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I I nRIIHlE OF (LOIDS. BY A. J. ItEQL’IKK. .,11'timi’S think, in my rarer hours, Vlici the spirit is all aglow, Wl ,riii within this world of ours it vearns yet fears to know— the an eje music and mystic gleams it the beautiful land of dreams! . . it-cities of burnished gold J i„ ti,, lihv/.e >>f the setting sun, \nd " ' the crystal lovlincs# caugh mould of til*, stars when day is done; . * t tl iod celestial downward beams ■* ; rmn the beautiful land of dreams! ,ii a glimpse of inspiring eyes, Through my earthly trials and cares. tVliif. :i mother's U>uch dispels my sighs \„,1 wipes away my tears, \Vitii leaves of halm from the healing streams i nthe beautiful land of dreams! Mid I feel that the struggle with power and ‘ pelf p a wretched and miraculous rod; That the .* Dili was created to die unto self Hi fore it can rise to God— \ flutter of pinions and flight of gleams In the beautiful land of dreams! That joy and grief are the light and shade of each interwoven endeavor: And the glory remains when the garment is made, The evil expelled forever— Tie- flowing fabric unsoiled by seams Of the beautiful land of dreams! for dark eclipses of dark despair That makes us shudder and start, And dimpling transits of Venus there, In tin- violet depths of the heart. Hut lead us still to the gate, it seems, Of the beautiful land of dreams! The fear of the Lord is the earliest shoot From seed by the sower (gist; But wisdom’s completely ripened fruit is to love Him best at last— The perfect and triplicate crown which neams In the beautiful orli of dreams! I.A BELLA 9fOBTE. BY rHABLKS MACKAY. I dreamed a pleasant dream of Death, As a lady fair and bright, Who came to my bedside suddenly In the stillness of tlie night, “Art tii/ui afraid of me?" she said. In tones so sweet and low That I knew she spoke as a kindly friend, And not as a vengeful, foe; And I answered cheerily, und smiled, “No, my beloved; uo! “Why should I fear! Thou can'st not come An hour before t.hv time. If ti» thine hour, ’twill be thine hour, Appointed and sublime, I should have lived my life in vain. Nor see where all things tend, If I'd not surely known and felt That thou would’st he iny friend, And tha< beginning were but loss Unless for the blessed end. “('ome to ine, then, O kindly Death! I fear thee uot at all! The Immortal mind can never lie The mortal body’s thrall, I see I hoe stretch thy radiant hand To open wide the door Through which my spirit, glad to pass, Shall surge, and spring, and soar, And learn to learn, and know to know, Ever and evermore! “Dear mother! on thy face I look, And feel myself a child. And know thou'lt purify my soul Eroin all that hath detiled, I've no regrets to leave a world Whose dothful paths I've trod; Come when thou wilt; I'm well content To rest in the quiet sod. And gowitli thee to the Spirit land. To my Father and my God!” A TALE OP THE COAST GUARD [From an Old Magazine.] The Rose hsul been becalmed for several days in Cowes harbor, and utterly at a loss how else to cheat time, 1 employed myself, one after noon in sauntering up and down the quay, whistling for a breeze, and list- lessiv watching the slow approach of a row-boat bringing the mail and a few passengers from Southampton, the packet-cutter to which the boat belonged being as hopelssly immova ble, except for such drift as the tide gave her, as tiie Rose. The slowness of its approach—for I expected a mes senger with letters—added to my im patient weariness, and as, according to my reckoning, it would at least be an hour before the boat reached the landing steps, I turned to the Foun tain Sun in the High street, called for a glass of negus, and, as I lazily sipped ii, turned over once more to the newspapers lying on the table, though with scarcely a hope of com ing athwart a line that I had not read half a dozen times before. I was mistaken. There was a Cornwall Ga zette which I had not before seen, and in one corner of it I lit upon this, to me in all respects new and extremely interesting paragraph: “We copv the following statement from a cotemporary solely for the purpose of eon- tradietingit: ‘It is said that the leaders of the smugglers in the late desperate affray w itii the coast guard in St. Michaels Bay was no other than Mr. George Polwhele Hen drick, or Dost witliiel, formerly, as our read ers are aware, a lieutenant in the royal na- vv, and dismissed the king's service by sen tence of court martial at the close of the war.’ There is no foundation for this impu tation. Mrs. Hendrick, of Dostwithiel, re quests us to state that her son, from whom she heard about ten days since, eommandsa first class ship in the merchant navy of the United States.” 1 was exceedingly astonished. The court martial I had not heard of, and having overhauled the Navy List for such a purpose, the absence of the name of G. P. Hendrick had escaped my notice. What could have been his offense? Some hasty, passionate act, no doubt; for of misbehaviour before the enemy or of commission of deliberate wrong, it was impossible to suspect him. I had known him for a short time only, but the few days of our acquaintance were passed under circumstances which brings out the true nature of a man more prominently and unmistakably than might twenty years of humdrum, ev ery day life. * The varnish of preten sion falls quickly off in presence of sudden anu extreme peril—peril es- ]ieotally requiring presence of mind and energy to beat it back. It was in such a position that I recognized some of the high qualities of Lieu tenant Hendrick. The two sloops of war in which we respectively served were consorts for a while on the South African coast, during which time we fell in with a Franeo-Italian privateer or pirate, for the distinction between the two is much more tech- nichal than real. She was leeward when we sighted her, and not very distant from the shore, and so quick ly did she shoal her water that pur suit by either of the sloops was out of the question. Being a stout vessel of her class, and full of men, four boats—three of the Scorpion’s and one of her consort’s—were detached in pursuit. The breeze gradually failed, and we ivere fast coming up with our friend, when he vanished behind a headland, on rounding which we lound he had disappeared up a nar row, winding river of no great depth of water. We were of course follow ed, and after about