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WtOPIiUBTORS.
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inoirii'ily in a lum tee. lor ne\* subscript ion*
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is due, unless ai the optioit of tue proprietor, tuid
FQUiI non, vas wifi in all case* be existed where j
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subseripiion year.
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he advertised for thuity D.\ys; under mortgage
ti las, six rv days before the day of sale.
Salks of hand and Negroes, by Executors, Ad
.inluUtr&lcr.s or Guuidians, for sixty DAYsbefdro
the day of slie.
Si lks of personal property (except negroes) tout y
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ICT LkitjeksUi the proprietor* on business,must
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LAW NOTICES.
Jtunes .13. Mitchell,
attorney a t l aw,
, Residence— Lumpkin, Georgia.
WILL devote briar enlum h r--.irici-, < xnusne
lv lu^ini ami wTI aiuml jumctu
nl yto air business -rt. anted 10 hot cat, m at.,; • oim
iy In iha Chattahoochee pr Sleuth-V\ esterp Circuits.
!*'*. IM4 . , li-lv
JC"p Tile flfde/il UpLa, will \i\a/h copy anti
for waul J M-
J. s• JUitcbcll,
ATTO RN E Y A T hA\V .
Lumpkin, Stewart Cos. Ga.
VcbTiiarr'o. 1615- 6-1 y.
William IS. Martin,
SOLICITOR AND ATTORNEY AT
W, LAW.
J is Girard. Alabama.
|b Tn-Jfajfcit; TFULLY tend; rs lt pnlVsi..n - I
■ J,|i lit the publi: general!/; lie rakes tins
■ i.i.-nml ..nlfc-i-m I hi. p&tV6(ia, Inut he nukes no
1 colleciinnsßptee titan ten per cent, on any sum
I hut exceed iw oftllLonkanri and his reason* for
V tin, piiblt alien',is-
! fiavealreAly iriirti.AeJ * h their hit ones., win
| Vtiu fpeei n contract; that ilicy mav wt h lra™ ilte
i Rattle if,hoy prefer, and ml fit Hire patrons il any, may
j to be governed by Uds , m ice.
j J umarv 8, IS4 >
LAW NOfICE.
B. IMyos*
HAS stilled hnuu If m lire l’own of l.uGnnge.
Troup court?/, Geotgit, and wl I phi lice
law m ibe counties of l’/bup, iVJrhw< ther, C'nwe'a.
C uilpUtill, ('arrOll dird Hon tl. of t it* Coweta Ciihou
—;(iul Huxl.A, .Vluscg t iLiJ l'ttlb-n f ‘iho Cliatta
booebtic Cocrt f .
IJ.q 18. Ib.it
T.iyliH 1 (AoiiPtif,
A T T O R N E Y’S A T LA \V;
CIITHBKRT, (RANDdLPII COhtTX* ) Ga.
TliC diidor%ueil,hiivir g sfociii ed iliCmselvc-*
in the praciico of he Law, will aivo t h ir at
(eiiuori 1 1 any b iscess confided,to them ill the c lurc
hes of llan lo;pi. Early, lAakor, l.e Su iher Dooly
uilti iLcaluf in the. Sofithweac n, and btewa t of i|i*
tj me circn (9. Thev will aSo imemi ihc
Codrts in Barbour liml Henry coviiihes in Alabama
WILU \M TAVL'U.
LEWIS A.GDNc.KE.
Ndvcc-b-r 13 1844.
€ii:irl€S S. Ilccsi',
AT T 0 li. NE Y A T I. A IV;
CRAWroRn Ala.
Sept. 18,1814. 88— ly.
, E. H. Plait,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Albanv, Baker Comity, Ga.
Jan 1. 18H I—'f
Aiy Jollll M. laL'llltlJlC,
A fVT 0R N E Y A T LAW;
■ Y, CoLhmSos, Ga.
Office in”^'>'>|)cr'3K ( tng l cos bn Idings, onlhcAVesi
Ride of Uiow; street, opposite ‘lie .Vim kei-Hmi.se.
umII t.raclStc * l’* eoulif'Hlfb■ Uhaltahoocliee
ls ' n : J* r
UurlAi &. Sll liciitsoiij
ATT O R n\'l Y S A T LAW;
V, “ TALBOTTON, GA.
JAMES M, BUCKS, V l
JAMES L. STEPHEXSONn).
Feb -18.1844 9 — ls
COLQUITT St OOOli,
ATVORN EY’S AT bA W;
LA GRANGE, GEORGIA.
WHI praeiice in tltc eouitlics of Troup, Meriwether,
Cinveta, Favelle, and Carroll.
Walter T. CoLirt'n TANARUS, Cohinibus, Ga.
W.m. C. I). Book, La Grange.
Aprii -23 34 -”
Hdv IMSSOLL-i'lOA.
pSkjl'w Lnw frill of IVKItrtON, FORSYTH
,1.- rI S is dissolved by he relireinem ol
u7v. M Enj.. The taislntjss of Die oDi ;e j
will lya ccT By Alfred Ive.'soii, and John For
tsyth. under the 3f\Je of
IVERSON & FORSYTH.
T. & F. have removed to D> e n *w building
Kas 1 sideof Broad Street, near Die Market. Oftke
Bpr stairs, over M. Brutmart’s Store.
No-vgO, 1844. 47—f
CLASSICAL.
• AND
HX-&TH tSHXA/VXOAX* SCHOOL*
rwtmv .uu.sonuer i if tmu Die public I
JL Ilidl IvUwill rosu.tie Ids Übors tin Monday Die
Oil* January, ill tJ\lQ>Uie winch he occupied during
the. bnaTyear, iidj-otfling Mrs. ‘Fiekm-r.
Sind jnl are |>r-*ia cd.lbr nuv college which either
Paren sor (rManh.ins m i\- db-ognaie. ‘Flic price
for ftiaioTt wiH vary aeC4rdmg lo loe branches ‘v|rch
the student is directed lo'stuily, from $6 to sl2 6J
per sossi hi of ekveii weeks.
W. B. LEARY.
Dc. 25. 64—ts
MOODY & DURR.
