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The spirit. and h which it is imbited almost Enka ones . ingle e 'cien to the' finger .enda. • .4 1. feast is o'er .New brimming wino rdlq cup is seen to *hint,. • fore each •eagtr guest, , silence fills the crowded hall; cep as when the herald's call rills in the. loyal breast: to his feet each gallant sprung, 1, joyous was the shout that rung, !z .Stanley,gave the word:- - ieverpersp gas raised on high, ceased the loud , and gladsome cry, 111 Stanley's voice was heard. • lough, enough," ite-smilin,g said, I lowly bent his haughty head,. bat all may hate their due. each in turn mtg play his part, pledge the ladye of his head, • ke gallant' knight and true!" !, one by one each guest sprung up,; drained in turn the' brimming cup,l Ind name'd the, loved one's name:;, , each, as hand on high he raised, ladye's grace or beauty praised= er constancy and fame. t now St. Leon's turn to - rise ; Ihim are fixed those countless eyes asilant king is be: Lie% by some, admiri4 by all,. • -famed in ladye'i bower and hall, he 'lower of chivalry.- /. Leovaised,bis kindling eye, lifts tho sparkling cup on high I drink to one," he said, - ' 'hose iniage,,never may 'depart, graven on his grateful heart, ill memory is dead, one whose•love for meshalt last, en Fghter passions long hare passed, o holy 'tis and true; . • one whose lUietath linger dwelt deeply fixed, more keenly felt, an any pledged by you" At guest upstarted at the ii :Ord, .- I .1 laid a hand upon his sward, - •/ . With fury-flashing eys , t, •. ;':',. d Sbinly; said: "We eisse the :min, . Ind knight, of this most peerless di me, Whose love ,you count \so high. -" I 11 - •. , Leon paused, as if he would 1 . it breatheTher name in eareless„snood, I bus lightly to another; , i ien bent his, noble head as though :1 ~ ive that . word the.reverenee due, 1, - And gently said, "Ily *miller !" 0 Visctliancaus • MARGARET LANE/ 1 A Sketch from_ Eckel Lift .331; LACILA LLIk.:-WQOD CHAPTER I . "How oft does memory recall A form one-maym no -longeesee -;„ A gentle girl with lustrous eyes; I, Glistening like :morning dew•„, 7 - 1 The silken lashes.through, And life that breathed in softer sighs— Her beings harmony!" - . - i Oh. pa, dear pa, do let's take plor. Mar- garet Lane with us, will - You ?" - ex-Flab:ad 1 Laura Grason, while hastily drawing on lir gkres to be in readings foradrive ont of the i city. "She is so very ill, and vannot affiti'd to buy a single luxury - for an invalid,. kriu'eh 1 less-drive out for fresh air. Alasi Jaw:poor 1 hat - e no luxuries and but few friends f' r ' "Another new Isilian about the silt girt,"i pined her father, " and pray What nonsense i tl folly, will get off next; you ciertainly, Jai' there is not ,sufficient room to *eat five „poisons, and another thing is; I doo core.! `abort von and your mother ,being ;seen iin • -sufh Close proximitylo a girl who has to la- bor for a livelilicKid. • - What do you isuPP*--*e Inlr frieirds and acquaintances whore r i e shall , nel.oet on our drive would say ?,and I. tun„Sure I P-ave .no fancy for Subjecting (kir"' lyes l to , the impertinent_remarks, as well es iiiinixture ' )rof formal bows and meaning smilei: i , " YOu knoW, dearl3a, she can't .. help being poor, and it is more 'honorable tri - labor than • t•O •bet'ome, dependent upOn the Musty-of others. \ I will stay home and give the poor girl znY seat, if you will only take per this -time ;.1 would like to do some good ;for poor :Margaret, and ma has taught nte," pleadcfr e unselfish ,girl while - bending a " . -loo1:' of, *learning - love upon her gentle -mother, q that- Wre must do - what we think is•right I without'- . j .,. ~..r ..ring what others may say 'of us, so you• 'trill not refuse will you pa i" an then ft*: fig her snowy arms about his ne .k,rlie licjk- d up in . his face/with her bright' ryes gli-.4. ~ nihi ng s Weaith r,i, po teao rs, iwmhai r l g easio m.t„ ftly shsehe4usoo rm:r \ ed n ba, '' tip in her dark, gloom' grave, ithe last ~. isrthlv home of ill that is 'mortal, and she is, o'goiid,-kind•rindlOntle, never complluns at et. hardlot ; but - always seems cheerful and *iy's She'has mitic,h to ,be thankful for ; and yet,i)a., we haye -everything' that nioney can -lbrocure, and'l f...str we sometimes forget 'to be , alf so tankful and good as le ''s.. lilow ft when I call in to see her I fi dher read- ing her Bible and talking abouther home iu another *OM. ! Ali ! what a boauttifuthome she will have in the spirit land. i-. 431,4 those ' who are ashamed to be seen with her_ in. this world, will not be ashamed of her there." • Mr. Grason deefsly felt the innoctint rebuke of his fair daughter,'-arat bending i down he kissed her fair brow. ,'"There,". said.he kind- ly, " come get .early, dear, I supPosel Will hack to gratify you this time!' -- ! . , I* Thauk, you', dear, pa; rani ready and will ' en i °Y., l '.. l.*Arive so much, for lknow it, will do loom luargar e t„ good." L • 1 • g' 4 2 , cpupage ,diove throu gh several 'streets, ere it mieled the homerY ilk-A i de -tee of 1,1r5.. Lane whiehwas an old' dilapidatCA frame . that- had stood for matry"years an eye,sord to 'the piiblio_ gaze: There was sortie roof , '-enough' to protect the inmates - from the ,idrenchingrains---in. various placc large gaps 'were to be seen in the front, 'Aerie thel franie work hid given way.' , ! • i The property belonged to_a large lalid-hol- . der, whO loved his "almighty .dlollar7 better . than his own conscience, and SC' /Ong SS lit . MOUld yield, him a' profit, be ~iivotildlet.lilt a 7EEKLTIOUR,IIti.L.--DEVOTED7O P UTIuS, N 11, ERATUB,E,AGRICTJ'ETURE, SCIENCE, AND, *stand - without repairs,' not caring for the ten, ants who toiled.. night and day that they Might eepp soul and 14y. together. ale(un 7 jUst rent hid eaten int? the earning* so fast, !that tljey'fOund impOssible to;pay his d - IMands for the last three months, :and the un- . Merciful landlcird had frequently; threatened to eject them from the ' poor luivel' and sell What very fe7 ;:Household comforts iivy had, if h? did not reeeive, his money When•he call-. 