a quarter of an hour s hard pull found, on suddenly turning a sharp elbow of the stream, ) ve had caught a Tarter. We m fact, come upon a complete Privateers—ia rendezvous or ‘pot they termed it. The vessel was already anchored across the channel, and we were flanked on each shore by a crowd of desperadoes, well provi ded with small arms and witn two or three pieces of light ordinance among them. The shouts of defiance with which they greeted us as we swept into the deadly trap were instantly followed by a general and murderous discharge of both musket ry and artillery, and as the smoke cleared away I saw that the leading pinnace, commanded by Hendrick, had been literally knocked to pieces, and that the living portion of the crew were splashing about in the river. There was time for but oue look, for, if we allowed the rascals tune to reload their guns, our own fate would inevitably be a similar one. The men understood this, and, with loud cheer, swept eagerly on towards the privateer, while the two remain ing boats engaged the flanking shore forces, and I was soon involved in about the fiercest melee I ever had the honor of assisting at. The furi ous struggle on the deck of the pri vateer lasted but about five minutes at the end of which all that remained of us were thrust over the side. Some tumbled into the boat, others, like myself, were pitched into the river. As soon as I came to the surface and had time to shake my oars and look about me,I saw Lieutenant Hendrick who, the instant the pinnace he com manded was destroyed, had, with daring and presence of mind, swam towards the boat at the privateer’s stern, cut the rope that held her with the sword lie carried between his teeth, anil forthwith began picking up bis half-drowned boat’s crew. This was already accomplished, and he now performed the same service for me and mine. This done, we again sprang at our ugly cuctomers, he at the bow and I amidships, Hendrick was the first to leap on the enemy’s deck, and so fierce and well sustained was the attack this time that in less than ten minutes they »vere undispu ted victors so far as the vessel was concerned. The fight on the shore continued obstinate and bloody, and it was not till we had twice discharged the privateer’s guns among the ras cals that they broke and fled. The dashing, yet cool and skillful, bravery evinced by Lieutenant Hendrick in this brief but tumultuous and san guinary affair was admirably remark ed upon by all who witnessed, few of whom, gazing at the sinewy,active form, the fine, pale countenance and dark, thundei’ous eyes of the young officer—if I may use such a term, for in their calmest aspect a latent volca no appeared to slumber in their gleaming depths—could refuse to sub scribe to the opinion of a distin guished admiral who more than once observed that there M as no more prom ising officer in the British naval ser vice than Lieutenant Hendrick. Well, all this, which has taken me so many words to relate, flashed be fore me like a scene in a theater as I read in the paragraph in the Cornish paper. The Scorpion and her consort parted company a few days after this fight, and I had not since then seen or heard of Hendrick till now. I was losing myself in conjecture as to the probable or possible cause of so disgraceful a termination to a career that promised so brilliantly, when the striking of the bar clock warned me that by this time the mail boat had arrived. I sallied forth and reached the pier steps just a minute or tM'o before the boat reached there. The messenger I expected was in her and I Avas turning aAvay Avith the parcel he handed me Avhon my atten tion was arrested by a stout, unwield- ly fellow, AA’ho stumbled awkwardly out of the boat, and hurriedly came up the steps. The man’s face M as pale, thin, hatchet-shaped anxious, and the gray, ferrety eyes Avere rest less and perturbed, Avhile the stout round body M'as that of a yeoman of the bulkiest class, but so clumsily made up that it did not require any very lengthened scrutiny to perceive that the shrunken carcass appropriate to such a lanky and dismal visage oc cupied but a small space within the thick casing of padding and extra garments in which he Avas swathed. His light broAvn Avig, too, surmoun ted by a broad-brimmed hat, got a little awry, dangerously revealing the scanty locks of iron-gray beneath. It was not difficult to run up these little items to’ a pretty accurate sum total, anil I had little doubt that the hastening and nervous tra\-eler Avas flying either from a constable or a sheriff’s officer. It Avas, however, no affair of mine, and I Avas soon busy with the letters just brought me. The most important tidings they contained Avas, that Captain Pickard —the master of a smuggling craft of of some celebrity called Les Trois Freres, in which for some tAvelA’e months or more he had been carrying- on a daring and successful trade throughout the M’hole line of the southern and western coasts—Avas likely to be found at this particular time* near a particular spot in the back of the Wight. This informa tion Avas from a source in the enemy’s camp, and it Avas consequently with great satisfaction that I obsen'ed in dications of a coming breeze, and in all probability a stiff one. I Avas not disappointed ; and in less than an hour the Rose Avas stretching her white Avings beneath a brisk nortliAvester oA'er to Portsmouth, Avhere I had some slight official busi ness to transact previous to looking after friend Pickard. This Avas speed ily dispatched, and I Avas stepping in to the boat on my return to the cutter when a panting ’messenger informed me that the port admiral desired to see me instantly! “The telegraph has just announ ced,” said the admiral, “that Sparks, the defaulter, Avho has for some time successfully aA'oided capture, wiilat- tenipt to leave the kingdom from the Wight, as he is known to have been in communication Avith some of the smuggling gentry there. He is sup posed to have a large amount of gov ernment moneys in his possession. You Avill, therefore, Lieutenant Warneford, exert yourself A'igilantly to secure him.” “Wliat is his description ?” “Mr. James,” replied the admiral, addressing one of the telegraph clerks “give Lieut. Warneford the descrip tion transmitted.” Mr. James did so, and I read: “Is said to have disguised himself as a stout countryman, Avears a blue coat Avith bright; buttons, buff