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iainfohtlmm:.
No prayers were said, no bells were peeled
They hurried her corpse | () (] u . p<,ttei’s field;
But my bady’S carriage drove so near
(Mv lady glorious in her charms)
That tie* hears«* wlieel scraped. I greatly far,
The panel which bore her coat-of arms
They called her Jenny the poor young thing
For whom; if the comfortable needs be right,
The shadows cast by death's black wing
Were only an earnest of endless i kht.
They called her Jenny; but far away
Where the summer winds in tie- oak trees play.
And *he rnbbins sing through the summer day,
And the maple leaves grow red in the frost,
The Puritan fanners a story fell
Os a girl named Alice Eee. who was dost 1 - -
Lost in the highway that leads to hell.
Jenny or Alice —‘tis all the same—
The grave will receive and the earth will hide 1
her.
And the busy world will fotg t her shame.
Or those who remember will merely deride
her;
A thief and a murderer sleep beside her,
But her slumber is sound. M v lady will ride,
Rolling in wealth and cloaked in pride,
On the upper wave of the human tide,
She will claim the hornaue due to her charms,
And the hearse wheel's mark- on her eoat-of
arms,
Will be skillfully hid by an artist’s brush:
But, oil! how her delicate cheeks would flush
Not with her pretty affable blush
Jf she knew the name of the man w ho led.
In the Puritan village far away,
Down to the haunts of the living dead,
The fallen girl who was buri< and to-day.
My lady’s husband is haughty and cold,
lie fights the endless fight for gold;
Greed is his armor and self is his shield,
And over the world rough shod lie goes,
Coining dollars from human woes,
Forcing the luckless ones to yield.
Crowding the poor more near to the wall,
Backing his wits against the field ,
Rising higher as others fall.
And mocking the God who is over us all.
Only once in his passionate days.
Did my lady's husband step aside.
From the beaten track of lr proper ways,
And then in hi* heart he felt the blaze
Os the fires of Jove which few have defied,
l,o\e which is even greater than pride;
Love, at w hose bidding man laughs or grieves; !
Love that possesses the magical phrase
That opens the den of the Forty Thie\es
And unlocks the treasures of earth beside.
But a simple girl in a country place.
Whose only fortune was in her face,
IF: vv could she ever hop * to blind,
By ler pretty ways and unless grace,
The selfish heart and evil mind
Os one w ho >el .o n saw beyond
The region spanned by note and bond?
But a vision arose so passing sweet.
When heart with holiest hea. t should beat.
That he could not choose but permit his.
thought
T# wander be vend life's frigid zone
IV Vhere every thing is sold and bought,
And the gold king sits on Ins crtiel throne,
To that purer realm that warmer clime,
Where love directs the hand of time
And all the music of all the spheres
Falls sweetly soft ly on the listener’s ears,
’Twas a fleeting vision aml’nbthmg more;
Avarice rose and Self came back,
And Greed averted its place as before.
And a purpose was formed as damnably black
As ever the angels in Heaven wept o'er -
But women are weak. Tim game was played,
And then in that village, fur away
To her terrible sorrow' alone and betrayed,
He 1 *ft the girl they have buried to-day.
The dice of the fates are loaded I think;
The double sixes are not thrown fair;
Were it otherwise this man would sink
To the deepest depth of the lowest despair,
Instead of standing high in the land
And winning my lady’s beautiful hand.
The story is old. and the story is trite,
But if God be God and if right be right,
My lady's husband will find atla>t.
When life and its hopes are over and past,
And the graves cf earth their victims yield.
And the final judgment trumpet is blown,
That she who sleeps in the potters field.
With her awful shai; e and her faded charms,
Shall sit more near to the great white throne
Than he in spite of his coat of arms.
jßgf An eight hour a day man, on go-!
ing borne the other evening for bis sup
per, found bis wife sitting, in ber best
clothes, on the front stoop, reeling a
volume ol travels. ‘llow is this? no ex
claimed. ‘Where’s toy supper?’ ‘I don’}
know, 1 replied the wife, ‘I began to get
breakfast at C o’clock this morning, and
my eight hours ended at 2 p. no’
An absent wife is thus advertised for:
‘Jane, your absence will ruin all. Think
of the children, your parents, your hus
band. Ketnrn, return; all may yet be
well. At anj T rate, enclose the key of
the cupboard where the gin is.’
