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A Ionic tho wayside ami up the hills Tho golden rod flames In ti.o sun ; Tho hluo-ovod gentian nods good-by Summor’s dono! In yellowing woods tho choatnut drops Tho aoulrrol gets fcalore, Though i.rlghl-ovo l lads'aiul littlo n Uol> him of half his store; And so Summer’s o'er, eald I, Summer's o’or I Tho maple In tho ewainp begins To Haunt In gold and rod, And 1:> tho elm ib liro-hlrd’s nest Swings empty overhoad ; And ho Summer’s (load, said 1, Summer’s dead 1 1 ho bnrborry hnngs hor jowols out, And iru •rtfs thorn with a thorn ; Tho merry farmer Imys cut down Tho poor old drlod up corn ; And Summer's g< no, eahl I, Summor’s guue! Tho swallows and tho bobolinks Aro guuo this many a day, Hut In the mornings still you hear Tho scolding, swaggering lay ! Anti so Summer's away, said 1, Summer’s w ay l A wonderful glory tills tho air. And big anti bright Is tho sun A loving hand for tho whole bro A garment of l.oauty h earth i, sahl l. • A BASK NIGHT'S WOBK. 31159. SASKUih. Arranged from (he UnelUh. f OOKTIHUBD. ] CHAPTER XIV. Ho March came round; Lout was late that year. Tho yreut nosegay* of violets and caniolias wore for uni© at tho corner of tho Ooudotti, ami tho rovoleis lia>l no diffleulty in procuring much rare flowers for thu holla of tho Cornu. Tho embas sies had their balconies; the attaches of tu« ituHH'iau embassy threw their light and lovely presents at every pretty gul, or suspicion of a pretty girl, who passod slowly m hor carriage, covered over with her white domino, and holding her wire ipfk aa a protection to her face from the ahfewer* of lime cumfotti, which other- WtM would have been onough to blind her! Mrs. Forba had her own hired bal cony, aa baouuie a wealthy and respecta ble Englmli vromau. Tho girls h.ul a gust basketful of honqnots with which lo P» their friends in tho crowd below ; a Store of moocolotti lay piled on the ta ble behind, for it wan the Inst day of Car- ■IMI, Midas floon as dusk eamo oil tho ta- were to be lighted, lo bo ns quickly •xiingdi abed by every moans in every one's powar. The crowd below wad at its wildcat pilch ; the rowa of stately con- tsdine alone sitting immovable a* thei;• possible ancestor/*, tho senators w ho ro- oeived Breumis and his Gaul*. Masks SOd while dominos foreign gontlornon, SOd the riff ruff of the city, slow-driving SOrr^Sgcs showers of flowers, most of thsai faded by inis time, every ouc fthout- iog end struggling at that wild pilch of •SS^kiUiont which may so soon turn into the Forba girls had given piaco a*. tbS ( wiudo7/ to tiioir mothor and Kllinor, WMWero gazing half-amused, half-tern fled •tills uiad parti-colored uiovcmont below; tMO n familiar face looked up, smiling a VSbognition, and “how shall I get to •M r' wum naked in English by tho voll- MSfrrn voice of Canon ijiviugstono. They SSW bim disappear under tho balcony on which they wore stunding, but it wan sometime before he made his appearance io tbsir room. And whon ho did ho was slmont overpowered with grcoiings, so c. wore they to Bee an East Chester “When did you come? Whore are you? Whut a pity you did not conie sooner ? It is bo long since wo have hoard Anything; do tell us everything? It is three weeks siuce we have had any letteia; tho ho tiresome bourn have born so irrogu- l«r because of tho woather? How* whh ebery body—Miss ilouro iu particular, Blinor says ?” ^ He, quietly smiling, replied to their -emostiona by slow degreoj. lie had only ^Strived tho night before, and had been bunting for them all day; but no one donut give him distinct intelligence as to their whereabout Bin ull the noise and ton - fusion of tho plate, especially as they had tbsir own English servant with thorn, ■fkd tho canon was not strong in his Ital- Iso. Ho was not sorry ho had imised all but this last day of Carnival, for ho was half blinded, and wholly deafened as it das. Ho was at the “Augletroo ho hud Wft East Chostor about a week ago ; ho plotters for all of thorn, but had not dared to bring them through tho crowd for fear of having his pocket picked. Misa Monro wus very well, but very un easy at not hav.ng hoard from Elliuor for go long; tho irregularity of tho boats must be telling beta wuyH, for thoir En- g lish friend i wero full of wonder at nut, earing from Homo. And tlieu followed acme well-deserved abuse of tho lloman poet, aud some suspicion of the oaroful- n«ui with which Italian servants posted English tattlers. All those answors were satisfactory enough, yet Mrs. Forbes thought she saw a latent uneasiness iu Oanoa Liviugstoue’s manner, and fau- oied once or twice that he hositatod iu replying to Ellinor’s questions. But there whh no being quite suro in tho increasing darkness, which prevented countenances from being seen; nor in the constant interruptions and soroams whioh were goiug on iu tho small crowd ed room, as wafting handkerchiefs, puffs of wind, or veritable extinguishers, fast ened to long sticks, and coining from no body knew where, put out taper after ta per *» fwt os they wore lighted. “You will come homo with ill,” Raid lire. Forbes. “I can only offer you cold meat with tea ; our cook ih gone out, this being • universal festu ; but we can not perl with an old friend for any scruples os to the commissariat.” “Thank you, I should have iuviled my- •elf If you had not been good enough to n«i> me ?" When they had all arrived at their apartment in the lUl.uino (Canon Li via g- stbee bed gone round to fetch the let ters with which he was intrusted), Mrs. Forbes was ounllrmed in hor supposition tbit be bad .something particular and not ▼ery pleasant to siy to Eilinor, by the rather grave nud absent umuncr iu which be awaited her return from taking off hor cut-of-door things, lie broke off, indeed, in hie conversation with Mrs. Forboa to go end meet Eilinor, and to lead her into fimmoet distant window before he deliv ered her letters. “From what you said in the balcony I foar you have not received mo letters regularly?” >!" replied she, startled and tretn- •be hardly know why. xnoro has Miss Monro heaid from “Fear Miss Wilkins, I’m afraid it is painful enough, bnt yon aro fancying it worse than it is. All your friends are qnito well; bnt an old Hervant—” “Well!” Baid she, soeiug his hoiiiatiou, and loaning forward and griping at his arm. *T» taken upon a charge of maualangh- tor or murder.