A RE rec iving an entire NtvvV BfOdlC of
GrocenoS oud’ALaj.le go hU from jtyiw Yorjc
uiv( No.v A)r.eaii',Avirtcrt have been pMrcliUo 1 sii.ee
the decline ii pricm. CoitH'Rt'iig’ t f -very variviy
of arue’es uitu Dlv !' ire msed hy me farmers. We
h *vo taken a line Ln*n store, uho it Die cemie of Die
city, opposite the Market-nouse, where we intend
keeping as -*o>d a stoc sas ;m be fu'Jd in the city.,
Wv), iva m i’tuO'ir irr ‘.ngniiient. to do b-i-ine-s sir cl
1 vit trip Clisll system ly which menu m
simi be able lo kei'ii iioc.<,aiiil scll/oio, which
ij ti-i inv)> -r ant c mstdo’n io i ibosoh ml limes.
Coiiaibi. ’Ja ,-Uec - ai, foil 53—ly.
IN (ITT:te ebanoe tiil’ffof ihe Uity Council o
Columbus be lukcir al p’o” die snoiu a, ctlu-r
P _
THE Ccrier nersboi neic.o'urc cti-iin: lr-lwomi
D. CJLU3 I'EIN & JOHN It. ButERS,
uoOcr Ihe firm uj Uoirdsiein,- & Cos. is this day dis
solved. ?
Tltc Grocery Business
Will bo coni mu ed. b du suliscnh -rjknioM aulborij
cd to settle all me iriff buiirieJJ nf the llrm.
jo.tn r., atens.
Ja-i. ti. ISIS- -C*Mf
Hfje Columbus Stines,
FORSYTH & JFTER, editors.]
(Al Ike old Stand near (he *l Mrkcl .)
TUE sulscriber%oul I expic ssjm< earnest grab
tude to tlie of Cos anti the sur
rotinilihg romnry, fii \ cir hbflpFl pahonHge ‘bus
far, during a>oavoit of JUmoG <Me.\ain\ih.'d ptCunii*
ry enriaMas.smc.il , anA piii!fvt ly assure
lU'int, iha?, untiHie of bis entire s o *k,
he “ tl. coti 1 ns favorable
retatl'prices) ; somuiTt Ih; and some, s nujc
indeed! evtji “at Jjpf
pric- s ’ Ho wouui*o debt. r>\ ali . are
a In lie diluiory i.bj|p liq u acc Minis, tbn
if they vViti pay ’ Up up l I; - enabled
sale ihem by cltmipn
th :yjp%insv ‘1 i 1 ciis’om.
HARDWARE, A:c.
/(* 4 \ Ton 4 Iron
Dll 15 Ton<CaMlngs.
lUeO l’ ir ’i’r.tces.
3 f JUO WeftdiMw Hoes.
s't I y z Colons Axes.
j 1 o<Miher \vith an r.x'ensive arso'tuiprt of
_ mimww&'&m*
For saic lower than ever t fl’ icd in t \< market b*r 1
HALL # MOSES. ‘ j
East side broad strict, übjvt tli • nm ket I
January, \ I Sir,’ I —Gm j
tIfEW GOOS>S ! WI2W OOOI>S ! J
rg'tliE subscri6er uno v icceivrag at the old siore 1
Ja. former y oixuji id by M ssrs Slewars &
Foint line, and more recently bv Messrs Hi 1 Duv :
son & Go, an enure new and 1 psirable asor nieiii of
mww iini
FAMILY GROCERIES &C. &and.
winch lie ort* rs to the public i.t prices to smit ihe
limes. 11. McKAY.
Dec. 4, 1 Q 44. 49—f
FALL AA’D WlStiilS
© m m 1$ m ii
S. 13. H A Al I I,T O N,
(Xext door to James Aivlin .)
H\3 commui cod receiving a large slock of Fall
and Winter Clothing, which will be sold cheap
t'.r cash.
Cbuks ami OvcrcoaJs.
Beaver, Pilot mid Flushing Over coals ami
B in*, Black, Olive, and Brown, Frock and
Dress Or ats. Cass Twede am] Sat illicit Sack and
Fn ckCoa’s, Kentucky Jeans Frock, Dress aiid
.Sack Coats,
i’autaioous.
Black and Blue Gloi .miGass Pan's,
Di .uonal. I > iahl and finey Gass do.
Satinet, Tweede and Jeans ( | 0
Vests.
Fl lid black and figured ci.it ill Vests,
Black >ilk velvet do.
Fi 1 “ “
Woo’cn “ “
Cloth, C *-5i ‘ nd Ca'bimcr** *•
Gent's Di essiiig Gobiiils.
H.us and Gap<.
Merino. I. iinbs arui Flannel shirts anti drawers,
While and Li en and Muslin whirls,
S'lKpemiers, fc'trfks. Collars. (Iravnts and Gloves
Go'lon, Silk and JVlcntjf) hn.fhose,
Si k and COmoh Umbrellas ixc.
Oi toiiei ‘JJ 1844. 43—f.
Just Slccelvcil per Ste;sssu:i- No-
A SPLENDib ASSORTMENT OF
DRY GOODS,
Consistin'* n! iii my new nnd desirable stvle 4 - AH
of which, will be dis;d% i <-f rn the ntosi fi\onl>!
terms Tne |uul’c arc respectfully iiiviu do cal
and examine he same.
IVES & BfiOTHCR.
Nov. 27. L 541 4$ —if
R AIV AAV A V
the si b cnuei, in E-rly about
. the fourteenih day of JJecemoer .ast, a negro
man nßin and SAM, a cliuriltey well gel neyro, rather
inclined to lie yellow, aboil’ k ifi years of age. no par
1 culur in..r>, only some el It.s from te< tli is partly
uut.ani ill nmkeil with ihe whip. If examined
dost ly. his thumbs boih appear 10 be double jointed,
an Island towards Ins hand. No other pan.culur
mm ks r collect* and.
All reasonable expenses wi’l be paid for his ap
preliensiod and delivery, or confim and in any sale Jail,
so I cun gel hm! again.
ARTHUR SHEFFIELD.
Fib 5, 1815 6—2m3m
Wiiolesat.f. Slaughter of Witches.
—Diiviiig the seveiiicentii cetttury 4.1,000
persons are said to have been put to dentil
lor witchcraft ut England alone 1 In Scot
land the number was piobably, in proportion
to the population, much greater ;foi- it is
certain that, even tiie lost forty years o! the
sixteenth century,- the executions were not
fewer than 17,0 0. In 1731 the madness
may be Fan! to have reached ns highest pitch;
lor in that year occurred the celebra ed case
of the Lancashire witches, in which eight
innocent persons Wefe deprived of tin id lives
by the incoherent falsehoods of a mischievous
urchin. The civil war, far fro’ur suspending
the persecution, seems if possible, lo have
redouble., it. In 1643—'45, the infamous
Matthew Ilnpkms was able to earn a com
fortable subsistence hy the protection of
wikh finder, which lie exercised, not indeed
without occasional suspicion, hut still with
general success. And even t -enty years’
later, the delusion was still sanctioned by ihe
most venerable name of the English law ,-
lor it was in Ki ll that the excellent Sir
Matthew Hale, alter a trial conducted with
Iris usual good sense, condemned two women
so death as- witches, both pf whom were ex
ecuted accordingly. —Edirigbrngli Iteuiew.
