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HOWitLCOBB COBB, ERWIN * COBB, I ttouneys at law, .'A- Atlieus, Georgia. Office In the Deupiec *. r. t.tiunti iikniiy acHO*. Lumpkin & Jackson, \ TTOUNF.YS AT LAW. will practise in the Superior<V.itn of Clark county, the Supreme Court of tlu-State, ami the I'niteil Slates Court for the Northern District of tieorgln. fcb. Oif SAMl'EL P. THURMOND, TT O R NEYATLA W, t., next to WILLIAM iscopul '1 Church, j Scp9 Cut. SklpflTf' Flrat Prize Bedali Auard THE GREAT i Southern Piano MANUFACTORY, A lurry A Soii’e Store. Will xire «l>eclal attention to ease, in Bankruptcy. Also, to I he collection of all claim, entrusted to hi, care. PITTMAN A HINTON, v TTORNEYS AT LAW, 7\_ Jplferaon, Jarkaon county, Ua. J. J. A i. C. U.KXAMIKR, 1 \EALKUS IN HARDWARE, I * Iron .Steel, Nail*, Carriage Material, Mining m(>leuients, Ac.. WIiltchallM., Atlanta. M.VAN ESTES, V TTORNEY AT LAW, jIjL. Homer, Banks CountT, Cla. JAY O. GASLEY, NV1TES ATTENTION TO HIS T SEW FALLJ5Y0GK ClITMNEYS AND PURE KEROSENE OIL! Call atul v fcC|»» KMf. xamine his stock bcloro purchasing. SHARP & FLOYD, Luccessor^ to (Jcort'c Sharp, Jr., A tlanta, Ga. ■^yE OFFER n large variety of FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, SPECTACLES, FANCY GOODS. FINE BRONZES, AND STATUARY. WE HAVE A FULL CORPS OF AND .Uanuractiiremany Fhtt Goods in our torn xhop, and are prepared to FILL ANY OltDKIts for goods or work promptly, nv. All good*engraved free of charge. We maku a specialty or j n PRI FAIRS! WM.:XNARE & CO., MANUFACTURER! OF RRANP^QI ABB A^P IPUIfillT Piano Fortes. Bnltimorc, Baryliud. rpHESE INSTRUMENTS have L been l*efore the public* for nearly thirty years and upon their ev^cilenc# alone attained an unpur- rhiwa pre-eminence, arhieh pronounces them un equalled. in Tons, TOUCH, OToa&az.vtssiiu AH& aU&ABXUTT. ft*. All our Srpare Pianos have our new im proved Overstrung Scai.kand tli*' Agraffe Treble. lift- We would call npeeial attention to our late Patented improvements in GUAMi PIANOS and SQI’AUK GUtND. found in no other Piano, which bring the Piano nearer perfection than has yet lx*en attained. EVERY IMAM) FULLY IT A HR ANTED FOB 5 YU ARS Uftu "*e arc by special t.rrangeiuent enabled to furnish PARLOR ORGAN8 and MELODEONS of the moat celebrated maker i, wholesale and retail, h f Lowest Factory Prices. Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists furnished on application to WM. KVIKK A CO., Balt. Md. Or any regular estahlialicd useneica. novlOGu NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE georgia”raiLroad. Superintendent** MOee. 1 (leonrla aud Mat-on A Aocust. Usllrnad, J- Augusta, U •., January 20,1871. J AND AFTER SUNDAY, January 22d. 1871, the Passenger Tri * run aa follow,: Day Passenger Train, Daily, . _ Ewqpiea. '; Leave Augusta at.....—.— 00a.m. Leave Atlanta at —> 10 a.m. Anlveat Atlanta at .« Arrive at Augusta at 6 40p tu. Night Passenger Train. Leave Augusta at 8 SOp. in. Leave Atlanta at 10 Up. at. Arrive at Atlania at ———— j 40a. at. Arrive at Augusta at —~~™ 7 30 a. IB. Benelia Passenger Train. Leave Augusta at- —.4 13p.m. Leave BerrelUat ——..7 Wa. m. Arrive at' AnRasta-— — * 25 a. m. Arrive at Berxvlia -.6 OOp. m. Both Day and Klgbt Passenger Trains will make close connections at Augusta and Atlanta with Pa.seuger Trains of connecting mads. Passenger, from Atlanta, Athens, Washington, and stations on Heoreia Railroad, by taking the Down Day Passenger Train will make close connec tion BtCamsk with the Macon Faasenger Train, and reach Mac n the same day at 7 40 p. m. Palace Sleeping Cara on all JSight Trains. J. C. 11IRD1E, Dealer in Groceries tV Provisions, College Avemu, Athens, Ga. THE BEST SUGAR, COFFEE. -L Lard, Soda, Flour, Meal, Pickles, Oysters, Nuts, Orange:*, Apples, « rackers, Cheese, Ac., al- » ways on hand. Abo Iri h couutry Butter, I ggs, ! lNttatoes, tic. ’ Jan 1 Im TSS FOR 1872. A MonthlyMagaziiv for Youngest Headers rPHIS ed woi unuiub untl imich-admir- work, begun n 1867, and now a wel come and trusted visitor i every intelligent family where there is a child, Minins its unrivalled corps of contributors and Ariists, and gives in every nuniUir a profusion of tn» CHOICES 7 riCTL'HES, executed in the best an-1 most cosily style, and de signed cepecially for «he young. The peculiar features tiiat have dis* uguished it thus tar, will eharaeterise it during * he coining year, and NEW AND VARIED ATTRACTIONS will bo continually all ied. Subscriptions may be* gin with any number ami bark numbers either separately, or in beautiful bound volumes, can be rd ways supplied. Te .