssry any change of diet or interruption of ordinary pursuits, but promote sound bleep and healthy digestion, the complaint is re moved as speedily as is consistent with the pro duction of a thorough and permanent cure. for Persons . Advanced I'eurs, who are" raffering from an enfeebled constitution and iaSrm body, these Bitters are invaluable as a restorative of strength and vigor, and need only be tried to be appreciated. And to a mother while nursing these Bitters are indis pensable, especially where the mother's nour ishracnt is inadequate to the demands of-the child, consequently her strength must yield, sad here it is where a good tonic, such as IIosteuer"s Stomach Bitters, is needed to impart temporary strength, and vigor to the system. Ladies should by all means try this remedy for a!l cases of debility, and, before so doing, should ask their physician, who, if he is acquainted with the virtue of the Litters, will recotmien'l their use ia all cases of weakness. CACTIOS. TVe caution the public against using J cf the many imitations or counterfeits, bat ask kr nosmrta's Celebrated Stomach Bitters, ijee that each Uitdo has the words "Dr. J. Honeuer'd Stomach Bitters" blown on the sido f the bottle, and etainped go. the metallic cap ovcriag the cork, and observe that cur ai.tograph rignajure is on the !a)h Prepared and sold by HOSTETTEH & CM1TH. Pittaburgb, Pa, and sold by all druggists, grocers, and dealers fenerally throughout the United States. Canada, South America, and Gcrjuaxiy. AGENTS. Davis k Jones. Ebensbur;; J. A: 'rrl.. bumn.it viile; Win. Licziner, Loretto. ttc-r Kinnev, Mimatr. Au-ust 31, lSoO. ly. DRWMDG8 DRUGS! ! JL'?J OPENED AND FOR SALE BY E. S.-li-, M. D., A general assortment of DRUGS, MEDICINES, Spices, Oils,Paiuts. Dye-Stuffs. BR&SBIES. WIfiS. Ml Mil PKet Cutkry, Razors, Brushes. Combs. Station r7. Cbnk Books, Perfumery. &aps. Tobacco. -c?rs Snuffs aud otlier articles usually kept io Stores. . . l R. S.BUNTT, 11. D. t-ensburg. 3fay, 4, 1 859.-24-ly. THIS WAY. JCST RECEIVED AND FOB SALE A large et V- fl'P-'nd"i Assortment of American P.ick mves. (Evfcry kcife warrante.1.) bv . . GEQKGE HUNTLEY. Ii0i FOR HALE AT WIS OFFICE ittisccllaucons. WOLFGANG; on, TUG WRECKER'S HK.ICOX. C1IA KJ KK I EEIORK THR GALE. The good ship Patufinder, of New York, ajid bouuJ to Copenhagen, had entered the j 1 or , buviLir left the Straits of Dover behind. The commander of the ship was a young man. ni overeijht-and-tW'.tnt3. aDd bis name I was Maurick Lester lie stood by the ta(T- waf ftv'r ahtlinojiraisiri! his" hand above j his head to fed if there was ttny wind stir- ; ring, aud as often casting his eye aloft to see i how the canvass hung. As he stood thus his ' mate approached, and spoke to Hm. ; -What d'yn think of this. Capt'n?' thiuk we're in for a stnrm, sir." the j master replied ''And I tell you whrt it is. ; GrilSn." he addetl, after sweeping the hori 1 zon again with his eye, wheu it conns it j wiii be an earDt-stons. Xoe of your broad 0?fn puffs, with nothing but water to hatch j wtii-1 from; but we 1! have it tight fret-h from i to;,e '( thossi psacv-s where tuvy k;iiv how to ' how to rd oti'''" j make tfuus bl iw Th-n yoa ib;nk we'll have a ba ! siil Giiffio. 'Ave," answered the captain, with almot j a s'm iiitT, I feel it i't my bmps."' i I:i th1 ma:itime (.Japtniti L-ster had t-ern j witching the sea ami ky as before, and he f'ueL-d that the sigsis of the .-iorm were grow '"S i;i ;rs a.d more palp ib'e evt-ry mom rnt. I Hi? fUi was ifoifig d iwn i;i a thicK bunk. j g'vi'ig to the wb- we?-tTri tioriz m a i i-.Ti p-irr-.!s;i-rwi bloo-ly hu . wir'n here and tl tiiere -p-s f a cark' rti ge, like openings, through i .! r. i ... i i . . t t uuut.,,. aua.uu; o. utss o ..if.. i 'Do vou sue how str-iMelv It lo V r.fF t?ier. ?" saiJ the cipiain, raising his finger to .Vitra.s the puint when- tin; sun was setting. S '-Ave, returned GriiH'i. "I have b o u i Witcltii.