An Inferior . Article. —Squiggitrs ifi'et
a rc.iool leaeh-er of one of our city schools
yesterday w ortihrg. “I S.y,” said-lie, “do
you know that y.,u are the only person in’
ihe city for whom our minister prays evety
Sunday?” “No,’', said the ped igogue.
“how isThai?” “Why he prays fur ihe
iieaifo of ail colleges a ml- academics and
inferior institutions Ol learning, and if you
don’t keep ao inferior one, i’.l be hanged if
I know who does.” The school tcachet e
vapoia'od, and vvtien heard from lasi, was
making tracks for the abolit on and federal
dissolution Conveuifon al Faneuil Hall.
(Boston Times.
Hewaci* of MKBi't. —A number of- promi
nent Democrats ot ibis cite have presented
to the political editor ol tlie Journal of (Juui
lue'rce a very rich service of Silver l’*ate in
requital of the manner in winch lie managed
Ills department 01 the dournal during the
late Presidential contest. Although this is
only paying for valuable service, ii in a very
iiandsoino aci, and m ii a lit.le of tbo win
nings have heen very judicially expended.
The only blunder is tlio publicity given to
the mailer. These liulo arrangements and
dalliances should be’ kepi shady, or you spoil
the game.— A. Y. Tribune.
A Milkman's opinion of aw Editou.—
Just as a good dairy. Ha skims over mailers
and tilings, and gives us the cream of a!! that
is important. Nobody knows what a-curd
(occurred) in the political world better than
lie, no two wfeijs about that.
TIIE rxi(?.\ OF Till: STATES) AND TIIE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.
COLUMBUS, GA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 184 g.
THE GAMBLER’S WIFE,
i Dark is the nirfhf! No light !no fire !
j Cold t cn tiie heirtb the hist famt sparks expire !
1 Sfi'vering she wnelies bv the cradle side
For him who pledged her tove—laxt year a IriJt!
j “ilark ! ’Tis hh footstep! No! Mis past! Mis
go 10 !’
Tick ! —Pick! How wearily the time crawls 011 ‘.
Why should he leave me thus/—He once was
kind !
An 1 I belitved ’t would last ! How mad! llow blind!’
*• Re-t t hee, my b ibe ! —Rest on!—’Tis hunger’s
Sleep ! —-For ‘berk is no foo 1 ! The fount is dry !
Famine mid col i their wepiry i tg woik b ivo done
My heart most break ! —And iliou ! —The clock
striM s one !
ITitsh ! —'Tis the dice box ! Yes ; he’s there ! he’s
toere !
Fi.r this ! —for this he leaves me to despair !
Leaves 1 ve ! leaves tiMih ? hia \V;fe ! his child', for
wind f
The want m’s snide—the villain—and the sot ?
Yet I’ll not curse hun. No! ’tis a'l in vain !
’Tis long 10 wan, bill sur lie’ll comp again !
And l e.onM starve and b ess him, but lor you,
My chi and ! —his child ! Oil, fiend The cl* ck stiikes
two.
‘ Hark! How the si 11 board creaks! Fbe blast howls
f y
Moan ! moan ! A dirge swells through the clnrdy
Ha! Mi* Id 4 knock! be comes!—he comes once
in* re !’
’Tis bui the lattice flips ! Thy’ hope is o’er!
‘Gan he deserf iis thus ! lie knows I t-tzjr
Night after eight in loneliness to pray
For his return—and ‘et lie sees no tear !
No ! no ! Ii ctiun *1 be ! He id l>e hi re !
‘Nestle more closely, <!ear one. to my heart !
Tbou’rt cold ! Thou’rt freezing! But wcwil not
pan i
Hu stand !—I die !—Father !—lt s not lie !
Ob. O-'d ! pro ect my child'Fae clock s trikes
fiireri.
In addition to the above, the following cnn*'luJ’ng
starz i, from flu) pen of mint er geiiileantn, hunae.f
the author of some fine s.mgs, was sung by Mr. Rus
sfcl:
Tliey're gone, they’re gone ! the glimmering nd rk
hath fi and !
The wife and child are numb red with the deuJ.
On th* cold ear li. in sol*mu rest,
I lie babe lay IroZeii tfn its mo list’s breast ;
The gambler fcme at last—but till was o’i r
Dread silence, reign’d around—’lie clock struck four !
SABBATH EVENING.
BY U. F. PH ENTICE.
llow calu ly sink** the paring sun !
Yit twilight lingers still,
And beaut 10)1. as dreams of Heaven;
It slumbers on ihe hill,
F.artiW lei ps, wiili all her g'oriotis things,
Benealh *joHo y Spu i’s wmgs,
And,* endeiing buck Die hues above,
fcjeeim? restu g 111 a trance of Love.
. II Mind yCttdei rock the forest trees,
In shadowy groups ibeme,
Like hums at even nig b >\vud in prayc*,
Around their holy si-i?iip.
And through titetr I* uvs the n‘ht winds blow,
Socalm and still—their fhusic low,
Seems the myslerious Voice of pray es
So't echoed on the evening cii.
An-’ von*lor western throng of c’duds, -
R> t rin-2 from the aky,
f o calmly move so softly glow,
‘1 hey seem to Fancy’s eye,
R right eiea lues of-a bettor sphere,
Gome *!o 11 at n 011 to worshij) hero,
And from Dior sarriiice of lo*e,
IL lirumg to their lion e ah. ve.
The blue Lies, of the go'*l> u sea,
The night a ct; fioiting liigh.
Tli*’ fl-.wc s that ga/.e upoii tin* lieavr ns
The sti* a*i s leiiping by,
Are living \\i Ii reli ion—deep
On earth and sea I's glories sleep
Aid mitfgl•* wi h the sta liglit rays,
Liku the soli iglit of parted days.
TANARUS! c spir t of the holy eve
Goings ihrough the stli-n* air
To feeling’s l*i den sp jug, t n I \vakc4
A gttsti of music there !