-as. $1 5o a year. 15 cents n single Humbcr. PuMIsned by JOHN L. SIIOREY. 3" U.-oinfleld st., Boston, Mats. uoiiumo FOR a 11 an* pretr.tred to give any information on ap- i phcaiion. \Ve guarantee the LARGEST ASSORTEMNT, THE FINEST GOODS, THE LOWEST PIUOKS, AN DTHK BEST WORK. Gall and set* ns. SH ARP & FLOYI), Whitehall Street, Atlanta. May 23-t y Send your Old Furniture to WOOD’S REPAIR SI-IOP, -Vex! to the Episcopal Church, and have it may 192m .V.IDK GOOD AS SEW. RIBBONS. MILLINERY -—AND— STRAW GOODS. 187 2. ALSO, White Goods, Embroideries, etc. ASM TOkG, UATo]i & CO., IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS. Bonnet Trimming, Neck and Sash Rib bons, Velvet Ribbons, Neck Ties, Bon net Silks, Satins, Velvets, and Crapes Flowers, Feathers, Ornaments, Frames, tie., Straw Bonnets and Ladies' and Children's Hats, Trimmed and Untrimmed. And in connec ting warerootus— White Bonds, Linens, Embroideries. Laces, Nets, Collars, Setts. Handkerchiefs, Yelling, Hea:t Nets, etc., etc. Nos. 237 and 230 Baltimore Ml,, Rnl* (ininre, Jlil. rpiIESE GOODS art’ iraiiufactured ■- by us or bought for cash «llrectly from the European and Am rican manufacturers!,embracing til tb? latest nove 5 ties, unequalled In variety and cheapness in any ? nrket. Orders tilled a*ith care, promptness and dopatch. I'eb 16-1 in Sdicdulc on Macon & Augusta Railroad. To take Effctt Jan. 23, 1871. * Detween Augusta and Macon—Darf Pas senger Train Daily, Sunday Excepted. Leave Augusta at -13 00noon. Leave Macon at - —6 00 a. m. Arrive at Macon at -..7 40 p. m. Arrive at Augusta at - 1 45 p. m. The day Passenger Train arriving at Macon at 7 40 p. iu., makes close connections with Trains of connecting Roads at Macon. Passengers leaving Macon at 6 a. m., will make close connections at Camak with Up Day Passenger Train for Atlanta, Athens, Washington, and all points on Georda Railroad, and n <•••.* *t a lanta with n * S. K. JOHNSON, SupL THE SOUTH, A WEEKLY El6flT PAGE PAPER, Published in the City of New York, FOR 93 A If BAR. BY TARDREW & CO., 21 PARK ROW. Devoted to the material interests oftho Southern States, and lal»oring for the dcvelopement of all the wonderful resources by encouraging imwij ti«»n and giving fuil and reliable information < corning every part of the South. The South basinet the cordial approval and sup port of the Southern State Governments, Immigra tion Bureaus, Agricultural Societies, and leadiog citizens generally. It gives information of the rail roads, manufaaturvS, colleges, societies, cities, com merce, agriculture, finances, ncws,roarkets,miner- als, trade—in fact everything—all over the South. Thousands of copies arc every week distributed through this couutry, North and South, and in Europe. To make ii especially valuable to every business man and household in the South we have depart ments each week, giving full reviews of the markets and quotations Of stocks and produce, and ako mat ters ot interest to every housekeeper. Every S mlhern man should give It his support. Every other man that wants to know anything a**>ut the South would find it worth the subscrip tion price. It is an unsurpassed medium for advertising all descriptions of Southern property for sale or ex change, or for inviting labor or capital In any de- sir tri chinuel. subscribe for it at once, and induce aa many to do so as you can. special Inducements In Club rates and premiums for l hose who will canvass for us. Specimen copies sent on application. Address TARDREW & CO., nov C9 21 Park Row, N. Y.. fireside ATHENS, GAvW ■’•■V ranow Ltrenrorts. r art laughing In the meadow, *y are smiling In the dell; ' *ii!f no ■uatitta Mb They They Pfo* th, weody h«| !