-g those dark places." .Vo l oih.-rs u dieei ihe s:iuu thing, and I SJf; of it tO- " j SvAvn o'clock cime and went. Kiht o'clock I came, a'id tno ccst watch w is set. D m't g bciow," .-a i t too e.iptaii, as the ni"s of the list uojr-wxtiM! 1-ft t!it;ir stations. hey W ;;it at vo an i . "j-jred the !it;hjs with i l: ! h I I w "P'tua.is; aii'.! wIi-ti this was done ths w:o j id ie paitit uljr stati'iii c.illci ted about, the j :e-l. Another hour jiassti away and an- i -r 'iVu o'clock cauie, and t-till not a i br. a.h The .hip lav upon the water like a .i . . ! .. ...-.i. .s .1.1 i 4-a 4 iiini- wa i rijji-s, aii'.t IMOCbS, d'lH i -in. raitiin ad tlappius; as she was swaved i to hi d fro by thi.- lizy ew;!U of tii- s..a. ' j 'What ife.i it me'ii.r' c. ie 1 GhfH.!, as t!ie j boy s:uck tivf. hiAU ' i link!" .-a: I lie; ciptiio. -i! u i-t iu-ta itlv i gu-ss y.u'il ymii ,ee Lid v.i.j feel that? T;i! :l:i thii?' " i I', was a i.u:F i.f iriu-J. o 1 a liI, fliiitw' of. -prrtj; or. pi-rhans ii a a sj.i -f miu At al: ev.-nts, tie .u:l wa- eir; au i L.t-i li ti . op of water I uiKia 'ViC :!i;vSt tlnu M i irice j-'s-r .-; mid other ears thn his. h-.ird tin iiu'.l miianmg which came over the dark wa- t. rs bo other ears heard th r ar wliie'i f l loed. and other l-odies cj liverl benr-atli the .... s'i ck i-f the s'orm giant when he came i.i his might Aye the storm h-id come, t c.taie vi;h wind and rain, and wi'b an angry heaving if the s a. it e.iai witti a oaikut-s-j like lire- bus. v.i h t! TO!t of t! lunuer The ga.e CHiiiiiiu.M to u.:re'tso in iury as in- long rl. night pnsscd away. When the u.r. ruing c:t ne the scene was one of awful graudeur. The wind was howlin" with tt-rii5c furv and th hro..d sea. was lashed into huge mountains, j that f':iied and tun. Li. d and ' leaned aIon. ' over the bosom of the cet-n set mm ' everv . . '. . T I moment r-;dy to whelm aud engulf the frail bark tLit struggled within the-dcoion grasp, j When Captain Lester had observed the I signs of the morning, hs feared thai the (dorm ; wuld emtio ue through the day, and so he i t dd hi.t men. The sky wrc a hue of horror and rain was now driving down, miughng with the la&hiug sea. At noon it was still worse. At length nii'ht shut in aain and not a I sign yet of the passing away of the storm! m f i . l i - - i i lie irigntiui nownng oi tue tempest scemeu rather to have increased than abated The me:i gathered upon the quarter-deck, clinging for surnort to the racks and rails for the life j lines swayed so much that they were afraid of them ajhered as near to the light of tne bin naclc-lamp as they could, as though even from such feeble beams they might Cud some comfort. But not all were there. Xo not all! Four stout, tiuc-hearted men had been sweyt away by the storm. Near a score were left; but how many shall see the light of an other day? At nine o'clock Captain Lester went below lie took down a chart of the North Sea. and having spread it upon the table, he sat dowa to examine it He was thus engaged when Mr Griffin came down; but he did lo? look up until he bad ficished tho calculation. "How is it?" the mate asked, as he sawh's commander lay down the dividers. "I have been makiug a teckoning; and I find that we have little more sea-room left. Tbo course we have made since we wore, has been, as near as I cau calculate, north-west-by-west, so that we must have been driving towards the coast of Northumberland. I think we bare plenty of roou to eUo4 oa until aid ! Tins r;i!ni oiti'f )t t mf.-it a-I.tK V-ti : had t-K-te,..