—Oh, Mrs. Furbes, come boro!” For Eilinor had fainted, fulling for ward on tho arm she had bold. When she oame round nIio was lying ha’.f-nu- drossed on her bed ; thoy were giving her tea iu spoonfuls. “1 limit gel op,” moauad aho. I muni go home.” “You must lie still,” said Mrs. Forbes., ilrtuly. “Vou don’t know. I must go home,” sho repeated; aud she tried to sit up, but foil back, helpioss. Then ahe did not spoak, but lay and thought. “Will yon bring mo some moat?’ she whimpered. “And Borno wine?” Thoy brought her meat and wino ; she ato though she was choking. “Now, please bring me my letters, and leave me alone; and after that I should like to spouk to Cauon Liv ingstone. Don’t let bim go, please. I won’t bo long—half an hour, I Jhink. Only let me be alone.” There was a hurried, feverish sharpness in her tone that made Mrs. Forbes very anxious, but she judged it bent to comply with hor request*. The luttcra wore brought, the lights ware arranged so that she conld read them lying on her bed, aud they left hor. Then sho got up and stood on her feat, dizzy onough, her arms clasped at tho ti.p of hor head, hor eyes dilated and atariog as if looking at somo great horror. But after a fow miuutea she sat down sudden ly aud began to read. Lottora were evi dently missing. Some had been sent by nu opportunity who had been dolaj'ed on ten journey, aud had not yot arrived iu Koine. Oihors had boon dispatched by the post, but tho aovero woather, the un usual hdow, had, in thoHO days, before the railway was mado between Lyons and Marseilles, put u stop to many a travel er s plans, and hud -fonderod tile trans mission of tho mail extremely uncertain ; bo much that intolligonco whioh Miss Monro had evidently considered as cer tain to bo kuown to Eilinor was entirely matter of conjecture, and could only fcu guessed nt from what was told iu these letters. Ouo was from Mr. Johnson, ono from Mr. iirowu, ono from Mias Momo; of course the last-mentioned was the first loud. tSho spoke of tho shock of of tho discovery of Mr. Dune tor’s body, cliscov ©red in the cutting of the now line of rail road from 11 a m ley to the uearest mil way station; tho body so hastily buried long ago in its clothoR, by which it was recog nized—a recognition confirmed by one or two more personal nml indestructible things, finch an his watch and seal with his initials; of tho ebook to every one, the Osbalointones in particular, on th« furl her discovery of a iloaui, or horso- taneet, having tho name of Abraham Dixon engraved on the handle ; how Dixon Imd gone on Mr. Osbahlostone's bnciuoRB to a horftQ-fnir in Ireland some weeks before tin*, nud had his log broken by n kick from an unruly mare, bo that he wa« bare ly able to move about whon tho officers of justice went to apprehend him in Tra lee. At this point Eilinor cried out lond and Khrill, “Oh Dixon, Dixon! nud I wan away enjoying tuyself ! M They heard hor ory, and came to tho door, but it wan bolted inaido. “Fleas© go away,” said she; “pleas© go. 1* will bo very quiet, only please g°-” She could not bear just then to read any more of Miss Monroo’a loiter. Sho tore upon Mr. Johnson s letter, tho date was a fortnight earlier than Miss Mon- roo’s; ho uIho expressed feis wonder at not hearing fr®iu hor in reply to hi* tatter of January ‘J ; bnt ho added that ho thought that hor trustees had judged rightly : the handsome sum tho railway company had offered for the land when their surveyor decided ua tho alteration of the line, Mr Osbuldistone, etc., etc.—sho could nol read any mot a -, it fat© pursuing her Then sho took tho letter up again nn< tnod to read; but all that reached her tin dorBtnuding was that Mr. Johnson had Hont his present lottor to Miss Monro, thinking that she might know of some privato opportunity safer than tho post. Mr. Brown’s was just such a lottor as ho oc casionallyHont her from timo to time a; cor respond* noo that arose out of their mutu al regard for tlicir dead friond, Mr. Ness. It too-had been ©out to Minn Monro to direct. Ei.inorwas just on tho point of put ting it aside entirely when tho name of Corbil caught hor eye: “You will be in terested to hear that the old pupil of our departed friend who was so anxious tool tain tho folio Virgil with the Italian notes is appointed the new judge in room of Mr. Justice Jenkin. At least I conclude thul Mr. Italph Corbit, Q. C., is the same as tho Virgil fancier.” “Yes,” Baid Eilinor, bitterly; “he judged well—it would never have done.” They were tho first words of anything like reproach whioh sho over formed in her own mind during all these yours. •Sue thought for a few moments of the old Units; it seemed to steady hor broiu to think of them. Then she took up and finished Miss MonroVlettor. That excel lout frioud had dono all she thought that Eilinor would have wished without delay She hud written to Mr. Juhuson, and charged him to do all that he could to defend Dixon, and to spare no oxpoiiho, She was thinking of going to the prtaor in the county town to see tho old amt herself; but Eilinor could boo that ail theso endeavors and purposes of Mi Monro’s were based on love for her ow pupil, and n desire to set her mind at eu as f«,r as she could, rather than from an idea mat D.xon himself could heinnocen Eilinor put down the lotters and went to the door, and thou turned buck nud lucked them up in her writing-case with tromh- liug bauds; and after that sho entered tho drawing-room, looking liker to ’a ghoHt thun to a living woman “Can I speak to you for a minute alone?” Her still, tuneless voice made tho words into a command. (Janon Liv ingstone aroso and followed hor into tho little dining-room. “Will you tall mo all you know*—all yon have heard about my —you know what.” “Miss Monro was my informant—dt k u.