■[■ ! .li.'i-U The blne^yed beauties dwell: j it jfs, And unto those that lore them r,, A pleasant tale they tall. They speak of sunny weather, »Utf17»0 Of birds and babhUn, bmka,- «„ >ttiOr or walks within the forest (lens • .' And rat within lb nook,. And many a dreamy fancy ■ I 1 Recorded net In haolcs. from fallen laayes rad withered tspjj’r-l | aM ‘p9, 1872. it at present much marred by their^extreme meagerness. The ex pression of hi* countenance, under fitvorable circumstances, would have been open and engaging, but misery had stamped it with a haggard, care worn loot, piteous to behold. The Kiqg <jf $pain, putting his hand firmly °n the young man’s- shoulder, again sighed,'/}<Ahs4 -poor boy.-” i stand there sighing and looking at met”. name of the saints heaven, can you give me employment? if not, let Aod litih at tater B.^ Unw#kened from their sleep, ,T * While tenderly they guard them, Asd loving vigil keep. In modest maiden beauty Some blush along the way. While others fleck the meadow*, Or by the fountaiu* stray. In white or blue habilimenta To greet the April day. They seem at frolic ever, Now hiding from my sight, And then together clustering As if in half affright, Yet consdoosof their holiday, And happy in the light. No other coming flowers To me as dear as they, Of those that bloom in April, Or in the gentle May ; I would that thus to comfort me They evermore would stay! For talcs of vanished childhood To me they sweetly sing. And to the fading memory They recollections bring Of home and loving faces— A precious offering. Unplucked I leave them growing Foil thick about my feet; I cannot call them townward From out their lair retreat; No refuge has the city For anything so sweet. The story that they tell me Of pleasure and crodent. Of hope and trusting confidence However frith is bent— This lesson I can bear away— To teach it they went sent. —From The Aldine /or April. The Story ofCoclio. C A 'N C E R. Y DRS n ITCH COCK 4 PATTERSON cure N this dreadful disease, without the use of the knife, or any poisoning mercurial V9 agent. For circular, with testimonials, ad- JiJ dress HITCHCOCK A PATTERSON, jan 1 Madison, Ga. E. S. ENGLAND & CO., ^ItE NOW RECEIVING THEIR NEW FALL STOCK! sdected with care by one of the lirm. In New Y»rk, t<> which they Invite tie: attention of their customers ami the public. They have a good assart- STAPLE & FANG? DRYGQGDS UlMtCKIttKM, im:o vi wiovw, 11AICDW AUK. lllUllilillV, IIATM, CAPS, SOUTH, ... 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YOU^C MEN AND ADULTS Practically Educated for Business Life by a Thor ough Course of Instruction in book: KkiPINGS-, In all its Branches, as practiced by tbo best Busi ness Men. PENMANSHIP Taught in a manner unsurpassed. Specimens sent on application. Commercial Calculation, Bv the best and most rapid practical methods. BUSINESS PAPERS, BUSINESS FORMS, Commercial laic, Arc. FACILITIES FOR OBTAINING P a t borough knowledge of the dutiee of Count ing House and Business Life are coual to anv simi lar Institution in the country, and worthy the pat ronage of the young men of the South. Hon. Horace Greeley says: I wish every man bad such an education—every v< ung man especially. And if either of my sons had lived, anil I had trained him, as I should have tried to do, to he a great and good farmer, I should have wanted to send him at least six months, to a Business College, to give him the aptitude, habits and forms of a thorough business man.” Studeuts may enter at any time. Notcaehlng in classes. Circulars mailed on application. i t n( 29—lv B. F. MUORE. Principal. Liberal Cash Advances on COTTOIY* GROOVER. STUBBS SCO.. D EGPECTFULLY inform the IV Merchants and planters of Georgia, Florida and Alabama, that their large FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE, trith a Cpneity of 93,000 Bale*, is now ready for the storage of cotton, and that they arc now prepared to MAKE LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on cotton in store and to bold • reasonable length of tlae,eh»ging bank rates of interest. If you war- money. send your cotton to __ GROOVER, STUBBS & CO„ sept S-tf SaTannah, Ga. RUPTURE CURED! BY uaino Schevenelt's Patent Truss! xriHIBTRUSS has been sometime _L before the public. It has bwn thoroughly testod, sad It* groat anperiority overall similar ap pliances la ftillv established. Large numbers of idem are in use in thia and other otatas, and in every case the verdict ia in their fkvor. Send for d&?i£u?. Circular. I-^HEVENELU Feb. 15-3t General Agent, Athens, G *■' f4.ni v pro?., , "J ,^''7'^'“tk-t pricc pa' ap- 1, palp UILEV il«>Of»r* °’HARA’S Slieller, Carringe, Buggy & Wagon JlATElUxlL. the - ,s ’ mmky a newton. COTTON STATES Land & Immigration Company. £ckallcr, Carlton & Newton, -A.