-hatter. do.vn the arches no , while ' " than two y.ar,. . I...r.itor,.,av: league awy-ant, yet nere areine rceK, ! there is nothing ,-Ue to do; f,r I am ure tlre i L5'"M'lr- U MM two ; d rct:y un3,-r our bos . What caa it , vrdl he need ... bavin , tlie,n a lefort the i '"" ,tt't-"- a" 1 1 h1 .ananjeJ to ; meat, .' ! co-iii.r r another day " "ay at ,i,,,' u,i,iI we wre Ilisir,'-'J Bat ! Maanee Lester did not answer ; but an -r. I ii i t i i Tliorntain h id a hearv i'n tni-rhted lot t! - dd, weather-i'eatec sailor, who stood at I 1 men ha 1 no tti ,:iol)?s i.f .ojim below. inniHD lunanejT) M,pmi,.m '" , . . . j , , . , e . ,i : i i. n-i li MT. .! and dt-r eantaii wa dvie' Jle.' the wheel, and who had looktu a tnou-- I-t t!ie- ;oui hee and tetl; ana ihey were not t 11 ,a " J" 1 " r c P H J , , - , r , - , - i - ..... . J ' .....,M ... i t . !. .. j.Ij I, it i aod 'landers in tae face, answered lor Lim : i:it. iiwrani what -va CGtnw': sot BBEKSBDRO, PA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, I860. n?sht; but we cannot Ftami on much lonjrer If the sale floe? not abate by that time I know not what wo iha11 do " Tho captain started up from his chair, and would probably have walked across the cabin but ot that moment a heavy caught, the ship, and cave her a pitch forward, which ean-ed him to Pitch his Feat as quickly as pos sible As fcoo as the flood had trone from the deck, and the vif fpI had Rtrurl-d up from the shock, he looked into his compan- ion's face, and said, in a voice made tremu- lous by deeper emotion than he had before manifested. 'Grimn. I have something upon my mind ire than you know; and I am anxious to communicate it too; I most tell it now. for more j S . lave a f-tiansre forcbodinc of comin ning ill Something is to happen that will be great cal- amity to some of us I am not croaking l am onlv r.adtn what the utseen has written tin my Foul. However, you shall bear my storv nu have heard that my parents were Loth lot at sea?" Yes" said the mate. ' "And perhaps you kuew that thy were j j lot in this nea?" j j 4,t haw heard so. Fir." ' j Ay so it was. I was a boy then ibey wen m thf-ir wav to Coiicidiaircn. as we ! sliotild le now. Mv father commanded the ' ln e WaS c:,l"M t,,n torn .fine. one j was named f-r my mother; and Fie was a s,a,lt't'1. noble craft, i was at school then, in Troy; and when I knew that my patents ! shin she was called th 'Clora .Line She i were dead I wa we! nigh mad with en;-t. j I fancied th-n.i'i o.y frs hours of ..rj h t.age, ' that n.y heart would brake; and. I thb.ksuch ! would have been the easeifihpy bad kept; ' me at Fi-hod.- IJut 8me of those who cared ' for me. came to see me. ai 1 it was fiuatlv arraoced that I should go to sea. And I i . prctsMrea Trterel Weil i:iar. wuen i tt.t.tT T.l lUov rrr. v.- mo on.nini..! , "-"V."v j j c- ot a Finn I .ri i " 1 ci The man who owned the ship which I ..1 TU.'tnn IT., .... e : ,iaa a oauuter namea jarrie one ot me i swecioar., purest, ana lovelies crcarare in.i j ever traced this poor life of earth She wns i f'ur y:its younjier than myself; but even i when I first knew her she was a woman in ! intellect and rraei though a child in simpli- citv f love and confidence. Mr. Thornton dil r.ct object to my suit, so I loved her with all my soul, and was blessed to know that rhe loved me in it-turn. It ha 1 Wmi arraui: e l that we should be married when fcl,e w is twentv vcars old. that had been our plan - I an:; no a.-k'-a mo to go i cojia not reiu-'e; i ai a n rhibhu - a c un but I ask.d that I might be married fir-t. ! uch t!iiu-s afjre. There aiut no use in fir Mr Thornton s.h ok his hea.J. and siid no ; i"f the gu.i, sir. That light was put there But he ha-1 another plan which he ai 1 would : to It-ad poor Jack t h"n death that the coat b better. IJe been planum" to viitC"p-n sharks might pick his bones!' ! ha-"'". whtr'; i broMier s in buis- : iifss ih..v with tn eoiiirni.v wit i linn ami J .... j - 'C aul he would take th.