-d at first—it was iu the Time* the day Ih Id re I left; Miss Monro Bays it could only have been dono in n moment of au ger, if tho old. servunt is really guilty; that be was as steady and good a man as she ever knew*; and sho seems to havo a strong feeling against tho Mr. Haunter as always giving your father a great doal of unnecessary trouble; in fact, she hints that his disappearance at the time was suppasetT to be the cause of a considera ble Iobs of property to Mr. Wilkins.” “No!’ Huid Eilinor, oogerly, feeling that some justice ought to be dono to the dead roan ; and then she stopped short, The canon bowed, and saul a few ao- qniuacing words. Ho waited for her to •peak ©gain. “Miss Monra says bIio Is going to see Dixon in—” “Oh, Mr. Livingstone, I can’t boar it!” He let horalono, looking at her pitifully she twisted aud wrung her hands to- gethov in hor ondoavor to regainth© quiot manuer hU© had Htriven to maintain through tho interview. She looked up at with a poor attempt nt an apologetic smile. *lt is bo torriblo to think of that good old man in prison." “You do not believe him guilty then !” 8*id Canon Liviugitono, in some surprise. afraid, from r»ll I Ur>*rd nml rend, there is bnt littlo doubt that he did kill man ; I trust in somo moment of irri tation, with no premeditated malice.” Eilinor shook her head. “How boob can I got to Eoglnud?” asked the. “I must start at once.” “Mrs. Forbes sent out whilo you were lying down. I am afraid thoro is no boat to Marseilles till Thursday, tho day aftor to-morrow.” “Bnt I mnst go sooner!” said Eilinor, starting up. “I must go ; please help me. He m*y be triad before I can get there!” “Alas! I fear that will be the case what ever haste you make. The trial wee to come on nt the Ilellingford Assises, and that town stand* first on the Midland Circuit list. To-day is tho 27th of Feb ruary ; tho Absizos begin on the (»th of March.” “I will start to-morrow morning early for Civile; there may be a boat there they do nut know of hero. At any rate, I shall be on my way. If he dies, I mn9t die too. Oh! I don’t know whnfc I am saying, I *tn so utterly crushed down ! It would be such a kindness if yon would go ny Had lot no one come to me. I ltuow *a. Forbes is so good sho will forgive i. T will bhj good-by to you all before 1 go to-morrow morning; but I must think now.” dt ono moment ho stood looking a£ ns if ho longod to comfort her by ci words. Ho thought bettor of it, howevor, and fiilontly left the room. CHAPTER XV. tf’or a long time Eilinor Hat still, now l then taking up Miss Monro’s lotter nud re-reading the few terrible detail*. Limn she bethought hor that possibly tho chbou might havo brought a copy of the Time* containing tho examination of Dixon before tho magistrates, and she jponod the door nud called to a passing lorvaut to maho tho inquiry, bho was quite right iu her conjecture: Canon Livingstono had had the paper in his pocket during his interview with hor, but ho thought within himself that tho evi- leuce was bo conclusive that tho pernHal of it would only bo adding to her extreme accelerating the conviction petually about her, tho two who had so oftaa met in familiar if not,friendly rola- lions, bow to face each other as judge and aocuHed! She oould net tell how Mr. Corbet had conjectured from tho partial revelation she had made to him of (lie impondiug shame that bung over her and hers. A day or two ago she could have remembered the exact words she had nsod iu that memorable interview ; but now, strivo as sho would, she oonld only recall faotn uot werds. After all, the Mr. Jus tice Corbet might not be Kalpk. There was ono ohauoe in a hnudrod against tho identity of tho two. While sho was weighing probabilities in her siok. dizzy mind she hoard soft steps somo picvious untight into liis plans, nml kept Rilonco during tho discussion. The last *iglit Elliuor bad of her friends as tho lumbering diligence rolled honvily from side to side was whon sho looked back at tho corner of tho piuzza, and saw them still standing in a sad group at tho piaco where hIio had left thorn, bho ptillod down tho veil ovor hor face, that neither of hor companions might boo how her eyes woro filling with toars. [to nn contisunn ] r-iuiv, UIMJ UJIUU BUB UUSTU BOIl Step* outside hor bolted door, and low voices whispering. It was the bedtime of happy people with hearts- at esso. 8omo fout- uUps passed lightly on ; bnt there wae a gentle rap at Eduior’a door. Hhe ptessed hor two hot hands hard against her toiu- plos for an instant boforo she wont to opeu tho door. Thero stood Mrs. Forbos ia hor handsome evening dross, holding a lighted lamp in hor haud. “May I come in, my dear?” ahe asked. Eilinor’* stiff, dry lips refused to ntter the words of assent, whioh indeed did uot cotue ro&dily from her heart. “I am so grieved at this sad news which the canon bring*. I can well understand whnt a shock it mast be to you. We havo just been saying it must bo as bad for you ns it would be to us if our old Donald should turn out to have boon a hiddon murderer all those yonr* that ho has lived with ua. I really conld havo as soon sus pected Donald as that whito-haired ro- spoctablo old