waistcoat, broAvn Avig and a Quaker’s hat. He is of a slight, lank figure, five feet nine inches in height. He has two pock-marks on his forehead, and lisps in speech.” “By Jove, sir,” I exclaimed, “I saw this felloM’ only about two hours ago!” I then briefly related AA'hat had occurred, and was directed not to lose a moment in basting to secure the fugitive. The -wind had considerably increas ed by this time, and the Rose Avas soon again off Cowes, where Mr. Roberts, the first mate and six men, were sent on shore Avith orders to make the best of his way to Bon- church—about which spot I knew, if anywhere, the brown-wigged gentle- tleman would endeavor to embark— while the Rose went round to inter cept him seaward: which she did at ing half a gale of wind. EA'ening had fallen before Ave reached our des tination, but so clear and bright, with the moon and stars, that distant ob jects Avere as visible as by day. I had rightly guessed hoAV it would be, for Ave had no sooner opened up Bon- ehurch shore or beach than Roberts signalled us that our man Avason board the cutter and running off at about a league from us in the direc tion of Cape La Houge. I kneAv too, from the cutter’s build and the cut and set of her sails that she was no other than Captain Pickard’s boasted craft, so that there was a chance of killing two birds with one stone. We evidently gained, though slowly,upon Les Trois Freres; and this, after about a quarter of an hour’s run ap peared to be her captain’s own opin ion, for he suddenly changed his course and stood towards the Chan nel islands, in the hope, I doubted not, that I M'ould not follow him, in such Aveather as Avas likely to come on, through the dangerous intricacies of the iron-bound coast about Guern sey and the adjacent islets. Master Pickard Avas mistaken ; for knoAving the extreme probability of being led such a dance, I had brought a pilot with me from Cowes as well acquaint ed with Channel naA-igation as the smuggler himself. Les Trois Freres it Mas soon eA-ident, Avas now upon her best point of sailing, and it was all that Ave could do to hold our own with her. This Avas A'exatious but the aspect of the heavens forbade me showing more canvas, greatly as I was tempted to do so. It Avas lucky I did not. The stars Avere still shining 0A r er our heads from an expanse of blue Avithout a cloud, and the full moon also as yet held her course unobserved, but there had gathered round her a glittering halo-like ring, and aAvay to windward huge masses of black clouds piled con fusedly on each other, Avere fast spreading OA r er the heavens. The thick darkness had sp read over about half the visible sky, presenting a sin gular contrast to the silver brightness of the other portion, Avhen suddenly a sheet of vivid flame broke out of the blackness, instantly folloAved by deaf ening explosions, as if a thousand cannon Avere bursting immediately oA-er our heads. At the same mo ment the tempest came leaping and hissing along the white-crested waves and struck the Rose abeam with such terrible force that for one startling moment I doubted if she Avould right again It Avas a vain fear; and, in a second or two, she was tearing through the water at a tremendous rate. Les Trois Freres had not been so lucky; she had carried aAvay her topmast, and sustained other damage, but so well and boldly M r as she handled, and so perfectly under command apppear- ed her creAV, that these accidents Avere so far as it Avas possible to do so, promptly repaired, and so little Avas she crippled, in comparative speed, that, although it Avas clear enough after a time, that the Rose gainec. something on her, it was so sloAvly that the issue of the chase con tinued extremely doubtful. The race was an exciting one. The Caskets, Alderney, Avere swiftly pass ed, and at about tAVO o’clock in the morning we made the Guernsey lights. We Avere by this time within a mile of Les Trois Freres, and she, determined at all risks to get rid of her pursuer, A'entured upon passing through a narroAV opening betAveen the small islets of Hern* and Gethon, abreast of Guernsey—the same pas sage, I belieA’e, by which Captain (aftenvards Admiral) Lord Sauma- rez escaped from a Freueh squadron in the early days of the n-ar. Fine and light as the night had again become, the attempt, bloAving as it did, Avas a perilous and proA’ed to be a fatal one. Les Trois Freres struck upon a reef on the side of Ge thon, a rock with then but one poor habitation upon it, Avhich one might throAv a biscuit OA r er; and by the time the Rose had brought up in the Guernsey roads, the smuggler, as far as could be ascertained by our night glasses, had entirely disappeared What had become of the creAV and of the important passenger was the next point to be ascertained, but although the wind had by this time somewhat abated, it AA'as not under the pilot’s advice till near 8 o’clock that the Rose’s boat with myself and a stout crew, pulled off for the scene of the catastrophe. We needed ndt to have hurried ourselves. The half-droAvned smugglers, all but three of Avhom had escaped Avith life, Avere in a truly sorry plight, every one of them be ing more or less maimed, bruised and bleeding. Les Trois Freres had gone entirely to pieces, and as there Avas no possible means of escape from the desolate place, our arrival Avith the supplies Ave brought M as looked upon rather as a deliverance than otlier- Avise. To my inquiries respecting their passenger, the men answered by saying he Avas in the house with the captain. I immediately proceed ed thither, and found one of the tAvo rooms on the ground floor occupied by four or fiA'e of the AA’orst injured of the contrabandists and the gentle man I was chiefly in pursuit of, Mr. Samuel Sparkes. There was no mis taking Mr. Sparkes, notAvithstanding he had substituted the disguise of a sailor for that of a jolly agriculturist. “You are, I belieA'e, sir, the Mr. Samuel Sparkes for whose presence certain personages in London are just now rather anxious?” His deathy face greAV more corpse like as I spoke, but he nevertheless managed to stammer out,“No, Samth Eduard, sir.” “At all eA'ents, that pretty lisp and those tAvo marks on the forehead be long to Samuel Sparks, Esq., and you must be detained till you satisfactori ly explain how you came by them. Stevens, take this person into close custody and have him searched at once. And noAV, gentlemen