- next ship, and hiir. Carrie out with him. at.d we should b? '-'!;trru l!,ere 1 Giially cons-nted to fake -ut ti;e new ship, and .Ir.' Thornton, with li's "anghtei. was to meet me in Copenhagen au '''' r-' we war, 1(1 ,L '"attied and all ihr.-o come (loiuo togeih.?!-. The eveiiii l f.-n I saih d I .-pi-nt with (.''arrie, aid when I left lit r I f it t'ttirt I was I-aviiig toy Vcry life Well." cmiMi-l I. ter, wiping :IS C"' ; 1 Wl'"1 o '.opennagen I w.i.'v i :i in ;i .-i 'I went ic Copenhagen i V.l.'v l :l III-:' 1 'vri ttut t' A 'iicn nip nut c i with Wi;tim Ti'rnt -n aud d.iti.iiie,- o.ard h id t.'ii-ti;:tt at Dover, and tb .t ml i were safe ami wi ll when she left. I w-iitnl . t-. i . ! "nether week, aud t!n ij I cn -l ov i t II i:u Dur; rut I coiiia icaru iiolinng tli re .Next I went io London and then? I h-aun-d enough to nss-ure me that the ship hstd been b-st Oo the sen nid dav after siie ieft Dover a Feveio j storm had artMD, and several ves-f-.s had been p.oted lost I sent tuv ship homo in charge nf the mate, a:;d spent four mouths in searching after the !o-.t ones; but I could f ffaiti no trace of them Not even a piece of the wreck could I Mud uol a marl: ot the h'p nor of one of its cr-?w I came heme with a sad and lieavv heart t - i . .uaunco U'S'er stoppea a tew moiiicnts, ar,d btiwetl his head upon his hands, for bis feeling had almost overcome him In a lit- l'e whie, however, ho- looked up ngam, and a-idtsd. iu a touching touc,- "Ah, my dear friend, you do not kn.nv what I have suffered toungu canift tell it. nor can pen write it ihat blow did break mv heart broke it in the rending of its Vn- denst cords, and in the crushing of all its earthly hopes! Do you believe in dream-?" The mate started, not o much at the char ter of the question, as from the ud !en man ucr iu which it was put. Well." slid Lester, in a lower tone, ! have had a dream repeated many times; but never has it come to me so directly, and so vividly as within the past th-e-e or four days Carrie Tltorntwi is not dead.' I know she is not! she has appeared to tne repeatedly in a dream, aud calls upon tne to save hei! To- night as I stood all aloue bv the mizzen riir gicg, trying to peer out into the thick gloom ' I heard UaT voice as plainly as you now hear j T t - . . mine, ana sue called oat tor me to save her. Of course what followed was mero fancy. ' though even that effected me much. I thou't I saw her, stan ling not far e(T, upon a huge sea, with her arms stretched imploringly to wards me saw bar then, with my eyes open, as I have often seen her in my sleeping J o ream: At this point the captain was cut fchort in his speech by the cry of "Light-no'." from the deck. They harried up and fouud the men crowding forward. What is it?" Lester asked. 'I thiuk it is a light, sir." replied Parker "Uerej sir, just sUuJ Lerc. .Now turn your eye aboat fuur points upon the Iarbiard bow. Waif, now till fhe rises. Ha there! there , see! Did you Fee it. sir?"' Vrs he had Feen it; and he knew it mut . a light upon the tlwro; but it wa a great ; way off. He watched until be bad seen it i svtral tiroes, and then he remarked t. hw mate that it mut be a Hht-house. The j libt was IkM and distinct, and evidently at a coos-iderable height above the level of the ! nca;.fir, had it tiot been so. it could not have ; bt-cn n at that distance. After a short j consultation, during which reference was had ! to the chart of the Xorthumber land coast, it waslecideJ that this light must be upou i Dorron lVmt. To the north of Dorton. as the jitaiu koew from personal experience. a well as from the chart, there was a snu ! harbor, of easy entrance. These things were j ecmeu. As soon as it had been determined where j the light was, Captain Lester made all pos- . -soie uawe io uttermme nis course ot action. Flad the thing been practible. be would have laid his ship to; hut that could not be done. No one even gave it a serious