man who nsod to come and see you at East Chester.” Elliuor felt that sho must ssy some thing. “It is a terrible shock—poor old man ! and no friend nonr biiu, even Mr. Osbaldiutone giving evidenoe against him. Oh dear, dear! why did I evor come to Homo ?” “Now, my dear, you must not lot your self take an exaggerated view of tho case. Sad and shocking ns it is to havo been so docoivod, it is what happens to many of hr, though uot to so terrible a degree; und as lo your cotniug to Homo having any thing to do with it—” Mr*. Forbes almost smiled at tho idea, so anxious was sho to banish tho idea of Belf-roproach from Elliuor’s sensitive miml, but Elliuor interrupted hor ab ruptly : “Mrs. Forbes! did he—did Cauon Liv ingstone toll you that I innst leave you to morrow? I must go to England as fast as poHsiblo to do what I can for Dixon.” “Y’os, ho Told us you woro thinking of it, and it was partly that thut made me force mysolf in upon you to-night. I think, my love, yon aro mistaken iu feel ing a* if yon wero called upon to do more than what tho canon tells me Miss Monro Whs already dono in your name—engaged f I the Lost legs! advice, and spared no ex- Dixon’s guilt, which ho heliovcd sho must j P er,H0 to give the suspected sooner 1U had been reading the report over ill Mrs. Forbes nod her daugbtors aftor i ret a m from Eilinor’* room, mid they were all pnvticipeting in his opinion upon t when her r©qno*t for the Timen jonveyod. Thoy had reluctantly ngr saying there did not appear to be of dunb' in tho fact of Dixou’i killed Mr. Dunster, only hoping thero ight provo to be some extenuating oir- inistancen, winch Eilinor had probably collocted, and which she was desirous of producing on the approaching trial. Moauwbilo Eilinor ha 1 bathed her ©job and forehead in cold water, and had tried to still her poor heart’s beating, iu order that Bho might bo clear an<l collected igh t » weigh tho evidence.* very lino of it was condemnatory. Ono or two witnesses «poko of Dixon’s auconce<ilod dislike of Dunstor—a dislike every chanuo. What could you do more Avon if you woro on tho spot ? And it is very possible lhat the trial may have conio on before you got home. Then whut could you do? lie would either havo beun ac quitted or condemned ; if tho former, ho lt ] | would find public sympathy nil iu his Fiudow i f rtv,,r » ** always is for Iho unjustly uc- iog | CH9od. Ami if ho turns out to bo guilty. my dear Eilinor, it will be far better for you to have all the softening which dis tance can give to such a dreadful termina tion to tho life of a poor man whom you have reRpeotoihso long.” But Eilinor spoko again, with a kind of irritntod determination vory foreign to hor usual soft docility. “Please just let me judge for myself this once. I am not ungrateful. God knows I don’t want to vex ono who has been so kind to me a* you have boou, dear Mrs. Forbes; but I must go—and which Eilinor knew had been entertained i ovor y wort l y cu 15a 7 dissuade me only by the old servant out of a species of lay- j ““f". 1,10 ,uoro c^iDCod. I «<>»>« »Ut lo hi* miHtor, as wall im from par- to to-morrow. I shall bo tbat rnuoh sonal distaste. The fleam was proved I 0,1 I can not rest here, boyong nil doubt io be Dixon’s; and si, Forbes looked at her in grave si- umn, who lml beon R-.nblo-bor in Mr. I Elinor conld not bonr the con- Wilhin.’n Hfrvien, rurora that on the d«T »ohh«u<m» of that fixed K axa. Yot ita when Mr. Dunster wan missed, and when i * lx,t y on v Br p 80 * ro ® Mrs. lorbes’s per- the whole town was wondering what had | aB to h ? w \° Eilinor, become of bion, a certain oolt of Mr. Wil- j whether to restrain her by further advice kins’s had needed bleeding, and that he I of which lue first dose hod proved so had been sent by Dixon to tho farrier’s \ 'wcIokh—or to npeed her departure. El- for a horse-lancet—an errand which ho | hnor broke m on her meditations: had remarked upon fit the timo. as be You have always been so kind and knew thut Dixon hail a fleam of his own. I 8 ood to me j 8° on being so—pleaho do! Mr. Osbaldistone was examined. ][ 0 j Leavo me alone now, dear Mrs. Forbos, kept interrupting himself perpetually to ' [ (>r 1 n « l bRl * r talking about it, and nor, I believe, has somo euo else j fearful of saying any thing that should peotod to hear. Your man of bus -J forgot hi* name." Mr’TuE?, Koi “«* h ‘n« ll« betray hor full knowledge. “I mean thi*,’ sho went on ; “Mr. Dunster was a very, disagreeable man personally—and P»P*—we none of ns liked him ; but he WM • n b-e houeat—pleawo remember that.” **prew b;s Hnrpi stondy oral well-conducted n man ns Dixon being guilty of so heinous n crime, and was willing enough to testify to tho excel lent character Dixon had borno during all tho many years he had boon in his (Mr. Osbaldistone’s) service; but ho ap peared to bo quite convinced by tho evi dence previously given of tho prisoners guilt iu tho mutter, and strengthonod tho cdho against him materially by stating tho circumstance of tho old inau’s dogged un willingness to have tho slightest interfer ence by cultivation with that particular pioco of ground. Iloro Eilinor shuddered. Before her, iu that lloman bo lchambnr, roso the fatal oblong she knew by heart—a little green muss or lichen, and thinly-growing blades of grass scarcely covering the caked and undisturbed soil under the old troo. Oh thut she hud boon iu Englaud whon the surveyors of the railway hot ween Ash- combo and ilumiey hud uttered their line ; she would have entreutod, implored, com pelled hor trustees not to havo sold that pioco of ground for any sum of money whatsoever. Sho would huvo bribed the surveyors, don© she kuow uot whut—but now it was too lain; she would not let her mir.d wander off to what might huvo boon ; “he would forco