6 . 1 a g ain, - .1,.. 1 - --. . •.• • "More is the place, pa"' said Laura, point-, ipg. from . the Carriage . window as they. idroe• ,• near the door, rind stepping 'lightly from her ficat - , sheknocked gently-at the•doori but no' anSwery came, '. and' paling - it, I.which ':"was 41ightly„ ajar, ;she entered just :as the iron-earted landlord attempted to diive the poor half ifrantid-mother. and daughter from their . iniserable.honie..• ' •'• , . • i, '. ! • ‘,l, YOu. ailay ;prate. as much as: yOu . please, about the, inedieme-yort . baYe ito , buy • for your ila liter, .whieh' you say, used .up all your tit°, y, and, keep me -out cif m . yrent, I will .blieve asl ;•,, much as I please 'of it. • If you . .Wottldi put her: immediately to *ork,she *old. on get well enough to do without the med- . .i 71. , ler-rte.! .. . , ! i , . . • . . • .i 4 ' :flush, sir; -said Laura : keenly looking -I. 1 , “ d ...• , .. • timitit the face, ont you see howfrighten-' etl" that sick girl' is," and' turning _to Marga- -1 ret . she continued, ". pray what !does all this mean t" • ~ - • t. - r, 2" litueans„.My dear Laura,--that my -meth- cr-is linable to pay. our rent. 1 011, that My, health would. return, .so that, l l, Could, oath enough to pay him.and then ha should never have it in, hiS power to insulijus again. i' / I' hayq been ,s 9 ill. to-day; - that pfear I there as but ,little, prospectof my recoyery.- Oh : inother, dear, -; What shall_we dO . I ' Surely he will liot...take the very. few things we have left tie. 1 , '. .; , . - -•- • Here, sib,; take this," said Laura, taking a gold! piece front herb purse. . ",I, hope it will- ssatisty you for the present." „ ii ' -. '. ."-:\o,•no, kind and generous Laura," ek Claimed Margaret. " I can't take advantage of vOur friendship thus." ,• -' 11.,..,..- N• ; T.) . , '.A L . ."' a ' 1 0 A a,Ke it, str, ~contmut. , aura, an \- re- -1 piVlll4,l --yOll area hard „master- to the poor." 1 ' ..,, f.. I .rmist have; ins ; ciwlii crirt;". saidlic. and FA - piked off with his eyes beat ;'-upon his gold, Ins leait's to 'e . - - -; ' I,. -• • I ! ,4-" Come, Margaret," she ;Continued, I" get. Oady,. the carnage is -waiting at the Moor for -iiiciti,., I have perLadetl.pa to take you outl for , fresh nir." ! - -•', - I•tltank.. Yon, dear - Laura,it, is kind. of you ,1 abtLyour parents to ca,ll for die, and-I am sorry. my extremeilllness , forlijds a • emph- atic with .your generous. invit4tiop ; bear my thatllis to sour pa'ri.lits,-- and: do . not keep them waiting,dear:' ". ,1: : •ii NV itly a . lit.ayy lkart, Laara' -,r.Aurned to the' carriage and:; insisted. upon il i t:r ,itst.ther liita father coming! in to see the. poor invalit- 1 Mr. Grrasonentered 'the roan with / a4tearY I frown upon his-- brow, but the . monlent. his 1, e It : C•S fell upon 7he" delicate liglir.e of :klargaret.'l his native politeness: immediately prompted him to kreeti 2 : lifer with kindness au' offer to 1 ,1 'proctire i physician, whichshe - "nest willing-1 ly accepted., $ 1 , • • I . • „ 1 "Laura," etclaimed . Mr. Grasonwhen . they had: .retUrneclJtotheil " why !did yr:in. neQeil Me bog beautiful -that girl Was, why I cnnld hardly. keep My eye 4 off her face, ' Such 'per- , feet IT,eauty Ifbave never seen(..All,.!it is Well *pia br§therlf.rriest has not itetlit . ..tit4t face.— •It,•wiild • •filit•-kfitrate - him notWititsanding . her extremd pov4tv. Pray tell me, • Lat , ura, hot(" came slLei to•.!be" so poor? Her, conversation ma'nerslindicate -refinement.; I am con- fident she hafi seen better-days." ~ . • "She Itas,lloeedolear pa; ber father was a whoit;sale therehant belonging to :the firm of , Lane •Cl.'hphani& Co., ;who failed for a , ',large .antou i." 1 - i _ 1 , . • • . - " IS. it poslible," added Mr. Grason, " Why, 1 knew filial ilivell;. to be an honest and, up- .right man. iille_- sank. under the sudden 're- verses' Of fOtitune. l . and died , shortly after the 'failure." A, - . •. . , Il'-. " CHAFFER .I.e "When inicl''s come, they.come not single spies., Bann battaliont , .." l , • "IdaTaint •gave me a 'sketch of her -trials, - -and- if von ;will - listen, dear ; -pa, I *ill give' it as near, as can in her own words" 1 I ' " I, Was •Onee surrounded withi even-Jul: ivy • II t ' - ,1 and eleganee of life, one could wis, or , aii .. illoved by- my dear father more than Lingua e' I can describe. I was an only child, caressed, I r idelized and beloved to excess,by tiiv fond ia- rents. ••, - Not a single care,distnrbed, the peaee- I ful corildnvof -my happflife,-until. the-com- mercial , storm of ' 183— swept Om_ ts. Our pmperty. '.But I could have bornonp Ifunder all if my 'father's. life culd have heen•,spared tolus. Alas, his death.toUk from us all hope . and love- of . life.- The j.v:irld seetned h ,ut a wilder( s? nay a .- larren Waste, and.ont souls sank 'with despair ;but the sun-beains;; Of .vi- vine Loie catim•And dispelled the • darkness, awl the : lNVOrd of God ,taiight -.: - ' He deethi all things well: ' - . . Long „land earnestly A id'.we pray .to lieCome reconciled to his holy will, and threl yealtof sorrow ntid'nriitiety have sped, and . yqt I Can most tinthfullv say, that there is - elfiCiency.i in: prayer,l Faithfully •I attended to the nettling of rnyfither's business, and after dis)* , sing of our hOine.'and furniture, 1., found, I cOlild save . his 'deli- I.ria‘kie from disliatagement.:. After . passing:threngit many 'severe trials,'.ive Were. coMpelled. to look a1.),614 for .some „Menai •ofli •sitppoit, 1!1 ~procured Al,dottage- .- a a small`' rent; and !fitted; it upin ..A- plain e onordical ' style ; 'hut oli,'- how. ice missed . the Coinfortsl and:lulu . rieS that •- had\ been so hiviiliis'.shosr:f 'a-''.