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ptteccUancouo.
THE PILOT’S lIEI'EMiE.
! It was towards night on the 21st ol
. September, 1834. A small English war
1 brig, which had been fitted out fur the
I suppi i ssion of smugglers, was lazily
I creeping along over the heavy, mnrioto
; nous swells, just on the coast of Galway
| and on her dock was being enacted a
scene of .somewhat more than common
interest. The day before she had captu
red a small boat laden with contraband
articles together with an old man arid
hoy who had charge of ll cm and the
captain of the brig whose name was Dra
cut had ordered that the smugglers
should lie put in irons. To this indigni
ty, the old man made a stout resistance
and in the heat of the moment had so
far forgotten himself as to strike the
captain a blow which laid him on the
deck. Such an insult to an English offi
cer wus past emlmanee, and in punish
ment for this offence the smuggle! had
j been condemned to die.
A single whip was rove at the star
board fore\ ard arm, and all hands were j
j called to witness the execution The!
| rope was noosed and slipped over the
I culprit’s head and the running end was j
! rove through a small snath block up n j
1 the deck. Until this moment not. a word j
• scaped the lips of the boy. He trem-j
bled as he beheld the awful preparations]
and as the fatal noose was passed and
drawn tight, the color foorsook his
.cheeks and he sprang forward and drop
ped upon his knees before the incensed
I captain. ‘Mercy, sir; mercy.’
ldr whom V asked the officer, while a
contemptuous smile rested upon his lips.
‘For that old man whom you are about
to kill.’
‘lie dies, boy.’
‘But he is my father sir.’
‘No matter if he were my own father,
that man who strikes an English officer
while in the performance of his duty
mns die.’
‘But he was manacled, he was insul
ted, sir,’ urged the boy.
‘lnsulted!’ repeated the captain. ‘Who
insulted him?’
‘Vou did, sir,’ replied the hoy, while
his face was iltmhcd with indignation.
‘(Jet rip, sir and be careful that you do
not r< eive (nr same treatment,’ said the
Captain, in a savage tone.
The old man heard this appeal of his
son and as the last words dropped fiom
the lips of his captor, he raised his head,
and while a look of the utmost defiance
passed over liis features, he exclaimed :
‘Ask no favors, Robert. Old Karl Kin
leek can die now as well as at anytime,
let them do their worst.’
Then turning to Captain Dracut, he
changed his tone for one of deep suppli
cation. ami aid : ‘Do what you please
with me sir, but do not harm my hoy,
for he has done no wrong: lam ready
for your sentence, and the sooner you
finish it the better.’
‘Lay hold of the whip !' shouted the
Captain. ‘Lay hold, every man of you,
and stand by to run the villia.ii up.’
In obedience to this order, the men
ranged themselves along the deck, and
each one Ja id hold of the rope. Robert
Kin toe Ic looked first at his father and!
then he fan his eyes along tire line of men j
who were to he liis executioners. But not ]
one sympath zng or pitying !o ko nil
lie trace. Then laces were all hard and !
cold, and they all appeared anxious to!
coiiMiniale their murderous work.
‘What I’exclaimed the boy, while ai
tear startled from his eye, and his lips
trembled, ‘is there not one, even, who :
can pity V |
‘Up with him!’ shunted the Captain. ,
Robert hurled liis face in his hands, ’
and the next moment his father was i
swingi tg at the yard arm, lie heard the j
passing rope and the creaking block and ,
he knew that he was fatherless.
Half an hour afterwards the boy knelt
by the side of a ghastly Corpse and a
] simple prayer escaped his lips. Then
i anothei low murmuring sound came up
] f|-c,n> Iris bosom, but none of those a
- round knew its import. It was a pledge
! of deep revenge.
; Juri as the old man’s body slid from
I (he gangboard into the water, a .rival
j flavor lightnii, •; streamed through the j
| heavens and in another instant the .Reed 1
I ful artillery of nature sent forth a rmir
Iso loud and long that the men actually
! placed their hands to their ears to shut
j out its deafening power. Robert Kin
j el: started at the sound, and what had
! caused dread in other bosoms, cent a
i thrill of satisfaction to hi. own.
‘Oh, revenge ! revenge !’ he muttered
to himself as he east his eye over the
foam-created waves which had already
risen beneath the power of the sudden
g orrn.