And tin fan depths of r beam
So pa-si g‘h r weabi ost <1 * e in
That we can rise and wand’ ‘ through
‘i lie open paths of trackless blue!
E icb son is t l.* and with giorfous efreams;
E cli pulse is bea'ing wild
And thought is soaring to the sliri-i *.
Os gl j*. nnd filed !
And h ly aspirati tis start
Like h'C'sed Angels from th'c ii—iven
And bind—f r earth’s dark ties urn ,‘T.~—
O ir spirits to the gates of Ilenven*
WE 1 S C B i. L A N Y .
l-bion Arthur’s Magazine.
THE TWO MOTHERS.
BV MISS s. a: hunt.
‘ I have wept,
Wi'ft gladness at the gift of this fa cltild
Lightly Margaret, step more lightly, for
mercy’s s .Ire I you will wake him ;” were
tire low words of a young mother. Eire was
sealed at the foot of a handsome, mahogany
bedstead,’ upon which lay her only child • Ins
fair, young limbs, wasted by sickness. Eiie
raised her face but a moment, to speak, then
buried it again amid the bed clothes. The
Tne child’s sleep was tumbled ; bis eyes
were only hall closed in their sickly languor. .
With lua every movement Ins mol her roused
herself, and gazed upon Inin, with'a mingling
of hope ami lehr upon her countenance. At
last lie awoke,-tossed one little arm 1 above
his head,.and feebly moaned the name oi
“mother.” She started from her seat, and
hung over him. She kissed his burning fore
head, and offered a cooling drink 16 Ins parch
ed lips. “O i I how is lie Margaret ; will
beget Wnl! t” she asked, addressing her
cousin ; and, at the same time, dashing aside
her blinding tears,- that she might scan bis
features mure elusely. The scai’let fever
had taken from his skin all iis delicate
smoothness ;• Ins sweet lip had lost its fresh
ness, and In's deep,- blue eyes had in them
the s raining c aze of pain.
“Will he get better ?” she repeated, impa
tiently, gnispmg It ‘•ousiii's arm, and
watching her count'.uhtes with nervous anx
iety.
“ I surely cannot toll, dear Julia,” replied
M’rs. Cuslung ; “he mav. It is wrong for
you to he so anxious and’ impatient. Your
agitation mav injure him. Gome, and sit by
tne window with mo,- and leave him to the
nurse.” Mrs. Gushing piifher arm around
her waist, and drew lief uliwillihgly so the
window
“You must not grieve so, dear,” She skid,
tenderly, ‘even if lie should bo taken from
you, he will find better teachers in the angels
ilian lie ever could meet with here.”
“Don’t speak of ins dying,” interrupted
Mrs. Denton. “I cannot let him go ! lie is
my only child. You ha’/e never seen death
threaten your little one. You could not
speak so calmly it you had.”
“ I might not speak calmy, it is true,” re
turned lie I cousin. Yet would l trust in
the overruling Providence of God. It is now
but six months siftce my litishaurl was re
moved from me by death. I cannot help
sorrowing, but 1 do not forget my tliities, and
yield to despair. My love for my child is as
your’s ; yet, if Gud should take her to Him
self, I would be far less wretclisd jliaii you.
i Di rill is to tne but a short passage to a (and
lot light. Il ls there where my sweelcsl
1 hopes arc garnered. Oh! Julia, if you would
but lliittl. as Ido —it’ yem would but bo will
ing to slrugg'c forward with trials which
iiwait every one here, and fix your eyes up
on that better world as the place where your
dreanfs of happiness are to be realized, then
‘‘ FTarli ! didn’t Albert move ? exclaimed
Mrs. Demon, starting. She went lo ihc
bed, and looked at linn a moment, then re
turned to her seat. “You are tr, iug to com
fort me, Margaret,” she said ; “1 feel your
kindness, blit while 1 see him as he is now, I
cannot be comforted. Oi !” she continued
shuddering, “to see his little form laid in the
cold grave—l can ml listen to you. Uo will
not die —oh ! no. He will be spared to me
yo!; this is but Hie trial of a inotber’s love.”
Airs. Cushing looked sadly upon her young
lace, pale through anxious watching. She
wished to soothe her, to raise in her bosom
an upward hope, lo point her !o where she
might find a balm for her wrung spirit. Hut
her efforts seemed tisolSks. She pressed In r
hand silently, then left the room as noiseless
ly as possible, to prepare herself to return to
her own home.
Since the dangerous illness of little Albert,
she had spent, most o! her lime m her cons
in’s family. On reaching her own house,
her hearlgave a thrill,of a sudden happiness,
as a lovely little creature of about two years
ran forward in ihe hall to -"eet her. She
caught her beautiful treasure in iier arms,
and kissed her rosy cheek, while the glad
sweet laugh of infancy rang on her delighted
ear. Ah ! then she felt how similar me the
ties that link our hearts to those young, bright
beings. Then more sadly she turned tier i
thoughts toiler cousin; vv.ih no plepsanl ;
hopes of a future stale to beguile her sorrow j
l<ccavciuci:t threatening her, and nothing i
but despair lo ::i el ii with. Sue raised her
heart to heaven m gratitude that her child j
was f pared her, 10 Sheer her in her earthly \
pathway. Again she pressed her lips to El- I
la’s childish forehead, and watched her danc- |
mg eye. and sweet roguish smile. Her in.- i
agination limned to the far future. SJie ‘
saw’ her darling, blest with all the kind
graces of womanhood-most lovely, and be
loved—unselfish and unas tuning, yet shod
ding the warmth of her sunny heart upon all.
Whose dream of fan y is purs as a mother's! j
Early the i ext morning Mrs. Cushuig was!
sent fi r by her cousin, whose child had j
grown worse. She obeyed ihe summons I
without hesitation. On entering the sick |
chamber, she found Mrs. Henton standing by j
Albert’s bed. watching him, with a trembling
lip. Occasionally she turned her eyes in
quiringly upon the doctor, who was marking
ihe little sufferer's heaving breath, with a j
serious countenance
‘•Oh! help him, doctor,” she broke forth,
as a stilling sound came from the dying
ci i.d. “Save him, for God's sake ! Is lie
dying!” she almost screau ed, as that fearful
sound again struck her ear. “Oh ! is he dy
ing !” and she fell back into Ihe arms of her
cousin, uttcily senseless. Klin was carried
from the room. Mrs. Cushing stayed with
her unlit she was partial y restored; then,
leaving her lo the care of the nurse, hastened
back to little Albeit’s quiet.room. Over his
bright eye a cloud had gathered ; the breath
that heaved his bo om came once more, and
chokingly; l lion all was over. She laid Ins
sunny hair back upju his forehead, end a
| tear toll upon it as her pr yer went up to
tiie Heaven his mnmeot spirit was about
entering. His limbs were composed i.hu the
becoming sniliiess o{death, when his mother
again stood by the bedside. Elm looked up
on him, and sliudderingiy pressed l.er hands
upon her heart, as if lo repress its agony.