smug glers,” I continued, “pray inform me Avhere I may see your renowned cap tain ?” • “He is in the next room,” replied a decent tongued chap sitting near the fire, “and he desired me to gh-e his compliments to Lieutenant War neford, and say that he AA'ished to see him alone.” “Very civil and considerate, upon my word! In this room, did you say?” “Yes, sir; in that room.” I pushed open a rickety door and found myself in a dingy hole of a room, a little more than a couple of yards square, at the further side of which stood a lithe, sinewy man in a blue pea-jacket, and Avith a fur cap on his head. His back was turned to- toAvards me, and as my entrance did not cause him to change his position I said, “You are Captain Pickard, I am informed?” He 8M*ung sharply around as I spoke, threw off nis cap and said, briefly and sternly: “Yes, Warne- ford, I am Captain Pickard.” The sudden unmasking of a loaded battery immediately in my front could not have so confounded and startled me as these words did as they issued from the lips of the man before me. The curling black hair, the dark flashing eyes, the marble features were those of Lieutenant Hendrick—of the gallant seaman whose vigorous arm I had seen turn U*U1 DVOfTaiUt TTUAVU «1U Mill I fT JUVWV * a spanking rate, for it was now blow* 1 the tide of battle against desperate odds on the deck of a privateer. “Hendrick!” I at length exclaim ed, for the sudden inrush of painful emotion choked my speech fora time; “can it indeed be'you *?” “Ay, truly, Warneford. The Hen drick of whom CollingM'ood prophe sied high things is fallen thus Ioav ; and Avorse remains behind. There is a price set upon my capture, as you know, and escape is I take it, out of the question.” I comprehended the sIoav, meaning tone in Avhich the last sentence Avas spoken, and the keen glance that accompanied it. Hend rick, too, instantly read the decisive though unspoken reply. “Of course, it is out of the ques tion,” he went on. “ I Avas but a fool to even seem to doubt that it was. You must do your duty, Warneford, I know; and, since the fatal mishap M r as to occur, I am glad for many reasons that I haA’e fallen into your hands.” “So am not I; and I Avish Avith all my soul you had successfully thread ed the passage you essayed.” “The felloAv Avho undertook to pi lot us failed in nerve at the critical moment. Had he not done so, Les Trois Freres would haA’e been long since beyond your reach. But the past is past, and the future of dark and bitter time will be sAvift and brief.” “What haA’e you especially to dread? I knoAv a reM’ard has been offered for your apprehension, but not for Avhat precise offense.” “The unfortunate business of St. Michael’s Bay.” “Good God! The neAvspaper was right, then! But neither of the Avounded men has died, I hear, so that—that—” “The mercy of transportation may, you think, be substituted for the cap ital penalty.” He laughed bitterly. “Or—or,” I hesitatingly suggested, “you may not be identified; that is, legally so.” “Easily, easily, Warneford. I must not trust to that rotten cable. Neither the coast-guard nor the felloAvs with me know me, indeed, as Hendrick, ex-lieutenant of the royal naA’y, and that is a secret you will, I know, re ligiously respect.” I promised to do so; the painful interview terminated, and in about tAvo hours the captain and surA’iA'ing crew of Les Trois Freres and Mr. Samuel Sparks Avere safely on board the Rose. Hendrick had papers to arrange, and as the security of his person Avas all I Avas responsible for, he was accommodated in my cabin, Avhere I left him to confer Avith the Guernsey authorities, in Avhose ball Avick Gethon is situated. The matter of jurisdiction—the offense with which the prisoners Avere charged haA-ing been committed in England —Avas soon arranged, and by 5 o’clock in the eA’ening the Rose Avas on her way to England under an eight-knot breeze from the soutliM’est. As soon as we Avere fairly under M r ay I M r ent below to haA’e a last con ference Avith unfortunate Hendrick. There Avas a parcel on the table direc ted to “Mrs. Hendrick, LostAvithiel, CornM’all, care of Lieutenant Warn eford.” Placing it in my hands, he entreated me to see it securely con- A’eyed to its address unexamined and unopened. I assured him that I M ould do so, and tears, roughly dash ed aAvay, sprang to his eyes as he grasped ana shook my hand. I felt half choked, and Avhen lie again sol emnly adjured me under no circum stances to disclose the identity of Cap tain Pickard, and Lieutenant Hend rick, I could only reply by a seaman’s hand-grip requiring no additional pledge of words. We sat silently down and I order ed some wine to be brought in. “You promised to tell me,” I said, “how all this unhappy business came round.” “I am about to do so,” he answered “It was an old tale, of Avhich the last chapter owes its color, let me frankly OAvn, to my hot and impatient tem per as much as to a complication of adverse circumstances.” He poured out a glass of wine and proceeded at first sloAvly and calmly, but gradually as passion gathered strength and way upon him, Avith flush and impetuous eagerness to the close : I M-as born near Lostwithiel, Cornwall. My father, a younger and needy son of no profession, died when I Avas eight years of age. My mother had about £80 a year in her OAvn right, and, Avith that pittance, helped by self-privation, unfelt be cause endured for her darling boy, she gave me a sufficient education and fitted me out respectably, n’hen, thanks to PelleAV, I obtained a mid shipman’s Avarrant in the British ser vice. This occurred in my sixteenth year. Dr. Redstone, at Avhose ‘high school’ I acquired what slight classi cal learning, long since forgotten, I once possessed, M’as married in sec ond nuptials to a A’irago of a Avife, who brought him, besides her pre cious self, a red-headed cub by a for mer marriage. His (the son’s) name was Kershaw. The doctor had one child about my own age, a daughter, Ellen Redstone. I am not about to prate of the bread-and-butter senti ment of mere children, nor of Ellen’s M’onderful graces of mind and per son. I doubt, indeed, if I thought her A’ery pretty at the time; but she AA’as meekness itself, and my boy’s heart used, I AA’ell remember, to leap as if it would burst my bosom, at witnessing her patient submission to the tyranny of her stepmother, and one of the greatest pleasures I eA*er experienced M’as