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Wfi its state of utter dilapidation, affording shelter only to a few laborers, who'contrivc to make ita questionable accommodation subservient to their own penury, and who prefer the sheltered nooks afforded by the angles of its substantial stone-work to the less secure huts of mud or timber which would be their alternate. Even in-this state of decay, however, the castle of Lockenhaus is well worthyof a vis it, for its extraordinary vaults cannot fail to arrest the attention of the traveler. One of these, which war formerly the sepulchre of the Nadasdy family, is built of ponderous square stones.rand vaulted in round arches boldly proportioned, which rest on columns of prodigious girth. It is of considerable length, being, in fact, a subterranean gallery, lighted only by one circular aperture, which was closed by a stone, after the manner of the tombs of the patriarchs as described in .holy writ. A second, situated under the uite of rooms once appropriated to the lord Os the castle, and dug deep into the solid (octe. is divided into two distinct compart ments, by a long line of stunted pillars, up. on‘*hich the rounded arches descend low and heavily j and the whole subterranean baa been elaboiately ornamented with stat ues carved in wood, of which some frag ments still remain. This singulat vault is gained through* vast hall, lighted very im perfectly by two narrow arched windows, having in the right hand-corner a well, dug fifty fathoms deep into the rock,.and ur-‘ rounded by a blood-ied stain in a broad and ghastly circle, whence this dreary subterran ean is called the Hall of Blnodt Fitly was it named ; for pure, and noble, and innocent bloou was indeed poured forth like water where that ettju exists—shed at like one beyond fear of king or kaiser,-wi n owned no allegiance save to the bead of his own order; bis ample robes fallingfhbout i I him in large folds ; his bald head glistening | like marble in the light which fell firm the j ; hit'll mullioned window at his hack, and his long snowy heard descending to his gir dle. His sword lay on a cushion by his side, together with his spurs, and an illumi nated missal, in that age beyond all price ; and as the herald approached, he rose, and made courteous dbe.sience, after which iie resumed his seat, and -assumed an attitude and expression of quiet attention. Far dif ferent, however, were the look and hearing of many of those about him. Upon the brow of some, might be read a *,ern and proud defiance, while the features of others bore an expression of anxiety which they sought in vain to disguise under a semblance of impatient haughtiness The herald, however, wasted no time in commenting either upon the dignity of the chief, or the passionate demonstrations (ts the assembled Templars; but ntonce open ed his mission by exclaiming in a tone of rude defiance, “Ye well know, knights and nobles, wherefore I am here ; for ye have not now to learn the of the Council of ViAjba, by which your order has been abolished ; neither need I dilate upon the crimes which j have been expatiated brseveral of hour i brethren by a d|*tb|sf first Ye areallWke , guilty ; and yetilest it should be that Bfne one among you may be able to cxciwate himself the heavy charges wlicjjwth ye all slapd charged, tjje King your lord and mine, unwilling nocent should court of justice, befurAvhioh yeßpjpi||: to offer such defence as yc can against your guilt—and 1 m~- ” ajp©ir s 3E)®v@to<M to P®M4fi®s, H®ws, Mtoff&tar®, Agira®Tßlli<bßiir®# M©@lhanri© Airts® <&®.” MADISON, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA, SATURDAYpI ORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1846. with the royul mandate, to summon you to the trial.” A deep and indignant v silence succeeded to tins address ; and every gaze was tipnn the venerable chief who occupied the chair of Mate; hut for a moment he did,not answer the appeal. Suddenly, however, a light burned in his eye which had been for years extinguished; and he rose slowly aril proudly, with ail tire firm grace and self possession of unbowed manhood : and waving hftr srrrj .ftnughtily in the direction of the herald, he replied in a voice as firm, as sonorous, and fearless as his own. “ You scy well. Sir Herald ; we arc in deed acquainted with the edict of extermi nation which hath been fulminated asainst ns. We are not ignorant of the martyrdom of some of our best and bravest—of the saint ed.deatli of our holy and pious knight-com manded, the head and bulwatk of our order. We need no teaching to comprehend of what ctime both they and we are held to he guilty ; nor do we, in the consciousness of our innocence, fear to .submit our lives or onr actions to the cognizance of justice.