horsolf again to at tend to the nowipapar column*. Thero was little more : tho prisoner had been asked if he could say any thing to clear biuiarJf, and properly cautioned uot to my any thing to iucriminato himself. Tho poor old man’s person was described, and his ovictaut emotion. “The prisoner was observed to clutch at tho rail before him to stoady himself, and hia color changed ho much at thi* part of tho evi dence thut ouc of tho turnkeys offered hiui u glass of water, which he declined, lie is a uif.u of strongly-built frame, and with rather u morose and sullen cast of countenance.” “My poor, poor Dixon !” said Eilinor, layiug down tho paper for nn instant, and sho was near crying, only she had rosolvad to shed no tear* till sho had finished all, and could judge of tho chances. Thero were but u i«w line* mure : “At on© time 'ho prisoner seemed to be desirous of al leging something in hia defenso, but ho changed his mind, if such had been tho coso • and in reply to Mr. Gordon (the magistrate) ho only said, ‘You’ve made a pretty strong cako out again mo, gentle men, and it seems for to sutisfy you. So I thiuk 1 11 not disturb yonr ininds by saying any thi»g more.’ Accordingly Dixon now stands committed for trial for murder at the noxt Ilellingford Aasizee, which commence on March the sixth be fore Barou Huahton aud Mr. Justice Cor bet.” “Mr. Justice Corbet! ’’ Tho wordn ran through Eilinor ns though sho had been stabbed with a knife, aud by an irrepres sible movement sho stood up rigid. The young man, hor lover in her youth, the old servant who ia those days was per help rue- to go to-morrow, and you do not know how I will pray to God to bless you!” Much nn appeal was irresistible. Mrs. Forbes kirmed her very tenderly, and wont to rejoin her daughters, who wero cIuh- teioii together in their mother’s bedroom awaiting hor coming. “Well, main tun, how is she ? Whnt does slio say ?” “She is in a vory excited state, poor thing! and has got so strong an impres sion that it is hor duty to go back to Eng land and do all she can for this wretched old man, that I am afraid we must not op pose her. I am afraid she really must go on Thursday." “Why, what can she do, mamma?” “Poor dear old Nelly!” “And miss tho return by Perugia she was thinking mach about!” Snch were somo of the oxolnmations of (ho Miss Forbeses. Thoy had small thought of tho old servant in prison ; but it was on hi* position, and probablo gnilt or inuocenco, that Mrs. Forbos kept p dering. Sho was more and more sure that Elliuor was in possession of some secret information that sho believed, whether truly or fnlaoly, would affect tho result of the trial; and so, although she would havo been infinitely gratified by Ellinor’s fuller confidence, sho forbore to recur to the subjoct on the following morning, but treated Ellinor’s resolve go homo u:» a decidod thing, tho wisd< hioli wn.s past questioning. By this kind of behavior Kbo not only soothed Eilinor, but won tho right of funking such arrangements on her behalf as would ron- der hor journey homo moro easy of agomont. Mrs. Forbes secured th® services of a traveling-maid, and wont to the banker’s; after places in thu diligence to Ci- vitia ; Eilinor remaining in her room all the timo, apparently engaged iu packing up. ThiH, at least, was her employment whonever Effio, or Margaret, or Joanie Forbes wont in with Ihoir sympathy or their regret. But as soon as thoy left hor ulouo she sat down on her bod, unable to keep up tLc Hlrain ; overburdened with tho terrible secret, the consequences of hich wore now culminating to a crisis. Tho diligence left at three. Mrs. Forbos, the girls, the traveling-maid, ©ml Mrs. Forbes’* servant all acoompauiod Eilinor to tho office from which it was to start. Thero they found Canon Livingstone, whom Elliuor had not seen since the night before. Hhe was not Hnrprised at his being there to wish her good-by ; in deed few things would have surprised hor just now ; And, besides, she bad a thor ough reliance on his quiet friendliness. But she did remonstrate when aho found —The Berlin African exploration aociety it fitting ont a second expedition to the intorior of Africa. The progress in oconnio steam navi gation ia due mainly to tho introduction jointly of tho screw propeller, nml com pound engine, «tonm jacketing of the cylinders, superheated stoam, and tho Rurfnoe-oondenser. —Mr. J. Torbitt has advanced tho idea that tho potato disonflo is owing to the natural decay of particular varieties, which never have raoro than a limited length of life in a thoroughly hoalthy condition. This view is dissented from by many ng- rioultnralitilH. —Six giraffes have nrrived »t th© Gar den of Acclimation in Paris, the oldest of which is three years of age. 'Ike gi is a native of Africa, and used to inhabit the country from Nubia to tho Capo ol Good Hope, but it is said now to be re stricted to n small cantofi of Abyssinia. All attempts at domesticating the animal have failed in Africa, yet it is easily tamed in Europo. Iu its native haunt: it roams iu herds of from five to fifty, brow*ing on the leaves and small branches of trees. It is inoffensive, and nooks tc escape danger by flight ; yet, if hard pressed, will fight Htoutly, (bschaiging a storm of kicks with it* hind tags that will oven beat off tho lion. Its running pace is swifter than that of a Hoot horso, and it tnovos ovor uneven ground with groat advantage. The flohli of the giraffe is called palatable, and its marrow is a favor ite African delicacy. —When Magellan discovered the Phil ippines he was astonished to light upon an Arabia alphabet in use at Oabu. On onquiry he found that somewhere about the ninth century Homo Motuuimmduu priests from Oman hail luudcd hero and taught the native* tho Koran. Only some few iaolatod fact* are known concerning tho population of tho islands of Ocoani.i before their discovery by European voy agers, and any addition to our knowledge, however small, i* therefore of great value. A Manilla paper announcea tho discovery of prehistoric remains on tho littlo inland* of Uota aud Tiniuu, which form part of tho Imdrono or Mariana Islands, constat ing of two series of eight sti.no pyramids, standing iu two rowa, at intervals of 12 foet, tho ban© hoiug 12 foet square, and tho height !»