The darkness had come as quickly as
did the storm, and all that could he dis-
I tinguished from the deck of the brig
1 save the breaking sea, was the fear
ful craggy ’shore, as flash after
I flash of lightning illuminated the heav
i CM'-
‘Light ho !’ shouted a man forward,
\ arid the next moment all eyes wercdirec
j ted to a bright light which had sudden
: !v flashed upon tlic distant rocks.
The wind had now reached its height,
and with its giant power it scut the ill
fated brig directly upon the surf-bound
shore of rocks and reefs and every face
save one was blanched with fear. In
1 vain did they try to lay the brig to the
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE’S RI3KXS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY PEAR AND ONBKIBED BY GAIN.
QUITMAN, GEO., AUGUST 7, 18G8.
wind, but in t. a sail would hold for an in
slant, unfit at length the men managed
to get a fore storm-stay sail, and the brig
stood for a short tin c bravely up against
the heaving sea. But it. was eviden
that should she succeed in keeping to
the wind, she would eventually he driv
en ashore, for the power of the insetting
waves was greater than that of the
wind.
‘Boy, do you know what that light is?’
asked the captain, r.s he stood holding
on to the ma n rigging to keep his feet
•Yes, sir,’said Robert, ’it is Bully
more’s Crag.’
‘What is it, there for?’
‘it marks the entrance to a little har
bor, sir, which lies in buck of it.’
‘And call it be entered by a vessel of
this size V asked- the captain as a gleam
of hope shot across Iris face.
‘Oh yes sir ! a large ship can enter
there.’
‘.And do you know tiro passage ?’
‘Yes, sir ; 1 have spent my whole life
on this coast, and .1 know every turn in
it.’
‘Could you take the brig in there in
this storm V
‘Yes sir,” answered the boy.
| ‘And will you do it ?’ eagerly asked
] the captain.
I ‘On two conditions.’
‘Name them quickly.
‘The first is that yon let mo go in
peace ; and the next than you trouble
noi e of the smugglers, should they hap
pen to he there.”
T promise,’ said the captain ; ‘now set
about your work ; but mark me, if yon
deceive me, by St. George, I’ll shoot you
on the moment !’
The brig was soon put before the wind
and Robert Kintock stationed himself
upon the starboard fore yard arm, from
whence bis orders were passed along to
the helmsmen. The bounding vessel soon
came within eight of the ragged crags,
and the heart of every mail leaped with
fearful thrills as they swept past a frown
ing rock which almost grazed them as
they passed. On flew their brig, thicker
ami more fearful became the rocks, which
raised their heads on every side.
Tort’ shouted the hoy.
‘Port it is.’
‘Steady—so.’
‘Steady it is.’
‘Starhoard-- quick.’
‘Av ay—starboard it is,’
‘Steady—so.’
‘Steady, it is.’
At this moment the vessel swept past
an overhanging cliff", and just as a vivid
flash of lightning shot through the heav
ens and revealed all the horrors around,
a lend shout was heard from the pilot,
and in a moment all eyes were turned
noon him. He stood upon the extreme
errd of the yard and held on by the lilt.
In a moment more lie crouched down like
a tiger after after his prey, and then with
one leap reached the projecting rock.
‘Revenge ! revenge!’ war* J the doom
ed men heard and they weft: swept away
in the boiling surge beyond.
‘Breakers Ia reel"!’ screamed a man
forward. ‘Starboard, quick !’
But it was too late. Fro the helm !
was half up, alow tremendous "’'.at;, q
of the brig’s keel was toil <i:.d the imxl
instant came a crash which son: ri el
high above the roar of the elm .on h, and :
the heavy mast went sweeping away )<•
leeward, folio .veil in a few moments by
large messes of the ill-fate l ve.- c! ,
wreck and cargo. Shriek siltt r shriek
went tip from those doomed men. But
the.' were in the grasp of a power that
no known no n.oicy. The stoim Ling
took them for his own
‘J’he next hi iniim; a party of wreckers
i can.: dove, from the rocks and moved
j along the shore. It was Mrev.-cd with
| fr. ;-merits of tl wreo;: a- ! here and
j there weie sootier -1 ah,eg the short) l‘‘C
‘ bruised and mutilated bodies of the
i brig's crew. A lining that pa ly wa R«l>
i ert ain took, and eagerly did f.o soert.ii
! among list ghuciiy corpses t.s thorn..lj
ili rowan one lie would ii.iv l ' f ,, un , l. At
!ler.".h he stopped and stooped ova.