giving young Ker- shaAV, a much bigger fellow' than my self, a good thrashing for some bru tality towards her—an exploit that, of course, rendered me a remarkable favorite M’ith the great bumpkin’s mother.” “Well, I went to sea, and did not again see Ellen until seven years af terwards, Avhen, during absence on sick leuA-e, I met her at Penzance, in the neighborhood cf Avhich place the doctor had resided for some time. She Avas greatly improved in person, but was still meek, doA’e-eyed, gentle Ellen, and pretty nearly as much dominated by her" step-mother as for merly. Our child acquaintance Avas reneAved, and, suffice it to say, that I soon came to love her Avith a ferven- cy surprising eA’en to myself. My af fection M’as reciprocated ; Ave pledged faith together, and it was agreed that at the close of the Avar, AvheneA’er that should be, n*e Avere to marry and dwell together, like turtle doA’es in the pretty hermitage that Ellen’s fancy loved to conjure up, and Avith her A-oice of music untiringly dilate upon. I M'as again at sea, and the answer to my first letter brought the surprising intelligence that Mrs. Redstone had become quite reconcil ed to our future union, and that I might consequently send my letters direct to the nigh school. Ellen’s let ter Avas prettily enough expressed,but somehow I did not like its tone. It did not read like her spoken language at all events. This, however, must, I concluded, be mere fancy, and our correspondence continued for two years—till the peace, in fact—when •he frigate, of Avhich I was now sec ond lieutenant, arrived at Plymouth to be paid off. We were awaiting the admiral’s inspection, which for some reason or other was unusually delay ed, when a bag of letters Avas brought on board with one for me bearing the Penzance postmark. I tore it open and found that it was subscribed by an old and intimate friend. He had accidentally met with Ellen Redstone for the first time since I left. She looked thin and ill, and in ansAA-er to his persistent questionings had told him she had only heard once from me since I went to sea, and that M'as to renounce our engagement, and she added that she Avas going to be married in a day or tM’o to Rev. Mr.. Williams, a dissenting minister of’ fair means and respectable character. My friend assured her there must be some mistake, but she shook her head incredulously, and A^ith eyes brim full of tears and trembling A’oice bade him, when he saw me, say that she freely forgaA’e me, but that her heart Avas’ broken. This was the substance, and, as I read a hurricane of dismay and rage possessed me. There was not, I felt, a moment to be lost. Unfortunately the captain Avas absent, and the frigate temporarily under command of the first lieu tenant. You kneAv Lieutenant ■?” “I did for one of the most cold blooded mariners that ever trod quarter-deck.” “Well, him I sought and asked temporary lea\’e of absence. He re fused. I explained hurriedly—im ploringly explained the circumstan ces in M’hich I was placed. He sneer ingly replied that sentimental non sense of that kind could not be per mitted to interfere with the king’s service. You know, Warneford, 1iom t naturally hot and impetuous is my temper, and at that moment my brain seemed literally aflame. High Avords folloM’ed, and in a transport of rage I struck the taunting coAvard a violent bloM’ in the face, following up the outrage by drawing my sword and challenging him to instant com bat. You may guess the sequel. I was immediately arrested by the guard and tried a feAV days afterwards by court martial. Exmouth stood my friend, or I knoAv not M’hat sen tenee might haA-e been passed, and I Avas dismissed the service.” “I Avas laid up for several Aveeks by fever about that time,” I remarked ; “and it thus happened, doubtless, that I did not see any report of the trial.” “The moment I AA’as liberated I has tened, literally almost in a state of madness, to Penzance. It AA’as all true, and I AA’as too late! Ellen had been married something more than a Aveek. It was KershaAV and his mother’s doings. Him I half killed; but it is needless to go into details of the frantic \iolence Avith Avhich I conducted myself. I broke madly into the presence of the neAvly mar ried couple. Ellen sAVOoned with terror, and her husband, Avhite Avith consternation and trembling in every limb, had barely, I remember, suffi cient power to stammer out that he would pray for me. The next six months is a blank. I went to Lon don, fell into eA’il courses, drank, gambled; heard after awhile that El len Avas dead—the shock of Avhich partially checked my doAvnward pro gress—partially only. I left off’ drink ing but not gambling, and ultimate ly I became connected Avith a num ber of disreputable persons, among Avhom Avas our prisoner Sparkes. He found part of the capital Avith which I have been carrying on the contra band trade for the last two years. I had, hoM’eA’er, fully determined to withdraw myself from the dangerous though exciting pursuit. This Avas to haA’e been my last trip; but you know,” he added bitterly, “it is al- AA’ays upon the last turn of the dice that the devil pins his victims.” He ceased speaking, and we both remained silent for several minutes. What oil my part could be said or suggested ? “You hinted just hoav,” I remark ed, after a Avhile, “that all your re maining property M’as in this parcel. You have, lioM’e\’er, of course, reserv ed sufficient for your defense?” A strange smile curled his lip, and a Avild, brief flash of light broke from his dark eyes, as he ansAA’ered, “O yes, more than enough—more, much more than Avill be required.” “I am glad of that.” We AA’ere again silent, and I presently exclaim ed, “Suppose Ave take a turn on deck —the heat here stifles one.” “With all my heart,” he ansAA’ered, and Ave both left the cabin. We continued to pace the deck side by side for some time M’ithout interchanging a syllable. The night Avas beautifully clear and fine, and the cool breeze that swept OA’er the star and moon-lit Avaters gradually al layed the feA’erish nervousness which the unfortunate lieutenant’s narra- tiA'ehad excited. A beautiful, hoAvev’er illusive world,” he by and by sadly resumed, “this death—now so close at my heels —wrenches us from. And yet you and I, Warneford, ha\’e seen men rush to encounter the King of Ter rors, as he is called, as readily as if summoned to a bridal.” “A sense of duty and