(> foot. Tho Mimmit is crowned by a kiud of large cup equal in diameter to the diagonal of tho bus©. There i* little doubt tlmt they belong to nn eg© anterior to the Spanish conquest, and that thoy cannot poipnhly be ascribed ton race at all similar to tho vindictive and degraded ahorigi lies of the archipelago. Thoy would sooui to hnvo mm h in com mon with tho pieliistorio remains fouud in Mexico and somo of tho United Btutos. —Dr. Hoffman Hays that in the hair of the lower mammals wo find gouoiully tho samo threo layer* *s in human hair, but lifforing to such a degree that, hs a ru!o, a hair can be easily recognized as belong ing to an uuituah Tho culicuiu iu most animals has absolutely ami relatively larg er colls, which give tho hair n character istic appearance, a* i« seen especially well in tho wool from nherp. * A toothed or Ruw-like appearance on tho contour of cer tain animal hair* depends upon the larger development oed peculiar relations of tho cuticular coll*, whoso points stand out ho far from the hair lliut tho latter has a fcathorod appearance, ns in a field-mouse. Among thu animala tho greater bulk of the hair i* formed by tho medullary imb alance, tho cortical substance being only a thin layer; often, indeed, i* reduced to a hem-like Btrcuk. Tho predominance of the luedullury substance i* stu n best in the shaft of tho b&it; toward* tho end the oortical Ruladunco predominates, the medullary becoming thinner. Generally tho cortical substance has tho saint ture as in human hair, and the sumo vari ety of pigmentnlion ; in some annuals, tho cat, rat, and mouse, the cortical sub sume© is moro trauHlueteut and of liuor structure, resembling, under tho micro scope, a hyaline ouvelopo of tho medul lary substance. Tlio medullary substance in animals is au interesting study, differ ing greatly from tho same layer iu hmnau hair. Tho cellular structure is generally very evidont, without the employment of any reagent. The cells vary greatly in size and form. Boiinom and Tbbolout.—Tho divorce which now exists between theology and scienco will continue so long hh theolo gian* forgot that their duty is to “prove all things *nd hold fast tlmt which in true.” Hitherto they have boon holding fast enough, without troubling themselves about inquiry. They have accept oil con clusion* and clung to them, and con demned ©11 who did net how before them. Kciencu sweeps away such antiquated superstition*. It will not toleratoa fetish, lt will not submit to any ignorant and iron rule. Open-eyed it goes forth into tho Universe to ask question* from na ture, and to bring back answers to tho world. Not hampered by superstitions, it is ready to accept whatever can bo proved to bo true. Theology must bo ready to follow this example ; icady to give up what i* erroneous, ready to pro claim wbat is truo. Only thus can she tako bor place among the sciences, and only by pre-eminrnt fidelity to this can she truly beoomo what tho greatue** of her theme entitle* her to bn, tho Queen of all Boienoes.—Sermon of Jamct (J. Street, lielfoH. —A San Francisco paper notes the de struction by firo of a large number of flour mill* iu that State during lbc past fow weeks. —A Dubuque man advertise* concern ing hi* runaway wife, tint “As I never pay my own dubts. it i reasonable to sup pose that I slink n >t pay her*.” —The corporation rate of taxution, says the BoRHon Journal, which is tho average rate of the municipalities of tho Btulo, is $15 51 on a thousand. —A physician, after many yonrs’ prac tice, says that among bis patients threo bad died of gluttony to one who has been the victim of intoxicating liquor. —Two hundred and fourteen prisoners are in the Washington City juil, which i* sevonty more than havo been confined that institution sineo the war. —Kentucky Rooms to prefer per*onnl option—in tho mnttor of whisky—to local' option. A Hartford young woman exclaimed tho other day, “I havo exourted throe times this summer.” No wonder wo have so many rapid financial revolutions, when ©very green back bears tho name of a Genoral h'pin- nor. When a young fellow begin* to talk ‘the last little uelionto aquiline curvo iu a Ronsitivo noso” of bis girl, he’s a goner. —“I wouldn’t havo left, but tho peoplo kinder egged mu on,” said a man who wan asked why bo quit his KnnsuN home in a hurry. —Nevada i* proud of n woman resident who, when tho stealthy savago nppronehod her, just pulled off hor hair nud gavo it to him. —There nover was a thoroughly happy tuarringo where tho husband was master aud tho wifo km servant. Aud “wlsoy wersoy. ” —It ooonrrod to a scholar whilo writing a composition to romark that “an oxdoos not tnsto ns good as an oyster, but it run faster." —“Haven’t 1 a right to bo saucy if l pious© ? ’ asked a young lady of an old bachelor. “Yes, if you pleaso, but not if you displease,” was tho answer. —An unsophisticated person once de clined a plate of mncearoiii soup, with tho remark that thoy “couldn’t palm uny b’iled pipe stems on him!" —An old farmer on being informed tho other day that ono of his neighbors o him a griulgo, growled out, “No mutter, bo never pays anything." “I am, indeed, very mu di afraid of lightning," mid a pretty lady. “And well you iu»y be,” said a despairing lover, “when your honrt