! the cue upon the shoulder.! es wl. 1 i
j were two ‘oMeii epaulette . 't wa : toe
; captain o'" the brig—the murderer of his
: father. The boy placed In- fool upon
, >].!< prostrate body, and while a • inie
! beamed train Iris even and slim 1 ler
passed over his eountenaiic. , iu m;i;e r
ed: " .mini , you are fenvluily i -.engt .
j The h>y spoke .ruly.. IVan .id hi inn
caption and (.- ■ rt'ul hi eon umaliou, had
j been tl: .1 Tilot’a Revenge.’
I’lowfj:-.— Do Til..,’ I-?—A eolebra- !
fed author, woo bay devotee much rime
to the study. o- r phi'ii.-;, and often widen
ed them in ikon - slumbers, caya that ...
most all kinds m flowers sleep in me
irie ht- and those plants v hich seem to
be awake arc the Lets and ow.u to n.e
! vegetable kingdom. The isnvri ig«ld goes
! to bed with the Min and ri.-es veepwg.
: Many pl-nfs are so sensitive that their
: leaves close and ring die passage of a
I cloud. The dandelion opens at five to six
, in the muring and close at nine iu the
evening. r i tic daisy opens its day -s eye
; t.) meet the morning sun. The ciroeim,
j tulip, and many others, close their
j blossoms at different lie urn t»w
! evening- r i he ivy leaved lettuce op ns
i at eight in t e morning and closes tor
! ever at four in the afternoon. Toe night
blooming cere us turns night into day ;
iit begins to expand its magnificent,
sweet scented blossom in the twilight, it
is in full bloom at midnight, aud closes
never to open again at the da a h of day.
In a clover find nut a leal opens till af
i ter sunrise.
(lard Irin tn u ( oliiiiibns Prisoners.”
I ACOOrXT or TIUSIIi AUKKST, IMPUISOMI’.N'T,
TREATMENT, ETC,
j From tho Coh'mbiis Suify
(Joei-mhis, Ga , July 20, 1808.
| Upon resuming our personal liberty,
I wo the undersigned, known an the Oolnm
j bus prisoners, deem it, proper to publish
: the following brief Recount of our arrest
I and confinement by the military nnthori
| ties. During the night of the MO ill ol'
; March, George V r . Ashhtirn was assassin
] ated i. { i low negro brothel in Co'mill us,
Ga, On the (bh day of April thirteen
citizens were arrested by Oapt, Mills of
the United Stales Army. On the 10th
they were released under bond; four of]
this number have never been reni-rested. ]
The man Mills stated that ho did not
know the charge against the party ar
rosn and but, no one believed him, and the
fact is only mentioned to show the char
acter of the p'oreedings. On the lttli
of May four arrests were mads, on the
21th four, on the 2.1 of dune four more,
on the 16th seven, followed the next day
by two others. On the 2-fth another,
when the last a net ociured. Thao ar
rests were made by the order of Gen.
Meade.
Uev: ral of the undersigned have in
their possession written orders which
show this fact. The arrests were made
without warrant, affidavit or charge.—
No preliminary examination was held.-
We were kept in total ignorance of the
r.r par evidence against us, and the
mimes of our licensers were concealed
from us. No one has followed the trial
will he surprised at this apparent neg
lect.
While we were clamoring for the char
ges against us, .100. Brown, Whirlev,
Major Smyth and others were, suborning
Belts, Mail-hull, Bonnet anil Amanda
Fatter.ioii. The evidence for the prosecu
tion acknowledges that disclosures were
made under threats of imprisonment.—
This is had enough, but a worse feature
is that the date of these disclosures is
placed by the witnesses' tlieniHelves sub
sequent to the arrest ol a majority of the
prisoners. The question naturally aris
es upon what foundation were tho arrests
based? Os the twenty two persons ar
rested on and since tho Ifilh of May,
four were suborned by torture, bribery
and threats. Nine, after confinement in
(■■■lon’ cells and much ' suffering, were
ii lea e.l xnthn::;,. " explanation what
dver. Tho remaining nine are the sign
ers of thin card.