<3.E2STTS ATHENS, OA. r PIIE above Agency is now pre- J- pared to furnlsb laboi ‘ * - - — _ now r pared to furnish labor al any description to of lli» (Vi J States, such ns-farm laborers, any gardeners, wait scainstruvses,.: nd ners. At). One of the .•chantn, ■ • attending to the ■ lection in Europe, peraoumUy, the utmost lion fa thereby guaranteed.. 1 . All commun.cations aduretsed to Sc Carlton ft N ewtor, Athens, Us., .Ill receive prompt attention. Agency at Cut. U. «T. Carlton’s Office, earner Clayton street ana College Avenue. THE INVIGORATING PLANT PROTECTOR. rpHE most intei'csting ingredient A ever offered to any people, in a m,.t comnlcte insect destroyer and fwtlllser A meet complete Insect -- -—, it now offered to BaS?ij hrourh the oscncy of H. II. Sutton, Bateavti Habersham county, Ua. Any perau ou procara a farm right from him, m hepwe. « >«n«t formers on hit tours, or by tending ffl o##d toto ““ ura. jSdvc^tttion. H. H. BUTTON ft £»., .Ag’t.. Carriage, Buggy gMfi* A‘ LARGE and well selected assort- ■ "cfefLDS, b ^ICKERSON & CO. Philip II., King of Spain, like many other powerful monarchs, loved to lay aside the insignia of royalty, find, fol lowing the example of Caliph Haroun Alraschid, roam the streets of his cap ital of a night, accompanied by a faith ful servant, in disguise. He was thus often enabled to discover himself causes of popular discontent, trammels ol conspiracies, or wishes for reform; also, to perform many acts of muni ficence towards the poor and meri torious. In the year 1549, Philip paid a visit to the capital of the Netherlands, Brussels, where he resided some time, and was entertained in a manner which recalled the magnificent; of the days of chivalry. Ho was still the idol of his people, who hoped that the son of Charles V., by treading in the footsteps of his illustrious father, would continue towards them the favors and wise policy which had rendered both Spain and the rest of the empire so unusually flourishing. How Philip ided to these expectations be longs to history. I will only mention that at the period of the action of this story ho was in the zenith of his popu larity. One night, when the ceremonies of the court were over, Philip summoned his faithful servant, Ruy Gomez.— Masking his face with a long, gray beard, and enveloped in a great Span ish cloak, he and his attndant went forth into the dark streets of Brussels in quest of adventure. They had not proceeded far in the direction of the river, when their at tention was drawn to a person hurry ing with rapid but uncertain steps to the bridge. By his excited gestures the king concluded that he was some unfortunate creature driven by de spair to seek a watery grave. He, therefore, hastened after him, and, to gether with Gomez, arrived just in time to prevent his leaping over the parapet into the river. Stop! for God’s sake, stop!” cried Philip II. Who may you be ? Let me alone, I say. My life’s my own, and I sup pose I may do as I choose with it “ That you may not. It belongs to God, who gave it. He alone may take it” “ Wherefore then does He not pro vide me the wherewithal to sustain L? He feeds the vermin, but leaves man so dependent that he may^ie of starvation, as I am doing. Unhand me, I say, unhand me 1” The desperate man sought for his rapier, bat it was gone. “ What misfortune lias driven you to this rash extremity?" asked the King. / ' ** Sir, this is my misfortune, a*d may it never be yours- I have not th ® fasted food % tiro days.” , > “Alas! pooryonth.” Ho was a tall, lank young man, who, had be , been properly fed and clothed, would have been remarkably handsome.