“ Oh ! my boy, my child, my only child 1”
came from her lips'm that thrilling wail of
death alone seems to Claim. “Can he be
go e!” site asked; turning to the doctor.
Albert, my child ?” arid she sunk down
upon the bed, and twined her arms around his
tiny form. She laid her hand amid the locks
of clustering hair, she had so oftened curled,
when lie stood at her knee in Ihe playfulness
ol buoyant beallli. She kissed the cheek
where she had but la'ely marked the rich
glow of hea th mantling- Willi a low cry
of anguish, her tears burst forth. Altera
time, Mrs. Cushing attempted to calm her,
with all the tenderness of sympathy : her
husband, hiding lids own deep grief, endea
vored to scot It her, but it was nil in vain.
Her only answer w as, “No one loved him as
i did.”
Three days his body was kept, at his moth
er's entreaty ; lliert it was placed in the still
grave. Alter lie was buried, Mrs. Benton
shut herself up in her husband and Mrs.
Cushing, who brought lilt.e Ella tlieie, and
kindly superintended her cuiiplii’s household
matters. lii vain Mrs: Cushing affect innate
ly remonstrated with her Conduct, and Showed
her its weakness and wickedness. Site re
presented tn her the duties she owed her
family. “ She spoke m earnest language, ol
the Superior happiness little Albert must en
joy where lie was. Ehe tried to convince
her that the Wnrld of spirits is not as far re
moved from us as we imagine : that there is
a deeper and wide: sympathy hetv.’een hea
ven rind earth Ilian we dream of,.in our care
less moods. Nlie told of the calm, internal
happiness which a trust in the Divine Provi
dence brings to the soul, even when it is
bowed down beneath the chastening rod that
smites, although it is in love. Mrs. Cush
ing once took fiitle.EHa up m Mrs. Denton’s
room, hop ng she might arouse her from her
melancholy hy her careless prattle. The
poor child was received wiili a burst of pus-j
sinuate fears, and the mother was begged to
remove her, as she only reminded her more
forcibly of the loss she had sustained.
One dull, rainy morn ing, Mrs. Cushing had
been conversing earnestly with her cousin,
and trying to cheer her spirits. She soon
found how useless it was, arid she left her
with a heavy heart, to seek Ella, that the
child’s gaiety might dispel her sombre feel
ings. Not finding her in the silting room or
parlor, she descended to the kilchen, to ask
the servant al out her. Tito woman was
professing her ignorance of the truant’s
whereabout, when the sweet, familhr laugh
of Ella, herself, caught her mother's ear.
Elio went lo tlfo back door, and found her
seated contentedly on the damp bricks of tiie
area, her shoes and stocks by her side, mid in
her lap a pet kitten. Several playthings had
been carried out there, and wero carelessly
strewed around, as if the little owner had
boon there sumo time. Mrs. Cushing’s
hoart’gavo a throb of Budden pain.
••Oh! Ella, l fear von have takon your
deallt-cold,” she exclaimed, lifting her in
arms, and feeling ihe chill her dump clothes
gave. Blie hurried with her up stairs, where
a slight fire was kept burning. All day she
watch'd her anx ously ; towards evening the
color in her eliccdfgrew deep and feverish ;i
her sweet eyes shone with’ a flushing bril
liancy. She wa9 m a high fever, and her
little limbs wero aching and sore. The doc
tor was sent for ; ih answer the mother’s
anxious inquiries lie replieo cheerfully, that
lovely infant languished in sickness. She
I ’ become emaciated to the la3t degree ; her
white arms lost all their roominess, ami there
was rio color m horiillle, thin cheek. Her
ounce laughing eyes were sunken ; and in
her pain she iurued them upon her mother
with the appealing, imploring look soentirely
a child's* It was beyond the power of ihe
fondest mother to remove her sufferings.
From ihe commencement of the child’s ill
ness, Mis. Benton aroused herself from her
inert melancholy; to symp ithise, in her turn,
with her cousin; who had been so true a
friend lo her in her trial. The moment she
made the elfbri, anew spirit seemed to come |
upon her. She was unwearied in her kind- i
ness lo the little invalid; night and day she j
sought to relieve and be ol uso to the moth-1
er. Her voice was low, and tender; she
tound it a relief to her teelings to stnooili j
Ella’s pillow, to fan her gently when a fe- ‘
verisli glow was upon her cheek, and to try •
to ease her hard position. Ofien she elapsed !
her cousin’s hail i aid wept silently upon iierj
shoulder, ill that sympathy w hich it needs |
not words lo express. She seemod surprised j
at the calmness of Mrs. Cushing, who liov- 1
ered quietly around IClla’s bed, tiie tear and j
smile of love often in her eye and upon her j
lip, but. resignation was upon her smooth,!
pale brow.
| “You must have a Strong hope, indeed,”
| whispered .Mrs. Denton one evening, as they
sat together, watching Ella, by the dun lamp
I light, •• to support you, while you see Ihat
I sweet, iamb's sufferings. Oil! iVlarg'rei, to
j feel and trust as you do, I would give worlds.
| You suffer,yet _\ou do net feel that despair*
j mg; desolate grief I did, when I saw tny dar
i ling smitten down with sickness.”
| ‘’ Ido suffer, it is true,” answered Mrs.
Gushing; “natural feelings and lies are
slr.uig with us both. Dot although I cannot
always restrain my tears, 1 leeland know ’hat
all is light ; that ibis trial is come upon me
lor good—that it is given by One whose
mercy cannot err. 1 do feel at tunes as if it
is too heav y for me. 1 could pray I hat the
cup might pass from my lips, but again the
truth Comes to my mind, that no other afflic
tion could be so really n-ielui to me, or God
in his wisdom would not have ordered this.