a habit of discipline Avill alM’ays overpoAA’er, in men of our race and profession, the A’ulgar fear of death.” “Is it not also, think you, the great er fear of disgrace and disnonor in the eyes of the Avorld, Avhich out- Aveighs the lesser dread?” ‘No doubt that has an immense influence. What Avould our sweet- hearts, sisters, mothers say, if they heard Ave had turned craA’en? What Avould they say in England? Nelson Avell understood this feeling, and ap pealed to it in his last great signal.” “Ay, to be sure,” he musingly re plied: “Avhat Avould our mothers say—feel, rather—at Avitnessing their sons’ dishonor ? That is the master chord?” We once more relapsed into silence and after another dozen or so turns on the deck, Hendrick seated himself on the combings of the main hatch- Avay. His countenance, I observed, Avas still pale as marble, but a livelier, more resolute expression had gradu ally kindled in his brilliant eyes. He Avas, I concluded, nerving himself to meet the chances of his varying con stancy and fortitude. “I shall go beloM' again,” I said. “Come; it may be some Aveeks be fore we haA’e another glass of Avine together.” “I AA’ill be Avith you directly,” he ansAvered, and I Aveut doAvn. He did not, hoM’e\ r er, folloAV, and I was about calling him, Avhen I heard his step on the stairs. He stopped at the threshold of the cabin, and there M'as flashing intensity of expression about his face M'hich quite startled me. As if moA’ed by second thought, he stepped in. “One last glass Avith you, Warneford; God bless you!” He drained and set the glass on the ta ble. “The lights at the corner of the Wight—are just—made,” he hurried ly went on. “It is not likely I shall haA’e an opportunity of again speak ing with you; and let me again hear you say that you will, under any cir cumstances, keep secret from all the world—my mother especially—that Captain Pickard and Lieutenant Hen drick were one person.” “I will; but why”— “God bless you!” he broke in. “I must be on deck again!” He vanished as he spoke, and a dim suspicion of his purpose arose in my mind, but before I could act upon it a loud, confused outcry arose on the deck, and as I rushed i|p the cabin stairs I heard, amid the hurrying to and fro of feet, the cries of “Man overboard!” “’Bout ship!” “Down M’ith the helm!” The cause of the commotion AA'as soon explained. Hen drick had sprung oA’erboard; and looking in the direction pointed out by the man at the wheel plainly dis cerned him already considerably astern of the cutter. His face M’as turned toM’ards us, and the instant I appeared he waved one arm Avildly in the air. I could hear the Avords, “Your promise!” distinctly, and the next instant the moonlight played upon the spot where he had vanished. Boats Avere loAvered, and Ave passed and repassed over and near the place, for nearly half an hour. Vainly; he did not reappear. I haA’e only further to add that the S a reel intrusted to me Avas safely de- vered and that I have reason to be lieve Mrs. Hendrick remained to her last hour ignorant of the sad fate of her son. It Avas her impression, in deed, by his last letter, he wus about to enter the South American service under Cochrane, and she ultimately resigned herself to a belief that he had there met with a braA’e man’s death. My promise Avas scrupulously kept, nor is it by this publication in the slightest degree broken; for both the names of Hendrick and Pickard are fictitious, and so is the place assigned as that of the lieutenant’s birth. That rascal Sparkes, I am glad to be able to say—chasing whom made me an actor in the melancholy affair—M’as sent OA'er the herring pond for life. Importance of Good Manner*. The habit of saying rude things, of running people down, springs uot so much from ill-nature as from that vanity that would rather lose a friend than a joke. On this point Dr. Johnson once remarked: “Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one—no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him doAvn.” The A’ain ego tism that disregards others is shoAvn in various impolite ways; as for in stance, by neglect of propriety in dress, by the absence of cleanliness, or indulging in repulsiA’e habits. Some think themselA’es so Avell-born, so clever, so rich, as to be aboA’e car ing Avhat others may say and think of them. It is said that the ancient kings of Egypt used to commence speeches to their subjects Avith the formula: “By the head of Pharoah ye are all SAvine!” We need not won- der that those Avho take this swine theory of their neighbors should be careless of setting their tastes and feelings at defiance. Contrast such puppyism with the conduct of DaA’id Aneilion, a famous Huguenot preach er, one of Avhose motives for studying his sermons M’ith the greatest care M’as “that it Avas shoAving too little esteem for the public to take no pains in preparation, and that a man Avho should appear on a ceremonial day in his night-cap and dressing-goAvn could not commit a greater breach of civility.” “Spite and ill-nature,” it has been said, are amongst the most expensive luxuries of life;” and this is true, for none of us can afford to surround himself Avith a host of ene mies we are sure to make if, w’hen young, we allow ill-nature to produce in us unmannerly habits. Good manners, like good Avords, cost noth ing, and are M’orth everything. What adA’antage, for instance, did the book seller on M’hom Dr. Johnson once called to solicit employment get from his brutal reply: “Go buy a porter’s knot and carry trunks ?” The surly natures of such men prevent them from eA’er entertaining angels una wares. It is difficult to see Iioav the “natural-born fool” can eA’er hope to be AA’ell mannered, for without good sense or rather tact, a man must con tinually make a fool of himself in society. Why are Avomcn as a rule better mannered than men ? Because their greater sympathy aud power of quicker intuition gh’e to them finer tact. Nor is talent which knows what to do of much use, if the tact be Avanting which should enable us to see hoAV to do it. He who has tal ent without tact is like the million aire Avho neA’er has a penny of ready money about him. Mr. Smiles i-llus- trates’the difference betAveen a man of quick tact and of no tact whatever by an intervieAV Avhich he says once took place betAveen Lord Palmerston and Mr. Behnes the sculptor. At the last sitting Avhich Lord Palmerston gaA’e him, Behnes opened the conver- sation with: “Any neAvs, my lord, from France? Hoav do Ave stand Avith Louis Napoleon?” The foreign sec retary raised his eye'orovv’s for an in stant, and quietly replied : “Really Mr. Behnes, I don’t knoAv; I haA’e not seen the newspapers!” Behnes, with much talent, was one of the many men who entirely missed their Avay in life through want of tact.