-' 1 d .a • ' ... . ~ , ere. u . ri u... eti od a lipon giv ng trinsic:l lessons, iti could procure isuffidieut,,nuniber!• of sehoars .; and for Seveial -,..days I. itiandered. i -ftoni - , Louse 'to house' , in quest '. of • pu. px)i, b 'it failekh, in getting as . (iany as would occupy, my time, and these - t at I cOuld get • lived a so grekt - a distance th ti-Coneluded theti :spent in walking so far conhl•he imi proved- to a, better' advantage,- so .Limtnedi•! 'atelf v sited the editor pf a weekly', journal and its ed . ;hiree to enipl)y me as' type-setter i Ile did sb, and iu kahort time I was abletO earn; Feighi,dollars a 'Week, vibieh. enabled 'u, tO 10-es i•eritomtortably and".4aoilytintil My 063riMother - wat ..taicert ill - and•remained so work ileieral Months. ".1. - was - forced tql.quit • work anteremain homelivith her; • Which r 4 deiced* earniu,,,ii4 to 4 Mere • pittince;_ ; and fnaillyilwas - unable to pay', rent, by which ' : • ' . 1 meabisiwe were compelled, to move from our ple.a4nti - iiitle home, to 3 te po4rty-strlekea qua*Os ll 'ive Awe now coMpelleillto eall-homen, and I ins now: prostrated- by . sickness , wit iti little I+ or recovery. i: ll,at - I still look to ~ , Vontrose, fhsquttiona .Connts fout ,if,l Criptrsbag fine dark- e and. Lis- • . Heaven fer protection; ,and ever in .st botir,,S'ou, dear Laura, have con sted:Uslike a good angel." „- D on , t .l , you:,. think, pi, that she is ject for Sympathy, and hew nobly .bornelthe:,reverst of fortune, and en, `mosi severe pOverfp. OlO how 7,1 yearns towards her—l wish to do .1 widuld'fOr a sister ; can't 'We aid' h wayi O. mfike her more comfortable '•I-shall most willingly aid her,” ansWerO her father - 4:" if you will promise toi keep,fill knowleit -g6, 'of her from yotir.brotherTh r en be !returns, .f6i by the by, wife don'tyeu remern, fiber - grnest beenme so desperately in love with I this siitne girl:at a soiree given _by title Fanin- i Stock's,_ knowing at_the same time -that I was i so eneedingly anxious he 'should be the hits- bani‘d or . l3ell Faninstock, !whose filtire'r is )1...- putO bilie the wealthiest man in the city." "She iio,lie same one," replied kfirs.- Gra- Son 1 4‘ Alas, how changed her circumstances. Then she Was surrounded_hy gay and nun*. ous "frienaa Who *ere very, solicituons - in their attentionSJ' Oh l- the fearful - failings. of (lie huimin heart are unpardonable, whiW in pips- _ perity,.hoW.apt to forget those WiM suffer 'by the reverse of fortune. I would still\ pitifer her, with ber poverty for my son's wife to the dashing Bell Eaninstock, Iwho is wasting the best part Of her life in folly; A issi):ation 41,4 idleneSs; , i but I do hope ere Erne4'S return from hi-Efiropean tour, be, may have forgot- ten his OYI4I love for your' sake." I 1 "Just let him marry that girl, i laws I will disinherit him.: Now 1 wife, ' . \lnd -Iaur a, it that you' do not name to him." . 1 -,. "Yes, pa, but poor 'Margaret is sisted L aura, " cannot we do sot her:7 a fit sub- .she has dured the 4 he:irt or heris r in soma I Aby ;tile iemenitier; iention her o ill," pef- ethingl. for 1 `,` Do what. youplease, -so that I ing a boat; her.. Confound the gi be ,a continual torment to me, and ways be :uneasy for 'fear 1 Ernest W hear . about her. I have intercepts .ters,'and of- course he_ knows mull change—"i - In the midst , of. this '- conversa rung and a gentleman of prepossess anee entered the:drawing-room. -1' Oh Earnestdear Earnest:" • , Here We leave them ' to -recapitulate ',the joys and sorrows of four II years .- s4eratiori.- 1 ime sped on and ,Margaret Lane l• had, reeov-• ered . front her illness and removed to . a More cornfortable home. By', energetii: persever- a4u 1 .42.1.1 . inatzatry .41va. 1.V../ s;vv,;r ii , atv I*.t.-11, i wzint ., sfromber door... It 'Was a . cold black I night in December, the Wind howled a Most doleful reijuitini; and the rain p{. - ittre - d (lbwu_ as if!tlte king of - furies Would spec l his whole 'force upon:tie earth. Snub a night ; as this, :Margaret sat alone with . the dead. .17pcin a pallet was the form of her mother, whost -istif,- fesi,eti limbs worn 10c...1 , in deo ctaa vii.l4-avo lOf I.b.'•80), features that AC, - bad: l g.:l2:6i upon 1 with fond affection were gastly and appalling, I eyleslvvhose glances - had bettine( • with love, wtile..sunken'and closed in de:. tlCs eternal sltep, lips _that bad smiled so sweetly, Were tightly compressed as if ; a vestige of pain still lingered there.: Kneeling by ' the side, was Margaret in agony of I rrriefLte l rs stye ii r, front, her swollen eyelids, her arias encircled the iee form of-her dear mother. In oneiwild desPairing shriek ., .the' cried—. . . . " .II)11 God is there, no hope forthe lone and descilate - orphan."- -Shriek after - shriek; rose frOna her bursting heart; until *amused from ber absorbing grief by theentrale cof a 4tran.- o'er who eagerly exclaimed— • , 1 "Margaret, dear girl, witat-do?:s, this mean Why do Lfind von thus? ' -1 '''Earnest. there is the last i roc to - earth. She has . gone. -. (I_ It Eaves passed through since lajl -so Maddened law brain, that - II to pray,, Heaven I. might die ere area .f).Y." . I .. ' ti No, no,"- exclaimed Ernest heaven to spare and. bles the(' dear one:". - - - , . I , "Poverty forbids all such hOpes," tremb- . lingly answered Margaret "II!ou knowdear i-itest the poor have few friendS.and alas, I I tmistlstruggle im.through . lifel wititottt thy guiding hand ; . • oh, my Motile, land :,press- ing a kiss upon her brow, she wept tinceas. ,. ingly:' • i n • " But I have enough; dear - Margaret,tfor us both; and a' home like you ce had Shall again be yours. - - . , -i i • ":-I cannot and will not giv thee tip, for. , . 'thou art as dear to \ me in PoVert as in walth," iekelidmed Earneit, gazing foiidly. - upon'. 