Oh ! how often do we harshly and bitterly
dwell upon the troutiles which are appointed
us, only for our own sakes, in the tenderest
love, lie seeks by them to guide our souls
from a wilderness which contains every evil
thing, and lo lead us to a garden blossoming
in fragrance and ever-living beauty. Can,
you not leel tliut it is so, ill somedogiee,
J ii 'ia !”
“ 1 see il more clearly thsn I did*” was the j
renly, made in a musing tone ; “it appears as j
if Albert’s death had opened iii my heart a
fountain of love and sympathy lor every liu- :
man creature iiv suffering. It has given me
a yearning desire to lighten the sorrows of
any one, no matter bow humble in life, or
how bad they may be. L sometimes fancy
my child’s angel-spirit is near me in my
dreams, urging me lo overcome tin selfish
griel I so long indulged in, and by a broader
love, to fit my soul lor entrance to where
grief cannot come.”
“When our friends fie,” said Mrs. Cush
ing, “it must i r.ng the spiritual world nearer
to us. Out thought-:, feelings, and holiest
svmpallues are gone thither, file time has
been when 1 have yearm and to lay down this
■struggling l|le, and go where all would be in
harmony with my own soul. Wo must as.
s-ciate there with those who are most like
ourselves ; but I must forget that 1 am not
jet prepared to leave Ibis woild, or I would
be there. My earthly duties are not finished
and even this world grows more fair to com
tented eyes.” Talkii g thus, a pensive
quiet filled their hearts—the pure quiet ol
resignation. All was still and hushed in the
sick chamber, as if the angels” of iSst and
peace were near. The shaded light fell gent
ly upon the carpet, and only hall revealed the
figures of the unwe<ri .'d watchers. Even
Ella’s uneasy limbs seemed to have forgotten
their accustomed restlessness; her dark,
misty eyes dwelt upon her mother’s face, in
listless apathy. Occasionally she moved her
l.ttlc, wasted hands feebly, but soon ceased
llieimtion. “llovv quiet Ella is,” remarking
Mrs. Cushing, rising, and bending over her
little one ; “have you any pa n, darling *”
“ .No, manini.,” murmured the child, hold
ing up her thin hands, caress ugly, while a
fain’, sweet smile fiiited a moment over her
infant face. Her eyes closed as a slight
convulsion parsed over her features. “Jul a,
conic and look at her,” uttered Mrs. Cushing,
in a trembling tone, turning to her cousin
quickly, and grasping her hand with a wring
ing pressure that seemed as it it would crush
ihe very bones. Mrs. Benton leaned over
the bed, with ulute lips. “Ella, darling !”
Tlve child opened Iter eyes a moment, and
gazed vacantly into her lumber's face.
” Sue doesn't know me,” said the mother,
chokingly; she stooped and kissed her dy
ing child ; a fluttering breath, and tiie spirit
(fed. “(hli, God f hep rfrelo say thy will be
done I” were the low, hall-bfea:!Vcd wo/ds
ihat came from the moilier’s heart, and broke
die stillness. Though her fair treasure was
taken Iron, her, for a time, Mrs. Cushing did
not sit down in idle grief. No duties were
neglected ; others were not forgotten in her
seirish, absorbing sorrow Still her kind
heart went forth in its sympathy and sweet
charities. Her puie iiifiuonee was fell by
Mis. Benton, who by degrees became pos
sessed of her calm res'ignai on under trial,
and her ever active, useful spirit.
From the New Month!’)- MAgariine.
VOICES FROM TIIE DEEP —A YARN-
We were somewhere off Cape d’Agulhas,
on our homeward voyage from the Maritus,
lighting hard against a head wind, which,
though not quite a gale, was sufficiently
provoking. There was a nasty short sea
too, and not the rn le-long rolling swell you
u.-ually meet with in that quarter of the
world, for the wind had suddenly changed.
Il was b tterly colei, and there was no Tack’
of fain, nor of sleei either; and as you walk
ed the deik you Would occasionally, among
the soft, cold, squashd slipperhess, Cedi’ a’
big hail stone crunch under your shoe by
way ol, variety. Now as L was never vory
partial to the above sort of c rcumstances,
l was making myself as comfortable as j
could below, with a glass ol Cold groh; and
some old sheets us the Bell's Life in Lon
don comicalities, when one of the boys
scrambled down the ladder, shoved operi
the slitl-drngdoot of the cabin, thereby ad
miltlug a gust of cold air that made me
shiver.
“If you please, sir, the captain’s compli
ments, would you conic upon deck—there’s
a fuhonymbn.”
“Oh, is iliore?—the Flying Du’chman. I
should’i wonder—we are just about his
cruising ground now;” and hastily pulling
on someby’s pea jacket, aiu! someby vise’s
litvrd-a weather nal, I clambered on deck
and looked around me. Everything was
dark and cold, though it had ceased to rain
and the quarter deck and gangways had
been swept* The sky seemed ono mass ot
sooty black clouds, and you could not tfell,
[VOL. V.—NO 7.
| from anv indications of your eyes, whether
i it was vaulted, or flat as the ceiling of your
’ room—ail was blackness, shapelessness,
■ and obscurity.
i Tne sea bad a sort of dull, gravisii ap
j pcararice, from the mixture ovei its surface
: of wli! e foam and pi cby water; tin to was
I nothing bright or phosphorescent abo il ii;
: it was cold, dreary, and dispiriting, and the
| heavily laden litii; hr g plunged, and seem
'ed to shake her shoulder*, and plunge a
gain, as if she had uo particular relish fori
| it herself; while at every shrug a shower of;
i spray was thrown alt, falling in big splashy
I drops upon the deck. As I was thus ap-!
j predating life fuH conildrtiessness of the
scene, the same boy addressed me, telling |
I me the c iptrin was forward on the wea-I
| ther side of the forecastle. I immediately!
| began to clapper claw iriv way forward,
lurid ng on now try hue thing; now by an- ‘
I other, for she pitched so vio cully, that lj
j was momentarily expec ing io he clutched!
| dean over’ board. At length I brought up!
alongside the .-kipper, who, standing on a!
j hencoop, and holding on bv the Weather j
! shrouds, was peering anxiously out to wind- !
1 ward.
I “Bo yon hear that—did you hear any-!
j thing? ’ sai l he suddenly turning to me
I “Nothing,” said I, “hut ihe moaning ol
the w.ml ii the rigging, and tne pile driv
ing thumps ol liei bows.”
- “Ah! hush not a word ‘is'.en—there
| it is again.*i
| ”Vy here?” said T.