The prisoners arrested in 'fay Were at
Fort I’nlaski before they were removed
to Atlanta. Their cells were as dark, as
dangerous, without; ventilation, and tint
4 feet b.v 7. No bed m blankets were
iiii-iii lied. The ratioim consisted of a
slice of fat. pork three times eaeli week,
and beef too unsound to eat the remain
ing days. A piece of bread for each
meal, soup for dinner and coffee for
hr-aklast, finished tho bill of faro. An
old oyster can way given each prisoner,
and in this vessel hath coffee and Soup
v.c.-e served, ll may be said that the
• iriim-s .received nothing better, lmt.
It,, - rifi/.'-im were not soldiers, and
their friend* were able, willing and anx
ious to give them every comfort,: they
were de:ri. and the privilege. Refused all
e uniiiiuiicxtion with their friends rela
tive.. r counsel, they were forced to live
in tin s i horrid cells night ami day, pros-
Uated 1 - heat, rml maddened by myri
ads of r.o i((it. The-calls;’t.The-calls of nature
were at,, , .fed to in a bucket, which was
removed but once in twenty four hours
At 'icßliersons Barracks we were
placed in cells five feet eleven Inches
wide bv ten feet long. These cells were
uflc.-wards divided, reducing tie-;,- width
in two feet ten inches. This is U n-iiile,
hut triu). Upon the arrival of the oltieer
sent from VUtsbbigfon to investigate the
ai|, tho parti!”••!>» were roiwrivcd.—
Neither la dnr bedding s in:-airbed for
from two to five days. Wo were not
nei nrilferi t,o see our friends, family or
counsel until after memorials to Gon
gross hud aroused the whole country to
the or’eii nit vof the outrage. Even af
ter ibis, oar letters, brer,thing the affec
tion and i v.apathy of a wife or n.otho',
we;o • iilrieet. La inspection, 'file priso
sis . was immediately at onr cell
d,,..;s and emitted a stench that was
; horrible.
At times when some humane roldicr '
was willing to transcend his order and
give us a breath of I real) air to soothe |
our dl-riended Lu;.;l, ,g veins, we would
; LI)-.: to 1 lose the door, preferring to -
ri.;:: suffocation rather tliau endure the
intolerable smell.
baring .'FI this time we were ignorant
of the charges against us. Os course,
we accepted the common rumor that our
arrest grew out of the murder of A sh
im rn ; but after our counsel was permit
ted (o visit US, no definite lino of defense
could be planed, in the absence of all
specifications. Wo were furnished with
a copy of the charges against us on the
27th of June, our trial having been set
for 29th. The intei veiling day was Sun- ]
day, and we were 140 miles from the:
scene of tho murder and the residence of
our witnesses.
Several of the undersigned never saw
] the detective Whith-y until weeks after
j their arrest.. Win n they did meet him
he never presumed to treat them with
! disrespect-
Recent developments, new to ns, have
shown him to he infamous, and Iris ireat
i ment ol suborned witnesses will be pro-
ven by those who know the facts. Our
friends and the press have not exagger
ated the barbarity with which wo were
treated, but. they sli filil not throw the
responsibility upon a contemptible de
tective, who would only glory in the no
toriely his infamy would have given
him. We fly tor higher game. Gen.
-Meade told (ion. R. 11. Chi ton (during
, Hie war General Lee’s Adjutant,) upon
the eve of liis departure from Atlanta,
that he had left lull instructions with
Gen. SI o by, concerning the disposition
ot the Ouliiinlms prisoners. These in
structions controlled onr treatment, and
leave no issue as to the question of re
sponsibility.
I At the proper time, and in a manner
i that will not intrude upon your valuable
space, we will make good our position,
j and will show conclusively that this u i
paraljed persecution was at tempted sole
ly and entirely for political purposes.
The officers and soldiers ot the garri
son were as kind as their orders would
permit, and respectful, with but. few ex
ceptions. Gen Dunn’s courtesy during
the trial, especially after Dukes’ alibi,
was in strong contrast with tho vindic
tive, ungenerous and unmanly conduct
of .100 Brown.
Os the able and efforts of our
counsel, we cannot Speak in too high
praise. To iho people of Georgia, and
especially to our good friends in Atlanta,
we return our sincere thanks tor their
sympathy and assistance.