— We cannot, however, forget that our breth ren now in Heaven were illegally murdered: ami the remembrance does not tend to in duce us willingly to plpce ourselves in the same ruthless hands, with a full assurance that, until ourguiit.be proved, we shall not be condemned to die the death of the felon and the traitor. We therefore demand that the royal word he pledged for our safety, until wo be pronounced death-worthy by the laws of our country ; without this surety, not one of these brave knights, my followers and my children, will set foot be yond the ramparts. To prove to you thn. I speak not without assurance of this fact, I cull upon each Templar who is mimteil to submit to this my authority, and to redeem -.my word, to lay hand upon his sivord.” In an instant the gauufletled palm of ev ery knight there pn?*er**Tj-gs struck henvi •lly tttx . f u.ui'll.^ clash arid clangor of thn smitten niet.ii awoke the greedy echoes of the hall so start lingly, that the herald involuntarily stepped back a pace, and half drew his own sword, ere he remembered that the character in which he came was sacred, and that his emotion was an insult to those about him, and a deep shame to his own chivalry. The hot blood mounted to his brow, and lie with drew his fingers hurriedly from their cla.-p, as he exclaimed.: “ Your treason he on your own heads, knights and warriors : 1 will do your bid ding to the King, though little do 1 deem that it will avail you in this strait and as lie ceased speaking he turned to leave the | hall. 11 Bear him company to the gates, mv I brothers,” said the chief; 11 and show him ‘ all courtesy ; nor suffer your vow of hospi tality to the stranger and the wayfarer to fail you in this case, even although his er rand may have proved vain as well as of fensive.” He was obeyed : the herald strode forth after a slight arid abrupt salutation, and was followed by all present save the chief him self. Beside his stirrup stood an attendant with a rich goblet of wine, which he tender ed in silence to the departing guest, who put it aside carelessly with his hand, and then walking toward a fountain in the court* yaul, filled his palm with water and swnl- Juweti it hurriedly ; after which he emptied a second handful upon the pavement, as if to intimate that lie hud accepted only that which was valueless from the brotherhood ; and the next instant he was in the saddle, and galloping under the gateway, followed by his two armed'attendants. A few days only had elapsed, when the same messenger re-uppeuld before the for. tress of Lockerdiaus but on this occasion he did not seek fur entrance. The blast of his bugle summoned the whole body of the Templars to the ramparts, whence they heard themselves proclaimed os traitors ami outlaws, who had by opposition to the royul ! will, and a refusal to submit to the authority j of the liibunul convened to pass judgement I upon them, tacitly confessed their guilt; and thus they found themselves suddenly and utterly dependent upon their own cxeitions ’ and resources. These were not long suffered to remain •wriml, for ere a week passed by, the Bill r tie Wat beleaguered on all sides by the I kh Uoops, who commenced their pptjpitions certain of success ; but the and equally well-prepared (HI * I (lition of the gm'iisnu, rendered the capture | of the fortress a measure alike of difficulty l mid danger; for the Templars were at once experienced and desperate. It was, Jas they knew, the Just hazard of. the j die ; and they met the danger like men who j felt tlfat there was no alternative savo a death of honor in-thut unequal resistance, or a life of ignominy in the event of failure.— So biav elv did.lhoy - 1 oar themselves in the epwgpncy ilouht of u 1. ; success 1.