1 “Ri.ht out in the Jirectio ts of my ban! j
j —don’t you hear tliai 1 ”
i “Bv heaven, 1 hear a voice I there a-’
j gain!”
Here tin re was lull, am! we distinctly
lie-ml il. Ii was a long, mournful cry, and
: had in iis st..und something inexpressibly |
harrowing. It seemed the voice ol a strong
| man. exhausted i.i mind arid body; wea It
’ eued lo a womanish state of feeling by hun
ger, exposure, misery and despair; calling
for help without a hope lo find it. It was
actually musical, and bad in its prolonged
melancholy cadence something so acutely
touching, as to make me exper ence a feel
ing precisely to that I used to have in my
childhood, just wlieu at the point of falling
away into a fit of crying. We all stood en
tranced and motionless, listening to iis dy
ing fall was lost in the rush of the w iud and ]
dash of the wave.
“The Lord look to that poor soul, any
how !” said a hoarse voice behind me, but
in a tone of much feeling. 1 turned; and
saw it ivas one of the crew, who wete clus
tered, some forward al the heel of the bow
sprit, and the others farther aft round the
head of the long b ,ot; every body was on
deck, and all heard the cry. and Were mak
ing whispering remarks, which, being lo
Hie windward, I could not distinctly hear.
Again the wud lulled, and again ilie long
mournful! “liillo
upon our ears.
“It is broad abeam tis now sir,” said the
“Yes,” said the master, “it must be drift- ‘
ing down with ’lie current. Can any ol you
see any thing?” Dut no one answered. —
‘ Here, you Tom Bradley, jump aft in the
gangway, and answer their hail, wliuevet
they are.”
The young man, who had remarkably
loud ami clear voice, went aft; ino.inted in
the weather-mam ringing, and immediately
a trumpet Ike “hiilo-lioy” rang over the wa
ter. A minute, and it was answered by
ihe same rnourrifoll ca.l; but this time I
could swear it was articulate—-there were
distinct words, though 1 could not make
them out —tnorever, the voice seemed more
distant, and was well upon ihe quarter. —
The master and mate were ot the same o
pinion.
“Come cm board, Bradley,” saiJ the for
mer. “Put her about Mr. ; (to the
mate,) we ate sure lo fetch the precise spot
next lack and immediately with the u
-ual noise and bustle, but wilii mote than
the us.ua’ smartness, round went the brig,
ami away upon the larboard lack.
“Put a look out at each ca head, a id one
at each gangway, Mr. A . ’
“Ay, ay, s:r.’’
For a few minu’es \vc went on in si !
lenco.
“I think wo should be near the spot now,
sir,” said the male. “Shall I hail them?”
“Yes,” said the master; and trie mate,
go : ug to leeward, hallowed at the top of Ins
voiee. There was no answef. By this
time the moon became apparent struggling
through the tteemess, between two of Hie
great masses. You could not see her ex
act, di-c, but the ririgliliiess between the
clouds and the light sued upon ihe surface
of the sea, little as ii was gave indication
of her intention shortly to unveil herself.
“Keep a bright look oat forward thefe,'”
sung out ihe masler.
“Ay, ay. sir,” answered the man, not irt
the usual drawling way, but qW'ickl'y and
sharply as if anXi iusly on the alert.
“Gangways!’’ Another similar reply.—
“Had again, Mr. A.”
The mate hallowed again. There was
no sound rn answer. At that moment the
moon shone out bright and clear. The
edges of the vast ro’ling douds became, as
it were silveriz- and, and a broad flow of light
fell upon Hie sea around us, rendering every
thing williin the eye’s range clbaf and'dis- 1 ’
ti net.’
“Da yuu see anything, men—any Boat oif
craft, or anything in the water? ’
Bpl the light was so bright ami sudden,
that it was nearly a mrnu'te, during which,
each man had searched with his eyes al!
the space with the horizon, before they an
sweied, in tone of disappointment and su
perstitious drea I, “Nothing, sir, nothing,
sir,” one after the other. _
“Dtesx my soul, isn’t that string:? Do’
you see any thing!” (lo me )
“Notriing,” said i.
“Here, Air. A , ganfoft into tli: ma n
top, and send two ur jfthree people a'ofl
al.-o tplook but. Fwly, Bradley, sing out,
will ye--hail again.”
Again tire seatnan hallowed—we waited,
but Hierd war no answering cry. The nista
rs r Was now much excited.
“Maintop ilieic.”
“Y'es, sir,”
“Do you sec anything?”
“Nothing, sir, but those two albatrosses
in our wake.”
“Forefop,” again cried he.
“Ay, ay, sir.”
“Can you make out any thing!”
“Nothing on liie water, si r , but there’s
something on our lee bow that looks very
like the laud.
“Come down. Mr. A , come down
out ot the tops, men, and stand by to put
to pul her about again.” Tlio master’s
voice trembled, as lie asked me, “Whan do
you think of that, Mr. D 1 Strange
things occur in those seas.”
“Why, 1’ am pur./tied enough,” said I,
I “the poor fellow woril-i seeru to have sunk
! just a ter Ihe last hail.”
i “No pi or 10-low in the case, I fear,” said
| ile, wiili a !o< k"! much iny-ler,-. “This is
I not lire first ortho sort of airy longues I’ve
j had lo do with. J is! let us get her well
■ round o:i the oilier Ini k, and I'll Colne belbT/
I and give you the yarn.”
I This wassa diisl was about to descend
I the companion, for tile aspect of the even
ing was not such as io keep a man on deck
who had no business there; but ere 1 had
got down two steps of the ladder all was
dark again; tne bright moon had withdrawn
herself behind a dark cloud.
Shortly niter, trie master, alone with the
mate, Mr. A , (for it was the second
r j mate's wall h,) came into the cabin, and
’ - hel| ii g them-eives to a glass of grog and a
, piece, (for as there were no lady passen
■gt rs, and none if us Objected to the order,
trie master did not about smoking below.)
’ | s it down with faces of much seriousness.
i “As 1 was telling you, Mr. L) ,” con
; tinued the master, “ihisis not rriy first ex
perience of these sort of rioises. I femem
j her many years ago, when 1 was a boy on
| board of the frigate ’Athalie, in the liver
j P ale, we had a quarter master on board; of
: the name of O Haulari, an Irishman*
! “He was a very good man so lurig as lie
1 sober, only lather apt when he had Lis beef
j to become obstreperous, in-isling that by
’ right ofbirth lie was legitimate king of
| Galway or some other district :n Ireland.