W. I). OniM.EY,
C, (J. Beoeu,,
R. A. Wood,
E. J.Kiukschv, M. 1).
E. Hudson,
J. L. Wicmxs,
A eva 0. Roi’iai,
W. A. Di ke,
J ames W. Barhkr.
THE COWARD TRADFOER.
The midnight assassin, who stealthily
breaks iu upon the sanctities of the
private home of a family, and thrusts his
stilletto into the heart of slumbering in
nocence, is no greater villain than he
who assaults his neighbor’s good name
—invades the hallowed courts of the
temple of Ids well deserved and harden
ed fame— hrealhles blight and mildew
upon liis spotless reputation—and leaves
in Iris tortuous track, the slime and ven
om of the basilisk.
The sentiment has been most truthful
ly and graphically enunciated, that, he
w io can choke tho sweetest. II overs ol
social love and taint them with disease
—and in the paradise of earthly bliss,
where the plants of virtue flourish spread
the malaria of moral desolation—the poi
son of hatred and distrust—who gladly
would were it possible crush his neigh
bors character to dust- grin I to powder
every vestage of his public honor and
private value and build upon the ruins
who can write infamy upon the hroiv of
olliera to prove his own purity—is neither
man nor beast but a heartless demon.
Thr.se who have- seen their dearest
interests tampered with—who have
known what it is to have the priceless
gem of a good name sallied by the pes
tilential breath of cold unpiltying slan
der—those best can say, the calumniator
lias no heart—no conscience—no soul !
If the lightning’s flash ever darts from
heaven to strike the gaily down it will
blast the hopes of murderers such as
these
Bad as is the vile defamor of the liv
ing—yet far worse, is he who exhumes
from the peaceful shadows ol death, the
departed victim of his envy, to hold him
up to the gaze of the world as a target
at which t/i hurl the pestiferous shaft of
his malignant hate.
In such a monster there is to he found
no trace of the image of God; but in room
of this is seen every appalling and dis
gusting lineament of the arch-fiend of
perdition.— 'lF". X. Fuller, F.r. Pupcr.
He it as no'Mother— Sitting one day
iu the school- room Xoverheard a conver
sation between a sister and brother.—.
The-little liny complain. ■! of i:.suits or
wrongs roc.!••••"•! from another little boy.
,tis fi.ee was iltflmd with anger. The
sister listened awhile, and then, turning
m>,w she a.K.v.'ercd ‘I do not want to
hi :i - vdici .vot'd ; AY ill it! ha-, no moth
er.’ flic brothei’:: Sip : -yore silent; the
rebuke ealuo homo b- him, and stealing
away, he innt.ercd, ‘1 never thought ol
tlu t tj He thought of his own mother,
and tins lon. linens of Willie compared
with his own ha; , y lot. ‘He bus no
mother.’ Bo we think of it when want
comes to the orphan and rude words as
sail him? Has the little wanderer no
mother to listen to his little sorrows ?
j Speak gently to him then.
A soldier, being on picket reserve,
went to a farmhouse, as ho said, to bor
row a frying pan, but for what none
could imagine as there was nothing to
1,-y. However, he went to tho house
ami knocked at the door which was open
f! d by a young lady who asked what he
wished.
‘Madam, could you lend me a frying
pan ? 1 belong to" tho picket down here.’
‘Yes, air;’ and forthwith came the pan.
He took it looked in it turned it over
and looked at the bottom and then turned
it over again and looked into it very
Innd, a.-, if not certain it was not clean.
‘Well, sir,’said the lady, ‘can I do
• anything more for you ?’
‘Gould—e-e-u- l-ri yon lend me a piece
i of meat to fry in it ma'am ?’ and he laugh
,ed in i*pite of himself, lie got it.
[53.00 per Annum'
NO. 26
WHAT WAS IT/
A Mail If rig lit cued to Death fey a
V ision.
Tlio florinth (Misstssppi) Caucasian,
j of the “2d instant, suv.
A strange am] surprising’ incident op"
| cured Inst work in the country some
j miles north of Corinth A Mr. Mangriiiu
hi led n young' rintn during the war, and
it few days sim e Mr. Milligram was on
: a deer drive, and while alt one of the
| stands lie saw an object approaching
i him, which so alarmed hiuifthat he raised
his gun and tired at it. The object,
which resembled a man covered with a
sheet, continued to advance upon Ms,
Mangrmn, when he drew his piati 1 amt
emptied all the barrels at tile ghost.