'the 11 -weeping girl. • - - • 1 t- • * , *• • ti• * * •*. t. I• ' Time sped on and another year with its manfold changei had passed. To simile 'it , I hatt been -one of • trials; r vekations and i dissip Ointments, to others one scene of glowing haPpiness; while,- . to ' .others.ane of i.orrow, Mourning and continual disgirietude.i. Ptuch indeed are the vicissitudes anc phases' of hu- "Mtn life, all striving; for the . sime goal; ' yet hoW 'many are there who enter. the ;g Olden temple o' happiness, we know. not ', ',elatiy .there a.wlwho lightiv. bear thertiby stepit that; bear to, it, but ere their eyes - pave I(x:tied in-i' tothe effulgent briglituess and beauty of the!l temple, some false hope bids them turn andli taSte.the "dead sea fruit that films in litsll4! . on the lips,"- and a dark 'mist tteils frOni , ltheir;' sight the glorious temple-Fa- .cle:lr con`; science: - •1 . !'• 3 t I Margaret Lane now reaped the full ref ward of her persevering iridtistryi• sh't had taught various branches, belonging tei: tie eat ueatiOn: of females, until cold! ne(..till.-y coma, polled lento engage in type-setting4the ort;),, iy ill'oig• she could get ininiediate. reinnaerat.. ti3Ott. Prom. this she learned, the. argot Couti 4 l positiOdand *soon became ono of outpular writers by W earned. which eaed. an amp q sup- port. I Her very heart was in the 4ilithrilii ling scenes her pen life so tpatheticelly 514.7 scribed, that the unbidden tears wonl4 stait in spite of man's philosophy. 1 She . p+essetl the fearful giftof genius, every line lit+sthed . thedeep impressive-.thoughts„thoughts of a 440 . 11e4ii anul,pure,. noble' ,and - inisltruqi. velips 101 that:flowed” fregit her thinking mind; li I - '.. Margaret had' 'resisted all entreatkli ofFir-I. -ties .Valid his .sister 'to 'cotrid •and•ritalie her hothe with them. "No," She would: iny, - I Will labor and win mysef a name trn'd then 'I *lithe:your. all dear Earnest" Now sbe *hail. achieved 4r. gloriousreolve itt4eft -ly, and lovingly,. she took ' upon- herself tinis eluily voirs that unite . two loving I hearts-artilone...- ,-; Pittitu.rg anzette.: :i..- ti 1. - .• 1 • • i. - l' hear moth-. she 1 I shaq al- ./ill.meet; or tlieir let- ciiig of 'the tion n ))ell t ing, apptar- Ali the cones m'-e-rue.i,have, vas teilipted notlait flour "I iiicokc its my own it4rSince the new divorce - 14w dent • Wto.. operation in' Ohio, triarriageil are phild un4esi lrie Bead of ""limitCd partn4rEllirs:' . . i liI*VIING 4 cirri K Aix'.'.EM; !' Orj'l9nruing- a n 46,i. ' ausits . Court- • -i:,:. q f.:House . • ii __ ..i , - . BY _`- ii.A.t.con - DoE."!• ' ~. i .i. • i. 'l, ii t - - - ---q 1 - • I' The State of - Arkansi. is not. exactly what . it- used to was; ! ivilization,' school - • maiiteit, colporteitrs, and.irinmon Sense,,haVe quite ',changed the genera aspect of affaira, political, legal, agricultural and domestic: And hence, the. never ending . ./Okansas' sto- ried, of the "ancient regime," becbme the nMre vivid; thrilling of ludicronsi• contrasted with the; present order; of thinis in'that part •of Iltet cleliiim's farm.! ' -1 1• •:i ~ .dine years ago, in oil 4 the newly laid, oui, cOvinties of Arkansai,l quite i an intestinal. war broke out among tlni people, relative to , a Court -house' l One party would have 'the County seat-liere',l and anlther-piirty there..- -. The One side insiated '' the court-louse slionld be ild ie . ated here and built so, the other - Side periasted in building a ecurt-Ivitise thus and. ) there, and no Way nor. no ..hOwelse. :The deintairatic or deminanil ' arty, went to work mad-iri-_c/curin' and up ivent al spacio.u.s !log .edifice, in which; justice Shetildliold her cciiirt, and )egal .affairslof the new and not over pop :7 n 10,4county; he dispensed acedrding to; the statt4s,l3lackstione, Coke and ittleton, I'dne. The !e'iiiit,- being'ready to beoln! buSinessilie , e. ,„ judge)iroceed.ed to organize juries, grand, ju- ri6,fand swear them and, -.the officers ottlie c0i.4.11: ,Upon rOachinglhe conrt-house, 'tlie • judge found - a Very considerablii gatherittof thti people ; he felt proukto- havt such a grand opening, and bra oatS,i and knowing all)Vild Cat cennty had,their eyes 'stretched . to4liat.auspieueus epoch, with 1 the. weight of hid otticial.rot4 and the dignify. of the State of.;Pirkiiii.sas, re ting upon • bits broad slipul ders, he determined that the glory'of theione. shbild not be tarnished,i t nor the pondertisity• Of the other ;shrank froin. liitehing his horse to . .ilie rick, in tear of the court house,!' the judge took off his mittens mid., sainted' the crowd that began to aisemblel around him.. ' 4 •\Vell, - gentlernen"--lie lkgan,, when' a cot; se voice interrupted; the judge with-i r '!":I,00k liere:•old hos& none 4' your palaver , -, .nci•W." 1 il • -, iljSir!" the judgeresponded in some:amaze- ment: : ' Fes, sir-cc', old hoss-fly, you ain't• cumin' nMie e' your big licks oVerl this irowd,nohow," , . - I sao another. 1..i..71., ---- 7 - , ~„.....,.4,,i,..,....-......,... j;0i,,.. sssss ice:, Atm : j.! . .lgi, "What's all this mean 11, • -1. ' , - .1 ii' , Neart ? 'Why it menns,.jndge, yon can't colnci. no sick ii, load o' 'roles oter us, well you :i' • 1 elp.i'li" :, I ' 1 • !. ~ • i ..111t. I, n'oPntletnan— 1.- . . 1,1, • - (..entleuriti be '' ' - voii‘ll find uS men , .., I roiniti . yer," bawls one- of th crowd, now li4milino in the bewildered lawyer. • .: . 1i...W.41," continues tbe jud4o . "really - , ibis isliivithout precedent. II am,art'onished--L,, " - I :. I:f‘ And ve'lt;be More 'stonisl ed yet. judge, I • :.• •e, if `.:: l tti °/ePeann't.7l;e7duirttl,i-no_dbesheossir'f4cinric:d anoth- et . ' i' - . 1 i • . ..iNoic the indge ivas a whole team hiMself 7 When aroused,;, he had lived tiao'-, long ia the ivOds . to be rightened at round 'hogs or garter snake 4; hisleonr-ty and_ good humor was thread b¢ -re,lie was growit:g red•iibout the gill, his!haithristled upOn Ins capacious bead, and it ; Was V 4 evident au explosion iilts on , hand..