thoucbt. So it was determined that the ibip should stand on at luat (ill something further was discover ed At half past twelve the galchvl moderated c-usidt rably. The light was r.ow to be Feen very plainly whenever tho ship rose, and the i captain nu nis ciaccrs it-it Fure that tdey ! wire light in their calculations ts ; "At ail events, mi.j itic former. we have cook-- oui io Ftano oo, at least He was iutenuptt-d by a cry from tliebows that made eery soul start with horron " Drkakur! KrkakekO Captiio Lester leaped forward, and in a 'ery Jew mvmeuts he was Faticfied that the warning had not been a falp otic; for lie could not only near the awful roar of the ' breaking seas, but ho fancied that he conld : . . . . . ' 5!rc pivamius vi iuc wiioc toam as 11 Ui.w hgh in the air. As ctarcJy ai posiiblc the ton.ail was taken off. and the ane.l.nrs rn, : topsail w: ! loose. Tl i i.... n,. J i " ' " uc.uu. (.i.id, pu into the liissitig sea. and , iron cables were Fputi through the haws-e-holes like lightning, i.ap went the starboard chain; and in a mo ment more a shock was frit as the larboard anchor found bottom; but it ould not hold The cables pa. ted ts thjuh i: had been a hempen string, and on swept the devoted ! st- 'In heaveas name!' gasped Griffio, 'what j do;s t'lis meau? Se! The light is sti.l ! burniui cs brightly as ever at least a ' i t a -jmicaivKius r.c anwj, : -vv. v me uiruwiru. i out t But it was too late for mortal help. The ship had met her doom. She went upou the HK'ks w i h a crash that s.-uoded high above the roar of tl-1 elements. CHAl'TKR II. wolfgav.. Maurice Lester was tn-ar the starboard gang- tpai- vrf'i Tfle ihip stYn?fc. having started 't i'i look io :Ih- heim The shock threw him i up' u s o.ick, and he t. ied to get up; but ere iie cjuI i leg-tin in- f-'e ih f!o kI of mad wa ! tcr.s eM.i.e surging over the bark, and he was liH'otvn !i koe-.v not vvnere. lie only kuew thai tu;ji came that it caught him iu i its giaut grasp 1. it it h-irled him as a gale i i.u l a leather inat nts head was hurt lint his Imay was tossed aud bruised and ' then ihe lamp of his consciousness went out. ; When he came to Liirvself it was daylight. I a.d the rays ot the suit W4!re beaming above ! bi n. At Erst he ert-ff net attempt to move, ; auy further than simply to assure himiclt ! that he was really aiive aod seusible; but sought to recal the cvenis of the past, which j he did. vety clearly, up to the time when his j ship struck upou the n.ckjt, he could go no farther. After this he raised himsel f upn . . .. i. ! i I - . ' IT- I , Li3 c-io-iw. ana ttici io gais awui mm. ne j bad bcn landed Bthcre in that deep nook. and the tide ha-1 gone out an 1 left him. In a little wuiie be rose to his feet, and i maca-'ed to crawl up, by the aid of a strau- ! ded FDar, over a low part cf one of the roeks After seeing all that was lo be observed foiu this jKiiut, he move 1 on t iwjrds where I he thought he should sooner find au opcu ; t each, for he felt faint a d sick, and he wish ! cd to find h-lp as 8 K)u as po-ib!e. After toiling over slippery slimy rocks, aud cruel, tearing crags, until his clothiug was ail torn, and bis ll -s'i biuised and lacerated, he finally reached an op-n spaco among the roe-ks, where many pieces of the wreck had been lodged, and where he found the bodisof three of his men. He hastened to the spot where they lay two of theiu being clapped in each other's arms but he fouud no signs of life With a sad, heavy heart, Lester passed on, j at:d presently he found two mor dead ooes. J . . t r. -er t ; .l!.fi and out d them was uavMunmn, ins cuiei mate. IIo kneeled down by the ofuecr s side. and raided the head; but it wai col I aud life loss and the skull was broken! G-ntly he laid it back upon the sand, and then moved ou again. And he saw more dead men als ! Could it be possible that he had been the on ly one left alive? Ha! -rait what is this ? It moves it has life ! Captain Lester hurried forwrd, as fast as his feeble ftrength would permit, and found two men lying by the side of a heavy Fpar. Oue of them was dead; but the oth er giizedup into bis oommaader's face, aod stretched forth nis Lands as though he would ak for mercy. His name was Dick Mangle, aud he bad been oue of the best seamen on board the fhip Poor Dick ! said Lester, kneeling by his side and lifting bis bead. 