None of the allots seeming to take cf
feet, he climbed a tree to make his ee
eape. By the time he was a short dis
tance up the tree the white object was
standing under him with its eyes fixed
upon him, and he declared that it wait
the spirited the young man whom he had
killed. Manga-uin was so startled at the
steady gaze of the eye that lie had been
the cause of laying cold in death, that he
tainted and fell from the tree. His friends
carried him home, the ghost following
and standing before him constantly, the
sight of which brought up the recollec
tion of his giiilt with such force to his
mind, that lie and . and, in great agony, after
two or three days’ suffering.
Quaker Broker mill (lie Doubloon.
The Quakers were once, moie than at
present a power in the commercial World
in New York. They were an honest, in
dustrious and extremely shrewd race of
nicrvhahts not devoid of humor and stir—
sarcasm., and, though religious non-com
batants not in the least disposed to al
low themselves to be the victims of
roguery.
One of this fraternity—-a dealer in spe
eie and exchange, and a large purchaser
of gold coin, one day left his counting
house in haste and crossed the street t' r
accost a friend, lie had just farchasecl
a quantity of doubloons which he had
omitted to lock up in his safe. The office
was empty. When the old Quaker re
turned the room was in the same condi
tion—no one was iu it—but one of th*
I ags of doubloons was missing. The
Quaker now locked up the other, and
opened not his month on the subject of
the loss, days missed, and weeks, but
no reward was offered no policeman
were set on the track of the thief—the
old Quaker stood his loss like a statute.
Two or three months afterward his neigh
bor a small mercantile man happened to
be in his counting room conversing on
the topics of the day. Suddenly turning
to the Quaker he inquired,—
‘J!y the way, Mr. , did you ever
hear anything of the bag of doubloons
you lost V
Up started tbe old Quaker in an in
stant.
‘Xhco’re the thief John! thee’re the thief
-—I never told one 1 lost the hag !’
It is needless to say the doubloons werer
restored and the clumsy rogue pardoned,
with a caution to go and sin no more.
Matrimony; —The happiness of tiro Inn
band and wife is mutually derived from
each other—they partake alike of joy
and sorrow, glory and ignominy, wealth
and poverty —-they are the same to each
other in all the circumstances of life ;
the misfortune of one is the misfortune of
the other—nothing but the grave can
sever their connexion ; even the bonds
which unite brother and sister or parents
and children arc far loss enduring, Tbe
tender youth is grown into manhood ;
he is now, perhaps, contending with tha
difficulties of the world, and receives no
more the protection of a father or mother
-the old are sinking into the grave a
rouud him, and his only solace is the
wife of his bosom:—sbe perhaps lias fled
from her parental roof willing to sacri
fice everything for his sake, and now
clings fondly to him for protection and
•upport; thus she becomes his chief de
light ami by her tenderness and love she
sweet -as Ins toil, and scatters sunshine
in the pathway of his existence.
The uscof the Irish language is dying
I out in lieland, and it is estimrted that
it v ty years hence what is almost the
j oldest tongue in Northwestern Europe
, will cease to bo used. The beauties of
If I tic literature can never however,, ba
[ preserved iu any other language.
A mile or so from a town a man met a.
I boy on horse back, crying with cold
!'Why don't you get down and lend the
hor.V'?’ ‘lt’s a b b borrowed horse, and
I'il r r-ride him if If- f-freezet’ whimpered
the boy.
Ax lKisii ViouxisT.—Ule Bull was
once seeing tbe sights at Donnybrook
f air, when he was attracted by the sound
of a very loud viotm in a tent lie en
tered and said to the player:
‘My good friend, do play by note V
'The devil a note, sir.’
‘Do you play by car, then?
‘Never an ear. your honor.’
‘How do you play, thcuF
‘Bo main strength, bo jabers 1’
A brow-beating conn et asked a wit-'
ness how far he had been from a certian
| place?
‘ Just four yards, two feet, six inches
; and a half ?”
‘ How came yoa to be so exact, my
j friend?”
“Because I expected some fool or oth
|or would ask me, and so I went and
j measured it”