— His bony frame was elegantly built, slender and graceful, yet strong. His eyes were black and .fiery, his brow bread and intellectual, his features reg- the person of His Most Catholic Mar jesty, and oar soverign often passes through these apartments; and, as he objects to the scent of paint, oil and turpentime, I think it more becoming that my portrait be painted without the palace. As I am in service about the king’s person in the day, I can only come to you at night. Con you paint by lamplight ?” “I can, sir.? ,,• Above all things, mention to no 7' 1 upon the floor with his sword. Sud denly the door opened, and who should appear before the astonishment San chez Coelio, but the Marquis of Mariar valle, leading in Dona Estafania 1 The young lover stood like one un der a spell. Presently he opened wide his arms, and folded them again, press ing the beautiful and fathful Estafania to his heart. He led her to the king, who, drawing from beneath his cloak the gray beard and locks of his dia- one, I besscech you, that we—that is, i guise, held them up before the aston- smfci'/loolt into'mylifee.-^ See, does it look careworn ?” Verymuchso." dv.ent, Well, young sir, when you have gone through as much of agony as myself then may you think of leaving this world in search of another, where, as just punishment for your crime, a worse fete awaits you in eternity.— Who are you ? Wh »nce came you ? Above all”—here Philip searched for the tiny crucifix that hung from the rosary he wore round his wrist, “ are, you a Catholic V “Whodares to question it?” ex claimed the young man, haughtily. “ I am.” 1 Are you a gentleman ?” again questioned the king. By my patron saint, I am, sir— as true a gentleman as ever wore a sword.” “ Gentleman or not, you are a Christian. Come, follow me, and I will give you some snpper and a bed for the night. To-morrow we (continued King Philip who, accustomed as a sov ereign to speak in the second person plural, had difficulty to adopt the first person sigular in his disguise)—that is, I will further question you as to what you can do to earn your liveli hood for the future. There, Gomez, lead the way.” Holding the rescued youth by the hand firmly, lest he should escape, Philip, preceded by Buy Gomez, bent his steps towards the palace. On his way curiosity, one of the strongest passions of this great sover- eign, got the better of his charity, and, notwithstanding the young man was so weak as fi> render his answers almost inaudible, the king obtained from him the outline of his history. He was, he said, one Alfonso Sanchez Coelio, a native of Portugal, and a portrait- painter by profession. He had been driven from Spain by order of the Marquis Don Louis de Maria valle, Governor of Badajos, for the crime of felling in love with his excellency’s daughter, Dona Estafania, in whose company he had been much thrown during a considerable time employed in the execution of her picture. He had wandered to the Netherlands in the hope of obtaining work. But al though he had done all in his power to earn his bread, he had in every case failed, and for two days had not tast ed food. He was too proud to beg, and, maddened by want, had sought to free himself of his miseries by a vio lent death. The king provided Coelio, as he promised, with a substantial meal and a good bed, and the next morning he awoke much refreshed, to find Ruy Gomez by his couch, holding in his hand a handsome suit of clothes for his service. Vainly did he question the shrewd Ruy as to the condition of his unknown benefactor. Ruy inform ed him that the gentleman was named Don Paes; that ho was in the service of his Catholic Majesty, and that pres ently, when he had finished his colla tion, the Senor Don Paez would come to him, and talk of his prospects for the fofore. •• Accordingly, when Sanchez Coelio had dispatched an excellent breakfast, tho king etilL wearing hkduguise, entered. The first impulse of the grateful young man was to raise the hand of the supposed venerable Don Paez to his lips and thank him for his kindness, above all for having prevented his committing sp fetal a crime as suicide. Don Paez listened to him with kind ness. “ Young gentleman, we—that is, I am convinced that the fearful act which you contemplated last night was the result of famine, which had de prived you of your reason. As we have taken some interest in you, and are desirous of providing for your:fu ture, we—that is, I, am willing, since you say you are a painter of portraits, that you should tyke a likeness of my self. But on the one condition, that it be finished by the least day of our daughter. Afaria. It wants one month to the holy day of Our Lady Mary of Mount Carmel. We intend this picture as a pret wit to our—my—daughter. Can you paint so rapidly ?” “ I can, sir.”’ ' ; “ $ly servant will pay J*» two hun dred ducatsitt .advance for theaaid picture. He will also escort you to a lodging I have prepared for you, and to which Y mQ.-repalrfor iHie^ filfliqp for my picture. I am, as you have doubtlessly discovered, employed about that I am having my portrait painted. Mention my name to no one. Guard your tongue, and never come to the palace to inquire for me; I object to persons coming here on business. If you require anything ask it of Ruy Gomez; he has orders to serve you in all tilings. To-night, at nine o’clock, I will be with you. Farewell.” Before Coelio could answei, the dis guised king had disappeared. Ruy Gomez escorted the painter to a spa cious apartment, situated in a remote part of the city. There he discovered painting materials—canvas, easels, pen cils, and colors ready prepared for his use. That night, and for many nightB following, Phillip arrived punctually at nine o’clock; if detained overnight, he came very early in the morning. The portrait was executed with such finish and fine coloring that the. king, who was a good judge of art, pronounc ed it a masterpiece. About a week before it was finished Phillip informed his new protege that he had mentioned him to His Catholic Majesty, who ap pointed the following day, at noon, for the purpose of becoming acquainted with the new artist, and also to fix an hour for sitting for a portrait of his royal self. I will not venture to de scribe the feelings of joy with which Coelic heard this news, or his vision of future glory, culminating in a brilliant marriage with Dona Estafania. Punctually at the stroke of mid-day, Coelio found himself, with beating heart, in the presence of the King of Spain. It would have been impossible for him to havo recognized the aged Don Paez in the stately sovereign who stood before him. Phillip was at this time in the bloom, of youth, as Titian has presented him to us. So slender ly, yet so well proportioned, that al though he was not above the middle height, he appeared tall. His hair and beard were exceedingly fair, his brow broad and intellctual, his eyes blue, dear and penetrating, and his expression majestic and commanding. He wore a suit of black velvet slashed with satin, and upon his head a black cap with feathers. Beneath his rufl of fine lace hong upon his breast'the gorgeous collar of the Fleece of Gold. “Sanchez Codio,” he said, in a somewhat stern tone, “ we hear from our good servant Don Paez, that you are an artist of some skill. It is our purpose that you paint our . portrait” “ Your majesty,” said Coelio, bow ing low. “Silence! interrupt us not. This picture must be finished by the day of St. Phillip, our holy patron. There wants three weeks to the time.” “ Your majesty,” again broke in Coelio. B ‘ : * “ Speak not until we have said our say. We intend to be painted in the character of our holy patron, St Phil lip,'and trlD take bur Bret sitting this very day. What is^t you would say to us?” - s - l “11’II adlto “ This much, your majesty,; and ho more. I cannot undertake the task to point your majesty’s picture by St Phillip’s day,because I cannot begin it for at least a week, although it is the greatest honor and ambition of my life fo sfcrvetybur majesty iu this inaiter.” ‘Our servant, Don Paez,-assure? ns, that yon paint with marvelous ra- 4md MTOfitO nfik orabm , “ Saveyour majesty!—-Ihave prom ised to finish the likeness of the Senor Don Paes by the festival of his daugh ter. He saved my life, and has pud tie m advance on condition it is finish ed by that day. I have given him my promise; I mpst fulfill it.” , v , “ Sir, Coelio," said the king, assum ing a terrible aspect, “ Know that we have some reason to suspect that you are an imposter* and have deceived our must .worthy servant Poes. There are thCee within who know yon better than you think for." . i “Let them appear!* exclaimed Sanchez Cool io, with impetuous indig- nation. “ Let them appear $ I do not fear them, whoever they may be.