-egan to prevadethe helesg f uerinfj soldiery ; and the royalist general j abated somewhat, of the boastful. insolence with which he had on his arrival affected to I look upon the vermin who had been hur.ted .’ i j to their holes, only to he driven thence, and 1 run to death by his own troops ; and to i cnrtlprcheud, however slowly and reluctant ly, that even caged astlidy were within tour walls, and cut of!'from all hope of external whom he came there to no contemptible andcraven foes! threats, or subdued by the \ frown, tin ned on them in his own ambition, and own demerits. riicumstnnreil uteri one vile by the fear of u'limate i , was hound by a solemn vow, dor cnv^^^HTdaikncss, and sped to the camp of lie was welcomed with&e falseßul hallow welcome of the retuJlPe : and. like Judas, he sold his soul, I not indeed for thirty pieces of silver, but fbr j a yet meaner prieß—the safety of his own i worthless life. He remained an hour in the je, of the general, where ho was fed with pi -es and piomises, anil encouraged by pledges ton magnificent even to be rc i deemed : arid then, intoxicated with wine i and hope, he crawled hack through the si i lent midnight, like some base reptile jiollut | ina the beautiful and tranquil bosom of na- P- it--, !> watch upon the wall. j All had been carefully arranged between j I the traitor and his new ally : the position of the secret door through which the royal troops were to gain access to the inlet ior of the fortress, had been ascertained ; the hour ’ j of the attempt fixed fbr the following mid- . 1 night ; and the certainty of a speedy and I complete triumph gave new energy to the ; j feasting in the tents of the heseigers, while j i it induced them throughout the day to relax j ! in their operations against the fortress, like I i men who began to weary of an apparently j j hopeless hostility. j Prudent ns they were, the comparative j j supineness of the enemies infused fresh j i hope throughout the gallant little garrison ; j I and when the night-watch had been set. the j ; w hole body of the Templars collected in the subterranean hall to discuss their future | measures, for of their present security they entertained no doubt ; strong in the con sciousness of their courage, and amply sup- I plied with provisions, water, and fuel, they < were well aware that the fortress was in- j i vulnerable save by treacheiy, and who could i I he a traitor beneath the banner of the red ; cross ! Tims, tl, n, it was with high hearts and hopeful brows that they followed their venerated chief to the hall of council, where j the moonlight which streamed‘through the! narrow windows lay clear and cold iipon j the lesselaled pavement ; and the effigies i of their huiseemed to mingle ! in tluir deliberations. Without the hull j tlie gallant Servient held his watch, and as he paced to and fro, blotted out at intervals j the narrow stream of light \vhicl)-contrnsted its silvery beauty with the ruddy glare of the torches which burnt in iron sockots along the walls, Suddenly a deep groan, a heavy fall, and the tramp of armed men broke upon the j ears of the assembled knights, and in an in ! slant every hand grasped a weapon, and a ! simultaneous tush was mode toward the entrance of the hall. Acios9 the threshold lay the body of Servient with a dagger in his heart, hut they had no time to raise it from tiie earth, for as the door fell back the enemy were already upon them. Fearful was tlie carnage that ensued. The Tem plars fought with all the maddened energy of desperation ; and each, as he struck at his J foe, sought knighte fell thick and fast before weapons of theirstd! increasing enemies,until, at length the gray haired chief stood alone amid a host of foes. For an instant there was a pause ; it might he that belief in the superior value of a liviwt* pris oner of a dead foe ; crossed the minds of Vhe loyalist soldiery; i it nyght even ffi-lhat the venerable aspect of I the aged TepAbir touched the henils of n fieiv -T^>>iW'j)<iTi4tr.; .buJsbe lb® impulse.wt*t i it might, the.efect endured not long; for, iri the next nmfbcnt, an herculean arm was raised in the air, and, as it descended, the hoary head of the veteran knight was cleft in twain, and he fell heavily upon a heap of dead. Five centuries have elapsed since the perpetration of that fearful tragedy, and still the gory belt surrounds die well beside which the Templars were massacred. Tra dition tells that numerous efforts have been made without effect to .wash a way the ghast ly stain ; and the more credulous of the peasantr y talk of sheeted spectres haunting at midnight the unholy spot, and renewing the vestiges which the hand of man iias re moved during the day from the Hall of Blood. F® U 0M 0 L© K I INI a The Blind Girl.