is made of steel.” —This briof chronicle was written by tho editor of the Philadelphia Lcdijcr ;— ‘ Lowell—Saturday. Two littlo boys and a pistol. Now, only ouo littlo boy nud a pistol." A Mississippi pilot saw tho comet, tho other night, ami immediately cried, o got ’em ; snakes I’ve liud beforo, but tho star* have got tail* on ’em; I’m a dead man.” ‘ Patrick,” said tho priest, “how much hay did you steal?" “Well, I may as con less to your riverouco for the whole htnek, for I nm going aftor the bid au co to-night.” — What do thoy talk about? In Maine nil Alabama, caterpillar*; in Illinois, hincli bugs ; iu Minnesota, grasshoppers; iu Kentucky, potato bug*; in Now Jur*oy, [uitoo*. ■“Pat,” said a joker, “why don’t you got yeur oars cropped ? Thoy are much oug for a muu.” “And yours, " re plied Pat, “ought to he longthomd; I hey o too short for au ass." —A littlo boy having broken liifl rock ing horse tho day it was purchased, his mamma hogan to scold, whon ho silenced Lor by inquiring, “Wlmt’s the good of a horse (ill it’s broke ?” “Tako a wing ?" gushed u pompous upstart, extending lus bent arm to n risible young lady, nt the close of nn evening meeting. “Not of u gamier,” quietly replied, and walked homo with her mother. —When you go a-fishing, bo suro nml take a bite" before you start, for may not get ouo aftor. An exchange has an ncquaintn who remarks tlmt ho bus often hoard thu proverb, “A friend iu need is a friond in deed,” but ho says ho can’t soo where tho laugh comes in. He bus a friend iu need [jo i* always borrowing money of him. —An Irish post-boy having driven a gentleman a long way* during torrents of rain, the geutletunn civilly said to him, “Paddy uio you not vory wet?” “Arr.di, I don’t euro about being very wet ; but, pUzo your honor, I’m vory dry.” —A school girl of one of tho rural dis tricts of Ohio, wu* hoard trying to vine® a school hoy thut she hkod him better than *h® did some other urchin of whom ho soeiuod jealous. “Of oourso I like you hottor than I do Bill,” said sho, “for don’t I miss words in iny spoiling lesson on pnrposo no ns to be down to tho foot of tho class where you are ?” —Apropos to tho present time whon politicians are about to mount stumps nud warn us against die iniquities of *lho >r side, Mrs. Partington bus evolved from tho dtp'.hs of hor inner conscious ness one of those reinaikablo aphorisms that have so endeared hor to tho Ameri can people. Speaking of a platform oru- tor, she says: “Dear me, how fluidly ho talks! I uni always rejoiced when ho mounts tho nostril, for hia eloquence warms every cartridge iu my body." —Jonos wont to tho deaf-and-dumb asylum tho other day to inspect tho inHti- >n. Upon entering ho encountered a i, evidently an inmate, and ho at once endcuvored to explain to the umn by making sign* upon bis lingers that he wanted to look, through tho place. Tho man also tuado signs, which .Jones could not comprehend. Then Jones made other- ami more elaborate motions, which set tho man i.t work with great violon'co, and for tho noxt ten minutes they stood in the lmll gesticulating aiul twisting their lingers, without being able to comprohond what the other meant. Finally Julies hu- enmo angry, and iu an outburst of wrath exclaimed : “Oh ! got out, you idiot! I’m tired of bothering with yon!” Where upon tho tnuu said, “That’s jnst what 1 wn* going to say to you. ’ “Oh ! you eau speak, can you ? Then why didn’t you io, aud uot kocp mo standing motion ing to you ? I thought you wero deaf and dumb.” “I came hero to inspect tho asylum,” said Jouos, “and I took you for a patient.” “That's what I 0*1100 hole for, aud I thought you wero uu nltenil- atil,” Raid tho mm. Hero Jones und tho linn shook hands, hunted up a gonuiuo attendant, and went away happy. 0 111 01 j,c:. Lawyers. JOSEPH k. rou, Attorney at. I.nw, and ilu<||*o of County Court* tta»* in nil other lN>nit«. .f W. It. Hobart* ft Co., 11 road 8t. SAMtIEI. It. HATCH Kit. Attorney nt I.nw. Ja30 Olllcn over Wtttlnh A Rlmofla^ J. M. McNKILL, Attorney nn«l Counsellor at I.nw* Practlron In court* of Gooral* and Alnhuiur Pour** Inoram. Martin .1. CuAwroRD. Kskhi CRAwroiti). I XU HAM A* ( KAWFOItns, Attorneys nt Law, Will liraeticu in tho Pluto aiol Federal Court* of tioorffia. K«w * Co, Ollico , 11 Iho, * llroml and St. (flair ore, nortliwoHt J11H A* A. HO/111 it. Attorney nml Coiiunellor nt lew, 'ractieo* In tUuto und Federal Court* in Uoorgla and Alabama. Onieu 120 llroud .-t,, ColmnhuH, (la. Jafl Mark II. in.ANnroKi>. Loiiih F. Garrard. HI. AN DP OKI) A U Allll A lilt. Attorneys and CminnellorN nt Iaw Ollico Nt.. W llroud Bit out, over W l tilth A Kin- *V ill 1 r *»!>« Jab. M. UimsRLL. Ciiah ,1. HWipt. Itl'NHKI.I. A NWItl, Attorney* and Oi/uneollor* at Law. W ill iirnctlco in tho Court* of Georgia (UI.alluliood.oo aud Alabama. OIHro ovorO. A. llod i A Co llroud at root, Ooliunbna, Ga. Ii. T. noWNL\U, Attorney anil Solicitor. U. 8. Com'r ami [tcHirttor in Uaukiiipicv. Ofllco uovAM over llr-mka’ Dm* Store, Colombo*, Uu. riiAiioinr a iiiunkon, Attorney* At Law. c ovtu J. K.VRia A C’o.’h Stoiik, Iikoad Ut., vl8| Wear Hi dr K. J. MOSKN, Attorney nml t'uuiiNellar nt JUtw, Doctors. ■>lt. J. A. I'KUIIIIAIIT, Olfioo lomovod to tho Drug Store of E. U. Hood N. Brother. Sleeping apartment, nt loriner ruHldeuco, on Uio corner id Kundolph und Molntonh mroota, uppmdto Ii.o roHidenuo of Mr. Win, Beach. *0p6 I Ml. S. II. I, AW. Ollico comer llroad and lUndolpl, Htrodn, Uurriw* Itoii bmeo on Fomyth, liooia btdmv t-t. Clair. Donti&ts. W. F. Till NEK, Dentist, i)|>|.»fdD» Htrnjiper’n bnibiing. Kandi.l|di HI. COl.lIltfIIIIN DI'VI'AI. DOOMS, W.T. Poor., Prop'r, Georgia Homo Bulldlug, (Joiuinhiij Uoorgla. Cotton Factories. COLUMBUS MANUFACTURING CO Manuliictiirur* of Nliuotlng*, Mlilrtinif*, and Mewing and Knitting Thread. Card* Wool and Gifnil* Wheat and Corn- Ollico i.i rear of Wllllcli A KlnBoPa, fluudolph it. Jultf it. il. CHILTON, PioHldint. NIINCOUKi; HI AN UFAt'TU It I NO CO. UantifketHrAn of 81IKIST1NU», BlUllTINQB, YARN, KOPU, Ac. C0LUMI1UB, GA. G. P. SWIFT, President. W. A. rtW I FT, Becretary k Trvutirer. octal ly him all prepared to accoropanv her to Givita, us he said. Nothing she oould —Chicago claims to possess 1,858,714 iu j foet of water pipe within bor borders; urgo in that blurry availed to change his Now York, 2,1G2,!»HJ; Brooklyn, I,r,- determination. Mrs. Forbes, who might j l.