— [Chambers's Journal. BANKING AND INSURANCE. MadLe Toy tlxo Notice in Bankruptcy. No. 1.519. T HIS is to give notice that on the 19th day of November, A. D. 1877, a warrant in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of F. Emory Catchings. of Georgetown, county of Quitman, and State of Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on his own peti tion, and that the payment of any debts, and the delivery of any property belonging to said Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer of any property by him, are for bidden by law; that a meeting of the credi tors of said Bankrupt, to prove their debts and to choose one or more assignees of his estate, Avill beheld at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be hoiden at the Register’s office, Colum bus, Ga., before Lemuel T. Downing, Esq., Register, on the 8th day of December, A. D. 1877, at 10 o'clock a. m. W. H. SMYTH, United States Marshal, as Messenger. noI7 2t THE WORLD’S STANDARD SCALES RECEIVED HIGHEST MEDALS AT World’s Fair, London 1851 World’s Fair, New York 1853 World’s Fair, Paris 1867 World’s Fair, Vienna 1873 World’s Fair, Santiago, Chili 1875 World’s Fair, Philadelphia 1876 World’s Fair, Sidney, Australia...1877 ALSO SOLE AGENTS FOR MILES’ ALARM MONEY DRAWERS. HANCOCK’S INSPIRATORS* (The best Feeder known for Stationary, Ma rine, and Locomotive Boilers.) ALSO, OSCILLATING PUMP COM PAM'S PCMPS. FAIRBANKS & CO., 311 Broadway. New York. aul4 d2taw<twlm For Sale—Cheap. A FOUR-ROOM DWELLING-HOUSE, cor. ner Fulton and Troup Streets; one-half acre lot, good well of water, and kitchen. Apply to F. REICH. oc3i lm A MONTH—Agents wanted every, ’here. Business honorable and firat G-eorgia Home INSURANCE COMPANY, In the State of Georgia, tor the protection of her policy holders. OUR DPOSIT is ample for the protection of onr patrons. WE REPRESENT TIIE HOME OF NEW YORK Capital and Assets $ 6.500,000 LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION « •* “ 14,000,000 MOBILE UNDERWRITERS’ “ “ « 1,250,000 PETERSBURG SAYINGS and INSURANCE... •« “ « 600,000 IS* Bisks will be written at rates as low. Adjustments will be made as liberally, and payments made as promptly, as by any other first-class company represented in Georgia. Office in Georgia Home building. sepi6 eodtf 1849. 1877. Willcox’s Insurance Agency! Oldest Agency in Western Georgia. TIME-TRIED 2 FIRE-TESTED 2 tot $250,000 in U. S. Bonds deposited with the Comptroller General of Georgia for additional security of Policies is sued at this Agency. Just Settlements! Prompt Payments!! For safe Insurance on Dwellings, Stores, Gin Houses, call on D. F. WILLCOX, sep20 eodtf 71 BROAD STPEET. R. B. MURDOCH’S INSURANCE AGENCY! No. 02 Broad Sreet, Representing Fourteen Million Dollars Capital. SOUTHERN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Athens, Ga. PHtENIX INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford, Conn. MANHATTAN INSURANCE COMPANY, New York. LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Manchester, Eng. SOUTHERN MUTUAL returns fifty per cent, premium to the insured, and no liability to policy holders. MANHATTAN will insure Gin Houses at lowest ruling rates. $25,000 deposited with the State as security for policy holders. [aug2I ly] ts h m» INSURANCE COMPANY 1 Of Ridunond, Va. +0+ Cash Capital $250,000; Cash Assets $315,000! $25,000 in U. S. Bonds deposited in the Treasury of Georgia for FURTHER Security of Policies! T HIS well known Company has paid its THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to claimants in Georgia, by the hands of the undersigned, since the war, and will maintain its well- earned reputation for skillful, conservative, prompt, just dealing. ^-DWELLINGS, STORES, GIN HOUSES insured at fair rates. J53-Agents at all prominent points in the State, to whom apply, or to X>. F. WILLCOX, Gon’l sep20 eodtf 71 BROAD STREET. CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &c. H. C. McKEB, GUNBY BUILDING, ST. CLAIR STREET, —DEALER IN— Carriages, Baggies & Wagons Of Every Description, at Prices to suit the times. W HAT you don’t see ask for, and he will exhibit cuts (from reliable builders) of any Vehicle manufactured, which he will furnish upon short notice, at manufacturer’s prices. All work sold and warranted will be protected. Has now in stock and will continue to receive fresh supplies, of Buggy, Carriage and other Harness; Gents’ and Ladies’ Saddles in great variety; Collars, Hames, Bridles,&c.; Whips,Curry Combs, Horse Brushes,&c. BrtTALL WILL BE SOLD AT CLOSE PRICES. oct!6 d&wly II. O. McBLDF. SMITH & MURPHY, City Carriage Works, COLUMBUS, GA., K EEP constantly on hand and man* ufactnre to order all styles of CARRIAGES, ROCKAWAYS, BUG GIES & SPRING WAGONS. We gaurantee to giTe a better Vehi cle for less money than was ever be fore sold in this market. We will du plicate any work bronght to this mar ket. Special attention given to repair-. ing in all its branches. Satisfaction ganrauteed as to work and price. Factory on Bryan Street, between Broad and Oglethorpe Streets. Ware-room Southwest corner Bryan and Oglethorpe Streets. oct31 d2taw*w6m RAILROADS. WESTERN - RAILROAD OF ALABAMA. - MILLINERY. Mrs. Colvin & Miss Donnelly, Have on hand a most select and complete assortment of MILLINERY ’ FANCY GOODS! Embracing all the Novelties of the season in Ladies’ and Misses’ Fine Shaw, Felt. Plush and Yelvet HATS and BONNETS. Also a most varied assortment of Children’s Suits, Sacques, and Infants’ Cloaks, Ladies’ Cloaks from $3 to $20; also a complete line of Corsets, inclu ding Dr. Warner’s Health Corset, Cooley’s Cork Corset,, and many other new and approved makes. KID GLOVES from 50c. to $2. Having purchased our Stock for cash, we can and are determined to 3ell as low as the lowest. Call and examine our stock before purchasing. octS eoditwlm MARK A. BRADFORD, CARRIAGE, Bl'GGT und WAG0X HARNESS, Bridles, Collars, Whips, Ladies’ and Gents’ T It U NK 8! and SATCHELS. [Men's Boys’ and La dies’ ■Me WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN SADDLES, SADDLES AND HARNESS !f olc *^r6ash arnc8S — [leather Orders by mail promptly attended to.l Enameled cloth. Saddles and Harness made to order. aerMR. MIDDLEBROOK U still with me, at his Old Stand, 94 Broad St. octtt SE3m COLUMBUS, GA, November 11, 1877. Trains Leave Columbus Daily, as follows: SOUTHERN MAIL. 3:45 P. JI. Arrives at Montgomery.. 