` i - "..LoOk here," say rthe judge,: "I'vC,Come Ire to opea:court ; if -.there's any cases On Abe dock7.7t.l'il try them; itithere's any nig- gttr-Stealers, horse thieves, epuaterfeiters, or 4—rascals ;Of. any diiscription,•lll put! them thro' a course of sprouts, or ;my name's. not J"irdge Buzzard, of Wild Gat) A county, state of i rkansas 1"1-.. • ; • 1 ..'.l . • " Hurrah!! hurrahr -bawls the croivii. . Three cheers for the °lei Loss; he's rais- s team!'s -. .-1 '. • ' i! ' -And," Ontinues .l'ibe judge s , "I. will further:.' Mate, .for year general and, several goad, and respective information—," ' I -• • "Go it b,61.7-tail T.eiies one. •1 -- • • -. 'f4 r 'Silence; darn yel"..echoes. another.. ' 1' "if any man atteimpts to! shoW nig eon; tempt. for I!," cut I'll el4p the screws on him quicker than lightning; if any man with Malice aforethoughtidares to molest ime;.l.'ll • throw down the dignity of rhy official; station and -wattle: the kkunk until his . miry hide :,. • -..— Won't hold;corn -Elnieks !" - i !''--• 1 •" - rut 'eta:through, Judge I''' .. 0.1 • "Go in I Give •", m gossil.'• ' •. ;, •-i "'Three cheers fo' the Judge, hurrah'. Woo- , :. 1., -, i:,.. And•thelndge a rted for the.COurt-house'' 'fd . oor, his..sadt.lle-ba i gs• on ins arm, the e'r'rs' - re7 ..::: • • • I .fiotinding With aMI yell #d chorus of the r_OrQwd.., -There - we .e . the jurors, the lawye, the cases; the plaint ffs, defendants 'witnesses, Iheriff and.' ofliciala and p4sons •necessarily :eonnectetEWith a temple cif justice. It was li.ery•evident, howeiler, thatja row was breir•- ing; \ it was . in vain that the_crier cried Order, .Or that the Judge ordered tie' disorderly out: 'llls eloquenee his dignitY, his cntutOn sense I'• • ' 011 failed to restore "order!! - or e organize the' court. !! ~ 4 iii " I would;like toknow,'said lit,: .14c soon its partialiquiet, w . restored, "what this'eabal Means, Who are the disorderly, and W.hat .they• tire after I"- •••:-.. • •... -l• ..• - - "Well4udge;" SaYs a trill, gatint' t wolfish `fellow, rising above .the crowd," ,yon see we folks up above Rattle snake Fork, of rossinn I.lreek, and puke ti eighborho.(xl, are ngin th' ; • • I . l'[ • • / • yer court." • ;1••• " Yottiare r exclaims . the Judge; "mho /are 1 / yo, 1 1 1 . "That" . ll pear Jiidge, when I` gitl4rougli• ;My argyn," contitted the 'nemnt‘thenes of Jta ttlesniike Fork, of Posk'umCreek. .-; "We , . 7 1•s , e. d the idea since the county.. lines were 7 .. drawn, We 'posed this yer ilocation for giber- ,al court; we 'posed:it then, ..NWC . 'pie it now, land I stand yer, 13ill •littracken,. • 'Of Rattle- isnake. FOrk, Pottiu Creek, I •standliyer tone= ;fend our; 'pinion, ;; ; ;,defend the univeoal rights ;and sacred liberties .and:_ the jUslice of 'The' - i count}' t;' That's i2ihol am, yes striae!" , • One grand .andi..-discriMinating ell of!ap- i probatinn follow Bill lirCiaeke , s sublime peroration. Now the Judgerose, 1 e twitch- :ed down his sheepskin vest, he tntibled Per! , vously- about his *ristbstids; he, lonked warm atid wolfish all over. .1 • • .';', ' . : "1 pe4,l.:elye4" skid the ludge,l• with the titrOngeSt possible 'effort to ,keep‘; 0001, "that there lA' a •detetmination ;on the_ part of sun- artevil disposed individttal.4.,, .to interfere, with' '1 • and oblitruet, theidutiu., dig,ntty,.*ad reSpOn- : sibilitieS of this Court.' Au l d (waxing warmer!) '• I should hold. MYself,_ recreant, (raising . his i roicen:covar c d;l, -, and donteinotibly ; li.A4Frn .. - • -• • ' "' 1 A , .. toritiitg Butt 1054. . . up 1) to .a degree utterly and Continently be- neath the 4aracter of a sheep-stealing boy, if, I did 'not Art it down r •• ." Give ill to 'em; Judge 1 Go' in ole fire-' fly !" is, thei chorus. - ,• , - - . - . "And,'continued the . ;ludge, Wiping the perspemtiOn, now freely percolating through the cuticle! of his massive 1 and •-,fury-stained brow, "I'lliput it down, 'and the friends of order now in-court will lend I'a hand to the sheriff andjofficers of the Court,.to clear then rapscallion 4 - and • peace-breakers—clean out of these', prOincts. - Sheriff, - clear the. court; Men lend hand, and- We'll show the Bill ' Ideerackertitesthat We are not to be imped- ed, insulted or.mobbed in no such Way. Sher do your duty, friends of law and Order as-1 sist 1" 11 . - • . . 1 - I "Then' 'Pm' in 1" cries' Bill McCracken,' l ' rushing forward. "Judge, you and rye get.' . . ~ to lock -horns, woo-o-oowl." . - • • . .With yells! hurrahsl and allsorts ofcrosi-' butting, pitching and .tearing, gouging, bi- ting, rough - and ttimble they went at it.— The war raged 'inside and out,' 'Sometimes !the. Judge and Ilia folltiiiers drove out,; the M'Crackenites and sonietitnes: the M'Crack- enites drove out the Judge. and Court. The, fight not only spread all - over the neigh- borhoodi hut lasted. with unabated fury for 'two enttre days and , nights. - . They fought and it, fit. and fought, on top- the (Court-house, inside, outside, and , allL tiTmind the, setth..., men* On the morning Of he .third day, the., golden Sun rose around. as a shield, and bright- as the winsome eye. of happy maidenhood ;- the war*as ended, - thel victors were there, weary andworn, and Judge and Ills attach- es held the court in .triutnph! Where Were the Aferackettites i , :: Echo answered---a - O. char! • ' . .1 . ' , t'.. A horseman is seen,; alonely,•selitaryhOrse-, man, 116 steed is covered With foam, the,ri-( •der with a blue -blanket .anddust ! 'He has', ridden tar and fast; he! .dashed, up- to the{- coTtrOio - use ; he squats down upon his saddle to get - a full view . of the' court, - through the- low window, he, looks 1 astonished, mortified; lie speaka :. . .. -f;., "- ' . "Eternal veatliqualteS and bald face l• Rid. thirty Mileslast night/, all - the way from Rat ; tle4nrthe,Fork, of Posiuttt Creek, to have :4. `hand in this yer fight' rind, its all over afore I [, . . get - a sight - met ! Wall,- hei•egpes to ,st„ , crack at you, ole bull t-head otrtykow.!" - , r 4 i. The' olitary - ho • man having thus dl4.