— Let me give you a short account nf a little Blind girl. Her name was Julia. She hud never in her life seen anything. When site became old enough, and strong enough to walk, sire was led round by her brother Chatles who was two years older than Julia. Charles used tir tulte notice of almost every thing that could he seen, and try to tkll his little blind sister about it. One pleasant summer day he took her by the hand, am} thew wandered down in tlio smooth pleasant!fields together. He talked to her as the/Went along about the green leaves, and the soft green moss” and the Beautiful flowgrs.t and the bright sub shine, and Avery thingihe could think qCI) make tsr/nappy. T!yJlrf ffy site 1 rvijHß ry—! * hard to waHj w!reniynuH(B* sye—mid they sat. down i nder a largSduioV lice to test awhile. For i few minutes tlufv sit quite still, and lister'd to the song of a j little bird Julia spoke irst, ‘ Charles,’ said she, ‘ nv long a time mat i sweet hint sings. He Hist be full of joy. j Can you see him, and i he as beautiful as his song is sweet V ‘Yes, dear Julia, he i a very pretty bird, and looks very happy a in* swings about in the air on the very endjif that long limb.’ 1 ho little girl sighel, and a large tear rolled down lior eheukfcs she said, ‘‘Charley, 1 wish lira I could see. You tell me about the fiowas of nil colors, the green leaves, the little liuls, the blue sky, and so many beautiful ilings, that I long to see. I know, as you anldear mother often tell mo, that I cun hear Imi feel, and enjoy a great many things, biitjnli! it must he de light fill to sec. But l shill ahvavs be blind, shall l not?’ •She wept then, and I irowing her arms about his neck, whisperc , ‘ Charley, if I could on y look upon your ‘ loving face ami our dear mother’s. I should not so much mind beings mt up in darkness to every thing else.’ Charles computed her ti well as he could; hut when he looked upon tier pale face, he felt very sail, and loved lie ■ more and more. Not long after this, lilt e Julia became very sick, and her mot ier and brother watched over her, and prated earnestly for her ; hut her heavenly Fattier was about to take her to a better home! on high. The day before she died, she Jay for a short lime in her mother’s lap. Her brother Cloitles stood by and held her hand it: his, anil looked sm rowfully upon her sweet face. She was Very weak, hut talked some in a low voice. But her gentle spirit rejoiced in the prospect of seeing bet friends in heaven. The Tire IJuuses. —l onco knew n rich man who determined to have a very large and beautiful house built for himself. Idol bought a fol of ground in a beautiful patt nil the city, and took great pains to have the! house built in the best manner. Tncie wera many spacious rooms and wide calls, ul was planned so as to be warm in winter, and! cool in soininer. No expense was spareifl to have it as comfortable arid complete al dwelling as could he made. No doubt hJ looked forward to many years of etijoymeij| ill his new and elegant house. At the same lime that this large house’ was preparing for himself and liis family, he had another built for them. And theie was a great difference between tlie two. For the second house had hut one small room for the whole family, and that room was mostly under ground. It had, indeed, strong walls and was built us marble, hut it hat! no windows, and hut one small door, and that was made of iron. What o con trast there was between the wide arid lolly mansion, so bright and handsome, and the low building under the willow tree, which one would scarcely notice I Yet these two houses were built for the same people. The sy .< ■ —“—t - A J PAYABLE 1 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE- VOLUME IV.