He was an odd s rt of a fi ll uv, you ttiav
! believe, and used in these fits to ask us it)
kiss his hand—a request to which you nltf?
I guess our rep y and swear that his firmly
had been primes ages before the Saxon and
• Normin barbarians overrun his country;
and stuck upon the surface of the soil the
j roots ol llieif mushrooiii nobility; moreover;
, that a spirit attended his family, a malig-
I mint ban-li re, that rejoiced in ihe occtfr
ence to them of any calamity. But when
sober lie was a first-rate sailor, and the ofli
cers knew it, and rather looked over his
foibles. Well, there we were, w.tlf a lurid
wind one night, groping our way tiff Fbfe
riiighlv river, I lie leads being kept going
regularly in the chins, and lookouts upon
ilie bowsprit and at the loreyard arms. It
I was a beautiful evening, Hie water quite
smooth, and the m on shining without a
; flood as bright.y as she did for those two
I or three niiutiies a little go:
“Well, tliis Irish quarter-maste? was offa
;of then in Hie clnins and just ass lie was
swinging the lead forward, the lashing round
his waist gave way, and ‘overboard he went,
with Hie foid-line in Ins hand; with a dead
plunge, not unlike Hiat of trie lead itself, ami
without a cry or any other indication of the
accident. Dot the master, who with ids foot
on a gun-carriage, had been looking over at
him; saw him disappears, and rushing fran
tically all, cried to the captain and first lieu
tenant, ‘A man overboard —O'Harili n’s over
board.’
“ ‘Let (n the life buoy!’ cried tire captain;
in as irrih-li excitement, and the Sentry forth
with pulling the trigg r, it plunged into (lid
water and fell away astern; with its red'ish
hlue light tin kering and flaring upon tlfo
sniocHi surface of trie water. ‘Heave fori
immediately,’ lie added atfdre-s ng the frrol
l.euienanl ‘and lower the boa Is.’
“But O'Hanlon was never more Seen fry
us; afier the first plgn'ge lie never rose to’
the surface, and though every eve that cotrhi
was scaimy the glassy water, still ntf on*
saw the least dark object to break the uiii
lorrn bright level. The cutter and jolly boat
wefe low ered and manned/ but where to bid
them pull was a question. Just at that mo
ment we beard a loud cry, similar in evfory
respect to that we heard to-iriglit/ away on
our lee quarter. . jte
“■There is his voice,’ cried tiie captain,
flight on the lee-quarter—right in the moon’s
w ake; that’s why you can’t see him—give
way men, for God’s sake; s retch your limbs j
’iis for lileand away shot Jioth boats, each
with die officer s.andmg up in the bows look
ing anxiously out. Dut when they bad puff
ed about a hundred yards from the ship with
out seeing any object, the mniirntul cry ca.ire
again upon our ears, but .from the weather
quar'er. “, •
“ ‘Gracious fleaVefl; Mr Grey,’ sn'd llid
captain,‘have wo been mistaken, and sent
the boats in t’ o'iVtong direction !”
“‘No sir,’said the fir-t Lieutenant,’ *tli
sound most assuredly er me from the lee-cfuar
ter—l heard it moit distinctly,’ and turning
lo the surgeon and master, who wefe liaid
hy, they britli Corroborated his assertion
from the most decided evidence of tlfo.r
senses:
“ ’Dut fur all that,’ said the captain, fit
would appear there has been'a mistake.’ Ke
en 11 ihc boats.’
“Here again (lie wild wa ling cry crime
ffntn the same direction as it had dune flfo
second time, and though When the first lietv
tenant hailed the tops and 1 asked it they cou'hf
sec any tiling, ilfey answered they could not;
yet the boils were recalled, and as they pas's-’
under the stern, were sent m the other i iret
t ion. , .
“ ‘Did you see anything of him!’ asked
Mr. Grey. Both the midshipmen In the boats
replied tn'ev had not.
“Dot w hen they had gone about as far to
windward as they had previously done to leO
w'a'rd,’ the cry bfoke upon our ears once more
but taint and frir away astern while Hid life
buoy itself lin'd hardly had file to drift iiirire
than a hundred yards from Hie ‘hip.
“The Captain appeared tttflfch’ struck:. Isa
looked at the other officers, then williom a
w*ord. went, and walked by himself, while iho
others, with faces paler than they vVurild’ l.lte
tn her irrfi Say,‘galtiered in whimpering group.
“Slioffly the boats re: tuned. They i ad pull
ed a hunt for some time, but could firid'nc thing.
The j"lly-boat was sent to pickup life-buoy.
All this while every sou! oi the menhad odbu
j as sdent as a mouse, and jou heaid Hie flap
| of the sails, the cheeping oi the tiller ropes
land the ripple of the current agaimt the
ship's bow-8, unnaturally loud and dist net.
“As soon as the life buoy and’ boa’s weft
i ecured, “Fill and stand on, Mr Grey,” did
Hie ciptain, and,Without another word, he
moved towards the companion 1 6 no down to
Ids cabin, dust, however, as lie was about
to descend, his eyes wfas attracted to a bright
pale fhino that kept fluttering and flicJtenhS 1
abiutthc weather fotetopmast studding sad
boom end, and gradually withdrawing but
seeming to hold cm by tli'o spar by a long,-
slender, bright limb, as if loath, to leave tiki
skiff, finally let go, rose into the air, and was
losi, ttashiug and u’averiug liigh’ up iff die
heavens. VYlieu it disappeared lie turned
round to look ut the officers, who weld all
w ith pallid faces and sdent lifffl gazing atoit
into the sky. Then, without addressing any
of the n, ha hade the messenger hoy call his
steward Iruin the dec S’ and went into ihe cab
in. i /I
“In a'minute all was bustle again as- tfie
ship was brought to herCoitr-e. Now what
do you think of that Mr. D -rVZT
I Taxi’s’em AS They come.—A eantah,
one day observing a ragamuffin looking boy
scratching I is head at Hie door of one of Hie
city lathers, where lie was begging, and think
ing to pass a joke upon him, said :
“So, Jack, you are picking them out, art
you!”
“No, sir, ” retorted the urchin, “I la'kee
’em as they come , c .
That's a Fact—A Wes ern editor tmp>:
--‘■The person who can write editorials,
ii!- s'liif-rino with the tool.hvh**, coll! I
kick o.i his 10-els over Hit- gravet Hope and
snip his defying fingers in the
i and fiol low*” jjgr