'Are you bad ly buitr f Tiev've done it for us! the sailor answer ed, in a weakening voice. 'They've killed Tom. A in t he dead? It was the body of stout Tom Bricket that lay close by and when the captain had made hitmclf sure that there was no par ticle of life in it, he reported the same to Dick. But, he added, -whit do you mean? Who Las done yoa bam!'. 'Haven't you sfn 'ui?' the man askrd, strusfjrling for breath 'Seen whom? What do you mean?' de manded Lester, eagerly. Dick started up to his elbow, and gat zed around; but he seemed to fiud nothing for t was l.-kin. and he sank back a- WHICH he fjain. li au ae not utaae inis en oil. tie nngut i have spoken further, but the act of rising bad ' exhausted him. and the last grain of strength j was leaving him. ; . it L. . j.i;ir.i 'What do you mean?' cried Letter, as he j saw that the poor fellow was sinking. 'Has aoy-ltody harmed you? Dick managed to raise his hand to his head to a point alove the left ear and, as he did so. he whii-percd IKk out they aked for the capt'n. That's were tht-y struck! He tried to speak further, but his voice failed him. What could this mean? Maurice Lester Who started to his feet and guized around had kiil.-d his Ho n ? The captain was disturbed7 in hi medita tion by ihe s"und of voices not far u(F. and imn turnin ? lit hehtld four men comin? n't ,. ., r ft i - i .. , .. . , it- . c f -1 1 1 n.nAnkt mm. u I'll m n.i. nt ttAfi-i. Tame; somewhere alut fifty or nfty-bve years of age: and habited in a garb of blue cloth, cut into frock, or skirt, which was s cured at the waist by jl broad pistol belt Maurice Lester "was startled when he be held the stilwart leader and his three ruffian ly couip-iuions; and, 'considering- all the cir cum-taiices. it is in wonder that he was -tartled. However, ho had not much oppor tunity for reflection, for, by the time be had fairly made out the party, they were upou hiai. Hallo.' the leader cried, as he paw our he ro, 'here we have another. And. as he came up, he added; 'And I guess "we've found a live one, too ono that knows something. Say who a re ye?' This la.t sentence was addressed to Mau rice, who quietly answered : My name is Lester. And now, to be fair, what is your name?' Well I puess you' ire beard it before. Meti call me Kvau Wolfgang. 'Wolfgang !' repeated Lester with a start . - rrt. . " ,, J . ., - ! Ihcn Wolfgang was nota myth after all. tm . . i i i i I hut mv iiniiit' . mat mysterous wrecuer, uame-wa, a i it , Ti t - d blood, like other men Man- j ui oi Lesn an rice gazea upon turn witu wouuer, auu, ue . i tr. l i r , I gazed he felt that he looked upon a fiend io- I cnrn'ite He had often heard of the pi'ate wreekVr, and so dark und mystic had bH?n tie tales which the North-sa sailors hjd told, tiiai Le been inclined to belt vethat the whole theme wis & fabrication. Now. however, I.e :a-l no more doubt, for the turn before hiai lo iked as dark and bloody as were any e.f the pictures hi. had heard drawn of him ujhu the b-recastle. But our heio was not given much time for refi je.tion. Wolfgang plied him with ques tion, to all of which Lester gav- straightfor ward answers, well knowing that evasion would serve no pracrical purpose, and hoping hy nis iraosuess to propuiare me mereu j fi?ud in whoje unrestrained power ue kuew j himself to be. When the wrecker