--NUMBEB 42. I “75 ■ f oftevyosfoi the/iVmgfamily; theother for the i j dead. For the low house under the tiee it i i the vault info’ which tbeir bodies ye to be Jtapli-i'd, I**ollo after another shall be called j awayfiVu ,fe. \ ’ Tin vault as soon .finished, audit was ’ j ready, long before • ifie large house. And i iutQ-vjbico them do you think the rich j _ nwirttr, hisriself went’filet’ to lake up his L| sbode,?—Strange as it may Seem; he nis j ready for tlie van ’ ,-fore the fine 3wetttli£ 1 1 lv ” s tfrfejfcjfof. hit. ami many moMbs be* , j-iiWdiiMHyicioud ‘>f~tlm’jiiSp)us* ; were fit to be inhabited, iia buildet iC laid in thenatrnw, daik, ami cold J which lie. wilt not leave until the earth shill ! give up its dead at the last day. This is a fact which ought to fix the st i tentinn of tlie young. To you every thing in life seems bright and happy ond promis ing great enjoyment, ami you forget its end, , .or imagine it is too far off to be thought of. T hr. house of the living is so large anil beau tiful. tlmt it hides fiom our sight the howt of the dead. But remember that like the man I have been telling yon of, you may i have to lie down in the silent grave before i you have entered upon the pleasuiesof life | which you are expecting. If you will be j wise, you will live and act in such 3 manner j as to he prepared both for life and death; i to enjoy the one and not to fear theother. j Ihe .Saviour has declared : “ Whosoever j liveth and believeth in me shall never die.” ; I his is true in the most important sense i possible. The true believer, whose sins are | pardoned, and who is accepted in Chiist, ; has the promise of n house which is not made with hands, but is eternal: not in thie perishing world, hut it: the heavens. And the passage from this life to that, i9 not to dir as the world speaks of deotli: it is to fall asleep on earth, and awake with find. Youth’s friend. ~ IMI 0 © © E IL ft, A M Y . ‘ DKFIMTrONS OF TEIJ.MS LSF.D IN AGRICULTUM. Amble Husbandry —vvheie (he raising of grain is the main object of the cullivato^. Arboreuilure —cultivation of useful ti'eet and shrubs ; rural embellishment. Assimilation- —inanimal and Vegeta bio | economy, lie. hidden process by whichte i matteAMTwliicli have an affinity, into- and nature. A’HI fonts —such as flower and sere the sJ®*l year, and then die; aslhecab* ! bag* carrot, onion. ‘t j Ctikcireous soils— such as will effervesce I with acids ; show! g the presence of lime. Cereal grains— those raised fur bread corn ; as wheat, &c. ; Core —in Europe, the genertfh termi for all grain convertible into bread ; in the Uni. ted States, the term is-particularly applied to maize. Cotyledons —seed lobes, or the two halve* which separates in the act of sprouting. Culinary vegetables —sucli as are raised . for tlie table. Ferruginous soils— those which abound in iron. Herbage plants —clover and other plants cultivated chiefly for the hero, to be used either green or made into hay. Inorganic matter —devoid of organs; pure eat ills. Insoluble matter —not dissolvable by tho waters of the soil- Latler-mnth, after-math , orrouen —term* applied to tlie second crop of grass. Lay, Icy,lea —terms applied to a meadow, pasture, 01 sward. Leguminous crops —peas, henns and th likc; having a seed-vessel with two valves, in w hich the seeds are fixed to one side only. Mould— organic matter in a finely divided anil decomposed state, with a little admix* ture of earth, as leaf mould, peat mould, &c. Organic matters —animal or vegetable matters in a greater or less stale of decay. Perrennial plants —those that do not gen* ermilly flower the first year, but die dowry to the giounil, anil grow up sgaia the m'st’ spring, and .so on for n number of mk; as rhubarb, horse-radish. &e. V -yi Primitire soils —such x, exist ftMgrly formation I, f tlie globe, aildHMfl|Bfor* ■ 1 m : .” ‘ ’-7'7.-J•-\;vV- • Wkai, Another }—flbndnn Post of the Bth ulr. says ‘Ww. havcgreat satisfaction in being er.afiled Tft announce that an event calculated to strengthen the affectionate at tachmeut of the pAple to the throne, and at the same time increase the happiness other Majesty’s domestic circle, m*v be expected to lake place early in April ntxt. Benefit of Joining the Church. — William - Bloomfield, an old bachelor, got manicid ioi lowa, to a pretty young girl named Eliza. Church. Sinde his mariage he bus known more happinesa, be aays, than he cw df* before—U ojghicfc be attributes to.ba.4ngi joinedthe CNhh. — Fbila. Ledger.