- 1 chargedhia duties an a niurderous rifle, \rit i tue )-tinge; wueetett atOtt .ittmi as .SUOCten situ; .rapid , .is fm, Fame... LI i . • • ' The 4udge- fell, the, iraised him up, lte Wasll but slightly kilied•anliti goed deal searedonl ,ounce hall i having perforated the ,collar efi . :, I-I his Coat.i—H,/-:- brrstVar llaid: 1 - Len ii:::: ll ee wseti c in e re li • , , . .: ; [ - ., I: ''he 1 Tije ones atd s ' er . row. tr .::. 111 few ivi , ll : he really - ses.Q Els We are dressed tor the a -ray..„ - - • .• i 1 . . ew . er 1)1 , 9, u. y, an we suppogk e, 'We :try.; rain enough to.'think our , depaltut will.prodnee Considerable sensation.; .But'Wc. -, over estimate it., Otiti of a very small cirele how sOon shalt - we - be forgotten. ' Aingle lealin -a boundless fcirest has fallen 's. That- is all. , , .I i . .-- . ,• ! I ' ' The gay will laugh, - When. thou art gone, the solenin brood of care Plod on, and soon one as before will eharsi , • ! His fdrorite'phantom. ; , , ', • - . , . . 2.-rfhe WON 'will' go. on -without us. 'NV/ mar have thdirght a Very important wheel in thCniaehinerr r will be uugeared when we arc gone:; But the world goes; clattering 41n..as if .mithing hadhappened. If we filled . impor- tant Stations in society, if We have wondered whatwould, or could. be done, if we were re- moved ; yet:how soon others' would fill our statiOns! The world can Ix, *-a.bustling aetiv'e world without. us. - It was so before weenter- ed it, •It will bg wli.ri we tare gone. :: - i 3. When we are dead, affection mar'.eree' r t a mol nument. , .Butithe hands that' set It tip Will :e,oon be as - pciwerles.s as ours,and. from the same cause, . How soon they that wept ov4i Us Will follow .us 1 The monument itself will 'crumble, ;and its dust Will fill on the d,nit - that covers u 4; If Ore marble and granite 4- e r dure!st, yet, the e: reslif affection will.i .ra;t long endure to read_ the raVenletters.; 1 Jen wiß gir a hasty glanc 'at the 1131)1C of one they never knew, and p is on,. with not: a single thotight of the - slurnberer below. - • *; . , [ ' ' • • ' - On re} grassy grave • • -1 - ThO teen 2 Of the fiance tithes will carelessly, '.. I tread .- ; •I• . • / And rend my name upon the .unseniptured itorle. f Norwill the sound Omit.* to their ears / I, Recall my vanished emery. • , ,/ . 4..Wbbn\ we ar '.. dead; our inthieWeO.Wlll not! be dead also. We Heave epitaihs tiptop in4structihle:niat . tials. Our manner of, life has: been writing them. ..',We hal ve stirred hp thekight and awalteued •ernotien.' The wdn- derrurniaehinery 0 . mind has felt our Ares-- i /. ende., We , have. tOressed/ testamp of, nor, character hi to the I iya rm/rw ax .of moral'sensi- bilities around us:ji Etiotstept toWnrd hunter- t. tafitv have 'been • (dell, or miSdirected; by us,- . Our places- o 4 business, .or '.nocial resort inay.know us. nXI Ore ; but living,. aecounta- bbi beings feeVtlaiintluerfee that survives Our personal de • ' ; . 1. . - 15. .Wherc.. we re. (i* - tho. ! KingdOnly of GO wipliot die. .lit didtot depend on usifor exiateu 04 , And otniijard ,will it goAberi lyre ha%•Ve.eased. to 'hie!: ' Happylindeed, if it had bOen the henor a djoy of mtrylabors -to have / Promoted it. 131 reed iti it to bet remembered ari, having loved: IOn.; as taking. pleasure• in her walls; aud faitering the'-dustfthereof. .1, Sacred; consoling thought; i The King- dom of. Christ rnOyes oil, when We drop all of onr earthlyrelatipns to,it. Other servants of Ood willr' Wt :rise lip..'nd fill our-places: A bright- er. staay 'riser one'that is fqllen . Stton- - ger 'bands than ours 4rl.m canoe into 'the ranks.„ , ..l -. .. • i• . !. I 6. When we- e deadsome Iwill - think' of. us.... Perhaps mot a large circle:.. And What Will they think 11' Our' . present' l iceure 4.-life " I! ' ' $ furnishing :theta with theme's of thoright.i Coldress , and indifference to the Kingdom of; ,God--:-of that Aiiii.'ollt laiirviio. thmk, if it marked cur chit actors • And In sadness!willi those that trulf love us ponder it : .- And! thoughts how •!pany, .and hoW comforting will rtse;and the pangs of .rent sorrow .over Our departure, . o' . .vto had . sliciwn forth" the praises,of i bim•Wlm called us to glory aid to ;virtue:' : Into which of, these channels are WC ;likely tO. turn the. thoughts of 1 mon 1,--Puti- ian• PecOrdet. - i -.:- i - .- ,ii , • • 1•• ' • . _ , •i; -, ! - tar Ftineh ays that the reason wi ed- itors are so, nptito have their Manners spoiled is cause they Teeeiin from one oertespohdeut and inothor rtuOh a vast unnater (4 exit ;,.coat munie :Woes. , " i , • The Dreamer of ;the Datiahe. tal I There)s a Monti in the fallowing e- -1 ~ tra' uslated from the German—whiel lit be- ;••• - I ; hboyes all those who confide in fortune btellers akd supernaturalists of tall kinds, Well i.o • heed. d. I'' I In the ,Notelet of Driva, pri the banksCU the `Danube, there lived! once an: obi mai, sTho called himself gunl?erg, and who kept himself alive by the exercise of prOphette. power, by means of visions and dream l.: Ile' would often be seen sitting, for hours together in a bench at the door Of his hut, with his back. to the wall and his face looking, stead- firstly out towards the- 1 6st, and the !village tlhildren, when they saw him assume this po- aitien would! skulk. away from their games, and whisper m . fearful accents to each other, '; Sunberg is going to dream r- He *as ia all the secrets - ofl the villag4, from the lovrest in- habitant to tbe highest, but all regarded him With a distant e'ye, as if they doubted his Means of prophetic/information., r It happens that in the village lived a young man' elf the name Of Dessein. !Ilis fa- hers were Villagers before him,'and his wish- es and his heart went not beyond its limits. He had followed, with Considerable success, 'fa,r Some; time, the occupation of a carpenter,. p nd he was row in search of that consiniae ea p ! 