chief had elicited all the information he conl l, and learned nith what a rich cargo the vessel was freighted, and that she bad 40.000 in specie on board, be , smiled grimly, and remarkea to one ot nis cmfederates that she would perhaps be a lichcr prize even than the White Etcn had been a Aw years before. The mention of the niamc of the ill fated ship in which Carrie Thornton and her father bal been lost, gave Maurice Lster such a shock that he nearly fell to the earth. He grew deadly pale, aod his frame quivered convul sively. What's the matter ? said Wolfgang. Y u don't seem to have much strength left ! Bring him along, boys, where we can doc tor him.' Ihe s.mster cianoe whicb accouipAn.ed , mis last remaru, au'i mic u-. mi ciii:ufis laid upon the word 'd-ctor struck a chill to "', j l ; our hero s heart. But he c-mld not give h own safety much thought, while he was part ly forced and partly carried along after Wolf gang, wbo strode rapidly on for neaily half an Inur. He could think only of the ITVitiV Fotra that had been wrecked on that oas', and of his beloved Carrie who bad. perhaps in company with those Fame men, trod the same path he was now treading. What had liceti her fate ? Hal she been murdered by these .wretche. or reserved for some more d p'orabla doom? These thoughts Elled him wiib unutterable agony. Wolfgang had now drawn near the witer edge; and son comins t. the mouth of a cave : candidate was oppis.-d to the war be lost he entered, followed by the three ruiEans who ; his election by a dingle rets Mr. Rhode had charge of our hero. Thj bottom of the ! voting for his rppenent who went t Wash cave sloped upward from its eufrance for some ! ingtoo. and supported war measures and distance, and then became almost level. j finally, voting for declaration, the partis The captive (for such Maurice Lelcr now w re exactly even the declaration passed by felt himself to be) frequently hit his f -t a- j the casting "vote f the Vice Piesident and o gainst what be thought, with a chill of hr- j Mr. Rblea h g was the nocasi.m of the lat ror, were human bones strewn around the war. and oat tba U S aifcbtj-miDiac of 41 caveru. but be could nvt tlaxly malte Uaaa ' W. VOL. 7 XO. G. out in the dim light. He also noticed tbat the bottom of the cave waa ver wet, ss tbo' it bad recently been covered wiib water. The wrecker chieftain stepped, at last, Cfar what teemed the end of the cave, and ma king a sign to his followers, they clapped manacles on the wrists and the atAKs of Maurice before he had time to note their in tention Now, Captain Lester, raid Wolfgang "you most remain in this place for a short sca sou. You are perfectly tafe here. Silence ! Say not a word! If you attempt to leave this spot, you will be slain the mcnicut you set foot outside the cave. Thus Fpeaking, the chieftain and his fol lowers silently but rapidly withdrew, leaving Maurice nearly stupefied with astoiii.but:iit. As they passed from the mouth of the cave, their feet were wet by the rising wavc&. The tide iras fast coming in Aft9r a short time, the captive Kx-L-r I a- boat him with eyes somewhat accu:..-ut J to j 5Le,dim hSht' ?d cme fatlfaed ,Ul I be bad surrosed to be human tones vc-it re ally such. There were many of tbem. And moving among them were huge rats, seeking r.i- nrar Tbo tvT nf ft Mwrn. Ill riMi. p'aces, was bnt a few feet above bis lead, and in one place he discovered a small aper ture, through which a faint light fctmggh-J. and on going underneath it, Lc thought Le smelt the od-or of vegitation and flowers. Oo turning, from the contemplation of this aperture, towards the mouth of the cave, Captain Lester observed with alarm, this the water waa creeping up the sloping bottom. What if it should fill the cavern Ah ! new he could account for the presence there of those human boues ! They were the sad