— Never has a lie passed my lips; never have I committed an action for which I need blush—never but once, and love, be ever true to Phillip. Marquis case was desperate, indeed. Witlr • of Mariavalle, we ask of you daughter, quick and stealthy steps, inclose,'’ Dona Estafania, for our court-painter, ; s j n! ,| u fi| e , they approached, ami and beloved friend, Don Alfonzo 8an- were already within a few yards of chez de Coelio. t he hrinse, when a slight change in 5 . ” That «Md. the ttogais, Ji.ut. the m „ vcme „ t „f t l» forwar.1 MU”' j«t may not deny, unwed the old „„ oh a th „ . ix si , lUl , cnuntier, bowing low before hissov- . „ , ., , , w tion of the side of each was uucov- ered. ’ They were in range, and one aim would cover all. Quick .as t thought, 1 aimed and fired. As ered his voice,—“ as I am wretched.", tl ' e smoke cleared away 1 ooulcJ ished painter. Phillip of Spain and Don Paez ■fllfoMri jsat #MiMa aftato an enteranc© into our :cabin, she might climb out through the lower chimney and make her escape. For myself I entertained no hope, but determined to sell my life dearly. With breathless anxiety I waited at the pork-hole. At length I.saw them emerge from the shadow of the stable and advance across th« open ground .towards; my eabin, One-^two—three—great heaven* I six stalwart Indians, armed to Mtot-’ teeth, urged on by the hope of are one and the same; May Sanchez venge, and I alone to oppose thorns Coelio, whom Don Paez has learned to •'—— i —-a... <**—< with cno charge of powder. Sty* ereign. „ t God bless you, Sanchez,” said Phillip, as he placed the hand of Esta fania in that of Coelio. “ May yea both be as happy as F—here he low- tM YfPTl —From The Aldine for April. A Thrilling Adventure. hardly credit what my sense* show ed me as the result of my shot.— The fifteen slugs with which I ha<& aided the musket had done tlleir It was about the year 1805 that ; workwe „. fiveofthesix Indinnil I settled in Virginia, near the falls j rty ^ n p Qn ^ g roan( j < an( j t | le of Kanawha. The country at that gi ; th , iml di8a ppenred. ^ / time was an unbroken wilderness. AlthougW no enemied were rt( iW But few settlements had been made sjght j di(J not v . enture foQrlh it by the whites, and they were so f?r unti , morning . There lay tbe -- apart as to render vain all hopes of bodies of five Indians, nndistuhbed, ' assistance m case of attack from hos- together with the rifle of the other. 1 tile Indians, numbers of whom still j Securing the arm9 and ammunition infested the neighborhood. I lived | of tIie faIIen i nd ; a ns, I followed.up there alone with my wife for j the traU of tbe missing one until I eral months unmolested, and by Kache d the river, beyond wf dint of perseverance, then young and hardy, had succeeded in mak ing quite a.clearing in. the forest, which I planted with corn, aud which promised an abundant yield. One morning, after we bad despatched our humble meal, and 1 had just prepared to venture fourth upon my accustomed routine of labor, my attention was arrested by the tinkling of a cow-bell in the corn-field. “There,” sad my wife, “the cow is in the corn-field.” But the ear of the backwoods man becomes by education veiy acute, especially from the fact that his safety often depends- upon the nice cultivation of that sense. I was not so easily deceived. The sound was repeated. “That,” said I, in reply to- my wife's re mark, “was not the tinkle of a bell upon the cow, but a decoy from some Indian who wishes to draw me into an ambush.” Believing this to be the case, I took down my old musket, and seeing that it was properly loaded, I stole cautiously around the field towards the spot from which the sound seemed to proceed. Aa I suspected, there in a clump of bushes crouched ait Indian, wait ing for me to appear in- answer to The San Fnincisco Commercial Herald of the 8th xmtains the folluw- his decoy bell, that he might send fog enthusiastic View of tho growing a fatal bdllet to my heart 1 ap* crops of California: " preached without discovering my self to him until within shooting is tance, then raised my piece and fired. The ballet sped true to its mark, and the Indian fell dead. Not knowing but that he was ac companied by others, I returned with full speed to the cabin, and having firmly, barricaded the door, I washed- idl day/or the compaqr ions of the Jndiau,L had Jailed. To add tq. the danger and seeming hopylossnes of my situation, I dis covered that I had but - ooe -shot left, and if attacked by numbers, powder, I put it into the , musket, and then waited ter the approach of night, feeling sure of an attack. ; Night eatne at last-, A.beautiful mnon>4ight night it was, too, aud favored nw greatly, as I would thereby-b* able to observe tbe itpproachedthecabin. » jf was some two : hours ; after then I wa» driven by want and misery . _ . • S...