‘K»; Boston, 1,255,DIG, aud Ballimorc, have backed bor up, seeuunl to have bad 1 1,1112,481) feet, —The Kt. Louis Democrat says that no grain has been going lo Europo lately by the Mississippi and Gulf route. —American Hewing machines are exten sively used in Jerusalem, Damascus, Aleppo ai.d other citios of the Orient. —A correspondent of tho Memphis Appeal thinks laziness is tho chief cause of tho want of prosperity in tho 8011th. —It is announced that the Empress of Husain will shortly go to England, on a visit to hor daughter, thu Ducuoa* of Ed inburgh. —A magnificont bust of tho Empross Flotina, tho wife of Trajan, iu a fine state of preservation, was recently dug up in Homo. —A Sln-ll.y county (Ky.) journalist thinks that Shell)yvillo ha* moro judge* und 1oh» judgment tUnu any place of Its ■ixu iu tho world. Watchmakers. C. HCUOMBUlUi, Practical Watchmaker anil .jeweler, Sutci*Bur to h. Gutowxky, Tobacco, Cigars, 6cc. MAIL It DOKN. to Ulljoy ll go si Mlliukc, go to hi* Ja8 C. LOPEZ, Denier Iu mid Mnniilactnrcr of Fine tllgan, J*»Near llroad Street lb-pot Barber Shops. LOUIS WELLS' SHAVING SALOON, (Siiocc-sh. r to II. lloii'H,) Umb r Oi orKla Home luaiiranco l!iilldi»«. Prompt and polito l.arbim In atteudanai. Dross-Making. MINN M.A. II OL LI NON WORTH, Drrtta-MakliiK, Cutting anil Filling, 'it rui*clmip Kuiiiiloncn umlKliop lu Urowncvllb*. Boots and Shoos. WELLS A CURTIS, No. 73 Broad Street, Havo always a full stock of tool* and Shoes, Upper, Sole nml liar- mm* Leather nml rimllng* of ui: k.uii*. Reliable «•»...!« ! Ueaaonat.le price* I N. II.-Special attciitlon to orders by Kxj. . D. Piano Tuning, &c. E. W. III-At, it n.'.d Tuner of Plano®*, Grunn* Iccordr.uM. Stan PuinGug also done, may bo bo loll at J. W. Pease A Nor Boot and Shoemakers WM. MEYER, Root and Shoemaker. Pouter III Unit hor und Finding:*. Next tft C. > Kodd k Oo.’a. Prompt aud strict attention ♦ to orders. jail Confectioners. I. G. STUUPPKK, Candy Manufacturer AND DEALER IN All klndfl of Confectionery and Fruit*, Stick Cnudy IS cent*. Full weight guaranteed in each box. Hotels. PLANTERS’ HOTEL, Next to Coluinhu* Ranh Riilldlng. ■ortor* at all the trains. Ota MU*. W. F. rail)Fit. ProprV Builders and Architects. J. G. CHALKEBa, Hoiimo Carpenter nud P.under. Jobbing dono at short notice, ml spi'dllcatioiifl furuialmd for all style? Livery and Sale Stables. IlOUEUT THOMPSON, Livery, Nalo and Exchange Stabioa, OOLETUORPI, NORTU 0» BANDOLril KtS., oc taO Columbus, Ga. A. GAM MEL, Livery and Bale Stable*, OllLETIIORl’E 8T., CoLUMDlId, Qa. Particular attcutlou given to Feedi , an,|e.|., of 8to k. orae* and Mule* boarded in st-ildoR by tL«' itliorday. Fresh Meats. J. W. PATRICK, Stall* No. H aud 18, AlarJtct House. Frosh Moat* of every kind autl boat quality. J. T. COOK, t'reNh Meals of All Kind*, »BUI In N..1, ir. .mil 17. Cun and Locksmiths. PHILIP Elft'LKH, Gun uud.Locknwlth, Crawford street, next L Johnson’s corner, Columbus, Uu. JnO WILLIAM SC HOR Bit, Gun and Locksmith and dealer iu Uunuiug Ua* torlitls. Opposite Eiujuiror OlUce. Grocers. »AN*L R. BIZE, Dialer In Family Groceries, on Kryan Mtruet, ho- tween Oglethorpif k Jacksou streets. J**- No charge for dray age. dec! , J. II. HAMILTON, WhvlOHglo nud Retail Grorer, Tailor®. th A. KUHN!, Mo reliant Tailor and Gutter. A full s’Vock of French niid Knglish llroad. lotli* ' Cusulmore* nml Vcstin^H. eprM No. 1841Jr« ad Htr-et. HENRY SELI.MAN. Cutting, Cloaulug iuid Repairing Done in tho bent style. nprJl J Comer Craw bird and Front St*. Tin and Coppersmiths. WM. PEE, Worker In Tin, Nlioet Iron, Copper. Orders from abroud promptly attondod to. J«7 No. 171. llroad Btrwt. Painters. T3 WM. SNOW, JR., A CO., Douse and Slgu Painters, Old Oglethorpe corner, (Just north of piwtonioj Columbus, Georgia. Will contract for House aud Sign I’uiiilin , it (nprS LAWYERS. FERN M. WOOD, A-ttoi-ne.y at Law, Opelika, Alabama, W IU. PBACTJOE IN THE COUNTIES ol Loo, (hmiuherri, Tallupoot** unit Kii.i- soil, tho Kupromo Court of Alabama, and In tho United Slain* District Couit at Mont- gomcry; ■opi:» dicwtjaui W. F. Williams. Ouia. II. W illums. WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, Attorneys at Law. ( ousims, ua. _*»• Ofllco over Aliell’a .lor., |jl; iM_ W. A. Parley, Attoruoy-.t-L ftW OU8SETA, ClIATTAIIOOClIKB Uo., Ua. e^pSpoclal atlontlon given to eollo^tiorifl. HINES DOZIER, Attorney nt Law, HAMILTON, UA., W ILL practice hi tho OhftUaboochco Circuit or any whore ol*o. All kind ol colb t ii«>ju» pusnr.1). “Pay mo or run awny.” n«\l l tf . CAHTLKIIAN, H. CASTLEMAN & CO., General Insurance Agents. UKI’JtESENTING THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE And otlior Strong Eiro and Lllo t.’.'inimnlM. OFFIUE OVER FKEEH, U.W1E3 h. UO’S STOKE, 110 HKOAD ST. at.K 20-i.f : HOTELS. Rankin House, Columbus, Ga. J. W. lil’AN, Prop’,. Frank Golden, Glork. Hu'by Hestaurant, Bar and Billiard Salopn, Under the Kankin Iloota. . ••• my24 dswtf .1. W. H\ AM, Prap'r. 1*711 HOWARD H0M8E, (1*71 UKUAlt HTItlW, Ncaulv Oi-1-o. OCuMTnoiuMjT iiiu EDFirn Kailuoao Dtror, Eufaula, *■ W - ©OWAMD Prop'r. OOtl dfcwdlU OITY '"HOTEL, CK.TBil.l4T LOTATKIt. Troy, Alabama. R. H. PARK, Prop’r. (le t ssly