memcrals of other hapless prisoners who bad been left in that cave to frish hy drowning ! Slowly but surely the waters crcpl along i The vermin fled before them to the tlrvated i 1 he vermin ned before them to tne t spot on which iVIauricc stood. olowJy fc-now- i I length reached il1 , till U W--- 1 i. . E... - his feet t At the end of the cave, within a few feet of the wall, and underneath the aperture be fore Fpokeo of, was a large piece cf rock, s m? four feet high, that might have fallen from above To this Maurice hastened as quickly as his manacles wjuld permit. Af ter some exertion he succeeded in climh.rjg to the top of it, and stood erect, his head whbiu a few inches of the roof of the cavern. But be was not allowed to occupy this reticit alone As the water began to circle round its base, the rats also sought refuge cn it ia great numbers, and in vain did Mauric3 ! trv to dislodge . them with bis manacled ! feet. j Soon (as it seemed to the capdive) the wa ter came rippling over the top cf the rock. j He felt its moistuie upon his feet. And still j it rose slowly but rt Ientle-ssly it rose, high i er higher; and as it rose, the rats clinibed j up bis limbs for safety. It wa? ia vain that I he brushed them off with his fettered Land. j Tbeyinstintly returned. They dimmer el j up his back to his shoulders over the back of his neck to the crown of fcis Lead; their i. ... .... ... . . . e-lammv bodies striciiog a cUU to bis ven1 , " ncart. And 'kly the foul vcrmon clusterad upon the dcvRt c lIVe en0aUer8 aod fcea.jt a9 tbf ir , , of safetv Driven frantrc at last . J. , by the horrors of his situation, he vras aboat i to plunge into the surging tida and seek a ; watery grave, when bis attention was arrest j cd by the tread of rapid footsteps ntar the aperture above bi3 bead, ana the scand of I harsh masculine voice, almost instantly fol lowed by a noise as of a straggle, and a piercing shriek which thrilled Maurice Les ter to the very soul. lie coald net be mista ken; it wa Carrie's voice. Again he heard it, but now in tones of entreaty. Ch, it rsa her voice. She was tk-1 dead ! She lived a-jd was ueat him! Gathering all his strength t be shcute?; 'Carrie! Carrie! Crhie!' dead silencj foIloweJ, broken only by lRe foalfj, olurmars cf the still r;sIo waU r , , , . f . K-r ftl i wr.'tch-d captive s bead and sbouMcrF, only , t J " . uw to returu agaiu. in taeir ueree struggles lr a r.e-ch of safety from the advanvior Wis, which ha-1 now nearly reached our hero's sil0ll ter5 The above is all t f this strr that w HI be published io our colnmns. We five this as a sample. The cooti'iuation of it fiom where it leaves off hern can be found only in the New York ledger, the great family paper, to j whie"hthe mo?t b pular writers in the coun try contribute, and whi.-h i for sale at all the stoes thiougnout the city and country, wbeie ppei8 are sold. Ilemcmle.- and ask fir ib New York Ledger of January li, and in it you will find the cottintfation of the stry from where it leaves off here. If joa can not get a copy at any bock ctore, the pub lisher of ihe Ledger will mail yoa a epy " yo;I penl him fivfl ;c a ,eter The ledger is mi "tied to subscribera at 2 a year, or two copies for $3. Address your l.attrs to Robert Bonner, publisher, -13 "Ann street. .Nut ork. It is the handsc-rast nd best family paper iu the country, elgmtly i!lu!trated, aud characterized by a high mor al tone. Its preseut calculation is over four hundred thcu and copies, which ia the best evidetics we can give of its merits. ST During the erciting tiaes in this country previous to tba delaration of the war of lSllI unfortunately for the British na tional hoi-or. a m tuber of the Rhode Island L"ei"dture. Mr. Rhodes, bad a quarrel with a Lmted Stuea feenator about a J7lT. Thii Tl)
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