'f happinese 'which his proq'terityalloWed la In to anticipat The innoCent young Paul na . . .iloomed for ' in his eye - a, lovely, atietionnte :and virtuous. Brief;. though glad, Was ';the simplicity or village courtship, andllalready had her;parents consented to their anion,:— I'aulina's heart beat with unusual einotions Iwhenever she 'beheld Desseia approaching, imid'DeSseinl was not less delightedyhen in ;the coMpany of Pauline ;' in short, *I ollaing !now delayed their marrge but" 'an: unac- ;Countable' wishwhich aulina's mOther ex- pressed,l that it might take place on ter birth I !day. ‘ l\l 7 .el, it is but a month,' saidDessein, , L and Paulinl Looked as if !she could haYe chid ; him foil the word br it . 1 The ; villagers were makiug merry • one' evening on ithe green, when' a part)'-' of sol- diers were ken apprdachina. • The proved I to be a 1rec iting or rather ,s7biliotting party, for there w s war at the time. HoW• startled t were the p or villagers at ,their unWele.oine visitors. livery heart in an instant; was bo- ding on its nearest relatives. Paulina, sad- ilened,'and turning to Deisein,--JYly ,fly,' said slip...J. 1 F 1,,1L, 3 ,:nu. yta..1,;,...4;.. -- 4-they - are coining on! fast---eseape 'my Des-syi, to the w00d..; ' [ - ! , Beforetpt.;.sseiu bad time to' answer;: the troops, arriiA at the green, where, they halt} i ed, and soznaled.thetrumpet to 'assemide the males : of lie„iillage. •It was, nowc too late, the lots * re drawn, and Dessein NYl ps made a 1 soldier. 1 • ' , • , Moatlislon months pl , tssed away After his 1 tioparturej /nit zio Whigs of 1365011. iPoor Potilititt's sorrow :was too deep to fiittl-Opres- sion of ref ef iii tears, blit, she sankllgratipany away ; wit out any apparent malady. It oc- e.tiried to tierinuther that old Sunberg- tould be consulted as to the fate of Dessein. 1 Pau- -1 limleye brightened'pp at the hi of 1 4e learningshmething of herlyetrethed, a she walkeetrkmbling to the, hut of they visa ary, her heart beating high pith the aew-excite- meni' it had received. ,, I 1 ' Sunbe ,'-said the maid, `give Me news of my bethr thed Des.sein.! Hast thoi Ikea him: in thy vi, ens! Tell me does he dive shall I ever Oe him again I Where, is the-- tell nip. geod Sanberg: .1 ' ' 1 ~ i . `:Pauliiii,' answered the old man, ng his grey eye with 'an inquirinkilk o the maid, 'netmy child, I-have not yet , held . , to-Morro beloved ; but comei,to me' to-orro --and .... iance, give thee tidings of the li - l ' , ig tivne tilllttrmorrew," said Pau- 6ther I illlcorne at.the time thou ;- 1 I • li ' did Paulina's head, lie on her pil- - eught. /'Her Weakened form jytis agi-• tilted by the alternate 'drama of hOpelndde- spair. / sl ' gbe . Next day re p-ent to un, rg at the Ilhoar appointed—but„lie had sought in . Vaiii 1; for a vision of the youth---another day ;she ;went to wait. Againithe visien4of SOuberg tied before him. On :the third she camel to , him. ' He had a sight; of the Yciath,stretehed Pa the battle-field, pale in .death; he had heard his' last wordEithel we.raof Pauline, —he sawinn_carried'in - a Cart'. with other dead for interment—aud the vision closed.— It was enough; the only hope which had sus- tained the heart of Pitulina was now_ ,vanish=_ ed-4.he last spark. Which. was her 'life of life,' was now extinguished. , She screamed not, neither space—bit she went forth from the last of Sunbeig aibroken hearted. maniac. ' Two long years passed ;over theiniserable head of the deranged Pauline. ! The village I children when she passed,! would'itand still, ! with one - hand at their backolnd tile - little fore-finger of, the other'in:their open mouths, and gaze witbuneorriprettemling pity on the maniac maid. . There was an air of dullness ' in•all. the village--hearti beat ;,notj now so merry as onde, for the largest amongst thet ; wislaid waste. !-• 1 . II- , One..evening, in the twilighti,it tap was heard at the door ef!Pairline's !Brenta.. .The._ mother arose, and Bassein entered, ikir, how altered ; a Weary wernial soldier. No wore; der that the eyes of I_affeetion did not reeog- ; aim him. He had to introduce, himself by name: Pauline at the lioand looked -tip, 'and ; smiled a smile of inSauity. ! '; • , , .• i • I ' You' Dessein i' ,she exclaimed, 'Oil, 'tis false. I only kriewnrte of that Paine; and he, Ihas been dead and . gone these twenty years. Phor soul, he.went td the red !vats and shot himself, and I' a long4ine,butl should know him if I saiviiim again.',` , i., ''. • I Dessein started bas_hiseyes 'Were rivet ed on the-foreheadl i 014 my Paulina I utter- ed the Mourner, ' is this thou l';!his fiiii tarn- ed pale as death. ,I•A My•'of Y consciousness glimmered through,: the "boWildered brain of the , poor maniac ',!slie littered a faint, low scream; and, sank-lifeless into the Minkof her . Inver. -' , i: i ... The whole village- went forth to p# the list tribute to the inetiverycY 'the; tad, Dts- skin leading the Procession; at) iehief ; Fnonmer. 'lt was indeed a happy relia*forthe depart- 'kid, but what itaid.the heart 'or DiSSein I Ito looked down into.the grave of his behived,lte_ saw the coffin . lin tiered . .314 of his sight, he would have uttered "blessing s,iriiiiher virgin .. tomb, his.hips moOd, but'pxpre4onvras de -- ailed them. . His spirit groaned in agonyand he departed. Ile flung his lthapsackiver his ' shoulder, went "forth front . his native'-village to the .nara, and *ar, ne-.'et heard.of more l , ,'. , r , ' \( ;_ , ; A_ SISTER'S VENGEANCE.- 1 7- " Brother,, I've got a. ticket for the Gallant Band ball, _which comes off next Ttiesdit3r can't get a . heau—won't you take uie , • : Take yout No I" replied, the afiec.tionate brother : "Pm going to a og-guessing.'