8:10 p x Mobile 3:00 a st New Orleans.. 8:20 a m Selma 7:00 a x Atlanta 7:15 a x ATLANTA AND NORTHERN MAIL. 7K10 A. M Arrives at Atlanta 2:20 p X Washington ... 6:35 p at Baltimore 8:30 P X Ne\v York 6:45 A X ALSO BT THIS TBAIN Arrive at Montgomery 3:50 p x TRAINS ARRIVE AT COLUMBUS From Montgomery and Sonthwest..ll:05 a x From Montgomery and Southwest. 7:10 p x From Atlanta and Northwest 7:10 p x Xg-This Train, arriving at Columbns at 7:10 p M, leaves Atlanta at 9:30 A X. E. P. ALEXANDER, President. CHAS. PHILLIPS, Agent. declS tf CENTRAL & SOUTHWESTERN RAILROADS. SAVANNAH, GA., October 13,1877. O N AND AFTFR SUNDAY OCTOBER 14, Passenger Trains on the Ctntnd and Southwestern Railroads, and Branches, will run as follows: TRAIN NO. 1—GOING NORTH AND WEST Leaves Savannah 9:20 a x Leaves Augusta 9:15 a x Arrives at Augusta 4:45 p x Arrives at Macon 6:45 P X Leaves Macon for Atlanta 9:16 p x Arrives at Atlanta 5:02 A X Leaves Macon for Eufaula (Accom modation 9:00 P X Arrives at Eufaula 9:55 A X Leaves Macon for Columbus (Ac commodation 8:00 p x Arrives at Columbus 4:38 A X Making close connections at Atlanta with Western and Atlantic Railroad for all points North and West. Eufaula Accommodation leaves Macon daily except Saturday. Columbus Accommodation train runs daily except Sunday. COMING SOUTH AND EAST. Leaves Atlanta 10:40 p X Arrives at Macon 5:45 A x Leaves Eufaula (Accommodation)... 6:00 P x Arrives at Macon 6:454. X. Leaves Columbus (Accommodation) 8:lo p X Arrives at Macon 5:15 A X Leaves Macon 7:00 a x Arrives at Milledgeville 9:44 A X Arrives at Eatonton. 11:30 A M Arrives at Augusta 4:45 p k Arrives at Savannah 4:00 p x Leaves Augusta - 9:15 AX Making connections at Augusta for the North and East, and at Savannah with the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad for all points ln Florida. ' Eufaula Accommodation Leaves Eufaula daily except Sunday. Columbns Accommodation Train rune daily except Sunday. TRAIN NO. 2-GOING NORTH AND WEST Leaves Savannah — .' 7:30PX Arrives at Augusta 6:00 A X Leaves Augusta 8:05 P X Arrives at Milledgeville 9:44 A X Arrives at Eatonton 11:30 A X Arrives at Macon 8:00 A X Leaves Macon for Atlanta 8:40 A X Arrives at Atlanta 2:16 P X Leaves Macon for Albany and Eu faula 8:20 A X Arrives at Eufaula — 3:46 P X Arrives at Albany 1:50 P X Leaves Macon for Columbns 11:45 A X Arrives at Columbus 4:00 P X Trains on this schedule for Macon,Atlanta, Columbus, Eufeula and Albany dally, soak ing close connections at Atlanta with W*ot-’ ern A Atlantic and~Afta*tf»-*JB|pfcnaond Air-Line. At Eufaula, with Montgomery & Eufaula Railroad; at Columbus, with West ern Railroad of Alabama, and Mobile and Girard Railroad. Train on Blakely Extension leaves Albany Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fri days. COMING SOUTH AND EAST. Leave# Atlanta..- U40 r X Arrives at Macon from-Atlanta... ^ Leaves Albany ...—vaJPWHfcr Leaves Eufaula -«■ "ep Arrives at Macon from Eufaula and*- —■ w 1 Albany 4:47 p X Leaves Columbus .Ji:29 a x Arrives at Macon from Columbus.... 3:58 p x Leaves Macon 7:35 p M Arrives at Augusta 6:00 A x Leaves Augusta 88)5 p M Arrives at Savannah 7:15 A M Making connections at Savannah with Atlantic and Gulf Railroad for all points in Florida. Passengers for Milledgeville and!Eatonton will take Train No 2 for Savannah,andTrain No. 1 from Macon, which trains connect daily, except Monday, for these points. WILLIAM ROGERS, Gen’l Sup’t Central Railroad, Savannah. W. G. RAOUL, Sup’t Southwestern Railroad. Macon. oc25tf MOBILE AND GIRARD B, B. COLUMBUS, GA., October 1,1877. Doable Daily Passenger Train, M AKING close connections at Union Springs with Montgomery and Eufaula Trains to and from Montgomery and Eu faula and points beyond. This is the only line making close connec tion at Montgomery with South and North Alabama Train from the Northwest. Passenger and Fr’t Mall Train. Train. tj OB £ £®~ I H-5 Leave Columbus...- ; £20 p x $ai) p x Arrive at Union Springs 5:55 p m 12:25 A x Arrive at Troy 8:00 p x Arrive at Eufaula ..10:10 p x 6:00 a X Arrive at Montgomery... 7:55 p x 6:45 a X Arrive at Mobile 3:13 a x 6:00 p x Arrive at New Orleans... 9:00 a X 8:40 a k Arrive at Nashville 7:50 p x 7-50 p x Arrive at Louisville 3:45 a X 8*45 a X Arrive at Cincinnati 8:10 a m 8*-10 a x Arrive at St. Louis 4:00 p x 4:00 P x Arrive at Philadelphia... 6:50 p x 6:50 p x Arrive at New York 10:05 p x 10:05 p x Leave Troy 1&50 a x Arrive at Union Springs 2:40 a x Leave Union Springs 3:10 ax Max Arrive at Columbns- 7:10 a X 10:55 A X Arrive at Opelika 9:10 A M Arrive at Atlanta 2:20 p x Arrive at Macon 3:06 p x Arrive at Savannah 7:15 a x PaiiRengers f Gr Eufaula leaving Columbus at da i'y. arrive in Eufaula at 10:10 p ji daily (Sundays excepted). Leaving at 8:30 fataaatl[»Ax ay8eXCepted)>arrlVe ln Eu * Through C°ach with Sleeping Car accom modation on Mail Train between Columbus and Montgomery. W. L. CLARK, _ Superintendent. D. E. WILLIAMS, ^^^jeneraurieke^gent jr~ myO tf OIL, C WESTI ALADDIN ■4 SOUS'1 SECURITY The Best Household Oil in Use. Warranted 150 degs. Fire-Test* Water White in Color. . Fully Deodorized. Will Not Explode! HIGHEST AWARD AT THE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION FOB EXCELLENCE OF MANUFACTURE And High Fire-Test l Endorsed by Insurance Companies! Read this Certificate—One of Many s Howard Fire Insurance Co. or Balti- more, Baltimore, Dec. 23d, 1874.—Messrs. C. west & Sons—Gentle mem : Having used, the various oils sold in this city for illumi nating purposes, 1 take pleasure in recom mending your “Aladdin Security Oil” ak the safest and best ever used in onr house hold. i ours truly, (Signed) ANDREW REESE, Pres’t. MANUFACTURED BY C. WEST & SONS, Baltimore* Try It, and You will Use no Other. oc20d6m NOTICE. T HE notes and accounts of the iate^flrm of J. J. WHITTLE A CO. have been placed in the hands of Messrs. Crawford A McNelH™ for collection. Parties due the firm or th* J '. T ' McLeod, deceased, will sett!*-. *r with Crawford A McNeill,or W. L. SALISBURY, ) no!4 eodlw Administrator, l