- If* f..— n 'lit. mli-rtW to aeektJ free myself from alife which * had become an intolerable burden.— Your servant r Don Paez, saved me.- I impose upon him ? No? I would die first. Bring forward those who fcnqw'me bettor than I think for; and then. King Phillip, truth shall put calumny to the blush.” The king struck three times heavily heard or seen a sign of the Indians, when suddenly I. was startled" by the baying of my dog at 'the stable. The stable stood & little- to.thepurest of the< was a sterna clear ground on point I could discover < no trace : .; whatever.. From tbe: amount of blood which rnaiked his trail, to gether with .unmistakable evidence: that he hod picked his way with dif ficulty, I was led to believe that Mur was mortally wounded, and in or*- der t > prevent his body falling into the hands of the ibu, he had groped his way to the river and thrown 1 '* *' himself in the current which had bore it away. The Indians had killed my cow, and that, you may be assured, was no trifling loss; yet in my gratitude for my escape from the murderous savages I would nave made greater .. sacrifices! ‘ ‘I was well prpvided^ tyr means of ..n^m? apej, ammunition taken from the six Indians, in.case of a second attack, but this proved to be my last adventure with the savages. Not one of the band es caped to tell the tale and incite his brethren to revenge the death of his comrades. “AM" txclaimed the old man, white tears gushed from his eye* at the memory of that eventful night, “ that was a glorious shot -the best [ ever made.’* ,«J , OltS 1 Bright Provpects to California. The weather does nof appear to ho aftegethbr settled with ns, and we need a fortnight’s bright sun after the heavy rainfall of 39,50 inches the pres- 1 tot season. Much ground is vet to be plowed,- and the season is waning, though wheat can yet be planted a month later, and then secure a full U aairiSU VBe ASnhedtt 'Oounb^' Gatotte thus alludes to, the bright prospects of the Sfete f “ We doubt whether the prospects on the Pacific slope, and es pecially in California, were ever bright- w {b^tu^dSy.-Three shcciisrivbyfofe 1 of drought and short ’-toops gave ourty peopled severe trial. But the worst hdfet I should be entirely in their power. •„ ovcrj aad th , fu ture „ foil 0 f gfod. Determined to do tie best with tbe some promise. Thoetoty/and fetor rJxmAnv T.nnt it intn tha. mnolrat • • * ■ • • • • ■ . rains have comb fo quantities sufficient tosatiafytol, and from every portion of the Statlr-except San Diego, which seems to be outside the rain belt—we get the most encouraging reports.— There is oobnnch of fodustsy bqtfeels stronger, richer than it did throe movements of tbo enemy as they “ 0Et b3»g°» and never has there betna time in the history of California when her people evinced. - more public spirit . and yet I had .either prove .their great resources than now. Something was needed to awake Cali- fornians from their lethargic condition, and the . unparalleled three years’ drought did it mostsoocesafolly. Vast quantities of swamp and tide-lands jtoive.h»mhriatmedi'*-Irriytfaqt-c*-' unobstructed. Judging from, tfii noise at the stable that they would advance from that direction, I post ed myself at the port-bole on th^tf side of the cabin; v,i ' : A ' od. I had previously placed my wife on the cross-pole in the chimney, moon. Jell, nafe have b;en and are mow being c>i - * itructed on afergp scale. Railroad* are being built,-'reachingout in every direction, influencing ami forcing com merce to her metropolis, and rapidly settling bp the country with those who are here to build up homes.” End of the world—Making money.