.!- "A what 1" - cried -the. sister boiling, with rage. " A hog.guef;sing," replied the brother ? in\ a somewhat louder tone. "What's that?". • , -"A: s elect, party where _Pie ooys guess , , weight of ho s, and bet On the i*lt.": "- And youregoing to them i f thiu g sr “Ye*,-I am.".. : "And you won't go with '.:ute to 't the • / ballr " No, I 'tell you, r .thunde r ed; the now y- rouse lirother. 1 " Then I just tell ycht what it is," cried the infuriated sister f shaking ber.deliCate little fist under the nose of her affecOotiate er, "you're a-low, Mein; kunteraptible fellow and as , mother's laid. , uy and teed things, and as l'qi major of , this establish= meat; takel good care that you - dOn',t get any ucktolteat cakes fora niono Let: vnx Peon ice diStrees ourselves about "The 'PciOr- Indian!";Cat- lin, who spent eight /ears among them, mo- ving from tribe to,tribe, says that if he !oleic their real position, we should rather them. He say's : "I cannot unddrstand . in what, partietlar we ire superior. They enjoy life vastly more : than: we do. They possess everything that. , they want .or esteem as a luxury. They have no, inequality, no confinement to bits- ' iness, to - debts, o notes in the lbanks nocred- it system, no, competition, n 0 rents no tr- thos, and no beggars todistreeli them. Their religion is .every way more conducive io , their happiness than ours. They worship the Great - spirit with one mind; - and .wit out sectarian 'disturbances." They have n hired :priests- and hypocrities. 'They. are hospitable 'and lionorable,"and their life is alviays at tlie aer7 , 1 vice of a neighbor in distress. OUR Cousfrar.—z-lILVBS, the corner stone . of our present Capitol at. Washington, ~in . whose honor the-new seat of fkovernmentwas , named, officiated. Sixty years' afteristrds, vizt- on the 4th of July, 1852, the= coruer. stone of an extension of the buildings' was. hail, and the Secretary of state made , an; ad- d,ress, in the course' of which he' relented: $ sketch - of the cornpamtivek Condition.of our !'.. country at the two periods: I . I Then we bad fifteen Statets tiow we hive thirty-one... .. i•, ' -. Then our population was three millums,t .. now it is. twenty-three millions. ' s ‘, '-, , Then Boston had eighteciNhousaid people now it has one hundred and tlirtY. : six thous.- and..'- ~ _! New tort,- Usul tiarty:Bitimiarid,DOW it has . fire hundind thoussuid., ..' , - . When our.inzporns vote* i.hirty--one millions, now they are one hundred and :seventy eight mallow-, . The-area of 'nux.tmitory was then night hundred: thousand square miles, , now it # three million, three hundred. thousand. . Then we' had - no railroad, ' now we have four thousand miles,of it. _ Then Ave had two hundred post offce!, now we luive twenty-enel thousand. .., : Our revenue froth postage. was op him-, dred thousand dollars, now, it is five'millions five hundred thousand. . .:. There are , only a few facts going to show , the rapid: growth of our country; and - what' we aild;our childienhion to do to secure the t contirnce of its prosperitv,lia to lovejear, and ,o ey the God c3f=4Rur fatiutrs; t avoid in temperance, pride, cententioMand yr cedineia Of gam, and' just sense of obltgation to t_hose: that shall toitie after us.. , •••..! : . . I ' ' • AN Orsanzaan7tONvEasirrox.-- , " . Joe when you grow up; do you mean to be a law- yer,. or keep a confe,tionary I store f' ,•- ! • “ I hav'nt made up my 'mind' Tom, but, ma •wants me to be a minister.'1 , • "Ph, don't be a minister; Joe,for yog can't go to circuses, theto . . J , sass," I know that, Tom, but- a minister, ,ma , is the best profession.'..You, Ime*how Mrs. Loiegrew. adores Mr. Pettygrew,and wonld'ut you like to be-adored,-.Tom In - " Perhaps • I shOuld l bet. then 'you . ;.can't drive fait, hOrses"; ! ",Oh yes yone;m; thrusters rite fast hor- -1 ses, now-a-days ; nd bwides tl t_Tom, whn thew have a billious attack, t. WOO* , i ippers scud them on 11 foreign tour, th 4 hkgets re- . memberedIn wills, -and _often has ' nice pres- ents, and ma says it volit be long before ev- ery minister has his-cOentry seat; and a col- legian to write his -,ons. , Won't that -bei bighr .; • , Tom delinieSeed, and "the juveniles indulg- ed in another game of marbles. , -... .. r, • A JURY oFFloamxs.---In the year 1693 the 'body of a fetnale was; diseovere4l in - New- - limy, under eircunvtandes which rendered a 'dormer's inquest; deeiabie A inrrof twelve weiitten was callo, and ''a cotoy, of'their ver- di9t-has been prerved 'lt is aboutaft' lucid and satisfactgry s ilastvitidert veil:lie:tit, we cttpy it entire to the quaint .iiii#age, of the' poled. it Was !as folloWs: We judge 'according to the best littits and'eontinents, that the death of said Elnut- bell: was not Ityl nariioience or wrong,dene te, her by any / person:: Or thing, but by' soma' I sudden stopping of lier'breath." Always trust -a pretty 1 4iit: Beawty is souree!. If - she"eireats you it writ 1764ireetti elicat The, ultuntes --tin3r, hewer * ithat she won't. Beauty,and gooch4ars ininiie as nat- urally as sin, brimstone • ard , inonsteri with huge teeth. Ifixou disbeireNiv tlieit to' the • r, Vrod , I , - ' • ' '" liana, who do you', vote' far 1" = "I'votes for. de peebles,• Well; but what candidate ", le r Governor," "What Governor r' : • ; • "Him what sita JACO ted tudlot box dis;next year bin ein ' e .A.GOOD TiliaoN.- 11 say,',3lr. Frinter, you take South Carolina money NO. • ghat is th 4, gopFlt 14 Why don't yOU take it theY Can't tetit." . ' xr. A lice _of followsl vie vouthi, Mil , 1 ORALITT • The ' one of IgraPhi` I sin-4 fire Sri (blood The 1 1 i I i 1 In ii i I : I ;And' As ~ Andl•Nor " nisi 1 'Ti ii. 'On ' En Fa St. An 44 Dee, t To I m , EaJ I Anl r , T srta.,:r csb-" red ' I nh' '# .f 1 lIIMIZEI offtmit..ii, igAnibq:',lo.. i44E, An , { u